Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-14
Two of Waterburys' Big Cor-
 porations to Unite.
REDUCES RUNNING EXPENSES.

rave Been Made and Others That
 Will Follow Under the New Board
 of Management.
 Perhaps one of the biggest sensa.
 t1ons in manufacturing circles in this
 city will occur on January |, 190a.
 when. it is reported on pretty good All. thorlty, two of the big concerns will
 be united under one head and will be
 controlled by one president and one
 superintendent. The American Brass
 company meeting in this city last week
 dlscussed many matters and some or
 great interest to the business of the
 city of Waterbury One of the points ulscussed was the wholesale discharge
 or help and the decrease in working
 hours in many of the factories. Ais
 other question and the most import
 ant or all which is said to have re.
 celved thorough investigation was
 the consolidation of two of the leading
 brass industries of the city, While
 IF IS difficnit ito affirm the runors cor
 cerning the business traIsacted in that
 meeting 1t has been given out from
 pretty good authority that the follow
 Ing will take place on January i, 1901
 The ABenedict & BurnIam and the
 Holmes, Booth & Haydens manufac- turing concerns will unite under one
 form of government From the re-
 port as given to the representative Of the Democrat, the Benedict sS Buria-
 ham plant will absorb the Holmes. Booth x Haydens interests. Edward
 l. Frisbie, Jr. who is at present the president of the Benedict .& Burnham
 factory, will be the president of the consolidated issues, He is also the
 vice president of the Holmes, Booth
 < Haydens factory. Thomas B.. Kent is the president of the latter company and he will retire on January |. Charles $. Morse, the present superin- fendent of the Benedict and Burnllalal company, will act in that capacity for the consolidated plants. This VIII de- pose Irving Brown, the present super fntendent of the Holmes Booth & Hay dens plant. The story still goes on to say that many of the present head men in the Holmes. Booth & Hayders factory would be obliged to seek other positions. Of course this part of the a story may be exaggerated. still the fol- lowing severed their connection with that concern on Saturday night or will do so in the near future: Adam Gals Ian, ST, who has been master llae- ehanic at the factory for ten years or more; James Callan, foreman Of tlie Lube department for thirty years or more; Alexander IT. Lamont, master mechanic. Fifty men in the tube de partment were Also relieved from duty on Saturday night. so the story goes Irving Brown, the superintende lent, will go back to Providence to resliilla his old position He came here about one year ago and took the place of Thomas R. Walker. at that time sl~ rerintendent of the factory.
 SonIe time ago the insulated wire department was dropped in tiie Rene dict & Burnhaln factory because other concerns not in Waterbury qould do better in competition. This deparf ment will now be dropped in the alb sorbed plant of the Holmes. Booth & Haydens factory The report goes on to say that Charles M. Webb, at present an assistant foreman in the Benedict & Burnham factory, will have charge of the tool and machine department i'll the Holmes, Booth & Haydens plant Four years ago there were twenty men i'll the lamp depart- ment in the latter factory who had been with the concern for 20 or more years Not one of those are left now, so it is said The seamless tube de- partment of this plant will go to the Benedict X Burnham factory and the brazed tube department of the latter factory will go to the Holmes Booth & Haydens factory. H 0n, paslcox, uiuar, foy. fi1e. nnr, cr,7S<l1 ton was to cut down expenses. The interests of the concerns are almost identical and combination of ti,8 two under one management would save much in salaries and wages. The American Brass company. too, desires to Scurtail their offices and to that end to transact their business they will maintain one principal one in New York
 Apropos of the above rumors 1t may be that this consolidation was Iias- chases ofsland by the Consolidated railroad in the vicinity of the factories. Simons street property has been gob- bled up by the railroad company and Lafayette street may follow next. Then
 
 road company win purchase the land on which stands the Holmes Booth X Haydens office and the big lot owned by that concern. This with the purchase of the property on rho two streets mentioned will give the company clear sailing and will bring the tracks together. By Inc purchase of the Rogers < Hamilton site the railroad company might then be in position to state that at this point would be located the Consolidat- ed railroad station. When those pul- chases are made both by the factories and the railroad a bridge will be built to connect the plants of the Benedict \ Burnham concern and the Holmes. Booth & Haydens. plant and co1solila. ton will then be a certainty.
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