The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
THEIR REPLIES
OVERWHELMING !: | ! | | |. | / !
Northern, and Eastern Manu:-
fact,lrers Say They Prefer
to be III City.
ARGUMENTS USED l[l
Theory OF Cedar Works on
the stion Of Of! All III
flcxatioil.

S Many letters have been received III an
swer to one sent by the joint Camnittsc
on Progress to various manufacturers TO
ascertain whether by taking III all avail
able manufacturing sites, manufactures
would be kept away by higf, lakes. Tie
letters utterly explode the idea, and nrc
quite contrast TO the spirit of those
enterprises which protest aGninsL being
3 taken I'M wishing to@cutnps on the ou.-
skirts and provide. all city conveniences
for ttllelr thousands OF employees who live
Z IN the city, yet claim the city can do
them no good ~. Al
Some OF the lie tiers follow: ID 1 #
IL s45sff I. New York. March %, 10oG.
The Joint Committee on Progress. Rich
n,ond, Va: .l3
Gentlemen, -lSyraciisn has been particu-.
larlys fortunate In reference To factories
and certainly lias It's shhre, and they
have been the means ofgbuilding up The
city toa very large extent. I know
OF only ono factory located near the city
& l,nlts,. outside OF the business section
This was Il total failure and the proper
tyS can be bought for almost any price q
person would wish to pay FOR II. All of
& the factories arc loca ted in the heart OF
tile city. and those that are handling
heavy material are flear the railroad
Z tracks and a great many Of them have
switches into their buildings
This location enables the people scrl-
ployed in the factories I o come to The
+ center OF the city from all sections On
n The other hand, III located out at one SIDE,
st would be much more Inconvenience. In
4 reference to gas. water, etc. these are
very important$to all manufacturers. and
Z we cannot see how VIC could possibly los
cate where they could not readily be OBJ
tanned. The matter OF carriage is an
other consideration for anyone loc Gated
at a distance from the Getty, village or
railroad. nj VI: 81
In reference to tho ratio ofstaxes,s si75.
and be In the heart Of. the eli or 80
4 cents outsde-from our experience. VIC
would pay 81 ] Z necessarytto be near the
8 heart Of the Ct ty, i in preference to being
any distance a way. Ss 8 VI N 81
Yours Sveryftruly /, 8 ,s M y eE
ffS;NvILLIAAl.II. BAKER. Syracuse Inr.s
y sgs ssgi Per William H Baker.
The j. Aver Co...
Manufacturing Chemists.
Lowell. Mass, March u. 1867
4 Joint Committee on Progress:
Gentiemen,-ln reply TO your letter Of
the go instant, We would say tina our
q factory is 10 tho city limits. right in d, he
very center of he city. and we arc. well
4 pleased with this situation. ] I'VE were
going to move our plant to your city we
would certainly prefer being rightin the
city, with thes3water. gas schools. etc.
q even Il the taxes were I'M far Ereatcr pro-
portion againstAus than sugg estdd} IN your
Il letter. Tho advantages OF being In the
Il city 8nrei so g7catal IA business like ours
that discussion of the 5lueston;is hardly
worth while. Indeed. were we going 10
Richmond We would positively Insist upon
being right in the city, or we would not
Il go at all. se
Very sincerely. yours.
s CHARLES II. STOWF5l1I..
Treasurer.
Philadelphia. March IS. 1906.
Joint Committee on Progress:
Gentlemen, " e must certainly agree
with your views asf h, the adyisa blity of
having moro room for.houscs Y for 8lnen or
reasonable means, and also increasing the
sites for manufacturing purposes. Our
foundry is In The limits of Philadelphia,
and were we going to- move to Richmond