The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-16
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAKES DECISION AFTFR
CONFERENCE. YESTER-
DAY
NORTH DAKOTA
ELEVATOR MAN
Came to Anderson Yesterday to
Confer With Committee as to
Elevator-Closed Deal
With Him.

FOLLOWING conference yester-
day afternoon between Edward II.
Richards, of Willow City, North Da-
kota, who came to Anderson to con-
duct his own investigation with a.
view Of determining the chances for
success Of grain elevator at this
point, and the farmers's and business
mems grain committee. of the cham
ber of commerce, the committee de-
cided that the plans Tor the erection
OF grain elevator here would be re-
vived and pushed through to success.
A tentative contract with Mr.. Rich
ards to remove to Anderson and take
active charge of the grain elevator
was entered into between the visitor
and the committee. The plans are to
secure from the secretary of state
Immediately the necessary papers of
incorporation, perfect the elevator
corporation. close formal contract
with MIR. Richards and raise by
whirlwind campaign the few tIlous-
and dollars necessary to finance the
undertaking.
He Means Business.
Several days ago the chamber OF
commerce received q letter from MIR.
Richards stating that he would be
In Anderson some time this winter
for a conference with business men
and farmers with reference to a grain
elevator proposition. Yesterday
morning Mr.. Richards called on Sec
retary Porter A. Whaley. of the cham
ber OF commerce and make known
his business. MIR. Richards was in
troduced to several prominent. bust
ness men of the city and planters of
the county during the day, with whom
he discussed the grain elevator pro-
position.
Yesterday afternoon at 8 O'clock
MIR. Richards met with the commit
tee OF the chamber OF commerce which
has had the matter of raising funds
for g;Gin elevator, In hand and dis
cussed with them the proposition in
very full and detailed manner. For
come two and half hours the mat
ter was discussed. Mr.. Richards has
had considerable experience with
grain elevators in North Dakota and
operates several plants of the kind at
the present. He came to Anderson
prepared to make any kind OF a rea-
sonable deal looking to the erection OF
an elevator, here. either by subscrib-
Ing q portion of the money necessary
to erect 1t, subscribing all the money
necessary or taking no stock in the
enterprise but managing Il for those
who did subscribe the necessary cap
ital.
Only Small Plant.
The conference with Mr.. Richards
developed the fact that the commit
tee had had entirely too large an ele-
vator under consideration in their
previous plans. He stated that a
much smaller plant, one costing not
more than $4,000. woud answer all
local purposes for some time to 60.
The only obstacle Mr.. Richards
saw In the way of his coming here
was the lack OF sufficient grain IN the
county to warrant his removing here
and putting his money into an oieva-
tor. He was assured by the commit
tee that there would be enough grain
produced in this county 70 make the
elevator proposition safe one. 81.
When all these matters had been,
threahed out to the satisfaction OF both
members OF the committee and Mr..
Richards, tentative contract where
by Mr.. Richards will be employed 10
take active management OF the grain
elevator was drawn mp. The gcorn-
mittee then agreed that papers of IN
corpofatiou would be applied for IN
the next few days, the organization
perfected and the balance oe the STOCK
needed to build the elevator sold.
VIII See Anderson.
Mr. Richards stated yesterdayi that
he liked everything he had seen about
Anderson but the mud. He has ram
road transpo portatioli which is GOOD
Tor 20 days. and states That ne ,vtsS
reniain abeut here until he mas seen
something OF the coantrys sI5e COM.
templates going 70 Columbia nertj
week for the inatguTation, vlsiting
Clemson College and other places of
interest In this section before rettrn.
ing TO his home.