The old King City Glass Works are now being enlarged

MULTIPLIED BY FIVE.

Capital Stock of the Fruit Jar

Works A Hundred Thousand

GREAT IMPROVEMENTS MADE.

A Short Statement Regarding the Great

Plant and What It Has

Accomplished.

From Friday’s Daily.

The Marion Fruit Jar and Bottle Co. has filed articles with the recorder whereby the capital stock of the corporation has been increased from $20,000 to $100,000. This action was taken at a meeting of the board of directors and officers in this city on November 16. The incorporators are J. L. McCulloch, J. Wood Wilson, Alice Wil­son McCulloch, Sallie Rose Deering and Martin Burke.

Mr. McCulloch was interviewed by a Leader reporter at noon. It was rumored that a large addition would be built, but this he denied. The increase in the capital stock of the concern was to cover the large increase in the amount of money invested since the original articles of incorporation were filed. Much building has been done, machinery purchased, and the $20,000 which first covered the expenditure cuts but a small figure now. The firm is now completing an addition to their stamping or white lines department.

When the factory was first located in the city it was of minor importance. Since that time, under wise manage­ment and the manufacture of an excellent line of ware their plant has ex­panded until today it is one of Marion's foremost industrial institutions. It is thought that further growth will be re­corded soon. The factory is now running a smoothly as a clock and no shut down is contemplated soon. The addition to the stamping works will be ready for work soon.

The firm now have in the employ 600 workmen in this and their Fairmount works, divided as follows:

Stamping works and pressed lime [sic] line factory now have about 100 hands. With the addition now building to this department it will be increased by January 1st to about 200 hands.

Glass factory at Marion, about 150 hands.

Glass factory at Fairmount about 150 hands.

Old King City factory at Fairmount, now being enlarged and improved, about 100 hands.

Weekly pay roll $5000.