Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-20
sEvERAL COMMITTEES START
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR SECURING THE MOLINE.
PUMP,co,s. PLANT IN Q oTTUMvsA
FEW JAYS ALLOTTED
FOR SECURING M ONEY
MUST HAVE AMOUNT RAISED BY
}ocToBER iFs CONCERN IN TO
LOCATE HERE AND WORKERS
WILL CLOSE CAMPAIGN EARLY.

Y; Starting out with a determination
Ito raise the fund necessary within two
days, the four committees drafted at
the meeting Friday evening at the
Commercial association rooms to Sc
cure the amount needed to bring the
4 Moline Pump CO., to Ottumwa, began
with q Will on the task early this
4 morning.
The amount needed represents
about $4,000, as it Is in the CONTRACT
entered into between the association
and the Pump Co., to give Sic, 900 cash
for buildings. furnish site and pay
freightage on stock and machinery of
the concern from Moline to Ottumwa
II the plant is to be secured. The
conditions of the scheme are thought
by the association members and those
who have been working to expand OF
tumwa In healthy manner, to be ex-
cellent and the best that could be OBJ
tanned today from any worthy con-
cern.
Committees Show Vim.
With this feeling regarding the se-
curing Of the, plant, and with the
knowledge obtained as to the char
acter Of the new enterprise, the repu-
station OF its products and the class OF
dealers with whom its goods are
marketed, the workers have literally
thrown on their coats, and have en-
tered on the campaign for funds with
q vim that Is inspiring. There is no
doubt entertained by the workers as
to the success OF the venture, although
they recognize that Ottumwa has lust
passed through money raising cam
patgn This they aver has been but
an awakening Of the people to thei..
needs and how to secure them, and
0ttumwa must not lay down with lit
tie scare say the committee, but
rather rise to the emergency and
show what can be done
Receives $500 Subscription.
Buoyed up by a subscription ten
dered before the committee began
actual work this morning, the start
was made after one enterprising OF
tunwan had made the cause $500
richer. This was felt to be good
omen and with nest egg of half a
thousand raised, the workers are ply
Ing all their persuasive and business
getting energies toward making the
factory an assured fact before the
end Of the week.
Firm Awaits Action.
The question has been asked by
some one the street when the factory
will come to Ottumwa. and If it is
not to be next spring. This is not SO
as to the latter, for if the firm at Nc
line is informed that the money has
been raised tomorrow, within a few
days the first car of machinery will be
on the cars in Ottumwa. This is a
case where action must not be de
layed IL Ottumwa is to be made the
factory getter that it should be. To
accomplish what has been set out to
do, the citizens will have to stand by
the committee and make their efforts
fruitful of success.
There is factor in regard to the
securing Of the new enterprise that
must not be lost sight of by Ottum-
vans said one Of the committee, in
that this firm employs some sixty to
seventy-fiye skilled mechanics in the
making Of it's product This is not
cheap labor, but instead the employ
ment afforded by the company is
largely to finished machinists whose
wages assure heads of families and
new homes in Ottumwa. The COM
mittee expects to be able to report
successful days work at the close OF
the campaign this evening.