The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-07-23
Business Land
Mark To Be
Renodeled
Bruce Block, Corner Fourth
and Main Rapidly Under
going Radical Changes
COMPLETED BY SEPT. |
Will Be Occupied by Meigs and
Weisner's Restaurant
Retain Bus Depot

The Bruce Block, Fourth and
Main street, is undergoing a thor
ough remodeling and enlerging.
This block was erected in 1880 and
1882.
The corner room occupied by
Oscar Klonne for nearly 20 years,
has been leased for term Of years
to Allen Meigs and Arthur ]. Weis-
ner, proprietors of the Waldorf
Cafe, now located on the East side
of Main, near Third street.
The space occupied by Mr.. Klcn-
ne has been changed into one room
22x60 feet. New floors will be laid
and modern steel ceiling will be
installed after a thorough rewriting
of the structure has been made. At
the rear of the building a two
story addition of brick and tile
will be constructed with full base
ment underneath. The first floor
room win devoted to the kitchen
for whHf9 complete new equip
ment VIII be installed.
The Bruce block contains three
store rooms, TIE other two being
occupied by the National Tea gro
Gerry and Barron's Golden Rule
store. New fronts will be put in
the brick work harmonizing with
that of the Main Street Garage to
the north. The entrance to the
new Waldorf will be on the north
side Of the store to fit the modern
restaurant equipment recently in
stalled at the presen. location. The
new room will be practically the
same width and length as the old
room.
The second floor Of the addition
will be made into sleeping rooms.
The lease gives Messrs Meigs and
Weisner the rooms over the Nation
al Tea. Within a year the Waldorf
will be able to supply more than
20 sleeping rooms, some with baths.
The heating is something of
problem At the present time, Man.
ager w. E. DeLaurier, of the build
ing, which is owned by Mrs. Minnie
Mullen, of this city, and Bruce
Mullen, Olwein, Iowa, is figuring
with Messrs. Carpenter 6 Walker
of the Main Street Garage and it
is possible that the garage plant is
large enough to supply steam to
heat the entire Bruce block If this
arrangement is not made a furnace
will be installed to temparily heat
the restaurant and complete steam
plant installed next summer.
Good judges pronounce the new
location as ideal for restaurant pur-
poses. There Is more travel north
on Highways No. 8, 4 and % than
there is south by 20 per cent. The
result will be that the Waldorf will
be the first restaurant which greets
the eye of the tourist.
For some time the Woldorf has
been the bus station for the North
land Greyhound line. On July 81
the bus depot will he temporarily
removed to the Main Street Gar
age where it will remain until the
Waldorf moves into it's quarters
about Sept. 1, of this year.
The room now occupied by the
Waldorf has been used for restaur-
ant purposes since the late fall Of
1912 when the late Joseph Weisner
moved his fixtures from the build
ing now occupied by M. ]. Han
auer's meat market. Mr.. Weisner
retired about 1916 selling the prop
erty to A. J. DuBeau. He in turn
sold the business to Fred Deziel
after his return from the World
War, Sept 8, 1928, Mrs. Meigs and
her son, AL, purchased the proper
ty. The lady retired in Aug. 1928,
when A. ]. Weisner purchased her
interest. Since that date the bust
ness has been operated by Meigs
and Weisner.
The Waldorf will close Sunday
evening, July 26. The fixtures and
equipment will be moved and stored
until the new quarters are COM
pleted.
Excavation for the basement of
the addition has started and will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
The general contract will be hand
led by Andy Anderson. David Pang-
burn will have charge of the
brickwork. The whole will be
supervised by Manager w. e. De-
Laurier.
Jos. Dirnberger will establish
restaurant in the building now oc-
cupied by the Woldorf. Mr.. Dirn-
berger is the owner Of the property.