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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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. Of this new company Philip Corbin is the president andCharles M. Jarvis the vice-president. A full list of the officers is givenelsewhere. Here ends this chronicle of the history of P. & F. Corbin, upon the fiftiethanniversary of the incorporation of the company. It is not the province of ahistorian to forecast the future,and,indeed, who can tell what the future may hold?The changes that have occurred in the past two or three years have materiallyaltered the scope and the plan of the P. & F. Corbins operations, and openednew avenues for extension and growth, of which full advantage will doubtless betaken, in accordance with the Corbin method for the past half-century, and hewho runs will be able to read in passing events the story of the years to come. What is the secret of P. & F. Corbins growth and success ? Opinionsvary. Their associates all unite in saying that to Philip and Andrew Corbin,who have shouldered the responsibility and carried the burden of the manage- 91
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ART HARDWARE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF P. & F. CORBIN ment of the business, the credit should be ascribed ; that the Corbin factories,the Corbin goods, the Corbin reputation and high standing in the markets area monument to their abihty as leaders and business men ; Philip Corbin depre-cates such statements and gives to his associates and subordinates who haveexecuted the projects decided upon the credit they would give to him. The factremains, that from the first inception of the business to the present day, PhilipCorbin has been its active manager, carrying at some periods burdens of responsi-bility that it now seems incredible for one man to bear, and throughout all thistime his will has been the directing force in the companys affairs. It is equallytrue that for thirty-two years his brother Andrew has stood at his side and thatthe two have worked with perfect unanimity in furthering P. & F. Corbinsinterests, and that with the coming of Charles M. Jarvis the pace of progres-s

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