The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-22
1T is MEISELBACH'
Milwaukee Bicycle Magnate States
Positively That he Has Pur-
chased Sieg Plant.
BOUGHT IT FOR SPECULATION.

SO Says Mr.. Me1selbach, But Manufactur
ers in Kenosha State That the Plant
will Not be Left Idle by the New Owner.
MAY Buck the Trust as Bicycle Maker,
and in Such Case He Would be a Most
Formidable Foe to the Big Combine.
A. D. Meise1bach, the North Mi1wau-
kee bicycle magnate, has severed his
connection with the American Bicycle
company, as general manager of the
company's branch at North Milwaukee
a position carrying salary of $4,000
per~annun1. In place of nanufactur-
ing bicycles, he will turn his attention
to typewriters and will establish big
plant in North Milwaukee.
Mr.. Meise1bach this morning con-
firmed the report of the purchase by
him of the Sieg plant at Kenosha, as
stated exclusively in the Wisconsin
last night. He stated, however, that
the plant was purchased solely for
speculative purposes. 1t will remain
closed, SO far as he is concerned, as ne
is out Of the bicycle business. Neither
will he use the plant in the manufac-
ture of typewriters.
The old plant of the Warner Pulley
company at North Milwaukee has been
secured by Mr.. Meise1bach as the site
for his typewriter plant. He has Sc
cured the exclusive right to the manu-
facture of the Sl1o1es' typewriter, a
machine which has not been placed on
the market as yet. He is Convinced
that there are great possibilities in the
Sho1es machine and is preparing to go
! into its manufacture on an extensive
scale. The inventor and owner of the
patents is Louis Sho1es, son of the
original inventor of the typewriter.
Mr.. Sho1es has patents covering type
writer which is claimed by those who
have seen them to be success
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
The above report of the purchase of
the Sieg plant by Mr.. Meise1bach has
cause great deal of comment in in
dustria1 circles in this city. The re-
port of the statements of Mr.. Meise1-
bach was shown to the different repre-
sentatives of the trust last night and
there can be no doubt but that the
story is taken ''Cum grano salis". One
of the officials said that if Mr.. Meise1-
bach had purchased the Sieg plant it
would be operated. He laughed at the
idea of the plant being purchased as
| speculation. ''Mr. Meise1bach'', said
the trust man, sis not a dealer in spec
u1ations, but in sureties and if he has
taken the Sieg plant you can rest as
sured that he has some scheme up his
sleeve which will result in the plant
| being opened within a short time.
| Mr.. Meise1bach is a business man
and there are many in this city still
working at the bench who will recall
the day when Mr.. Miese1bach entered
Milwaukee with no money in his pocket
and scarcely a place to lay his head.
But his shrewdness has made him what
he is, and the Sieg plant will simply
prove another asset in his hands
think that his purchase of the plant
will insure that it will be opened at no
distant day."
The men interested seem to think
that Mr.. Meise1bach has purchased the
plant to be used as a whip against the
| Trust. The big combine is we'll ac-
quainted with the success of Mr.. Meis-
elbach in the bicycle business, and he
controls trade which no trust could
touch as long as he is in the business,
and should he decide to operate the
Sieg works as an Independent factory
he would prove the strongest opposi-
ton that the trust could have. Men in
the inner circle think that the deal just
completed will result in the wheels
| turning in a short time at the Kenosha
factory, which has been idle for SO
many months.