The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-30
FORD MAY LOCATE BIG
PLANT NEAR TROY
He Has Acquired Several Hundred
Acres on Hudson River and Win
Build Tractors.


Build Tractors.
Troy, Aug. 29.--!t is probable that
It no very distant date this locality
Nill become the site OF an immense
FORD tractor plant. The authority for
the statement is a signed article by
| Mr. Ford in the current issue OF
Worlds Work. The part Of the ar
tice which has specific reference to
local conditions follows
| One of nay first demonstration
plants will be on the upper Hudson
between Albany and Troy, where /
have acquired several hundred acre,
adjoining the government dam which
develops large amount Of power
and intend to begin construction Of
plant to make tractor parts at once
As 1t is navigable stream there are
some War Department questions that0
must be settled before the actual pow
err development can begin
Other water power rights have
been acquired in various parts OF the
country; and will be developed by us
We can get good iron from the Lake
Champlain mines al Port Henry, and
make parts in my Hudson river plant
that will fit with parts made thous
and miles away. and we can give EN-
Payment in this plant to large num.
her of workers who can live on farms
for a long distance around. They
can work in this plant and earn IS
day and upward and get enough out
Of their winters labor to pay for
their farms; some win undoubtedly
work in the factory the year around:
some may want to live on the farms
all winter and motor bacl, and forth
to work, others will live in one Of the
cities in the winter Some whole fam.
lilies. doubtless will want to work I'm
The plant in some cases only one
member Of family may desire to do
SC
It IS my intention to try to make
this plant a demonstration centre Cor
the rebuilding OF the abandoned farms
of New England and Northern New
York. motored through that c0un
try recently from Oswego east, and J
was amazed at the amount Of valu
able farm land lying idle.
II is this sort of productive in
dustry that | am going to link ur
closely to the farm. to demonstrate
the final stage of what believe TO be
the solution of the problem of living
Manufacturing instead of being con
centrated in few centers. should D,
and can be widely distributed. w,
have proved that we do not have n
turn ont n completed product in ON
central plant. We used to assemble
all our cars here in Detroit: w,
found 1t more economical to bull,
great assembling Plants IN many 9th
= er parts of the country end OF M
~ world, and ship the finished parts
+ Now we know that we can make dii
ferent parts in different plants am
ship them to the assembling plants.
What | am going 10 do &c to estal
- fish plants for manufacturer parts o
IL Ford cars and Fordson tractors 4
places where they will be within cas-
reach of farming districts, and nrC
w vide employment for farmers an
- their families in winter And thes
plants will be operated by water pow
In, CT.
" There Is enough water power run
ming to waste TO turn every wheel (
the world and provide al the ugi
:. and heat the whole world needs. w
are going to operate our Mexican tra
tor plant with water power and W
# shall build water power plants In SCI
W eral places IN the United States
WI have been demonstrating what can D
ttrtth Nnr tf.sf.k
E# nv own homo Tho River Roug
AZ which runs through my farm, close
E my house, Is not q very large straa'
M and has but an eightfoot fall hut
@ am obtaining eco horsepower N
W year around. which llshts my hcu'
M and operates all sorts OF electric
M convenlences and which Is coupled q
E with the steam plant at the tract'
M plant. so that we are really mnkil
tractors now partly by water nowor
N We must develop water power b
cause It is not only moN economic
M than steam power but we ought
save the hest Of tho world coal su
ply for chemical use. There rs not
ing we now do with coal aside fro
its chemical products that we cam
H do with water power, electrical
transmit,ed most things we can
M better with water power
81 II Is presumed although nothi
M definite on the subject was learn.
that Mr.. Ford refers TO that port
of the Tihbits estate comprising (
entire upper section of the village
N Green Island