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From the above table it appears that the period most prolific in joint-stock companies in Waterbury was that extending from 1846 to 1855. In this decade sixty corporations came into existence, and forty-five of these during the latter half of it. The only period that approximates to this is that between 1886 and 1890, during which thirty-three companies were organized; but by this time, of course, the population was much greater than in 1855. The largest number of companies organized in any one year was fifteen. This number was reached in 1853, the year of the incorporation of the city, and not again until 1891 and 1893. In 1852 the number of incorporations was thirteen; in 1888, eleven, and in no other year did the number exceed eight. Throughout the half century under consideration, the yearly average has been a trifle above five.
The law of 1837 made the organization of joint-stock companies so easy, and connected with them so many advantages, that in the course of a few years they became very numerous in the state. Many of them carried on the business for which they were organ- ized for only a short time, and then became practically defunct. By 1880, so many had ceased to make annual returns, or to exercise any corporate powers, that the attention of the legislature was called to the condition of things, and by an act adopted on March 25, of that year, the corporate existence of such corporations was annulled. By this act, from twelve to fourteen hundred joint-stock corporations, scattered over the state, were declared extinct, and of these sixty-three belonged to Waterbury .* In the following list, the Waterbury concerns whose corporate existence was thus annulled (in some cases, many years after they had become inac- tive) are indicated,-with the exception of two, the date of whose organization has not been discovered. These are the Mattatuck Angling company and the Lane, Beardsley & Tucker Manufactur- ing company. Of course various other corporations have ceased to do business since the legislative action here referred to,-some of
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* The list of "annulled" corporations fills 32 pages in the "Public Acts" of 1880 (pp. 566-598). Of these, 89 were located in Bridgeport, 150 in Hartford and 189 in New Haven.
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them after a brief existence. The number of corporations now existing in Waterbury seems to be 108, divided as follows among the several groups: Corporations working in metals, 39; manu- facturing corporations not working in metals, 13; mercantile cor- porations, 21; all others, 35.
In estimating our industrial growth, we must take into account not only the increase in the number of manufacturing and mercan- tile corporations, but the development which has taken place in corporations that have been in existence for a considerable time. This has been set forth in part in the preceding chapters, in which the history of the large manufactories and of many of the smaller concerns has been related. It may be still further illustrated by a comparison of the chief industrial data of the present time with those of the time when the joint-stock system was introduced. In 1830 the aggregate capital employed in Waterbury was probably less than $100,000. In 1848 there were about twenty manufacturing establishments in the town, four of which employed an aggregate capital of $600,000. Between 1843 (the date of the first joint-stock company) and 1847, about $700,000 were invested in joint-stocks, and between 1848 and 1852 about $1,100,000. For the year ending October 1, 1845, the capital employed in manufactures amounted to $653,825, the number of employees was 1093, and the value of the articles produced was $1,285,195 .* On the other hand, the Census Bulletin for November 28, 1892, gives the following report for the year ending May 31, 1890, on the manufacturing and mechanical industries of the city:
Number of industries reported, 46. Number of establishments reporting, 192. Capital employed, $14,638,476. Hands employed, 9,565. Wages paid, $5,256,658. Cost of materials used, $7,792,699. Value of the product, $15,602,684.
In a separate table, reports from thirty-four out of forty estab- lishments working in metals show the following aggregates (which would be largely increased if the other six establishments were included) :
Capital employed, $8,381,856. Hands employed, 5,404. Wages paid, $2,789,616. Cost of materials used, $4,318,486. Value of the product, $8,823,997.
* See the Waterbury American, April 18, 1846, March 12, 1852.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
The prosperity to which Waterbury has attained is doubtless due in part to the joint-stock system and to various local conditions. But other influences have been at work, which were well described, a few years ago, in the following terms :
There are to-day upon the banks of a single branch of the Naugatuck-the Mad river-five large manufacturing establishments, that employ daily from twelve to fourteen hundred hands, and furnish the means of support and the comforts of life to more than three times that number of our population. And yet a generation has not entirely passed away since the men who built up these establishments might be found, from morning till night, in their little one-story shops, with their coats off and their shirt sleeves rolled up, with their own sturdy toil laying the foundations of their future wealth and prosperity.
These men, representing in their own persons capital and labor at once, were successful in educating for the future an immense body of skilled and sturdy employees, who have been notably loyal to the establishments in which they were trained, and devoted to the material welfare of the community.
