. uarters — an ell-shaped building adjoining the hook-and-eye shop of North & Stanley. This was gradually filled and additionalroom was secured in the upper portion of the hook-and-eye shop adjoining,the first overflow into the new building occurring in 1863. On Christmas ofthat year the machinery of the finishing room was moved into a room nowoccupied in the manufacture of cast butts. More room was acquired later, andsoon it was found desirable to have the entire building. On August 17, 1864,it was decided to acquire the property. T
. uarters — an ell-shaped building adjoining the hook-and-eye shop of North & Stanley. This was gradually filled and additionalroom was secured in the upper portion of the hook-and-eye shop adjoining,the first overflow into the new building occurring in 1863. On Christmas ofthat year the machinery of the finishing room was moved into a room nowoccupied in the manufacture of cast butts. More room was acquired later, andsoon it was found desirable to have the entire building. On August 17, 1864,it was decided to acquire the property. The building thus acquired now forms the central portion of the mainbuilding of the Corbin plant, situated just behind the present office. Addi-tional stories have been added to it and the internal arrangement altered to suitthe needs of the business, but old employees remember and can readily pointout the old limits of the building. Again, in 1865, a second plat of land was purchased, and the Corbinindustry was firmly moored to its present location. 48. //Mfuv^J. CHARLES H. PARSONS,SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF P. & F. CORBIN As the business grew and the companys influence was correspondinglyincreased it made many friends. In the hardware field its goods were univers-ally hailed with favor. At home, the company had some friends among dis-interested persons, but they were comparatively few in the community, inwhich all the interest centered in the factories which supported it, and therivalries of companies and business houses were carried down to the employeesin the shops and affected life in all its relations. P. & F. Corbin were stillfar from being the largest and most influential of New Britains business houses,and so suffered considerably at times,— although no attempt to injure them inany way ever succeeded in doing much harm beyond the annoyance and troubleof the moment. One instance that occurred is worthy of mention as showing how thedivisions in the
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