The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 5, 1932, Page 10

10 DESIGN OF BUILDING EMPHASIZES UNILIT: BEAUTY AND DIGNIT ——__- Capitol Will Be Tallest and Most Magnificent Edifice in North Dakota North Dakota’s new state capital building was designed with the idea of constructing a building which would combine utility with beauty and dignity. It is to be not only the state's most magnificent edifice but will be also the tallest building in the state, rep- resenting a capital investment un- equaled by that of any other build- ing in North Dakota. Its imposing bulk, looming up 18 steries from the ground, will over- look Bismarck from the heights of Capitol Hill in the northern section of the city. Appr ately 500 freight carloads of material will be used in its con- struction which will extend over a period of 18 month: George A. Bangs, 4rand Forks; FP. THE BISMARC” TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1932 la. Conklin, Bismarck; and G. Angus | 30 feet wide and 300 feet long. It will Fraser, Fargo, members of the capi- |be lined with marble and ornate | tol commission, are the guiding forces | Woodwork with bronze pilaster pillars | behind the project. They were ap- | set at intervals along the walls. | pointed to the building commission | Flanking the main hall in the leg- | by Gov. George F. Shafer after the | islative wing will be the houses of 1931 legislature voted to expand two | the legislature, the house of repre- | million dollars to replace North Da- | sentatives on the south and the sen- kota’s historic old capitol, destroyed !ate on the north. Marble and wood- | by fire in December of 1930. work will be utilized in the decoration Joseph B. DeRemer, Grand Forks, Of the interiors of both chambers. | and William F. Kurke, Fargo, were; Offices of the governor, secretary | appointed by the commission as, of state and attorney general will be | exchitects and Holabird and Root, ; Situated on the first floor of the ad- | Chicago, as associates. j ministration building while the su- Representing the state during the | Preme court will have its chambers on. construction of the building is Frank | the second floor. Ornate woodwork L. Anders of Fargo, executive sec- | and marble also will be used in the | retary of the commission. | decorative scheme of these quarters. |_The building will be faced with, On the floors above, other state de- | Indiana limestone with a strip of | Partments will be housed in quarters black granite forming a base around; to be built along utilitarian lines, the ground floor level. Its main en- | Four elevators will be used to estab- trance will face the south and will be ; lish communication between the var- approached by a grand staircase of | ious bureaus and departments. De- stone. Beneath the grand staircase | signed primarily for working quar- will be a driveway where automobiles | ters, this section of the building al { may discharge passengers before abe less elaborate than that found on lower entrance leading into the struc- | the first two floors. ture. | Will Have Basements Main Hal Imoosing Below the floor level will be a full On the main floor will be Memorial basement with two sub basements for Hall whose magnificent height and ‘he installation of equipment. stately grandeur will make it the im- | __ 1m selecting architects to design the posing section of the capitol. Running C@Pital building, the commission sent nearly the entire width of the build. | Westionairres to more than 100 of the ing, it will extend from the adminis. | leading architects in the state and tration building through the ieg's- | Country. Forty-two firms responded, tive wing. It will be 40 fect high,’ 10 of them from North Dakota. Qual- ifications of each were submitted to- ~ | gether with plans and specifications of | buildings previous designed. | The choice of architects eventually was limited to 18 firms. DeRemer and Kurke were finally selected as the architects and Holabird and Root as associates. With the selection of an architect out of the way, the commission turned to the consideration of the type of | building to be erected. Two alterna- tives presented themselves, There | NORRIS, ROOSEVELT GET TOGETHER i | | States, (Associated Press Photo) Republican Senator George W. Norris <left) of Nebraska is shown Greeting Gov. Franklin 0. Roosevelt when ¢ fominee stopped in McCook, Neb., during his campaign tour of western and the auto in New Mexico, the horse has all red lrragee A law add that any aut ay horse-drawn vehicle shall, upon signal from the driver of the horse, bring his car to a complete stop and not move forward until the fidgety horse has completely passed. Four hairs of good strength will hold suspended a one-pound weight. democratic presidential set in and work on cement and steel foundations is under way. Contwary to a prevailing impres- sion that there has been delay during the last few weeks, construction work is up to schedule, according to Secre- tary Anders. The contractors have Lee, Memphis, Tenn.; Goff, Los Angeles, Cal! Jackman, Vica Palms, Calif.; Miss Kendrick, St, Paul, Minn, and Mrs. M. J. Halloran, Denver, Colo.; J. J. Sara Jones, Sparta, Wis.; J. A. Coul- ter of Dawson; George P. Flannery of TURAN RONNIE “ , = ne or Your Live Poultry ™cu.ten™ ALSO FOR’ HIDES AND FURS, JUNK AND WOOL “NORTHERN” HIDE & FUR CO. BISMARCK, N. DAK. _ We Extend Congratulations tothe Officials and Citizenry of North Dakota upon the laying of the corner stone of North Dakota’s New Capitol Building Our state has answered the challenge of progress and has not been found wanting. We rejoice that such a structure as our state Capitol will soon be erected in our city of Bismarck. It marks an era that will place North Dakota in its proper place at the top. We-hope that she will soar high. We, too, are humbly proud that we have progressed with traditions of the state to modern times of efficiency and better service. Oscar H. Will & Company “The Pioneer Seed House” Bismarck, N. D. St. Paul; Hattie Skelton, Garvais, Ore.; William J. McLean, Montreal, Ont.; Joseph Marsh of Steele; Mrs. John Satterlund, San Diego, Calif.; H, W. Allen of Braddock. j wes considerable agitation for a cap-/ filed with the commission a progress | ital of the conventional pattern, three | chart showing the proposed chronolo- or four stories high surmounted by a| sical progress of the building from dome. The feeling prevailed in oth-| Week to week. Construction work at er quarters that the new building|the present time is at the point indi- Phone 163 FAMILIAR GRACE... AND A STRAP THAT'S NEW Observe the curving arch, accented ‘ by the different little Strap that should be built along modern lines of the 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 country. They inspected the new Louisiana and Nebraska state capi- tols, the Ramsey county court and St. Paul court houses at St. Paul and the Denver city hall. During the course of their investi- gation, the commission learned that the percentage of waste space in the cated on the chart. MANY STILL ALIVE SAW CEREMONY HELD HERE SEPT. 5, 1883 Majority Still Live in Vicinity to priority rights between Old Dobbin 322 Fourth St. HORSE IS KING | Albuquerque, N. M.—When it comes; RELATIVE CHANGES IN PRICES OF RESIDENTIAL’ ELECTRICITY, COST OF LIVING AND TAXES, ELECTRIC UTILITY, COMPANIES \ D gces all way across. Observe the tower type of building was almost slender hecl—and then you can be negligible as compared to that in pub- ® sure this is another delightful Pea- lic buildings of the older and more| Sut Others Have Moved cock Shoe. conventional type. It was found that to Far Places Louisiana had utilized 80 per cent of | 8 Janell... Black kid, with black | usable space in the construction of its checks calf strap and one of black five million dollar new capitol. Present day residents of Bism » suede; the piping is silvery grey; or In the other structures visited it| and vicinity who attended the co’ ebony brown kid with one strap of ;Was found that architects had taken} stone laying ceremonies in 188% in- brown checka calf and the other Jadvantage of the modern type of|clude: John Arnold, Captain I. P. of jungle brown suede; the piping | construction to utilize as much usable! Baker, J. Leonard Bell, Mr. and h is light beige shiny leather. space as possible. In the older build-| John B. Belk, P. E. Byrne, Mrs. ings it was learned that more than| Deitrich Byrne, William E. Bren, ‘half the usable area in the building | Vint and Thomas Craven of Mencken. | | was given over to waste space in hall-| Mrs, Joseph Deitrich, Mr. and Mrs. | ways, corridors, stairways and domes.