The following list of corporations is meant to include all the joint-stock organizations that have ever existed in Waterbury. It is, however, in all probability, incomplete. In each of the four sec- tions into which it is divided the arrangement is chronological. The "capital" mentioned is the original amount, and the officers are those first elected. The nature of the business, if not sufficiently indicated by the name of the company, is briefly described. Of course when the history of an establishment has already been given, the facts are not here repeated, but are referred to.
I.
CORPORATIONS WORKING IN METALS.
1843.
BENEDICT & BURNHAM MANUFACTURING CO. January 14. See Chapter XVIII, pp. 296-299.
WATERBURY IRON FOUNDRY CO. December 28.
Capital, $6400. Iron castings. Discontinued.
1845. WATERBURY BRASS CO. April I. See Chapter XX, pp. 332-334.
1846.
AMERICAN PIN CO. November 27.
See pp. 320, 366, 368.
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
1847.
MATTATUCK MANUFACTURING CO. July 7.
Capital, $18,000. President, E. E. Prichard. Umbrella and clock furniture, covered buttons, German silver and brass and plated thimbles. Annulled, 1880. The factory erected by this company on Great brook in 1850 is now owned by the Platt Brothers & Co.
WATERVILLE MANUFACTURING CO. August 17.
Capital, $50,000. See p. 29.
I849.
WATERBURY BUTTON CO. November 30. See pp. 371, 372.
1850.
LANE MANUFACTURING CO. January 24.
See p. 373.
SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO. January 28.
See Chapter XVII, pp. 275-278.
ABBOTT & WARDWELL MANUFACTURING CO. March I.
Capital, $8000. President, Larmon W. Abbott. Machinery and cotton gins. The factory, situated on Mill street, was sold to the Cotton Gin Co., and is now part of the case shop of the Waterbury Clock Co. Annulled, 1880. WATERBURY HOOK AND EYE CO. March 4.
See p. 374.
WATERBURY AND DETROIT COPPER CO. May 25.
Capital, $100,000. For mining, smelting and refining copper. The opera- tions of this company were carried on at Detroit and at Lake Superior. For many years they smelted all the Lake Superior copper, but the business has since been divided, and although an interest is retained, it is conducted under other names. On July 4, 1867, it became the Detroit and Lake Supe- rior Copper Co.
1851.
WATERBURY JEWELRY CO. January 25.
Capital, $25,000. President, Henry H. Hayden. All kinds of jewelry and fancy goods. Discontinued. The Steele & Johnson Button Co. leased the property and perhaps took some of the business. (See p. 380.) The factory, on Jewelry street, was taken by the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co. Annulled, 1880.
FOUNDRY CO. February 27.
Capital, $20,000. President, Charles Benedict; secretary, H. S. Champion. See the account of the Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., pp. 412, 413. Annulled, 1880.
MANVILLE & JOHNSON MANUFACTURING CO. May 2.
Capital, $6000. President, Charles Benedict. All kinds of machinists' tools and other hardware articles. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880. HOPE MANUFACTURING CO. July I. Capital, $6000. President, Henry A. Matthews. Harness trimmings, coach hardware, etc. Mr. Matthews bought out the company in 1856. The prop- erty, at Hopeville, and the business passed into the hands of Smith & Griggs. Annulled, 1880.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
1852.
NEW ENGLAND BUCKLE CO. January 22.
Capital, $10,000. President, Julius Hotchkiss; secretary, O. H. Stevens. Every description of buckles. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
BLAKE & JOHNSON. February 17. See pp. 407, 408.
STEELE & JOHNSON MANUFACTURING CO. February 21.
See p. 3So.
OAKVILLE CO. March 15. See p. 375.
EMPIRE FILE CO. April 7.
Capital, $25,000. President, John P. Elton ; secretary and treasurer, H. B. Field. Files, rasps, saws, bolts and other articles in steel, iron and other metals. Business discontinued. (It was carried on in the Johnson factory on East Main street.) Annulled, 1880.
WILLIAM R. HITCHCOCK & CO. July 13.
Capital, $27,500. President, William R. Hitchcock. All kinds of cloth and metal buttons and hooks and eyes. Originally, in 1837, William R. Hitch- cock, cloth buttons; reorganized in 1852. Annulled, 1880.
WATERBURY MINING CO. September 20.
