. The street railway review . , the business was incorporatedunder the title of the Sterling Supply & ManufacturingCompany with a capital stock of only $15,000, and locatedat 97 Bank street. Mr. Carson occupied the double office ofpresident and general manager. At this time he was mak-ing Sterling registers and Sterling sand boxes, havingacquired the patents and business of Benton & Keyes thenmanufacturing the Benton register. The businesss wasenergetically pushed and in March, 1896, it was found nec-essar) to increase the capital stock to $100,000, the moneygoing into new machinery and tools.
. The street railway review . , the business was incorporatedunder the title of the Sterling Supply & ManufacturingCompany with a capital stock of only $15,000, and locatedat 97 Bank street. Mr. Carson occupied the double office ofpresident and general manager. At this time he was mak-ing Sterling registers and Sterling sand boxes, havingacquired the patents and business of Benton & Keyes thenmanufacturing the Benton register. The businesss wasenergetically pushed and in March, 1896, it was found nec-essar) to increase the capital stock to $100,000, the moneygoing into new machinery and tools. Again in June of thesame year the capital was enlarged to $200,000, and inApril, 1897, greatly enlarged quarters were secured in thenew Lexington Avenue Cable Building, 141-155 East 25thstreet where the Sterling Works occupy three-fourths of anentire floor, comprising over 25,000 sq. ft. This building isundoubtedly one of the most complete mannfacturing build-ings in the country, and with finest machinery and conven-. VIEWS IN THE WORKS OF THE STERLING New York. John A. Roeblings Sons Company will furnishand install the lead-covered paper-insulated cable. Some 2 14,-000 ft. of i,ooo,ooo-c. m. cable will be used. The BaltimoreCar Wheel Company has the contract for 70 Lord Balti-more trucks, and the American Car Company of St. Louiswill furnish the bodies. The street work has been let to and was begun the early part of this month. STERLING SUPPLIES BY A STERLINGCOMPANY. When J. H. Carson organized and became the head of theSterling Company, in New York, in 1892, he determinedthat the company and all its products should be worthy ofthe name he gave them ; and how fully that determinationhas been carried out is evidenced in the magnitude to whichthe business has grown, and upon hundreds of street rail-ways where one or more of the several products of thecompany have been adopted as standard. Like many anoth-er concern of modest beginning this company has grown to
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