Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1922-02-16
WORK ON Mill. AND
ELEVATOR WILL BE
PUSHED GOV. SAYS

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 10-(Spec-
| liaD-Tull endorsement of the rec
ommendation Of the mill and eleva-
tor committee appointed by him that
an engineer make survey of the
work already done on the Grand
Forks mill and elevator and ascer-
tain the cost of finishing it was CIV
en- today by Governor r. A. Nestos.
Governor Nestos also announced
that word had been received that the
mill and elevator bonds, contract for
the sale of which was cOnsummated
sometime ago, are now being print
ed after being held up for a con-
! siderable time because Of action OF
bond attorneys, and that the first
block Of bonds in the present sale
probably will be actually sold by the
end ofsthis month.
Work. will begin on the Grand
Forks mill as soon as the bond mon
ey is available, the Governor said,
and as soon as the work can be "rea-
sonably and economically carried on.
Some men now are at work unload
ing machinery which had been or
dered. Governor Nestos has receiv-
ed the recommendations Of the COM
mittee and they vii lbe considered in
full by the Industrial Cmoimssion at
an early date.
The total amount of money spent
already on the state mill at Grand
Forks Is given at $1,121 .443.46 by A.
Mykebye, fiscal agent for the Indus
trial Commission, and l.. P. McCor-
mick fiscal agent for the Feagles
Construction Co. Ltd. "
The committee has informed the
Governor that "afteT investigation
we are of the opinion that the work
on the power-house can be done with
very little additional cost and we
recommend that it be done as speed
lily as possible, even at small in
creased cost, in order to complete
the project SO as to have mill and ell
evator ready to receive grain at the
beginning of the 1922 crop, provid-
ing exceptional care is used in re-
moving frost that apparently is now
under the foundations of the. power
house."
Other Recommendations
Among the recommendations OF
kAO dIC LILO AO"Au6.
''That as the contracts are on the
cost plus plan, we feel that in the
future, contracts or new work that
is not included in the old contracts
or even in those contracts when pos
sible by consent Of both parties,
should be done by advertising for
bids in the competitive methods and
get definite amount as to what the
future work will cost 1t recon-
mends that as an aid to this pur-
chasing committee be appointed.
= That system of accounting kept
SO that the final cost could be arriv-
ed at as to each unit elevator. mill
and power-plant and any other un-
its that might be added. s
1t recommends that the state write
off its books the difference between
the actual cost to the state and the
present, value ,as basis calculating
profits Of operation, knowing that
such difference Is caused by the ma
tural initiation Of prices at time OF
letting original contracts as compar-
ed to present prices Of material and
labor
a Would Use Lignite
That the boiler capacity be pro-
yided 80 that Ignite coal. produced in
North Dakota, may be used.
A thoro investigation as to the
varieties and qualities Of milling
wheat which are likely to be avail
able for use in this plant. $50 that
the mill may be equipped to- handle
same 40 to the best advantage, and
grades Of flour be produced which
can compete successfully. on the Eas-
tern mtrkets both @ to quality and
price. 4 q:
\ That the elevator be equipped for
handling clover seed and, other small
seedD, 10 the kr0WtnK of clover and