The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-01
A BIG SYNDICATE.
The Flint Company and its Off
Shoots Hold a Meeting.

The various housefurnishing concerns
which are offsboots of the Flint Co. met
at the office of that company in this city
yesterday and formed the Flint Syndi-
cate" for the purpose of combining in the
purchase of goods in large quantities and
the consequent establishment OF more ad-
vantageous relations between buyer and
seller, inasmuch as such large purchasing
enables buyers TO obtain far better figures
and works most beneficially TO the con-
sumer.
In addition to the parent house, the syn
dicate comprises the younger Flints, young
men who have married into the Flint
family and others who from long and
faithful service in their employ, as book
keepers, statesmen, etc, have been estab-
lished in business, and to-day share in the
general prosperity of this great family of
housefurnishers. The twelve houses re-
presented at the meeting and their loca-
ton, include the Flint Company of this
city, Flint g. Barker of Worcester, a. c.
Titus & Co. of Newport, George w. Flint
S.r Co. of Of Fail iHlaFiRsGTs; RTei; Flint i. f11. ha
ther & Co. of Springfield, Titus
& Buckley of Lynn, Holyoke Furniture
Co. Of Holyoke, A. c. Titus & Co. of
Taunton, Boston Furniture Co. of Paw
tucEet, II. 5. Martin & Co. of Chicopee,
Mass, alO 1eDLeDnldl To-, JOun
ID. Flint Of Fall River. The organiza-
tion of the syndicate was completed by the
election of the following officers Presi-
dent AlonZo Flint of Providence; vice
president, A. G. Titus of Newport; treas
urer, +. S. Luther of Springfield; secretary,
Charles II. Buckley of Lynn. The pur-
chasing committee for the year comprises
Messrs. George II. Flint. Charles Flint,
A. G. Titus and c. II. Buckley. Follow
ing the meeting the entire party were en-
tertained at dinner at the Narragansett
Hotel
A history of the Flint Co. from its in
fancy TO the present time, spreading out
its arms in all directions and enveloping
New England, is interesting, a it marks
an era in the progress of Providence, ad-
vancing hand in hand with many of the
city's greatest improvements. The house
was founded in 1853, by DIR. IL. ;. Flint In
an old building owned by Louis Z. Child
sett Hotel stands. The old building had
been used as barracks for the soldiers
all through the previous winter. The
name of the firm was Flint & Brown. In
1864 Mr.. Brown retired, and Ezra Flint, a
younger brother, purchased his interest,
the firm being changed to ii. ,. Flint 81
Co.
The firm remained under this name but
a year, this time being dissolved by the
death of Mr.. Ezra Flint. In 1865 Mr.
Alonzo Flint came to this city from Fall
River, Mass, and entered the firm, the
name of which was then changed TO Flint
& Co, and under which it remained for
twenty-six years, until the early part of
the past year, when the concern was in
corporated under the name OF the Flint
Co. Through all these years the concern
has been constantly expanding, being
forced by reason of increasing business 10
continually enlarge its quarters.
In 1870 the old quarters in the Childs
building were abandoned and the firm
succeeded TO the stand of B. p. Cunning
ham, where the present store is situated,
but at that time less than one-half the
present size.
In 1884 the large four-story building ad-
Joining the City Hotel was erected and
annexed to the company's warerooms.
Since then portions of the City Hotel
building have been acquired, and further
expansion is already contemplated. Its
factories occupy almost the entire block
of three and four-story buildings bounded
by Dorrance, Dyer, Clifford and Eddy
streets, besides another six-story building
on Orange street, while its Dumberless
departments include everything known
for household use or personal wear. With
its many branches the Flint concern is the
largest of the kind in the world. and an
able illustration Of what Yankee brains
and pluck will do right here in old New
England.