The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . The Livingston: A. L. Stevens, Prop. Bachelors Hall; A. L. Stevens, Prof. 35 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Genera! Electric Coml^aiiys Plant No. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY It was in 1892 that the Edison GeneralElectric Company and the Thomson-HoustonCompany were united to form the GeneralElectric Company, with headquarters inSchenectady, where the first-named of theseorganizations had then been located for sixyears. With the establishment of its main officeat Schenectady, the business of the Genera
The Schenectadian, portraying the advantages, attractions and opportunities of the electic city . The Livingston: A. L. Stevens, Prop. Bachelors Hall; A. L. Stevens, Prof. 35 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Genera! Electric Coml^aiiys Plant No. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY It was in 1892 that the Edison GeneralElectric Company and the Thomson-HoustonCompany were united to form the GeneralElectric Company, with headquarters inSchenectady, where the first-named of theseorganizations had then been located for sixyears. With the establishment of its main officeat Schenectady, the business of the GeneralElectric Company began to grow at a wonder-ful rate. To handle economically the in-cteased business, new shops were built, im-proved machinery was installed, and bothoffice and factory systematized to a high de-gree. From this time on the policy of thecompany was ever to keep the factory equip-ments and methods up to such a high stand-ard that all orders, whatever their magnitude,could be filled with dispatch and thorough-ness. Building No. 10 and about half of what isnow building No. 12 constituted the originalfactory of the Edison Company in 1886. Fromthis beginning the Schenectady plant has
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