. Electric railway review . ttached to it for the catcher drum. The representa-tives at the convention were C. I. Earll, C. A. Coutan andErnest Miller. Wlllard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, O., hasrecently moved into a new factory, located on the corner ofMarquette road and Lakeside avenue. This affords a largeincrease of floor space over the old factory and a correspond-ingly larger output will be possible. The new factory consistsof one large 3-story brick building, in addition to which thereis a 1-story frame building. The total floor space, includingthe frame building, is 400 by 200
. Electric railway review . ttached to it for the catcher drum. The representa-tives at the convention were C. I. Earll, C. A. Coutan andErnest Miller. Wlllard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, O., hasrecently moved into a new factory, located on the corner ofMarquette road and Lakeside avenue. This affords a largeincrease of floor space over the old factory and a correspond-ingly larger output will be possible. The new factory consistsof one large 3-story brick building, in addition to which thereis a 1-story frame building. The total floor space, includingthe frame building, is 400 by 200 feet. The power for thefactory is generated by three Crocker-Wheeler generators,operated by two Bruce-Meriam-Abbott gas engines and onesteam engine. The ground floor is devoted to rolling, cutting,forming, lead-burning, assembling, etc. On the second floorare located the assembling department and offices; on thethird floor are the carpentering and painting Willard Storage Battery Company will continue in the. manufacture of storage batteries for all purposes; the mostimportant of which are train- lighting, automobile, signal,telephone, stationary, etc. The Westlnghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company,the Westinghouse Machine Company and the Security Invest-ment Company, all of Pittsburg, on Wednesday found them-selves temporarily embarrassed by the pinch in the moneymarket and, while the several concerns are conceded to besolvent and to be doing a large and profitable business, it wasthought best to conserve the interest of all concerned byresorting to receivership. For the Security Investment Com-pany (a holding corporation largely owned by George West-inghouse), the Fidelity Title & Trust Company of Pittsburg,was appointed receiver; for the Westinghouse Electric &Manufacturing Company, T. H. Given, H. S. A. Stewart andE. M. Herr were appointed receivers; for the WestinghouseMachine Company, William McConway, W. H. Donner andE. E. Keller were appointed receive
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