STUTZ COMPANY
TO DOUBLE ITS
AUTO FACTORY
Plans Completed for Enlarge
ment of Present Factory to
Cost $800,000; More
Output Desired.
Plan for additions, which prac
tically will double the capacity of
thi plant, have been completed by
the Stutz Motor Car Company of
America, Indianapolis, and work will
begin immediately on the erection of
additional buildings, which, with
their equipment will cost approxi
mately $800,000. Plans for the new
buildings were prepared by Rubush
. & Hunter, architects.
Already workmen are excavating
for the addition to the present motor
plant which will double the capacity.
The addition will be a duplicate of
the present building and will be lo
cated on the corner of Tenth street
and Senate avenue. Two additional
buildings which will be similar to
the present main building of the
company at Tenth street and Capitol
avenue, will be erected as quickly
as possible.
It was announced yesterday by of
ficials of the company that it had
secured all the ground bounded b
Tenth street, Senate avenue, Elev
enth street and Capitol avenue with
the exception of a small piece at
Eleventh street and Senate avenue,
which is owned by a colored church.
A small church building is on ihe
property. The remainder of the
block will be improved by the com
pany as quickly as materials and
labor can be secured.
Seek 50 Per Cent Increase.
Officials of the company said that
it was the plan to increase the ca
pacity of the plant by at least 50
per cent before the first of next
year and that inside a year it was
expected to double the capacity of
the plant. At present the plant has
a capacity of 3,000 cars annually.
The company now is operating up
to full capacity.
The decision to enlarge the out
put was made at a recent meeting
of the board of directors. It is
known, however, that the board has
considered seriously the question
of increased output for some time.
The addition to the machine shop
or motor-plant will be 183 feet
wide and 209 feet long. It will be
one-story . high and of brick con
struction. The two other buildings
to be erected immediately will be
four stories high and of concrete
throughout, even floors and roof.
One of these buildings will be sit
uated north of the present main
building and the other immediately
back of it with a frontage on Sen
ate avenue. All the buildings will
be connected by closed passage
ways. Immense Floor Space.
When the entire plant has been
increased it will give the company
a total of 450,000 square feet of floor
space. In addition the company is
to install its own heating plant
Recently 25,000 additional shares
of stock were issued,1 making a totat
of 100,000 shares outstanding. The
present officers are Allan A. Ryan,
New York city, president; Frederick
E. Gunnison, Ne York city, vice
president; George F. Lewis, New
York city, secretary, and William N.
Thompson, treasurer and general
manager. Changes were made in the
old organization with the resigna
tion of Harry C. Stutz of Indianap
olis as president recently. The an
nouncement was made June 21 and
took effect July 1. Before the resig
nation of Mr. Stutz, Mr. Ryan was
vice-president, of the corporation.
The first car. to bear the name of
the Stutz company made its appear
ance on the Speedway in Indianap
olis in May, 1911. It made a won
derful showing that year and later
in the year the Stutz Motor Car
company was formed and a factory
was established in a building on
North Capitol avenue. Its capacity
then was 500 cars annually. The
first building of the present plant
was constructed in 1914, which dou
bled the capacity and in 1917 a new
building was erected, giving the
plant its present capacity.
Haarmann-Locke Move to
New Home on Dodge Street
Among recent changes along the
auto row is the move of the Haarmann-Locke
Motor Co. to the new
building on Twenty-fifth and Dodge.
"The growth of the Stutz business
here made it necessary for us to
seek larger quarters," asserts Mr.
Locke, "and we now feel that we
are housed in a location suited to
handling such a car as the Stutz."
The arrangement of this new
building affords a most attractive
showroom and an excellent daylight
repair shop.
In addition to the Stutz business
the Haarmann-Locke Motor Co. in
tend to accommodate about 30 cars
for storage.
Mr. Haarmann and Mr. Locke
visited the Stutz factory at Indian
apolis about two weeks ago in an ef
fort to secure a shipment of the 1920
models. They were successful in
securing these cars which will be
here sometime the first of the week.
These new models will be practically
the first cars to grace the new sales
room floor.
Omaha Realtors Make
Many Large Land Sales
Several Omaha realtors are going
rather extensively in the land busi
ness this year.
Among those who have made large
deals are Win. Colfax and Wilson &
Warren, and Hastings & Heyden.
The Wilson & Warren firm, which
has handled more than 10,000 acres
of South Dakota land this year, has
dtsoosed of two and one-half sec
tions in the. last two weeks.
Brick Flats Sold.
Six brick flats at Twenty-ninth
street and Dewey avenue owned by
F. W Bonine of South Dakota have
been sold by the Wilson & Warren
company to George S. Martin of
. Des Moines for $18,000.
These flats are among the oldest
of this class of property in the city.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 17, 1919.
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The steady growth of the Stutz business in Omaha has made it
necessary for us to seek larger quarters for the accommodation
of our sales and service organization.
Consequently we have built a new building at 2526-52 Dodge
Street, where we will welcome an opportunity to show you the
latest Stutz Models and facilities for "real" service.
For the present our new location affords us room for handling
about 35 cars in live storage. We solicit your patronage.
aarmann-Locke Motors Company
2526-32 Dodge Street
OMAHA, NEB.
Phone Douglas 4320
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