The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-13
BUILDING IN
NORTH DAKOTA
MORE BUILDING CONTRACTS LET
IN THE STATE DURING THE
LAST MERCHANTMEN OF PUB
Lie IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING
MADE ALSO.

More building contracts have been
let in North Dakota cities during the
last week and a number of public im-
provements will be made also this
spring, all of which shows the gem
eral prosperity of the state and it's
people.
Tofflemeyer brothers of Sawyer r
contemplating the establishment of
a bank at Benedict. e. G.. Patterson
Of Bismarck is going to improve the
three wooden structures on Main and
Fifth streets in the capital city by
converting them into one business
block. O. P. Oleson of Bremen will
erect q hardware store.
r. w. Mann is going to erect an
edition to his store at Devils Lake.
Mrs. Mary Walter will erect a two
story block at Dickinson. Leslie Stin-
son will erect a building on Fifth
street at Grand Forks.
At jamestown the Beck Clothing
Co, will build an addition to it's store.
A new high school building is going
up this spring in Hope. Kramer is
going to have a new school build
ing,
The contract for the erection Of the
new school building at Regent has
been let. The contracts for the con-
struction of the new Steele high school
building have been awarded. The
Methodist church at Tyndall will erect
a parsonage.
Bids for the construction of the new
Elks home at Dickinson will be OPEN
ed May 81, The contract a been let
for the construction of the new Ma
sonic temple at Grafton. 1t is re-
ported at Rugby that the WaIhaIIa
Building association has been incor-
porated and a public hall will be
erected.
A new telephone exchange building
will be erected at Belfield. The Stot-
lar Investment Co, has been granted
q franchise to build a line under the
west viaduct and up Fifth street at
Devils Lake. Dickinson will have
about nine blocks Of a white way
system.
A vote is to be taken at North
wood on the question OF installing an
up-to-date street lighting system. The
North Dakota Independent Telephone
Co., will construct a line from Under
wood to Turtle Lake. The WiIIiston
Electric Light Co., has been incor-
porated with a capital Of $4,000.
The Northern Pacific is making a
survey from Linton of the proposed
cut-off line through LaMoure. EN-
mons and Logan counties to connect
with the Cannon ball branch. 1t Ii
reported at Mandan that contracts
will soon be let for forty miles of track
by the Northern Pacific for the north
branch work. The Midway Creamery
association at Dickinson will erect a
new building.
The Milwaukee is building a water
ing tank al Eagle Butte. The farmers
have organized the Eidorado Elevator
& Shipping Co. with a capital OF
$4,000, and will build one or more
elevators this spring. The coburr
Farmers Elevator Co., has been form
ed at Sheldon with a capital stock Of
SIC, 900.
The contract for the cottage build
ing at the state tuberculosis sanitari.
i'm at Dunseith has been let Il
Thomas Berge of Grand Forks a
$1.700. Work on the new municipal
auditorium at Bismarck is progress.
ing. Thomas Fortune has been award,
ed the contract at the capital city FOL
the grading of Mandan avenue there
Ward, Burleigh and Mclean coun,
ties have united for the improvement.
Of the BisTnarck-Minot road, a distanc.
Of los Miles. The Minot Automobile
association is taking the lead In i'm,
proving the road from the Burleigl
county line to Minot.