The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-07-22
NECKTIE FACTORY
MAY LOCATE HERE
Business Men Angling for a
Manufacturing Concern.

manufacturing UUllG5lll.
There is a possibility of small
manufacturing plant locating in Nor
ristown, coming here from New York.
The concern is the firm of Marcus &
Levy, manufacturers of neckties. All
they ask of Morristown is to have a
suitable location found for them which
they will rent and guarantee that
they can secure sufficient help. They
will employ from fifty to 100 people,
mostly women, and their payroll will
be from $4,000 to $4,000 per year.
The average weekly wage paid is
from nine to twelve dollars. The
concern has assets, it is said, of
$500, ,000
The project of getting this company
to locate here was broached to the
Morristown Business Mems associa-
ton by S. B. Carson at meeting of
the association held in the office of
its attorney, William N. Beach, in
the Savings bank building Monday
evening. After talking over the jro-
ject President Llewellyn B. Tomp-
kins appointed Mr.. Carson, E. Allen
Carpenter and David Salny commit
tee to make all necessary arrange
ments.
The manufacturers need from 1900
to 5000 square feet of floor space,
said Mr.. Carson, and would prefer it
all on the second floor of a building
though they could use a second and
third floor.
Walter v Meslar said this was a
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long been trying to get industries to
locate here. The proposition, he
said. was almost thrown at the town,
for the company asked nothing from
the business men in the way of fl
nancial aid, being able and willing to
pay their own way. There was no
question in his mind that the help
could not be secured, the only thing
required was to find suitablebuild-
ing to house the factory. He sug-
gested the appointment of commit
tee to consider available locations ard
give the concern options on several
of them
Mr.. Carpenter moved the appoint
ment of such committee to have
full power to act for the association.
He suggested that it might be pos
sible for the association to put up
the building and give mortgage and
then give an option on the building
to the company. That there was not
enough money in circulation in Nor
ristown he declared and the crying
need was to get money here from
outside. The payroll of $4,000 per
year would be a big help to the
towns business interests.
Stephen c. Griffith suggested that
George T. Allen had two buildings on
his property on Hazlett street that
could be utilized as the company was
willing to locate on the outskirts of
the town. He suggested also the
Schmidtbuilding where either the top
floor or the third floor would give
nearly 5000 square feet of floor space
and light was fairly good. There is
already hosiery manufactury in the
building and the state labor author
tiles are demanding that certain
changes be made in the building in
the way of exits and toilet facilities.
The hosiery company, said Mr.. Grif-
fifth, is paying $500 per year with the
expectation of paying part of the
cost of the changes necessary to the
building. The owners had placed a
tentative price of 5000 per year on
the floor for the necktie factory.
There we're three ways, said Mr.
Griffith, by means of which the fac
tory can be secured for Morristown-
to secure a building already con-
structed, to arrange with some con-
Germ contemplating the erection of
a building for the necessary floor
space or for the business men to
get together and erect a building.
There are not many buildings of the
required size and with good light.
Mr. Allen described his two build
ings and said that they could easily
be connected. One building is 40 by
80 and the other 80 by 60 and both
are two stories in height. If he
had to connect the buildings and put
in the toilets ETC., reqiredu by the
law for factory buildings he would
expect a rent of 5000 or 81 900 or if
the buildings are taken asthey are
now he would rent them for $500
Mr. Carpenter said that the COM
pany he is with is contemplating the
erection of a two-story garage on Elm
street and a third story could be add
edfor the factory and would give
more than enough floor space. Def
mite plans are to be made this week
in regard to the building.
Isaac r. Pierson said the PROPOSE
tion was good one and he told of
other successful manufacturing con-
Germs in Morristown, mentioning the
CommonSense. Suspender company
and its hosiery adjunct, the Elec-
trical Alloy company and the Cum
mings Manufacturing company, all of
which are selling their goods all over
the country and incidentally adver-
tising Morristown. He spoke of the
Italian young women as being avail
able for help in such a concern and
said they proved particularly apt in
handling work requiring skill. There
Was nothing Objectionable about such
factory he said.
The way the Common-Sense Sus-
pender company and hosiery depart
ment is doing business is a credit to
thetown, declared Mr.. Tompkins.
That there We're several buildings
on Speedwell avenue that could be
utilized for this factory was the as
sertio of David Salny. He men
ttioned the Salny building in particu-
lar and said that a large room on
the second story now used asa store
room could be turned over to the
factory He told of asking one manu-
facturer why, when leaving New York
on account Of la h0r tro1hlac aud on