Refinery Interested in Joliet Coke Plant Site
Iris Development Corp will acquire a 60 acre Joliet area site and dismantle the former No 2 and No 3 battery coke plant for sale to mills and machinery firms. Much scrap to U S Steel plants. some machinery sold to other firms. The plant once employed up to 700 men and ceased operations March 1 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Steel Co
North Collins St
Chicago
John Gusich
Arthur E. Kelly
Dan Keenan
Joe Howard
Joe Kemp
Fred DeToffol Jr
Gary
Leo Farcus
U. S. Steel
Iris Development Corp
Spectator
W. F. Kaplan Co
Northern Indiana Dock Co
George Hartman
Kaplan
U. S
Joliet Works
Illinois Steel Corp
Joliet
U.S. Steel
Walter Boswell
Fahey warns annexation tied to Raynor Hills Water Co
Joliet developer Fahey interrupted the city council with a three page statement asserting the Raynor Hills Water Co would be the linchpin of an annexation plan. He claimed control over the water franchise and accused Councilman Wilson of ties to U S Steel, linking this to a broader fight over sewage and a possible new trunk line between Jackson Street and the disposal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick D. Fahey
Joliet
Raynor Hills Water Co
Fahey
William H. Wilson
East Wall
U. S. Steel
Jackson St
Crest Hill
Bertnik building fire causes heavy damage on Cass Street
Firemen from three stations under Assistant Chief James Breen doused an upstairs blaze at the Bertnik building at Cass and Herkimer, damaging a Howard apartment and causing smoke damage to two others. The Lighthouse restaurant on the first floor faces loss, with repairs needed. insurance covers the property. This is the second block fire in recent weeks after the Dimas block destruction in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertnik
Cass and
Herkimer Sts
James Breen
Louis Howard
Herkimer
Breen
Howard
Mariette Seaver
M. L. Winger
Mike Sclavounos
Taylor
Lighthouse
E. Cass
Winger
Washington St
Proposes Joliet Airport Authority to Boost Future Funding
Dr. Wylie H. Mullen urged Joliet to create an Airport Authority to access federal and state funds. He noted the Joliet Park District lacks funds to upgrade the airport west of the city and cited 19 Illinois airport authorities as precedent. A special election would form a six member panel, with three appointees from the county judge and three from the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie H. Mullen
Blacks Rd
Joliet
Joliet Park District
Illinois
Paul Friedrich
Waukegan
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Gary Works
Fred DeToffel
Herbert H. Jones
Provo
Utah
Duluth
Minn
Raynor Water Firm
Has Wilson
Columbia St
Wilson
American Steel & Wire
Airport Authority
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