The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-10-01
so Years of Cures.
Rising Sun Shoe Factory.

The enterprise OF shoe factory
at Rising Sun, which has been men
toned heretofore in these columns,
has assumed a definite shape that
gives encouragement of complete
success. Mr.. j. Il. Delaney, a
practical shoe manufacturer, who
has been employed in that business
for 81 years, and who has factory
in Baltimore, visited Rising Sun on
Monday and conferred with the
active business men of the place on
the subject of removinghis ma
chinery from the city of Baltimore,
where rents are high, to Rising Sun
where rents and other expenses
would be much less. The confer
ence with Mr.. Delaney and the
knowledge of the business, and of
his business ability and integrity,
gained from other sources, so fav-
orably impressed our most active
business men, that at q meeting
called on Wednesday night, sub
scriptions to capital stock was
had aggregating about $4,000. The
plan is to form joint stock com.
pany with a capital of $15, 900, or
there about. Mr.. Delaney offers to
put his plant-machines, etc.,-in
as stock, which is all up to date
machinery and valued at about
$4,000.
The business would employ about
fifty employees, one-third of whom
would be females, and the people of
the town and vicinity would be
taken into the factory as fast as
possible, which is as fast as they
could be taught, or learn to work
at the different departments of
labor, so that the employees
would soon be largely made up of
our home people.
About $500 weekly in wages
would be expended in the town and
neighborhood as the result of the
factory and incidentally, the in
fluence on other lines of business
would be very great, compared to
that which is felt under present
conditions. An increase in popu-
lation engaged in active industry
would require many new houses,
and enlarge greatly the market for
farm products of every kind, and
in short, have an indirect effect in
improving every line of business.
A shoe factory is one of the few
industries that such location as
Rising Sun is particularly adapted
to support. The freights for ship
ment of stock and finished goods
would be comparatively light,
the manufactured goods being a
grade of ladies' and misses shoes,
for which there is most steady and
active demand and quick sales.
Mr.. Delaney being a thoroughly
practical man in the work depart
ment, proposes to give his entire
time and attention to that, and
have a board of directors with
bookkeeper and treasurer all select
ed from among the stockholders
and of our own people, which would
insure a straight, safe business all
through.
We haven't space for further
minutia in this issue but from this
outline of the proposed enterprise
an idea of it's extent and probable
success, together with its immediate
and permanent advantages can be
gathered. We hope our people
will take a firm hold of it and
secure to the town the permanent
advantages such an industry would
bring. 1t is undoubtedly the best
enterprise from every point of view,
and has more features of entire
success than anything that has ever
been mOoted in this town or neigh
hood.
The following committee was APP
pointed to canvass for subscriptions
to the capital stock L. H. Worth
ington, w. T. B. r. Robertson, w.
NJ. Pogue, DR.. G. S. Dare and j.
G. Hindman.