The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-23
ONE BUILDING IS
! ALMOST COMPLETE
Brick Work on Boiler Room Of stand
ard Four Tire company's Factory
L up and Other 10 pc
ing Pushed.
WILL BE READY ON TIME
Letter Il Being Sent Gut to All the
stockholders Which Tells Of
what Progress IL Be-
Ing Made.

The Standard Four Tire condpany's
buildings are being put up in rapid
fashion, and the brick work on the
boiler room has reached to the roof.
It is plainly visible from the road and
shows to tourists that there Is some
thing doing on the industrial tract.
The brickwork on the main building
lis being somewhat delayed by the nom
arrival Of some steel sashes. These
will come within q week. however, It
lis stated from the Offices of the COM
Ipany.
A letter has been sent out from the
offices of the company to all of the
stockholders both in Keokuk and out
side. This. letter tells just what has
been done to date, and parts Of It are
given herewith:
"The contract for the foundation
was let to G. F. Sandberg Of Keokuk.
and his work is nearly completed: the
foundation walls and piers for factory
and boiler room being finished.
"The contract for the building was
let to g. e. Lindstrand and his con-
tract calls for completion by October
80. The walls are now being raised
and work Is progressing rapidly. !.
Contracts for several THOUSAND dol
lars worth of molds, presses, vulcan
izers, ETC., were made with machinery
Arms in the east, and they are now
being manufactured and should be de-
livered by November 1.
1.-THE only thing which has given the
company the 'shivers' was when we
found that machinery concerns from
whom we must purchase about $2o,-
900 worth Of equipment. including
mills. calenders, ETC., were SO crowded
with business and so many of them
shut down by strikes that we>w were
unable to make any contracts or get
any promises OF delivery and were
afraid we might get our building up,
part OF the machinery in, and then be
held I'D for weeks and perhaps months
waiting for the balance Of the equip
iment. Here again good fortune smiled
upon us and we won out. The Birming.
ham Iron Foundry of Derby. Connecti-
cut, from whom we were negotiating
for the machinery, put us In touch
with q big bargain which was to be
had in st. Louis; q complete outfit OF
new machinery which had been In.
stalled in factory there which was
to make rubber rain coats. The fac
tory had hardly started when 1t sus-
p0nQeQ OpeIAIlOHS, duu LILO pam oAu
machinery were for sale. Our general
manager and superintendent immedi-
lately went down and looked 1t over
land found 1t was absolutely new and
1ust what we wanted-that it included
also complete heating plant, large
boilers, hundreds OF feet of radiation
Ia large number OF electric motors
complete office outfit, ETC., and we got
III all for about $4,000, saving more
than $4,000 on the deal. This was
good enough, but the best part about
It is that the whole outfit will. in q
few days, be on its way to Keokuk and
ready for installation as soon as the
building Is rooted; SO 1t looks as
though there was nothing to stop our
getting to work making tires ahead OF
our schedule
I'm the meantime II is getting to
be known that Keokuk is building a
tire plant and from everv part of the
country come. inquiries for prices.
agencies, ETC., and it seems certain we
will have plenty of business when we
get ready for it,