New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . icalpurposes, and ingot cojjper. The company controls over ahundred patents for lamps and chandeliers and for variousforms of metal working, and produces great varieties of tured clocks until 1878, when that part of the business wasreorganized under the name of the Ansonia Clock Com-pany, with factories in Brooklyn and New York, employingabout 1,200 hands. Their production embraces clocks ofNickel, Wood, Brass, Bronze, Marble and Onyx, of everydescription, style and ])rice, including mantel and hangingclocks, with bronze fig
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . icalpurposes, and ingot cojjper. The company controls over ahundred patents for lamps and chandeliers and for variousforms of metal working, and produces great varieties of tured clocks until 1878, when that part of the business wasreorganized under the name of the Ansonia Clock Com-pany, with factories in Brooklyn and New York, employingabout 1,200 hands. Their production embraces clocks ofNickel, Wood, Brass, Bronze, Marble and Onyx, of everydescription, style and ])rice, including mantel and hangingclocks, with bronze figures of original and various comi)any sui)plies jobbers all over the United States,and exi)ort to every part of the globe. They have branchoffices in Chicago and London, and agencies in Canada,South America, Australia, Mexico, India, China and Ja]) issue a handsome and comprehensive catalogue of over160 pages, and the exhibit of varied and beautiful designsat the salesrooms, on Cliff Street, will amply re])ay a visit. NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. 13. THE MOUNT MORRIS ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANYS WORKS. THE MOUNT MORRIS ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY. This company was incorporated October 25, 1886, andwas granted a franchise by the Board of Aldermen of NewYork City May 31, 1887, for the entire city. The companyis organized with a capital of $1,500,000, and its officers anddirectors are men with high standing in the business com-munity. Its business is electric lighting and supplyingmotor power. From moderate beginnings it has becomeone of the principal sources of light to the city. Its manyarc and incandescent lights, its length of subways andnumber of motors supplied, are testimonies to its enterprise,skill and service rendered. In lighting, it employs all im-provements and methods of electric illumination for botharc and incandescent lighting that have been discovered,and every advantage derived from the use of electric lightin public and private buildings is obtained. Thro
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