Whitcomb-Blaisdell Machine Tool Co., 134 Gold Street, was incorporated in June, 1905, and brought together the Whitcomb Mfg. Co., The Whitcomb Foundry Co. and P. Blaisdell & Co. and in October of the same year merged the Draper Machine Tool Co. . The officers of the new Company were Alonzo W. Whitcomb, President; Charles E. Hildreth, Vice-President and Treasurer; and Ernest T. Clary, Secretary. In October, 1915, Mr. Whitcomb disposed of his interest and in July, 1916, the following officers and directors were elected: Charles E. Hildreth, President; J. P. Holman, Leominster, Mass., Vice-President; E. T. Clary, Treasurer and Clerk. Directors, the above officers and F. A. Drury, F. C. Smith, Jr., F. G. Schofield, of Worcester, E. F. Pitman, of Boston, Mass. This company manufactures lathes and planers and employs about one hundred and fifty men in the machine shop and one hundred and fifty in the foundry, the former composed largely of Swedes, Irish and Americans and the latter of Finns, Poles and Lithuanians. In 1922, the company was merged into the Reed-Prentice Co. who continued to produce their metalworking machinery.
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