Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY MONTGOMERY, John Robert, Manufacturer. The great issues of life are in many-hands. The man who is the nominal headof every movement—of every nation—isthe man in the public eye; but he is help-less without the fertile brains and theconsummate skill of the men who standback of him. And often upon those whoseshare is the least in evidence do thegreatest issues depend. Connecticut hasfurnished her quota and far more in everypublic movement. Connecticut industrieshave met every demand
Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY MONTGOMERY, John Robert, Manufacturer. The great issues of life are in many-hands. The man who is the nominal headof every movement—of every nation—isthe man in the public eye; but he is help-less without the fertile brains and theconsummate skill of the men who standback of him. And often upon those whoseshare is the least in evidence do thegreatest issues depend. Connecticut hasfurnished her quota and far more in everypublic movement. Connecticut industrieshave met every demand that has beenmade upon them in the great world strug-gle through which we have recentlypassed. But how many know, evenamong those whose lives depended uponthe established means of communication,the part that John Robert Montgomery,of the J. R. Montgomery Company, ofWindsor Locks, played in that gigantictragedy ? That to him this part was onlythe days work detracted not one whitfrom its vital importance. The name is of Scotch origin, foundedin very early times, and the Americanpro
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