Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — FACTORY PROPOSITION FAVORABLY CONSIDERED. [ARTICLE]

FACTORY PROPOSITION FAVORABLY CONSIDERED.

Purdue Expert’s Report Not Flatter* Ing, But Sufficient to Cause Yete Favoring Factory. The report of R. V. Ludy, head of the department of mechanical engineering of Purdue university*, who with President D. M. Worland of the Commercial Club, C. S. Chamberlin, superintendent of the city light and water plant, and W. C. Babcock, of the elevator firm of Babcock & Hopkins, visited a Chicago manufacturing industry where an automatic feeder for stationary engines was at work, was read to a meeting of the directors of the Commercial Club and a number of members Friday night and discussed freely by them. This was followed by the unanimous support of all preseut to invite the manufacturers of the stoker to come to Rensselaer some day soon and submit to the club a statement of the kind of a contract they are willing to enter into. It is expected that a day the coming week will be selected. Secretary Charles G. Spitler has asked that they name the day so that an opportunity can be given all members of the club to attend the meeting. It is understood that the proposition will be something like this: The company will want buildings erected that will cost approximately $7,000 They will want a cash bonus in addition and will also ask that 10 acres of ground be placed at their disposal. They will agree to install machinery at once to the value of something like $7,000 and to begin operations with about 15 employees. They expect to follow the first installment of machinr ery with much more and ultimately to develop a big industry employing many more men. The proposition has not been made in so many words, but that is about what they are said to offer. The matter has been given a very careful Investigation and all who have seen the stoker in operation and talked with the patentee and his backer consider the device likely to meet favor and come into general use. The men who have the locating of the plant in. hand are said to have proven their dependability to the satisfaction of the members of the club who have been looking the matter up. They offer to give a bond for the fulfillment of tbeir part of the contract.