A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=50750 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: October 27 1919 Article Description: Lewes To Get New Fertilizer Plant Article Text: Lewes, Del., Oct. 20, 1919: Five factories to operate on Lewes Beach next year. One of a chain of fish fertilizer factories along the Chesapeake and Atlantic coast will be erected at Lewes following action of Town Council in leasing the company a 3000 foot strip of land on the beach at an annual rental of $300. There are now three fertilizer factories on the Lewes beach and following the leasing of the new piece of land, one of the companies already located here leased an additional strip of 100 feet adjoining their present lease for the erection of another factory, making five in all that will be in operation next year. The present factories have had the most successful season in their history, their products being mostly used for paints and for fertilizer, all of which command high prices at present. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com