Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-17
Three Quarters of a Mil
lion in Gordon Tract
Plant.
REVISE FIRST PLAN
Main Structure to Front Fifth
Avenue 1888 Feet-Dirt
Flying There Now.

The plant which the Moline Plow
company is building on the Gordon
tract in the east end of the city for
the accommodation of the Monitor
Drill company, which is to be removed
from Minneapolis. assumes increased
magnitude with the announcement to-
day that there are to be four more
buildings in addition to those provided
for in the original plans. 1t Is esti-
mated that the new plant, which is to
be model one in every particular,
will represent an investment close to
three-quarters of a million dollars.
The additional buildings decided
upon are to be known as the cleaning
and casting building, the core room,
the patent vault builing. and the trans
forming and switch building. The
plans for only one of the new struc-
lures, the cleaning and casting build
ing, have been perfected. The plans
provide for a structure in dimensions
SOX179 feet, two stories and basement
1t will extend north and south and will
adjoin the north wall of the black
smith shop. 1t is understood the pat
ent vault building will be two or three
stories and of dimensions S0x1G0 feet.
Main Structure lbs Feet Long.
The revised plans for the projected
plant show that the main structure,
which will be a series of connected
buildings, including the factory proper,
blacksmith shop, storage building,
foundry and paint shop. will be 1,13S
feet long, fronting on Fifth avenue,
and extending to a point just opposite
the viaduct at Fortieth street to For
ty-SecOnd street. The main factory
building, which will be at the extreme
east end, will be S0x65S, and six stor-
les, with basement. The remainder of
the plant embraced in the long building
fronting on the avenue, excepting the
paint shop will be one story The
blacksmith shop will extend along the
west wall for a distance of POS feet,
the storage building will be 8Ox272
feet. the foundry 103x306, and the paint
shop, which will be six stories. will be
S0x205. The purpose is to build rail
road tracks into the plant. in order
that cars may be loaded and unloaded
at the platforms of the factory.
Dirt Flying at Tract.
Dirt is flying these days on the Cor
don tract. Twelve teams were put at
work today excavating for the fOunda-
ton for the main building. The con.
crete piers that it was necessary to
place at the west end of the tract are
in, and the construction of the concrete
walls for the south side of the main
plant has been commenced. The plant
is to be in readiness for occupancy the
first day of next September. The Mon
itor Drill company establishment and
it's patents were recently acquired by
the Moline Pillow company, which will
market its output in connection with
the products of the Moline pillow fac
tory. Eight hundred men are to be
given employment at the beginning,
and the force will be increased as the
business Of the company expands.
Another Block Acquired.
Yesterday the deeds of transfer to
the Moline Pillow company of a block
of property between Forty-second and
Forty-third streets, north of Fifth ave-
nue., were filed for record. The entire
block, with the exception of the old
Sinnet property and piece at the cor
ner of the alley at the east has been
acquired. The Moline Pillow company Is
not yet ready to divulge it's plans for
the occupancy Of the newly acquired
block For the next year, 1t is said,
the houses will remain and will be
rented