The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-14
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ED. ADVOCATE: For long time your
valuable paper has inyited manufacturers
TO locate their Industries In our growing
town, and your endeavors. will at last be
crowned with success if the proper steps
are taken at once. The object of this com
munication is to inform the citizens of Le-
highton and vicinity that with adequate in
ducement and financial subscription, our
town may secure in a very few months the
branch plant of a large silk mill, like Allen
town, Bethlehem, Catasauqua, and quite
recently our sister town Weatherly. Le-
highton too may have one of these indus
tries which will help build up our prosper
Gus borough. by giving employment to sey-
eral hundred of its inhabitants. The un,
dersigned is the agent of firm of silk
manufacturers who has been authorized to
inform our people as to the conditions and
inducements requisite to procure the loca-
ton Of the mill in our town. Lehighton is
but one of several Lehigh Valley towns
which are held under advisement by this
firm, and in order that our town may be
selected, special inducements must be Of
fered and active measures taken at once.
Your subscriber while giving the head of
the firm as complete description of our
town as he was able, did not fail to mem
ton that we hoped to have the town sup
piled with water in a short time and this
fact seemed to have considerable weight.
Therefore the directors of our water com
pany have an immense incentive TO put
forth all their energy to push the artesian
well TO water depth as. soon as possible.
The company ask of the citizens of Lehigh-
ton TO furnish a suitable site and erect
thereon building as specified by them and
which will cost about $4,000 This can
be done by forming a company for the pur-
pose, the silk firm paying certain rate of
interest on money invested and finally pur-
chasing the building The silk firm will
put about 100000 worth of machinery into
the buildingand employ 200 or more hands.
A rapid calculation at the average rate of
So per week for 200 employees would be an
income of $4,000 per annum to the wage
earners of our town The citizens of Le-
highton have never had such an opportuni-
ty for so profitable and safe an investment
which will benefit the community, enhence
the value of property and build up the
town. None ] think can fail to see the
benefits accruing from the location of such
a mill employing 200 of our people, and it
remains with the public spirited and enter
prising inhabitants whether or not Lehigh-
ton secures this important manufacturing
industry. The question is can we afford to
allow this opportunity to slip? There is TO
reason why Lehighton should not secure it,
but in order to do so prompt action is
necessary as other towns are making great
efforts to induce the firm to locate in them.
For Obvious reasons it is impossible to give
fuller details in this communication, but
further information may be had from the
subscriber. In case like this the absence
of a Board of Trade in our town is at once
felt, as such body could properly encour-
age such an enterprise but it is to be hoped
that the want of it will not hinder the for
nation of company at once to erect the
building of silk mill.
Thanking you Mr. Editor, for the court
esy extended, and hoping that You will in
the future as you have in the past ten
courage manufacturers to locate in our
beautiful burgh, and that on will do all in
youI power to arouse the people to sense
of their interest and advantage in this case
am very truly. A. X. LEUCKEL.