The Howard Iron Works, which was established in 1847 in Buffalo, N. Y., and which is considered one of Buffalo’s oldest and well known manufacturing establishments, has been reorganized. Since 1905, the concern has been controlled by the Otis Elevator Co. under the able and successful management of R. W. Gardner, but him having been elected vice-president of the Otis company last fall and having moved his residence from Buffalo to Chicago, it resulted in some well known business and professional men of Buffalo taking over the works. The directors of the Howard Iron Works, elected January 24th, are: Alvan H. Alberger, president; Edward B. Holmes, of the E. & B. Holmes Machinery Co., cooperage machinery manufacturers, vice-president; George H. Gardner, secretary and treasurer; J. H. McNulty and Harvey L. Brown. The new management intends to continue the business of the Howard Iron Works as founders and machinists, manufacturers of transmission machinery. Burdict nut and bolt machines and general machinery repairs, as heretofore, but with increased facilities. The Alberger Gas Engine Co., recently incorporated with a capital stock of $221,000, has acquired substantially all the capital stock of the Howard Iron Works and has also acquired the gas engine business, which has been successfully conducted in Buffalo by the A. H. Alberger Co. The Alberger gas engines are manufactured in sizes from 15 to 500 horsepower and are well known throughout the country and abroad. They will, as heretofore, be manufactured at the plant of the Howard Iron Works, and it is planned by the new corporation to increase largely the manufacture and sale of the engines. The directors of the Alberger Gas Engine Co. are Alvan A. Alberger, president; Edward B. Holmes, vice-president; Harvey L. Brown, secretary and treasurer; Thomas Heath and J. H. McNulty. Besides these officers, the following men are interested: William II. Andrews, Walter P. Cooke, Buffalo, N. Y., and J. P. Gowing. Chicago, Ill.

Information Sources

• National Cooper’s Journal Feb 1911 page 16