Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-30

everything will be done 10 insure safe
and attractive working conditions
/ Already the post of physicisn.in.
chief at the plant has been offered 70
Dr. make Hoffman, of Bunker Hill
and DR.. Hoffman has accepted the Of.
ier' and is to have his home in the
~orkmen's town at Ridgewav. IN
each unit of the big plant there will
De hrst aid medical stations, and 10.
cal surgeons are to assist DR.. Hoff-
man IN the surgical part of the work
Inc plant will also have its own motor
ambulance for use in emergency cases
among the workmen or their families
With regard to the railroad fac;Ii-
ties at Ridgeway, Mr.. Jordan said ,ba,
the promoters had given careful atten.
ton to this phase of the project and
that they were not worrying about the
apparently limited TRANSPORTATION faciI-
tiles offered by the Ridgeway site.
They wanted to locate their plant on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, Mr.. Jor-
dan said, in preference to other rail-
road systems, and he pointed to the
fact that Ridgeway is on a branch of
the Pennsylvania lines.
Inc Martinsburg Evening Journal of
Friday last has the following additional
information concerning the project:
Complete approval in general of the
selection OF the 3,000-acre site at
Ridgeway, this county, for the location
OF what Is promised as a huge manu-
featuring plant for automobiles. was
given Thursday by w. B. Miller, of the
engineering firm of Phil and Miller, of
Pittsburgh, who have been awarded
the contract for the erection of the first
unit of the plant itself, and Attorney
n. ID. Montgomery, also of Pittsburgh,
representing the legal side of the
proposition. The gentleman went over
the tract itself in company with other
agents who have been on the scene
for some weeks, and after inspection
they pronounced it very satisfactory
site, which could be we'll adapted to
the purposes which they have in mind.
Messrs. Miller and Montgomery re-
turned to Pittsburgh Thursday night,
but their other agents remain here
and will get in direct contact with the
erection of the buildings and the ex-
ecution of further details of the pro-
ject, it was announced officially. 1t
was said that some few details would
have to be adjusted, but that these
would present no serious difficulty.
The Pittsburg men disclosed nothing
as to the identity of the financial in
terests back of the project, nor would
they reveal anything as to the type of
car which will be manufactured Spec
ulation and rumor are rife through
out the section as to these phases of
the business, but nothing official has
been revealed, and all statements
which declare the identity of these
hackers is known were denied official
approval Thursday night.
In the meantime local attorneys
continue to examine titles. 1t was
stated officially-coming somewhat in
denial. of reports that have gained some
currency-that no property has been
taken over and no substantial sums
paid for property, the attorneys de-
claring the property would be taken
up only after the examination of the
titles was completed and the titles es-
tablished clearly, and then the money
would be paid. The first tract taken
over is that lying on the right-hand
side of the road going towards Win
chester Immediately at the Ridgeway
station, tract of some 1862 acres be-
longing to George w. Setback. Or
ders have been given tor take up the
Herrel tract Immediately adjoining on
the north after the Setback property
is taken over.
Arrangements for carrying out the
plans of the corporation go ahead
quietly but with dispatch, it was learn
ed. The authorities here for the cor
poration express no concern over the
excited interest which the people man.
ifest, declaring it is strictly business
proposition with them, the details of
which will come out in time, and that
the business is simply coming in and
settling down without ado much as it