The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-01-28
AUTO CONCERN IS
ADDED TO LIST OF
LOCAL INDUSTRIES
BRASS FACTORY BUILDING HAS
BEEN BOUGHT AND OPERA
TIONS START NEXT WEEK

Yesterday, Tuesday noon, number
of the local board of commerce met at
the Hotel Belding and took dinner
with Mr.. Alfred j. Jackson, who was
in the city to purchase the building
owned by the Grand Rapids Brass CO.
and formerly used by them in the car
rying on of their manufacturing bus
mess. Mr.. Jackson is president of
the Jacquet Motors Corporation, of
America, a concern capitalized at
100000 for the purpose of manufac-
turing a high priced and high pow
cred car which Mr.. Jackson has de-
signed. Present intentions are for
an output of $50 cars this year, all
of which have been sold ahead of time
and which are Icing waited for oy
purchasers in the east, in and around
Battle Creek and also ten cars which
are to go to Brazil, South America.
- Belding industrial and business IN
4terests came forward with the right
spirit and when told that, while the
company was not attempting to sell
stock locally they would allow any
of the men present at the dinner to
take not more than ten shares of the
stock. A canvess of the sltuat on
showed that every one of the men
present, twenty-three in all. had TAX
en- their allowable quota of stock. In
addition to the local men taking stock
were also Mr.. L. N. Thullen and Mr..
Carleton Austin, of the Grand Rapids
Brass Co. Glorious prospects are in
sight for the new concern and things
will be started up in the factory next
week some time. The stock subscrip-
tions are merely an expression of good
will on the part of the local men and
was not necessary nor really called
for as the concern is already capital
lied. Any other local person who
wishes to get in on the ground floor
with the new concern with limit of
ten shares, can do so by leaving their
name with the Board of Commerce
Secretary, Byron F. Brown.
Mr.. Jackson is fortunate in getting
Mr.. L. w. Wilson, superintendent of
the Timkin Axle Co., of Detroit, man
who has had a world of experience in
the automobile world, to ally himself
with the new concern and act as gen.
eral manager of the local factory
Mr.. Charles Marquet, at present, gen
Co., of Battle Greek, will have charge
of the experimental work and pro-
duction. Mr.. Marquet was formerly
connected with the Franklin Motor
Car Co., of Syracuse, N. Y. as a mo-
tor expert. Alfred j. Jackson, the
head of the new concern was for a
number of years associated with the
Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co., at Buff
falo, N. Y, and also was one of the
few men who were associated with
Mr.. F. w. Rubbles, president of the
Republic Motor Car Truck Co., of
Alma, when they started to put that
famous truck on the map. He has also
been conneced up with the Napier
Motor Car. Co., of London, England
before becoming associated with the
Pierce Arrow Co. He was on two OF
the famous Glidden tours, in 1909 and
1910 and came out with flying colors
and with perfect score in each in
stance. In addition to this he has
followed the race track considerably
both in this country and abroad.
X Associated with him and furnishing
any requirement is Spiegel & Duquoy
of New York City; Alfred C. Bidwell
of Buffalo and other eastern capi-
tallsts.
Mr.. L. w. Wilson, who will be the
general superintendent of the local
concern will be in the city Sunday
for short time and will soon be here
to take up his residence. A number
of the business men of this city have
already met him. 1t is stated that he
is leaving a position with the Timkir
Axle Co. which pays him in the
, neighborhood of $4,000 per year, tc
come with the new organization.
On January we carried a news
item stating that Mr.. Jackson had
been here and the intention was tc
purchase the brass company building
and start the manufacture of automo.
biles and since then nothing further
has appeared, owing to the fact that
Mr.. Jackson had been taken i'll al
his home in Battle Creek and there.
fore could not conclude negotiations
in the matter before. He left here
this morning to spend a few days al
the home of Mr.. +. w. Ruggles OF
the Republic company, at Alma