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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1928
Page
12
The Metal Welding Company at 1124 East Houston demonstrates a modern welding method using electric and oxy methane processes. Owner W. Whitlock notes thousands saved by repairing scrap metal, including machine parts and locomotives, with growing auto repair demand and aluminum casting restoration.
A detailed account describes repairing a crippled crank case with aluminum welding. Workers heat and preheat to prevent cracking, claiming even heating avoids weaknesses and saves thousands. The writer notes widespread reclamation of similar cases and large spend on land reclamation.
Improvements totaling 80 000 are reported by Terrell Bartlett engineers Calcasien building Kirkwood Wharton and Lee of San Antonio have been awarded cone Lcept for bout eleven miles of pine in a sanitary sewer system for You kum The contract was awarded at 53 195 according to John Fenner of Terrell Bartlett engineers PAVE STREETS Plans will be complete in the mene future for paving about 100 blocks of streets of Youkum Limestone and concrete bases and asplatt tons will be included The work is expected to cost about 350 000 Final contraries have been let in the water supply system at Biveetwater American Well Works of Dallas received contract furnishing and installing three well pumps of double acting reciprocating type to cost about 1000 WATER SYSTEM Tho vity also purchased one Pomo na turbine pump from the Southern Frgine owl Pump campiny of Wollston Eight miles of ten inch pipe is being aid by a Sweetwater con tractor Wells are being drilled by Well Works Manufacturing company of Garien Kansas The total pee Jee will reach 500 000.
The Associated General Contractors of America report higher construction costs than a year ago with virtually no change since November. The three month trend shows costs near double the 1917 level, while wages and material prices show mixed movements through 1927 and 1926, with no clear wage change in recent months.
Robert E. Mekes, El Paso contractor, won the contract for the Dew Kress five and ten cent store in Brownsville. The three story reinforced concrete and stone building represents a $90,000 investment with G. Sith of New York as company architect.
H W Adking plans a modern one story frame residence to be built in Edeouch. The project seeks routing plating and construction details for the new dwelling, signaling a structured residential development in the town.
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