Quincy Enters Reconstruction Era with Growth Prospects
Quincy and its surrounding territory begin reconstruction with bright growth prospects. Postwar factories expand, with Monroe drug building a 4 story, 200000 square foot plant. Illinois Stock Medicine opens in Schanz brewery site, boosting stock food. Morris Shoe plans branch, adding 150 jobs. Rupp Brothers to move yards, install $18000 crane. elevators receive strong orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlinois Stock Medicine Company
Schanz Brewery
Sixth and
State Streets
Quincy
Te Morris Shoe Company
Maine Street
Rupp Brothers
Walton Heights
Quincy Poised for Postwar Reconstruction and Growth
Quincy emerges from the war period financially strong with new department stores and planned growth. The city aims to expand trade via the Mississippi Valley Trade association, attract farm and dairy industries, attract three hard roads funded by a $60 million state bond, and boost street improvements with a $500,000 bond vote in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Central West
Mississippi Valley Trade Association
Atlantic Coast
Big Tractor Plant and City Rebuilding Foreshadow 1919
The article notes a new major tractor plant in the Walton Heights district as Electric Wheel Works expands, promising the city’s largest factory. It details retail growth with two modern department stores, ongoing street resurfacing, a $500000 bond for municipal improvements, sewer projects on the South Side, and plans for a municipal light plant. It also mentions foreign contractor talks, highway work in Adams County, and anticipated 1919 as a peak year for reconstruction and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Wheel Works
Walton Heights
Quincy
Central
West
Halbach-Schroeder
W. T. Duker Company
Kespohl-Mohrenstecher Company
Ilinois
Halbach-Schroeder Company
Sixth
Maine
Chamber of Commerce
John Barleycorn
New Nes
Board of Local Improvements
Vermont
Broadway
Oak
Jersey
Jefferson
Monroe
Fifth
Jackson
Eighth Street
Enoch Chatten
Adama County
L. L. Boyer
Hilbetory
Asia
Quincy Incubator Industry Grows After 25 Years
Quincy has long led in incubator and poultry supply production with the Reliable incubator company expanding its Walton Heights plant to 180 by 100 feet. The factory employs 80 to 160 workers seasonally and shipped over 50,000 incubators last year. Demand spans the world from South America to the Orient with Egypt using incubators for hatchling crocodiles and aligators in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Walton Heights
United States
America
South America
Orient
Egypt
Florida
Reliable Inncubator Company
North Star Egg Case Company
Quincy Carrier Company
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
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Adams County
Liberty Loan
Monroe Drug Company
Third and
Oak Streets
Fourth and
Germany
Halbach-Schroeder Store
Ings
W. T. Duker CO
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