South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-14
OLIVER COMPAN
STARTS BUILDING
viii Erect Tractor Plant and
Ten Large Buildings
Start at Once.

Contracts for building the FIRST
unit Of the tractor plant 10 be erect
cd here by tho oliver Chilled Pillow
Co. as an expansion TO ITS present
plow manufacturing institution were
awarded Tuesday to the r. @
Chrlstman co. Of South Bend. and
work OF the building az the hrst
unit 81 TO begin at once
The foregoing formal announce
mont Of the actual starting Of worl,
On the building Of the addition 90
The oliver plant was made Tuesday
morning 10y the oliver company
through Mayor Carson
According 10 the announcement,
$4,000 600 has been appropriated by
the company for it's expansion work.
10 Is declared that this sum repre-
sents only percentage OF the total
amount TO be expended
The expansion IS 90 include 10
large buildings. all similar I'm size 90
the one for which the contracts
were awarded Tuesday. The con
tracts given 70 the Christman com
pany are for tho forge building.
which IS 20 be constructed of steel
and concrete az a cost Of 100000.
The forge department is 20 be i'm
operation by midsummer r. was
said Tuesday morning that this
means an addition 20 tho Oliver
working force of at least $500 men.
Purchase Machinery.
The machinery for the forge
building has already been purchased,
and viii be ready for installation as
soon as the building is completed.
The contractors are 10 begin work
J once on the erection of the build
ing which IS 10 be 500 feet long by
200 feet wide The nine other build
iugs. each representing unit OF
The expansion. include another forge
dcpartm ent. a foundry department,
Two ass, mbly departments. each oc-
cupying a separate building. two
paint shops and two warehouses.
these four departments also occupy
ing separate buildings one grind
and templer department and one
steel and storage building
The new buildings are 10 be To-
Gated between the Michigan Central
tracks and W Sample ST. and along
the line OF the Northern Indiana
railroad Already petitions have been
fled with the Indiana public serv-
ice commission by the New Jersey,
Indiana G. Illinois Railroad Co. for
permission to cross number OF
other roads I'm extending a spur 10
he site of the expansion. The hear
ing on these petitions will be held
iu South Bend by the commission
Jan. %.
Erect New Homes.
I'm order 90 care for the new
,yorkmeu and their families. who
viii be brought 10 South Bend by
the expansion program of the COM
pany. .0O0 houses are 20 be erect
ed on the oliver tract i'm she south
west part Of the city. Already 100
of these houses are practically COM
pleted and work ON another 100 has
been started 10 was announced
TUESDAY that as soon as the second
Too are completed. work on the
thirI unit of 100 houses will be
started
The manufacture of tractors by
thc oliver company is TO be I'm ad-
Gitiou to its present pillow makins
industry For sometime The COM
pauy has been manufacturing plows
suitable for tractor use and now
The two industries are TO DE COM
h-u.d.
At the meeting OF the hoard Of
public works Tuesday the matter OF
further sewer and water main eN-
tensions TO the oliver plant was tax
en- up. Recently . sewer line
to the site of the expansion
was completed at cost OF S12.-
eco. the oliver company paying the
expenses OF the extension I'm order
to avoid unnecessary delay that
would have been caused had the
sewer been constructed under the
usual procedure.
The Oliver company signed All
waivers and then paid all the as
ssed cost. making DC possible 10
save Sc, eral weeks iu starting the
work
The board OF works also Tuesday
morning started a resolution for the
vacation Of Walnut ST. where it runs
through the site upon which the ex-
iausion is 20 be built
The New Jersey Indiana x lui-
r..is Appeared before the board
through it's representative asking
THAT 30 be granted franchise TO
cross n number OF streets i'm the
southwest part OF the city I'M order