Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1911 — Work Started Factory and Will Be Pushed Vigorously. [ARTICLE]

Work Started Factory and Will Be Pushed Vigorously.

Louis Mustard and & force of carpenters began work this Wednesday afternoon on the erection of a frame building 48x48 feet in dimensions. It will be a temporary protection for toolß and workmen while the blocks are being moulded for the big factory. Messrs. Sterling and- Longachter returned to Elkhart this morning to have the machinery for the cement block making shipped here. They personally superintended the work of staking out the factory Tuesday afternoon. They will return here as soon as the machinery arrives and there will be something doing. They expect to grade the streets of the subdivision, build cement walks, plant trees and to erect from a half dozen to a dozen cement and stucco houses within the next few months. A half dozen families will come here as soon as there is a place for them to live. They will work at the concrete block building and the erection of the factory, and expect to become permanent residents of the city. Other families will follow ns soon as the factory is started It is proposed to make the factory addition a very beautiful place and to boom it for all there is in it