Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-11
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Abbott Downing Truck & Body Co.
Has Stock for Sale

The Abbot-Downing Truck & Body
Co. OF Concord. y. H., is carrying on
an extensive campaign, through its Bos-
ton bankers, Hodgdon- Co., for
the sale of 5000 shares OF the Company >
Sc Cumulative Preferred Stock.
This campaign is now appearing in
the leading newspapers of Maine and
will be read with interest by many OF
the older residents of the state who
have known the Company's famous
product, Concord wagons and buggies
since childhood.
There was time. before the automo-
Bile and motor truck crowded the horse
into the background on our principal
thoroughfares, when Concord" was
well known to every resident OF the
State having occasion to own a wagon
Or carriage.
Long before any other manufacturer
mad conceived the idea of selling wag-
oEs all over the world, the Abbot
Downing plant at Concord had built an
interna tional reputation for its super
line coach work. In the days of the
new West when Welsh Fargo operated
its world renowned stage routes over
the Indian infested plains. the city of
Concord gained a reputation through
the Abbot-Downing CO. that has never
been forgotten. for the Concord Rocky
Mountain Coach was universally used
on all routes
When coaches and buggies practically
went out of existence the large works
at Concord continued to manufacture
farm wagons and heavy duty horse
drawn trucks, until a few years ago,
when the Company decided TO bring out
complete line of high-gr motor
trucks. This development was in keep
ing with the march of progress and the
Company's policy of undermining its
product
In l"lh. after more than a year of en-
cheering work. the first motor trucks
were placed on the market. For two
years the company manufactured only
in limited way in order to give its new
product a thorough and rigid test and
keep all its trucks constantly under the
factory's eye.
Beginning with the Boston show this
year. Concord motor trucks were Of
tered to the dealers OF ehe country in
a wholesale way, and their favorable
reception was instantaneous. Before
the show closed. dealer contracts had
been entered for more than 500 o,,
worth of trucks, and now, within a few
months. these contracts have been ex-
tended TO a half million dollars.
The company was not prepared for
such a tremendous volume of business
and had no conception that the Old
Abbot Downing reputation would bring
10 them such favorable consideration
at the hands of motor dealers. 1t was
evident, however. that the motor trade
readily grasped the advantage of hand
ling line of trucks from house SO
highly regarded bv everyone who has
mad occasion to use wagons
TIE buyers Of New England have
faith in the traditions of an institution
that has always made the verv best
in its line. Concord trucks are. in fact !
a strictly high grade product and are
being placed only with prominent and
leading dealers. The F. O. Bailey Car :
riage Company Of Portland is Offering
the line in that city and the COMPANY !
will soon establish dealer and service !
stations in all other principal Main, |
centers
The company 5 present stock Offering |,
is for the purpose Of extending the man |
ufacture of motor trucks in a large I
way. The well-known earning power of
the motor industry will now accrue to |
the benefit of the company's stockholm |
ers-Adv.