Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-27
/. Eight Story Structure
With Capacity Of 5000:
Barrels. Per Day; Fully
Equipped With Electric
Apparatus, Etc.
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The building 5of the North Dakota
State NH ,and.eElevator is the, out
growth Of an agitation in the. state
INC statehood.io for more than thir-
" years. What vas to be the first
unit was located at Grand Forks. The
Charles L. Pillsbury Co. Of Minneap-
oils was selected as engineers and the
first contracts were let in the spring
Of 1920. sS. :
The general contract was let to the
'Fegles Construction company OF Min
neapolis. and the Northern Construc-
ton Co.. y of Grand Forks was
associated with them. Work
was commenced shortly there
after. Financial dificulties de-
veloped due to the inability to dis
was suspendedsin the fall Of 1920, and
little or no work was done during the,
following year. s.E a.
=, A recall election against the Nom
partisan league governor, attorney
general and commissioner of agri-
culture. constituting the Industrial
commission directly in charge of the
work, was Instituted and was carried.
TheFincomingt officials headed by the
present governor, r. A. Nestos, had
pledged themselves to finish the Grand
Forks project and give it a fair trial.
Work was resumed in the spring Of
1929. n. 4. 4.
The plant comprises a 5000 barrel
per day. four mill, workhouse, storage
bins, and power plant. The plant is
located on 9 joint service track of the
Northern PAci1c and Great Northern
railways. and has excellent yardage
5000 barrel Mn.
The mill building is q reinforced
concrete, metal sash and brick struc-
ture 42x1S0 IT,, eight stories and base
one story and basement -four storaee
wing. 43x100 IT. The nrst or forage
door 10, 3therefore ~ feet wide by $50
feet long, having g. loading platform
along oneAside. and 10 served BY two
other. SsssSgs
The snour ana feed packers are To-
Gated onstthes second floor pf the mill
and the packages are dropped thru
the floor on; belts that distribute same
In the gtofagd below or to the cars
direct at - /.
The. min Is electrically driven
throughout ana is divided into three
units OF 1000 barrels per day each.
Every detail of the mill is up to the
minute. both in design and .conrstruc-
tion.s.The. mill was designed by VI. Il.
Hammill, and equipped Throughout by
he9StEons-Scptt Manufacturing com
.pany or Minneapolis. The equipment
|sconelsts OF Crest Western roller mills
and sffters, and str0nk-scott Co. reels
andspur4hers.
ReceiytngsTrai shed.
The receiving train shed as eoxl2o Il.
sttuctural steel brick walls and
concrete slab roof.s It nils the spaces
bstween the mill I biilding and the
lYorkhouse. The lone mill loading track
apoys referred 10 passssS through the
sThsrs ~ III rsccsivins tracks Nth
three FeceiyinS!Ab tts on each track. The
pits are In pair, each pair served by
q receiving belt and 1oftingt leg. The
lreeeipin1 pfts form the gcAle hopperl
Irsstng ON Fairbanks Morse heavy
Epattern scales, ret 0nYhsthe basement
hoor.sDirectlya above the pitSor scale
|ihoppersse 5p4t below the grating II
asshail6W recefying sshppper with grain
ti9ht rates perlnittinS nncooperina
lofs4hes nextscar Will the grainf From
th~egprevious CART Bstpg draAneff,dm
EtheS scale hopper below. The scalea
ind sale hoppArSShave aScapacityv soi
$500 bushel 1.slS4sSa S
ne gatesSon the receiving hoppers
IAndsscalesshoppera sof each p1irs 5of sre.
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