The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-04-29
BUSINESS LEAGUE ANNUAL
Meeting.

SfChlHS AiaA Isl, at eight o CLOCK.
i. All members and all citizens inter
ested in the business of the town are
urgently requested to be present.
Officers are to be elected for the en-.
suing year; suggestions and plans
will be received for future work and
the following report of the executive
committee will be presented for con
sideration:
To the Lambertville Business League.
Your executive committee for the
year just ending have devoted their
principal attention towards effort of
| locating some new industries in the
| city. Some parts of the year have
not been favorable to efforts in this
| direction, but they have devoted a
great deal of time and attention TO the
matter, "a propositions have been re-
ceived and some are still under con-
sideration. The greatest number of
applications we have received we
have felt obliged to reject because
the parties have desired us to supply
both working plant and working
capital. This we have under all cir
cumstances thought to be impossible.
Others have demanded financial in
ducements in the way of donations
that we have thought out of the ques-
ton. And of others we have thought
business standing and general credit
would not warrant the outlay.
Early in the year we concluded that
in general way our best offer to any
concern would be a free site, includ-
ing railroad sidings and the erection
of plant on long favorable terms of
credit and low rate of interest; and
this we have universally offered to
every concern that would locate here
ON condition that our investigation
would satisfy us of their ability to
conduct successful business. We
have also advertised this fact in one
of the leading Trade Journals and
had many responses from that adver-
tisement.
Two gentlemen from Easton desir
ed to locate plant for the manufac-
ture of u new typewriter. high class
machinists being employed. A plan
was proposed which they have not ac
cepted.
The company manufacturing wheels
and wheel materials now located in
Philadelphia haye not as yet accepted
the proposition made them last 0cto-
Der. They will employ all men.
A concern manufacturing blowers
ON an extensive scale now located in
Philadelphia, after considerable cor
respondence Us well as calling at their
plant has consented to make us visit
with view of receiving our PROPOSE
ton. They VIII employ all men.
A gentleman in Philadelphia de-
sires a plant to make a special high
class steel. We have had some cor
respondence with him and have called
at his Office. AS soon AS financial
conditions warrant he will see us
further. He will employ men.
We have been visited on several
occasions by II promoter AZ we'll rs
the principals of a large machinery
company in Trenton who have manu-
featured special machine on a large
scale. Our committees have made n
personal Investigation Mt the plant on
two occasions. and have examined
some machines in New York and Phil
adelphia. 1t is deemed unwise to
bring this plant to Lambertville alone
but should some other industry be Sc
cured desiring Il similar class of work
this proposition may be considered in
connection Herewith. 1t would EN-
ploy machinists.
A former resident of this locality re-
Gently accompanied Hazelton silk
manufacturer here. He desired to
engage in silk manufacturing and
would employ large number Of girls
aud few men. Still open.
This same resident visited us with
four Philadelphia gentlemen IN the
matter of locating here plant for the
manufacture of automobile tires and
other similar articles. The invest
ment required was considered greater
than the number of employees would
warrant. .
A resident OF Milwaukee has visit
ed us on several occasions. He has
presented to us three propositions for
location, all of them now i'll Philadel-
phia, the first of which was not con-
sdered. The second concerned q
large axle manufacturing plant which
we yisited-the matter is still in
allegiance. The third proposition was
washer manufacturing plant togeth-
er with the manufacturing of heavy
presses. punches and dies. The mat
ter is still in allegiance. All Of these
would employ men.
Having been informed OF the desire
of construction machinery concern
now in Newark, N. j., for new To-
cation we have solicited their visit
here as soon as possible. They would
employ men.
A rubber company now located in
Trenton wrote us from their Phila-
delphia office asking for proposition.
We responded by letter and visit.
They finally decided to extend their
buildings at their present site.
An industry now located in Hano-
yer, Pa, desired to establish branch
factories for the manufacture of metal
work. 1t was found they wanted too
large an investment.
We have had considerable cores
pondence with man in Reading,
Pa, who is DESTROYS Of locating a
plant for the manufacture of fire
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