The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-03
A NEW ENTERPRISE.

Lay JOh OlAAO, NfbO III OA1lO CAbJ 1OA VA
purpose of looking up site for larg
agricultural implement mandatory
He was seen by a STATESMAN repre-
sentative aud an interview had a!
to his plans and purposes. Ht
represents Ohio capitalists, and thell
desire is to establish in Texas a large
mandatory of different farming i'm
plements that will supply the trade In
Texas and Arkansas. They expect to
expend, he said, about half a million
dollars in the erection of buildings
and half as much more in machinery,
1t is their l.urpose, if possible, to Sc
cure water-power that will run the
works, and it was for this purpose he
come to Austin to examine the Colora-
do. ere. He had not yet made full
ftigation of the matter, but if he
d secure suitable water power he
urro0ght very likely the comp ny
might locate their works near Austin.
lie was very much pleased with Aus
tin as a city. She was healthy and
pleasantly located, and in these re-
CARDS presented all that could be de-
sired. Then, too, she had good rail-
road facilities, and this was one of the
main things
III BE CONSlDEhED.
by the company in choosing site for
their works. He had been down to
the mill-dam below the city, but did
not like this location for his works.
He, however, only gave the matter a
hasty examination, saying that to-day
1t was his intentions to go up the
Colorado and see if there was point
near the city where dam could be
thrown across the river and raised
high enough for the necessities of
their factories. In reply to question
inquiring what sort of dam they would
put in, he said they would build
of solid masonry measuring about fif-
teen feet high and of the most sub.
stantial character. They would have
to have such dam in order to meet
the exigencies of both high and low
water. If he could find a place on
the Colorado where such dam could
be built and the banks be suitable for
the erection of buildings he should
most certainly advise the location of
the works here. He would not want
he said, to go too far
FROM THE CITY
and unless he could find a suitable
place within reasonable distance of
Austin the works would not be located
at this poiut. THE STATESMAN rep
resentative inquired about how many
men these works would employ, to
which he replied from four to five
hundred constantly in the manufacto-
ry itself, besides the men employed on
the road in looking after the sales
of the company. There would
be wagon department in which
would be manufactured farm wagons.
There would be a department for the
manufacturing of corn and cotton |
cultivators. Another devoted to the
of reapers. A plow factory,
and probably other implements |
would be made. The firm he repre- |
5ented had secured the latest |
patents on the articles mentioned, and |
with plenty of capital they expected
to supply the fast developing territory
of Texas at lower figure than the |
northern manufacturers could
AFFORD TO DO.
He said the institution was sure to be |
located some where in the state; about
that there was no question, for the
capital was in hand and the enterprise
was fully formulated. The point of
location depended entirely upon which
one presented the best facilities for
heir work. Speaking of the advan-
5ages to the place where they located
ne said:, We ask no bonus from the
own; we have the money to
pay for all we desire, and so
what l may say on this
point of trust will not be miscon-
strued. In the first place we will |
bring say four hundred workmen.
The men will nearly all have families.
1t is safe to say that three hundred
put of the four will have families.
Here then are three hundred families
brought to your city, men who per-
'orm skilled labor and receive good
wages, the most of which will be
pent in the city.
A LOW ESTIMATE
GSnld bsiour members to a family
md that is indeed very low estimate
lmong mechanics. That would give
you an increase of population of 1,200
persons. But this is not all. This in
crease of population would bring ma
ny others to the city onaccount of the
boom it would receive and it is fair to
say that if this company locate their
works here that fully two thousand
persons will be added to the popula-
lion of Austin. Then, too,
one manufactory always brings
another, and so it will be in this case.
Should we locate in your city others
would soon follow US, and it would
not be long until Austin would be-
come a great manufacturing centre.
q But" said he. "I have said more
than L ought, for 1 have been going
about my work quietly, and would
rather not have gotten into the papers
at all until after it had been set
led where the company would build.
He was asked when that would
be known, and he replied not until he
had returned to Ohio and made his re-
port to the other gentlemen interes-
ted.- Then it would be determined
and the work would be pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible.
1t is to be hoped that Austin may
secure this mandatory which GER
tainly will be, if located here, great |
benefit to the city. 1t would seem as
If there could be little doubt about the |
gentleman finding a suitable water
power.