. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . THE PERRY MOVEMENT. 98 THE WATCH FACTORIES OF AMERICA In 1886 Mr. John C. Dueber, of watch case fame, pur-chased a controlling interest in the Hampden the company had been behind in their orders and themovement had a good reputation, Mr. Dueber thought itwould be wise to enlarge the works and make the output atleast five hundred movements per day. With this objectin view he visited several tracts of land in Springfield, butfound that the only suitable lan
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . THE PERRY MOVEMENT. 98 THE WATCH FACTORIES OF AMERICA In 1886 Mr. John C. Dueber, of watch case fame, pur-chased a controlling interest in the Hampden the company had been behind in their orders and themovement had a good reputation, Mr. Dueber thought itwould be wise to enlarge the works and make the output atleast five hundred movements per day. With this objectin view he visited several tracts of land in Springfield, butfound that the only suitable land in that place, then on the. THE HAMPDEN WATCH FACTORY, AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS. market, was held at such exorbitant figures that it was use-less to spend further time there. Wishing to extend hiscase works at Newport, Ky., he thought it would be advis-able to secure a desirable location and build new factoriesfor both concerns in the same neighborhood, thus makingthe largest and most magnificent watch establishment inthe world. Accordingly Mr. Dueber advertised for a loca-tion, and finally settled on Canton, Ohio, as the most appro-priate place. The people of Canton donated $100,000 and
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