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Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Comstock, John B Atwell, George C., comp
Subjects: Corbin, P. & F Locks
Publisher: (Buffalo and New York, The Matthews-Northrup Works)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ition is aninnovation in factory practice which has proven of value. The goods are thusbegun at the top of the factory and progress with a minimum of handlingfrom one floor down to the next until they arrive at the packing and shippingrooms on the ground floor. A bridge across Park Street connects the north-side building with the main factory, and a tunnel beneath the street affordsanother means of communication. The electric plant of the factory is also located on the north side of thestreet. The lighting plant contains over 175 arc and 4,000 incandescent Hghtsand has capacity for a larger number if needed. At the time when the firstmachines were installed, the Thomson-Houston works were located in NewBritain, this industry being then in its infancy. A thirty arc light machine builthere is still running and giving satisfactory service. It has been found easierand cheaper to use electricity in some portions of the Corbin plant, where steam 11 HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF P. & F. CORBIN
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SALESMEN HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF P. & F. CORBIN could not be carried without loss of efficiency, and motors are set in variousplaces where needed, and run by electricity generated in the companys plant. In 1896, A. S. Chase, a director of the company, died, and resolutionsexpressive of his associates regrets were passed and recorded. At the directors meeting in 1897, immediately following the stockholdersmeeting, Mr. C. E. Wetmore, now treasurer of the company, was electeddirector to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mr. Chase. Mr. Wetmorefirst entered the Corbin office as a boy in April of 1871, later having chargeof the invoices. When the estimating department was created in 1874, withWillis G. Lamb in charge, Mr. Wetmore was transferred to it, later succeedingto its management in 1880, when Mr. Lamb left to engage in silver mining.Mr. Wetmore was in charge of this department at the time of his election assecretary, but in 1896 he was made superintendent, it being evident

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