The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
A GOOD BUILDING
PERIOD FOR NEXT
YEAR IS ASSURED
Plans Being Laid for a
Good Amount of
Building Here
is NOW $25o,ooo
A Factory, Academy and Sew
eral Business Buildings
Have Been Planned

Seven building enterprises are
mapped out for next year, which will
mean big building boom in Mitch
ell, and most all of them will be go
ling on at tho same time during the
summer season. Tho aggregate
amount OF these entcrpriscs reaches
he fine sum OF about $250,00O.
For the past year OF two Mitchell
has developed but little along the
line of the erection Of big buildings.
although one is row in the course Of
construction down town and another
|out at the University grounds. where
the science hall building is rapidly
Preaching the point where 1t is ready
The roof. This is only one OF tho sew
cral buildings which the University
hopes TO erect in the course OF sew
cruI years.
The other building is the three
story brick building being erected by
Thomas Navin. at the corner of
Main and First Avenue west. Mr..
Navin stated it would take at least
Isix months for him to finish his
building, in that tic p.asterinS, the
plumbing and tho finishing work is
to be put on, and he figures it will
take him fully that lang to complete
it, ii is a fircproof building through
out aud it is doubtful il there is a
better structure in the northwest
All i,oors i'll the big structure are
made of concrete. whil2 tho interior
WALL are also made OF mon-intlamma-
bic material. Tho upper stories will
be used for hotel purposes.
\ Big SiIO Factory.
One big structure will be Il silo
factory. to be erected by Robert
Burns. Encfts have been mace to
set Mr.. Burns to locate in rival
| town and the Commercial Club
there offered all kinds OF inducements
| for him to erect his factory but he
decided to remain here. The size
of the structure will be limited ny
I the amount of land which can be Sc
cured. Mr. Burns is negotiating
with the Barnard-Gilcs Co. for a
large plot OF ground out on First
Avenue west, cornering Oh Sanborn
street, which will afford him good
location on account of securing track
facilities from the Milwaukee COM
pany In dimension the building
will be l00x20O. the greater portion
OF which will bc for storage purpos-
cs. with AN entrance so that a
freight car can be run in and unload
ed Of its lumber and loaded. again
with the manufactured product in
silos. There will be n large factory
Iroom for the making OF tho silOs.
The business has been running Il year
now and Mr.. Burns has been emf
ncntly successful in disposinS Of his
silos, in fact has sold, all that he
could make before the season was
closed. Much OF the material has
been assembled here and the silos
iput together, but with the factory
the greater proportion OF the work
will be accomplished in the factory
Mr. Burns says lie expects to com
Imence work on the structure Will
!thc opening of spring, so that ht
can get as early a start as possible
in the making of his silos.
Episcopal Church. Planned.
For the past six months the mem
bers Of the Episcopal church have
been working on a financial cam
, paign for tile erection of new
: Echurch building, and with the yer,
! earliest part OF spring ground vii
be broken for this new edifice at thu
corner of Third Avenue west ant
Duff street. Rev. F. B. Barnett, til,
,irector of the church, states that the.
] lhavc so far met with fine success IL
I securing the funds for the church
land that he expects to leave shOrtl.
to finish some more work along thi
! line in the east, which he starte'
e during the summer season when h
i was away for several months. TIL
] new church is to cost about $25 1000
S the plans and specifications 70
s which will be prepared during tn
+ winter season. 1t is designed 70 hav
t the church building very attract
J. live one in the way of architecture
: and the material to be used will b
n Indiana limestone.
; Educational Building,
The educational buildings of th