Capital, $250,000. President, Norton J. Buel; secretary, F. J. Kingsbury. Sold out. Annulled, 1880.
AMERICAN RING CO. October 7.
Capital, $16,000. President, D. F. Maltby ; secretary and agent, Edward Chittenden. Saddle, harness and carriage hardware, patent brass, silvered and iron rings, etc. Their factory, until destroyed by fire, January 5, 1872, was on Canal street. The Ring Co. is now under the control of the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co.
CONNECTICUT MINING CO. November 20.
Capital, $250,000. President, John S. Mitchell ; secretary, F. J. Kingsbury. Sold out. Annulled, 1880.
1853.
HAYDEN MANUFACTURING CO. January 16.
Capital, $13,000. President, Festus Hayden ; secretary, H. H. Hayden. Plated, gilt, metal and fancy rimmed buttons, belt, hat and cap slides, book clasps, etc. H. H. Hayden went to the Waterbury Button Co. (p. 354), and later to Holmes, Booth & Haydens, and this business was given up. The factory, on East Main street, was burned. Annulled, 1880.
COTTON GIN MANUFACTURING CO. February 1.
Capital, $35,coo. President, L. W. Abbott; secretary, Theodore I. Driggs. To manufacture Parkhurst's patent cotton gin for North Carolina and Florida; also other machinery. They purchased the property of the Abbott & Wardwell Manufacturing Co. on Mill street. Business discontinued. Prop- erty now owned by the Waterbury Clock Co.
HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS. February 2.
See Chapter XXII, pp. 352-354.
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
AMERICAN GAS METER CO. March 30.
Capital, $100,000. President, John Ladlaw. Stockholders, Aaron Benedict, Anson J. Colt, John Ladlaw, John S. Mitchell, William Williams. No busi- ness done in Waterbury. Annulled, 1880.
WATERBURY BUCKLE CO. April 7.
See p. 376.
PORCELAIN MANUFACTURING CO. August 31.
Capital $25,000. President, Green Kendrick; secretary and treasurer, John Kendrick. Porcelain and metal goods ; mostly mineral teeth, under patents of C. O. Crosby. Annulled, 1880.
CITY MANUFACTURING CO. September 8.
Capital, $10,000. President, L. C. White; secretary, J. D. Johnson. "Fluid" lamp tops, patent button backs, job work in German silver and rolled brass. Absorbed by the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co. Annulled, 1880. BROWN & BROTHERS. December 28.
See Chapter XXI, pp. 343, 344.
1854.
MITCHELL, BAILEY & CO. January 6.
Capital, $100,000. President, John S. Mitchell. Gas fixtures, lamps and candlesticks, brass and German silver castings. Became Mitchell, Vance & Co. of New York city. Annulled, 1880.
F. M. PERKINS & CO. February 23.
Capital, $20,000. President, Henry Merriman ; secretary and treasurer, F. M. Perkins. Ivory, bone, horn, brass, copper, plated metal and German silver coach and harness trimmings, fine pearl coat and vest buttons. Busi- ness discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
WATERBURY MACHINE CO. May 5.
Capital, $5,000. President, Henry Chatfield ; secretary, George Warner. Machinery presses and tools. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880. See under Waterbury Pin Co., 1880.
WATERBURY SEWING MACHINE CO. May II.
Capital, $60,000. President, Bethuel Dodd ; secretary, C. S. Sperry. No business done. Annulled, 1880.
1855.
UNION COTTON GIN CO. May 15.
Capital, $25,000. President, John S. Mitchell. Annulled, 1880.
1857.
WATERBURY CLOCK CO. May 5. See p. 379.
FARREL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE CO.
Capital, $40,000. Reorganized July 5, 1880, as the Waterbury Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. See pp. 412, 413.
AMERICAN FLASK AND CAP CO. April 7.
Capital, $125,000. President, Garitt P. Post. Powder flasks, shot belts, shot pouches, gun wads, percussion caps, dram flasks, measuring tapes, etc. Merged in the Waterbury Brass Co. See pp. 333, 417. Annulled, 1880.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
1858.
STEELE & JOHNSON BUTTON CO. March 17.
See pp. 380, 381. In 1875 the name was changed to the Steele & Johnson Manufacturing Co.
1859.
ROGERS & BROTHER. December 15.
Capital, $100,000. See pp. 382, 383.
186I.
MALTBY, MORTON & CO. March II.
