South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-26
DIRECTORS DECIDE TO
STAY IN MISHAWAKA

"An for Mishawaka" is the spirit
Of the directors Of the Mishawaka
Four and One Ladder company who
at their Tuesday afternoon meeting
decided not to accept any one OF sew
eral catering offers from other cities
but 10 continue the manufacturing OF
their product in this city. 1t was de-
cided TO move from the present crowd
ed quarters in the old Simplex build
ing on 5. Main ST., to larger ones in
the old Cheeseman lighting company
buildings on the north side OF the
river. For the past several weeks the
recently organized concern has been
looking for more promising location
or larger quarters IN this city. Several
cities in this state, hearing OF their
plans presented offers which were
hardly resistible but the stockholders
and directors of the concern, who are
all Mishawaka citizens. decided to stay
here and boost for the city, and were
certainly possessed with the really true
spirit of the city's interest at heart.
The removal of the factory To the
Cheeseman plant across the riNr will
be a big boom for the north SIN as it
will probably mean the emplOyAIg Of
several hundred men within the next
few years. In many other ways this
means a big boost for Mishawaka and
Will be a fine record for the directors
of the Mishawaka Chamber of Prog
ress to present other factory interests
to this city who are looking for de-
sirable locations. Mishawaka as a
factory city is becoming a national is
use, as but in few years three of the
largest industries of their kind have
grown from small factories to large
business interests here. About five
years ago the Rubber Regenerating
company started the Instruction of
a few buildings along the north banks
of the river near Main St, and con-
tinued the good work Of building each
year, owing to their continued increase
of business each season. Last yeaS
the Rubber Re was sold for over ST.
100000 to eastern capitalists, which
shows the value of a MishaWaka in
dustry which has only been in exist
ence a few years.
This wonderful growth has already
appeared in the Four-in-One company,
although it is hardly expected that it
will grow TO such proportions as the
Rubber Re did. but nevertheless it
will be another concern with "a dis
tinction which brings the city consid-
cradle credit owing to it and its ad-
vertisin5 throughout the country
wherever these unique ladders will ap-
pear.
one of the offers made the concern
was from a nearby city. which offered
building and factory space and a
$500 bonus but even this did not
move the spirit of the men at the head
of this little concern TO desert Misha-
waka.
Orders have been secured by the
firms representatives for so carloads
of the ladders and there are good
prospects for 100 carloads more. Or
ders are pouring into the concern from
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
Indianapolis, st. Louis, Louisville, Du-
luth and Little Rock, Ark. Large or
ders have been received for several
months fre Chicago and are being
taken daily as the ladders are max
ing a hit with the windy city hardware
dealers, who are grabbing them as fast
as they can be shipped.
Thursday the concern will start the
removal of their machinery to the
north side plant and hope to start OPP
Grafton there by Dec. 10. Additional
machinery will be purchased and will
be installed at q later date. The
north side plant offers better shipping
facilities than the old Simplex build
ing as freight cars can be run along
side the building and the products
loaded without danger of damage
during bad weather as now is the case.
The officers of the concern are: Ed
ward Forstbauer, president: Ralph w.
Smith. vice president and general
manager; Charles Bramwell, secre-
farv