Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-22

ious sleeping rooms, practically doub
ling the capacity of the hostelry. The
Meinicke Building Co. is doing the
work, which will cost complete about
$4,000.
New Webb Building.
John L. Larson has practically com
pleted the new Webb building on Fifth
street, and the ]. l. Roop Co. already
is moving into the store-room on the
main floor. The second story is de
voted to five modern apartments. The
building is Of attractive design, con.
structed Of North Dakota brick, and
an investment Of $4,000 is represent.
ed.
The Gas Plant.
The Bismarck Gas Co. will, upon the
completion of it's plant. have abSt
100000 invested in mains and build
ings in the city. Work upon the plant
proper has not commenced, but mas
much as the company expects TO be
delivering gas within a month, it is
expected that operations will not be
much further deferred.
Hughes Electric.
improvements which have been
made or are now under way at the
Hughes Electric company's plant in
volve an expenditure of many thous-
ands. New heat mains are being laid
throughout the business district, and
the plant throughout is receiving a
careful overhauling to prepare 1t for
fanOther strenuous winters heating
service.
Modern Office Building. ..-
The Bismarck bank has under way
alterations on the second and third
floor Of its building, which will give
Bismarck another thoroughly modern
office structure. The entire two floors
will be devoted to good-sized offices
with private reception rooms and cold
and hot water. An Otis passenger. ele-
vator will be installed, and an artistic
entrance will be made at the rear OF
the banking room, on Third street A
| Van Horn was the designer; the Mem
icke Building Co. has the general con-
tract; the work will cost, with the
elevator, about $4,000. X
Bismarck Motor Co.
Plans are now out for the new home
of the Bismarck Motor Co., to be erect
ed by Chris Bertsch, Jr., at the cor
ner Of Broadway and Sixth at a cost
of 100000. The building will be l.
shaped, so by 40 feet and two stories
high. 1t will be of fire-proof concrete
and brick construction throughout,
with a solid glass front on both Sixth
and Broadway, elevators and other
modern necessities. A. Van Horn is
the architect It is anticipated that
the contract will be awarded in a few
days. H<
Missouri Valley Motor Co.
The three-story reinforced concrete
and steel assembly plant, warehouse
and business office which is to house
the Missouri Valley Motor Co., at the
corner of Seventh and Main, is prom
ised for the late summer or early fall
The building will be one of the most
modern automobile plants in the north
west. It will have a frontage of 40
feet on Seventh street and 60 feet on
Main, with solid glass front for the
i fun three stories ton Main street and
a 40.foot glass front on Seventh The
cost will be about $4,000.
The Piersen Apartments.
Excellent progress is being made
with the Andrew Piersen apartments
on North Fifth street. There will be
nineteen perfectly appointed suites,
and the building is to be ultra-modern,
with central vacuum cleaning and gar
bage incinerating plants, service ele'
vators and other up-to-the-minute ap.
purtenances. Andrew Piersen is both
contractor and builder, and the invest
ment will amount to about $45, 900.
Bismarck Business College.
Alterations on the interior of the
Bismarck Business colleges three
story and basement home on East
Main are now underway. The improve
ments, including the revamping Of the
heating plant, probably will necessi-
tate an outlay of $4,000. When finish
ed, Bismarck will have one of the fin
est commercial college plants in the
; northwest. s .
i six.story Business Block.
A six-story business block, with the
main floor devoted to store-rooms and
, the next five to up-to-date apartments,
is one of the practical certainties for
. early nineteen-seventeen. While the
! plans are now being discussed by the
prospective builder, who is one of Bis
} marck's oldest, best known and most
firmly established men, everyone is
sworn to keep the open secret. The
building will represent Bismarck's sec
ond venture into the semi-skyscraper
class and will be so located as to nice
ly Offset the Mckenzie.
Some Of the New Homes.
Some of the new homes now build.
ing are especially noteworthy. The S
D. Cook home in Riverview, designed
by Mrs. Cook, will be one of the pref
| test mansions in Bismarck. 1t is OF
| pure southern Colonial style. and will
: set we'll back from the street in the
t middle Of block, with terraces, hedg
| es, driveways, boxed walks and strub
t berry in the foreground. The dwell
ing will face on Thayer street If il
we're polite to pry into private affairs
: it might be mentioned that the cos!
will exceed $4,000.
. The F. E. Shepard home on Avenue
i B will be distinctive period house
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