The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-24
TRUSTS moved BY TRAIN
The Tin Plate and Steel Companies
Arrive in New York.
once Employees and Furniture
Transferred From Chicago in Spe-
tile StRte-Ordinary Business Al
fairs Transacted While En- Route.

NEW -ORK. Feb. 24.-TwO giant trusts
arrived in this city yesterday, bag and bag
gage. with d battalion Of employees. They
are the American Tin Plate Company and
the National Steel Company. Their head
quarters hereafter, and those OF the
American Steel Hoop Company, another
trust, viii be in New York
Up to Thursday last the home Offices
Of these corporations had been in Chi a.
80. The antitrust sentiment has become
so strongly developed in the State Of I'LL
nois that the American Tin Plate Company
and the National Steel Company decided
10 move 10 a State where their operations
would not be so seriously hampered. other
companies threaten 10 follow them from
Illinois 20 New York
a special train 81 three express baggage
cars, four sleepers and a day coach ar
rived from Chicago at the Pennsylvania
Railroad Station IN Jersey City at 239
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Il contained
the entire working Office forces-clerks.
bookkeepers, stenographers and ONCE boys
of ths American Tin Plate Company and
the National Steel Company
With all their Office furniture aud
fixtures. the stats Of the two companies
boarded their special train in Chicago on
Thursday morning al 10 o'clock. The oIdi-
nary business OF the two trusts was not
impedcd by this move. During the trip
the daily labors Of the clerical force we're
conducted as though they were ensconced
in their sky scraper Offices in Chicago.
Mail was received at various points and
answered Letters were dictated 70 stem
ographers. books were posted. checks
drawn and orders hIled. Not a moment
was lost from the time the train left Chi
cago until il arrived in Jersey City. Only
then did the typewriters cease clicking
and the bCokkeepers close their ledgers.
There is nothing OF a vacation about
this moving" said one Of the stenograph-
ers. yesterday. Il typewrote as many lei
tiers on the train as I ever do on any one
day"
There were seventy-five employees OF the
American Tin Plate Company. with the
families Of those who are married. Tween
ty-nine clerks was the total of the Ma
tional Steel Company. Some Of these had
their families with them. Not only did
the companies pay all expenses for the
transportation OF the clerks wives and
families. but their household furniture was
brought 10 New York free OF charge. The
whole party was in charge Of A c. Young
OF the National Steel Company.
tall man connected with one OF the
companies met the party az the Jersey
City station. He was armed with list OF
hotels and clearinghouse. He ascertain
ed from each arrival his or her require
ments in the way OF home and prompt
ly recommended stopping place. He gave
full instructions as TO how each place
could be reached. and the arrivals dis
persed by different ferries.
Most OF the men clerks went directly to
the new Battery Park Building. The three
companies Will occupy the entire eighth
ninth, and tenth floors Of the building
Wagons were drawn up there laden with
safes. desks and other parsphernalia for
Office work. The Office STATS Of the three
companies expect 10 be settled in their
new home and ready 10 begin active op-
erations on Monday
f. W Bray. chief engineer Of the Amer
lean Tin Plate Company left the train at
Pittsburg with his stan OF assistants to es-
tablish a plant there. The company already
has two in that city.
The National Steel, American Tin Plate
and American Steel Hoop Companies arr
the three largest monopolies in their line
in the country. They represent a capital
of $40. Geo. GOO. They control ali the tin
plate companies and barrel and bucket
steel hoop factories in North America
They are ali closely allied with each other.
having practically the same boards Of di-
rectOrs Their interests are identical one
monopoly helping the other. D. G. Reid is
the president Of the American Tin Plate
/ Company. J. V. Guthrie OF the American
Steel Hoop Company, and W z. Refs Of
the National Steel Company
There has never been such a movement
Of big corporations in trust history. All
three companies were Incorporated IN New
Jersey.