The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-23
Wealthy Textile Manufacturers Ready to Invest Third
OF Million in a Mill to be Established
i'm This Town
LOCAL INTERESTS MUST TAKE $4,000 IN STOCK
Contribute Site and Guarantee Tax Exemption for Term oil
Factory Would be Located Just Below Mornngsde and
Would Employ 800 Hands at star-Chaee and Hartman Inter-
ests Back Of EnerprseBg Meeting Set For Monday Night

.iatt. ihrse hunsrs o. have uonncriipn
With water system and srWrf systems Of
the village
n. proposition J. bassd on business
principles, The outside interests afr Nili.
ins a. come t0 Braiilrboro 10 pat ihipi
oi a million dollaHs oi their own money
IA 4 plant which cannot hr moved away
hut 10 take their chance with the Bfatilc'
horo cafiial a. 10 the earning Of dividends.
The mill ~ fuasun 81 the use 0i electric
power will rcluir les capital Ter spindle
than any other high grade cotton mil m
New England, The labor employed m a
mill 81 this character v the bcsi grade
oi cotton mill help and a large portion Of
il i skilled labor. The goods proposed
10 h. manufactured arr the grade used ~
the manufacture oi ladies shiriWaisis, etc.
ii this project can be carried out Il means
the rapid Industrial growth OF Brattlebofo
and large and steady increase IN popuia'
tion. II means Of course the increase IN
the population at the souiherly end OF the
village Of from isn 10 1900 next year
and certainly continued growth alter
ward
The tendency everywhere i toward the
use ~ elcctric power for manufacturing
purposc-: Industries gradually gravtatc
toward available power. Tins Is because
loss in transmission and the care aud eN'
pen-e required to make service gives an
adyantag. 10 locations near al hand. u
- for Brattleboro now TO take the trst
step toward the great development which
can be hrough, 10 US by reason OF cheap
electric power Mt our door.
The persons who purpose TO build here. m
eludc NJ g.. Chace OF Providence, X. L., and
II. |. Hartman of Hyde Park, Mass who
are known TO be business men oi IN,
highest integrity and capacity. They and
their associates require substantial SUP
scription from Brattleboro TO the. capital
stock because IL is new kind oi an IN
dustry will be OF tremendous benefit u
Brattleboros mercantile interests and to
real estate. With the hlgh.grade labor
which il will employ, 1t will give the tow
healthy and valuable growth.
II has been arranged TO have meeting
OF all citizens interested at Festival hai
| Monday evening. Messrs Chace and
Hartman possibly others OF their asso
ciates will be present TO give all intorma
ton and will have sketches and plans ol
the proposed factory. In the meantime
the board of trade Is doing personal worh
TO get interest aroused. Everyone IN
terestcd in the development of Brattle
boro should attend the meeting next Mon
day evening at 5 o'clock.
No attempt will be made at that time
10 get subscriptions for stock but full de
tails Of the proposition will be presented
and discussed.
The board of trade has already secured
control of the O'Connor farm and the
Cheselton Kidder farm on South MAI,
street for the use in the erection OF dwell
lngs if required, and that land VIII Dc
furnished for building lots at actual cost
with no profit for this purpose. optioh'
on the land to be used a site for the
proposed factory have. been in hand fol
several months.