Oceana County MI Archives History - Books .....Furniture Factory 1882 ************************************************ 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: Jan Cortez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00020.html#0004939 December 17, 2008, 6:23 pm Book Title: HISTORY OF OCEANA CO., CHICAGO, H.R. PAGE & COMPANY, 1882 There was organized in June, 1882, a joint stock company, with a capital stock of $50,000, to erect a factory, to carry on the manufacture of furniture. W. B. O. Sands is president, E. Nickerson, vice-president, J. Jeffries, sec'ry, F. Nielsen, treasurer; directors, Sands, Nickerson, Collister, Jeffries, Fisher, Nielsen and Maxwell. C. Mears took $2,000 in stock for the site, which is near the ferry, not far from his old mill. The factory is a substantial woden structure, four-stories in height, 48x100 feet; engine room of brick, and the engine is to be eighty horse power. Additional Comments: HISTORY OF OCEANA CO., CHICAGO, H.R. PAGE & COMPANY, 1882 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/oceana/history/1882/historyo/furnitur119gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb