The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-04-24
Brown Building
Will House New
Cozier Branch
Caldwell Assured
One OF COuntry's
Finest Factories

1nrOuSn a JOINT statement re-
leased today by officials of the
Noble County Chamber of Com
merce and the Cozier Container
Corporation, announcement was
made concerning the contem-
plated purchase of the Gould
Brown building on West Fair
ground street and the $30,000.00
expansion program of the Cozier
Corporation.
Industrial growth of the Cozier
Corporation, with headquarters in
Cleveland, has been in the wind
for several weeks, but could not be
made public until the details had
been ironed out.
The proposed expansion program
will result in the employment of
IT'S men by the Cozier Corporation,
with a proportionate increase in
payrolls and the immediate pro-
duction of three different and dis
tinct type of boxes or crates.
Finals plans for purchasing the
Gould Brown building are now
being worked out by officers of the
Noble County Chamber of Com
merce at a price of $6,00O00. The
building, a concrete block and
frame structure, is 104 feet long and
40 feet wide. In addition. the trans
fer includes the adjoining lot, max
ing available 9,424 square feet of
storage space.
The Brown building was origin
ally constructed and occupied by
the Caldwell Concrete Block Corp,
no longer in existence. For the
past several years, it has been
leased by the Ohio Associated
Telephone Co. as a store room for
their supplies and mobile equip
ment. They will remain there for
the time being, until new head
quarters can be secured.
A portion of the building is now
used by the REA, but they plan
to vacate in the very near future.
The new building will be used
by the Cozier Corporation for the
manufacturing of the hinge corner
box, as well as the wire bound box.
The panel crate is now being con-
structed IN their number one plant
in the Clyde Robinson building on
Miller street, formerly the old car
plant.
Installation and purchase of the
new machinery, necessary in the
manufacture of the new product,
will amount to approximately
100000. 1t is expected that ap-
proximately $3,0O0.00 will be spent
in repairing the Brown building
before peak production can be
realized.
All native lumber will be used
in the construction of the hinge
corner and wire bound boxes, an
other asset to the county in that a
ready market will be found at
home for all Noble county lumber.
The new machinery will consist
in part of rip saws, planers, tack
ers, staplers, conveyors and other
machines.
The Brown building is directly
in line and practically adjacent to
the Robinson building and provides
an ideal set-up for the Cozier Con-
tainer expansion program.
To facilitate the production of
the boxes, a cement block building
was recently constructed to the
Robinson building and is directly
across the alley from the Brown
building, and this, likewise, will
now be incorporated in the pro-
cessing of the hinge and wire
bound boxes.
1t is expected that eventually the
buildings will be connected, re-
sulting in one long assembly line.
The Cozier officials said that the
Caldwell plant would be the only
one owned by the Cleveland con-
Germ producing wire bound boxes.
Their other plants are located in
Cleveland, Jefferson, Sceraw, S. c.,
and Charlotte, Mich.
Daniel w. Barlow, formerly of
Cleveland, is the plant superinten-
dent. Joe Giallombardo serves as
production manager.
At the present time they have 90
on the payroll. Miss Helen Nor
gareidge and Miss Louise Clark are
in charge of the office.
Mr.. Barlow stated today, that
once production in all three types
of boxes actually got underway,
the output would reach at least two
or three railroad cars daily.
Now under construction is a shed
which will serve to a great advan-
tage in providing a modern siding
for the loading and unloading of
materials which will be routed via
freight transportation. To COM
plete the railroad siding, concrete
will be poured over the entire lis
foot span. The shed joins the Rob-
inson building and extends from
the boiler room to the extreme
northern end, facing Mill street.
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