Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-18
TO co TO CHICAGO
Committee Named to Garry on
Further Negotiations with
Company Seeking Location
GOOD PROSPECT OF SUCCESS
William M. Reck and Mayer Levi Nam.
ed by Board - Commission Has
Had Very Busy Week.

1
| indeed for the Rock island Industrial
commission and there has been scarce
lily a day that there has not been a
meeting at the Rock Island Club,
of either the board of control
or the trustees of the fund for new
factories. 1t is gratifying to know.
| too. that the weeks work has brought
negotiations with one of the indus
tries, heretofore referred to, to such a
point that with the consent of the
| board of control and the approval of
the board of trustees of the fund, a
committee composed of Chairman
William NJ Reck of the manufactures
committee and Secretary Mayer Levi
Of the commission, has been appointed
to go to Chicago to carry on further
negotiations with tins men controlling
| the enterprise involved.
| All details of the proposition to
bring the industry to Rock Island seem
satisfactory to both sides, and there
are reasons to expect successful con-
clusion of the deal.
| Want to Locate Here.
| During the week there have been
four representatives of as many diff
ferent concerns in the city comforting
with Mr.. Levi with view to negotia-
tons for locating new industries here.
One of the men who was in the city
was O. e. Bell, president of the South
ern Watch Case company of Nash
willie Mr.. Bell would have closed the
Ideal on the spot and put in operation
the preliminaries to removing here had
lthere been an available building ready
Ito place at his disposal at once.
All considerations were satisfactory
both to the commission and to Mr.
Bell, and he was ready to close the
matter at once.
The situation Is a forceful illustra
ton to back up the argument of F. c.
Denkmann before the Rock Island
Club about year and a half ago
when he stated that in his opinion the
first essential toward municipal
growth in an Industrial way is the
formation of a company to erect fac
tory buildings. 1t is possible that {
IDEAL will be closed and the Watcl
Case company brought here yet, bu
had there been a suitable building
available, the deal would by now havt
been closed.
The company employs about so
men.
Receives Many Inquiries.
Secretary Levi receives scores of in
quiries from men interested in manu-
featuring enterprises, and the follow
ing is a fair sample of the characte
3 of many of these:
0 Mayor Levi secretary Industrial
commission, Rock Island Ill-Dea
: sir: Replying to your favor of recen
:, date. would state that the information
t you have in reference to our compan
seeking a site is correct. We hav
r carried on negotiations with some seN
/ leral cities in Illinois, Indiana an
a Pennsylvania, who have made us fla
t tering offers. We are still in a pr
lsition to take up this matter with Nol
;, but before visiting your city, or asl
/, ing you to furnish data, we would lik
, to know if you are in a position
offer 10 acres of land and $4,000
buildings.
would state that our company ha
X been founded by several practic;
, men. each having from II to 10 year
experience, besides having a technic;
= education. We will, briefly stating
Il manufacture traction, stationary an
"Dinky" engines, tubular, upright, m
y rine, stationary, traction, locomotiv
II portable and semi-portable boilers, ge
% eral sheet iron, plate machine and +
IL pair work.
E. 1.-THE company is incorporated, ca
italization $250,000, and we guarantt
p to bring 100000 to whatever town "
r locate in. All our buildings WILDE
ID the most modern construction, equi
IL ped with the latest and most up-to-da
" machinery The several members wi
compose this company will be active
~ and exclusively engaged in furtherii
,r its interests, and will take up the
=, residence in whatever city we locat
20 The company in accepting any CO
al lsderation will be willing to dischari
Il Iany practical obligations, becoming
to fixture to the city for stated peril
~ before acquiring title to the site al
+, buildings erected under the consider
ltion The total cost of buildings al
=, equipment will aggregate 100000. V
-. lare perfectly willing to insure t
y property. the insurance being payat
- to the city until We have discharg
o. Jour obligation.
A. "If you are in position to ent
tain proposition of this charact
we are then ready to go into the
-. tails of the matter, visit your CT
- and look into all of the several m
- ters that will have a bearing upon
development of this company, and
found satisfactory. your chances for
re curing the plant are most excellen