Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-08
SITES BEING
CLEARED FOR \.
NEW STRUCTURES
Excavation Will Start Soon on
the Capital City's New
100000 Hotel
SEVERAL FLATS
ARE PROPOSED
Expansion of Business Indicated
in the Large Building
Program.

blSmdrCk 5 biggest DullQlnS year,
by a margin of several hundred
thousand dollars, is about to be ush-
cred in. Faith in the future of tho
Capital City will be manifested by
the investment of at least $3.50, 100000
in new construction work, all Of
which will be in the nature Of per-
manent Improvement.
The New Hotel
Construction men are now on tho
ground ready to begin work on the
new hotel building on Third street,
opposite the Masonic temple. This
structure will be modern throughout:
will provide at least 100 guest rooms.
and will cost complete, $100,000.00.
The contract has been awarded, and
excavating will be commenced not
later than April Is. The new hotel.
with the general offices Of the
Hughes Electric Co. and the North
Dakota Telephone Co., with the Bis.
rnarck bank the N sstsrn Motor
Sales Co., the Northwest Public S6f-
vice Corporation, the Masonic temple
and the Federal building, with tho
possibility of another important
structure being erected during the
summer, will advance Third street to
a place in the first rank of Bismarck
business thoroughfares.
Other Hotel Additions
E. G. Patterson, proprietor Of the
Mckenzie, has announced tentative
plans for building upon his lot adj
joining the hotel on the west. The
ground floor, it is understood, will bo
occupied by an extension Of the Ro.
sen Clothes Shop, and it is prob.
able that the addition will be carried
seven stories to the full height Of the
hotel proper, the annex being devot-
ed principally. it is understood, to
family apartments.
1t is practically decided that Henry
Tatley will add another story to the
Grand Pacific, and that the Bismarck
hotel will be extended to the alley.
It is possible that Mr.. Patterson may
enlarge the 500.
This new construction will give
Bismarck hotel facilities second to
none in North Dakota, and will make
the Capital City more than ever the
logical central convention city of the
Flickertail state. The fact that Bis
marck can support all Of these hos
telries is certain proof that the city
is ever increasing in importance as
a distributing center and as work.
ing base for travelling salesmen.
Splendid Apartment Houses
1t is expected that John L. Lar
son, the Bismarck contractor, will
begin within week on +. w. MUIR
phys eighteen-apartment house, just
north of the Federal building on
Third street. This structure will be
one of the most modern of its kind
in America, in that the only fuel
which will ever enter the building
will be electric energy supplied to
the model ranges with which each
kitchenette will be equipped. Tho
apartments will range from three to
five rooms, with kitchenette and bath,
and will be heated with steam from
the central heating plant. Every
apartment will be rented, present In.
dications are, long before completion.
A third apartment house, to be
erected in one of Bismarck's best
residential sections, is now being
contemplated by q prominent local
builder. Plans for this structure viii
be received this week, and IL they
meet with approval, construction will
be commenced as early as weather
permits. 1t is understood that IN
eighteen-apartment house, thorough
ly modern and in keeping with. the
high standard which Bismarck hes
established, is being considered,
Motor Assembly Plant
As soon as weather permits excas
waiting for the Missouri Valley No.
tor Co.'s modern assembly plant,
garage and warehouse
at the corner of Main and Seveath
streets will begin. This structure
will be reinforced concrete and Geools
three stories in height and aAoo.
lutely fireproof. The entire huat -
Main street will be Of glsss, AAking
the plant one Of the most att1actaso
Of which the Bismarck WAoleoal6
district boasts. The cost eo1pleee
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