Capital, $24,000. President, Douglas F. Maltby. Buttons, etc. Burned out, Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
1862.
WATERVILLE KNIFE CO. May 7.
Capital, $10,000. President, John S. Barnes. Discontinued.
1863.
NATIONAL BUTTON CO. January I.
Capital, $4200. President, Rufus E. Hitchcock. In January, 1864, none of the stock had been paid in. Annulled, 1880.
1864.
ARMY AND NAVY BUTTON CO. June 3.
Capital, $75,000. President, John C. Booth. Absorbed by Holmes, Booth & Haydens. Annulled, 1880.
I865.
CARRINGTON MANUFACTURING CO. February 17.
Capital, $20,000. President, George L. Carrington. Saddlery hardware, brass castings, etc. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
UNITED STATES BUTTON CO. March 28.
Capital $50,000. President, R. E. Hitchcock. Business discontinued. See P. 397.
I866.
BARNARD, SON & CO. January 6. See pp. 415, 416.
FROST, GAYLORD & CO. March 8.
Capital, $12,500. President, Chandler N. Wayland. Varieties of hardware. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
1867.
BLAKE, LAMB & CO. May 27. See p. 416.
HAYDEN & GRIGGS MANUFACTURING CO. November 20.
Capital, $20,000. President, H. W. Hayden. Coal oil burners and trimmings, etc. Business discontinued.
HOOK AND EYE MANUFACTURING CO. November 26. Capital, $30,000. President, Orson Hayward. Brass notions. Business dis- continued. Annulled, 1880.
439
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
I868.
MALTBY, HOPSON & BROOKS MANUFACTURING CO. April 27.
Capital, $50,000. President, Orrin L. Hopson. Organized in Torrington; removed to Waterbury April 13, 1870. Business discontinued.
1869.
TERRY CLOCK CO. January 27.
Capital, $25,000. President, Ambrose I. Upson. Clocks and brackets. Busi- ness discontinued.
HOLMES, BOOTH & ATWOOD MANUFACTURING CO. February 4. See the Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co., p. 361.
SMITH & GRIGGS MANUFACTURING CO. June 5.
See p. 389.
1870.
DANIELS, NICHOLS & GAYLORD MANUFACTURING CO. June 24. Capital, $6000. President, Henry A. Daniels. Business discontinued.
1872.
NOVELTY MANUFACTURING CO. May 26.
See pp. 392, 393.
1873.
MATTHEWS & STANLEY MANUFACTURING CO. March I. See the Matthews & Willard Manufacturing Co., p. 404.
1874.
NATIONAL CLOCK CO. September 5.
Capital, $20,000. President, J. H. Bartholomew. Businesss discontinued, Annulled, 1880.
1876.
PATENT BUTTON CO. January 22.
Capital, $12,000. President, S. M. Porter, See p. 394.
PLATT BROTHERS & CO. January 22. See pp. 393, 394.
WATERBURY MANUFACTURING CO. February 24.
See pp. 397, 398.
1878.
TOLTEC MINING CO. June 7.
Capital, $200,000. President, John C. Booth. Discontinued. Annulled, 1880. BELMONT STAR MINING CO. September 30. Capital, $500,000. President, John C. Booth. Interested in silver mines located in Cerro Colorado district, Pima county, Arizona. Discontinued. ABBOTT & ROOT BRASS CO. October 22.
Capital, $30,000. President, Samuel Root. Metal goods. Business discon- tinued.
CONNECTICUT ARIZONA MINING CO. December 7.
Capital, $500,000. President, John C. Booth. Discontinued.
1879.
WATERBURY NEEDLE CO. July 10. Capital, $20,000. President, Benjamin Maltby. Discontinued.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
1880.
WATERBURY PIN CO. February 2.
Capital, $10,000. President, J. Richard Smith. On application to the Superior Court, the name was changed, March 23, 1885, to the Waterbury Machine Co. In November, IS91, they sold their factory in Oakville to the Oakville Co., and in February, 1892, removed to Waterbury. President, W. E. Fulton.
SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING CO.
Capital, $10,000. Founded by G. C. Griswold, Special brass work of all kinds, models of inventions, clock movements, etc.
WATERBURY WATCH CO, March 4.
See pp. 399-402.
MESSINGER BOILER FEEDER CO. July.
Organized 'in Hartford; removed to Waterbury May 26, 1883, with a capital stock of $250,000. President, F. J. Kingsbury. Business discontinued.
