New Britain herald., 1919-08-12
TRUMBULL ELEC. CO. CONTROLLED BY i. E.
Electrical Review Prints AutheD-
 tic Story About Local Plant
OLD RUM0RS CONFIRMED
Eonstablc Marine Saves Two Stores from Being urglariZcd-Squabbjc ill Center Last Nigllt-Other Brief News Items of Interest
News Items of InterCs

News Items of Interest.
 Plainville people have been won dering for some time whether the story of the control of the Trum5uil the General Electric company Oi Schenectady, N. Y, is true. This story appeared in the newspapers a few weeks ago, but a semi-denial was issued by officials of the local factory. A Hartford morning newspaper first carried the story and stated that the factory in this town had been sold to the larger corporation. Several 'other articles have appeared in various newspapers and magazines through out the country in regard to the sale and the following is one taken from the Electrical Review of July 19 under the caption, "General Electric'5 Control of Trumbull Company Con- tirmed'':
 ''The statement in our issue of fast week respecting the requirement Of controlling interest in the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing ompany has been confirmed by the following off, Cial announcement:
 The General Electric company has acquired an interest in tI.c Trumbull Electric Manufacturing company of Plainville, Conn. The present manag cement of the Trum bull Electric Manufacturing company still retains a financial interest in the donl- pany and will continue in active charge of it's manufacturing and sell ing policy.
 1.-The Trumbull Electric company has an enviable reputation, national in it's scope, as large manufactureIs of knife switches and safety first iron box enclosed switches, as well as a general line of miscellaneous supplies, and the General Electric company, believing in the great future of the safety-irst movement feels an alli- ance between these two leading man ufacturers of goods designed to pro- mote the safety-first feature in serv- ice entrance switches, motor-controi devices, etc, will give considerable satisfaction not only to the present customers of the Trumbull Electric company, whose name will remaIn unchanged, but to the trade m general
 The Electrical Review is printed in Chicago and is the oldest electrical weekly in the country. It is the off, cial word of all things electrical. It's stories are always verified and there fore the story printed above from it's magazine can be taken as true.
 At the time the first story appeared of the taking over of the control of the local plant many Plainville people believed it, as it was generally known that the General Electric company wanted an interest in the Trumbull company.
 The local factory is considered one of the best electrical plants in the country and it's products are known all over the world An enviabIe repu- tatiCn was made during the war in supplying electrical equipment to the Emergency Fleet corporation and the factory force worked night and day filling all kinds of war orders.
 The factory here was first started in 1900 when the Trumbull brothers To- cated in a small wooden building John and Henry Trumbull are the only two of the Trumbull family in terested in the local factory, although other neWspa pers have credited other members of the family with the suc- cess of the local plant. Associated with the two Trumbull men is Frank T. Wheeler, to whom is due much of the credit for the success of the busi- ness MT Wheeler has worked un- ceasingly in his efforts for the plant and has given all kinds of co-opera- ton and help to the Trum bell men in making good. s. $. Gwillim, office manager, has also been faithful to the concern and helped it to attain it's present height among electrical man ufactOrieS.
 The products of the Trumbul con- cern are protected by patents and con- sist of many electrical specialties per fected by the officials and considered valuable on the commercial market In taking control of the Plainville fac tory the General Electric company is adopting the same methods as in other cases where they have taken over the control of a factory. They realize the efficiency of the present officials who have crowned their work with success and therefore leave the management alone in it's manufacturing and selling policies.
 The General Electric company has been responsible for the large growth of Pittstield, Mass, and Schenectady, N. Y. It would not be surprising if PlainVille grew extensively under the new conditions.
 Last Nights Affair.
 A squabble occurred last evening i1 the center of the town in which Con- stable Marine, Richard Cafferty and a soldier from New Britain were in terested. Marine and Cafferty were engaged in an argument and the off, cer was trying to persuade thet latter to leave him alone and go aboSt his business when the >soldier stepped into the dispute. A free-for-aH en- sued and an exciting time was wit neSSed for a few minutes. DeS1oite