Show Possible Industries Excite Manti People The re-opening re of ot the C Carlisle Manufacturing Company plant appears appears appears a- a to be a a bright possibility according to E E C. C Carlisle the plant owner Mr Carlisle ManUs Mantis s Mayor M has been working on industries for the past weeks in cooperation with the City Council Several possibilities ties leave leav some doubt as to just what type of work will be done if the plant is re It has b been n closed for the past few months for lack of a government contract Mr J Carlisle was contacted by bythe bythe bythe the Denver and Rio Grande Western Western West Vest ern em Railroad as to a California firm which is interested in an operation in the intermountain area Mr 1 Carlisle immediately contacted a representative of the company in Salt Lake City and then made a t trip ip to California where he met the men in charge of placing the operation Mayor 1 Carlisle says he was able to offer much information as to the plant potential the work force and its skills location and other matters He says the firm was very re receptive receptive receptive re- re showing much interest in the Manti J site Calls Representative A representative of this firm irm was in Manti ManU Sunday and spent the entire afternoon going over the plant with Mr 1 Carlisle The plant has more than square feet of floor space but this will have to be expanded for the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed operation The steam ca capacity capacity capacity ca- ca will have to be expanded and the City Council finds that the boilers at the owned city-owned cannery will fit nicely into the design of the existing plant with very little building The industry investigating the Manti l plant pla-nt has indicated it will require a rail spur to its doors to handle freight and Mayor layor Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Car Car- lisle says this offers no problem as it is can be worked out be between between between be- be tween Manti 1 interests the City and the railroad A couple of citizens were aghast at the very thought of f having a rail line run into the city proper but at least two merchants have offered to let the rails run right through their stores if such an industry can be attracted to the ity Mayor layor Carlisle feels very op optimistic optimistic optimistic op- op about this possible in installation installation installation in- in in Manti 1 and is in constant constant constant con con- stant touch with the company involved A delegation from Los Angeles is expected to to fly In within the week Other Possibilities es The above industry would be bea a great boon to Manti 1 and Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete but there are other possibilities possibilities for the re-opening re of the manufacturing plant Last week Mr 1 Carlisle was contacted by a real estate firm which says it has been authorIzed authorized authorized author author- t to negotiate te an outright purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of the plant and machinery machin machin- ery for an un-named un company The Mayor layor says this offer appears to be rather urgent and that he will n negotiate g with the real estate es estate es- es tate tilte agent immediately if the first industry fails to materialize And just Tuesday afternoon Mr 11 Carlisle r received a government telegram asking him to work out arrangements for the manufacture manufacture manufacture ture of a large number of uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form shirts Such contracts have been virtually unobtainable ac according according according ac- ac cording to Mr Carlisle but the tone of the telegram Indicated that this one could be his for the asking o 0 |