} John Dawson, Mrs. John P. Dunn, | It was this fact, together with the; Dr. Fannie Dunn Qu: possibilities of cheaper construction| Dunn of Fort Yates, W: costs in the tower type, that eventual-|coner, Mrs. Emma Bentley Falcor ly led the commission to select the} James R. Falconer, EF, L. Faunc model of the North Dakota building. |Mrs. Hattie Bentley Faunce, Wilber Get Building Contract |Fleld, Mrs. Thomas Fortune. Hugh | After the plans were accepted, ich erearalinseineercs ee line Flaherty |seneral contract was awarded to the! Fred Glitschka, Francis Halloran. R. | Lundorf-Bicknell company of Chicago | D. Hoskins, ‘Jacob Bother. Mia sobs jon a bid of $1,489,720.75. ‘The general nen eae oreo ventilating and heating contract went tS Geis eae, ea |to the T. P. Riley company on a bid C.D. Ki Of Harel fof $142,560. North Dakota bidders |) > rod : my = | Were given a three per cent preferen- | . ehield, tial deduction in the awarding of the | eee ee ae Lit IN AVE. PRICE PER KWHR | ES RESIDENCE ELECTRICITY — CHANGE contracts. 4 “We Thank You” Established 1879 Terme Caan, All Phones 211 Below is a reproduction of a receipt given one of the pioneers back in ’84 when North Dakota was a part of Dakota territory Logan’s Grocery & Meat Market was established in 1879 by Austin Logan, father of the present owners. To anyone bringing us an older receipt than the one above shown will be rewarded. ‘ The excavation for the building was commenced Aug. 13 and was finished \a few weeks later. Footings have been tna tala : On Third Street (Same Location for 53 Years) : 118 Third Street % | Jes and John W. Rodgers of Menoken, Lyons, Mrs, Margaret ‘William Git: son, Mrs. Thomas Flanagan, Mar Leathers of Menoken. Mrs. Patrick McHugh, Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth Campagna, Mrs. J. P. Mc- Garvey, Mrs. Cora Strauss McLean, Duncan J. McGillis, Amond Nelson, M. J. O'Conner, T. P. O'Conner, E. Winneford Nickols Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Penwarden, John and Fred Peterson, John C. Pollock, Mrs. Jane O'Brien Pollock, John Philbrick. Henry W. Richholt, Mrs. Jennie Griffin Richholt; Mrs, Annie Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. George Robidou, Char- (Phil Roth of McKenzie, Mrs: Mary febrey Small, Dan Slattery, Miss Fan- ie Slattery, Charles Swenson, Dr. F. jismarck Strayss, John C. Swett, Au- it and Hugo Solberg, Miss Bessie jompson, Harry A. Thompson, Mr. id Mrs. J. B. Taylor of Painted foods, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Titus, . Charles Wachter, Mrs. Oscar ‘ard, Mrs. Jessie Mason Webb, Mrs. feorge Welch, Mrs. Thomas Welch, Mrs. Eleanor Logan Ward, Frank Wil- x and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Wake- man, who are now in Hollywood, Cal. Peter Peterson, Mrs, William Dobson, A. L. Moore and Alfred Ryberg, Sr. Other Bismarck residents present for the occasion and now living else- where ate Mrs. Gertrude Griffin Hut- chinson, Great Falls, Mont.; Cashus Dunn of Idaho; Mrs. Henry Suttie, Brighton, Ont.; Fred Hoover and William Lindell of Washburn; Mrs. Nellie Call, Los Angeles, Calif.; C. W. Rawlings, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Harry Fortune For Dancer Victor Moynier, William McDonaid, |¥ G. Patterson, Charles L. Pearce, Mrs. | “We are frequently asked this question: ‘Why do not electric rates come down in the same proportion as prices of other commodities?’” One reason is that electric rates did not go up with the general rise in prices. Another is that for the past eight or 10 years there has been a steady, consistent decline in electric rates. There has not been a single increase in that time, with the exception of two or three instances, where in a general readjustment of the schedule, a slight increase ap cae particular item was approved. For instance, at Scranton when that village was served by an individual plant the rate for general lighting was at a high level but the power minimum was very low. (The plant had been sold by a coal mining company which used electric power and the low power minimum was a part of the consideration), When the plant was taken over by the Montana-Dakota Power company in 1931 that company filed a schedule of rates which amounted to