Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27
NEWARK BooMrvs.
PROBABILITY Of a Large smyrna Gamer

Probability of Large Smyrna Canncry
Moving to Newark Soon.
Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal
NEWARK, Nov. 2i.-A most important
step was taken on Saturday afternoon
toward securing for this town another new
industry in the form of n large vegetable
canning establishment, This was large
meeting of prominent farmers of the yici-
nifty and the members Of the board of trade
held in Grange Hall to confer together and
with the members of the firm of McGaw
Brothers, Gamers, Of Smyrna, this State
The meeting was brought about by the
hoard of trade which for some time has
been conducting quiet negotiations with
this firm relative to its future location
here. This change on the part of the
McCaw Brothers has been made necessary
because of transportation arrangements
and rates, the firm desiring to locate its new
factory along trunk line and within easy
communication with large cities In
looking over large territory the
Messrs. Mctiaw became very favor
ably impressed with Newark, with its
four railroads, two Of them opposition
trunk lines. This latter feature of the two
trunk lines, with the inevitable rivalry
and competition that is derived from raral-
lcl lines, particularly attracted the iitten-
tion of the firm. An additional incentive,
perhaps, was the generosity of the stand
ing offer Of the town to donate excellent
land for manufacturing sites and to ex-
empt new industries from local taxation
for Il period of ten years. The McGaw
Brothers can corn, tomatoes, peas and
pumpkins mostly the first two. To sup
ply the new concern with these IL would
be necessary to have 600 acres in corn and
800 acres in tomatoes planted within q
radius of five miles, and the meeting on
saturday was for the purpose of ascertain
ing how many farmers would contract to
plant certain acreage i'll these products to
supply the cannery.
There We're present about 80 of the most
prominent farmers in the vicinity, among
whom were Samuel Lindsey Hiram Moore,
,luseph Rankin, DIR. w. I. Skinner, Charles
Walton, William II. Smith, George Kerr,
Frank Whitcman, John Lewis, James
llossinger, Delaware CLARK, w. II, Steele
George u. Medill, y. J. Murphy, Robert
Rankin, William Cooch, Daniel Draper,
Manscll freed, ] W. Davis, Isaac Holston
and samuel Deputy. The Messrs. McGaw
were present ut the meeting over which
Samuel Lindsey presided, They explained
that they would pay So per ton for tuma.
toes, 80 for corn, 81 for pumpkins, and
that II would require about 100 acres to
keep them supplied. After much discus
SION he farmers present came to the conclu-
sion that these prices corn, tomato, pump
kin and pea culture would be more profit
able than grain and other farm products
Accordingly large acreage for next spring
was at once pledged by those present, and
a committee consisting Of Messrs Cooch,
Medill Caleb, skinner, Davis, Moore,
Holston, Armstrong, Henry and Hossin-
ger was appointed to thoroughly canvass
the farmers around here and learn what
quota of this total acreage each farmer
would agree 10 plant for the supply of
these products for the cannery The COM
mittee is to report next Saturday after
noon, and us their report is almost certain
70 be very gratifying and favorable, New
ark is pretty certain of the early estab-
lishmcnt Of il new industry which will not
only employ 300 persons but open most
profitable home market to the Farmers all
IDENTIFY has n board of trade to be proud of
and one that seeks To give TO new indus
tries "a local habitation and name.n