1881.
OLD GLOBE COPPER CO. July.
Capital, $300,000. Directors, D. S. Plume, D. B. Hamilton, C. M. Platt, Leroy Upson. Discontinued.
WATERBURY HORSE NAIL CO. December 31.
Capital, $5000. Directors, G. R. Welton, Edward Croft, D. F. Webster. Business discontinued.
1882.
MATTHEWS & WILLARD MANUFACTURING CO. March I.
See p. 404.
GAYLORD, CROSS & SPEIRS CO. May.
Capital, $20,000. Metal founding and machine building. F. E. Cross and R. G. Speirs formed a partnership as machinists in 1878. In 1879 they bought out the machine business of Ferdinand Deming. The stockholders of the company organized in 1882 were Messrs. Speirs, Cross, Jared Gaylord and George B. Scovill. In 1889 it passed into the hands of a receiver, but paid its debts in full. See the Cross & Speirs Machine Co., 1892.
1883.
DEMING MACHINE CO. February 17.
Capital, $6000. Directors, E. L. Frisbie, Jr., Ferdinand Deming, Frederic Marggraff. Business discontinued.
WHITE MACHINE CO. March.
Capital, $8000. Directors, Albert M. White, Lewis A. White, T. R. White. Discontinued.
CHAPMAN & ARMSTRONG MANUFACTURING CO. May 4.
Capital, $10,000. President, S. A. Chapman; secretary, C. H. Armstrong; treasurer, Frank Armstrong. Buckles, coiled springs, specialties of all kinds in brass, steel and other metals. In 1894 the name was changed to the Hammond Buckle Co. Capital, $20,000. President, S. A. Chapman; secre- tary, C. H. Hammond; treasurer, J. C. Hammond. "Arctic " and leather shoe buckles.
1884.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURING CO. March.
Capital, $10,000. Directors, Leroy S. White (president), W. L. White, A. C. Mintie. Electrical appliances and electric lighting gas burners.
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
1886.
ROGERS & HAMILTON CO. February 14.
Capital, $50,000. President, C. A. Hamilton; secretary, W. H. Rogers. Silver plated flat ware. The managers of the company were formerly with Rogers & Brother.
CALUMET AND HECLA SMELTING CO. June 5.
Capital, $400,000. Business discontinued. Sold to the Calumet and Hecla Mining Co.
TUCKER MANUFACTURING CO. July.
Capital, $25,000. President, Thomas Morris; secretary, G. W. Tucker. Brass furniture nails and trimmings. Factory at Waterville.
ELECTRIC TIME CO.
Bought out by the Standard Electric Time Co., organized in 1887. See PP. 422, 423.
WATERBURY MALLEABLE IRON CO. December 21.
President, A. C. Burritt; secretary, C. R. Pancoast. Business closed up, 1890. GLOBE CURTAIN-POLE CO. August 12.
Capital, $10,000. Directors, S. A. Chapman, A. D. Fields, C. H. Armstrong. Discontinued.
THE E. J. MANVILLE MACHINE CO. October 6.
Capital, $25,000. Designers and builders of special automatic machinery. See p. 410.
1888.
ALUMINUM BRASS AND BRONZE CO. June. Capital, $250,000. Removed to Bridgeport.
WOODWORTH & WHITE CO. July.
Capital, $40,000. Directors, A. C. Woodworth, Leroy S. White, G. L. Lilley. Manufacturers of machinery and electrical supplies. Business discontinued. THE L. C. WHITE CO. July I. Capital, $15,000. See p. 426.
WATERBURY RE-CUT FILE CO. September.
Capital, $4500. Directors, D. B. Hamilton, N. C. Oviatt, Charles Schoen- mehl. Discontinued.
1889.
SCOVILL & ADAMS CO. January.
Capital, $200,000. Photographic goods and other wares made of wood, cloth, metal, etc. See p. 278.
IDEAL BATTERY CO.
For the manufacture of batteries and electrical supplies, principally the ideal open circuit battery. F. J. Terrill, of Ansonia, manager. Factory at Simons- ville. Discontinued.
WATERBURY AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING CO. April.
Capital $10,000. Directors, C. R. Baldwin, C. M. Upson, H. W. Lake. Adver- tising novelties, including those made of metal. Discontinued.
UNION CASH REGISTER CO.
