. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . dwith the Newark Company, and the result was that theCornell Company purchased the plant for $135,000, givingstock to that amount as payment. Mr. Cornell set aside thirty acres of land as a site for thefactory, erected a building at a cost of $75,000, taking stockin the company to that amount. The officers of the com-pany were as follows: President, Paul Cornell; VicePresident, C. M. Cady; Secretary, J. B. Jackson; Treas-urer, Robert Schell; General Manager, T. C. W
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . dwith the Newark Company, and the result was that theCornell Company purchased the plant for $135,000, givingstock to that amount as payment. Mr. Cornell set aside thirty acres of land as a site for thefactory, erected a building at a cost of $75,000, taking stockin the company to that amount. The officers of the com-pany were as follows: President, Paul Cornell; VicePresident, C. M. Cady; Secretary, J. B. Jackson; Treas-urer, Robert Schell; General Manager, T. C. Williams;General Agent, J. C. Adams. In August, 1871, (just prior to the Chicago fire), the newbuilding was completed and the machinery, etc., in theNewark factory brought on. The departments were asfollows: Machine shop, plate room, train room, screwroom, regulator and stud room, polishing room, wheel andpinion finishing room, stem-wind room, pinion and wheelroom, scape wheel cutting room, jewel and pallet room,setting-up room, adjusting room, and dial room, fourteen inall. Owing to the frequent changes made in the heads of. 48 THE WATCH FACTORIES OF AMERICA the various departments it is almost impossible to give alist of the department sujDerintendents w^ith any degree ofaccuracy. The following gentlemen, however, may benamed as having held various positions of trust during thecareer of this factory at Grand Crossing: Albert Troller,now superintendent of the Rockford Company; J. , late superintendent of the Aurora Companv; JohnPenny, now with the Elgin Company; John Logan, nowforeman of springing in Waltham factory; John Lucus,Chas. Boland, Frank Styles, E. Sandoz, C. L. Kidder, Hines, Thos. , Geo. D. Clark,G. A. Kendrick, W. , J. O. Newton,Isaac Holmes, Chas. Peg-ler, Alph, Jackson and Bacon. The lattergentleman acting as super-intendent. The old movementmade by the NewarkCompany was improvedon, and new machineryand a great many newtools made.
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