The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-14
A COTTON FACTORY
Nav be Established in tho vioin-
ity of Wheeling.
ADVANTAGES FOR THAT INDUSTRY
Abound in this oommunIty..one Of
tho Best Known Manufacturers In
the Country here Looking for a
Location for big Factory.-A Good
Thing to Have.

Mr. NJ. V. Richards, land ana lmml-
grafton agent OF the B. 4 o. railroad
Company, is at the McLure house, &C
companied by Mr.. B. F. GambriA, OF
baltimore. Mr.. GambriIl has been for
years practical cotton manufacturer,
in fact grew up in tho business, his
father having been the first manufact-
urer Of cotton duck in the United States.
He comes here to look for location for
a cotton factory. To the uniformed it
seems strange to locate cotton factory
IN this section of the country, but Mr..
Gambrill's reasons for selecting the
Wheeling district are very logical and
strong.
Talking to an ISrEImoXScHR reporter
last night, he said that it was bis desire
TO organize company here with sufi'
Gent capital to build cotton factory
With 10000 spindles. He has conf
Jonce that from tho start he can pay a
satisfactory dividend in cash and have
n pood margin OF the profits to enlarge
The capacity OF the works. He would
hone to treble or quadruple his works
and tho company's capital in few
years. At the start the lighter grades
OF duCks would be made, and us the
works grow the weights would be in
creased.
The IxrHLbIeRScER man asked Mr..
Gambrill II this was good location for
the cotton industry.
"There is no better" he answered. II
have been in the business in Baltimore,
and although expected to find adyant-
ages here was surprised to sec how
many and how great they were. 1nthe
first place, the freight rate from here to
New York is but IS cents as against rs
from Baltimore, while in shipping to
Chicago, where at least half OF the pro-
duct Of factory would go, there Is an
immense advantage in favor of Wheel
ing. Cotton can be shipped here cheaper
than to Baltimore. The river freights
for the raw material give Wheeling
great advantage in that respect
"The greatest saving, perhaps, would
be in fuel. figured out to-day the diff
ference in the cost OF coal here and in
Baltimore, and found in tina: one item
a saving per annum Of $4,000. There
alone is dividend OF three per cent on
100000. I can make, allthings consid-
cred, cotton duck in Wheeling two cents
o pound less than anywhere else where
there is a cotton factory"
Mr.. Gambrill said before he could
turn q spindle he would have to have
3 practically new town Of $500 souls.
His idea is to secure suitable tract OF
twenty-five or thirty acres, build on it
the factory and number Of houses for
the operatives and their families, and
have little village OF their own.
Another advantage offered by Wheel
ing, in addition to those already named,
Is in the labor to be procured here.
The daughters and sons OF workmen
can find profitable light employment in
a cotton factory, In tho factory with
which Mr.. Gambrill has been con-
nected there is not an employe earning
81 50 day who does not own his own
home. The reason for this is that sew
eral members OF the family are em-
pIoyed at good wages.
The project is one which should meet
with encouragement Mr.. Gambrili and
Mr.. Richards will call on number OF
gentlemen to-day and undertake to in
terest them in the plan. He has with
him a number of letters Of a highly
Commendatory character from leading
manufacturers and capitalists Of Balti-
more, Boston, and other cities.
Said he last night: Cotton is shipped
to New England, and the finished pro-
duct sent back here. The freight both
ways must be added to the cost. Why
should the goods not be made hereH 1t
saves freight, keeps the money at home
and gives profitable employment to a
large number Of people. This city
should manufacture everything. the
community consumes. There is no
reason it may not do it"