Hungry Horse news., 1955-04-15
CoIumbia Falls Building Permits Climb

In seven days Columbia Falls has
had seven applications for build
ing permits.
Howard Greene, building mspec-y
tor and Columbia Falls native,
termed this the most active week
in the city's history for building
permits.
Immediate outlook is for a doz-
en- new homes to be under con-
struction.
Similar building anticipation ex-
listed in Columbia Falls year ago,
and was curbed by the strike at
the Anaconda Aluminium Co. plant
that started April S, 1854.
Permits for new homes are as
follows:
Brown O. Lokken, 434 First
street in Riverside addition, to be
built by Contractor Robert N.
Smith. Residence will contain 1850
square feet and estimated cost is
$4,000.
liner Hanson, 18th Avenue at
Eighth Street West, Robindale ad-
dition, 1900 square feet to cost
! $4,000.
/ John Craft, First Avenue East
at B street, 26 by 28-foot two bed
room home and garage, $4,000.
Robert Powell applied for per-
NIT for 972 square foot residence
at Fourth Avenue East and c
Street. Powell Construction is
starting work on the new 1470
square foot Mel Lane home on
Second Avenue East for which
building permit was obtained last
week.
Oliver Fredriksen obtained
permit for 20 by 3O-foot building.
In the business section, ]. A.
Wiedenig, Coram, signed for per-
, NIT to erect concrete block build
ing, approximately 40 by 80-feet
\ across from the city hall with
. business and living quarters to cost
$4,000.
Other building permits include
. the Rev. Jess Tribble $1,000 for
remodeling the former Crows Nest
building into living quarters and
: a church.
: Joe Opalka obtained a permit to
II move the old Is by 32-fOot taxi
/. dermist building to near his home
: at Second Avenue West and Third
street where it will be remodelled
: Lawrence Rude obtained permit
% for AZ by 24-fot residence moved
# in and valued at $500 at Third
: avenue and 18th street West.
= Other construction underway il
- the community includes two new
!. residences by Monegan Construc-
% ton Co., a new residence by Leo.
!. nard Nash, and just outside tn
y city city limits, a "a by 26-foo
!" residence on highway 40 for MI
: and Mrs. Carl Johnson of c & n
motel.
~ ~ Sanders Construction Co. has tn,
" G & M contract, and is also erect
- ing an addition to Cedar 'Lodg'
60 Motel.
= Robert Snith in addition to tn
- new Lokken home is completha1
r ne the George Justin h0sne~near tn
a Red Bridge.
~ On highway 40, Erwin and Phil
a. lip Kiser are erecting IA by 10
10 foot ice cream and short orde
- building near Cedar Motel.
80 In. the downtown section, re
% modelling of the exterior OF tn
0 Kelly building is being complete,
Columbia Falls Lumber is addin
ay warehouse moved from Hungr,
~ Horse.
- On Nucleus avenue near high
o. o. way 40, Herris Construction Co. ]
erecting IA by 22-foot moder
;1s real estate office for Oliver Fred
~ riksen. Fredriksen intends to Oh
crate trailer sales lot on th
~ property. He owns three 25-fo<
- - lots on Nucleus and has purchase
~. y. two adjoining so foot lots frol
10 Clarence Fletcher
~ 'O'Connor Constructions office
- preparing for stucco treatment.
.os' Procedure for obtaining buildin
- permits in Falls is to apply at tt
~. office of Ruby j. Guillaume-Ber
10 80, city clerk. Cost is $3.50 Il
ons buildings up to $1,000; SIS for I
-, ~ to $4,000, and $3.50 for all ov'
=. $4,000 In addition there is a
'iar wiring permit and $3.50 plumbir
az, inspection permit. Building il
~ spector is Howard Greene.