The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-09-05
Expansion Program
Al Durant Mfg. Co.
Will Be Voted On
Addition Doubles
Number Employees
At Durunt Plant

A bond issue allowing the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of Durant
to spend up to 10000. to build an
addition to the Durant Manufacture
ing Co. building will be voted on by
the qualified voters of Durant at an
early date, according to plans made
at a regular meeting of the Board
Tuesday night.
The bond election date will prob
ably be set at the Sept. 18th meet
ing of the Board, officials stated.
Terms Of Contract
According to the terms of the con-
tract between the City of Durant.
owner of the Durant Manufacturing
Company building, and the Com
pany itself an addition to the pre-
sent plant costing up to $685. 00. will
beb uilt giving the Comany an adj
ditional $500 square feet space. The
addition will be built on the west
side Of the present building on high
way 81 south, according to plans.
The Durant Manufacturing Com.
pany, in return for the new addition.
will pay the City Of Durant an an
nual rental equal to the principal
and interest expended over a period
Of twenty years.
This mems that in the long run
the City of Duront will not be out
one cent since the Duront Monu~
featuring Company will pay both
principal and interest in the twenty.
Yeur period.
The city retains title to the build
ing throughout the entire proceed
ings, even after the Durant Mfg. Co.
has paid in enough rental to retire
all the bonds and pay the interest.
Capacity Doubled
The addition to the present build
ing will insure doubling the product
ion capacity and will in time double
the number of employees.
The Durant Manufacturing Com
pany now has 1870 employees. The
enlarged plant will employ from $50
to ITS additional employees, maxi
ing a total Of $50 to 300.
The highest number of employees
on the payroll at this Durant plant
to date is al.
AT this time the plant is running
three shifts On the knitting ma
chimes, two shifts on scanning and
n shift or looping and mending
and inspecting.
Training Program
1t is estimated that the training
program for new employees will
start around January l, 1947, Accord
'rg to MIR. J. w. Norwood, SUPER
intendent, provided the bond issue
goes through.
Takes Ninety Dogs
City officials estimated that it
would take approximately ninety
days to get the bond issue through,
etc, and that it would possibly be
late March or April before the build
ing could be completed.
This would assure full operation
of increased personnel by around
May 1st.
Additional Option
The contract which will be enter
ed into by the Durant Mfg. Co. and
the City of Durant gives the former
the option to renew its lease for d
twenty year period at the end Of
the first twenty years for one per
cent Of the investment the City Of
Durant has In the buildings.
It also gives the Durant Mfg. Co.
the right to another twenty year
at the conclusion of the Sec
md twenty-year period on the same
Expect Approval
.erms.
Durant officials expressed them
selves as confident the bond issue
would meet with the approval Of
he majority Of qualified voters II
0urant as the question has been
,retty generally discussed before It
vac decided tn call the bond elect