Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-03-31
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Good Prospects Of Secur-
/ ing Horse Shoe Fac !.
tory
Prospects are good that an import.
ant industry, the manufacture of an
article in wide demand. with oppor-
tunities for business expansion above
the ordinary. will be ..eetablished in
Little Falls before long. -
The Giant Grip Horse Shoe Go. is
concern with general Offices at Min
neapolis and factory at Duluth. It
manufactures the. invention of q
blacksmith named Swanstrom, horse
shoe which is declared By experts to
be the best Of its kind fer the .pur.
poses for which 1t has been sold. The
shoe is In steadily increasing demand.
The Giant Grip is q shoe with easily
removable oalks, --yet 1t the same time
the oalks are firm, do not phil out and
are easily put In place. The Neverslip
Co.. manufacturers of the Neverslip
shoe. where the oalks are screwed In,
have q capital of Ga. 000, 600 and a
tremendous trade. Those who have
tried both say the Giant Grip is the
better Of the two.
J. A. Nichols. who has used the
shoes with success on the horses in
his Logging camps. was much inter-
ested in the article, and learning that
the company was looking for &ncthe1
location, presented the claims Of
Little Falls, with the result that
some time ago it was announced that
the company would move its plant
here providing the people here would
take up $50. 900 in stock. Mr.. Nionoll
did not think this feasible, and Che
amount was reduced to 1915. 900. Al
Mr.. ssNichols' Invitation. John F.
Irwin of Minneapolis came to Little
Falls and addressed meeting at the
!: Commercial club Friday morning.
Mr. Irwin is manager of 1"ethe irwin
Lumber Co. of minneapolis. and {
heavy stockholder in the Giant Grik
Co. He said the company controlled
the American and Canadian patent
for the horse shoe, and exhibite! {
lar9e number of letters from users ant
sellers of the shoe confirming hi
statements as to it's merits. With tn
opportunities for power and locatio,
/ Little Falls would be q good iocatlo,
for the factory. which needs NOR
room than it had at Duluth. Al boa
twenty-five to thirty men would b.
, employed here at the start one o
whom received IS day. several s
and $3.50 day, and so..on. Skilled
mechanics were required. The com
pany had go far only skinned th
surface Of possible trade. Mr.. Irwi,
went into the matter In detail an,
made very favorable impression 81
said that the factory would be re
moved here if t15,0 900 of preferre,
stock be taken by the people here, OF
which per cent ssdividend would b.
, guaranteed. A factory of brick, 60
100, would be built with warehous
40 80, and Office. A new machin
for drop forging, weighing eight tons
was being completed in Connecticut
and they -would like to ship it di
rectly here. The inventor is foreman
y of the factory. but::woolds s:prefer t
+ 60 on the road. ---:r-1. - -n1'
: The general sentiment expresse,
, was favorable. and tte matter wa
left to the public affairs committe
l for. further Investigation. with in
. structions to look up the prospects o
, subscriptions for the STOCK.
Another meeting was held at tn
1 Commercial club Monday evening
Mr.. Nichols went over the eroun,
J. again. and there were various re
= marks from others. The feeling wa
! that it was necessary for Little Fall
to get more industries or go back
q ward. Offers of stock subsoriptio,
. were made to nearly go. 600. whic
was very gratifying. and practical]
insures the moving of the factory, a
several who are counted on for larg
subscriptions were not present or ou
of the city. The secretary of the com
y mittee was direahed to write to NJ,
Irwin that the stock would re sui
scribed.
A. P. Blanchard and e. r. Adam
were appointed to examine the arti
cles of incorporation Of the company
and q committee was appointed t
look into the mechanical and bushes
questions connected, the :club to pa
expenses Of the committee.
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