Hilt Breaks Ground

Title

Hilt Breaks Ground

Subject

Local news

Description

Hilt Truck Lines officially broke ground for its new terminal on 6.7 acres of ground near Thirty-fifth Street and Fourteenth Avenue Thursday afternoon. Participating in the ceremony are LeRoy Hilt, president, Robert Hilt, vice president, Ronald Kiger, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Walt Hathaway and Thomas Hilt, traffic manager. Building and grounds will be readied in 3 1/2 months by Stueffer Bros. Construction Co. of Lincoln, Neb. Five other freight lines will have offices in the firm's building. The Hilt firm will eventually employ 100 people with an annual payroll of about $1 million.

Creator

Nonpareil photos

Source

Daily Nonpareil July 19, 1968

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1968-07-19

Format

Black and white photograph

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Hilt_Truck_Line_07_19_1968_001.jpg

Coverage

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Rights

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