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Show THE DANIELSON PLOW FACTORY J. E. Wilson Taths About the Big Plant. . Foundation is In and All .is Satisfactory. Joseph E. Wilson Jr. returned on I Wednesday from a sis weeks' stay at Independence, Mo., where he superintended superin-tended the bulldi-g of the foundation of the -Danlelsen Plow factory. In speaking of the progress of the new concern, he says It could not well be more favorable. Everything 'has moved along to splendid advantage, and Mr. Danlelsen and other Interested Inter-ested parties are quite jubilant. "The building will be 100x201 feet," satd Mr. Wilson, modern In all 'respects 're-spects and the largest manufactory In that vicinity. The foundation Is In and the upper work -will be pushed 'rapidly. In putting In the foundation we had exceptionally good luck, conditions con-ditions making It possible ,to save 11,500 or 12,000 of the normal expenditure. expendi-ture. On the company's land but 200 feet distant from the factory we opened a quarry of fluo building stone, and from this got our stone on the ground and Into the foundation for about one-fourth of the lowest bid of contractors. About 2,100 perch of rock was used. "When the building is Anally completed, com-pleted, It will be largely of glass, there being only four feet of brick between foundation and cornice, and then the roof structure will contain all the glass possible.- Tho necessity of good light is great. The molding room will bo 80x100 feet, and at the rear of this will be the engine and sand rooms. In f) P the front portion will be the otllces and Immense work room. It Is probable prob-able that electrlo power will be used eventually, tho city, which owns the light plant, having made a very good offer. The water sjstera is owned by a private corporation and this company com-pany has been rather independent. Ilowever, there Is near the factory a very'tlne spring, and, Mr. Danlelsen is considering the advisability of putting a nlndralllover It and thus supply a largo tank built at the factory. This would give the company an Independent Indepen-dent water right. "I believe that the factory is situated situ-ated to the greatest advantage of any In that section. Most of them are low, where much of a ralso in the river will flood them. The Danlelsen factory fac-tory is high and dry, on the railroad squarely, in a town the size of Logan, where expenses are not so heavy, and where every kindness and consideration considera-tion has been shown. I looked over the Kansas City and other sites offered and believe that from every view-point the selection made is the best." Speaking of Independence, Mr. Wilson Wil-son has naught but the kindest words. "The town Is a real beauty, heavily wooded, and nicely kept," he says, "and the people there have lent us aluable assistance In many ways. At tho ceremonv Incident to breaking ground for tho factory, tho major and several prominent cltbpns expressed no little enthusiasm and offered every encouragement. Thoy are a rather nico lot of people, and I thoroughly enjoyed my stay there, despite the fact that the weather conditions are terrific compared with Logan's Incomparable Incom-parable summer atmosphere. Tho people here don't know how much they have to bo thankful for.1' Mr. Wilson has some good pictures of the company's grounds that give an excellent Idea of tho surroundings there. He will probably return to In dependencq some time later to assist In putting in tho big floor. .i |