The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-19
Howard Dill. Superintendent OF
Waterworks Co., viii Ad-
dress the S. S. !. A. This
Evening.
AMPLE FIRE PROTECTION
INSURED By COMPANY
Principal Water Main to Be
Laid on South L Street and
Distributing Mains Emanate
From This-Other Business

Howard Dill. superintendent az tho
Richmond City Water Works COM
pany will address the South Side Inn.
provement association at its meeting
this evening relative to the laying Of
water mains in Beallview addition.
The work has been started already.
Mr.. Dill will discuss points arising in
connection with water for domestic
and fire purposes.
The company will lay an eight inch
main along South l. street from Ninth
TO Liberty avenue and on either aida
OF this main will be placed six inch
distributing mains. At the pre.ert
time these distributing mains will be
run to different parts OF EDallview.
especially to the factory sill Of the
National Automatic Tool works.
6he company believes that the
mains will he amply lerge In casa os
hre. The company has a gang of
men at work laying the principal
main.
e"y wen employed.
Tne Beallview site is a very busy
place just at the present time with
nve gangs of men working. The lary.
est gang Is employed on the construc.
tion OF the National Automatic Tool
works model factory building. while
another Is engaged at laying the C.
=. L. switch to the factory site.
The switch is $50 feA long. Tho
otner gangs are opening up sand pits
IN order to furnish material to be used
In the construction of the factory
building.
Another gang IL employed on the
construction of the South Eighth
street sidewalks. curbs and gutters
The contractor hopes to have the
sidewalk finished this year but will
probably allow the work on the curb.
and cutters to lay over until next
spring.
Lot Sale 10 Satisfactory.
Up to date $1,000 has been raised
by the South Side Improvement asso-
citation to meet the bonus given to tho
National Automatic Tool works which
factory will be in its new ouarteru by
december Z. The money IL being
raised by sale Of lots.
One of the officials in speaking of
the lot sale said today that up to date
1t had been fairly satisfactory. He
also stated that tho people OF Rich.
mond and particularly the business
men should respond more literally ~
the association will not be benefited
one cent. but is working for 4 greater
Richmond. The association officials
are also Of the opinion that the lots
are being sold at reasonable figure.
especially when II IL considered that
the new factory will employ 100 Or
more men who will live In the imue.
date neighborhood
Large Annual Pay Roll.
The annual pay roll of the factory
Will be very large. It being approxi-
mately $4,000. The association IN
confident that after the factory IN To-
Gated there will be NO trouble in r,is-
ing whatever small deficit remains. II
there is any. There are still four fac.
tory sites in the addition under the
control of tine South Side Improve.
ment association and which orkanfxar
tion has received several proposals Tor
their occupancy BY outside firms. For
the present the association VIII de.
vote its attention to the factory a.
ready acquired.