The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-20
TO BRING FACTORIES.
Practical Plan Of Securing
Sites Offered by Mr.. Lewis.
WOULD SUPPLY A GREAT NEED
How Property Owners Can Combine TO
Promote Industry-Go Good Work OF
Chamber OF Commerce.


cites for manufactures In this city, He
was listened 70 with rapt attention and az
the close was rendered q round OF hearty
applause 4 motion prevailed TO appoint
a committee 70 see about putting the plan
In operation.
In his opening remarks Dir. Lewis called
attention 10 tire fact that Seattle was not
paying sufficient attention TO establish
Ing factories She might go on In the
present condition OF affairs. but not al
ways. He tols Of numerous cases where
factories wanted to come here, bat re-
ccived no encouragement in the way Of
cheap sites. Coming 10 the main subject
he outlined his plan as follows.
Let the president and secretary Of the
chamber, as officials, together with five
others. who shall be elected by tie cham
her incorporate themselves as the Manu-
featuring Site Association, OF Seattle.
Let all persons vino have any land in any
part OF the city to whatever amount,
lease ouch portion 10 this association as
they are willing 10 sell for manufactur-
fng sites. the lease 10 provide: First, that
Il IL for the location OF mandatory
only. the privilege not 10 be assigned
without the consent Of the association;
10 be for Eve years, the consideration
nominal the power given 10 the assocla-
ton 70 suttet this land 20 any persons or
company II shall consider bona fidc, and
the manufacture to take the lease on
the condition that the factory be built
within a certain time the lapse Of three
months from date OK grant. with nothing
done. TO forfeit the privilege In all In
stances whore the manufactures can ont
of these accumulated parcels Of land Sc
leet his Cite ne shall pay the highest sum
he can as rental 20 the association be il
$1,000 or Sip1 a year or. when unable 10
pay anything. To obtain IL for nothing,
HaaFfars a. ia
ability 20 pay The manufactures is 10
pay what under his circumstances, he
can. TO mere. The money thus obtained
Is To - the capitai fund CT the associa-
ton which. when sites arc not donated
by lease. II to 10 be used to purchase such
site ~ seems absolutely necessary TO any
particular circumstance. At the end OF
year OF i've years the money collected
and on hand is 20 be treated as earnings
and declared ag dividends.
Tie different iessoFs are to be the
stoekholeeTa. the stock 10 be 500 or so
a share. the lessons 10 take a number of
shares sufficient tn their par value To
equal the assessed value Of the land do
mated. the dividends declared 70 be in the
proportion that The stock represents to
tho value of the land leased. AT the eX-
plration OF the hve years the rnanufact-
urer having the option 20 buy can either
purchase at a value which Is apparent 10
IiAtts tauHtA % the necessities OF ms
business, or renew the lease from the
owner. and rs To that particular land and
manufacturer the association is at an
end Thus the manufacture obtains his
site, contiguous property of the owner Is
enhanced IN value 20 the full value OF the
whole parcel, labor Is provided a rev
suur. dividend OF rent IS soon declared
q the owner Of the land and the city
without causing individual loss 20 any
person is increasing It's prospect as a
manufactures center on practical basis.
Tho idea suggested here by me OF a
cooperation Is not new. The plan and
form OF execution and the manner Of
reaching the result I PROFOUND as original
with me. The first idea has been put in
execution with success in Atlanta. Ga.
birmingham, Ala: West Superior. Wis;
Wheeling. W. Va. | know OF no place
where my plan has been tried and must
leave the experiment to the result
In closing. Mr.. Lewis pronered his ser
Vices as a nemher OF the chamber 10 put
the plan In form and arrange the de-
tails Of the organization.
Where the CITY L. Lacking.
President Graves said that Mr. Lewis
had made clear one OF the difficulties
which retard the city's growth. as COM
pared TO other cities. Where cities were
built 10y cooperate Influence. Il was easy
% get sites hat in a city like Seattle,
where the interests were scattered it was
much harder. He had thought that Il
would - a coed idea II some plan could
be formed whereby the scattered inter-
ssts could be pooled
Seattle evidently needed campaisn Of
education on this matter of manufactures.
Mr., Wood thoosht such plan might be
pvt ia operation in connection with
part 81 tie tide flats
r. TalSias added that Nr. Lewis plan
Was excellent As a matter OF fact. SEE
attic was asleep about industries. She
paid too much attention 80 lana schemes.
such as filing the tide flats
Secretary Robertson spoke of the neCcs-
sity Of discriminating between Industries
thai can succecd ana those that cannot.
In order 20 succeed "a factory must have
raw material cheap nower and "a market
ON molten IT air Toklas a committee.
the nam,s 81 which viii Doe announced
later. WAS appointed 90 see about carrying
oct Mr.. LEWIS plan.
Good Work az the chamber.
Secretary Robertson presented tha fol-
lowing report Of work accomplished since
;he regular meeting o9 Jane = through
the e.fagts of the chamber ana IL was
upH7.MoUsy adopted
'ialts. Southern Pacific Eti~sad Com
Crany aBd heee induced 90 hol8 Che Calf
s8rn,a ealH ~ Portland untU 1ftcr the
arrival ~ .he Northern Pacific train from
SeStt|e. Change WENT iat6 c6ce, June %.
iNoE
'Sec7 Visit of Secretary Lamont aa4
f}eut .5choae}3. aud inspection hy those
officials % YES propose army pgst size.
Their Nls.t was 3iv.c- rest.t 80 the con-
ercssiaa7i OSCILLATION secured hT the scat
- Chamber ~ comuerrc. relative 81 fhe
establishment 81 an army raet
'1hsrd-7horoi ssh Inspection of the local
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