South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-20
START WORK ON
SECOND BUILDING
FOR STUDEBAKER
Three Great Structures Under
Way viii Add 1,416,000
Square Feet.

The foundation OF The first four
story factory building in tho expan-
sIon OF the StudeDaker corporation
IS now well underway. and today an
rouncement was made of the start
81 the second building Three such
buildings are TO be erected by the
company this year. Each building is
800 feet long and 200 feet in width
aud all three will give employment
20 the thousands Of men that are
go be added to the Studebaker force.
who are going 70 bring about the
acute housing problem in South
Bend.
with each building four stories i'm
heighth. the erection of the three
buildings will mean an addition OF
10 the already mammoth Studebaker
factory.
over 900 men are now employed
I'm the excavation work and foun-
oation construction Of the new Stu
debaker plants. The work is being
done by the James Stewart Con
s,ruction CO. OF New York, and w
u. Guy is the construction expert OF
Stude5akers on the job.
Location of Buildings.
The new buildings are located just
south OF Sample ST. and west Of
l-ranklip st. When all three struc-
lures are completed the entire wide
eNpanse Of territory TO Indiana av.
on the south and Kemble ay. VIII he
almost entirely occupied. Workmen
are now busy dismantling the old
Studebaker saw mill. removing rail-
road tracks and stacks of lumber
TO make way for the large build
inss.
other large buildings near the
site OF the new buildings, which
were erected during the war and
employed exclusively in work for
The government are now being rapid
is cOverted into modern plants for
the manufacture OF automobile
parts. One large building. $50 feet
long and 200 feet wide, is already
given over entirely to the making OF
automobile lamps, brackets. wind
shields. crank shafts and axIes.
large section IN another Of the shell
plants OF the same size has been Civ
en- over to the making Of automo-
bile fly wheels. Machinery TO pro
vide for the manufacture OF every
part OF the Studebaker car will be
Installed in the remaining floor space
Of this building by June Is, accord
ing TO present plans.
Push Construction Work.
All Of the construction work at
the Studebaker plant is being push
I'd at top speed. il is announced.
with the idea OF putting through
work approXimating $500. 600 dur
Ing the present year. This is just
double of the amount the company
originally planned 10 spend i'm its
construction work during 1919.
party Of Chamber of Commerce
workers paid visit to the site Of
the construction work OF the STU
debaker corporation yesterday after
noon. Following the inspection. one
Of the party had the following to
say in regard to what ne had seen
during the visit
IT we could bring every man and
woman in South Bend 10 This spot
20 witness the progress of the work
here by the Studebaker corporation.
there would no longer be any doubt
in anyone's minds as 10 the need for
more houses in South Bend I have
been amazed by my trip TO the stu
dcbaker factory. I had no idea at
an OF the magnitude Of the work
that is contemplated here. nor any
idea OF how much progress has all
ready been accomplished"