The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-02-19
Alfred w. Lawson to Tell
City Council, of Plan to
Establish Large Assem-
bling Plant Here.
SEEK Balm FARM SITE
Announcement Made This Morning
that Lawson Company Has Started
Negotiations for Purchase Of 125
Acres in Balm Farm Subdivision.

The project Of the Lawson Aeroplane
company to establish their large as
sembling plant in Kenosha assumed
more definite proportions today when
r.. G. Eckhardt, a representative OF the
company now in Kenosha, sought from
the mayor the right to have Alfred w.
Lawson, the president of the company
and the inventor and designer of the
Lawson airliners, come to Kenosha and
explain his project to the members OF
the city council and business men of
the city. The Lawson company is look
ing for large site to establish the as
sembling plant of their industry here
and Mr.. Lawson will explain how the
city may cooperate with him in making
Kenosha one Of the centers Of what he
believes will be one of the big indus
tries of the future.
Mayor Joachim in his conference
with Representative Eckhardt agreed
to give Mr.. Lawson hearing before
the council on next Tuesday evening
at the special meeting and the already
famous inventor Will be in Kenosha on
that date, if possible.
Want Balm Farm Site.
That the coming of the Lawson COM
panv to Kenosha was becoming more
of a reality was also demonstrated to-
day by the announcement by Edward
DAYTON, sales manager of the Greater
Kenosha Land Sales company, that the
Lawson representative had sought
definite price on site of 125 acres in
the Balm Farm subdivision. Mr.. Eek.
hardt, who approached the matter with
the land sales company, declared tina
the Lawson company was pleased with
this site and in the event that is should
be secured a a reasonable price, would
probably want an option on it in the
near future The company declared it
was ready to pay one-third of the pur-
chase price of the property Immediately.
'Great Thing for Kenosha,"
''I believe this is going to be a great
thing for Kenosha,'' said Mr.. Eckhardt
on Tuesday after his conference with
the Mayor. ''The Lawson Aeroplane
company is pioneering the way in aeri-
al passenger traffic and the establish
ment of the assembling plant of the
company in Kenosha will mean that
this city will be one of the centers of
the great industry It will also make
Kenosha a terminal for the two trans
continental air lines which are to be
established as a part of the project Of
Mr.. Lawson"
1t was pointed out that the project
has already passed the experimental
stage as the trip of the first Lawson
airliner across the continent last sum
mer had demonstrated that the plan
was feasible and had enlisted large
amount Of eastern capital in the pro-
ject.
Wants Citys Cooperation.
The central factory of the Lawson
company is now located at Milwaukee
but there is not su1lcient space there
for the development of the plant to
supply the needs of the proposed air.
line traffic. Alfred w. Lawson, in
making a temporary survey of the CT
ties near Milwaukee, has made up his
mind that Kenosha offers the best OPP
portunities for the growth of his in
dustry and declares he is willing and
anxious to locate here in the event that
he is assured the goodwill and cooper
alton of the business men Of the city.
Mr.. Lawson is the most determined
man / have ever SEEM declared both
Mr.. Pendleton and Mr.. Eckhardt, the
two representatives of the company
who have been in Kenosha recently.
He has set his heart on establishing
his assembling plant in Kenosha and /
believe he will do it.''
The Lawson company representative
admitted that he had been in Kenosha
several days and had been quietly look
ing over various sites in the neighbor
hood of the railway tracks in Kenosha
and that he was favorably impressed
with them. He declared that no OPP
tions had yet been signed but that
definite action could be expected as
soon as his report had been filed nth
the company
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