Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-08

streets south of Second avenue. This
building will cover an area 270x22O
feet and will be three stories with q
basement which practically means
four-story building There will be
three wings to this building with its
front on what is now Fifth street.
This building will be built entirely OF
reinforced concrete and will be strictly
fireproof and modern in every partic-
ular. as will the other buildings that
the company is planning to erect. The
old factory will be turned into ware
house and there will be numerous run
ways and bridges connecting it with
the main factory building.
Most Modern Equipment
The methods of transferring stock
from the main factory to the ware
house and from one part of the shops
to another will be the most modern
known The trucks will be fitted with
electric motors and there will be an
overhead trolley This trolley will be
in the elevators as well as elsewhere,
and it will be possible to run truck
heavily loaded to any part OF the build
ing from the warehouse or vice versa.
The old main building is an excellent
site for a warehouse on account of
the fact that cars can be loaded from
both sides of it. giving plenty of room
for 80 cars at one time. The plan is
to ultimately tear down the present
structure and erect a seven-story
modern warehouse in its place.
other Large Buildings.
The proposed additions to the plant
include besides the main factory build
ing a tempering and casting building,
a forge building, steel storage build
ing and a number of new foundry
buildings The first of these will be
located directly west of the new main
building and it will be $50 feet long
by 90 feet wide and will be four
stories including the basement. \
forge building will be erected between
Fourth and Fifth streets covering an
area of SOOx150. This immense build
ing will be only one story high. Di-
rectly to the rear Of it will be the steel
storage building 2S0x105 feet The
foundry buildings which are located
next to the river at the foot of Sixth
street will be rebuilt and enlarged so
that they will be double what they are
now in size and capacity.
VIII Remove Boiler Room.
The closing of Second avenue as de-
sired by the company will give 1t a
chance not only to use the street in
the erection of it's main plant but will
also give room at the west extremity
for the erection of new boiler room
to replace the one now in use. There
are several other buildings besides the
ones mentioned above which are under
consideration and if the whole scheme
meets with the approval of the city
council, as It ought to, the building
operations will be even more extern
sive than enumerated above.
The general offices of the company
are now located on the south side of
Second avenue at Sixth street. The
plan is to move them to Seventh
street and in this way give room for
expansion on the main factory build
ing which will at first extend from
Fifth street to about the middle of
Sixth street
Solve Belt Line Problem.
The officials of the company have
what they think is the solution of the
| belt line p oblem. In order to aid the
belt they have signified a willingness
| to allow the line to cut through the
/ plow company's lumber yard located
| between Seventh and Eighth streets
and between First and Second ave
nues. That would give a gradual, even
curve from First avenue and Eighth
street to Seventh street and Fourth
avenue and the only thing left to DO
would be to condemn a part of the
property on Seventh street and Fourth
avenue 10 give a like curve in turning
west on Fourth avenue. The line could
then follow the line of the Tri-City
Railway company to First or Second
street and thence south to the limits