The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-05

30 feet wide and 800 feet long. It will
be lined with marble and ornate
woodwork with bronze plaster pillars
set at intervals along the walls.
Thanking the main hall in the leg
islative wing will be the houses of
the legislature, the house of repre-
sentatives on the south and the SEN
ate on the north. Marble and wood
work will be utilized in the decoration
Of the interiors of both chambers.
/, Offices Of the governor, secretary
of state and attorney general will be
situated on the first floor of the adj
| ministration building while the su-
preme court will have It's chambers on
the second floor. Ornate woodwork
and marble also will be used In the
decorative scheme Of these quarters.
/ On the floors above, other state de-
partments will be housed in quarters
to be built along unitarian lines.
Four elevators will be used to estab-
fish communication between the var
ious bureaus and departments. De-
signed primarily for working quar-
tiers, this section of the building will
be less elaborate than that found on
the first two floors.
Will Have Easements
Below the floor level will be a full
basement with two sub Easements for
the installation of equipment.
In selecting architects to design the
capital building, the commission sent
questionairres to more than 100 of the
leading architects in the state and
country. Forty-two firms responded,
10 of them from North Dakota. Quail
liications OF each were submitted to-
gether with plans and specifications of |
buildings previous designed.
The choice of architects eventually |
was limited to Is firms. DeRemer and |
Kurke were finally selected as the
architects and Holabird and Root as
With the selection of an architect
out OF the way. the commission turned
to the consideration of the type Of
to be erected. Two alterna-
lives presented themselves. There
was considerable agitation for a cap
tai of the conventional pattern, three
oc four stories high surmounted by a
some. The feeling prevailed In 9TH
n quarters that the new building
should be built along modern lines of {
he newer style of architecture.
Board Visits Buildings
With this in mind, the commission
undertook to visit some Of the public
buildings recently constructed in the [
They inspected the new
louisiana and Nebraska state capt.
OILS. the Ramsey county court and st.
Paul court houses at st. Paul and the
Denver city hall.
During the course Of their investi-
cation. the commission learned that
he percentage of waste space In the
over type Of building was almost !
negligible as compared to that in pub
ic buildings of the older and more
type. It was found that
louisiana had utilized 30 per cent of
lsable space in the construction Of Its
i've million dollar new capitol.
In the other structures visited 1t q
vas found that architects had taken S
advantage of the modern type of c
to utilize as much disable F
pace as possible. In the older build j
ngs it was learned that more than Z
lalf the disable area in the building Y
vas given over to waste space in hall
Ways. corridors. stairways and domes. j
1t was this fact, together with the
Of cheaper construction I
osts in the tower type, that eventual c
y led the commission to select the j
model of the North Dakota building. \
Get Building Contract I
After the plans were accepted. the, !
General contract was awarded to the
Bicknell company of Chicago
N bid of 81 ,489 ,72O75. The general
entilating and heating contract went
o the T. P. Riley company on a bid
i $142,56O. North Dakota bidders !,
,ere given a three per cent preferen-
ial deduction in the awarding of the ,,
ontracts. ,
The excavation for the building was :
ommenced Aug. Is and was finished
few weeks later. Footings have been /,