Incorporated in June, 1891, in New Jersey , successor to business of Fairbanks & Co. in New York and other cities. Company has the exclusive sale of the products of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., the scale manufacturers of St. Johnsbury, Vt, for the Eastern, Middle, Southern Atlantic and Gulf States and for Europe. Company also does a general supply business, selling largely for export, and has branches throughout the principal cities of the United States, London, Eng; Paris, France; Havana, Cuba; Glasgow, Scotland; Birmingham, Eng.; Hamburg, Germany, and Kingston, Jamaica. Factories in Rome, Ga., and Binghamton, N. Y. Also manufactures valves, trucks and wheelbarrows an sells an extensive line of hardware supplies, both domestic and foreign.

Management: OFFICERS: W. S. Wells, Chairman; H. T. Peters, Pres.; R. E. Post, 1st Vice-Pres. and Sec.; H. E. Miller, P. H. Troth, J. R. Peters, A. E. Clarson, G. M. Naylor, Vice-Pres.; Joseph A. Wells, Treas.; F. A. Seller, Compt.

DIRECTORS: W. S. Wells, Chairman H. T. Peters, Charles Connor, J. A. Wells, D. W. Gurnett, E. V. R. Thayer, E. R. Tinker, R. E. Post, W. S. Wells, P. H. Troth. ANNUAL MEETING: Second Thursday in June. GENERAL OFFICE: 416 Broome St., New York.

      This firm was a dealer that sold Gas Engines ca 1890-1907 and metalworking drill presses.

Information Sources

• American Gasoline Engines Since 1872 by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 156
• The Complete Guide to Stationary Gas Engines by Mark Meincke, 1996 page 116
• Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign, 1922, page 1533