Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-03-26
labor, $2O,397; outside state, 1888.

$94,63O; invested in Minnesota, $77,-
sos; outside state, $l6,825. .,ss.s, 49, u
Power house, Rochester insane hos
pital: Amount of contract, 43,427;
Minnesota material and labor, $27 ,448.
Only 81 per cent of this contract went
outside the state.
Service building, power house, etc.,
State Sanatorium, Walker: Amount of
contract, 99,523; portion invested in
Minnesota material and labor, 500, 955.
Outside the state, $35, 1868.
In the matter of construction work
at the state university which has been
particularly heavy during the past
three years the percentage Of invest
ment in favor Of Minnesota material
and labor has ranged from 60 to 70 pei
cent. In these structures much steel
and other materials not manufactured
or produced in Minnesota have been
necessary and naturally outside pur-
chases have been compulsory. One of
the largest investments here was the
chemistry building, the contract price
Of which was $268, 1922. Of this amount
nearly $175,000 remained at home.
The contract price for the School Of
Mines building at the university was
$114,2S6. It was built by Minnesota
contractor and $81,876 or II per cent
of the entire amount went to Minneso.
ia materials, men and artisans.
Many materials entering into build
ing construction are not produced or
Fabricated in this state. These mater
ials consist Of Portland cement, rein
Enforcing steel, structural steel, steel
sash, slate and tile roofing, vitreous
finish floor tile, wire fabrics, MEAL
lath, and about a dozen other articles.
OF fifteen materials that can be enum-
Grated and which are not produced in
Minnesota twelve are necessary in the
construction Of the average building.
Minnesota no longer furnishes the
bulk of the lumber entering into build
ing operations in the state. In most
instances the fir and pine come from
Washington, Idaho and other western
states; a small amount from Northern
Minnesota and Wisconsin. Oak usu-
ally comes from Indiana, Arkansas md
Texas; birch from Wisconsin, and ma
! pie from Michigan. While this means
sending much money outside the state,
still it is not lost entirely as in many
cases Minnesota capital controls the
timber rights in the sections named.
/ It is in the remodeling Of many of
the old buildings that considerable out
side material in the way Of brick, tile,
slate, stone and terra Gotta enters. This
was necessary as the board was COM
PEELED to match the materials used in
the old construction. Bedford stone
is used for exterior trim in the new
university buildings, but this was like.
wise necessary because Of the fact that
the Elliott hospital, the first building
to be erected on the new campus, was
50 equipped and uniformity was desir
ed by the university board of regents
While this stone was purchased outside
the state it was brought to the grounds
in the rough and finished by Minnesota
labor. At present time all brick used
in the various university buildings is g
Minnesota product.
In every instance Minnesota contrac
tors, where possible, are favored an6
while the board has no jurisdiction over
subcontracts provided the materia
used and the labor employed are what
is specified. the home product is re
quested and often insisted upon.