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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 3 Mar 1928, p. 46

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Housewarming Edition WINNETKA TALK March 3, 1928 HARDWARE BIG ITEM OURTEEN inside sets of locks in- cluding knobs and hinge straps and locking equipment for two sets of en- trance doors complete the finish hard- ware in the Lloyd Hollister Inc. plant. The inside locks are installed in the various doors in the office sections of Y{ both the first and second floors. The hardware which was furnished by James Swanson and Son of Chi- cago is of the best quality. 112 W. Adams St. Chicago Phone Central 7950 The Complete Bowstring Truss Roof on Garage of WILMETTE LIFE Building with 4- McKeown Trusses was erected by McKeown Bros. Company ESTABLISHED 1894 55 0" 21 E. 40th Street New York Phone Lexington 10400 A RECORD FEAT Reiss Construction Company Com- pletes Excavation Job in Four Days, a Speedy Performance 1 a sunny day last July--July 15 to be exact--there appeared on Central avenue a fleet of excavators, meaning steam shovel, crane, trucks and men and four days later all dis- appeared. The Reiss Construction on McCormick boulevard and Dodge street had finished in jigtime the ex- cavating for the new Lloyd Hollister Inc. plant. The Reiss company has been fifteen years in business and knows its ex- cavating. It claims the speedy work on our job is a record for the north shore and we do not question it. The first task was to tear down four big trees and this was done quickly, eigh- teen men operating equipment which consisted of a Type B-2 one yard steam shovel, a crane which has a boom ex- tending forty feet, and twelve trucks for dirt disposal. It was the most modern machinery that enabled the rapid excavation. The big steam shovel used dug down easily to the required depth of eleven feet. directions. States great. FV VV VV VV VT TV TS TT VN TV TV VV Vv VY VV VY VV VV VV VV VV VY VY YVVYVYYYVYYVYVYYVYYYVYYVYYVYVYVYVYYYY Is It Necessary! [SURanch is acknowledged to be the basis of credit as well as the backbone of commerce. A policy of insurance relieves the policy-holder of a responsibility in whatever direction the insurance covers, be that fire, life or casualty. And by that relief is the policyholder able to add just that much. to his energy in other INSURANCE has nothing to conceal. Insurance is performing a real benefit to your community and insur- ance is doing its share towards making the United For UNEXCELLED SERVICE IN All LINES OF INSURANCE Consult YOUNGBERG-CARLSON & Co. INSURANCE 175 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago b b b e 4 b > 4 4 b > 3 13 3 | 3 r > 3 Y r b b 4 3 4 4 9 4 4 r 4 > r 3 q | 3 b } 3 r 3 3 2 b 4 3 , 3 4 > 3 > y 1 4 ate fbnstidecctinaitsinnciatcatieatmie a ec a A A AA AAA AAA AALS AAAAbALbbaddddddadddadbsd assis ddsddddsdsdsdd Art of Carpenter Is Demonstrated Throughout Plant NE of the many fine jobs in the Lloyd Hollister Inc, building which enables us to show pride is the carpentering. The McKeown Brothers company, of Chicago, of which John C. McKeown, residing on South Priy- ate road, Hubbard Woods, is at the head, did the carpenter work. { In the office sections, the glass par- titions have wood sash, one and three- quarters inches thick, neatly trimmed with yellow pine jambs and casings. Over the doors are transoms, hinged at the bottom and operated by tran- som lifts. The outside sash are metal, but were equipped by the carpenter with specidl sash operators. This is to accommodate full size screens. The outside entrance door and frame are of wood and of attractive design. A patented McKeown truss roof covers the one story room in the rear. By using this special construction a working space 55x80 is provided clear of troublesome columns. Special Motors on All Machines Give the Speed Required HE modern publishing plant is a highly specialized workshop where every machine performs a definite function, and each machine is related to the next machine in a very definite way. In the Lloyd Hollister Inc, establishment every machine is equip- ped with a special electric motor made expressly for that machine. The elec- tric motors run at a uniform speed. Hollister Inc., has all the modern motor equipment which was engineered by the Kimble Electric company of Chicago. Our Congratulations and Best Wishes to Lloyd Hollister Inc. and Wilmette on this splendid new plant MOHR LINO-SAW COMPANY 564-570 West Monroe St. CHICAGO

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