Silk Mill to be Built in Charlotte, Aug. 29, 1925

Silk Mill to Have Charlotte Plant. . . West New York Concern to Have Its Biggest Factory in Mecklenburg Capital

Charlotte, Aug. 28—The Verias Silk Mills Company, with headquarters in West New York, N.J., will establish a manufacturing plants here about November 5 in a building which will be erected for the company by J.A. Jones Construction Company. The agreement by which this new corporation come south to set up its biggest factory in the center of the Carolinas to manufacture silk goods for women’s fine garments, was signed Thursday by E.A. Struberg, president of the Veritas Company.

Mr. Jones will erect the building and lease it to the silk (company) for a period of years. Greenville, S.C., made a strong bid for the plant. The lot on which the factory will be erected is 100 by 150 feet.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 29, 1925

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