South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-21
Bankers, Merchants, Lawyers
and Engineers Join LabOring
Squad and Heave Dirt to
Remove RutS From Highway.

everybody dom It.
Five hundred men-business men
of South Bend and their employees
armed with as many spades. more
shovels, and plenty of picks, supple
mented by 125 teams and wagons, five
road ,scrapers. Three steam rollers
-politicaD, and two gravel pits.
all under command of City Engineer
w. ). Moore, began work on the
South Bend TO Niles Improvement at
: o'clock Thursday morning.
IL was considerable army of
merry road makers as they left South
Bend, and throughout the day, with
the exception of one of Judge War
ner's convicts employed in the Rose
lawn gravel pit. there seemed small
disposition to shirk. The main kick
up TO noon had been that due to an
insufficient number of teams. there
was not enough TO do. rather than too
much.
Farmers Stick To- Fields.
The farmers, contrary TO expecta-
tions. stuck TO their fields instead of
turning out with their teams and
wagons. Ii was expected, however,
after the MONDAY lunch, served in
individual baskets by Q. A. Clark,
manager of kable's restaurant, that
the entire stretch of five miles. while
ii may be left in a finished condition
at night. will have passed through
the rougher stages. at that with a few
days devoted to finishing touches will
become a quite up-tO-date thorough
fare.
Judge Warner. under his decision
to sentence city prisoners TO hard
work at road building, makes the
statement that he will continue TO do
so as long as their services are need
ed. Nine men under such sentence
were employed at the Roselawn gravel
pit, with Deputy Sheriff Rowe In
charge. and az some OF their SEN
tences do not expire for several days.
some of them may be seen back on
the job again Friday and Saturday.
Here Are the Sections.
The five miles between South Bend
and the state line is divided into 20
section. as many South Bend business
men and concerns taking charge of
the sections. with the men in their
employ
Those who have charge of the
various sections follow
Section - Lincoln garage. John
Russell: section >, Northern Indiana
Gas & Electric Co. b. S. Walters sec
ton 3, city of South Bend. Dewey
Layton; section 4. oliver Plow Co.
Mr. Wagner; section >. Stewart
Sheetz Co.. Samuel Sheetz: section 6,
Central Union Telephone Co; section
Z. II. G. Christman Co. Julius Christ
man; section s. c. II. Defrees: section
9. Studebaker corporation: section 10.
Hoban and Roach. Morris Hoban;
section Il. Home Telephone Co. r. Z.
Williams; section12. Ellsworth store.
j. G. Ellsworth; section 13. Rembler
rIr
IA, Sam Leeper; section Is. South
Bend Business college: So, ,ion. I..
South Bend Chilled Plow Co: section
Il. South Bend Foundry Co. Horace
Greene; section IS, Engman, Mat
thews and OBrien. Mr. Matthews;
section 19. Indiana x Michigan Elec-
tric Co.. Ralph Hague: section 20.
Walter Miller
Among those furnishing teams and
wagons. the Studebaker corporation
appeared on the scene with %, others
cooperating something as follows,
though it is not a complete list:
Teams-GeOrge Hoffman. >; Tony
Barrett /: Birdseli Manufacturing Co.
.: Burner Co, I Harry Barnes. l. F.
l.. COpp. I; staples Hildebrand. 1: De-
Pape and Cousin, /. Samuel Leeper.
/; Samuel Lontz and Sons. >: Meet
lain and Jackson. I; l. McGann. /:
city. . Walter Miller. . j. c. Birdsell
.: j. d. Oliver. .; Zeigler HUFF Co. ,:
Happ and Taggart. & ". r. Wiltfong.
>; Shenefield Ice Co. !: j. u. Russell.
s: H.H ". Reed and Son. s: Lough-
man and Loughman. ] farmers. 10.
Graders-Jerry Donovan. .: Joe
Rarick. >; George Hoffman. L. Coun-
~ Agent Bordner. South Bend 2
!: Tom Deffenbaugh. /;
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