Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-09-30

were George Cowing. George Mills,
IJamcs G. Sweeney and others and
the company was incorporated. Short
lily after this came the fire at San
| Francisco and while the company had
been putting in much equipment, its
| big business began a few months be-
fore the fire. due to tn egreat boom
at Godfield and Tonopah. Much ma
and when the job offices in San
| Francisco We're put out OF business
| the Nevada Press Co. jumped at once
into an enormous business and work
ed day and night. More new equip
ment was added and the company did
an enormous business for about
year after the fire.
Godfe,d began to decline as lar as
tde stock brokerage business was
concerned, Tonopah followed suit.
business fell OH and the company,
which by This time had fallen into
the hands of wills Brougher began to
take losses.
The force was reduced, managers
were changed and every effort was
made to get back to Il dividend pay
ing basis, without avail.
Bruushcr put up thousands of dol
lars to keep the plant alive and Shaw
the present manager came in with Il
proposal to take hold of the business.
Since Shaw assumed the manage
mcnt things have not improved much
was anected by which George T.
Mills was eliminated and Sam Plat
took the whole plant on Il Judgment
for something like $30,0JO.
Since the ownership OF Platt. the ef-
fort to mov eto Reno has been car
ried on as fast as possible.
Manager Bingham and Sherman. his
foreman, are saying that the Gaz-
cite has as big IA plant as the Ne
I vada Press Co. and that if the deal
is made, the business will be manag-
ed with joint control. Neither l,ing-
ham nor Shaw will discuss the matter
today.
Should the deal go through. and
there is every evidence today that
! II will go through. the News will be
provided with what plant it had when
the Nevada Press Co. was organiZcd
this much is known. 1t is stated that
! the carson Valley Bank may move in
to the corner now occupied by tae
| Nevada Press offices and that the
| News will occupy the front now used
| by the book binding plant. All these
arrangements are predicted upon the
supposition that the Nevada Press Co.
can match machinery and stock with
/ the Gazette company.
/ The loss Of this plant will, as stat
! ed before. be "A loss to Carson City
from business standpoint. It is
realized by those in position To know,
that the company has operated at
loss for many months and that econ
/ omic arguments alone are in favor of
the removal of the plant. a plant that
! Is second to known east / Sacrament
| to and west of Salt Lake.
| with the Gazette and This plant
joined Reno will have an office that
may compete with any Office on the
coast, especially if Nevada wins her
case for lower freight rates before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The removal Of tae plant has al
ready affected business here. With
! the shut down at the State Printing
Office and the prospective shutdown
of the Nevada Press several print
ers are either out of work or are look
ing for places elsewhere. Several
en- all together the loss of the plant
will be Il serious blow to theprosper-
.ity of the city. Tae date of the re-
moval. If negotiations are completed.
is not yet set.
Affected by the move are the fam
lilies of Jas. T. Shaw. Harold ProtZ-
man, Geo. B. GOodhue. Chas. Boot,
/ Furlong, Berning. Harry Miliard. Dave
Foot. Miss House, Harvey collins.
AL. Reisberg. w. Frisbie and others
who are employed in the bindary be-
sides those who are employed at r-
regular times in the plant. George
Montrosc and Harry Clifford will re-
main with the News in this city.
Shaw and his family will go to
Reno. Shaw to be one of the two
managers of the combined plants;
Goodhue. who is now superintendent
will go either to the combined Office