The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-29
DRIVEN AWAY
BY AMERICANS"
Man Is Prevented From Making In
vestment of 100000 in Utah.
STATE LOSES BIG INDUSTRY
WOMAN'S MIND is POISONED
AGAINST CITY BY KNOCKERS.

\ deadly fear of Mormons. caused By
reading American party campaign
statements in the Salt Lake Tribune,
Mrs. n. Nolan of Nolan. Pennsylvania,
left Salt Lake City last Thursday night
taking with her her husband, who had
come to Utah for the purpose of in
/ vesting 100000 in a woollen factory.
which would employ fifty to $50 men.
| n. Nolan has been in business in
Nolan, Pennsylvania, for a number OF
years. He was doing $4,000 worth of
/ business a month when he burned out
| He then decided to come west and
establish a WOOilen factory, He has
! been a practical manufacturer OF
woollen goods for many years. His
/ specialties are sweaters, tOques and
! WOmen's waists.
Some months ago Mr.. Nolan opened
correspondence with Joseph \. West,
one of the directors of the Western
! Woollen Mills company with view of
/ locating i'm Utah. As a result Of this
correspondence Mr.. Nolan arrived Tia
| Salt Lake City Tuesday last
Mrs. Nolan in Deadly Fear.
Mrs. Nolan. who accompanied her
/ husband purchased a copy Of the Salt
| Lake Tribune on the way out When
kshe reached the city her mind was filled
with Danites, polygamy, blood atone
ment. and the hierarchy. Deadly fear
/ took possession of her. 1T was with
! the greatest difficulty her husband
/ could induce her TO leave the car. She
! finally consented TO call upon Mr.
/ West at his place of business on West
I Temple street. She chung TO the arm
! of her husband all the while and would
/ not consent to be separated from him
! even for an instant She said she was
/ afraid to walk the streets. She was
] I'm constant fear of foul play
! Mr. West labOred hard to overcome
/ this unreasonable fear of Mrs Nollans
! In this he was seconded by her hus-
: band She was taken about the city or
/ the Seeing Salt Lake car. She was
/ shown the school houses, churches and
! homes. Everything possible was done
( to prove to her that salt Lake was a
/ modern city in every respect.
Last Wednesday Mr. West took the
visitors to Springville where is 10
4 Gated the factory i'm which ne is inter
/ ested. 1t is valued At $4,000 It was
+ the plan TO sell this milf 10 NJ
/ Nolan for the manufacture of woQllen
yarn. Another factory was TO BE-
! established for the manufacture of
+ sweaters. The whole was tu represent
/ an expenditure on Mr.. Nollans part.
OF 100000.
How Money Was 10 Be Made.
] M. Nouan's idea was that the
! wooIlen goods should be manufactured
! where the wool is produced. The
/ freight on wool to the eastern manu-
I featuring centeTs is Sis per hundred
weight. 1t requires 300 pounds Of
/ dirty wool to make 100 pounds of yarn.
& Z IA
pounds of yarn The freight on the
+ wool back to Utah is S3.17 a hundred
and this with the crates brings the
J freight cost up TO s. a hundred. This
makes the freight to the east and back
s1154 a hundred weight. If the yarn
i were manufactured here a special rate
of $3.50 to the east could he obtained
/ on il. From these figures Mr. Nolan
: calculates that he could make good
margin by having the wooIlen gar
! ments made here where the wool is
produced,
Fear of Mormons Kills the Deal.
/ Nothing prevented Mr. Nolan from
closing the deal at once and arranging
, to begin work on his enlarged plant
/ but the fears of his Wife. These could
not be rooted out Both she and her
/ husband were especially pleased with
! Salt Lake City. The outlook for bust
: ness the fine buildings and streets. the
( beautiful homes and the general air of
/ thrift appealed 10 Them. But it was
/ impossible for Mrs. Nolan to overcome
/ her fear of the MOrmOns. She could
! trust no one. She insisted on leaving
at the earliest possible time The
/ couple departed for Spokane. Wash.
/ Thursday night Spokane is Offering
! big inducements for just such persons
as the Nollans and il is thought here
! that they win establish their factory
at that place
| The directors Of the Western WOollen
I Mills company are Jabez W. West.
/ John, S. White. jr.. Joseph A. West
/ Richard PapWOrth. Frank d. Cutler
/ Edward NJ West and Lois II. West.
! JabeZ W West is the president. John
| s. White. jr., vice president and
| Joseph a. West. secretary and treas
! urer They have been in the business
/ of making woollen yarn and manufac-
/ turing wOollen garments for many
/ years.