Show FORD MAY BUILD AN EXPORT FACTORY ON HUDSON RIVER NEW YORK April 3 Apropos Apropos of or article article ar ar- ar- ar tide printed hero early in March tellIng telling telling tell tell- ing of or mysterious purchase e o of some 1400 acres at Orangeburg and Sparkill N. N Y T. and extending to deep deepwater on tho the Hudson just north of the Palisades ItIs it itIs itis Is Interesting to note that Henry Ford FordIs Is reported contemplating erection of a factory near Now New N York Gaston Plaintiff general manager otFord 01 ot Ford Automobile company is quoted I as saying that Mr Ir Ford will vl visit h the East this week to inspect a factory site with view of building a plant to take care of export business which Is eXpected ex expected eX- eX to enlarge greatly after the war var It Is sta stated ed th that such a plant might employ employ employ em em- ploy Saving of freight rates from the West Vest of or transshipment charges from railroad to lo ship shit and of time necea- necea san sarv to freight th tho product fr from m the e West Vest Is cited as the tho reason why air Ford contemplates a plant near N New w rhe The land described fulfills every re requirement requirement re- re for s ch a plant as Mr Ford Fordis is said to have ha In mind It has a a. frontage frontage front- front age ace on onest West est Shore and Erie railroads and on the Hudson river r. where there is a deepwater channel which would enable direct shipments by water Tho The 1400 acres 8 were all paid paM for In cash at fancy prices It tt being estimated that to changed hands although name of the r real l purchaser er has not yet been divulged |