Ionia County MI Archives News.....Green Gets Portland Plant at Forced Sale April 3, 1914 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Johnson McDowell texas26@gmail.com April 26, 2009, 1:55 am Grand Rapids Press April 3, 1914 Ionia, Mich. April 3, - Mayor Fred W. Green of Ionia has bought the plant of the Portland Manufacturing company at Portland, Mich., which was sold at receiver's sale. This is the concern of which George W. Wood was a former manager and which has been in litigation for several months. There were six bidders, the price starting at $6,000 and reaching $9,000, at which price it was turned over to Mayor Green. The Portland Manufacturing company makes washing machines and employs 100 persons. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/newspapers/greenget163gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb