Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-20
Eaton Shoe Co. viii Re-
main ia Augusta.
Is Satisfied with Location and
E'joyIng Prosperity.
Officials and Statesmen Visit Angus.
ta..nold Semi. Annual Dinner.
Good news for Augusta!


All reports of pending removal OF
the big G. A. Eaton COS. shoe fac.
tory from the Capital City are un.
founded. The kennebec Journal car
state with authority that no remova
is contemplated anG that the com
pany is not only well satisfied with
| its location but is enjoying an un
usually large measure of prosperity
| here.
The semi-annual dinner of the Off
cials and statesmen of this big con
Germ was held, Tuesday, in the ban
quet room of the Augusta House, af-
ter the visitors had looked over the
plant here and renewed acquaintance
with the factory folks and obtained
| their samples. These dinners. which
have been in vogue twice year for
more than dozen years, are for the
purpose of enabling the statesmen an
| factory people to keep in touch with
each other.
The visitors, a fine appearing lot of
men, came down from Boston, Mon
day night. and returned, Tuesday
night, on the steamer City of Rock
land. On returning, they visit thu
Gray plant in Brockton. receive then
samples there, and thence separate for
work in their various sections of thu
country.
The officials told the Journal repre-
sentative that they are we'll satisfied
with the Augusta factory and never
were doing more business and never
had better prospects than at the pres
ent time. The Augusta factory, by the
way. was located here 13 years ago
this fall This coming season the or
ganization expects to do the creates.
amount of successful business in its
history.
After dinner the boys adjourned
to the park for ball game. the visit
ing statesmen challenging the factory
people to a match.
At the hotel the diners were: Chas
A. Eaton. president and general man
ager; A. E. c. Hall, general manager
United Shoe Machinery; Edward Field
Ncie president and sales manager; e
{. Eaton, assistant treasurer and sup
erintendent; John NJ. Smith, auditor;
VIM. "A. Rodgers, manager order de
partment; Everett c. Glapp, purchas-
ing agent; c. A. Sabine, advertising
manager; L. A. Gray, superintendent
Augusta plant; Fred =. Rowe. man
lager stock department; A. NJ. Snow
superintendent upper leather division
a. W. Taber, superintendent sole
leather division; Geo. ". Cobb, order
department.; Fred A. Snow, order de-
partment; Frank KetteIl, stock depart
ment; John Dixon, foreman; A. w
Miles, foreman; F. A. Libby, foreman;
W e. Dessault, foreman; Edward T.
Churchill foreman; A. M. Towle,
foreman; Ralph H. Conant, shipper;
d. Zeffert, salesman New York city
and Albany; James r. Phillips, sales
man, Texas and Oklahoma; j. b.
Harper, salesman, Northwest; NJ w
Belcher, salesman. New England; y
ID. Loud, salesman, Missouri and Kan
sas: 5. q. Wright, salesman, Colorado
and Utah; w. H. Humphreys, sales
man, Arkansas George Sunberg.
salesman, Illinois and Iowa; Sidney j.
Zeffert salesman, Pennsylvania; f.
w. Hasey, salesman, Ohio: Fred S
Brill, salesman, New York; Hon. Tins
ley Ragland, salesman, Georgia, Flori
da and South Carolina; VIM. H. Mains,
salesman, North Carolina, Virginia
West Virginia and Maryland w. Nj
Wiggers, salesman. Kentucky and
Tennessee: G. H. Gates, salesman,
Michigan and Wisconsin.
Doing the honors for the hotel cor
poration at the dinner was Hon. c. S.
Hichborn of Augusta.