Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-02-08
S|SA[ FACTORY
FOR TuCUMCAR|
IN NEAR FUTURE
Chicago Capitalist to tsta5.
Iish Enterprise That Means
Much for Farmers Of Quay
County and Vicinity.

tsPtcisL CONSEQUENCES noeHrG JOURNAL
Tucumcari. n. NJ, Feb 5.-On
Thursday afternoon the Chamber of
Commerce met with A. II. Raymond
Of Chicago 10 discuss with him the
possibility Of securing factory for
the purpose of manufacturing ssal
fiber from bear grass or the yucca
plant. Mayor Rector called the city
council together Thursday evening to
discuss he matter of the city donat.
ing a site for the proposed factory. At
called meeting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce Friday morning the deal
was contaminated whereby the city
furnishes the site of about six acres
and the Chamber OF Commerce agrees
to erect the temporary sheds. Mr..
Raymond announces that he win at
once ship the machinery to Tucumcari
and the factory viii be in operation
within a very few weeks There are
two very striking benefits to Tucum-
carl coming from the securing Of this
factory.
First. tile factory will employ from
seventy to one hundred men the year
around. This will mean a yearly pay
roll of from $4,000 to 100000. A
very small percentage OF these work
mon will be skilled, 90 that local men
viii receive the barge majority of the
Positions In addition 10 this advan-
tage. Tuenmcari will become the mar
kci for all of this aud other sections
of New Mexico for the entire yield Of
bear grass.
Mr.. Raymond considers that the
placing of his factory at this point
will be of great advantage for his
company. Heretofore. they have par
! chased the raw material and shipped
the same TO their plant at Chicago. SO
they more easily can pay IS per ton
for the raw material with the factory
located in Tueumcari than they could
pay SO per ton with the plant in Chi
cago. Another great advantage to the
factory is in the drying of the bear
grass. In Chicago il is necessary to
/ construct a drying kiln and quite Of
1 ten this process of drying makes the
/ fiber brittle. Whereas here, on ac-
count Of the atmospheric conditions
the plants can be dried in the open
air and the hrittleness does not re-
1 suit,
Mr.. Raymond announces that with
! in few months in addition to making
the sisal here. the factory viii turn out
! binder twine. There is quite a de-
mand for binder twine in this section
I Ii is estimated that New Mexico uses
annually approximately forty cars OF
+ binder twine. A local firm has only
recently placed an order for car OF
| this twine. So that the newly secured
/ factory promises to he of great hene-
/ lit both to Tncumcari and this entire
section of New Mexico. The supply OF
bear grass is practically unlimited
and the factory will handle all Of it.
I Tucumcari Personals.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. X, Wasson left
/ Tuesday afternoon for Fort Worth,
/ Texas, where Mr. Wasson's father Is
| quite sick.
J.
/ day for a visit with homefolks I'M Ken
lucky. They will be gone thirty days.
n. w Mosely, proprietor Of the City
barber shop, has moved his shop from
the Aber building on East Main street
to the Flores building on the central
part Of this street.
I. @ Barnes of the Barnes and
-. l.1 L. at "A f.Ar a
again after several days illness.
Mrs J, r, McAlpine returned sun
day from an extended visit with
friends In El Paso.
There is considerable activity
among the local churches at present
The ladies Of the Womans Missionary
Society Of the Center Street Methodist
church are busy raising money fof
the final installment on the pews OF
this church while the ladies Of the
Baptist church are beginning a cam-
paign for the purpose of seating their
church.
NJ Mullins Of Memphis, Texas was
in the city Tuesday. where he was ar
| ranging some matters with the local
United States land office.
Il. Vance Cook. lecturer. spent
Wednesday in the city. He lectured
both afternoon and evening under the
auspices Of the high school.
Ed Hall, n local contractor, Is max
ing extensive improvements on ms
home in the sonlh part Of The city.
Contractors Bnllingion and Guthrie
ARE remodeling and enlarging the Nc
Daniel property on Aber street
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Kirby and Rev.
and Mrs. A. n. Evans were the guests
at dinner party given Tuesday even-
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
sanduslSv on South First street.
| Flour took another leap on the To-
/ cal market Thursday. The advance
was from $4 to $3.50 per hundred.
1t is predicted that flour will go at
1 least to $5 within the next few weeks.
George Kegley, associated with the
7 M. stark Grocery company Is quite
sick AT his home IN the northeast part
/ of the city.
The ladies Of the Methodist church
will entertain with q valentine social
NJ the home of Mrs. J.. J. Pelzer next
! Tuesday afternoon and evening
Mrs. Tennie Bradley left for Dsw-
son. n. NJ, Thursday morning where
she will make her home in the future.
| Rev. Charles l.. Brooks, former
pastor Of the Center Street Methodist
church. but now presiding elder Of the
Mnskogee district in Oklahoma, VIE
give lecture at the Methodist church
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