Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-05-19
CH|CACO HEIGHTS.
Aermotor Company 0utsrows
Its Present Factory Site.
Buys q Twenty.Acre Tract.
Settles on an unsquaied Location Tor Inc
Manufacture Of its Many Speolaltles.

CncagO lIclEntS mas SccurN INC 10
cation Of one Of the largest industrial
establishments In Chicago. the Acr-
motor Company. The company's rap
idly increasing business had so out
grown Its present site that Increased
facilities for manufacturing were i'm
perative. and II was found to be absO-
lutely impossible to crowd the new
buildings. which will occupy twenty
acres Of ground. on the present site.
The big concern In Its present location
enjoys transportation facilities that
are unsurpassed In Chicago. owning
eight and One-half acres of land with.
I'm four miles OF the city hall. The
land Is touched by four trunk lines.
and also the Chicago Terminal, which
connects with all roads.
LnVernc w. NOycs. president Of the
Acrmotor Company. after looking
over a number of available sites offer
cd. finally decided In favor of Chicago
Heights rs the only place possessing
the railroad facilities Of the OLD lOcn.
ton and offering proper advantages
The site chosen Is u tract between
Wentworth avenue ana State street,
south OF the Elgln, Joliet and East
crn Belt Line tracks. II IL reached or
travcrscd by the Chicago Terminal. III.
gin. Joliet and Eastern Belt Line,
Michigan Central, Chicago ana Eastern
Illinois, Lake Shore ana Eastern Chi
cagO Heights Terminal railroad lines,
which furnish switching facilities that
enable the manufacturer to entirely
dispense with teamlng. The entire
tract-two and onc.half times the size
Of the present locatlon-wlll DO covered
with the buildings and tracks ncces-
sary for Its business.
The buildings of the new plant will
be brick, stone and steel, provided with
electric power and ample light and
heating facilities. They will, when
completed, be fully up to date In all
their appointments, embOdying every
valuable labor saving and economical
device known TO modern engineering.
The plant Will give employment to
more than 1900 men. most Of them
skilled mechanics. Ground will be
broken during the coming week for the
first Of the new buildings, which are
expected to be occupied aud running
by Aug. !. Pending the completion
Of the entire plant. which will follow
as rapidly as possible. the AermOtor
Company will keep Its present plant
In operation at its full capacity on the
present site.
From financial point the negOtia.
tions just closed constitute one of the
most important real estate transactions
and building improvements In Cook
County for many years.
The Aermotor Company started on Its
present site twelve years ago the man.
ufacture of steel windmills, including
towers and tanks, and complete wind.
mill outfits, AS well as any conceivable
kind of Implement which can DC drlv-
on by windmills, such as saws, feed
cutters, corn shelters, grinders and the
IKE. Besides these the company man,
ufactures full line of iron pumps and
q special line of water supply goods
II gives employment to the best grades
of mechanics ana artisans, such as ma
chinists. mOlders, brass and iron found
ers. coremakers, galvanizers, wood
workers, painters ana other skilled
wOrkmen. Though little longer than
n decade In existence. Its products are
found In all parts of the world.
La Verne W. Noyes, the president OF
the AermOt0r Company, Is well known
as business man AMI u public-spirlted
citizen. The busy manufacturer still
has time for matters of public concern
and he willingly gives his time to thu
service of the people. He was direc
tor general of the successful fall fes
tival last year ana chairman of thu
Carter campaign committee this year
In which latter capacity he demon
strated his ability to smash perniciOus
political machines with the same sue
cess and thOrOughness as ne has shown
In devislng and building useful ma
chinery.
II Is but just TO the Chicago Heights