Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1919 — LEEK TO BUILD NEW GARAGE [ARTICLE]

LEEK TO BUILD NEW GARAGE

HITCH BARN TO BE REPLACED BY A FINE MODERN STRUCTURE. Rensselaer is to have still another garage. J*W. E. Leek, who for a number of years has conducted a hitch barn in the frame building on his lots facing on Harrison and Cullen streets, will wreck the building facing on Harrison street and will erect thereon a fine new building. The front of this building will be of faced brick, and the other ■ walls will be made of cement blocks. This building will be fifty feet by one hundred fifty feet. When it is completed it will be occupied by Thompson Bros, as a garage and automobile salesroom. They will hanUle the Franklin automobile and the Republic trucks. At this time three garages are under construction, the Kellner & Callahan, the Kuboske & Walter and the addition to the Shafer Main garage. It is understood that there is to be a new garage in the old DexKinley avenue. . The Central garage is to put in a hot water heating system and other improvements are to be made and it is to be strictly a Ford business. It will sell Ford cars and tractors and repairs for them. lt will have art exclusive Ford service. Other cars will not be stored or cared for, neither will they be repaired at this station.