Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-04-03
PROSPECTUS.
What the Darby Furniture Co, Pro-
poses 10 do for Marietta,

poses TO do tor Marietta.
In 1898 the Royal Glass Company
decided to Charles penrose, w S. Pat.
tin, c. A. Miller, Edward Meisenhel-
der and w. f. Robertson. Trustees.
% building lots and a tract OF about
three acres for site for manufact-
uring plant, in East Marietta Addi-
ticn and Subdivision, to be donated to
some industry that would invest $685.
900. 90 in a plant. and employ at least
so people, with a pay roll OF at least
five hundred dollars per week On
March 8. 1900. an option on said lots
ana site was given to Mr.. j. r. Sensor,
representing the Darby Furniture
Company, manufacturers CT extension
tables, upon condition that the said
Darby Furniture Company would
comply with the terms of said deed.
The Darby Furniture Company is To-
Gated at present at Conneautville, Pa,
and is an old established and sue
cessful factory, the business being
founded in 1S4S by Mr.. w. II. Darby.
and at present under the management
1f Mr.. w. J. Darby, his son. Mr.. Sem
sor and his associates propose to sell
the so lots held under such option for
the aggregate sum of S10000.00, and in
consideration thereof he agrees and
binds himself to erect upon the site
donated by said Trustees a furniture
factory, to be known as the Darby
Furniture Factory, in which plant
there shall be invested at least the
sum of $25,000.00, and to operate the
same and employ in said factory at
| least 80 people, with a weekly pay roll
| Of at least five hundred dollars per
| week. for at least the period of five
years; that he will give bond in the
sum of $10,000000 with surety to the
satisfaction of Charles Penrose, w. S.
Pattin, C. A. Miller, Edward Nielsen
helder and w. F. Robertson, Trustees,
20 carry out such agreement he also
| agrees that the deed from such trus-
.ees to the Darby Furniture Company
shall contain stipulation that the
said factory shall not be removed from
said site for the period cf five years
from the date of said deed, and that
said deed shall remain in escrow in
some bank in Marietta until all the
.erms of said agreement have been
complied with. The said Furniture
factory is to have the capacity to EN-.
ploy at least one hundred persons ant
20 be thoroughly equipped and mod
ern furniture factory.
The buildings to be substantially o.
the size and character following, to-
wit:
Main building, engine and machine
shop, 60x300 feet three stories.
Office, finishing room and shipping
building. 7Ox1OO feet. three stories.
Boiler building, 35x45 feet, one story
Double dry kiln. 33x3O feet one story
having capacity of 10000 feet OF
lumber.
The articles OF agreement proposed
TO be given to lot purchasers will cen.
tain all the above stipulations and
agreements.
The present business and factory OF
The Darby Furniture Company. so far
as practicable, will be moved to this
city and the majority of the employees
now employed in said factory and
their families will move here; the
question of providing suitable houses
and tenements for the employees OF
said factory will provide good in.
vestment for idle capital.
With one hundred men at work in
the proposed factory the pay roll
would amount to at least s60000O0 pei
annum, and this money would probab-
ly all be expended with the merchants
of Marietta soon after being paid out
The Darby Furniture Campany has
a contract with a responsible and re-
liable jobber in New York City who
handles the entire product of the pres
ent factory, and is ready and willing
to close a contract for the entire out
put of the proposed factory up to ths
amount of $3O0,OOOOO worth CT manu-
facutred goods per annum
The annual consumption of lumber
for such factory as proposed would
be about 1000 900 feet.
The lots offered for sale in East Ma
rietta Addition and Subdivision have
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