Two companies have taken over the manufacturing business of the Cleveland Milling Machine Co.;; the Clark-Mesker Co., incorporated with a capital stock of $500,000 will manufacture milling machines, while the manufacture of milling cutters and special tools will be conducted under the name of the Shields Cutter Co. In this reorganization, the name of the Cleveland Milling Machine Co., has been changed to the Shields Cutter Co., and the Cutter Building Co. owns the plant. Stock of the latter company is owned by the Shields Cutter Co., which occupies, the 3-story building, utilized by the old company for the manufacture of milling cutters, etc. Under a lease, the Clark-Mesker Co., will occupy a 1-story plant, used by the Cleveland company for milling machine manufacture.

      Officers of the Clark-Mesker Co., are: president, D. B. Clark; vice president and general manager, L. H. Mesker; secretary and treasurer, C. A. Morris. In addition to Messrs. Clark and Mesker, the directorate includes T. E. Borton, E. D. Rogers and Attorney A. V. Cannon. The Shields Cutter Co., officers follow: Frank S. Shields, president; L. M. Lucius, vice president and treasurer; L. W. Edwards, secretary. These with E. H. Ingram and J. H. Whitelaw are directors.

      D. B. Clark, formerly manager of the Chicago office of the Cleveland Milling Machine Co., Cleveland, Oh., has been elected president of the Clark-Mesker Co., formed to take over the Milling machine manufacturing end of the Cleveland company's business. He also is manager of both the Cleveland Planer Co., and the Cleveland Machine Tool Co. L. H. Mesker, vice president and general manager of the Clark-Mesker Co., at one time was affiliated with the Kearney & Trecker CoMilwaukee, manufacturer of milling machines. More recently, he was sales manager of the Cleveland Milling Machine Co., and in December, 1919, he was elected its vice president and general manager. Frank S. Shields, formerly president of the Cleveland Milling Machine Co., is president of the Shields Cutter Co., formed to conduct the manufacture of milling cutters and special tools and L. M. Lucius, secretary of the Cleveland company, becomes vice president and treasurer of the Shields company.

Information Sources

• The Iron Trade Review, Volume 67, Issue 1,15 Jul 1920, pgs.186 & 189