Newspaper article:Page 4 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, June 13th, 1906 - Wayne County Democrat June 13 1906
- Article title
- City if it Tries Can Get Buggy Plant: Gerstenslager Company of Marshallville Knocks at Outer Wicket
- Newspaper title
- Wayne County Democrat
- Date of publication
- 1906/06/13
- Page number
- 4
- Industry
- Manufacturing > Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
- Other Services > Religious / Grantmaking / Civil / Profession and Similar Organizations
- Retail > Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies
"CITY, If it Tries, Can Get Buggy Plant. Gerstenslager Company, of Marshallville' Knocks at Outer Wicket. [2]
The Gerstenslager Buggy company, of Marshallville, O, wants to come to Wooster and it is up to the Board of Trade and citizens of Wooster to meet these men at the outer wicket and usher them in.
Some time ago John C. Schultz, one of the firm comprising the Wooster Hardware Company, wrote to Mr. Gerstenslager at the request of the Wooster Board of Trade.
The LETTER WAS FORGOTTEN and when the matter of making overtures to the Gerstenslager company was again revived, a search disclosed the letter in the possession or on the minutes of the Board. At this time Mr. Schultz was accused of having neglected his part of the matter with reference to making an offer to secure the _______ ______ for Wooster.
We have been ______ to see ____ results of the city's claim against the glass company said Mr. Foss. At present handicapped as the city is for funds there would be no use of trying to raise the sun requested by Mr. Gerstenslager.
MAKE THE BEST BUGGIES The Gerstenslager company manufacture a standard grade of buggies. Their goods are regarded as the best on the market for the price they command. About fifty men are constantly employed by the company. These men are all good mechanics. They command good wages, and are men of intelligence. The business of the factory is constantly on the increase. Today the company is behind its orders. It cannot supply the demand for the Gerstenslager goods with its present facilities.
WANT TO MOVE The Gerstenslager people want to move for several reasons. At Marshallville the shipping facilities are poor. School advantages are regarded as inferior. The factory wants to enlarge Ashland and Orrville, recognizing the advantage of having such a concern are making strenuous efforts to induce the location of the new plant of the company in those towns. Ashland has offered all the Gerstenslager people desire from a city which is to be their future home. Orrville is not losing any time in the matter, and will undoubtedly secure the plant less Wooster becomes alive to the situation.
FAVOR WOOSTER There is one thing that is in favor of Wooster becoming the new location of the plant. The company want to locate in this city. It is their preference. Shipping facilities in Wooster would be satisfactory. The schools are the best and the town is in many ways a desirable place for the factory to locate.
Whenever the company locates with a new factory, the facilities are to be enlarged, an entire new plant will be built and more men will be employed.
A leading business man of the city says the plant would be a GOOD THING FOR WOOSTER "The plant is in every way a ____ It would bring the class of labor that is worth while in any town. From what I have been able to find out, the sum of money asked by the company would just about cover the cost of _____ and ______ to the company incurred by disposing of their individual and company property at Marshallville at a sacrifice.
"If there is even a remote possibility of securing this plant ____ Wooster should be alive to the fact and should push the negotiations to the last hope of success. The plant is not large enough to start a boom in Wooster. But it is one of those desirable accessories which would confer a great benefit to the town and the citizens in general. Looking at the possibilities of securing the plant from the most discouraging point of view ___ ___ ___ the duty of Wooster to make an effort to that end"