Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1909 — SOLO 32 LOTS [ARTICLE]

SOLO 32 LOTS

At Opening Sale At Opera House Thursday Night. FACTORY BOOM STARTED 601N6 And Sale of Lots Will Be Pushed From Now On—Ventilating Factory People Here. The opening sale of lots in the factory addition was held at the opera house Thursday evening and' 32 lots were sold. There was a reasonably good sized crowd in attendance. Following are the names of those who agreed to take lots at this meeting: E. L. Hollingsworth, Delos Thompson—3 each: John Eger, A. Leopold, Hiram Day—2 each; G. E. Murray, J. C. Gwin. C, C. Warner, J. H. S. Ellis, A. H. Hopkins, J. H. Chapman, J. M. Wasson, Michael Kanne, C. W. Coen, M. L. Hemphill, Fred Phillips, E. D. Rhoades, W. V. Pxirter, C. W. Eger, S. E. Yeoman, Conrad Kellner, Warner Bros., Sylvester Gray—l each.

The president of the heating and ventilating factory that the committee now how in view to locate here, was down from Chicago Tuesday and looked over the ground. He was very favorably impressed with our city, and if the other members of the firm are favorable a contract will be entered into for their locating here, conditioned on the raising of the necessary bonus of $25,000. Another member of the firm was here Thursday. Three acres—the amount of land wanted for their factory—has been blocked off to them—providing they come—in the west part of the Robinson farm, next to the railroad. These people will employ 250 men to start on, and title to ground does not pass until $500,000 has been paid out here in wages.