The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-09
RIVAL CONCERN
Forms with John A. Sher-
man at the Head.

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The envelope trust is to have a rival
for a time at least, and the opposition
was assured yesterday, when an indie
pendent Worcester company, with
strong business men behind it, was in
corporated under the laws of the COM
monwealth. with a capital stock OF
$50 600.
The new company, which will be
known as the Sherman Envelope Com
pany, will be located in the top floor
of the big plant formerly used as a
bicycle mandatory by the speirs BIZ
cycle firm.
The company will not confine its out
put to envelopes alone, but will man
ufacture envelope machinery in addi-
ton which will give it a ground of
strength against the trust.
Among the promoters of the new
scheme are John A. Sherman, formerly
superintendent in the Whitcomb fac
tory, but who was forced to go when
the big combination was adopted, and
Aldermanic Candidate A A. Rheutan
who was also connected with the same
concern
Among the more prominent financiers
who are identified with the new pro-
Ject are Josiah H. Clarke and Francis
H Bigelow. The corporation is or
ganized as follows: President. John A.
sherman; vice president, Josiah II
Clarke; secretary, Francis H. Bigelow:
board Of directors, Otis Il. Putnam and
Walter II. Davis; clerk and corporation
counsel, Eben r. Thompson.
Thecapital is all paid in, and the con-
Germ VIII be in active production by
February LIST, according to present
plans
The preliminary arrangements for the
opening of the concern are now MAX
ing. Orders for the machinery which
VIII be needed to start the business.
have been placed The envelope ma
chimes themselves, which are TO De used
| IN the mandatory, will be manufac-
| tured a the plant itself, and when a
| halt dozen of these have Deen comptet-
| ed and are in condition for running,
the manufacture will begin and the
product put upon the market to com
pete with the big combine
| Josiah Fl. Clarke, the vice president
| is to give the scheme his personal at
| tention for a time, so that it may be
| successfully launched upon the COM
mercial world, and Mr.. Sherman, who
| was for 10 years superintendent at the
| Whitcomb plant, and who was dis
| LOGGED on account Of the trust, will
| have the active management of the in
| duStry, with the assistance, ii is under
| stood, of A. A. Rheutan, who was with
| the w. H. Hill company as superin-
tendent
| Further rumors have placed eX-Cap-
Ar.gv
as returning to this city to be identified
with the new concern.
The Sherman Envelope Company
| which has secured an admirable stu
alton in the old Speirs plant, will turn
out envelopes of all grades and kinds
| it's capacity in the new plant, accord
| ing to the number of machines which
will be used, being estimated at j
million per day.
The company will make paper boxes
| for its own consumption and for the
| commercial trade. AS the business de-
mands it, the concern will extend its
operation and it's force Of employees
1t is already thought that the new in
| dustry will give employment to sew
eral hundred within a short time from
it's entrance upon the business field.
The promoters say that it will
| be a formidable rival to the trust, and
when competition gets animated, bust
ness men are predicting that it will be
| absorbeN in its turn by the combine.
| However. at present the parties behind
| it have no friendly interest with the
| trust.
One of the strong points which the
| Independent company makes for it.
self is that its machines, which are to
be manufactured at its own shops, will
| be from patents by one of the cor
| Doration.
The design of the machines to be en-
ployed is by Mr.. Sherman himself, the
patents being for a universal machine
which can be adjusted to 2200 different
| sizes of hand-folded envelopes. Only
| one other factory is now using these
| machines, which are controlled by Mr..
| Sherman in own name.
| 1t is understood that some time past
! Mr.. Sherman appeared before James
| Logan, general manager of the enYel-
ope trust. in regard to the disposition
of his machine, but Mr.. Logan told him
| that the United Stats Envelope Com
pany was engaged in the manufacture
| of envelopes. and not of machines.
However, Mr.. Sherman has his retalia-
| ton and 10 now to manufacture the
machines to his own profit. BY the
design of his, infringement upon pre-
vious patents is averted and the ma
| chine in itself has received an individ-
ual patent from the government office.
so that the opportunity which was once
within the grasp of the combine Of hav-
| ing sole rights Of this envelope revolu-
| tionizing machine, is now fled forever.
| The Speirs building is now being put
| in condition for the new concern.