The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-01-05
An Important rleeting.

n UAcGtAH- VI N4AANNtr 49, 49,
Monday morning at the Bank for
ne purpose Of securing the lOea-
fion in this city ofaprofiable bus
ness enterprise, there being pres
snt of the city officials Mayor Jno.
II. Upton, Treasurer Jno. ". Mich
DIS, Aldermen Calling, CONAN,
Mcdaniel and Baugh. Citizens
present were Messrs. o. B. Roll.
wage, Joel E. wynne, DR.. H. =.
Dooley and Attorney S. II. Mann.
The enterprise in question was a
Spoke factory. W. J. Myers 4
Bros, of Troy, Tennessee, who
recently purchased 1000 acres of
iimbercd land in st. Francs bot
tom, contemplate bringing ms-
chinery to this county for the pur-
pose of working up this timber,
and are represented in the business
by one Mr. j. Reedy, who ar
rived here the first of the week 10
look o7er the situation and pick
ont location for the plant. Mr..
Reedy says the firm of Ayer Bros.
IS desirous that the plant be loca-
tad on their lanfs in the bottoms
= close proximity to the timber,
bet on account of railroad faeiIi-
ties, health, etc, be would rather
locate the factory in Forrest City
If the proper inducements could be
obtained from the citizens.
Attorney Mann made a very
plausible talk in favor of 10.
eating the plant here, and Mr..
Armstrong, of the Electric Light
Co., offered TO furnish the spoke
factory people lot on. which to
build their plant, and steam pow
or to run their machinery, for the
refuse" or shsvings which the
mill would accumulate.
Mayor Upton suggested that
the council might exempt the new
concern from taxation tor a mum.
Der of years, and offered this sue-
gestion as an additional induce
'nent.
After lengthy discussion of
this nature the meeting was organ
ized. Mr. Calling beng made
chairman, and Dir. Chas. e. lizard
was elected secretary.
1t was then ascertained that the
proposed factory would involve
an investment Of about $1,000 or
$1,000, and would employ some
thing like 20 or rs hands, with a
weekly pay roll of about $50. Ii
was expected of the merchants and
business men that they would offer
a. an lnducement for the location
Of the plant here, bonus Of s40C
or $500, for the purpose of erecting
sheds and making other improve.
ments to the factory site.
To this end a motion by Mr.
Baugh seconded by Nichols, pre-.
vailed, that an investigating com
mittee of three consisting o,
Messrs. Jas. RUSSELL, l.. Rollwas G
and Joel Z. Wynne. be appointed
to ascertain the pleasure of the
business men 10 the premises and
report 10 Mr.. Reedy in the after.
noon. Adjourned.
1t seems probable at this writ
ing that Forrest City will Land
this enterprise. Mr.. Wynne was
nskey Monday night what the
committee had done and replied
that the merchants were ready 10
meet the factory people half way
and would do their part towards
securing the enterprise.
Forrest City is indeed one OF
The most desirable locations in the
COUNTRY for an industry of tins
lind, as there is an abundance OF
timber adjaeS to the town of the
KIND used In The manufacture OF
wagon material. We also have
the best railroad facilities for
handling the manufactured pro-
duct, and cheap rates may be had
TOR the importation of the raw
material from the bottoms. Not
outstanding these facts, the mer-
chants and business men here, as
81. MS the city officials are ready