The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-04
Valley City Will
Give Any Amount of
Land Necessary for
Big Packsag Plant
Committee Appointed Last Night toNSS,ke All Steps
Necessary and No Limit p.
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tBy Forum staff representative

Dakota, for people all over the state
are going to be interested in it
financially, but it concerns still more
vitality the town that is to get the
plant" said Mr.. Lee,
He then went on to tell why the
Equity society is going to put UP
this great packing plant in the state
| and stated that he saw no reason why
| Valley City should not get 1t. He
spoke ON the shipping facilities, in
cluding the two main lines running
through the town and stated that the
northern territory Of the state could
be tapped with twelve mile line con-
Meeting with the Great Northern's
Surry line. ~
"a far as the Equity people are
concerned they are in a majority for
Valley City, but am going over the
state visiting all the towns and cities
that are after the plant and as a mem
Der of the committee have to be fair
| to those towns and the one that makes
the best offer in the way of advant-
ages will get 1t. OF course am for
Valley City personally but as a men,
Der of the committee must be fair to
all the towns in the state after 1t and
there is no doubt but that the selec-
/ tion of the location will rest on
advantages offered. ... au.s
There are many things to be con-
sidered. There Is a suitable site.
drainage, water. electric current which
will be used extensively in the plant,
trackage. rail connections. switching
charges and many others. All these
things will be taken into considera-
tton in the final summing up. Gg.
The plant will be Of great advant-
age to the town that gets it If VAL
ley City gets 1t 1t will mean an in
crease in the population of 1900 peo-
pie right away with more to come as
the plant grows" 's@.
Mr.. Lee was asked how many acres
OF land would be REQUIRED by such a
plant and he stated that not less than
200 acres would be needed and from
that up to section. Mr. Lee was
asked how much cash would be neces-
sary to raise to assure the location Of
the plant but this he would not ans
wer, stating that what the society
wanted was the land of the right kind
on which to build the plant.
Atty d. s. Ritcilie brought things "a
a focus by moving that the original
motion be "a amended SO as to
provide that a committee of fifteen be
appointed by the chair to get prices
on the land and get the subscriptions
to pay for this land and have things
arranged in such a way that this com :
mittee can appear before the locat-
ing committees Of the EQUITY and say
here is what we have to offer. take
It." This motion was carried. ii
Mr.. Lee suggested that a committee
be named to visit the railroad officials
and see what can be. done in the way
of trackage, switching charges that
would be made and other matters of
this kind. o. A. Barton suggested that
this committee be made up of three
named from the committee of fifteen
by the chair to take up this matter
and this carried. 1t was also carried
that Mayor Platou should be an ex-
off1cio member of all the committees.
During the meeting Mr.. Lee stated
that 1t would not be necessary for the
COMMITTEES of fifteen to visit the Iocat-
ing committee at st. Paul; that 1t
would be about two weeks before the
committee would get around to Valley
City for the purpose Of looking over
! what it had to offer and that this was
the time to present the matter to the
committee.
There is no doubt in the mind OF
anyone who attended the meeting last
night that Valley City is going after
the Equity packing plant and going
after it hard. 1t is also evident that
the town Is well backed up by the
residents of Barnes county and that
the city and the town will leave no
stone unturned to land the prize.
Not only was there splendid show
ing made last night but Valley City
and Barnes county Is going to send a
big delegation to the st. Paul EQUITY
convention next week. There will be
a special train that will have three
sieepers and a number OF coaches
leave Valley City at 5 o'clock Monday
evening for the Minnesota capital. The
committee Of fifteen is going on this
trip and the entire delegation is GO
ing to be well tagged showing that IL
is from Valley City and that it Is out
strong for the packing plant.
Today Mayor Platou and C, J. Lee
put up $3.50 for the special train that
will leave Valley City Monday night
and at the present time there are over
100 who have signed up to take the
J trip.
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