The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-05-05
AciOe Work in Building Lines Continues Throughout This District
many new JOBS
ARE BEING LINED
UP FOR SEASON

Plans for the Fifth ward school
building will be placed on the builders
exchange on Monday by Haxby &
Braseth. architects.
The building will be fire-procf and
the exterior appearance will be very
attractive. Rug finished brick in
varying shades OF brown and red will
be used for the facing of the walls
Bedford stone will be used for the
trim of the two entrances; also for a
string course, cornice and coping, The
steps and door stills will be Of Kettle
River sand stone.
It will be 67x162 feet with a one
| story extension, 1Sx100 feet. On the
| first floor will be located the gynin
| asium, manual training and kinder
garten departments, the principals
office suite; also the lockers, shower
baths, boiler and fan rooms.
On the main floor there will be the
domestic science department.; seven
standard class rooms, each 23x33 feet
with builtin ventilated wardrobes.
Assembly room 23x62 feet, and seven
standard class rooms will be located
on the second floor.
All of the floors in the corridors and
class rooms will be maple laid on re-
inforced concrete carrying floors.
Floors in the shower rooms and toilet
will be mastic inevlite, a waterproof
| composition.
Among the convenient arrangements
are the builtin book cases and cabi-
| nets. Cork board panels are provided
! above the slate blackboards for pin
ming up drawings. The interior finish
! trim will be OF oak throughout the
| building.
The heating system is really COM
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| Fresh air is admitted through two
large intakes located well above the
ground to avoid street dust. The air
| Is passed through washers and temp
ering tanks before reaching the fan
room from which it is forced through
the building then expelled through
ventilators located on the roof.
Alternative bids will also be receiv-
ed for separate gymnasium, semi
detached building. The plans include
in this building, a large swimming
pool with locker rooms between the
pool and the gymnasium.
Bids for the work are now being
invited and tenders will be received
until June 4.
Ashelman & Gage are at work on
plans for a bank and store building
for the Sheyenne Valley bank of
Kathryn, N. d. It will be one story
and full basement built of red brick
and trimmed with Bedford stone. 1t
will be 50x75 feet in dimensions; and
the banking room, directors room ana
vault will occupy a space 25x57 feet.
The space in the rear Of the bank will
be arranged for a doctors office.
The other ROOM. 25x75 feet, will be
occupied by drug store and will be
connected with the doctors room in
the rear OF the bank. The building
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located in the basement It will be
provided with wiring and plumbing,
and septic tank disposition of sew
age.
Architect w. D. Gillespie is pre-
pairing plans for $50, 900 school house
to be built at Gwinner, n. D. 1t will
be built of concrete and brick, faced
with Twin City red brick and trimmed
with cut Bedford limestone. The boil
er and fuel rooms will be in a separate
building.
The gymnasium, showers, lockers
and toilets will be located in the base
ment story. On the main floor there
will be four grade rooms and cloak
ton rooms, grade room, offices and
library will be located on the upper
floor. The plans will be ready in
about week.
On Monday Architect W. F. Kurke
will have the plans ready for estimates
for the North Dakota Realty Co.'S
apartment building, to be erected on
Roberts street. 1t will have eight
apartments equipped with Murphy in
a-door beds.
Hancock Bros. win have the plans
for the new dormitory for the May
Axy 14@-
tribution on May 10. The bids will
be received until May rs.
George Hancock has returned from
Washburn, N. D., where he went 70
inspect the work on the Mclean
county courthouse, now under con-
struction.
Salznan & Weinberger, contractors
of Beach, N. D., have completed the ex-
cayation for the Golva school house
and will begin work on the foundation
next week. This is a consolidated
school house, two stories. and will be
built of brick and concrete. The man
ual training and domestic science de-
partments and the gymnasium will be
located on the first floor. On the main
floor there viii be four grade rooms
two of them arranged to be thrown to-
gether for an assembly room-of1ces
and library. The arrangement or the
building contemplates the addition
later Of an extra story. The contract
price was $24.S70. Plans by w. d. Gill
iespie.
On Thursday the Dilworth school
district bond election resulted in lat
yes and % no votes. This decides the
new school question affirmatively and |
Ashelman & Gage, the architects who |
had been engaged by the school board, |
will complete the plans by May %.
Architect w. F. Kurlxe has plans on |
the board for an eight-room dwelling |
to be built by DR.. T. S. Pryse, at Daw-
son, N. ID. It will be modern home |
and will cost between $1,000 and $4,000 |
The Meinecke Construction Co. of /
Fargo has been awarded the contract |
for brick store and ONCE building at i
Hebron. N. D., their bid being $22,292. /
George Fl. Funk is the owner and Gil
bert r. Horton. Jamestown, the archi-
tect.
plans for the Drake school house
viii be ready for estimates about
May Is.
BUILDERS EXCHANGE.
Bids were opened yesterday for the