South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-16
THREE SECTIONS
Of ROADWAY NOT
YET SUBSCRIBED
Last Three-quarterS of Mile to
Michigan State Line Are Ex-
peCted to Be Spoken For in
Short Time.


After a two hours session last night
the executive committee in charge Of
the work on the Niles Good Roads"
da.v apportioned all but three OF the
quarter mile sections TO be improved
on May p. the day set for the event
Seventeen quarter mile sections or
four miles and quarter Of the five
mile stretch from the city limits to the
state line were apportioned as follows
starting from the city and working
north:
Gas and Electric Co, Hoban and
Roach, j. g. Ellsworth. Rambler club
and Frazier garage, Central Union
Telephone Co, II. @. Christman Co,
Home Telephone Co, Studebaker cor
poration, Samuel Leeper Engman
Matthews, South Bend Foundry Co,
South Bend Business College. G.. H
Defrees South Bend Chilled Pillow
Co. Indiana Michigan Electric Co,
and Walter Miller Coal CO.
The remaining three sections were
expected to be asked for today. The
executive committee requests that any
one desiring to donate the services CT
teams, men or tools should communi-
cate with n. G. Spaulding at the
Chamber OF Commerce.
Arrange For Dinner.
Another important matter settled
last night was the task of feeding the
army of men who will be at work that
day .. A Clark, manager of Kable's
restaurant is in charge of the commits
sary department that will take care
of the 500 or more men who will
WELD picks. shovels and teams. II
was decided last night that the bill
Of fare shall consist of only substan-
tial foods with all trimmings" abol-
ished. The substantials will consist
of ham and beef roast sandwiches,
hard boiled eggs, coffee and bananas
for dessert. A commissary wagon
will be at the end of each section,
where dinner and supper will be
served to the hungry workers. Three
automobile trucks will be obtained to
convey the necessary food TO the
camp.
In addition to walters supplied by
Mr. Clark, tho South BEND business
college and Bell Telephone Co. Will
furnish so girls to act as mattresses.
Up to date 415 men, 6S teams, II
graders, S191 have been donated for
service on the road. More mCNey was
10 be solicited today, while more teams
and men have been promised TO be on
hand on the day set for the work.
The total donations are as follows:
Men-Lincoln garage, 30; Ellsworth
store. SO: Birdsen Manufacturing Co.
10; Northern Indiana Railway Co.,
Is: Knoblock and Heideman, 5;
News-Times. 20; Vernon Clothing
store, S Adler Brothers, 4; Miller
coal yard. 40; Engman Mathews and
O'Brien Varnish Co, Is; 9. II. De-
frees. 1S; H. w. Reed. 8; Central I'm
ion Telephone Co. 20; Home Tele-
phone Co. 20; Indiana Michigan Elec-
trio Co, 20; South Bend business col
lege. 30: II. G.. Christman, %; Ram
bier club, % South Bend Foundry,
10; South Bend Chilled Pillow Co, 20.
Many Teams Offered.
Teams-George Hoffman, 2: Tony
Barrett. 1: Birdsell Manufacturing Co.
?; Burner Co. 1; Harry Barnes l: z.
l. COpp. 1; Staples, Hildebrand 1 De-
Pape and Cousins. 1: Samuel Leeper
1; Samuel LOntz and Sons, ?; Meet
lain and Jackson. /; l.. MCCAIN, 1:
city, 2; Walter Miller. .; J. 9. BirdseIl,
81. y. Oliver, ?; Ziegler Huff Co, .;
Happ and Taggart. 4; w. VI. Wittfong.
.; Shenefield Ice Co, / J. d. Russell,
g., II. W. Reed and Son. s; Loughman
ard Loughman. 1; farmers 10.
Graders-Jerry Donovan, .; Joe
Rarick. 2; George Hoffman, ]: Coun-
" Agent BOrdner. L; South Bend, >:
Mishawaka. 1; Tom Deffenbaugh, l:
g. II. Defrees, 1; A. ID. Adams Co,
grader, 1 scarifier, 1 drag.
Money!. II. Summers. $40; A.
II. Heller. So; c. J. Allardt, s11; Adler
Bros. So; John Ellsworth. S25; Mues-
sci Brewing Co. S25; American Trust
Co., s25; John Haberle, $40; John
Haughton. $40: Vernon Hastings, So:
J. 3. Weber. 50; o. A. Clark, $50:
South Bend National bank, So
All workers are requested to be on
the job at Z o'clock prompt. Each
firm taking a quarter of mile Of road
will be in charge Of that section. w.
:. Moore, city engineer. will oversee
the whole work. All volunteer work
men will be distributed at points along
the road where they are needed. A
big gang viii be put TO work in the
gravel pit.