The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-31

Ashelman and Gage also have
in hand plans for several residences to
be built in Fargo during the coming
summer.
W. d. Gillespie has plans in hand
that indicate building boom at Kill
deer. These include hospital, bust
ness block and two bungalows. He is
also at work upon plans for high
school building at Clyde and a COM
bined grade and high school building
work, for which he has plans COM
pleted or under way, will be about
$4,000. a..
The hospital will be built by the
Killdeer Hospital association, an or
ganization OF business and professional
men of that place. It will be either
fireproof or semi-fireproof construc-
ton; will be three stories in height
and will contain twenty-five wards
with room for forty-five beds. 1t will
be equipped with every modern con-
venience and the large operating room
will be located on the third floor. Walls
will be brick with Bedford limestone
trimmings. The plans will be COM
| pleted about May l..
The Odd Fellows block will be a two
story structure, 50xS0 feet, with full
basement. There will be two store
rooms on the first floor. both Of them
already rented-one to a Cass county
For lodge rooms and will also have a
large hall with a kitchen adjoining.
Brick ana Bedford cut stone will be
used in the construction Of this block.
Plans for a seven-room bungalow for
C.. X. Meredith, formerly of Casselton
and Fargo, who IL conducting a large
drug store at Killdeer, have already
been sent out. The second bungalow
is for r. G. Pinkhann, former Fargo
man. who is practicing law at Killdeer.
1t will contain six rooms and will be
modern in every way.
All of the Killdeer buildings will be
equipped with plumbing, heating and
wiring systems. Sewage will be dis
posed of by. the septic tank system.
| Plans for the eight-room high school
building to be erected at Clyde will be
ready about April 90. It will also be
equipped with modern heating and
plumbing systems. In addition to the
class rooms there will be manual train
ing and domestic science rooms and an
up to date gymnasium. rhe estimated
cost of the building is 100000.
1t is estimated that the combined
grade and high school building will
cost 100000 It will contain six grades,
four high school, domestic science and
manual training rooms. Brick with
stone trimmings will be used in con-
struction and the equipment will in
clude plumbing with septic tank sew
age system. -.
An elaborate plan for renodeling the
First National bank building at Thief
River Falls lie under preparation by
Haxby and Braseth The plan ALSO in
cludes an addition to the present struc-
ture 25xsO feet in dimensions. In the
Encouragement room clear OF col
umns, 3Sx73 feet, will be provided for
the bank. The division walls will be
torn out and the second floor and roof
will be carried by truss construction
overspanning the banking room.
The exterior finish Of the building
will include polished granite base
extending to the first story window
stills. which will be terra Gotta. The
walls will be faced with brick with
terra Gotta cornice, coping and other
trim. Bank and store fronts will be
plate glass set in copper, and the tran
SONS will have designs of beveled plate
glass and tile prisr1s.
Al two-story vault will be provided
Tor the D0nk ana BaIery 0eposltS. Ine
basement story OF the vault will be
used for storage and the one on the
bank floor will be divided for use by
the bank and to provide safety deposit
boxes for customers. The interior I'm
ish of the banking room will include
marble base and tile floor. Polished
marble finish and tile floor will be used
in the entrance vestibule.
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will be completed In about two weeks
when bids for construction will be adj
vertised for. All of the material 10 be
used has not been definitely selected,
but the construction will be fireproof
with reinforced concrete supporting
floors. There will be seventeen rooms
In addition to the manual training and
the first floor.