The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-17
A NEW HAVEN INDUSTRY
WHOSE MANUFACTURE NAVE WON
A WORLD WIDE REPUTATION.

Secured by Young and Efficient New Ha-
Ven business Mantle John Adt n Son
Business and Plant Acquired by Mr..
Franklin Is. Shuster Who VIII Continue
the Business and Add New Departments.
OF interest to our city and matter
for congratulation that the industry in
question is to be retained for New Ha-
ven is the fact that the business con-
Quoted by the late John Adj is to be
continued. The plant occupied by John
Adj & Son has been acquired by Mr.
Franklin b, Shuster, a young business
man of marked ability and himself
a thorough mechanic and talented in
ventor in every respect admirably quail
flied to take up the business founded
by the late John Adj and to carry 1t
successfully forward. Mr.. Shuster is
now proprietor of the works and carry
ing on the business, the purchase and
transfer having been completed. In
Mr.. Shuster's hands the continued sue
cess of the business so long conducted
by Adj 81 Son is fully assured, and
other departments have been added.
The special lines of work conducted
heretofore In the manufacture of auto
matte wire Strengthening and cutting
machines for which Adj a Son has not
only a national but an International
reputation, will be conducted by Mr..
Shuster with equal success, while the
business of making rtveting, butt, mill
and drilling machines, foot presses and
tools will be continued, together with
the manufacture of machinery for the
manufacture of hardware, bicycle, sad
dlery and sheet metal goods in all
varieties.
Mr.. ShuSter's business career for a
young man yet in his thirties Is a
brilliant one and most creditable to
him and to our city. Mr.. Shuster was
born in New Haven and is the oldest
son of our esteemed townsman, ex-
Town Clerk Mr.. John Shuster. He
was educated in the New Haven pub
| lie schools and learned the trade Of
a machinist with John Adj & Son. Al
ter learning his trade he prepared for
a three years course at Sheffield Scien-
| tific school, but failing health COM
PEELED him to abandon his idea of a
| college course; and upon the restora-
| ton of his health he turned his atten-
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| for which he had previously eyinced
a marked aptitude and for the further
development of which he had sought
! to obtain a college course. In acquir-
ing his trade, Mr.. Adj took a lively
| personal interest in Mr.. Shuster, quick
ly discovering his natural aptitude for
| the business and pushed him along
| rapidly Mr.. Shuster learned very rapt
idly even the higher and more difficult
parts of the business. His fitness for
| higher position was soon manifest and
he sought to perfect himself in all
branches of the business and entered
/ the employ of the we'll known New, Ha-
| ven firm of r. c.. & a. E. Rowland,
/ learning there the business Of manufac-
turing and repairing steam engines. He
then spent some time with Herrick &
| Cowell Of this city and with them he
| became expert in the art of machine
repairing He next served the New Ha-
ven Clock company as foreman of the
machine and tool department, giving
the best of satisfaction and making
profitable changes in tools and the
methods of making them. After a
period of most creditable service he was
/ promoted to a similar position at a
larger salary with the Il. Ingraham
Clock company of Bristol. Here he be-
Icame the designer of tools and head
of the machine and tool department,
/ adding to his excellent record for eff ell
cheney and skill.
Later he served for four years in a
very responsible position with Wilmot
& Hobbs Manufacturing Co. Of Bridge.
port, discharging his duties with great
acceptance, the firm parting With him
with great regret and his executive
ability being anew demonstrated wher
after the fire at the firms factory, he
in very few weeks after the insur-
ance had been adjusted, had the largt
supply of tools needed, made and re
paired, so that the firm was ready foi
business again. Later finding the bust
ness of Adj & Son in his native city
open for a purchaser he became tins
controlling force there, and to which hi
is now deyoting himself with his Gus
tomary enterprise and energy. Mr.
Shuster combines a mastery ability
and comprehensive grasp In the man
Iagement of business affairs and O.
bodies OF workmen., as well as In tht
manufacturing Of goods and being him
self an expert In the manufacture o.
delicate machinery, tools, models, dies
ETC.. he is admirably qualified for {
very successful administration Of af
fairs In his new and larger field. Var
ious evidences of his inventive skill, E
number of which he has had patented
have brought him into notice as al
inventor and have also yielded hin
handsome pecuniary returns. Our city
is to be congratulated that this in
dustry so long prosperous has faller
into such good hands and the prospec
is excellent that the business will grow
and develop into larger proportions II
the near future, owing to his energy ant
enterprise and his being a mucl
younger man than his predecessor
whose health latterly had prevented hi
embarking upon larger scale, although
the business opportunities warranted II
Mr.. Shuster has issued a very tasteful
and artistic souvenir to the trade, an
nouncing the change in the bushes
and bearing upon the title page a fin
, portrait of Mr. Adt, which will be rec
ognized by the many friends of tn
deceased as an admirable tribute.
| nNR OE THE 4RHSTRONG VESSELS