The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-10
BEGINNING WORK
At new STATION
Government Officials Arrive
At Mandan and Make
Preparations

Mandan. n. D.. Feb. 10.-Superin-
tendent A. w. Peterson and Horticul.
tural Expert Man Pfandcr arrived in
the city from Washington. ID. c.. and
have taken UP residence in the Foss
house on upper Fifth avenue north
west. where the offices OF the new gov
eminent experiment station will be 10
Gated until the buildings for that pur-
pose are completed on the farm south
OF the city. They have commenced
the office work in connection with the
new institution and after looking Owe
the ground here and getting establish
ed. MI. Peterson will return to WASH
tions for commencing the field work
with the first peep of spring. Mr..
Pfander will remain in the city per-
manently.
Mrs. Pfander arrived from her
home at New Ulm. Minnesota. and the
couple will reside in the Noss house.
but Mrs. Peterson will remain in
Washington until spring. and prob
ably until the superintendent's resi-
grounds.
Plans for Buildings Hero.
The two government men brought
with them the plans for the building
and other work which will be done.
Eleven buildings from ono to three
stories in height will be erected in
different locations on the half section
he put up around the land: much
grading and similar work will be done.
The eleven buildings to be erected
this summe arc as follows:
Office and laboratory. TWO stories,
IS by IS feet.
Superintendcnt's residence, TWO
stories % by 81 feet.
AcSiSfart rrar;,xo,S,~ . -..:
dence, story and a half. seven rooms.
Two cottages. IS by IS feet. five
rooms each.
Seed house. three stories, "a hy 96
feet.
Green house. one story, "a by 100
feet.
Mess house. two stories. IS by IS
feet.
Bunk house. one story. % by SIS
feet.
Barn. TWO stories. so by so feet.
implement shed. two stories. IS by
96 feet.
Brick or Lumber:
The most important question now
occupying the minds of Messrs. Pet.
erson and Pfander is whether or no,
the buildings should be erected Of
brick or of lumber. II is a fact that
DIR. Chilcot a the total a]ppropria-
tion for this station to do with as he
sees fit. and It is also true that there
is an additional appropriation of
$4,000 in his hands to be used at
will on field stations. hut from the lat.
ter sum not more than $1,000 can be
eXpended on any one building. SO DR..
Chilcot and the gentlemen in charge
here are trying to determine whether
to stand the cost of brick structures
or to go ahead with ordinary frame
buildings. using the difference in 9TH
er channels.
To help settle the question one or
both Of the nee here will take a trip
to Hebron to examine that city's
pressed brick, as to quality, cost, ETC.,
and will also look into the local pro-
duct. Mr.. Peterson will make a re-
port to DR.. Chilcot UPON his return to
Washington and the two will decide
on material.
Work Done by Day Labor.
Mr.. Peterson states that it is the
pleasure of the department to have all
of the work on the station done by
day labor II possible not letting any
contracts whatever. The determining
factor is the amount of skilled labor
that can be secured here. for it will
require 25 or 80 carpenters and ma
sons, besides several laborers. II
these q be found, the work will 20
ahead under the government eight
hour law. which will mean a great
deal to the city. as many men will
find long employment.
Besides the building and the neces-