The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-11


mcnce as Soon as Grading Is Com
pictcd--Company Plans Colony in
South Marion.
To the Bcllefontaine Bridge ana
stell company. Of Bellefontaine. was
awarded the contract for the con-
structlon of four large buildings
which the Marion Shovel and Dredga
company will erect on It's 1876 aero
tract south of Bellefontaine avenue
along the Hooking Valley tracks.
The company officials here let the
contract today and the contrac ctors
agree under penalty 10 complete tho
work by January TO-
The successful bidder viii have the
concrete foundation work and the
structural steel and iron work. The
sidlngs. roorings and other work will
be taken care of by the Marion
shovel and Drcdge company and it
Is unlikely that much OF the remain
ing work will be contracted for.
The plans call for four buildings.
They are 2l0 by 120 feet 2lO by
90 feet; ll2 by 60 feet and 100 by
so feet
The grading Is progressing rapidly
but hardly as fast as the company
would like. BY the middle of next
week all of the thirty acres. laid OF
for shops and yards. will have been
graded and the contractors will then
commence excavations for the build
ings.
The power house and carpenter
shops will be built first. With the
engine room equipment in place and
the carpenter shop equipped and
ready the company will put force
to work making models before the
| main portion of the shop is complet-
I'd. AS soon as tn. present contraC-
tors complete foundation and the
steel framework the local company
will rush the work Of putting on
the sidings, roofing and bring the
building to completion. Machinery
will then he installed as soon as the
building is completed
The buildings will be of cement
block up tn the windows. A solid
row of windows will extend around
each building affording ample light
Above the windows the construction
will be of corrugated iron. Ventila-
tors and windows will be placed in
the upper part of the structures.
Although a part of the plant will
probably be lnopcration by the later
part of January, the officials
10 not expect to be able
10 have the plant in full operation
before the middle of February and
perhaps not until the latter part
No time will be lost. however.
a we'll Is being drilled close to
the site of the power house and II
Is probable that the drilling of
others will follow The company will
he able to supply all of its water
needs from wells without piping city
water to the plant.
Mr.. A. E. Cheney. general manager
Of the company, stated to the Mirror
today that OF the 1875 acres, just
30 acres lying close to the Hooking
Valley track and mt the south end
f the tract, have been set off for
the shops and yards. Another largo
| tract has been reserved for addition
al buildings and yard room for the
| future. The remainder will l!a idle
during the winter but next sprins,
lots and streets viii he laid out an
| the company will sell lots ana erect
| houses for employees. This means
| that before another year has passed
| there will he n large colony started
| south of Bellefontaine avenue and Il
| should do much for that section of
| the city, II Is also reasonably GER
| tain that such n colony would mean
| the extension of the local street car
| service to the Christian Sawyer road
the southern end of the companys
property.