Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25

Large and Enthusiastic Meeting
Last Saturday.

ent and made a statement of their
wishes and intentions, which, in brief,
are as follows:
The cannery will be the largest in
the United States and will cost be-
tween $4,000 and S4o.ooo and will
require about $40, 900 working capital.
| A cold storage plant will be one of
its features. 1t is proposed to pur-
chase and store for winter shipment,
apples, eggs, lemons, and any other
| fruit or perishable goods that may
prove profitable to them. They will
give written guarantee to store for
individuals who do not care to sell at
the market price, anything they may
have, and charge them 10 per cent
less than the cold storage concerns in
the cities charge. They will also
manufacture cans in great quantities
for themselves as we'll as for the trade
in general. The capacity of the can
merry will be sufficient to use all the
stuff that is offered at the home mark
ct. They propose to can during the
tomato season about four car loads of
tomatoes day or rs car loads week.
The Hess property at the north end
of town will be purchased and after
the amount needed for the plant has
been reserved the remainder will be
divided into lots and laid off as sub
urb. These lots will be assessed in
value by committee of citizens, and
will range in price from SIS to SI75. |
They will be allotted and the person
drawing the best lot will of course pay
the highest price and the person draw
ing the less valuable lot will pay a !
less price. All these gentlemen ask
is that 200 lots be bought by the farm
ers and citizens of Berkeley County. !
They can be paid for in cash or they
can be paid for in produce, as the
farmers may elect. Out of this scheme /
they really get no money for coming
here and for what is given them pur-
chasers get value received, as the
price of the lots will be just what they
are now worth. The fair presump-
ton is that after building begins the
lots will rapidly appreciate in value.
One hundred and fifteen lots have
already been taken and as soon as so
of them are sold the gentlemen will be
telegraphed for and they will come on
and help sell the remaining so.
The proposition made to our people
is in every sense a business PROPOSE
ton and the gentlemen making it are
able to perform all of their contracts
They are anxious to locate here as
they believe the country is able to
produce the goods they want. Ship
ping facilities are good, and we are
convenient to all the markets. They
ask us to give them nothing All
they want is to sell the lots at very
low price.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed as a soliciting committee
G. P, Riner, w. H. Kilmer, VIM
Thatcher, Ed Lupton, Claude Borum,
d. NJ. Shaffer, Jno. Kennedy and Jas
B. Small.
Lots have been subscribed for as
follows: L L. Bender & Bro, H. c..
Berry, Cushwa & Bro, Geo. NJ. Bow
ers, c. A. Weaver, and c. H. Wolfes
each four lots.
DIR. J. w. McSherry, w. 7. Stewart,
Emmert & Fiery, Aaron Hess, G. w.
Buxton, Sencindiver & Stewart, Geo.
Gaver, w. N Linch, E. c. Deck, Geo.
w. Lewis, J. c. Heberlig, d. NJ. Shat
fer, Geo. Schill, John Teter, and E.
w Vanmetre each two lots.
The following gentlemen have each
subscribed for one lot: d. w. Shaffer,
c. P. Curtis, J. B. Small. D. S. Eichel-
berger, VIM. Myers, Jas. Poole, Jas.
H. Small, E. V. Little, j. H. Tharp,
Jno w. Dern, John NJ. Stunkle. Thos.
Kearns, Jas. I. Parsons, Thos Mearns,
jr., H. L. Alexander, ]. NJ. Butler, J.
B. Clary, 6. w. 7. Creglow, Jas.
Smith, Jno Beard, Ed. Rauch, ]. w.
Fitzpatrick J. w. Confer, A. I. Kiner,
J. d. Burkhardt, P. F. Rimel, c. o.
Gatrell. Clyde Borum, VIM. Thatcher,
w. H. Kilmer, G. p. Riner, A. T.
Myers, Charles Bender, Baily Philips,
II. ]. Seibert. ]. w. Dodd, Willis
Busey. w T. Grund, A. H. Paterson,
Nelson Tabler, Ed. Caskey, Chas. J.
Seibert, A. w. staff, Ed. L. Hess,
Thos. Wolford, Stephen Cunningham,
w. T. Ziler, Robt. Thatcher, Hunter
Walker, G. H. Rinaman, J. H. Wat
son, Jas. Daily, ST., J. w. Raney, Ed
Kearns, r. R. Stott G. S. Ditto,
Luther F. Seibert, T. A. Potts, VIM. |
Shipper, Harmon Couchman, D. c. |
'Westenhaver, S. P. Douglass, three
Dailys.
Twenty-one more lots have been
sold by l. l. Bender, George Gaver.
and d. NJ. Shaffer, since the above list
was put in type, bringing the total up
to 49, Other members have not been
heard from but they have doubtless
sold several.
Prof A. w Hawks, of Baltimore,
will lecture in the Presbyterian church
at Gerardstown, on Thursday and Fri
| daV evenings. Ian 20 and IL ar -.an