Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-02-01
OUR BUTTER FACTORY.

The Required Amount OF Stock Secured,
tho site Selected and Purchased and
the Project Progressing Finely.
As per announcement last week the
stockholders of the Baxter Springs
Butter and Cheese Factory enterprise.
met at the city hall Wednesday after
noon with good portion of the stock
represented. j. H. Ballard was called
to the chair and w. G. Bates chosen
secretary.
r. II. Talbot, of the committee on
location of the plant, reported that the
committee had several suitable sites
selected, but had been unable to secure
any one OF them in q definite way.
After some discussion of the matter
E. M. Kitchener and c. F. Ebenstein
were added to the committee and the
committee continued and empowered
to select aud purchase q suitable site
for the plant.
The meeting then adjourned after
deciding to hold a meeting Of all
stockholders at the city hall next
Tuesday at 2 o'clock for the election of
q board of directors and the compile
ton of the permanent organization.
Soon after the meeting adjourned
the location committee succeeded in
securing o site of two acres short
distance northwest of the Memphis
depot, it being q portion of the fifteen
acre tract owned by the Cherokee Live
Stock Co. The site was purchased at
a cost of $500 and includes an excel
lent we'll of water and a windmill
pump. The site is high and rolling,
is abOut the right distance from the
city and altogether is quite satisfactory
to all concerned. The tract is 20 rods
north and south by 16 rods east and
west.
The building will be located just
south OF the we'll and will be, accord
ing TO the contract, 32x52 feet two
stories high, with an engine room adj
dition 12x26 feet one story high. The
main building will be divided into six
rooms.
Mr.. C. B. Burton, by whose efforts
the plant has been secured, left yester-
day for other fields as his part OF the
work here has been completed. In
few days, possibly next week, he will
be succeeded by the engineer, Mr..
Davis, who will locate the building
site and prepare for the laying of the
foundation at once. The master me-
1chanic will then follow and In q few
|days the building will be in course of
construction. Masons, carpenters and
such other assistants as may be neces-
sary aside from the two men mention
ed will be employed at home. The
lumber will be furnished by the Allen
Bros. planning mill of this city. The
plant will be ready for operation
about May 1st.
The News has made no great blow
about the securing of this factory for
Baxter Springs, but nevertheless it be-
lieves the enterprise is the best and
most important one yet secured.
Many believe 1t will prove of vastly
more benefit to our city than a new
railroad "a real, steel-rail road, we
mean) would, and it CertainIy will
prove of much more value 10 the
farmers than an additional railway.
While some of our business men
ought to be censured for not assisting
as they should in securing this enter
prise, Baxter Springs is fortunate in
having it placed at her door, and the
farmers are entitled to great credit
and the gratitude of our citizens for
the part which they have taken and
are taking in the enterprise. Without
the generous assistance of our farmer
friends, some of whom live . c0nsid-
cradle distance from the plant, the
project must have resulted in failure.
But Mr.. Burton, whose experience
extends over several years and many
states, says he never has seen better
prospect for q successful factory than
is presented here. He says there are
more COWS available for this factory to
start with than any other he has es-
tablished. The milk from 1900 to 5000
COWS will be received and made into
butter and cheese here and with any
thing like careful management ought
to bring good returns from the start.