The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-12
TIRE FACTORY
FOR DENIS0N
Prospects Bright for the Establishment
of Tire Factory in Denison-
BahnseI Bros. Promoters
WILL SELL s25,ooo.oo IN STOCK
Attendance at Commercial Club Meet
ing Friday Unusually Good-Much
Business is Transacted

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factory This matter was brought be-
fore the Commercial club at their reg
ular monthly business meeting held
on Friday night by Bahnsel Bros, of
Dunlap, who explained the project and
expressed a desire to locate in Deni-
son if they could get the support OF
1.-THE Commercial club and business
men.
AS explained by Mr.. Bahnsel it is
his purpose to organize a company
: and sell $4,000 worth of stock. OF
this stock he and his brother would
take $4,000 worth in the company.
With this capital the necessary ma
ichinery and equipment for turning out
I150 castings week could be installed.
Mr.. Bahnsel recently came from Wy
oming where he worked year with a
company that builds tires. The tire
ihe proposed to manufacture here
would carry a guarantee of 5000 miles
and would sell for less money than
any standard tire now on the market.
A tire factory of this size would en-
ploy from fifteen to twenty-five men.
ICross sections of the tire he proposes
to build were exhibited to members
Iof the club who were favorably i'm
Ipressed with it. The club was so fav-
lorably impressed with the project that
a special committee was appointed to
lgo into the details of the proposition
with Bahnsel Bros. and report at the
next meeting.
Denison needs factories of this ma
lture and some encouragement should
be given all legitimate concerns to To-
Icate here. The population of the city
can be increased materially if factor
lies are located here and tire COM
|pany should be able to make money
from the very start. 1t is said that the
|people of Iowa last year spent $780,
100000 for automobile tires. The tire
sales of only three or four OF the
counties would keep good sized tire
factory working day and night to sup
ply the demand.
The attendance at this meeting OF
the club was good and considerable
business was transacted. George
INaeve, chairman of the membership
committee. reported the names of
twelve new members who were taken
in. They were Peter Miller, John W..
Miller, Adolph A. Knief, E. l.. Bless
ling, Thos. w. Bell, Julius Christian
(sen, Francis Wulf, o. R. Carlson, M.
L. Holley, L. B. Holley, w. Schroeder
and Chris Ackelbein.
]. B. Lyon of the civic committee
reported that the matter of street
lighting had been taken up with the
city council and assurance had. been
given that the streets will be better
Lighted in the future. Some complaint
has been manifested on account of the
delay in turning on the lights in the
evening and the early hour that they
|have been turned off. The civic COM
mittee also complained to the council
that some property owners were fail
ling to clean their sidewalks of snow
and ice This matter is now receiving
attention and a great Improvement
has been noted. Mr.. Lyon submitted
resolution on the death of l.. Corn
we'll, which was adopted by the club
and a copy of this is to be sent to- Mrs.
Cornwell at Los Angeles.
A report from the Lincoln Highway
committee was asked for and Judge
Conner, the chairman, stated that he
had taken the matter up with men,
bers of the legislature and it was like
|ly that some road legislation will be
passed at this session which will have
in view the surfacing of the main high
ways.
Clement J. Welch, chairman of the
entertainment committee, reported
that the committee is now working
out the plans for big celebration to
be held this summer in honor of the
men of this county who were in the
service. This, according to present
plans, will be an all day celebration
and will probably be held on the fourth
of July or Labor day.
The matter of additional pool and
billiard tables for the club together
with rugs, etc, has been up before the
club and it is probable they will be
arranged for in the near future. w.
A. Cramer of the house committee
stated that a plan had been presented
to Mr.. Saggau for rearranging the
present quarters, but that he felt that
the present rental would not permit
him to make these changes.
The matter of placing the photo.
graphs of the men from Crawford
county who served in the war in the
rotunda Of the court house was dis
cussed. George Naeve stated that he
and the other members Of the COM
mittee had gone into this very care
fully and found that it would cost in
the neighborhood of $1,S00. The
board of supervisors have expressed
a willingness to furnish the frames.
but they would not be able to vote the
entire amount as there is no law per-
mitting them making such large out
|lay for such a purpose. There are
some seven or eight hundred men who
went out from Crawford county. to
servie in the various branches of the
lservice. 1t is planned to secure the
photographs of every man, together
with their military record, and from
i these make uniform pictures which
will be placed in the rotunda of the
Isecond floor of the court house. In
lasmuch as this is matter that every
lone in the county is more or less In
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