Organized to manufacture a cash register invented by F. L. Fuller, and patented by him in 1889. Removed in 1891 to Trenton, N. J., and discon- tinued in 1894.
442
HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
1890.
WATERVILLE CUTLERY CO. December.
See p. 29.
1891.
WATERBURY SMELTING AND REFINING CO. February.
Capital, $10,000. Directors, F. B. Rice, C. R. Baldwin, E. F. Lewis, M. E. Keeley. Discontinued.
METAL PERFORATING CO. May 21.
Capital, $1500. Directors, George Gros, D. B. Tyler, E. L. Tyrrell. Discon- tinued.
HENDERSON & BAIRD CO. December 8.
Capital, $20,000. Directors, John Henderson, Jr., Joseph H. Baird, Thomas Henderson. Machinists and manufacturers of patent elevators, tumbling barrels, etc. An outgrowth of the firm of Henderson Brothers, established in 1880. In April, 1892, J. H. Baird withdrew from the company; the real estate was conveyed back to John Henderson, Jr., and the corporation was discontinued. It was succeeded by Henderson Brothers.
1892.
CROSS & SPEIRS MACHINE CO. January 21.
Capital, $20,000. President, R. G. Speirs; treasurer, F. E. Cross; secretary, C. E. Wright. Presses, lathes, all kinds of machinery and tools.
WATERBURY METAL BINDING CO. April.
Capital, $20,000. Discontinued.
WATERBURY CASTING CO. April 9.
Capital, $3000. Directors, A. L. Johnson, G. E. Holden, W. H. Goldstein. Discontinued.
THE E. C. CHURCH CO. October.
Capital, $6000. Directors, C. A. Hamilton, E. C. Church, W. H. Gaines. Tools and other hardware. Discontinued.
1893.
REED RE-CUT FILE CO. January. Capital, $2500. President, H. W. Reed.
CONNECTICUT SCREW CO. January. Capital, $5000. Directors, S. F. Taylor, J. M. Gallond. Discontinued.
1894.
BRISTOL CO. January.
Capital, $10,000. President, W. H. Bristol; secretary, B. B. Bristol; treas- urer, B. H. Bristol. Recording instruments for pressure, temperature and electricity; also patent steel belt-lacing.
1895.
WASHBURNE MANUFACTURING CO. January 2.
Capital, $5000. Manager, James V. Washburne. Small novelties in brass and other metals.
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JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES, PAST AND PRESENT.
II.
MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS NOT WORKING IN METALS.
1843.
HOTCHKISS & MERRIMAN MANUFACTURING CO. July 28.
Capital, $21,200. President, Julius Hotchkiss. Merged in the American Suspender Co. (See under 1857; also pp. 418, 419, 48.) Annulled, act of March 25, 1880.
1845.
WARNER & PRICHARD MANUFACTURING CO. January 18.
Capital, $5500. President, George Warner. For the manufacture of web- bing, etc. Business discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
1846.
WARREN & NEWTON MANUFACTURING CO. February 5.
Capital, $12,000. Suspenders and webbing. Organized in Watertown; removed to Oakville, September 25, 1856 (capital, $62,500). Merged in the American Suspender Co. (See p. 419.) Annulled, 1880.
1850.
WATERBURY KNITTING CO. February 21.
Capital, $60,000; increased in 1855 to $200,000. President, W. H. Scovill. Saxony and merino wool wrappers, drawers, half hose, etc. Business discon- tinued; mill now owned by the Waterbury Clock Co. See the Great Brook Co., 1866. Annulled, 1880.
MANHAN MANUFACTURING CO. November 12.
Capital, $100,000. President, S. G. Blackman. Felt, woollen and cotton goods. Discontinued, April 4, 1857. The property was sold to the Ameri- can Flask and Cap Co. Annulled, 1880.
185I.
WATERBURY LEATHER MANUFACTURING CO. October 7.
Capital, $50,000. President, Harlow Roys. The business passed into the hands of William Davis, who removed it to Sawmill Plain and afterward sold it to William Rutter. Annulled, 1880.
1853.
WATERBURY PEAT CO. August 2.
Capital, $16,000. President, Leonard Bronson; secretary, E. L. Bronson. Discontinued. Annulled, 1880.
BUCK'S HILL PEAT CO. August 27.
Capital, $8000. President, Nelson Hall; agent, Charles Griggs. To prepare and sell peat and brick. Discontinued .* Annulled, 1880.
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