Alumni Will Aid in Selecting Butler Site

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 22, 1919: Butler College will be enlarged and placed on a university status by September 1923. Alumni have joined committees appointed by the college trustees to select a new location for the Irvington school. Possible sites include the vacant Hibben land along East Washington St between Emerson Av and Hawthorne Lane and Ellenberger Park. Another proposal is to acquire land from Washington St south to the Pennsylvania Railroad and from the old Streight Estate east to Pleasant Run. Other sites under consideration include a tract east of Irvington between Washington and Tenth Streets, the exteme north districts of Indianapolis around Mapleton, Meridian Heights or Broad Ripple, and University Heights on the far south side of the city. Plans are proceeding on a building fund campaign to raise several million dollars toward the new university.

“Alumni Will Aid in Selecting Butler Site,” The Indianapolis News, 22 December 1919, p. 31:6

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City Leader in Fine Cars

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 14, 1919: More luxury cars are made in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the United States. While other cities may build more cars and have a larger number of automobile factories, the Hoosier capital is the center of fine car production. Detroit may boast of its two luxury cars, Packard and Cadillac, but Indianapolis has five high-grade car factories manufacturing the Marmon, Stutz, Cole, National, and Premier. In addition, the new Lafayette Motors Co and the recently organized H. C. S. Motor Corp will soon be making first-class motor vehicles in Indianapolis. The Monroe is also now being built here. Quality cars being built at Connersville, the Lexington and McFarlan; at Kokomo, the Apperson and Haynes; at Logansport, the ReVere; and at South Bend, the Studebaker, also contribute to Indiana’s fame.

“City Leader in Fine Cars,” The Indianapolis Star, 14 December 1919, Part Six, p. 23:1

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State Played Big War Part

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, December 8, 1919: The Indiana Historical Commission received a report on Indiana’s industrial part in winning the world war. War contracts were awarded to 119 state industries, including 29 Indianapolis companies. Among the local firms providing war matériel were Allison Experimental Co, 2½-ton tractors; E. C. Atkins & Co, rifle grenades; Citizens Gas Co, benzol; Electric Steel Co, hub boxes for artillery wheels; Holcomb & Hoke Co, VB rifle grenades; Holt Manufacturing Co, gasoline engines; Hoosier Veneer Co, black walnut blanks for gun stocks; Indianapolis Saddlery Co, gun-slings; Link Belt Co, auto silent chain, double-drive sprocket; National Motor Car & Vehicle Co, Nash quad truck chassis; Spacke Machine & Tool Co, 4-inch TM gas shells; Udell Works, rifle grenade fuse containers; Wheeler-Schebler Co, carburetors, 6-ton tractors; and Zenite Metal Co, assembled bodies for gas grenades.

“State Played Big War Part,” The Indianapolis Star, 8 December 1919, p. 3:1

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