The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-07
Kenosha Industrial Associa-
tion Gets Applications
From Four Concerns
FAL MOTOR CO., CONSIDERED
Chicago Company willing to Bring
Plant to Kenosha if Association Will
Aid in Erection of Plant to be Held
Five Years.

At the meeting of the Kenosha In
dustrial Association held on Thursday
evening the members of the associa-
ton received several propositions for
the location Of new plants in Kenosha
and several of them will be closely
investigated by the directors of the as
ISOLATION. At the meeting of the
board Of directors to be held on next
Monday afternoon standing commit
tee will be appointed and the duty of
this committee will be to investigate
companies seeking locations in the
city.
The most attractive of the PROPOSE
tions presented to the association at
the meeting was one from the Fal No
tor Car Company of Chicago. This
company is seeking location in Ke-
nosha and has asked the association
to look into the company and make a
proposition. The company manufact-
ures the Fal automobile and it is claim
ed that the company is well backed
financially, At the present time it
is employing more than 900 men and
1t has been found necessary to large
ly increased tho size of the plant.
With the inc n the size of the
plant the r, is anxious to get
out of G. ;ago. The company does
not ask tor bonus, but asks that it
be given aid in the building of fac
tory which will have not less than
100000 feet of floor space. The com
pany is willing to enter into a CON
tract that it shall not receive a deed
to the property until the end of FIVE
years and not at that time unless it
shall have paid out at least one mil
lion dollars to wage earners. The
committee will look into this PROPOSE
tion and the proposition of the Crown
Novelty Company also of Chicago be-
fore the next meeting of the associa-
ton. The Fal Motor Car Company is
we'll known to the automobile making
world.
Another proposition of some inter
est was received from the Kinney Steel
Electric Wire Casing Company with
central Offices in Brussels, Belgium.
This company is anxious to locate a
plant in this part of the United States
and while it is not asking for bonus
it is DESTROYS of having the people of
Kenosha take some of the stock of
the company. The letter from the
officials of this company is in the way
Of 'Efeeler' and if the Kerosha as
ISOLATION is interested it is probable
that American representatives of the
company will be sent to Kenosha to
look over the ground and make a form
al proposition.
An application for factory site
was received from the Booth Office
Furniture Company now located at
Muskegon, Mich. The company en-
ploys from so to 100 men and their
letter was an inquiry in regard to
conditions in Kenosha with a state
ment that the company was consider
ing removing from Muskegon to some
city nearer Chicago.
There was also an application from
a company in Chicago engaged in the
manufacture of garments for ladies.
This company would employ from $50
to 200 girls and women, but it made
no formal proposition and the members
of the association did not think it ad-
visable to open negotiations with the
officials Of the company.
At the meeting on Thursday night
it was formally decided to have a din
ner in the next three weeks at which
some prominent outside speaker will
be in attendance. This dinner will
be not only for the members of the as
ISOLATION, but for all residents of the
city who are anxious to join in the
movement for the advancement of Re.
nosha. Full announcement of the
dinner viii he made within a few DAVIS.
The deal for The Sturges property
has been closed and this property is
now the property of the Kenosha In
dustrial Association and with it as a
start the association is in good shape
to deal with companies seeking fac
tory sites.