Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1911 — Elevator Building Has Been Rapid—New Engine Arrives. [ARTICLE]

Elevator Building Has Been Rapid—New Engine Arrives.

Workmen at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator have been making very . satisfactory progress and the owners are hoping to blow the whistle for starting on Nov. 15th. Ttye cribbing construction was completed the early part of the week. The walls are 55 feet high; now a nine-foot bent is .being built. This will be followed by two narrower stories of 16 and 9 feet respectively. This will make the elevator within seven feet of the height it was before the fire. It will have just as much working room, however, as formerly, owing to the fact that the machinery will be more compact, a combination shelter and drier taking the place of separate machines. A stairway which formerly was on the inside, has been built on the outside of the building and a man-pull elevator will be used inside. Not all the machinery will be installed this winter. The corn is especially dry this year and the artificial drier will not be needed so much as in previous years and will not be installed for another year. The engine has arrived and will be placed in the engine room, part of which is standing and with a few repairs can be used. The engine is of the Atlas manufacture and the 4-valve Corliss type. It is 160 horsepower.