Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06
MOTOR TRUCK FACTORY
on An OLD BATTLE FIELD
Nsw $4,000, ooo.Donar Industry Io.
=; ~ catod In Vfr1inta-PrincipsI Of
IS AoeS % Be In Richmond.
PLANT WILL BE AT BOSWELL
Scs1e OF Hostiltttcs More Than
Hslf-CsHtS1y Ago Now VIII See
tIsauss<ssl Aetivfty-I,arxc Forces
OF Skilled Woskmen Required.


fields IN Hanover County, made famous
about ffty-hve ycdes ago, will. befor,
r1so summers sun again shines dow'r
upsa rff,e pits sti,l there, become tn;
scasse OF a new industry for Richmond
INA Virginia In tho ground where
ose battle OF Hanover Junction wax
fought In the sixties. factory Cor
HutidtoT heavy motor trucks IS 70
be built.
:. As stated In Tho Timos.Dispatch q
fev days. ago. tho Norman Motor Truck
Cooperation. q 100000 concern. Ia.
raxtled upon Virginia rs tho best point
fer tks location OF tho big plant the
cotnvsny proposes to establish. The
site eesested Is at boswell. I'm Han
ever County. formerly known rs Han
ocer Junction, IL being the point where
thS Richmond. Fredericksburg and To-
conseo Railroad and the Chesapeake
una ONO Railway cross. ono going
north and tho other westward.
Tho corporation purchased loi acrcs
II acvol. timoep-eovered land tu5t a
NtS3o north OF the railway station on
tbs cast ei6e OF tho Richmond. Fred i.
asecksburx and Potomac road and
nouetnE 1000 feet on that limo. Tho
rho PITS 6ug By tho Confederates ana
Puserais across the property in war
&fnse1 OF moro than nifty years ago
~ senl there. but ere long will be
stood In and sIroothed down. and over
efsem Win 60 up q plant that will In
ctno BECOME ono OF tho most import
snk industries In Virginia.
Robert W. Crawford, tho president
sf the company, Gays that just as
Sun as tho cold wavea Geese their
vtssts r rorce or hands will be put to
WORK clearing tho land and making
tho foundations for tho necessary build ;
4ngs. and work on those buildings will
- pushed as rapidly rs conditions and
c1rcun noes will permit Government.
contracts. already In sight. and other
urgent demand for the class OF heavy
6ucEo the company proposes to bufld.
require all possible haste in GETTING
No plant in operation. For this req.
son. the company will buiid tho houses
That Gao be most quickly put toeether
Ultimately. tho buildings Will be az
c0oefete and steel; at least, such !,
To present Intention Of the eonn,,n
When tho permanent buildings sh,u
have been erected and fully eou,nn.s
win an OF tho necessary machinery m +,
Establishment viii employ fully $500
Terxmen. Tho business will be TO ~
esnno'e and manufacture only the heavy
inotof trucks. such as viii carry two
a"o one-na'f tons OF freight. and up.
~ % hoped that the temporary build
'nro may be erected and tho equip.
"ene installed 30 as TO get 10 work
turning out trucks by carly summer.
fsoveVer freight COMPOSITIONS. labor
scarcity and some other difficulties
brought about by those war times may
iato~fere and delay matters some.
Tho Norman Motor Truck Corporation
uas incorporated recently under .hs
laws OF tho State OF Delaware. au-
chorfzed capital. 100000 A number
OF tho otoSkholders aro Richmond men.
ana they did not lose any time in
Pointing out the advantages OF vire.n,a
as tho sfto for tho proposed factory.
AftAr careful Investigation IL vae de.
cited 70 como to Virginia because Of
tire favorable conditions rs TO trans.
poreaefon. labor and convenience TO the
hiT markets OF the country. II was
a1So doct6ed TO make Richmond tho
principal Office and to locate the plant
nesr to this city. A most favorable
site vas coShe q: boswell. twenty-.our
mics frsn Richmond. and Pres!den,
Crawford lest no time IN securing tho
epSend'6 site that was offered him
xaoere. II was last week, after the
purchase OF the site, that tho Delaware
t.t1zztsr vas "donestieated' in virginia,
the necessary papers being signed up
by the State Corporation Commission
last wednesday
When com pleted and In full operation
Tits will DO the largest plan, OF It's
Kind anywhere IN the South. The
greater part oc it's large foreo vii!
hS MADE Up OF skilled mechanics, and
tho weekly payroll will be something
large or COURSE, it will be necessary
10 bufld IT DosIoil a largo number Q.
fctuses for the accommodation or the
NOrkmen and their families, snd TIM.
is why the corporation purchased q:
tho suteet vastly mere Land than will
be required for the plant II Ill things
work out as now planned quite an In
6uStr!a! town will grow Up II boswell,
for subsidiary plants VII naturally
gprfn- up. and these. too. VIII require
5orcc3 or skilled woSkmec.
GOOD USE OF cONVicTs