St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-03-02
Conference of Scale Men.

Hepresensnnves from tine Fairbanks
Selling Houses Here Last Week.
The most successful conference of repre-
sentatives from the selling department
and factory of & T. Fairbanks & Co.
opened at the scale office last week Tues
day and closed on Friday evening. More
represent atives were present from all
parts of the United States and Canada
than ever before, and the gentlemen were
cordially welcomed at the opening ses-
sion by Manager Turner and p. F. Haz-
en-, the latter presenting a paper. The
discussion which followed was very prof
liable from both the manufacturing and
selling standpoints. The selling depart
ment were represented by the following
gentIemen: Montreal, II. ]. Fuller and
2. Gutteridge; Toronto, {. J. Britain
and D. d. Williams; Winnipeg, F. Ross
Newman; Albany, James Courier; Phila-
delphia, F. c. Mattern, Cyrus D. Tat
man and 81. L. Triple; Pittsburgh, S. G..
Smith and R. w. Romlg; Baltimore, Hen
ry Reese; Boston, ]. r. Beatty, l. K.
Proctor and William Ross; Hartford. S.
Frank Fox; New York. Fl. E. Miller, G. ].
LaForge and ]. B. Paige; Cincinnati, ].
Nd. d. Robb; Kansas City, George III.
Forsee; St. Paul. Fred L. Berry; St. Louis.
J. M. Blake; Indianapolis. ]. A. Barclay;
Chicago. F. E. Church, II. c. McClary
and F. E. Stone.
A reception was held at the Musen i
on Tuesday evening which was largely
attended by those connected with the
factory, also the professional and bust
ness men of the town and their wives.
Music was furnished by Young's Orches-
ira and the occasion was most enlOya-
BILE one for our townspeople and the
visitors.
A pleasing feature of the conference was
the banquet at the Casino on Thursday
evening, at which over SO plates were
laid. Charles Fl. Horton had prepared
very clever menu, one feature being the
by the Fairbanks brothers before they
manufactured scales. The cut used on
the menu was first used in 1920 and was
whitfield out of small piece of wood
with a jackknife. Caterer Atwood
served one of his best banquets and
remarks were made by Messrs. Turner,
F airbanks, F. Walker and Hazen on
behalf of the factory, and by Messrs.
Fuller, Newman, Reese. Paige, Forsee,
Berry, Blake, Church and McClary from
the selling department.
ISfeSIdmS were sent To Od"ueI N.
Brown, president, of Boston; William
Storrs Wells, president The Fairbanks
Company, New York. and Charles H.
Morse, president Fairbanks, Morse &
Company Chicago, as follows:
'For the share you have contributed
in making it possible for fifty aad more
representatives of the Factory and Field
to participate in this exceedingly inter-
esting and profitable educational con-
gress they desire to express their hearty
appreciation.
(Signed) II. N. Turner. Manager"
A reply was received from Mr.. Brown,
as follows:
'To H. N. Turner, Mgr, and Represen-
tatives of the Factory and Field:
1 thank you heartily for your kind,
appreciative message of twenty-ffth
instant and desire you as you depart to
your separate fields to carry with you my
best wishes for continued harmonious
relations and ever increasing success in
our common cause.
(Signed) Samuel N. Brown, Pres"
Letters OF congratulations and sugges-
tions were also received from Messrs.
Morse and Wells.