The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
ORGANIZATION IS PERMANENT
Promoter Price of Chicago Tells of
Factories Knocking at the Door of
Kenosha and Suggests Way for
Laading Them.

1 rams LOT UOOSGAnS Tue lHuuSbIld
conditions in Kenosha and securing
for the city new factories were dis
cussed at meeting of the people OF
the city held at the council chamber
of the city hall on Tuesday evening
and at least twenty-five of the mer
who have been active in boosting the
city in the past were in attendance
at the meeting. Plans were outlined
for permanent organization in the
way of a business men s association
and committees were named to take
up the matter with the business mer
with view of having a second meet
ing at the Rhode Opera House in the
near future at which time the organi
cation will be formally launched.
A. E. Kuolt, cashier of the Merchants
and Savings Bank acted as chairman
of the meeting and W. j. Craney as
secretary.
Interest in the meeting centered in
the talk made by Promoter Price OF
Chicago who has been active. in the
work of locating several plants in Ke
nosha and he suggested that the or
ganization be perfected at once and
that the business men take steps to
raise fund of 100000 to be used in
''boosting He suggested that this
fund be raised by the purchase and
subdivision of acre property near the
city and that the lots be sold in sucf
a manner as to give the people of the
city chance to contribute to the func
and at the same time reap some Of the
benefits to be derived from the loca
ton of the factories. Mr.. Price stated
that he had several plants which were
considering Kenosha as possible 10
cation. One of them is engaged in
the manufacture of machinery used by
packing houses while another was q
two million dollar corporation engaged
in the manufacture Of supplies fol
green houses. Officers of both OF
these corporations have recently beer
in Kenosha and they are favorably i'm
pressed by the city. It was shown
that the Municipal Engineering Com
pany of Winthrop Harbor was knock
ing at the doors of Kenosha and that
a reasonable proposition would be
made by that company. 1t was stat
ed that one of the companies seeking
to locate plant in Kenosha would
ask that the city give three acres OF
ground and $4,000 in money with the
understanding that one-fourth Of the
amount be paid when the foundation
of the new plant was laid and the
remainder during construction. The
statements were a little indefinite and
none of the companies was committed
to any proposition.
There were many speakers at The
meeting and most of them were i'm.
pressed withthe plan as outlined. The
matter of the building Of the trunk
sewer was discussed and it was
brought out forcibly that one of the
first things to be done by the city to
make Kenosha a better factory town
was the building of this sewer. II
Il. Goldberg came to the front as a
booster by offering to give $4,000 to a
fund TO secure other factories if other
citizens would contribute a like
amount.
AS starter of a big movement the
meeting was a complete success and
the men present will at once get busy
and urge that the permanent organiza-
ton be made along the lines suggested
At the close of the meeting several
committees were appointed to have
charge Of the work of furthering the
organization. A committee consisting
of c. E. Dewey, John C. Slater and
Joseph A. Pitts was named to have
charge of the work Of incorporating
the organization and drawing up con-
stitution and bylaws, a second com
mitteo consisting of f. H. Lyman, N.
J. Werner, M. J. Scholey, Az Epstein
and ". D. Parr was named to inter
view the business men of the CITY and
/ solicit their id in making the organi-
baton a success. Henry Hastings,
Peter Pirsch and H. L. Goldberg were
named as committee to look up sites
for factories and for subdivision and
/ Fred Martin, Alfred Sinions and H. s.
Brown were named as committee to
have charge Of the press work Of the
/ association.