The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-05
COOPERATIVE MILLS.
SEVERAL OF ruE PENDING PLANS
For the EsotlOn of Nall FactorlsS-PuhlIC
Iatsrsst In the Talk Of Locating ut
NASHVILLE Some of the AdVAVtaEsS
otthAt Section Other Localities.

NANhNhN~ oeAA9 W tAN N@NN@NbS
OF that Section Other Localities.
The leading feature OF the nail strike
situation Just now is the number Of CO.
operative nail factory projects, suggested
or in formation. The truth concerning
Mr., Dswey's views or intention is said TO
be that while he Il. willing to invest capt.
til in a cooperative mill here, he considers
1t wiser to organize on an extensive basis,
erect a large steel plant at Bsayer Falls,
with atsmall nail factory In connection
with II, and g number Of small nail tacto.
riea scattered oyeIt the West, drawing their
supply Of raw material from the Beaver
Falls establishment, and selling their nails
in their own viCinitles, Then there Is q
project still on foot 10 erect a cooperative
nail factory here, with capital stock Of
about $4,000. The leading nailers In this
project prefer To remain in Wheeling, II
possible, but they are In correspondence
with leading men in various communities
in all paris Of the country, with a vieg to
astertaining what inducements will be
held out for the establishment Of q nail
works.
Numerous favorable answers have been
received, among them one from leading
wholesale hardware firm in Nashville,
Tenn, which offers to subscribe two.
thirds OF the capital stock necessary 10 ee.
tablsh a nail factory there II practical
men with experience and good recon.
mendations will take the other one.thirtl
and accept places In the mill. The Nash.
vile American, OF January ], also contains
an article showing that q good deal OIL
public interest has been aroused In this
project there. That paper notes the re-
ceipt there OF letter from Wheeling
mailer, who asked whether the citiEens 81
Nashville would do anything towards aid
ing an enterprise Of this kind, such as
giving q site, aud further aBksif the mon
eyed men OF the city would take stock
with them in the establishment Of such
an industry. He also inquiries In relation
to the coal supply and the wood suitable
for making nail kegs.
The American says: I'm regard 70 a
suitable site, whether such o contribution
would be made by the citizens or not, one
could be secured very Cheaply on the river
or railroad, or both. AS to taking stock
we feel sure oil the stock necessary would
be taken in q few days. Our judgement
In this matter ID formed from the success
which several establishments have met
with-notably, the Phillips. Buttorf Com.
pany for making hollow ware, the Grubbs.
Kemker candy factory, the Cotton Mills,
and several other legitimate lines Of man.
utacture, In which no difficulty was met
with In raising the capital but 1t must be
noted that in each one Of these enterprises
the promoters were men well known for
their business capacity, integrity and en-.
terprise. Whether entire strangers, unless
they should come strongly recommended,
would meet with as ready q response 10 q
matter OF considerable doubt.
"As To the coal supply, II Is ample, but
new competing lines Of roads will have Ia
be constructed before II can be laid down
In the city at very low prices.
"Wood for the manufacture OF kegs eI'
lists In quantities on every line Of railway
and Is worth probably less than In any
other section OF the country. The 81
Louis 4 Southeastern Railroad taps q re-
gion Of countrytwenty miles from the city
that has furnished and still furnishes
thousands Of -four and whisky barrell
every year. On the Upper Cumberland
river great forests Of white oak and Other
woods abound, and on the Northwestern
Road, after passing through On almost
iaultless farming region for thirty miles,
one enters q wooded region that covers
many thousand square miles and extends
along both aides OF the road for $50 miles.
The road recently built from Columbia 10
Iawrenceburg and connecting with the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad at the
former place, pierCes q fine numbering re.
gion. Hickory hoop.poleS and white oak
snitable for making hoops and slaves are
almost without limit"
The American further advises that one
| Of the Wheeling men interested visit thai
city, 70 ''learn the disposition Of men o.
capital toward encouraging such q laud.
able enterprise. IL Isl 10 DO regretted that
too many Of the capitalists Of the South
prefer 10 shave notes or deal In stocks
and bonds rather than 70 engage in the
legitimate work OF manufacturing. Thil
ID due more 70 the want Of knowledge ID
relation to the proatAblsness Of mRntiac.
turing than to any prejudice existing
against manufactures. A few successes
will work radical change In the nindl
Of our moneyed men In this respect. We
| have for years believed, and that belief
has been streDgthed and intensified BY
time, that Nashville offers superior faCili'
ties, both as respects natural advantages
and readily accessible natket, for The
manufacture Of oil kinds Of iron products
nails, hollow ware, plows, ETC."