Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-12
PROPOSE TO ERECT $3,500,0OO STEEL
PLANT ON THE WEST VIRGINIA SIDE OF
THE HANCOCK BRIDGE IN NEAR FUTURE
Company viii Engage In The Manufacture Of Iron Products
Car Repairs For The Baltimore & Ohio And Western
MARYLAND Railroads, And Morgan County Cand Mills.

At a meeting held in Martlnsburs
with a number of capitalists from
Wilmington, Del. and New York
cav, it was decided that the capital
Of the proposed Hancock Steel Com.
ranv should be incr sase3 from $780,
eco to $4,000 600 The great plant
% the new company is to be located
ubon a 20 acre trac5 of land on the
West Virginia side Of the Hancock
bridge and construction work Will
be started within thirty DAYS. Ak
ready it is realized that 20 ACRES
Will not he large enough to accom-
MEDIATE the plant and negotiations
will - opened This week for the
acquisition of additional tracts OF
land The plant wnsn completed
will be alongside The Baltimore and
Ohio main line and thu Potomac
river and e3ntiguc' IS 10 tue at Pres
snt u. developed e,cs sas' coai do.
pas!tS Of Morgan couu,y.
Tie GERS atG dirot',rs ara well
known bankers md business men
of Hancock. with the exception OF
Mr.. f. Vernon Aler. general counsel.
and Mr.. Decatur II. Rodgers, attcr.
ney for the company. OF Martinsburg.
They are az follows;
president--J. Frank Fields, al
prominent business man. one OIL
Hancock's foremost citizens.
e.Presidentr-W Riley Daniels,
Vice. President First National Bank
of Hancock.
Secretary.Treasrer X. DANE
lels, Cashier First National Bank Oh
Hancock
General Consel-~F. Vernon Aler.1
OF Martinsburg.
Attorney--Decatur H., Rodgers, OIL
Luttrell & Rodgers, Attorneys. Mari
tinsburg. 4
The directors consst of J. Frank
Fields. w. Riley Daniels, Roy M
Dauiels, Il. l.. Henderson, Harry
Exline, Lewis Ripple, r. Vernon
Aler, G. w. +. Remsburg, J. 4. Whit>s
lock.
The Equitable Trust Company
Baltimore, Md, trustee for the COM.
pany.
Ernest McGeorge and Al. G. 81
mon. Cleveland Ohio, consulting END
gineers.
A meeting of the directors will be-
held this week to confirm planss
which are on display in the window
Of Mr. Carlton Tabler's store. North
/ Green street, and which were de-
IGlgned by construction engineers in
The employ OF the biggest steel cor.
| porations Of the country. /,
The plant will engage In the man.
ufacture of iron products. A fire
clay proposition will be taken Ut
later and require a separate plant.
THE several units of the plant will
include a gray iron foundry, plan-
ming mill, machine shops, repair
works for the Baltimore and Ohio
and Western Maryland, etc, and the
ultimate possibility is the establish.
ment of large car shops. Repairs
win also be made for the numerous
sand mills in Morgan county. But
these are incidentals.
The entire affair will be operated
by electricity and Baltimore firm
Is now preparing plans for a general.
ing auxiliary plant.
The proposition has been worked
mp quietly and several cities bid
against Hancock for the location,
but we're outclassed by the energy
7' Did action of Hancock capital
and public spirited citizens.
Brick Plant To Go.
# ia also stated in this connection
Tat the new National Brick plant,
which was to have been located near
Nartinsburg, will be transferred to
Hancock. The old company is being
liquidated and new organization
effected with the same financial In.
terests identified with the Hancock
Steel Co
When the steel plant is completed
it will give employment to at least
1900 or 1000 expert mechanics.