Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-02 | Page 30 | Local News

J ARGE building on Grant avenue near Twenty-fourth street which houses the plant and offices of the Ogden Utah Knitting company. The kitting company occupies thr main and second floors and also the basement. I I Upbuilding o1 the company bush:-, since Its organisation organisa-tion In January. 18&7, been a D record of constant growth until Hie factory thai at one linuy occupied Hi a very small flour now OCCU-H9 OCCU-H9 pies the mam and BCCQSd iloors. together to-gether with ihe basement, of the large Knights of Pythias building on Grant avenue. Affiliated villi the Knitting Store on W.t i I . on ave- Inue. The companj employe seventy" five persons and is one of the larger mercantile and industrial Institutions PJ of the city. Despite the fact that many other knitting plants of Utah pppj Hitd Other Match were Closed down at various periods during the past year, this company has never lo N day in its output. The compan. Which has been In-corporated In-corporated with 150,000 capital stock, H is owned and mana'ged by its found- or. C. Ht. Thorslcnscn Is preildenl of the company and manager of the plant. M. Thoretepaen is vice! preeideni and M. Thorsterfsen. sec-retar. sec-retar. The heads of the company; 'are men experienced in the knittlnj business and their development of. the I wo brands of tnc company's out-put out-put - t'ta Maid underwear and L. D. S. brand Approvetl Garni en M has bjen on (be basis of their practical i tpi rienc In the kniiiine business. 1 These two brands aie sold throughout 1 iho western country and have at-talned at-talned a high reputation for quality. Knitting exports aie directly in charge ! the facloi-v. located on the second floor o( the building, as well as the wholesale departments on the main floor and basement. Tin fat I that the company has located its' plani ai ;he terminal of the electric tlntcrurban lines and only r few feet : from the postofflce assures immediate rapid transportation on shipments.