New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
A LONG STRIDE FRON THE
OLD STEELYARD,
What Modern Invention and Science
Have Accomplished to In.
sure Accuracy.
sure Accuracy.

medium OF Its favorable association with vel
known specialties of pronounced merit ard to
general policy which has made the name
Synonymous with progress and reliability.
There Is peculiar civic satisfaction and pride
attached To the past record Of an important
commercial interest like the Fairbanks Com
pauy, when considers the fact that for
scvcnty-dyc years this company has success
fully fairly and generously co-opcrated with an
the important factors in the Industrial and COM
merciaI progress ot this country. we'll as with
those abroad
Few companies OF its magnitude can boast Of
equal reputation and standing among all classes
ol mercantile enterprises II is we'll within the
strietest truth u say that the Fairbanks COM
pauy has done At least much raise tho
standard If commercial progress as any other
one institution upon which merchants generally
depend for means ~ correct and protective husl-
ness methods
SCALES FOR ALL NATIONS
TIE. Fairbanks Company manufactures srales
adapted to the standards If ali nations, c1ver-
ing all notifications. from balances for analytic
CAL purposes 20 weighing hines for railroad
usc having capacities beyond two hundred tons:
Fairbanks" va, from \ pt a pound To lo3
pounds. suitable under all conditions Tor landing
steam water and gases Fairbanks" trucks md
baggage wagons for warehouses. railroads *
Fairbanks" electric light engines and gas and
sasoleue engines for stationary and marine SER
vices. steel and wood puIleys. patented hangers
and all other material for transportation pur-
poses In addition 10 thrs" articles the COM
pany is prominent dealers in full lines Of
machinery and light grade supplies Of all kinds.
OF which il carries complete stocks At all Of its
branches.
one can hardly appreciate the magnitude OF
this corporations interests without statistical
information too voIuminous 70 include within tho
limits of this article. but some estimate may hs
made in that direction when i, is said that about
twcnty-one hundred persons are employed in It's
selling organization.
RESULT OF EFFECTIVE SYSTEM,
one NJ the characteristic features of the com
pany's work is that Of the system that governs
the entire operation # its plants and branches.
This all important influence is felt not only in
the foreign branches over which the parent
office exercises direct jurisdiction but also in tho
exclusive agencies through The medium Of which
the compauys interests are firmly established in
Russia. Australia. China. Japan South Africa
and South America
The home Office and warehouses Of the great
enterprise are in New York City. with United
states branch houses in Albany. Baltimore
Bangor Me: Boston. Buffalo Hartford. Conn:
cuse. Its foreign houses at London Glas-
Cow. Hamburg and Paris
The annual output Of the company is valued
at about $10OOOOOO The directors and officers
follows: William Storrs Wells. president:
Samuel N. Brown. vice-prcsdent: Alex. G. Van
Cleve. secretary. and Joseph \. Wells. director.
THE SCOPE OF THE SCALE
There are few If any articles of utility in tho
commercial world that have received more care
full and intelligent treatment in providing tho
improvements to meet all the requirements Of
up to- date demands than the specialties of this
company Scales while they still embOdy tho
old principles in taking recording weights.
have been so modified by the Fairbanks Com
pany as to meet most efficiently all cOnsdera-
tions OF service capacity durability and acCu-
racy
Think of what wonderful machine must be
required to accurately register u weight of two
hundred tons or that of fractional part Of an
ounce 1t has been universally known for years
that the comranys products possess endurance
or duration qualities that surpass those any
other similar articles manufactured.
II has been a standard policy with the Fair.
banks CampaGy &c use the best material obtaae
able in combination with the most skilled wor1ss
manship. aid some Of the experts connected witt
the company are mea who have spent their ena
tire business lives pcrfcctinG and improving Tho
products sold by It.
'Fairbaaks' trucks ard baggage wagons arc
in more extensive by railroads and steam-
ship companies than any other. and the general
reputation of these spccalties for superior quali-
ties has become universally established
The "Fairban.;s'' electric light engines gas
and gasO!eCc engines for stationary ard marine
purposes are widely and most fav"rab.y known
These engines are 10 be- found in service whcr-