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•N ia g a ra C ar Wheel Co........... Buffalo. N. Y. been revolutionized. When it came into exist­ •O h io F alls C ar M fg. C o.. .Jeffersonville, Ind. ence 6o,ooo-pound capacity wooden cars, with •P en n ock Bros, (dism antled).M inerva, Ohio (heir limited life and high repair costs, and • S t . Charles C ar C o................St. Charles, Mo. wooden passenger coaches with their limited Southern C ar & Foundry C o. Memphis, Tcnn. protection to passengers, were standard every­ • T e r r e Haute Car & M fg. C o........................ where. T he company has matured and com­ ............................................... T erre Haute, Ind. mercialized the high-capacity steel freight car •T h e W ells & French Co Chicago, III. — an economic advance o f inestimable value •U n io n C a r C o.............................Dcpew, N . Y . to the railroads. It has originated and devel­ oped the non-flammabic steel passenger coach, T h e manufacturing plants owned and oper­ the greatest gu.irantcc o f safety the travel­ ated consist of the fo llo w in g : F ou r passen­ ing public Itas known. g e r car plants; sixteen freight car plants; Concurrent with the technical development eleven wheel foundries; twelve g rey iron o f its art has taken place an equally satis­ fo u n d ries; two water and gas pipe foundries; factory development of the financial strength one malleable iron fou n d ry; one brass foun­ of the company. New plants have been built, d r y; two saw m ills; three rolling mills and old plants modernized and (he entire prop­ fo r g e s; an architectural wood-working mill, erty built up and maintained at a high pitch and a plant fo r building and repairing car o f efficiency. The varying nature of the de­ floats and light capacity vessels. T he works mand fo r its pro » .o o o having been added in ploys over 25.000 men and its annual sales this w ay sirKC the formation of the com­ are approxim ately $100,000,000. The com­ pany. ^ tis fa c to r y dividends have at the same pany has purchased a large tract o f land at time been distributed to the stockholders of G ary, Ind., adjacent to the new works of the the company. Aggressiveness has been tem­ U nited States Steel Corporation, -with the pered with conservatism, resulting in an insti­ view o f constructing there a plant with a tution which is held throughout the world o f daily capacity o f about one hundred steel commerce to be a model industrial creation. cars. T he capital of the American C ar and FounT h e annual capacity of the plants is 1 2 5, - <lry Company is fixed at $ 6 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 and (he 0 0 0 freight cars; 1 . 5 0 0 passenger c a r s; 3 5 0 ,- number o f plants in (he consolidation is eigh­ 0 0 0 tons o f wheels; 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 tons o f forgings; teen, o f which the Berw ick plant is the third 15 0 ,0 0 0 tons o f castings; 300.OOO tons o f bar largest. T he general offices arc in N ew Y o rk iron; 30.OOO tons o f cast iron pipe; 7 5 .0 0 0 City and the present officials a rc : Frederick tons o f lx)lts and n u ts; and 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 leet of H . Katon, president; W illiam H . Woodin, as­ lumber. sistant to (he prc8iden(J . M . Buick, W. C. T he American C ar and Foundry Company, Dickerman and Clarence Price, ’icc presi­ combining as it did eighteen matured car- dents; W illiam M . Hager, secretary; S. S. building plants, had in it the germs o f a most Delano, treasurer; N. A . Doyle, auditor; successful business proposition, but the prob­ Charles J . H ardy, general couii,sel. lem o f consolidating and amalgamating the T he executive committee is composed o f diverse methods in vogue so that the m axi­ Frederick H . Eaton. C. R . Woodin and H . R . mum economies would result called for Duval. T he directors a r c : Frc<lcrick H. marked executive ability. 'ITie company was Eaton, B erw ick; W. G. Oakman, New Y o rk; fortunate in having at its command talent of S. S. Delano, N ew Y o r k; Tliom as H. West, the highest order, and under the tutelage o f St. L o u ts; J. M. Buick. St. L o u is; A. P. HepW. K. Bixby, o f St. I j O Is, who was its pres­ bum, New Voric; E. F. C arry, C hicago; H. R. u ident from 1899 to 19 0 1. and o f Frederick Duval, N ew Y o r k; C. R. Woodin, B erw ick; H. Eaton, o f New Y o rk. Mr. B ix b y 's suc­ Gerald llo y t, New Y o rk; CJcorgc II. Ru.sscll, cessor and its present president, it has realized D etroit; William H. Woodin, New Y o r k : W il­ fu lly its destiny. The company stands today liam M. H ager. Roselle. N. J .; W. N. M ac­ the prem ier institution o f its kind. W ith its Millan, London, England. product known in every civilized country, it IS the greatest manufacturer o f cars in the BERWICK STORE COMPANY world. During the life of the American C ar and Closely identified with the history o f Ber­ Foundry Company railroad carriers have wick, and therefore o f Columbia county, b