The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ade of the continuoussystem, which process of rolling steel is at i)resent being adopted by leadingconcerns in this country and in Europe. Morgan Spring Company. —This company was incorporated in iSSi witha capital stock of $50,000, and immediately began business on Lincolnstreet, at which place it was contined until two years ago, when the fineplant at Barbers Crossing was finished, and to which the works wereremoved. Here the facilities for shipping the ])roducts are excellent, thebuildings Vicing on the tracks of both th
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ade of the continuoussystem, which process of rolling steel is at i)resent being adopted by leadingconcerns in this country and in Europe. Morgan Spring Company. —This company was incorporated in iSSi witha capital stock of $50,000, and immediately began business on Lincolnstreet, at which place it was contined until two years ago, when the fineplant at Barbers Crossing was finished, and to which the works wereremoved. Here the facilities for shipping the ])roducts are excellent, thebuildings Vicing on the tracks of both the Boston & Maine and the Fitch-burg railroads. The company manufactures the best grade of oil-tempered steel wire; alsospiral and flat springs of every description, many being made for agriculturalimplements. There are departments in the works for wire-drawing, tem-pering and spring-making. For motive power this company has one of the largest and most completegas-engine plants in the L^nion, fuel gas for the engine and other purposes The Worcester of 1898. 505. MORGAN SPRING COMPANY, BARBERS CROSSING. being made on the premises. In the busier seasons about 125 people areemplo3ed. The business is growing in volume all the time, and the trade?extends to all parts of the United States and Canada. Charles H. Morganis President; and Francis H. Morgan, Treasurer and General Manager. The Union Water Meter Company was incorporated under State lawNovember 9, 1S6S. The first building occupied by the company was a one-story wooden building erected on the rear of lot 31 and 33 Hermon 1872 the present brick building, 100 feet long. 45 feet wide, with fourstories and basement with engine and boiler rooms, was erected, and the?old building was used for a brass foundry. In 1885 the lot No. 35 and 37 Hermon street was bought, and a secondbrick building 80 x 40, with three stories and basement, was erected. TheCompany was formed to manufacture water-meters. The first meter madeby the
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