. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . ed in a previous chapter,D. J. Mozart moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, wherehe proceeded to organize a company known as the MozartWatch Company. The capital stock was two hundredthousand dollars, and the incorporators w^ere W. A. Benedict,Don J. Mozart, C. T. Wilmot, W. W. Wheedon, A. J. Southerland and CharlesTripp. The officers ofthe company were, Tripp; Treasurer,W. W. Wheedon, andSecretary, A. J. South-erland, Mr. Mozart wasmade Superintendent. Afactory
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . ed in a previous chapter,D. J. Mozart moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, wherehe proceeded to organize a company known as the MozartWatch Company. The capital stock was two hundredthousand dollars, and the incorporators w^ere W. A. Benedict,Don J. Mozart, C. T. Wilmot, W. W. Wheedon, A. J. Southerland and CharlesTripp. The officers ofthe company were, Tripp; Treasurer,W. W. Wheedon, andSecretary, A. J. South-erland, Mr. Mozart wasmade Superintendent. Afactory was rented, andmachinists hired to buildthe necessary machinery^The movement w^as theTHE three-wheeled MOZART. sauic as that wliich he tried to have the Mozart Company, of Providence, intro-duce, and was seventeen size. Obstacles of various kindsbegan to present themselves, and the progress of the workdid not please the stockholders. Nearly three years hadelapsed since the organization of the company and therewas no fruits to show for the labor and money money began to run short, and in the winter of 1870 (75). 76 THE WATCH FACTORIES OF AMERICA the stockholders decided to sell out if a buyer could befound. Some thirty odd movements were finished at thistime, all of them given to stockholders and friends, andnone being placed on the market. A company was organized in Rock Island, Illinois, andafter an inspection of the machinery, decided to purchase price paid for the plant was $40,000 : $35,000 in stockof the new company, and a note for the balance. No avail-able site could be found for the factory at Rock Island, andaccordingly the town of Milan, some seven miles below thecity, was selected as a fitting place for the factory. Theofficers of the companyAvere, J. A. Wilson, Pres-ident; CM. Aiken, Sec-retary and Business Man-ager. Frank Leman, nodesigner for the ElgCompany, was engage Ias Superintendent. , of Chicago,made the model watch forthe Com
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