form and placing them on flat cars for delivery to the erection derricks. Fig. 14 shows a trainload of these units being delivered at the site of one of their jobs. Fig. 15 shows one of their standard erecting cranes. Some of the largest contracts which this company have under construction are that of the Post Textile Co., at Post City, Texas, the exterior of which is shown in Fig. 16, and the interior in Fig. 17. This plant has a floor area of five acres. Fig. 18 shows one of the eighteen 42' lattice type girders which were used on this structure. Another large factory, just completed, is that of the Sturgis Burn Co., at Melrose Park near Chicago, the ground area of this plant being about five acres. Fig. 19 shows the ground plan and Fig. 20 the typical section of this plant. Fig. 21 shows a grain elevator built at Hammond, Indiana. Figs. 22, 23, 24 show exterior and interior views of a round house for the Sante Fe at Riverbank, Cal. |