Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-21
Let's letcher and Marshall
town Grocery Companies
Are Consolidated
COFFEE PLANT TO BE ENLARGED
II. {. Sloan Goes to Kansas City to
Succeed c. M. Carr, Resisned-L. C..
Norris Will Manage Consolidated
House Here-coffee Plant to Occupy
Marshalltown Grocery company's
Building and Manufacture for All the
Houses.

The presence of +. c. Let's, president
of the Western Grocer Company, in the
city today gives public announcement
to plans perfected sometime ago by the
directors of that company for the con-
solidation of the two wholesale grocery
houses maintained by the company in
Marshalitown and the removal of the
coffee roasting plant to the building
vacated by the Marshaiitown Grocery
Company and its enlargement into
general manufacturing plant for all the
houses of the Western Grocer Com
pany, including the large wholesale
house at Kansas City.
The change viii take place on Oct.
/, at which time the Marshalptown
Grocery Company will be merged with
the Letts-Fleteher Company under the
name OF the latter. but with a greatly
increased corps of statesmen, office and
warehouse help to handle the combined
business Manager II. e. Sloan, of the
Letts-Fletcher Company. Will go TO
Kansas City to assume the manage
C. NJ. Carr, whose falling health has
made It imperative for him to get out
= business for time at least. John
c. Ferrall. OF this city. now interested
~ the Pilgrim Hotel, VIII go With Mr.
Sloan as secretary and treasurer of the
Missouri corporation and Elmer Lind
s,edt, salesman for the Let's Fletcher
Company will also accompany Mr.
Sloan Mr. l.. C. Norris, manager OF
the Marshalltown Grocery Company
will move his office into the Let's
Fletcher Companys building and be-
come manager OF the Letts-Fletchei
Company, with Mr. w. I. Smith as as
sistant. and retaining practically all OF
the men now employed by the two
houses.
This is a move which has long been
contemplated by the directors. The
territory tributary to Marshalltown can
be covered more closely and systematic
caliy by one house under one manage
ment. and the magnificent building
which was erected after the fire of De-
cember, 1897, has ample capacity to ac
commodate largely increased bust
ness. The change was brought about
sooner IMAM anticipated DIl account VI
two things The business of the Spen-
YER Let's Coffee Company, which was
established in this city few years ago
has outgrown the present quarters.
Their output of coffeeS has ex-
ceeded the most sanguine hopes OF
the directors, making larger quarters
urgently necessary. The capacity of
the plant will be doubled and In addi
ton Mr.. r. w. MoCreery. the manager
will install new machinery for the
grinding of spice, manufacture of eX
tracts and the packing and producing
of many OF the specialties of the gro
Gerry business. For time 1t was con
templated to remove this plant to Chi
eago, where 1t could manufacture for
the whole association of grocery
houses, but the consolidation of two
houses here makes building available
and locates the manufacturing plant
permane ntly in Marshalltown, which
will employ many more men and man
ufacture for the entire Western Gro
Ger Company, with the Kansas City
house included.
The resignation OF Mr.. G. NJ. Carr
who has been manager Of the Western
tfFOceT5 COMPANY Oh hdllSdS SltS, also
the change. Mr. Carr re-
tires on account of poor health and on
the advice of his physicians. To fill this
important position the directors have
Mr.. H. Z. Sloan as manager
and Mr. John c. Ferrall as secretary
and treasurer and these gentlemen will
leave Marshalltown on Oct. 1. Mr.. II.
Birdsali will assume the management.
Of the Pilgrim Hotei when Mr.. Ferrall
leaves The Western Grocer Company
has but recently purchased a building
in Kansas City for it's permanent home,
which is now under process of remod
cling. and will make splendid quarters
for the company at that point.
Mr.. Let's will leave the city this
evening to be present in Columbus,
Ohio, at the meeting to organize per-
the Ohio Grocer Company g
of twenty-five Ohio
houses, of which company
Mr.. Let's will be made president.