Milford chronicle., 1922-07-21
MILFORD PEOPLE HEAR
SILKMILLPROPOSTTTON|
INTERESTED PARTIES FROM MARCUS
HOOK, PENNA., PRESENT A PLAN
TO OUR CITIZENS.
MEET AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AT WHICH time The PROPOSITION WILL
BEFURTHER DISCUSSED-BE PRES
ENT MONDAY NIGHT.

Members of the Milford Chamber of
Commerce, together with other Mil
ford citizens who are interested in Sc
curing silk mill for Milford, had be-
fore them last Tuesday evening a del
egation of gentlemen from Marcus
Hook, Pa. These men have recently
incorporated company with the idea
OF manufacturing artificial silk and
other kindred products. At the pres
ent time they are looking around for
a site on which to locate the plant
which they purpose to erect. Several
weeks ago a representative was in
Milford looking over the ground, and
when he returned to Pennsylvania he
reported Milford as well situated for
such a plant. New Castle has also
been visited, as have several other
towns in Pennsylvania.
The meeting on Tuesday night was
/ presided over by Mr.. Louder N. Hearn,
president of the Milford Chamber of
Commerce. The visiting delegation
told what they hoped to do and what
their product was. During the course
of the discussion it was brought out
that those directing the affairs of the
company would expect the citizens of
Milford to subscribe to stock in the
new concern to the amount of approx
imately $4,000. The company would
construct one story brick building,
200 feet by so feet in size with this
money, and would install one complete
unit of machines for the manufacture
of their product. A complete unit
comprises five machines, and when
operating would have a capacity of
about one thousand pounds of the
finished product per day.
They said that they had been as
sured of suitable location along the
Mispillion River, near the High Mill"
which is at the eastern entrance of
Milford on the Kent county side and
just east of the Valiant Fertilizer
Company's plant. This site, they said,
was ideal for the manufacture of those
articles which they propose to manu-
facture. Samples of the silk, straw
and other things they will make were
submitted, and prospectus showed
an excellent opportunity for the de-
VelOpment of large business. The
plant would employ about one hun
dred persons at the beginning.
After listening to Mr.. Bringsinger,
the spokesman for the delegation, the
Milford spokesmen made a counter
proposition that possibly the business
people of Milford would be much more
favorable to giving the company a
fiat sum of approximately $4,000 to
locate their plant in Milford, than to
in stock to the larger
amount required by the company.
Should the company desire to canvass
the territory for the sale of stock in
to this amount no objection
would be offered. This was discussed
for some time, but no definite decis-
ion was reached.
The meeting adjourned without any
action being taken, but a meeting was
called for next Monday evening at
o'clock in the Firemen's Club rooms.
Any persons who are interested in
having the silk mill locate in Milford
shold be present at this meeting, for
at that time some kind of an offer will
be made to the promoters of the
or the whole thing will be
dropped. If you want the plant here,
attend the meeting and be able to tell
what you are able to do, for the meet
ing Monday night will probably be
the final one so far as the business
people of the town are concerned.