The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-24
Eighteen Business Men Volunteer to
Purchase Lots at Session of the AS
ISOLATION - Directors to Plan Home
Coming Fetee

The Ken0Sha Industrial Association
has decided to go ahead and purchase
the Sturges property north of the city
to furnish factory sites for factories
seeking to locate here and With the
reaching Of this decision at a meeting
of the association on Friday evening
eighteen leading men of the city vol
unteered to purchase lots in the sub
division and pay in 800 cash for
them in order to give the association
a working capital. This morning a
committee headed by James Millar,
the we'll known real estate man started
out for canvass Of the city to dispose
of the property with view Of raising
big fund for the promotion Of new
industries in the city. There will be
200 lots offered for sale and they will
be sold at price of 5000 each on the
installment plan, but it is understood
that with a cash payment the lots are
to be sold at the rate of hundred
dollars each. The eighteen sold last
night before the close Of the meeting
of the association has furnished an ex-
cellent start for the sale of the plat
and it is expected that the committee
in the whirlwind campaign to raise
money will dispose of many of the
lots in the next two or three days.
There is at present land contract
in existence for the sale of the Sturges
property and it will be necessary for
the association to raise $1,000 in order
to close the deal for the purchase.
This it is thought can easily be done
by the sale of II of the lots for cash.
AS soon as the property is purchased
the other lots will be pushed as fast
as possible and it is expected that
within q few weeks the association
will have good working capital,
There was great deal of enthusiasm
at the meeting on Friday evening and
the business men present seem to be of
the opinion that plan had finally
been reached for the proper exploita-
tion of the beauties of Kenosha as
manufacturing city. The board of
directors Of the association have sew
eral proposals for factory sites at the
present time. One that is being con-
sidored is from the Crown Novelty
Company Of Chicago. This company
seeks building with $4,000 feet Of
floor space and wants it built in such
a manner that it can be enlarged by
the addition of two more stories The
officials Of the association have looked
up this industry and find that it is
worthy of consideration, but it is
thought that the contract which is de-
manded by the company is not entirely
in keeping with the views Of the direc-
tors and arrangements may be made
for a conference between the officials
of the company and the directors of
the association. There was a short
informal discussion of the proposed
home coming celebration and this whole
matter has been left in the hands of
the board of directors. The directors
will meet in the near future and ar
range their plans for advertising the
event with, a view of holding it in
June Of 1911.
The special committee in charge of
the sale of the lots met at the office
of James Millar in the Scholef & Funck
building this morning and began the
work of selling the lots. The mem
bers of the committee include James
Millar, Roger N. Kimball, F. J. Gott-
fredsen, G.. Fred Stemm and Ed. San
born. These men all volunteered to
serve on the committee and they give
their services to the association with
out remuneration.