The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-06-27
BUSY PLYMOUTH
A Review of Some of the improvements
New in Progress I'm Prospect in
Marshall County's Stirring Capital

Marshall County's Stirring Capital
The improvements made and to b,
made 10 Plymouth this season. while
perhaps. not greater than usual, ar,
wlrthy of special note. Without pre-
tending to give complete catalogue o
such work we mention here the build
inss, repairs and public works that have
Come within our observation 10 our ram
bles about town during the last few
days
First. OF course, one will notice the
laying OF the new water msins, taking IN
Laporte and Michigan streets and en-
ployipg as many hands is can be obtain.
ed. The trenches are being dug and
filed under the supervision of the street
commissioners and the pipes are being
laid by G. j. Eich and bis men. There
is p aspect that this work will be iol.
lowed by paving about mile and hall
of streets. part 80 and part 40 feet in
width, with vitrifed brick on a founde-
tion OF crushed stone. gravel and sand,
lich will require the services Of large
gang of men aud teams for several
months. During the spring the work of
cleaning, repairing, grading and gravel
ing the city's streets has been very
extensive and in this the road tax labor
has been efficiently utilized TO its full
capacity.
The Pennsylvania railroad is being re-
graded and double tracked through
Marshall county. the contractors being
now engaged between Bourbon and In
wood. The bill west of town will be cut
down, there will be several large en-
bankments and two new iron bridges
will replace those on the line within the
city limits. The contractors will estab-
lish an Office in the business district of
Plymouth and will direct operations
from here. They are experiencing much
difficulty 10 securing men and teams suf.
ficient to meet their requirements.
A large building is being prepared at
the Clizbe plant for the manufacture of
the Hay gasoline engine and motor and
it will be necessary to bring skilled me-
chanics here for that business. The
Clizbe brothers will. at the close of the
present rum enlarge their facili-
ties for producing the sickle grinders
that constitute the greater part of their
output and are sold wherever wheat is
grown in the world The Goshen Mfg
Co. is considering the availa bilty of the
old Novelty pla IT and u. B. Trumbull
of Laporte is negotiating for the old
wagon works. Our other factories are
all running prcsperously to their full ca
pacity and some engagements are con
at several of them.
TIE new bank building at Michigan
and Caro- streets is under contract, in
GLIDING the third story for the Masonic
bodies, and the heavy stone foundations
are about finished and ready Cor the sup
erstructure. The Knights of Pythias
building on the Jacox property, though
small. will be a credtable improvement
and will probably be commenced shortly.
This will necessitate the removal
OF the Jacox residence to another
location and it will then be repair
ed and improved. Mr.. Speicher. who is
in the bank building. owns
also the old Parker house site and is ex
pecting to improve the appearance OF
that unsightly corner by placing build.
ing there for some kind of business.
Tha new residence of H. j. Mitchell,
the city hall. is approaching
and that, with his new brick
blacksmith shop, help things there inn
mensely. G. P. Drummond is greatly
the residence immediately
north OF his home and X. F. Brooke is
the family residence opposite
the court house. Robert Monroe is put
ting up a new frame stable on bis resi-
dence lot, c. 7. Mattingly has replaced
bis old veranda with new one at his
home. DR.. Borton. Lawrence Linkenhelt
and Mrs. Samuel Miller are repainting
their houses and number of cement
walks are under way or contracted.
The new livery and feed stable of E.
F. Short on East Laporte street is COM
pleted and occupied and the two-story
brick creamery of Schlosser Bros. west
of the cold storage plant is being vlgor-
ously pushed toward the roof
Besides these evidences of thrift and
energy there is much doing in the way
of minor repairs and construction work
and there lie DO reason why any mar in
Plymouth who is able to work should
lack employment. With good wages
easy to be had in the city and an excel
lent prospect for crops in the immediate
vicinity, with all factories running to
their fullest capacity and some prospect
of the establishment of new ones 10 the