Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-04-09
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Something Doing N Devils This Sum
llleT o Blll!.d ding
shis season proniaes Sto be theg be.
ygest one III the shis the city
aIlls sin theS tib1ics iilnp nprovenent
The first bnild dIng - SCI really un-
der 35tlt'l tue Isocket srn block,
which ii being erected 4 son the corner
Sofs street and Ken avenue N M III
Gram who has this scont ntrac 81, took time
sby the forelock and had the excavation
done during 5the Wyinte d Was nee
aessaraly slow work and harder to dol
than sif summer had zen waited for,s
but soS doing ME Gram not only
gave employ tto several mon but
he gots the baseInen mt ssin such shape
that work sscar i ow be- pushed ffors
ward without wal ting for the excaya.
i Zion I'd bes mad onday the stone
Smasons comnenc work aying the
heavy fonnd dation wall % the west side.
of the buildi there are many car:
loads Eof brick pile "a: up Ssthe street
ready laying. and ! the steel for the
frame work is u good part off siit On
the ground and the balance an route.
This build ling will BE- q three story
brick struc ture covering three lots.
The lower mo- oors iJwstii III tbe used as bus
inessS blocks, the second VIII l.Sbe utaI-s
! ized office rooms ana the third
iStenament The bnil ding win
be moo dern throug and credit
To The city ana the bull ders,
geratsdeal Sof the excavation has
! already been done sffor 81 tthe tfs lew L opera
house block Which Will be erected bys
Gram and BrennanS on5 iifftth stree bes.:
tween Kelly avenue ard Arnold ave
{ nue.. This bull ding viii pro obab1y he
the largest erected in Devils Lake this.
season being 75xd 40 feet three stories
The front his building will
33ssbe used for store rooms ana the lob
5off3 the theater, the store rooms abe.
ing on sides the en-
trance. Above these rooms Will bes the;
Commercial eli d rooms while the
large auditor iums 81 The opera house
win BE back of these taking IN both the
first, ana second loors: The basement
viii he sutaIized ass q skating rim and
will be one offS tie ! large the north
west srhe; opera house be I'm
ished and furnished s Up late, thus
giving facilit ties for the very best5sof
Sattract ctions. loor "a sto sbe
used by; the 1agonicS lodge and will
sbe divided into rooms tor the lodge
purppses, banq,ls tie rooms
ss The contractors for the government
building are here and have Seondnence
nHch cut stone
$50 for Tie ted building & on
ground and fforce Of men have
"a commenced swor ,iis bull ling - ae:
erected BY the goyernmle AZ,
ont tone, ana cost approxii;- II;
in1aaateIy 5, ,OOO. rhls abnil ding IN to
he coupled the post land of. s1t.
fice and eo.rt
ork has been omTnenceda clear.
;S ing aps be-. site ffor the Carnegie il:
brary bull ding on tllle come Kelly
avenue and Seventh street formerly
occnpie hy the " falch o the the
iaI 81 ground for 4 lis ils
building and VIII Ibs pushed to com ~,
sppleti ion as rapid rossib is: q FfIa ta'
So he fine add dItion o1ll
ana win cost bout s ~ 900
force off en arsIEs clear
round laeW ildine rl
to sbe srected by l Bangs of Eourth
street, between IIssell 81 venue and Far
rington AIS VIII be- q briclsl iss
]. and VIII decidad
pro yemen bull dings that