Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-14
MILL PROPOSITION.
COTTON YARN MANUFACTURER
VISITS ELLSWORTH.
FINDS THE LOCATION FAVORABLE FOR
LARGE INDUSTRY. = BOARD OF
TRADE AND CITIZENS MEET.

| A special meeting of the Ellsworth
board OF trade and citizens was held last
Friday evening at Hancock hall. The
| meeting was called for the purpose OF
hearing proposition from Arnold B. San
| ford, president of the American cotton
yarn exchange, of Boston, for the building
here of large cotton yarn mill.
The hall was filed with business men of
Ellsworth. The meeting was called to
order by C. L, Morang, president of the
recording.
Pres. Morang stated briefly the reason
for the meeting. Mr.. Sanford had been
induced by l. L. Halman to visit Ellsworth
and look over the situation with the view
of establishing mill He introduced Mr..
Sanford, to speak for himself as to what
he found.
MR.. sANFoRD's TALK.
Mr.. Sanford T. .st thanked the citizens of
Ellsworth for his entertainment while
here. He had never thought of coming to
Ellsworth until four or five days before,
Dub Uut lilSlsbSICS Ol NIT. iiuiiHHu uaQ
induced him to come.
He said he had no definite proposition to
offer at this time. He was going to build
a mill somewhere, and very soon. He had
been asked to go South to Pittsburg,
Pa, and to other towns. He spoke of the
character of the mill he proposed to build.
He had no scheme, but simply straight
business proposition.
The mill would require an investment of
$3.50, 600. 1t would make high class of
single, two-ply and three-ply yarns, plain
and mercerized.
Locating mill of this size," he said,
sis serious proposition. There are many
| things to be considered. The location is
important. Transportation facilities, the
| labor, the power, the character of water,
which is especially important in this class
of mill, and atmospheric conditions, are
| some of the things to be considered.
"When came down here, had no idea
that you had anything favorable to offer.
| 1 have been happily disappointed. The
transportation facilities are excellent.
have been particularly delighted with the
splendid water power you have here,
right on tide water. don't believe there
is another such combination in New Eng
land. / don't believe you here in Elis-
worth fully appreciate it yourselves.
81 feel satisfied also as to the labor.
| Your water here, the quality of which for
| dyeing purposes is important in a mill of
| this character, is excellent. In all these
| features find conditions here fully as ad-
vantageous as in Fall River.
ga mill such as l would build here
would be no experiment. The growth of
| the trade demands another mill. We have
the market to start with, and trained
force at the selling end. The mill would
start on a line of goods with an estab-
lished reputation.
GAS said before, have not at this time
any definite proposition to lay before you.
/ am not here to ask for subscriptions to
stock. l came here simply to look the
situation over. l have been agreeably
surprised. / am not afraid to build in
Ellsworth The mill will be built some
where, and soon. / believe ! am safe in
saying that it will pay per cent. interest
from the start, and accumulate hand
some surplus"
Mr.. Sanford then spoke of what such
mill would mean to the town. A mill
such as he proposed to build would do a
business of 100000 year, which prob
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