Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-06
COMMERCIAL CLUB LOOKS WITH
FAVOR UPON PROPOSITION
OF EASTERN COMPANY
CHANCE TO ADD ONE
Manufacturers of Gasoline Engines
Would Locate Here-Is Small Con-
Germ, But Has Large Possibilities
Final Report Presented.

Ottumwa may soon secure new fac
tory, not a large one, 1t is true, but
one that has great possibilities. At the
meeting of the directors of the Com
mercial club held last evening at the
Wapello Club, Secretary George F.
Heindel presented proposition upon
which the directors are said to look
with considerable favor.
The factory in question Is located in
a small town in Indiana and is desir-
GUS Of moving to better location.
The owners are modest and
business-like in their proposition and
1t is this feature that so favorably i'm
presses the directors Of the club.
Withhold Identity.
Because the proposition has such a
favorable appearance the directors are
not yet ready to make the identity of
the factory public. This morning one
of the officers of the club refused to
give out the name or location Of the
plant. He said, however: This fac
tory is small one; it will employ
about twenty-five men. l think, how
ever, that their product, gasoline en-
CINE is an unusually good one and that
the factory ought to develop rapidly.
The members of the, company have
been very frank in their correspon-
dence as to their reasons for wanting
to move
They are located in small town
and want better location. The rail-
road facilities are poor and this, of
course, is handicap. Then again.
know that they have been using natur-
al gas for fuel in their factory and
that this supply has given out in their
vicinity. The whole proposition
strikes the directors of the Commercial
club very fayorably and it was de-
cided last evening to investigate fur
Their into this, with the idea that if
everything is as represented, we
should use our best efforts to secure
the factory"
Baker Committees Report.
AS the closing chapter to the effort
made some time ago to secure fo-
ottumwa the plant of the Baker Stove
and Range Co. of Greenviile, Ohio,
the report fthe secretary Of the
committee, appointed by general
meeting Of the stock subscribers. was
read last evening before the directors
Oh the commercial CLUB.
The report accounts for the expendi-
ture of the money raised. one-half Of
one per cent against the stock SUP.
scribers. 1t is as follows:
To Geo. F. Heindel,
Secretary Commercial Association.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned, secretary of the
committee appointed at a general
meeting of the stock subscribers If
the Royal Stove and Range Co., sub
nit this report for collections and
| disbursements:
Amount collected on assess
ment of subscribers, one
half of one per cent. ....... $194.00
Expenses.
Expense of committee to
Greenville, Ohio, and return,
| in examination of plant, etc.
Dain, Phillips, Merrill and
Manning. $33.75 each. 1850
Printing and mailing postal
cards for stock subscribers
| meeting. ............ l.Ou
| Telephone charges by commit
| tee ............ ...... l.4u
Paid Joe Fist for collecting
assessments ....... 5.OO
Attorneys Fees O. K. by COM
| mittee:
Gilmore & Moon ...... 80. $500
F. G. Orelup ........ ........ $500
1920
Amount collected 80. 80. >. $1940O
| Amount expended ...... -. 1920