Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-07
NEW BUSINESS BUILDINGS GIVE
TOWN METROPOLITAN
APPEARANCE.
PRODUCE PLANT DOES
ENORMOUS BUSINESS
Financial transactions Reach Sum in
Excess Of 100000 Annually and
Are Growing-Saies Pavilion Erect
ed BY Business Mon of Community
&C. e. Wilson's Observations.
[By c. E. wilson.l

py ~. E<s WuSOu.
Reinbeck, July 7.-Three business
blocks. one built one year ago, a sec
ond nearly completed and third on
ly well under way. give to the visitor
the impression that he is entering a
city of 5000 to 10000 population in
stead of the 1.400 that is claimed for
this town.
The plant of the E. c. Grady Pro-
duce Company, which is In the sec
ond year Of its existence, Is a large
two story brick structure. and is the
central assembly house OF the COM
pany, which operates nine branches
In other towns. In this strictly mod
ern building, equipped with it's cold
storage. Ice making and all other
machinery that goes into the make
up Of a $4,000 plant eggs are grad
ed and packed. poultry is dressed and
made ready for shipment, and butter
ts manufactured. An average of about
thirty people find employment here
the year around and the company
does a $2.000,000 business annually
Plans are being perfected to greatly
enlarge the plant as soon as building
conditions become settled and when
this is done the Grady Company will
be one OF the largest Of its kind in
Iowa.
There are said to be at least TWEEN
ty-two professional breeders Of pure
bred cattle and hogs in the vicinity
OF Reinbeck, which is the center Of a
territory embracing parts of Grundy.
Black Hawk and Tama counties, and
these men cooperating with many
other progressive citizens Of the
community have erected what is
styled THE Tri County Sale Pavil-
ion," one of the largest and Tines.
buildings Of Its kind in the state. The
walls are OF hollow brick block and
the pavilion is 100 by 100 feet with q
roof supported by seven lattice trus-
ses. built by experts who came out
from Chicago for that purpose each
trtss weighs about four tons and
they have a clear span Of one hum
dred feet. The skylight is % by AZ
feet and contains three tons OF
glass. The building has room for
eighty-five head OF cattle or horses.
and the sale ring has a removable
partition 30 arranged that 1t can be
quickly converted into horse SELL
ing arena. It Is contemplated that the
building will also be used for corn
and poultry shows and similar pur-
poses.
This splendid building was erected
by stock company composed Of
large number Of farmers, business
apd professional men and at cost
OF about SS5, o00.j
.rhe third Of the buildings noted at
the beginning Of this article is
monster garage 7s feet wide and 17s
feet long. It's walls also are of hol-
low block. and like the stock pavilion.
its roof will be supported by lattice
trlsses 30 that not single post.
within the building will be necessary.
Besides these structures Reinbeck
is putting in forty-one blocks OF BIZ
tulithio pavement. A forty section
consolidated school district has been
established and visions OF future
100000 school building already are
being glimpssd by ardent boosters
who contend that all this is Just the
ordinary effect Of natural advantages
for they claim, and 1t must be admit
ted with some reason, that the Rein
beck vicinity In one OF the garden
spots" OF tho earth. peopled by u
class determined to make tho most OF
the situation.
J. A. Snow. an old resident OF tho
little town Of Morrison, has what
might be termed . three purpose well
equipment. In his yard he dug pit
about five or six feet square and
eight sfeet deep. In the center Of this
he, drove" a well and cased 1t to a
point about foot above the floor of
the pit. which is covered with brick
and walled with the same meterial.
The plank covering Is arranged to
permit Of the lowering Of perish
ables" SO that the we'll pit IL also a
first class refrigerator. Provision also
is made for hasty descent by the
fo.mily in case Of clouds in the south
west or anywhere. I'm other words the
well pit, in an emergency, can be
used as O storm cave.