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Will The City Do It?

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
November
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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E. H. Morgan is a germine Engh'shman who has been engaged in growing fruitnear Ann Arbor about three years. Oa a visit to England Eotlocg ago he says he organized & fruit preserving company whioh wou'd like to eagage extensively in putting up fruit for the English market, and would do 80 if the city of Ann Arbor would erect ior them on their land south of the city a building 30x60 feet Mr. Morgan is the manager for the company, and says that during the past summer he putup, in the basement of his residence, 5,000 oass or jar3 of dififerent kinds oí fruit, and shipped them to England. Mr. Morgan says that if Ann Arbor will put up the building for them, they will agree to employ 20 to 30 hand?, and he thinks they could keep that number employed all the time. He is now making preserved ginger whicb can, be put up in winter as well as in summer. There is a great demand for the ginger in London where they buy it in China, India, and Japan. Mr. Morgan thinks it can be made here cheaper and better than in those countries. The company is desirous oi putting capital into this business except in a necessary building.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register