The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-05
GREER. WILKINSON LUMBER CO.
OF Indianapolis Buys Forty Acre Tract at
Pecan Grove" and Will Erect
100000 Plant---Clearing
Ground Begins Today
Army Of Men Employed

Army OF Men Employed
The Greer Wilkinson Lumber Co
win give employment to from $50 10
200 men AT the new plant Many of
the employees will be skilled high
priced mechanics. who will be brought
mere from northern points. To ac-
comodate these men and their families
IA settlement will be established on a
neighboring tract of land upon which
houses will be built and other improve
ments added A large majority of the
employees viii be white. the use of
negro labor being confined to the lum-
Der yards and positions outside the
mill
viii Handle yellow Pine
Of almost equal importance 10 the
manufacturing plant itself. will be
the establishment OF large distrbut-
ing yard for the storage Of yellow
pine dimenst on lumber. The Greer
Wilkinson Lumber co. operates over
forty retail lumber yards throughout
the state of Indiana, which have been
4 supplied from various sources in the
South Realizing the value Of central
izing these interests and the adyan
tages that may be obtained by buying
at favorable seasons Of the year, tn,
company VII make Cairo its concen
tratlng point OF all such stocks botl
for itself and. several auxiliary con
Germs indirectly interested iii the ney
trGn eYsff nt, INN ~ "a
amount Of high grade, expensive d
mension timbefs and heavy stock vii
be kept In Cairo for shipment as need
ed into every section Of the nortf
Seeks Retail Trade
A complete retail lumber yard wi
also be maintained. and a strong e
fort made after Cairo's growing an
extensive retail trade in this line Thi
vas an after consideration suggeste
lwhen the pr2prietors Of the enterpris
q Visit the cigy during the early pal
? Of last month and realized the immel
1 se amount of building that Is now
z course and the promising future al
G parent in this respect
3 Railroads do Their Share
In order to give the new plant ever
p shipping facility the Illinois Centri
J. will construct a switch track or sidin
s from its main track from point Sc
( eral hundred yards above Cairo Jun
ton to the proposed site of the pIa
q ing mill. Including sub sidings abol
2 mile Of track will be required 1t wi
7 pass through lands Of the Cairo Tru
y Property now under cultivation |
Julius Serbian describing a cur
Y around the northeast corner Of u
y farm of William F. Kessler and W
cross the county road just above Il
y Patier place. Permission for su,
= crossing subject to reasonable !
80 strictions, has been granted by I
Board of County Commissioners al
the Commissioners of Road Distr
~ No. Z.
y The estimate of the expense +
II constructing the amount Of track
y, quired Is so 500 according to the
:, port OF Illinois Central engineers W
N have surveyed the ground This
regarded as an important step in
M development Of this territory for mi
I ufacturing purposes. About $50 aci
- Of valuable land are made by It, a
n, future extensions which may be ms
-. at much less cost, adaptable TO m
"a ufacturing purposes. For the last I
~ years the Illinois Central Railrc
80 Company has been unable to accom-
~ date a number Of desirable firms Z
corporations seeking entrance h
~ which have been Obliged to 80 e
az whore on account Of lack of tr
,iu room
III The new plant will have the advt
IN age Of the Big Four as the latter SKI
nr ts entire holdings on the east
m Big Four has agreed, II is stated,
,ad construct siding into The mill
!, lumber yards which connects with
lin. main track at a point about | 500
ma north of the pump which drains &c
the pond
ran Proprietors are Strong Men.
,ve The headquarters of the CIR
non Wilkinson Lumber Company ls In
dlanapors, as stated The offi'
~. OF The company are $ r. Greer, pl
cy. dent Alexander Stewart, vice pl
Ing, dent A. A. Wilkinson, secretary
ng: w. Alexander, treasurer. Mes
vol Alexander and Stewart are the
bo prieiors Of the Alexander.Ste,
ing Lumber Company Of Wausau, Wis
rs. sin, which owns anil operates q st
ion, OF retail yards in Illinois. Nebr'
FAC and Colorado, for all OF which as
Ave as the Indiana yards the new paI
rom to be feeder The combined VIC
the OF the two concerns will reach
over the 100000 mark without