The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-10
BIG BUILDING
BOOM IN STATE
Cities and Towns Report Bust.
est Period in Past
Ten Years

North Dakota is enjoying the bust
est building season in the last ten
years and one Of the largest in the
history Of the state, answers to \
QUESTIONABLE sent out by the Assoc
| ciatcd Press show. se
In nearly every community building
activity IL more prOnOunccd than
| last year or any other preceding
year and prospects are bright fof u
continuation as most communities
still are underbuilt.
Z. A. ketter of the jamestown
| Chamber of Commerce estimates that
$632. 900 has been spent this year in
| Jamestown and $2OU,00O for building
| in the jamestown trade territory.
Five new business buildings and two
new public buildings together with
| 50 residences make up the total in
| jamestown proper Among buildings
erected this year are the Trinity
hospital building, four stories and
firc-proof and u thrcc-story building
for the Knights of Columbus.
$z.0oo,00o Program at Fargo
Fargo, with Q $4,000 600 program in
the city proper and $4,000 600 in its
trade territory is holding its own
as the states largest city. Eight
new business buildings. one of them
six stories high, have helped to swell
the total but another item OF equal
Importance is the construction of 800
! now dwelling houses. W. r. Ches-
nut, secretary Of the Fargo CON-
mercial Club, estimates that 700 new
! residences have been built in the
| Fargo trade area in addition to those
in the city 'uropcr.
Projects In Bismarck
uUL 10
estimated at 1867 900, including seven
new business buildings. Three Of.
these are helping to expand the
| city's facilities for medical care, the
largest structures being additions to
: che Bismarck and St. Alexius hospi-
tails and q new office building for
medical clinic. H. r. Goddard. Sec
retary of the Association of Com
merce, estimates the number Of new
residences at 40.
with the building season slightly
! more than half over Grand Forks
! building permits totalled $679,44O.
Two business buildings and large
| schoolhousc addition help TO swell
the total. w. w. Blaine, secretary
of the Grand Forks Commercial Club.
places the number of new residences
at 33, including an apartment house
New sugar rActOIy
Building activity in the Grand Forks
trade area includes q new sugar tac-
tory to cost 81 100000 and other con-
struetion estimated at $25O,OOO more.
The new school addition contains
gymnasium, auditorium and class
rooms.
B, f. Sorensen. president Of the
Ellcntlalc CONNIE rcial Club; places
the value Of new building in that
city at $27.5OO and in the Glendale
Idtrade territory $4,000. The list in
!; cludes IA new business structures
and one new residence. Tho number
| of new residences built in the terri
tory is seven.
!. j. A. Frederick, vice president f'of
!, The Harvey CONNIE rcial club. estimates
+. the amount of new building there at
| from $4,000 to $4,000. including an
J apartment house to cost $4,000 and
| six new residences.
! School Houses Going Up
j Watford City figures indicate that
it is sharing in the rapid develop
mcnt of Northwestern North Dakota:
It's building program is estimated
ut $4,000 by s. o. Dundas, secre-
tary Of the Wexford City CONNER
J! cial Club. The new structures in
clude six business buildings, two
story brick schoofhOuse and. II resi-.
] dences. The number Of new residences
in the trade territory is placed ut
], .25 and the value Of building in the
5, trade area is estimated At $4,000.
/ New school houses arc getting the
call in Stark county. six having been
!! erected in the Dickinson area this
! year, according to Charles Eastgate,
i district extension agent. In addition
eight big barns are being erccted
by farmers near Dickinson. The
number Of new business buildings
4 is placed ct two and two houses have
been built. The number of new resi-
dences in the trade territory is nine.