The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-31
BUILDING IN
CITY TOTALS
NEAR MILLION
Survey Shows Material In
crease in Every Line of
Business During 1925
AUTO BUSINESS LEADS
Bismarck Motor Car Dealers
Sold 3,O4O New AutOmO-
bileS in Twelve Months

The city Of Bismarck and this en-
tire section Of North Dakota viii
close its books tonight on the bag
gcSt business year since the pcrios
Of depression following the wor!.
war, if not the biggest year in thc
entire history of the state. and wi!l
enter the new year on a great wave
of prosperity. This upward trend
Of business is not the result OF any
Doom period but is the result of
a healthy condition which comes in
the wake of more stable agricultural
conditions and a gradual mo,cIA-ut
towards diversified farming in this
section. A steady increase in the
volume Of business in all lines Of
commercial endeavor is forecast for
1926.
Bismarck has had an era of build
ing during the year which will total
close to one million dollars, taking
into consideration work that has been
completed during the year and that
which is in process of construction.
AZ New Residences
Figures compiled for The Tribune
today by II. =. Goddard, secretary
Of the Association of Commerce. re-
veal the fact that ~ new residences
were built in the city within the past
- months, the total value of which
is conscrvatively estimated at $27O,-
600. Fifteen other residences we're
rcmodeled at an estimated cost Of
$4,000.
The city's building inciud>' cix
new garages or additions to ya...Sea.
costing at least $l33,o00, and three
filling stations costing $4,000.
other business structures erected
during the year are valued at $685.
600, while extensive rcmodeling was
done to several business buildings,
costing in the ncighborhooG Of $780,
600. A new Lutheran churr... butt
this year, is c0nScrvativcly figured
at $1,000.
The complete remodrling of the
Bank Of North Dakota at the corner
Of Main and Seventh streets, re-
modelling done at the state capitol,
and "A new warehouse, office build
ing and extensive rem modclinH AT the
state p"nltcntiary, are figured to
have cost at least &90,OoO. The city
Of Bismarck itself haa carried on
building operations valued at 5000.
Additions To Hospitals
st. Alcxius hospital has this fall
started the construction of Il spa
cious building which will be use as
a nurses home and which, in addi
ton to providing quarters for the
so or more student nurses, will add
about % more rooms to the capacity
Of the institution. The structure.
which will cost in the ncighborhood
Of $4,000, viii be completed next
year. A new detention home was
also built at the St. AlcXiuS hos
pital this year.
The Bismarck hospital is adding
a new power, heating and Laundry
plant to its institution which will
be completed by February ] and
which is estimated to cost $4,000.
This will also increase the capacity
Of the hospital inasmuch aH rooms
will be provided in that section Of
the main building now used for the
above mentioned purposes. Many
other improvements are contemplated
at the Bismarck hospital during 1926,
according to those in charge.
The new buildings erected in the
business district during 1925 include
the Gilman garage, the Copein gar
age, the Carufel garage, Gussner
garage, Riggs garage, Rosen and
Baker filling stations and the Lock-
wood accessory shop and filling sta
tion, the Hughes office building.
cooling tank and warehouse and an
addition to the Lahr Motor Sales
garage.
In addition to the building listed
above. there are seven residences to
be built in Bismarck early next
spring, foundations for which are
already in place. The completed
cost Of these is estimated at $4,000.
Excavation has already been made
for an addition to the Hughes Apart
ment building on Second street and
it is expected that the addition will
be built early in the spring. Al
though the plans have not yet been
completed, the probable cost Of the
addition is very conservatively
placed at $4,000.
Prospects Better Than a Year Ago
And the fact that is most favor
able towards the outlook for the COM
ing year is that local iumbermen
state prospects for banner build
ing year ahead are much more en-
couraging at this time than they
were at the close of 1924 The build
ing boom is not confined to this ter
ritory alone, as Fargo business in
terests have already made provisions
for over a million dollars worth Of
building in 1925, several hundred
thousand dollars worth of building
is contemplated at jamestown, while
at Valley City over quarter of
million dollars worth Of building is
planned for next year, in addition
to much city Improvement, such as
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