Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
One OF The largest Projects.
mNorullihwestN Nearing CON-
ple6on; Installation !, Of
Machinery win Take Some
Time; Milling Work VIII
Start After First OF Year.
tBY N. BRIDs1roH.,

n OF the largest. and most extern
dve construction projects ever under
taken In h northwest lis the North
Dakota mill and elevator now nearing
completion on the site just north Of
Grand Forks. iSf 4,
TO give some idea OF thu, size Of the
project, it might be said that $50, 900
barrels OF. cementshave been used.
which II put in a BIN the, size of a city
block would extend IS. feet in the airI
II the same amount of dirt was re-
moved from a hole. so. feet by 100
feet, as has been. excavated from the
mill site, this hole would be over 70
feet deep. II the, cylindrical elevator
tanks to be used: for storing grain,
which r 30 feet in. diameter, were
laid end to end they would extend
over one-half mile. 4
The work on the building was start
Cd May I, 1920. That year five of
the eight stories. of the, mill were
completed, with the two warehouses
adjacent, the basement, first floor and
50 feet Of tanks in the elevator work
house, besides the excavating for the
other buildings. In 1921 practically
no work was done. The work was
resumed this spring and if all goes
we'll the buildings. will be completed
the last part Of July this year, ac-
cording to the engineers in charge,
n enough equipment may be in
stalled by fall to enable the handling
Of grain. 1t is not likely that there
will be much actual milling until the
first of next year, it was said.
" "" Cost S2,5oo,Ooo."
The structure, when completed, will
cost. in the ne gnborhood of $2,500,000
and is the OH y oEesor its kind in the
United &,a.e., Tho State of New
York is no, s~Jmp:eting a state term
inal elesat..' 10 use in connection
with its canal Large system, but with
out milling facilities, and the state Of
Louisiana has a similar elevator in
New Orleans.
The plant here is composed of q
ment, with a floor. space of ~ feet by
I $50 feet. Adjacent are 1.-TWO ware
houses, one on each side, each one
Sstory high. Ono, has a floor space of
$5S542 feet by 200 feet and the other az
iSfeet. by 1870 fec. The total. length
of these three adjoining buildings is
$50 feet, or q aGt tgo CITY blocks,
ssShouse, as III :Ssss5Eallel athe tallest
lHsbuilding of the IN ch89extends 140
Meet into the . Is consists Of a
MD6Se1aeNt, HEsl LtS.h.,soV alEet Oh SLOT
\ age tanks, and, abaEest1osc two stories
| and a cupola. Il 'tf1a latter used to.
house the conveyinS. n,aclinery. The
upper two stories vii She used TO
] weigh, screen, grade and clean grain.
+ In the basement arcSthe hopper scales
on which grain is weighed as it 10
dumped from the cars. The storage
tanks in the elevator warehouse are
used to supplement the cylinder tanks
in. storing special kinds of grades OF
grain. DIX. ~, H. a.
: The cylinder tanks are being built
on a separate site adjacent to the
main elevator and cover an area 100
feet by FAC. feet and are 80 feet high.
Il The combined storage capacity OF
/, these two buildings is 100000 bu-
shells of wheat. 1t is estimated that
the mill will be able to turn out 5000
barrels of -four per day. a. .
The power plant is another inter
! esting building. 1t is built on con.
crete foundation with a steel super
structure with brick exterior. 1t ID
90 feet by SO feet with N story, Is
feet high. The base of, the smoke