The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-12-18

A new box factory for this city
is an assured thing. The mat
ter is settled, contracts have been
drawn up, a site has been secur-
ed and work on the plant will
start in a few days.
The matter was finally and def
initely settled Tuesday when A.
i. Knight, president of the COM
pany that will put in the plant,
f. Woodin, secretary and treas
urer, and e. w. Reese, a member
of the company, M. J. Boyle, who
has been promoting the PROPOSE
ton and w. p. Warner and w. w.
Cuhler, representing the Milwau-
kee railroad company and the
Milwaukee Land company met the
committee from the commercial
club which had charge of the mat
ter for the citizens. An agree
ment was reached and the con-
tracts signed the whole being rat
iiied by the citizens at a meet
ing of the Commercial club held
that evening.
The site chosen is the one oc-
cupied by Shaws mill The
company purchases the saw mill
of Mr.. Shaw at an agreed price
and Mr.. Shaw accepts the land
on the river front, east of Tenth
street, which was the site offer
ed by the Milwaukee Land COM
pany and the citizens, in exchange
for the land on which the sawmill
stands.
Under the terms of the con-
tract signed box factory cost
ing not less than fifteen thous-
and dollars is to be built and i'm
operation by June 4, 1915. The
company agrees to manufacture
and turn out not less than half
carload of boxes per day and to
employ not less than twenty men
about the plant. If the company
lives up to and faithfully per-
forms the contract on their part,
on March list, 1916 it is to re-
ceive a full and complete title to
the site free and clear of all en-
cumberances.
In other words, they receive
nothing until the plant is built,
fully equipped and has been in
operation for nine months, and
nothing even at that time unless
the terms of the contract have
been fully carried out on their
part.
The Milwaukee Land company
valued the site offered by it at
about $4,000. Of this sum it
donated all but $1,000 which
amount was left to the citizens
to raise and under the terms OF
the contract is to be furnished
in conditional notes payable on
the first of March, 1916, the con-
ditiOns being the faithful per
formance of the contract on the
part of the box factory company
The contract further provided
that M. J. Bogle's commission
for putting through the deal was
settled at $3.50, which is to be
paid by the citizens in cash
which means that the business
men of st. Maries are called up
on to pay $3.50 in cash and give
their notes for the remainder OF
$1,000, due March ist, 1916 anC
the city secures the location O
the plant here.
The proposition was laid be.
fore the business men at tn
meeting of the Commercial club
the contract explained, togethe
with Mr.. Bogle's connection will
the deal and the work which n
had done in securing the enter
prise for the city. The mem
bers Of the company went int
detail in describing the plant d
be built, the boxes to be manu-
factured, the kind of timber G.
be used in their manufacture
which is mainly white fir, cot
tonwood and yellow pine, ,timbe
of which there is any quantity
this vicinity and for which ther
is no ready market, and also Tia