. ewas no attempt tomake trouble outsidethe legitimate traderivalry for orders. And itis worthy of note and com-ment that in all their careerthe only attempts at reprisalthat P. & F. Corbin have madehave been to enlarge their field thefaster and to cover the disputed lines ofgoods the more thoroughly and fully, to theend that the attacks upon their trade mightbe nullified. Thus it was made stronger and but grew the faster for theobstacles it had to encounter. From this time on there is less of special incident to record. The business
. ewas no attempt tomake trouble outsidethe legitimate traderivalry for orders. And itis worthy of note and com-ment that in all their careerthe only attempts at reprisalthat P. & F. Corbin have madehave been to enlarge their field thefaster and to cover the disputed lines ofgoods the more thoroughly and fully, to theend that the attacks upon their trade mightbe nullified. Thus it was made stronger and but grew the faster for theobstacles it had to encounter. From this time on there is less of special incident to record. The businesshad grown to a magnitude that overshadowed separate occurrences and madethem comparatively unimportant. When Doen, Corbin & horse wentlame on the tread-mill it was a serious catastrophe — and a new grindstone orlathe a thing of moment. ? In later years, a new building with equipment com-plete hardly excited as much attention, and the constant additions of machineryand introduction of new processes caused such things to lose their novelty. 56. DESIGNER AT WORK HISTORY O F THE HOUSE O F & C O R B I N The larger the business grew, the more momentum was gained and the morerapidly the growth continued. In 1872 Andrew Corbin left New York to come to the factory to becomegeneral manager of the factory, a position he has ever since held. A man ofrare mechanical ability, with a quick, accurate judgment of the relative value ofprocesses of manufacture, and the Corbin faculty of planning upon broad linesfor future needs, it would be difficult to overstate the influence he has exertedupon the business. He and his brother Philip, working and planning together,have made the factory what it is to-day — as homogeneous and convenient asthough planned and built as a whole instead of being erected piecemeal withintervals of years between buildings. With the return of Andrew Corbin to New Britain a new and more vigorousspirit seemed to animate the actions of the concern. It was at about t
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