Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-22

Work will begin before the end of
this week upon the repairing of the
kilns at the local pottery plant prepar-
atory to the operation of this plant by
a company of Fort Dodge capitalists
who expect to be employing fifty men
before the end of the summer in the
manufacture of complete line OF
stoneWare. The contract was closed
today, with Mr.. d. L. Denmead. trustee
for the property, by which the Fort
Dodge men purchase the plant and
grounds outright, thirty members of
the Retail Merchants association hav-
ing assured Mr.. Denmead that they
would vote to have the Retail Mer-
chants association assist him partially
in the inducements which he has
held out to the Fort Dodge men.
Mr.. l.. E. Armstrong, president of
the Plymouth Clay Products company
and of the Plymouth Gypsum company
of Fort Dodge, was in the city today in
company with MIR. George NJ. Thomp-
son, formerly superintendent of the
Western Stoneware company of Fort
Dodge and more recently in the en-
ploy Of the Plymouth Clay Product
company. j. r. Cheney. cashier of the
Fort Dodge National bank and B. j.
Price, an attorney of Fort Dodge. spent
the day in the city negotiating the
details of the transaction.
Practical Men in Charge.
Mr. Armstrong will be president OF
IL new corporation to be known as the
Plymouth Stoneware Company of
and Mr. George NJ.
Thompson will remain in the city as
active superintendent in charge of the
new property An executive manager
IS to be determined upon later The !
new company will invest at least $780,
300 Of Fort Dodge capital in the en-
terprise, the Fort Dodge men intending
to swing the entire undertaking
themselves. The main factory and /
warehouse will be used practically as
they stand. but the six kins will have
10 be torn down and rebuilt as they
nave never been built upon concrete |
stoneware lines.
MIR. Armstrong has been identified |
With the Plymouth Gypsum Company |
or five years which concern is now
125 men in Fort Dodge. Last
December he completed the erection Of :
he plant of the Plymouth Clay Prod
lcts Company which now employees 100
men and which cost sl50,00O to build.
This plant manufactures vitritied salt
glazed sewer pipe.
Denmead Interests Them Locally.
Since the destruction of the factory
'wned by the Western Stoneware
Company in Fort Dodge a trust fac
DRY, these men have had it in mind
% embark as an independent COM
AMY in the manufacture of stonewarc
n Fort Dodge, and they had had plans
rawn and were about to let their con-
ract for the erection of such d plant
here. Mir. Denmead's invitation to
hem to investigate the abandoned
liant here resulted in their negotiat-
ng for the purchase of this plant up
n terms so favorable that they were
Induced to give up their plans for
uilding in Fort Dodge.
Will Ship Clay; Coal Cheaper.
Mr.. Armstrong said today that fuel
ould be had in Marshalltown at As
ents per ton less than in Fort Dodge,
which would overcome the handicap Of
aving to ship their stoneware clay
rom Fort Dodge to Marshalltown. He
lso claimed that since there were no
toneware factories on the G. & N. w.
ystem of railroad Marshalltown Of
cred an advantage to them in this re-
pect.
A meeting of the Retail Merchants
.ssociation will be called to ratify the
romises which thirty of it's members
ave agreed to support
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