Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1913-01-03

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/ -. +ha concern. After the plant was
! aas,roved by fire Mr.. Billings was en-
( .busiastic for starting an erganlzalioh
~ carry on a similar business IN Put
4 I'm He went among the business
mon and submitted his plans seeking
1-,snort and announcement for the
80, a,ternrise. He met with success
/ and the preliminary steps to"arus 'iie
/ organization were soon under way
! The initial plan was to Duy SUN
property of the Lee foundry az re-
/ NAMED intact and in addition 70 aao
the machine shop OF the late a. a.
| plummer. then located in the rlsher
shoe shop. who owned the patents on
the PIummer heater. This program
| wae carried out and on April !, 1881,
a temporary committee was appointed
| IN perfect the organization. l.. n.
| FULLER was selected to purchase site
for the pIant of the Putnam Manufac-
| turing Co. This was done, the site
| purchased being that where the ioun-
dry is now located. The committee
work was completed and report &C
cepted May 1st. of the same year ana
the following directors were CHOSEN
Orrfn Morse. A. A P1ummer, w. X.
Barber. d. H. Billings, NJ. G. Leonard
G. A. Hammond and L. H. Fuller. MT
Fuller is the only person living VINO
has been a director of the company
from the START The directors elect
ed the following officers: President
Orrin Morse; vice president and gem
eral manager, NJ G. Leonard; secre-
tary & treasurer w. R. Barber.
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Stockholders the old board of direct
ors with the exception of Mr.. Bill
ings. were reelected, Mr.. Billings nav
ing declined to serve longer. His re-
sponsibiIities had been great ana ne
had labored early and late to Drlng
the enterprise to an early success
which is hardly possible in ne" I'M
dertaking within that space OF time
and he felt physically unable TO con-
tinue He had been offered a re
sponsible position with the Hammond
Knowlton Co., which he accepted and
where he remained until his death. w.
r. Barber, who was elected to succeed
him, by his faithful and conservative
work. the experimental stage having
been passed, maintained from year to
year a steady, healthy growth for the
business and established the credit OF
the company on sound basis.
Geo. E. Shaw entered the directory
in 1887, having been a stakeholder
from the beginning In the same year,
Geo. A. Hammond, who had always
rendered faithful service, resigned as
| director and Edward Mullan was elect
ed in his place Orrin Morse in 1892
refused reelection as president on ac-
| count of sickness and L. H. Fuller was
elected to that office and continued in
that capacity until 1904 when he de-
| clined a reelection.
In passing credit should be given
| Mr.. Fuller for his zeal and interests
in the company. He was considera-
| BILE factor in the first organization of
| the concern and continued his untir-
ing efforts for it's success. AS presi-
dent and director he has shown great
interest in the advancement of the
company and has been untiring in his
efforts in its behalf.
Upon the declination of Mr. Fuller
| to serve further as president Edward
| Mullan was elected to the office and
| is still at the head of the concern as
| president Mr.. Mul1an represents the
best type of the self made, successful,
| business man and has important bus
| mess connections.
| On December %, 1895, the main
| buildings, including the machine shop,
boiler house and foundry were total
| " destroyed by fire. Undaunted by
| this disaster the officers and directors
| took up the challenge, rebuilt of brick
| with a better equipment and the first
| iron was melted June l, 1885, in the
meantime the company having its
work done at the Plainfield foundry.
Mr.. Barber died February 3. 1909.
His loss was greatly felt as he had
given 25 years of the best years of his
life to the service of the company. At
special meeting called for that pur-
pose w. J. Turner, the manager of the
Providence Office WAS elected to fill
his place. Mr.. Turner came fully
equipped for the work and has prov
en- by his energy and judgement that
he is worthy successor. He has
broadened the field and thereby in
creased the sales so that they now
are confronted by the problem as to
whether they shall remain stationery
or go ahead and meet the constantly
increasing demand If the proposed
plans are carried out it will largely in
crease its efficiency nearly threefold.
thereby reducing cost per boiler. 1t
will give to Putnam a growing con-
Germ that will stimulate the city's
growth along lines of industrial and
material development that will place
it in the forefront of progress, a posi-
/ tiOn which its location and railroad
| facilities entitle it to-
All of the officers of the corporation
have been untiring in their admins
tration of it's affairs and have brought
| the company up to its present high
standard by their progressive and far
| sighted management The present of
| ticers of the company are as follows
| President Edward Mullan; vice pres
| ident, ]. Clinton Nichols; (deceased).
| secretary and treasurer and general
manager, w. ]. Turner; assistant sec
rotary and treasurer. c. A Hopkins;
directors, L. II. Fuller Edward Null
Ian. Geo. E. Shaw. j Clinton Nichols
! (deceased). w. J. Turner, John p. Bar
| Der, j. w. Dixie.
| On May l, 1884, as before mentioned
| directors and officers were elected
On the same day the contract for the
foundry buildings was awarded. The
buildings We're three in number and
| were built of wood. They were each
40 so feet, two stories high and when
| completed were in the form of a let
| ter II. As soon as possible machinery
and the necessary equipment was in
| stalled. Clarence E. Heath. now the
| efficient Sunerintendaut Of ,ha ,,lo,t
worked in the foundry when it was
where the Wheaton shop is now, and
has worked for the Putnam Foundry