Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-22
ACTURlNG AND OTHER INDUSTRIES OF THE BRASS CITY.
WATERBURY MACHINE co.

A manufacturing establishment
 which because of the exClusivGness of
 its product is entitled to special dis
 tinct1on among the splendid enter
 prises of the Brass City, is the Wa
 terbury Machine Go. For many years
 this well known concern has occupied
 8 prominent niche in the industrial
 world, and to-day it stands as 8 monu-
 ment of continually expanding pro
 portions to the business tact and to
 the integrity of the able tinancierS
 who have so successfully guided its
 destinies. The company was imcOrpOr-
 ated under the name of the Water
 bury Pin Go on March 1. 1880 The
 name was changed to the Waterbury
 Machine Co on March 3. 1885 The
 entire plant was located at Oakville
 until July, 1891, when it was moved
 to Waterbury, occupying a portion of the building which is now the home of the business conducted by M- I. sDaly & Sons. The year 1895 witness ed a material development of the ac-
 tivities of the Waterbury Machine Go. In this year the company purchased n tract of land. seventy-fve by one ,khundred feet on Meadow street, and erected thereon its present commod- dous and well equipped factory. which covers virtually the entire flat. The capital of the company Is S6O.OOO. all of which is paid in. Employment is given to 125 men. who receive re- }munerative wages. The relations be hween the company and its employees have always been of the most cordial character, and ffttingly illustrate the samfty which 1t is possible to attain
 under modern conditions. The con-
 cern manufactures wire-drawing ma
 chinery and spiral and automatic ma ;chinery. It is the only plant in wa iterbury which turns out machines Tor drawing wire continuously, and for
 This class of work it has achieved a worldwide reputation The products
 nf the company are of the highest de- gree of excellence, and it's trade mark is a synonym for reliability. Ihe
 oIant is equipped for manufacturing the most delicate kind of machinery kn an unsurpas ssed manner, and in the shortest possible time consistent with superiority of workmanship. The fnresident of the Waterbury Machine Co is William F. Fulton MT Fulton ias so well known to the people of wa Sterbury, and, in truth, to manufac- hurers throughout the country that an saxtended summary of his achieve (nents here would seem supert1uous' ysufice it is to say that MT Fulton IS ya man of excellent business capaclty' Aof ceaseless energy, and of unswerV- ling integrity. Tn addition to being soresident of the Waterbury Machine Eco. he is also at the head of the Wa s+erbury Farrel Foundry and Machine hJo. R. S. Wotkyns is the treasurer or i4he Waterbury Machine Co, and the Ieficient and exacting requirements or Ffhis important position he has ais Irharged with such signal ability as TO make him a marked figure among the Industrial leaders of the Naugatuck .yaI1ey. William D. Pierson, the sec sretary of the company, is a business sman of fine attainments. He IS an 'honored citizen of the community anh Ito his ability and energy the success of the company with which he IS so identified may in large l measure be fairly attributed