The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-14
SITE IS DONATED
To THE COMPANY
Z:
GEo oRGIA VENEERING AND FRUIT
PACKING CO. TO REMOVE
FACTORY HERE.
Plant Will Employ $50 Worknen to
Begin With-TWo or Three Sites
Now in View and One Will Be Sc
,ected Within a Few Days.

Brunswick gets the tis box :ac-
tory!
That is a settled t;lins. and tie
only matter now remaining open is
the final selection of i ste suitable
for the needs Of the company-1he
Georgia Veneering 4 Fruit Packing
Go. This matte" was fully de1er-
mined yesterday, ami on Wednesday
when represent .tives IF the COM
pany spent the day in the city and
the matter was gone Iato very close
" with so or more leading business S
men of Brunswick.
What the Company Wanted.
The company, which, by the way,
is a very large and thoroughly re-
liable concern having factories in
several cities of the south, was not
very excessive in it's demands in the
way of concessions from the Bruins
wick people. They asked for a site
TO consist of say, 20 acres, located
TO suit the conditions needed in this
special kind of industry, a city tax
exemption of ten years and the pay
ing of freight charges on it's pres
ent factory, located at a nearby Geor-
eia city. At the meeting Wednesday
night all of the conditions named by
the company were accepted by the
local people with the exception of
the payment of freight on the factory
to Brunswick, which the visitors fin
ally waived. The other requests of
the company were met and it was
agreed by the gentlemen represent
ing the company to locate its factory
here.
What it Means to Brunswick.
1t was developed at the meeting at
the Oglethorpe that the coming of
the plant at this time will mean the
employment of $50 men to start with
the chances of it's increasing up to
perhaps $50 to 500 within a few
years. The concern will manufacture
all kinds of wooden boxes and fruit
packages and their weekly payroll
will run from $1,000 per week in the
dull season to upwards of $1,S00 per
week in the busy time of the year.
The company agrees to take over the
site at any time when it's payroll will
equal 5 per cent of the cost of the
investment, paying over to the Bruins
wick people the amount expended on
the site.
Tax Exemptions Granted.
AT the meeting of the city council
last night that body promptly grant
ed the tax exemption in the manner
as asked by the company, for ten
years, provided, of course, that same
shall he operated for factory pur-
poses for that length of time. The
Brunswick Advancement association.
formed on Wednesday night, now has
the matter in hand and already quite
large sum of money has been sub
scribed by the local people for the
specific purpose of buying this site
for the company.
There has been no conclusions
reached by the company or the
Brunswick people touching the site
as yet Some four or five pfacne
have been inspected by the gentle
men interested, any one of which will
suit them, and the local committee
in charge of the matter has not defi-
nitely decided which will be selected
However, that will be a matter of
small moment, as the vital points
have all been agreed uponfi and the
big factory is coming and is coming
at the earliest possible moment.