The Dickinson press., 1908-11-14
PARTIALLY
COMPLETED

Big Plant of Missouri Valley
Maling Co. To Be One of
Our Biggest Industries
Dickinson's s newest and biggest indus
try is beginning to assume a semblance
to plant and the work on the elevator
and flour mill of the Missouri Valley
Milling Co. in the western part of the
city is now progressing finely. The
Office is already completed, the elevator
will be ready in about six weeks and
work on the erection of the walls of the
Touring mill will be commenced in two
weeks if the weather is good.
The erection of this plant is the big
gest addition to the business of Dickin-
son for several years and when the work
is completed the city will be the home
of q Touring plant, the equal in size
and capacity of any in the state, with
the possible exception of the company s
plant at Mandan which has a capacity
Of a few barrels more than the Dickin-
son mill will have. Over 500. 600 is to
be expended in the construction and
equipment and 800, 600 bricks of local
make will be used in its erection, there
by benefitine the city along other cham
nels as we'll. by turning this big order
to local plant.
The Missouri Valley Milling Co. is a
corporation doing business in three
cities in this state, Mandan, Bismarck
and Dickinson. with capital stock
which was recently increased to $500. 600.
The men composing the corporation are
all successful business men with big
capital at their command. The selec-
tion of Dickinson as point for this big
plant, means great deal to its indus
trial growth, for the company plans to
make this GREAT grain depot for the
rich agricultural country all around.
With four big elevators in the city, its
fame as grain center is bound to be-
come greater and greater.
The plant win include 100. 600. bush
el capacity elevator, 400 barrel capac-
ity -four mill, ware house, large Office,
electric light plant and steam plant.
Of these departments, the Office was
completed this last week. 1t is a one
story brick building 30x30 feet, we'll
lighted and designed for comfort as well
as convenience. There are five rooms
and basement all furnished in hard
wood and the walls are to be tinted in
harmonious colors.
The. entrance is on the south side and
from small portico. The largest room
is the general office and opening out of
it toward the east is the private Office
for the MANAGER, and to the north the
weighing and storage room. The latter
has sliding window opening out into
the dump scale and the weighing will
be done from the inside. The Office is
also equipped with a large toilet room
with bath. In every way it is most
conveniently arranged and neat place
for the transaction of the company's
business.
The next building to be completed
will be the elevator, located just north
Of the Office. It is expected that the
elevator will be ready to receive grain
within six weeks and the work is being
rapidly pushed.
This part of the plant will be 40x60
feet on the ground floor and 1T feet in
height. 1t is built of wood and will
have capacity of 100000 bushels,
making it the LARGEST in the city. 1t
will be operated by electricity, new
feature in grain elevators. there being
only one other elevator in the city having
the same power. Until the engine and
boiler department is erected the engine
will be located in the elevator building
and will be a rs h. p. gasolene engine.
When the whole plant is completed, the
steam engine will run an electric motor
in the elevator.
The plans for the main building, just
east of the elevator, which will include
all the other departments, call for a
brick building with frontage of nearly
200 feet and depth Of 81 feet, five
stories in height with the lower floor
over 20 feet high. making it the same
as six story building. This will loom
up in great shape and in comparison
with other buildings in the city will
look pretty tall.
The foundations for the mill were laid
q couple Of months ago and the work
nearly completed when it was discovered
that the materials put into the concrete
would not meet the required test and it
has been necessary to tear out the entire
work. 1t has been much more difficult
job to destroy than to build. for the
concrete is like rock and has to be
blasted out like ledge. This has de-
layed matters fully two. months and
man ara still emnl0ved in. di6din6 ont