. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. ciated his brother Norman with him in themanufacture of his machine, and in the follow-ing year Simeon Howes became a partner withthem and the firm name was changed to Howes,Babcock & Co. During 1865 they manufac-tured and .sold two hundred machines. OnJanuary 1, 1866, they took possession of theMontgomery maciiine works which they hadpurchased the preceding fall for twenty thous-and dollars. They refitted this wooden estab-lishment and used it until 1873, when, to filltheir increase of orders, larger buildings weredemanded
. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. ciated his brother Norman with him in themanufacture of his machine, and in the follow-ing year Simeon Howes became a partner withthem and the firm name was changed to Howes,Babcock & Co. During 1865 they manufac-tured and .sold two hundred machines. OnJanuary 1, 1866, they took possession of theMontgomery maciiine works which they hadpurchased the preceding fall for twenty thous-and dollars. They refitted this wooden estab-lishment and used it until 1873, when, to filltheir increase of orders, larger buildings weredemanded and a three-story brick building,80x110 feet in dimensions, was erected at acost of twenty thousand dollars, besides a largeand carefully planned foundry. The entireplant was now christened Tlio EurekaWorks by which name it has become knownwherever improved milling machinery is used inthe civilized world. In the fall of 1865 .AlbertHorton became a partner, but in 1X68 sold hisinterest to Carlos Ewell who died in 1887,when Mr. Howes purchased the interest of hia. ^/yi/^^^!M^ . Sa£Lc^/i OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. 237 heirs and already having the interests of Alpheusand Norman Babeock, became, in 1888, tlie solepropi-ittor of tile Eureka worUs. Tn 1870 asuit for infringement ot patent was broughtagainst Howes, Babcoek & Co., which they suc-cessfully contested and won at a cost of eightthousand dollars. The result of this suit wasin the interest of millers and purchasers asthe Babcocks could have saved all this cost bypaying a royalty to the prosecuting shar])ers andthen adding it to the price of their fact deserving of notice in the businesscareer of Alpheus Babcoek is that the founda-tion of Silver Creeks present prosperity waslaid by the establishment of the Eureka works,which is the pioneer of the numerous plantsthat send out thousands of smut and separatingmachines to all parts of the world. During connection with these works, theforce of hands was in
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