Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-25

Work on the remodeling of the big
Northwest hotel and fitting it for an
Exposition building is progressing
rapidly but the completion OF the big
structure will be none too soon. Just
about a month remains before North
Dakota's first Industrial Exposition
opens its doors to the public and a
few days before the date of the open
ing, September rs, must be allowed
for arranging the exhibits and organ.
izing the managerial force.
Those not familiar with the building
have little idea Of its magnitude. 1t
is full square in depth, a half square
wide, built in l. shape and is full three
stories and basement under the
entire building. The Workmen began
on the third floor and what were
formerly bedrooms, have been con-
verted into exhibition booths. Each
bedroom has a spacious window ana
the front partition and doors of the
rooms have been removed leaving
each room in the shape OF booth,
fronting on the long halls in the
center, which run full length of each
wing of the entire building. The
upper floors are reached by broad,
easy stairway and stream Of people
may start at the top Of the landing
on the top floor, pass down the hall
70 the right and view the different
exhibits in the booths as they come to
them, entering from the free open
way in front if they so desire. Thus
may full view be obtained by trip
down to the end of the hall. The
booths stand exactly opposite each
other and by the removal of the front
walls the light is thrown in from
the opposite windows, making the
rooms or booths as light as day.
Each floor is provided with lava
tories and all conveniences. The en-
tire third floor has been remodeled
and is complete except for painting.
1t is the aim of tSupt. Gilbreath to
assign booth to each county in the
state and as he has seventy five
rooms for that purpose it would seem
that he will have no trouble in pre-
pairing his arrangement On the
corner of the building facing the Nc
kenzie hotel there are a pair of spa
ciOus rooms on the second and third |
floors which were designed as parlors. |
1t is the intention to utilize on of |
these rooms on each floor as a loung-
ing or rest room and comfortable |
seats will be provided.
Coming down to the second floor
it is found that the rooms have all |
been remodeled and the work of
smoothing up the walls and new
woodwork is being done. This will
take the balance of the week, and |
by that time the painters will have
completed the third floor and will be |
ready to begin operations on the
second. When these two floors are
completed which will be by the end of |
next week, exhibitors may begin ar
ranging their displays in the booths
assigned to them. They will in no
wise intefere with the workmen in
the building as large doors from the
outside communicate directly with !
the big stairways, it not being neces-
sary to pass through the lobby.
The first floor of the building has
had considerable work done on it but
it will require much more before COM |,
pleted. Partitions have been remov-
ed and the lobby now is converted in
to a large hall at least so by $50 feet |
in size.
This is the finest room in the whole
building and will be the hall for the
exhibition of fine arts, industrial and
mechanical products. The great room
is beautifully lighted by mammoth
windows and faces the park grounds
of the Northern Pacific railway. It
is in this room that visitors will !!
linger longest and leave with reluct-
ance. Passing from this room into |
the east wing of the building one
is COMPOUNDED with another room
equally as large which is being con-
verified into an auditorium in which a
stage with settings for theatrical and |