South Bend news-times., 1913-11-27
DIRECTORS DECIDE TO
STAY IN MISHAWAKA

"All 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 fiattering offers from other cities
but to 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 >. 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 resistiDle 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 river will
be a big boom for the north side as it
Will probably mean the employing of
several hundred men within the next
few years. In many other ways this
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 construction 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 year
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 1T is hardly expected that 1t
will grow to such proportions as the
Rubber Re did, but nevertheless it
will be another concern with dis
tinction which brings the city cOnsid-
erable credit owing TO it and its 'ad
vertising throughout the country
wherever these unique ladders will ap-
pear.
was from nearby city, which offered
Yuilding 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 f-~ 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 tp start op-
Grafton there by Dec. 10. Additional
machinery will be purchased and WIZ
be installed at a 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