The Evening Press - Grand Rapids •
August 13, 1909
Oakland Motor Company Seeks Two Buildings In Pontiac
Pontiac, Aug 13 - At a meeting of the stockholders of the Pontiac Buggy company and the Oakland Motor Car Company, propositions were discussed looking to the sale and removal of the machinery and appliances of the buggy plant and also of the Dunlap Vehicle company's machinery The two vehicle buildings thus to be vacated, it is stated, will be occupied by the Oakland Motor Car Company. It is added that the General Motors company so far from removing the Oakland plant from this city to Jackson, as has been reported would be the case, is thus planning to enlarge the local factory. Net year the concern will turn out about 7,000 here, it is claimed, and will employ 1,000 men.
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