The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-29
Kenoshan Named General
Manager Of Big Cana
dian Plant.
WON HIS SPURS HERE
Popular KenOsha Man to Have
Charge of Big Company
in Canadian City.

Arthur Fl. Quigley, long one of the
best known Of the leaders in the bust
ness Of the An rican Brass company
and for the past FIVE years assistant
general manager Of the plant of the
company in Kenosha, has been named
by the Anaconda Copper company as
general manager of great new plant
of the company which is to be located
at Toronto, Canada. Mr.. Quigley is
now closing, up his work in Kenosha
and he will take charge of the de-
velopment Of the big interests of the
company across the Canadian border
about the first of July
AS the neuclus for the building of
large plant in Canada the Anaconda
American Brass company has purchased
the plant, equipment, stock and good
will of the Bronze, Brass, Copper Roll
ing Mills, Limited of Toronto. 1t has
been one of the largest, if not the
largest, Canadian mills in the manu-
facture Of brass and it is to be de-
veloped by the new owners with view
Of making it Canadian center for the
production Of all lines of business of
the American Brass company.
Employs Four Hundred Men.
The company has been in operation
for years and has an employed force
of more than four hundred men. It's
output is about twenty-five per cent
Of the Kenosha plant of the American
Brass company.
ct is the idea of the company to
largely develop this Canadian indus
! try," declared General Manager Clark
S. Judd, in announcing the transfer
Of Mr.. Quigley this morning ut must
go into the general manufacture of
brass ip order to take care of rapidly
developing business in Canada. Mr..
Quigley is admirably equipped to have
charge of this larger work for the COM
pany and it is going to offer him
great opportunity. The work which
he has had charge of in the Kenosha
plant is to be divided and several of
the men who have been with us will be
named to take charge of it after Mr..
Quigley leaves for Toronto
Twenty Years With Company.
The appointment of Mr.. Quigley to
have charge of this important develop
ment of the business of the company in
Canada, comes as recognition of
twenty years of active service in the
ranks of the American Brass companys
workers and officials. In 1902 he start
cd work with the old Coe Brass COM
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stenographer. He did not remain
long at the typewriter and he soon
was named as an assistant to the gen
eral manager of the Torrington plant
and when the American Brass company
began to make the large additions to
the plant in Kenosha he was named
as one of the men to come west and
grow up with the plant, He came to
Kenosha when George H. Allen came
to take over administration of the Ke-
nosha business of the company In
1910 he was named as office manager
of the company in Kenosha and later
he was a salesman in charge of one
of the largest territories covered by
the company.
Assistant Manager rive 1earS.
Five years ago he was named as as
sistant manager of the Kenosha branch
and placed in charge of the credits and
collections He has made great sue
cess in this official position and on
account of this success he has been
called to the larger field of activity,
1t is expected that few of the men
who have been active in the work of
the brass company in Kenosha will go
to Canada with Mr.. Quigley to aid in
the installation of American methods in
the new Canadian plant. These men
have not as vet been named by Mr..
Quigley.
az have enjoyed this twelve years I
have been in Kenosha nightly" de-
clared Mr.. Quigley, "and there is per-
sonal regret in my leaving. feel that
this new position opens a splendid OPP
portunity for work"
During the twelve years that Mr..
Quigley has been in Kenosha he has
been active not only in the work of the
American Brass company, but he has
given much time to civic and social
activities in Kenosha. He has been
one of the leading members of the Ke-
nosha Lodge of Elks and served as
Exalted Ruler Of the order. He has
been active in the work of the Keno
sha Country club, charter member
and one of the most active workers
in the ranks of the Rotary club of
Kenosha and leader along many lines
Of civic activities His leaving Ke-
nosha will be matter for general
regret.