History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . nth for want of sufficient capital. Themortgage creditors of the manufacturing companythen took possession of the property. In 1882 theenterprise of John Ardell, Jr., put the glass-worksagain in operation. Bellefonte Car-Works.—Early in 1873 some ofBellefontes leading capitalists agitated the project ofestablishing at Bellefonte works for the manufactureof railway cars. In May of the year mentioned theBellefonte Car Manufacturing Company was organ-ized, under the general manufacturing act, with achartered capital of one hundred thousand do
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . nth for want of sufficient capital. Themortgage creditors of the manufacturing companythen took possession of the property. In 1882 theenterprise of John Ardell, Jr., put the glass-worksagain in operation. Bellefonte Car-Works.—Early in 1873 some ofBellefontes leading capitalists agitated the project ofestablishing at Bellefonte works for the manufactureof railway cars. In May of the year mentioned theBellefonte Car Manufacturing Company was organ-ized, under the general manufacturing act, with achartered capital of one hundred thousand G. Bush was chosen president, and with Blanchard, George C. Wilkins, S. A. Brew,and John Strike constituted the first board of direc-tors. E. M. Blanchard was chosen secretary. May24th the president and directors resigned, and in theirplaces were chosen William McClellan as president;A. G. Curtin, vice-president ; and Edmund Blan-chard, E. C. Humes, George C. Wilkins, and D. as additional directors. Uj-on the purchased. o i^^^:^Z:^^:>^^^^^-^-?^,^?^ yi2^^-^!H^->^ux>^L^*i->-rC BELLEFONTE BOROUGH. 245 site stood the Blanchard planing-mill, operated by asplendid water-power, tlieii the property of Mr. D. The planing-mill was purchased as the nucleusof the car-works, and work upon the erection of thelatter at once begun. They were constructed of brick,and supplied with perfect appointments, at an aggre-gate cost of about eighty thousand dollars. Thewater-power was ultimately donated to the companyby Mr. Bush, and in addition to that gift the peopleof Bellefonte gave the company a bonus of ten thou-sand dollars in money. John McClellan was engagedas superintendent of the works, and active operations,with a force of about forty men, begun in the fall of1873. Before work was fairly under way financial andbusiness depression overtook the country, and affectedthe progress of the car-works at Bellefonte to such anextent that there was a
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