The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-12
KIDDER MOTOR VEHICLE CO,
VAS FORMED IN THIS CITY YES.
TERDAY.
Officers and Directors Eiected-T. Att.
water Barnes, President-WiIl Begin
tho Manufacture Of Auto NJ obiIss at
Once-$5O,OOO Worth of Machtnerv
Already Ordered Prominent Men a.
Directors.

! DIRECTORS.
The Kidder Motor Vehicle company
was formed in this city yesterday ana
the following officers and directors were
elected: President, T. Attwater
Barnes; vice president, Hon. C. G. Col
by; secretary, Frank G. Barnes; treas
urer and general manager. Charles r.
Bishop; consulting engineer, wellington
P. Kidder; fiscal agents, New Haven
Trust company. The depository is the
First National bank The directors
elected yesterday are as foHows Hon.
G. G. Colby of stanstead, Quebec. Elisha
Morgan Of Springfield James Wirden
of Dover. Del, S. Stevens Of Stanstead.
Quebec; Wellington P. Kidder Of Bos-
ton, Major T. Attwater Barnes ana
Charles r. Bishop Of this city.
The Hon. c. c. Colby is very promf-
nently connected in Canada and Is 4,
member of parliament, having seat
in the house Of commons for the last
twenty-four years.
Mr.. Morgan Is president Of the Nor
gan Envelope company Of Springfield.
and is Also president Of the Internation-
al Paper Trust.
Mr. Wirden 10 prominent business
man in Dover, Del, and Mr.. Stevens il
manager of the Bank of Montreal
Mr. Barnes and Mr.. Bishop are pres-
idents of the New Haven Trust company
and the Bishop Box and Paste com,
pany, respectively.
All the officers and directors OF the
company were present at yesterdays
meeting, which was held in the Office
of Major T. Attwater Barnes. Mr.
Bishop when seen last night said that
the directors had been contemplating
the formation of the company for the
last three years and had even gone 20
far as to send Mr.. Kidder, who is a
prominent manufacturer of Boston.
abroad twice for the purpose of getting
ideas that might be useful In the bust.
ness Of the company. Mr.. Kidder Ii
president Of the wellington Typewriter
company. He has patent which il
applied to the system Of applying steam
to the vehicle which will save expense
and will be great Improvement over
the present motor vehicle and which
will be used entirely in the construc-
tion Of those made by the newly formed
company. The company will manufac-
ture alitomobi1es for both pleasure ana
business purposes and Mr.. Bishop said
last night that contracts would begin
to be filled within five or six weeks.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 worth OF
machinery has already been ordered,
and will be put in the new plant as
soon as it is selected Mr.. Bishop said
that as yet it was undecided whether
new buildings would be erected or some
vacant plant in the city would be used
by the company, but in all probability,
he said, the plan of occupying one Of
the citys vacant plants would he re-
sorted to.
The new plant will be valuable ac-
QUESTION to the industries Of New Ha-
ven and with the present executive abil-
ity and board of directors the success
of the new undertaking is practically
assured. The secretary of the COM
pany, Frank G. p Barnes, is a son Of
Major T. Attwater Barnes, and is one
Of New Haven's most prominent young
business men. Mr.. Barnes was former
ly connected with the Commercial Rec
ord. The meeting yesterday was called
to order at IL o'clock and adjourned
about $3.50 o'clock.