The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-08
South Side Improvement Asso-
citation Held Its Annual Ses-
sion Last Evening With a
Bio Attendance.
FIRST PAYMENT MADE
TO THE NEW FACTORY
Three Other Propositions to
Locate Factories in BeaII-
view Were Received and
Get Consideration.

The annual election Of officers for
the South Side Improvement associa-
ton was held last evening. the choice
being Adolph Blickwedel, president:
Hans Kohl, vice president; Matt Won
Pein, secretary; and Anton Stole. sec
rotary, all of whom were reelected.
The directorate of the association in
cludes several who were on the board
during the present year and is as fol-
lows: Adolph Blickwedel, Hans
Kohl, Anthony Stole. John Hanseman.
Conrad Zwissler, John Knollenberg.
The annual reports will not be made
until after the first Of the year. Three
factory propositions were considered
but no action taken other than to re-
fer them to the factory committee for
Investigation.
In the reelection of the officers and
directors of the association, the men,
bers showed that they had the utmost
confidence and faith in the ability of
the men behind the guns to wisely pro
mote the affairs of the association.
This confidence has in no wise been
misplaced in the past. as the associa-
of the city, and it gives promise of
making even greater strides in the fu-
ture.
First Payment Made.
The association gave check for
$4,000 the Industrial Realty company
t. hn ri IN ho lott o1
Automatic Tool Works, as the first in
stallment of the $4,000 bonus for To-
eating in Beallview. The work on
the company's new quarters in Beall-
view was reported, showing that rapid
progress was being made. Although
the association has not as yet raised
the amount Of the bonus to be given,
through the sale of lots. yet SIS, 100 has
been realized from this source. The
entire amount will be raised before
spring, according to the officials.
There were a few lots sold during the
past week. The cold weather has
handicapped the officials in this work.
The factory propositions presented,
include a Cincinnati firm which man
ufactures multiple wood boarding ma
chimes and employees about IS men; j
Cincinnati shoe factory and PROPOSE
ton by Isham Sedgwick for the manu-
facture OF power wagons, which Mr.
6edgwick invented. Each OF these
propositions was turned over to the
factory committee.
Want Another Factory.
Members of the association would
like very much to locate another facto
~ in the South End, although just al
the present time the association has
its hands full. s...
The Cincinnati wood factory. which
IS known as the M. NJ. Andrews Com
pany, desires to know what induce
ments could be offered, such as facto
nv sites and bonus. There are tws
buildings in the city which would b
desirable for this factory. One is thu
building formerly used by the Row
lett Desk company, and the other il
the overall factory building on Soutf
Seventh and H. streets. The repor
that the overall factory viii
move away was denied toda!
by the manager. The shoe fac
tory employs large numDeT Oh mel
and it Is believed to be a promisin,
factory. Mr.. Matti, formerly living
east OF the city, who is one of the prin
cipal stockholders in the concern. wa
in the city yesterday investigating tn
possibilities. He inspected the Row
lett Desk Factory building, Nortl
Tenth street, but does not favor Thu
site because there are no railroad ia
cilities. II this factory locates her
It will be on either the Pennsylvania
or c., C. & l.. railroads. Mr.. Sede
wick's proposition appears to be a goo'
one. He plans to manufacture
large wagon. propelled by steam, whicl
would be serviceable for farm worl
and heavy hauling.