Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-05-02 | Page 33 | Local Company Will Open a Manufactory

LOCAL COMPANY WILL OPEN A MANUFACTORY Arrangements arc being made for the organ initio 11 of ;i now company to manufacture a recently patented' article ar-ticle in the shape of a" sweat-band for hats, to prevent the injury which urines from perspiration of the head. The band is marie of aluminum and is very light, woighing from two to ciglit pennyweights, according to size. The baud is the invention of William . Miller, formerly manager of the Miller Mil-ler Manufacturing eompanv of Denver, which was organized for the manufacture manufac-ture oi water-proof mining caps. The bands aro fully protected by letters patent, pa-tent, extending back thre vcars. They are inexpensive and cost only a few cents to manufacture. Jt; is proposed to organize a slock company with a capital of 25,000 with 2o0,000 shares of stock. ' A lot will be purchased at a. little distance out of the center of tho city and a building build-ing adequate for tho purposes of the undertaking erected. The machinery for the plant will cost about $500(5, and will turn out .150,000 of tho bands per day. i It -will .bo possible to in-ereane in-ereane this output considerably later. Tho factory will eventually" employ 200 workmen. Mr. Miller has tho eu-dorscmcnt eu-dorscmcnt of many yf the leading business busi-ness concerns of tho c;it.y, who predict a great success for the invention. .