Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-03-15 | Page 7 | Scowcroft Company Capital Stock Increased

SCCfCROFT C01PAI CAPITAL STOCK IIREASEO Tho growth of ono of the 'west's largust wholesale firms is shown in the announcement of Joseph Scow-cron, Scow-cron, president and general munogor of the firm of John Scowcroft &. Sons company, that the directors at their mooting this morning had voted to increase in-crease the capital slock from $1,000,-00 $1,000,-00 to ?2.500,000. Tho increase in stock is duo to the grf-.at growth -of the company and the enlargement of the manufacturing departments. de-partments. The company Is manufacturing manufac-turing workmen's clothes, etc. They plun to pack coffeo. teas, spices, extracts ex-tracts and other, articles of thac line and later have their own brand of fruits, jnrns and preserves. At a later date the company will probably iiu stall a boot and shoe factory. Tne John Scowcroft .t Sons company com-pany is the outgrowtlp of the business established in Ogden In 18S0 by the late John Scowcroft. The pro'ent buElncss is conducted by the sons of tho founder. They are Joseph, Wil-lar- and II,eber Scowcroft. Tho company com-pany has about 175,000 square feet of floor space in their large buildings at the corner of Wall avenue and Twenty-third street. It has the largest larg-est payroll of any industrial and manu. facturlng company whose planl3 are in the city of Ogden.