Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-13
With New Management 10
Control Building Is Being
RemOdeled
New Company VIII Handle
Both Wholesale and Re-
tail Country Produce

But few people have any idea oil
the extent of one institution which
has recently established itself in this
city, and which Is destined to be one
OF the big ones. 1t Is the Nordak
Creamery company ana Is located at
the corner of Eleventh and Front
streets. Last winter a deal was clos
ed whereby this company purchased
the large s%tOrehOnSe and creamery
buildings formerly owned and operat.
ed by the cold storage company OF
this city. 10.
Along in December the gentleman
who was to become the manager of
the new concern, George Brown OF
jamestown, came here and took
charge. 1t took some time to secure
plans for the reconstruction Of the
plant, whi<h were to be made in
New York. These plans finally arriv
ed, the Contract was let, and several
days agg work on the remodcling OF
the plant began. There is now 4 large
crew of men at WORK.
The basement floor Is being lower
ed by excavation about three feet.
In this part will be the butter and
creamery department. The egg de-
partment will be on the first floor and
will consist of a Gambling room, ten
porary storage, and cooling rooms OF
various temperatures, in order that
the temperature Of the eggs may be
decreased gradually.
Owing TO the fact that ice Is a very
important factor In this institution,
quite 4 large ice house will be added
to the present main building. There
will be an ice elevator which will
carry ice to all parts of the institu.
tion, and will fill tanks in all parts OF
the building as we'll as ice" refris.
orator cars.
Inasmuch as the question of TEN.
perature is the biggest item in a con.
G of this kind, great care will be
used, and considerable money ex.
pended in the construction of the
coolers, and vaults for storing the
produce while on hand. There Is a
great dea. Of weight in a building OF
this kind, hence it has been necessary
for the floors to be strengthened. In.
stead Of the joists which are now IN
the building, measuring 2xS, others,
3xl2, are being installed. The cool.
ing rooms are very carefully and
thoroughly constructed. The walls
are OF three or four thicknesses.
There are five layers Of hair felt, four
businesses OF boards and four thick
nesses OF waterproof p%asteboard, In
all, the walls are three feet thick.
This is necessary In order to insure
the holding OF the cool air.
The old creamery building. which
stands to the west Of the main build
ing, is to be remodeled and will be
used for storage of poultry.
At present everything is upside.
down and undergoing a change, but
it is hoped that no delays will occur,
and that within six weeks the plant
will be in running order. These ex-
penditrres involve the outlay of at
least 100000, and possibly more, but
when completed it will be one OF the
most up-to-date cold storage plants
in the northwest. The company will
not only handle butter, eggs and poul.
try from all over a large territory
surrounding Bismarck, but will deal
with the local farmers as we'll. 1t
will make both a wholesale and re-
tail market for these lines Of country
produce, and will employ quite a
crew Of men.