The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-01-06
BRUNSWICK GIVEN FINE WRlTE-UP
BY COLUMBUS INDUSTRIAL INDEX

lar enterprise at Gulfport, Miss, 1t
is the only factory of its kind in the
world. 1t will manufacture wood tur-
pen-ine from stumps and refuse pine
wood, and will thus not only be a
good thing for Brunswick from the
payroll standpoint, but will provide
market for a class of material that
has not been utilized save in ene
most primitive way.
This company's plant, located on
the car line In the eastern section
of .he city. is quite imposing both
in its size and type of construction.
There are several large buildings,
one Of them being three stories, and
the prevailing character OF construc-
ton Is concrete and steel The ae-
tual investment so far is said to have
been $250,0O0, but one could easily
believe that the large plant repre-
sented 100000 more of capital, for
1t is really imposing 1t is said that
the capacity is to be doubled in the
near future-indeed. that the work
will be done during the year 1912. 1t
is Toledo, Ohio, capital that has es-
tablished this magnificent plant IN
Brunswick. The plant is just begin
ming operation.
Just little further out one comes
to the plant of the Georgia Veneer
& Package Company. Although a
new institution it is one of the lars-
est factories of its character in the
South. 1t has been in active opera
ton for some months and it's produc-
tion is already quite heavy. The
company manufactures fruit and veg
etable packages. including peucn,
strawberry, cantaloupe, pineapple,
bean and onion crates, picking bas-
kets, market baskets and hampers,
etc. The company will make a special
bid for the West India fruit trade
and will be prepared to fill the or
ders. OF course the home business,
especially the requirements of the
peach growers, will be given close
attention.
The company is so we'll pleased
with it's experience in 1911, although
the demand for peach -crates was
very limited on account Of the practi-
cal failure of the crop that it is
planning to double the capacity of
MS plant during the next year, and
the full details will soon be deter
mined. One improvement that will
be made Immediately will be to dou-
bic the size of the warehouse, a
frame structure.
Under its agreement with the
Brunswick Advancement Association,
the Georgia Veneer & Package COM
pany is to have an annual payroll
of $4,000 within five years, this be-
ing one Of the conditions under which
the site was furnished. In the Ian
guage of the day, the company is al
ready delivering the goods. The In
dustrial Index representative CHANGED
to visit the plant on Saturday, when
the payroll was being made up. A
desk was covered with silver and
greenbacks. and the pleasant work OF
packing the envelopes was in prog
ress. I asked what the payroll
amounted to that week. The answer
was: Mine hundred and sixty four
dollars" When money is turned
loose in hunks like this it is bound
to be very beneficial to local trade.
The payroll at the turpent tine plant
will be about twice this sum, it is
understood. Under such circumstan-
ces, it will not be surprising if Bruns-
wick makes still more energetic ef-
forts in the future to bag new tac-
tories.
The capital that made the plant of
the Georgia Veneer & Package COM
pany possible came from far-off Mich
igan. A. L. Church is president, r.
l.. Crandall vice president and gen.
eral manager, and G. G. Davis, Sec
retary and treasurer of the company.
Messrs. Church and Crandall are men
of long experience in this line of man.
ufacture, having been identified with
industries Of this nature for some time
at Bridgeport, Ala, and Macon, Ga,
respectively. They were attracted to
Brunswick as a suitable location for
an industry of this character on ac-
count of transportation, freight rates
and the abundance and accessibility
of raw materials. The company plans
to Use great deal of hardwood in
the manufacture of its products and
there is perfect wealth of suitable
woods in this section-gums of every
variety, oak, magnolia, etc. The Alta
maha river bottoms are particularly
rich in hardwoods and thus the COM
pany's raw product IL very accessible
to its plant. Pine Is widely used in
the manufacture Of crates and bas-
kets, and the Georgia Veneer & Pack
age company uses certain proper
tion of pine, also, but the tendency
is more and more toward hardwood.
The quality Of the product is better!
and the company finds that better
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