The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-09
SEEKSHOEF factory.
FREE SITE OFFERED
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Meets Craddock-
Terry Representatives.

Backed By an offer of a free site for
the establishment Of a shoe factory,
and vested with authority to welcome II
10 the Capital, the manufactures COM
mittee of the Chamber Of Commerce
met representatives OF the CraddOck-
Terry Shoe Company at the new store
OF Robert Berberich's Sons this after
noon This conference was a beginning
Of nsgotiatiOns which may end in a
branch shoe factory here
Mrs Eva Edelin,. has offered nineteen
acres OF land. near Benning. for the
site
The Chamber Of Commerce committee
was he,.ded by Robert y. Harper, and
viewed with interest the shoe manu-
featuring exhibit now TO be seen at the
Berberich's store, sI3 Pennsylvania
avenue
Joseph Berberich, Of the firm, tele-
graDhed last night TO Charles G. Grad
dock, Of the Craddock-Terry Company,
OF LynchbUrg, Va, 70 be present today
and meet the Chambers committee
4ir. CraddOck = a practical shoe manu-
Iacturer, ana d was for the purpose Of
enabling the manufactures Committee
men to get first hand data that Mr.
5er6erich made an effort 10 have Mr..
tFaudOc1 present
Mr. Berberich called upoD Mr.. Har-
Der this morning ana told the chairman
or the committee that a factory site
a. BennlnS~ had been offered free for
l-le establishment Of a shoe factory in
Washington, and also that a practical
shoe man Of New England had offered
10 put $4,000 into such adventure here.
me ot1er OF the factory site came to
Ar- BerbeTlCh from Mrs Eva Edelin,
sV1O, with her brothers business men
or Baltimore owns thirJy-nine acres Of
ground adjacent to the Bennins race
and trolley lines Half Of this has
been sUbdivided into lots. but the re-
naming tract OF nineteen acres is avail
able Tor shoe factory.
MS Edelin explained that she Is not
Offering the land from any but bust
ness point OF view. She says that she
VIII give free TO the Chamber Of Com
merce whatever part Of the undivided
tract. = necessary for the erection of
the factory. for she believes that the
establishment viii be an attraction 70
lHe Dalance OF her property and that
me artisans employed VIII live near
the place OF their employment.
With a factory in that section Of the
District Mrs Edelin, believes that there
VIII be something doing IN real es-
tate
Nj Harper told Mr.. Berberich that
when he accepted the Craftsmanship Of
the manufactures committee of the
Chamber he told the Chamber that in
Washington there was a fear among
certain people that factories would not
tend TO enhance the beauty Of the city
OF bring TO IL desirable citizens
This fear, he pointed out, would have
10 be eradicated by the Chamber Of
Commerce Electric and gas power, he
said, were available for manUfa curing
purposes. doing away with smoke. He
also showed that manufacturing cities
everywhere showed much larger de-
pOsits in the banks comparatively than
Is The case IN washington, where fac
tories are scarce.
4 feel" he said today, that this shoe
exhibit of yours, M Berberich. viii
demonstrate to my committee the entire
practicabilitv and desirabilitv OF estab-
fishing . shoe factory and many other
kinds OF factories II Washington"
The Shoerual king exhibit al BeTberici's
Is attracting thousands Of visitors, who
watch the process Of turning q piece of
hide into a finished shoe Mr.. BeTbeTiCh
estimated today that 200 visitors wit
messed the exhibit yesterday