a reduction of from 10 to 18% in all rates, but asked for a 50c per H. P. increase in the minimum of all power installations between-5 and 20 H. P. After some correspondence with all concerned the power -users agreed to accept the increase in power minimum, which would affect them only during the slack season, in consideration of the greatly reduced rates for domestic and commercial use. There have been one or two instances similar to this, and: while technically there has been an increase in one item in the schedule, the entire electric bill for the commun- ity affected has been greatly reduced. ‘In order to determine the effect of transmission lines on electric rates, late in 1980 we made a survey of the state electric service: The following tabulation shows the situation for 252 towns of 1,500 population or less served by transmission lines which, during the past six or eight years, had been served by individual plants. Numbers of towns, 252; population, 98,435; total kilowatt hours of energy sold, all purposes, 13,- 310,170; actual revenue, transmission line service, $1,- 737,531.52; amount that would have been paid for same amount of current under rates charged by in- dividual plants, $2,125,300.88; savings to consumers, $797,769.31. ‘ 4 The situation for the entire state, including all electric plants, was as follows: Population of all towns - receiving electric service, 211,181; number of con- sumers (meters) 60,555; kilowatt hours. energy sold, 54,065,289; actual earnings, $3,781,217.72; amount Having Inherited $18,000, Jac- queline Smith has left Chicago's so- rient. She is to join a troups ‘ In Shanghal, (Associated Press Pheto) Sey, for a career as a dancer in’ that would ‘have been paid for same amount of cur- Nos Th Teak at Voth Dekote ~ North Dakota Power & Light Company Bismarck — Mandan — Dickinson TAXES——INCREASES IN AMOUNT: PAID PER DOLLAR OF REVENUE COST OF LIVING — U.S.LABOR BUREAU INDEX #ARSESSSASERSSS LESS North Dakota Rate Reductions rent under rates prevailing in 1921, $5,981,095.03; savings to consumers by reductions in rates, $2,199,- 877.31. It is true that the smaller towns generally have been most benefited by rate reductions, but reductions in the largest towns of the state have been substan- tial. For instance, in 1921 the charge for 100 KWH used for domestic purposes in Grand Forks would have been $10.80. Today the same amount in that city costs $5.30. This is typical of all large towns in North Dakota. The commission is continually in touch with the electric rates and to a great extent has helped to bring about the reduction shown, - We believe that this po- licy, calling the attention of the power companies to rates that are out of line, urging and in many in- starices insisting that reduction be made, gets quicker action and is more advantageous to the consumer than the more spectacular “investigation.” Our office force and appropriation is small and we endeavor to secure the greatest good for the public for the money expended. Under present conditions it would take years to make a thorough investigation of all public utilities, leaving out the railroads. It would require examination, appraisal and valuation of every sihgle item of property owned by the companies—every pole, cross-arm, pin, insulator, bracket, every foot of wire as well as all genera’ plants in detail. During the past year we have made an investigation of one unit of one of the larger companies operating in the state, a line about 115 ‘miles in length serving eight or 10 towns. The work is nearly completed and will be of much help in considering the reasonableness of rates on other properties. Space does not permit a general discussion of the matter of electric rates in one issue of this bulletin. Enough has been shown to prove that the electric bill of the state is over two million dollars per year less than it would be if rates in effect 10 years ago were still charged, and the same amount of current used. Besides the smaller towns are, generally speak- ing, receiving much better service. It is our opinion that there will be still further rate reductions in the . future, probably not so great as in the Past but sub- stantial percentage cuts in the rates.” Bulletin, Board of Railroad Commissioners North Dakota, September 8, 1932.