The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-24
S|LO PLANT MUST
HAVE PROTECTION
TO REMAIN HERE
Mcclure Company Will Move Else
where if the Levee Work is
Not Started.
SECOND RISE is A WORRY
Vice President Cory Fears Water
Will Come in Again Unless
Gaps Are Filled.
SECOND RISE is A WORRY

Three floods in two years and
one fire. That's a pretty hard blow,
We have protected ourselves against
further loss by fire. What we want
S protection against future high
water ravages. Since you have
asked me, will say that if same is
not forthcoming we shall pick up
our belongings and leave Cairo"
Thus spoke Fred p Cory TO a rep
resentatiye of The Bulletin at The
Halliday last evening. Mr.. Cory is
president of The Mcclure Com
pany, manufacturers of Saginaw
Silos, who own and operate lumber
holdings and plant in the Cairo
Drainage District valued at nearly
$l50,000
The present stage of water is
worrying Mr. Cory. He told a star
member Of this paper that the river
yesterday was within FIVE feet of the
gaps in the Big Four embankment
and that he feared inundation to the
Drainage District would again oc-
cur Hence in his statement last
night he was terse and to the point
relative to the future plans OF the
Mcclure company SO far as concerns
Cairo il they are struck by the water
again..
The only encouragi'ty develop
Iments Of the day. Mr. Cory said, was
the assurance Of the Big -Four Of.
flcials that he Walsh Construction
Company had their paraphanalia on
the way here with which to fiji the
breaks. and that every endeavoI
would be made to accomplish thC
work before the water rises to a
danger point.
I'VE would dislike leaving Cairo
very much. We appreciate the ef-
fort Of your people in trying to solve
the problems now before them. We
hope they will be successful. With
us it is cold-blooded business prop
osition We have inducements to
locate elsewhere and will avail our
selves of the opportunity unless we
are given the measure of safety that
we must have" Mr., Cory stated.
The Mcclure Company was at
traeted here, he sad, by favorable
shipping rates and facilities and
that they were pleased with their
location. Last year after il had re-
habilitated its plant in the Drainage
District they made plans to improve
their holdings. which they did later
on. 1t was the first to get its plant
in working order after the water re.
ceded
Early this year they suffered from
a disastrous fire that destroyed tht
factory building and a quantity ol
lumber. Not dismayed at this, 1t re.
built the structures, this time max
ing them OF steel fire-proof eon
struetion. Later it installed, at {
large additional outlay. a wood pre-
serving plant, in which process the
company uses its famous "Siloil,"
The two buildings of the company
here are 80 by 200 it. and 65 bI
150 # respectively. Since first 10
eating here two years ago. the hold
ing have been doubled, due to tn,
enormous business handled out o
this point.
At the start only the wood work
ing was done at the Cairo factory
At present the steel and iron worI
is also a feature.
Several days ago, a 24-hour shif
was inaugurated to catch up wit
the back orders. Nearly 100 me-
are now on the payroll of the com
paDy.
AT the time the Drainage Distrio
was submerged the company had o
hand three million feet of yellov
pine and had about a million and
half feet on the way here. Th
water caused large loss to th
lumber and the quality was al
preciably lowered.
| Mr. Cory stated that the con
pany's actual monetary loss fror
the flood was the least consider,
tions. at is the time, he said, "fC
just now we are in the midst of OF
busy season. We are devoting OF
energies now to catching up wit
previous business, which, under o
binary circumstances would ha,
been taken care Of"
q "Our steel buildings preventt
much loss in this years flood. "
suffered less In this respect tn
time than did the other industri
in the District"