The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-24
 BIRMINGHAM MAN WILL BUILD NEW PLANT AT TORONTO F. w. Mark Will Erect New Ford Automobile Serv-
 ice Plant to Cost
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The Ford Motor Car company of De- troit desiring to erect in Toronto, Can, service factory costing S30o0o0 or nore has awarded the contract to r. w Mark or Birmingham, according to informa- lion received in Birmingham yesterday. Acting upon the information received the local firm, of which Fred w Mark is president, wired R. c. Rice, one of his engineers. to go to Toronto and proceed with the prelimnaries attending the con struction of the building
 The Ford company it is stat>S will spend about s12,0oO00o constructing serv- ice factories in the United States and Canada. Cities that Will receive those factories include Boston. New York, San Francisco, Memphis, Chicago and others It is planned by the company to ship to each service station serving special territory Ford cars unconnected and at the service factories connect the parts and thereby save freight charges It is believed that by this method the Ford makers will save about s10 per car freight and that in less than five years will have paid for all the buildings that will be erected to take care of this work MT. Mark, who was in Birmingham yesterday from his Cleveland headuuar- ters said that he read the specification of the building which has been awarded 10 him. It will be 103 feet by POS feet long and will be five stories high. Not one inch of wood will be used in the entire construction. Materials will be steel, concrete. steel frame doors. tile and con crete floors and steel doors. With this , combination the buildings will be rendered absolutely fireproof.
 It is stated that the outside of each of the service stations will be granite and terra cotta
 Mir. Mark returned yesterday from De- troit where he accompanied MT. Rice, one of his engineers, and looked over the Fort company bids He said that the organization of the Ford company was the most wonderful that he had ever seen and that in some respects he could scarce ly conceive of such proposition. He, spoke of the Ford minimum wage scale, which has startled the business world. MT. Mark said that the plan was well thought of by President Ford of the c6m- pany, and was for the purpose of increas- ing the efficiency of the operations and at the same time allowing the men wno made the success of the plant possible an opportunity of reaping some of the material benefit. Mir. Mark said that the Ford works were the most remar rka ble that he had ever visited and indicated that there was behind the proposition a man of unusual personality. He referred : to the fact tnat about 12 years ago the corporation was unthought of and has grown to be the most talked of automo- bile manufacturing concern in the world.
 
 Suits Filed
 The following were among the suits filed yesterday in the city and circuit courts:
 F. D. Jeter vs Continental Gin com pany, s2O,000 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries
 J. V. Steele vs. Birmingham Garage company. $500 damages claimed for al- legged personal injuries.
 oscar Seman vs. sefferson County Savings bank, F. w. Mark Construction ages claimed for alleged personal inju- ries.
 Mrs Minnie Graves vs. Walter K. Mo- Adory and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee company of Baltimore, sl0.0o0 damages claimed, the plaintiff al- 1oging A wrongful entiy and search of her residence by deputy sheriffs.
 Jim Brown vs. Hooper cafe, John Hooper and Clinton Hooper, 5000 dam ages claimed for an alleged assault and battery.
 w. s. Sizemore vs. Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company, s2500 dam ages claimed for alleged spersonal in- 1uIies.
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