Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-05-02
BUILDING IN NORTH DAKOTA.

Operations Very Active In the Build.
Ing Line Throughout the state.
The building boom throughout the
state continues with undated force.
Churches, school houses aud business
blocks in large numbers are going up,
not to mention new homes which can
not be counted for multitude. 49,
At Casselton the Methodists are
planning the erection of a new $4,000
house of worship. The church will be
built of brick and will be fitted up in
most modern style. Besides the audi
forum, which will seat about 400,
there will be large lecture room.
The structure will be heated by steam
and will have full basement. Haxby
& Gillespie are preparing the plans
for the building and the contract will
be let and work commenced on it in
the near future.
Another new church building Is soon
to be erected by the Presbyterians at
Chaffee. When completed this will
have an auditorium with seating
capacity of $50 in addition to the lee
ture room. The church will be frame
structure and will have handsomely
stained glass windows. Haxby & Gill
al. yfvnu tho noono for
this structure, which is to be erected
this summer
The same architects are making
plans for large business block which
Is soon to be erected at Casselton by
w. s. Port. This will be of brick, two
stories in height and will be thorough
| ~ modern. The lower floor will be &C.
cupied by three store rooms, each 75x
100 feet. while the upper floors will be
devoted to Offices and rooms. The
building will have full basement and
will be heated with steam.
| Hancock Bros. have nearly complet-
| ed plans for the erection Of the new
building which NJ. A. Hagen is soon
to build on Broadway, between Second
and Third avenues.
At Jamestown William O'Neil Is
erecting two-story brick business
block, 70x75 feet, and Ben Ordlay is
building a 25x80 addition to his store.
A feature of the building boom is
the number of buildings which are be-
ing erected for school purposes in
various parts Of the state. Besides
the handsome new mechanic arts. the
flour testing mill and other new build.
ings at the Agricultural college, the
state university is planning to erect a
Carnegie library at q cost of $4,000, a
mechanic arts building to cost 100000,
and q gymnasium and assembly hall
to cost $4,000, besides making some
other improvements which 1t is re-
ported will aggregate about $4,000.
Work has already been begun on
the erection of five new buildings at
the Indian school at at Bismarck. The
trustees of the state industrial school
at Glendale will receive bids until IL
a. m. ON May Is for the erection Of q
girls dormitory.
At Grand Forks new school build
ing to be named the Washington is
soon to be erected on plans drawn by
". J. Edwards, the Grand Forks archi
tect. Bids will be received until s p
~, April 81.
a new school house is soon to be
erected in the Kent district near Full
erton, and at Finley handsome four
room, brick school house, thoroughly
modern, is TO be built this summer
Haxby & Gillespie have drawn the
plans for this building. which will be
two stories in height. will have full
basement and will be heated by steam
The contract will be let on May and
the building is to be completed by The
| finao cchool nnans this fall