The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-06
LAWYER KING
Sees Great Things For
Worcester.

W OECpSJeG.
IF Worcester only comes to suttl-
Gent realization of what is to her best
advantage, she can become one Of the
greatest manufacturing centres Of the
world. I see no reason why Worcester
! may not monopolize 20 herself the
whole eastern manufacture of locomo-
tives, stationary and traction, not to
mention the making of auto-trucks
/ and compressed air appliances.
Those are the views expressed last
evening by Lawyer Henry W. King,
who returned early IN lie evening from
New York and Providence, where he
concluded the purchase of the Corliss
Engine Works Saturday, Besides the
engine works, Mr.. King while in New
York, acquired a few rosy-hued views
anent Worcester's future as a manu-
featuring centre, Of which the above
may be taken as d specimen.
Mr.. King has dreamed a great dream
of prosperity. He sees his home city
reaching out through all lie length
and breadth of New England like an
octopus and wrestling from the grasp
OF her sister cities their most cher
ished industries. Although Mr.. King
does not distinctly say so, poor Prov
idence will be obliged to GIsgorge the
Coriiss engine works for Worcesters
benefit. That will be the beginning of
the general process of attraction, which
is to bring countless Industries toward
the Worcester magnet.
The international Air pON-pI. 'OI11
pany will soon commence an immense
business here, so Mr. King says. In
order to compress air, steam engines
are required. and in order to get the
engines in large enough numbers, it
will be necessary to manufacture them
on the spot SO Mr.. Ning says. The
stationary engines VIII soon begin to
accumulate in large numbers, and the
. traction engines which are to carry
them out of town, will in process of
time also be manufactured here, so Mr..
King says. In short all the three or
four trusts that the Letter Croker
Hoadley CrampK King syndicate have
already formed and all the 101 trusts
that they are going to FORM will, make
lnlIs 10! their manufacturing centre. |
Cramp-king cOmDlHU.-l-as The ,.iobt
Worcester has got to offer lIItt e
ments commensurate with the advant-
ages offered" was the way Mr. King
expressed it last night
DO you mean by that that Worcester
should offer a site and other practical
/ Inducements MIR. King was asked.
80, that is a mere matter Of detail.
Generally speaking, though, such az
ton would carry weight When you
want to touch the heart of a corpora
ton, you must touch its purse. 1t is
pretty nearly the same thing"
When asked regarding the truth of
Mr.. Letters recent statement, that he
intends making Chicago the great
manufacturing centre, Mr.. King re-
piled:
Mr. Letter, l have found, is a most
| reasonable young man. Though his
natural inclinations are toward Chi
cago, he will probably yield to the
wishes of his associates in the syndi-
cate. When the matter of the forma-'
ton of the International Air Power
Company was first preached, I was
everywhere told that the east had seen
its day as a manufacturing centre and
that the course of manufacture, like
the course Of empire, was westward
toward the source Of raw material and
supplies. Nothing is a greater fallacy
Il argue that here in Worcester there
Is set Of natural born mechanics
trained by heredity and practice to the
greatest nicely in all mechanical opera-
tons, especially those touching the
manufacture of steel and iron products
Worcester mechanics are born iron
workers Just as naturally as the in
hapltants OF France are born with the
skill to make textile fabrics. What is
me use l claim of locating factories
near the raw material if skilled labor.
| gif
This line of argument prevailed Mr.
Letter was one of my first converts
me eastern manufacture of engines T
thlnk, VIII be located in Worcester and
VIII not be drawn westward to Chica-
go Neither viii Worcester draw busi-
ness away from Chicago, Milwaukee
ana other western cities. This trust is
a Big thing and will have factories
noth east and west the same as tba
American Steel & Wire Company has
II must be remembered, besides
that MI Letter is not mechanic TJie
9PeUidl me Is 10 increase the scope of
My BUSINESS, TO act as promoter.
t MaaS Vi inc leading mechanics in the
mat the east retains her pronortiorate
snare Of the business"
Inc purchase Of the Curliss Irneira
company Mr.. King saws. is only tho
llst sep toward the formation of on
i''u'hst engine trust that win controi
~. We engine manufacture of America
me Green and Wheelock plants 1ybioi,
nave already been purchased will nm
~ harmony with the Corliss plant and
vi lae removal Of the Corlfss nlant -.
i Ln's oIlS, which seems more than iike1
4 lice ,,i @Nt P.aG5' me Wheelock and Cor
t'sa piaht' VIII De consolidated Tbo