No one lived on the banks of the Tali River then and the land was zoned for industry, so many firms putup factories there since land was cheap and the popu lation so sparse.
當時大里溪沿岸根本就無人居住，都市計畫中不是列為工業區就是計畫外的農牧用地，不少廠商認為河邊地價便宜、人煙又稀少，就陸續購地建廠。