The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-14
American Brass Company Takes
Charge of the Kenosha Plant
Under COe Brass Co.
A NEW ORGANIZATION IS FORMED
Chas. F. BROKER Elected President. w, S.
Houston, Secretary, and F. L. Tits
worth, Treasurer and Manager,
(Ffom Saturdays Daily.)

The big plant of the Chicago Brass
company in this city passed into the
control of the American Brass COM
pany this afternoon and all the lead
ing brass men of the United States
were here to assist in ratifying the
compact. While the factory is techni
cal1y transferred to the Coe Brass COM
pany, of Torrington, Conn.,, it is under
stood that it is passing into the hands
of the American Brass company COM
monty known as the Brass Trust.
A distinguished body gathered at
the office of the factory this afternoon
to ratify the deal and to inspect the
plant. Among the number were Pres
dent Charles F. BROKER, of the Amer
lean Brass company, and his secretary,
Mr.. Steele; James A. Douty, Of Tor
rington, Conn, secretary Of the Coe
Brass company; A. p. Hine, of the
Coe company, at Torrington; A. A.
Cow1es, of the Ansonia Brass COM
pany, of Ansonia, Conn; E. L. Fris'
bic, Jr., of the Benedict & Burnham
company, Troy, New York; J. P. FL
ton, of the Waterburn Brass company;
T. B. Kent, of the Holmes, Booth &
Haydens company, Of Waterbury, and
J. Lancaster, of the Western Electric
company.
These men are nearly all officers and
directors of the American Brass com
pany. The papers for the transfer of
the plant TO the Coe company had been
made out some TIME ago and they were
quickly ratified and the deal closed.
Nothing has been said by any of the
parties concerned of the price of the
plant but it is stated that the company
paid nearly half million dollars for
the stock in the plant. AS soon as the
transfer had been made the Kenosha
plant was reorganized as an independ-
ent plant by the election of the follow
ing officers; President, Charles F.
BROKER; vice president, A. P. Hine, of
New York; treasurer and general man
ager, F. Z. Ellsworth, of Kenosha;
secretary, w. S. Houston, Of Chicago;
superintendent of the mills, J. K.
Fletcher, of this city.
The new management is now in con-
troll Of the mills. Mr.. Ellsworth, the
general manager, was seen after the
deal had been completed and stated
that the plant would be continued as
in the past. He stated that Mrs.
Frank Avery and the Avery heirs had
disposed of all the holdings and claims
which they had against the company
and that there were now no stockho1d-
ers in the plant except the members Of
the Coe company and the American
Brass company.
He stated that the plant would sim
ply be continued without change for
the present but that it was possible
that some changes would be made
within year.
President BROKER, in a interview,
stated that he had no plans as yet for
the enlargement of the plant but that
| this plan would be taken up after the
new organization had become more
familiar with the workings and de-
mands of the plant. The president
was highly pleased with Kenosha as
manufacturing city and limited that
this city might be made the Western
headquarters of the big brass COM
pany.
During their stay in Kenosha the
officials of the trust were royalty en-
tertained, a dinner being given IN
their honor by the officials of the Brass
works. They left this evening for
Chicago.