The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-18
.s250,O00 STEEL PLATE
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Delaware Corporation Is Interested In
the Development Under Way Al
Quantico.
OTHER CONCERNS MAY FOLLOW
Pittsburg Steel Oar Company and Fire
Proof Products Company Reported
As Having Acquired Sites--Iand
and Realty Concerns Begin Boom
ing.

Demonstration by the State Corpora.
ton Commission yesterday of the
charter of the International Steel
Plate Company. corporation OF
Delaware, throws some light upon the
operations connected with the in
dustrial development OF Quantico,
which for several months past has
been more or less shrouded In secrecy.
The International Steel Plate Com
pany was chartered In Delaware a few
months ago with a capital stock OF
$4,000 1t is a comparatively new
concern. Its purpose fs understood
to be the establishment OF a steel
plant at Quantico, where the junction
OF the Potomac River and Quantico
Creek afford deep water.
This. with the railway transporta-
ton facilities provided by the Wash
ington Southern and the r., r. e. p.
Railways. invited the company to de-
velop q new industry, close 10 the
national capital For some months
there have been various reports and
many rumors TO the effect that an
other munitions city was to spring up
In Virginia. These reports were more
or less vague and the promotion of
realty speculation was limited at.
Foundations For Plant
The State Corporation Commission
looked into the situation and after
some inquiry located the International
Steel Plate Company of Delaware.
Numerous foundations have been
blocked off and laid for what has
every appearance of becoming a large
industrial plant The company was
notified that IL must he domesttCated
In Virginia II IL intended doing busi-
ness here. The charter was flled and
domesticated Yesterday and Gardner
l. Boothe. of Alexandria was named
as State agent of the company.
The work Of the. corporation at
Quantico is being carried on rapidly
and quietly. tt is said steel plant
will be esta hIisheI by this corporation
but it's capital stock $3.50. o0o-would
indicate that il will be of mode
proportions. The plant Of the Inter
national Company will be in opera
ton. ii is expected. within few
months, Structural steel framing
ship plates. arrnor and other ship
building requisites are to be among its
products.
Other Concerns May Follow.
Following the decision of the In
ternational Co. to esta blish a plant
there other inter ITS have turned their
attention TO the advantages offered by
the location OF the place at the Pc
tomsc and Quantico Creek. and a
number Of new manufacturing enter
prises are said 10 be about to establish
plants, Among these reported az hav-
inr secured land for such factories are
the Pittsburg Steel Car Company and
the Houck FIre-Proof Products Com
pany. 60 -.
With sr1lts promised development a
mum Der Of land and realty companies
have gotten In on the ground and a
land boom is being launched. Oman
tico may become city around a
manufacture center. Its deep water
frontage, its proximity to Washing
top. Its railway facilities and the river
naviEab Bile by deep bottoms 10 the sea
are among natural advanta ges offered
for the building of an industrial
CITY