The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-17
MUCH ACTIVITY.
Board of Trade Secures
Several New Industries.

The Board of Trade has never heen
more active than during the past few
months, and it is largely through their
persistent effort that new concerns
have been induced to locate in this
city and add to the large number of
diversified industries for which the
city is famed. Among other things
which have initiated to deter new
concerns from deciding to locate here.
mas been the unsettled grade crossing
question. Adjacent to several of the
prominent lines of railroad are some
very desirable building sites for large
shops. Much of the land between
Shrewsbury street and the Boston and
Albany tracks Is in the market for
building purposes of this nature, and
there are also large tracts of land on
either side of the same road beyond
Hammond street nearly to and beyond
New Worcester. Several concerns have
visited the city recently and have al
most decided to locate here, but when
they have been made to understand
that there is likelihood that the grade
of the track will be changed within a
short time. they have hesitated, and
in most cases decided to secure sites
in cities where the freight facilities are
more adequate.
Some weeks ago The Spy announced
that a large wall paper concern had
had representatives in the city looking
for an available location upon which
to erect plant for the printing of wall
paper. AT that time the representative
of the concern, Mr.. Allen, had decided
upon a. plot of ground on Millbrool1
street, which he thought was suited to
the needs of the concern, but upon
further investigation it was decided
that the plant could be located further
out Of the city proper, and the atten-
ton of the new enterprises committee
of the board of trade was called to
the needs Of the concern. This com
mittee is composed of William Hart
(chairman). Milton p. Higgins, George
L. Brownell, Alfred Thomas, Harrison
S. Prentice, George r. Blake, Jr., and
Lyman A. Ely. They at once took the
matter under advisement and after a
tour of investigation about the city de-
cided upon a parcel of land at Bar
ber's Crossing, belonging to Josephine
A. Adams. When the owner became
aware that large concern desired the
property she refused to sell anything
except the entire tract of land, and the
efforts of the committee were at a
standstill for time, as the concern
did not desire to purchase as large a
tract of land which would not be
available for their use.
There is about six acres in the recent
Hart purchase. and the new concern
will take about a third of this. The
contract for the building, which will
be let shortly, will call for a three
story, well-lighted building about 400
feet in length and about go feet in
width. The land is bounded by West
Roylston street and has a frontage on
the Fitchburg Railroad of about 1900
feet and the same boundary on the old
mill pond,
The organization of The new concern
has not as yet been perfected. 1t is
understood, however, that Mr.. Hart
will take a block of the stock of the
new company in payment for the land
purchased of him and that the pro-
prietor of the company Mr.. Allen, and
NJ P. Higgins, another member of the
committee, will subscribe for some of
the stock. The concern is to be capital
ICED for S125,000, and it is thought that
these three gentlemen will take $50, 600
worth of the stock. This viii mean that
the remaining $4,000 worth Of the
stock will be disposed of here and
ought to prove a good investment for