Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-28
Fargo, y. Q, the Biggest
Little City in the World

The plant is fitted with several
chemical solution tanks, two for
line two for iron, two for soda, two
for hypO. All the tanks are provided
with stirring apparatus except the
Soda. Hydrated lime is used for
, Softenng while suIphate Of iron is
the coagulrnt and hypo is used for
SteriliZin2.
Mechanical Equipment Complete
All the electric power is generated
in the plant through one 20 K. w.
and one l. X. W. direct current TN
its connected directly to the engine.
Three $50 horsepower boilers are
used. and a Keunicott water measure
weighs all water going into the boil
ers. They are also fitted with feed
pumps and iniectOrs.
The laboratory is furnished with
complete equipment for chemical
and meteorological ANALYSIS.
The roof IS covered with Detroit
green roofing lyle. A chimney 100
Acct above the CRATES carries away
the smoke. II IS SET on a concrete
foundation, is "a iMches in diameter
and is faced with Twin City terra
Gotta tile Of adrk red color.
Fargo a Jobbjng Center.
Under the influence of the various
forces. jcbbinG and wholesale houses
have sprung up like mushrooms. In
1910 the entirD population was only
$3.50, while today the travelling men
alone who make Fargo their head
quarters number over 800, and the
student population alone is almost
1000
This tremendous increase since
1910 has. in a great part, been made
possible by the jobbcrs and whole
clearances in Fargo amounted to
over $io,0oo,00o, a sum crediable to a
city Of much greater size. This
"nnunt IS snl1icienr volume to entitle
the figures to be placed in the week
u bank reports Of the BradStreot
uCm'Hnv financial Journal
Although Fargo is situated in the
agricultural center of the rich Red
River valley OF North Dakota and
Minnesota, in its wholesale and job
bling field there is a population Of
over 100000 people, 500 towns and
over 10000 mercantile firms rated in
RrG dstreet's. The retail trade pOpu-
lation in itself comprises over 100000
people
Besides boastns Of over sixty five
distributing, wholesale and jobbing
houses, including twenty five of the
largest distributors OF farm machm
cry III the world, Fargo has eighty
manufacturing plants
Banking And Ranking institutions.
Fargo has nine banking institH
buttons. Three Of these are National
banks, three state banks. two trust
companies. and one savings and loan
association. The combined capital.
surplus and undivided profits aggre-
gate over S1,25000o and the deposits
over S7,000N0c. This amount is equal
to $500 for every man. woman, and
child in the city.
The banks VITA tIcir deposits are
rs follows:
First Nat bank, est 1879, $3,l15.;02.Sl
Fargo Nat. bank, est 1891 25S,247.50
Merch. Nat. bank, est. 1890, S0G.355 81
Northern say. bank 1911 S07,69S.0I
Dakota Trust Co.. est. 1909 l79,610.SS
Commercial bank. cts. 1894. 2fO,4S0.5"
Northern Trust Co. 1868, 32,497.GG
Scanh. Am. bank. 1910. 222.509.52
\. w. Mutual Saw. K loan S31 ,3022G
Total $G.514.O27.77%
Fargo The Rea' City.
Fargo with it's great white way
and paved streets presents very
metropolitan appearance. Not only
in the business districts do we find
paved streets but far out into the re-
sidence part. There are sixteen niles
of pavement representing an eXpcudi
tire Of narly $l,V00,000. Fourteen