San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-12
THE SHOE FACTORY.
THE INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT AS
SURED
In San Antonio by it's Location-The
Details Rapidly Approaching
Perfection.

! business Mems cluO nelQ eSteruay
afternoon in the club rooms, fl
nal arrangements were perfected
by which the city is assured the
shoe factory provided the action
of the directors shall meet with
the hearty support OF the members
of the club in the annual meeting
next Tuesday night, when in ad-
dition to this important matter, the
officers of the club are to be elect
ed for this year and the question
of incorporation Of the club will be
received.
The session of the board was
we'll attended and all the interest
ed parties were present together
with the architect for the factory,
Mr.. ID. A. Coughlin. After over
two hours, of discussion an agree
ment was reached between the
land owners and Mr.. McGnnes,
which enables the club to secure
the factory IL a few minor "details
are satisfactorily settled and the
money is raised to build the build
ing.
Mr.. E. p. Claudon made a
motion that several committees be
appointed to Systematically can
vass the business districts of the
city for purchasers of lots proposed
to be sold. The motion, modi-
fed by an amendment by Mr..
Gr;ao odIiun oil v,,apo hara of Tho
board to the committee, was unan-
imously passed. The committees
as appointed by President Slayden
were as follows:
Soledad, st. Mary's and Navarro
Streets Axel Meerscheidt, N.
Mackey, G. II. Keller, G.. r. Sulli-
van.
Main and Military Plaza and
Commerce Street west Of Plaza
j. n. Brown, j. R. Devine, DIR.
Amos Graves, Sr., G. B. Eppstein.
East Commerce Street,. G.
Irvine, VIM. Heuermann, j. T.
Burnett, E. B. Chandler.
Alamo Plaza and Houston Street.
Geo. Eichlitz, S. Half, Chas.
Hugo, u. ID. F0rcke.
Flores Street Geo. Kalteyer, L.
H. Zanderson, Dave Woodward.
The secretary was instructed to
send to each director not named
in the above committees a sub
scription paper on which he is
delegated to secure all the SUBJ
scribers possible.
These committees should call at
the club room and secure subscrip-
ton papers at once Monday morn
ing and lose no time as the whole
must be concluded within the
next few days.
The plan adopted by the club to
sell their lots is shown below and
certainly commands itself as a
pure and simple business proposi-
ton. Every citizen can afford to
give all possible assistance to an
enterprise like this which means
so much in the beginning Of our
industrial progress. All we re-
quire as a city is the fruit of
a united effort to demon
strate to our citizens that
most any reasonable results are
within their reach If they but fol-
low the immutable law of nature
in business, that many can do
easily what a few find impossible.
We commend the following plan
to the careful scrutiny of every
reader of the LIGHT in the hope
that he will find it to his personal
interest to see that an impulse is
given to the progress OF this work
by his help,
This to certify that Martin G. Nc
Gennes, of Jefferson City, Mo-. has
executed bond in the sum of $10,-
600 with good and sufficient sure
ties, guaranteeing to the Business
Mems club, of San Antonio, that he
will remove and establish and OPP
crate in this city shoe factory of
capacity to employ 400 operatives
and guaranteeing to employ an av-
erage of $50 hands per working day
per year, for at least three years
consecutively. on condition that
said club build for him a suitable
building on plans and specification
to be agreed upon, which can be
safely done with $l1, 900. The build
ing grounds are to be decided to a
trustee for three years after which
they are to be transferred free of
encumbrance to Martin 9. McGen-
mes or his order provided he has
fulfilled his contract above referred
to, otherwise to revert to the grant
ors.
To meet the requirement of this
contract the Business Mems club
proposes to sell by subscription,
the below mentioned 100 lots to the
citizens of San Antonio, on the
plan therein outlined, conditioned
that the subscription shall be due
aud payable on tender of full
warranty deed free and clear Of all
incumbrances.
We, the subscribers hereto, In
consideration of The efforts Of the