Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-23
LOOKS LIKE GOOD NEWS.
Possibility of a $3,ooo,ooo Car
Works Being Established

On the Delaware River Above Edge
Aioor-Syndicate Formed In Toston-
Two Miles of the Delaware River Pur-
chased With an Option OF MUre-The
Story Comes From Boston.
The following special from Boston
was published in the New York World
yesterday week:
john +. Dunahue Of this city, who
represents several Boston men interested
in the scheme for establishing parlor
and sleeping.car building plant on the
banks Of the Delaware river, near Will
mington, said to-day:
II am not prepared at present to give
the names OF the gentlemen interested
without their authority. Undoubtedly
! will be able to later on. The company
Is organized under the laws of the State
Of Delaware, and Is capitalized for
S2,500,0O0. Our principal business will
be to construct sleeping cars. We will
also build street cars and regulation
passenger coaches, and also small, light
draught vessels. The Pullman business
did not lead us to undertake the enter
prise, for it has been proposed for a
year OF more, but it has helped us in
securing capital. The car works at Will
mington are near by. They are under
the control of the Pullman Company
But we have patents on sleeping car
which, we think, will enable us TO build
better and cheaper Car than either
the Wagner or Pullman people can.
We have the lands and the money. The
plans for the buildings and works are
. not sufficiently far advanced TO give to
the public yet. but as soon as they are
you shall have them" n
LITTLE KNOWN HERE.
There is no exact information obtain
able in the city in regard TO the enter
prise.
1t is known that four weeks ago sew
eral gentlemen from Boston visited
Cherry Island Marsh. They walked
along the new river bank apparently
closely investigating the surroundings.
William Lawton saw them, but had no
conversation with the visitors.
The Worlds article states the new
company is 20 be organized under the
laws Of the State of Delaware. The
only company of this nature at the
present in operation is the Western Car
Co., which was originally chartered in
1879, its charter being renewed Feb
ruary, 1893.
This company, of which James l..
DeVou is the tirst.named incorporation,
has not parted with its charter.
A representative Of The GAZETTE
called on Mr.. DE You last Thursday
where the following conversation took
place.
YES" Mr.. De Won said, 81 have
heard that new car works company,
and | have no reason TO doubt that
this is the same, has purchased two
miles of Delaware river front with an
option of as much more as they want.
what | heard also was that the loca-
ton is above or below Edge Moor
which is somewhat indefinite, but that
was the statement. understand, too,
the company has some valuable car
patents, an improvement on the Wagner
car.
1.-The new company might easily
obtain q charter from the Legislature.
don't see where there could be any
objection. Ours is Oh the market.
say so as one OF the buying and selling
committee. The Western Car Co. capi-
tai is recorded at 100000"
The act Incorporating the Western
Val w. wac PAosSd pm SlSt, 1910, anu
renewed for 20 years February LIST, 1898.
The incorporates are Robert II. Robin
son, Clark II. Gliggs, James l.. De Won,
b. L. smith, $, NJ. Harrington. Edward
Darlington, II. G. Robinson, w. l..
Auchinloss. The charter was for the
purpose of building and repairing cars,
constructing vessels, &c. 1t obtained,
as stated, succession for 90 years.
There was rumor in town also last
week that the National Dredging
Company, whose river property extends
along the Christiana and on the Della
ware river front, is interested in the
new enterprise. Nothing, however,
can be substantiated as the Dredging
company's office was closed all the
morning.
In regard to tho Cherry Island river
frontage, none of the three main owners
of the property have had any intination
of the matter.