In 1873 Kritch & Crane Manufacturing Co. was making a hub boring machine. An 1878 hub-boring-machine patent was granted to Jacob Kritch and assigned to the Cleveland Axle Manufacturing Co. We do not know if that firm manufactured the machine or just made some for their own use.
Information Sources
- Carriage and Wagon Makers Machinery and Tools by Kenneth L. Cope, 2004 page 127
- From the 1873-05-01 issue of The Hub:
HUB-BORING MACHINE. — We have taken some pains to examine the Hub~boring Machine, manufactured by the Kritch & Crane Manufacturing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, and to find the opinion of carriage builders using it. With scarcely an exception, we find that the machine is liked very much and gives very general satisfaction, A number of our largest manufacturers in the city are using this machine, and recommend it, We hereby return thanks to the company for the cordial manner in which they received us in Cleveland and at their manufactory, and will be pleased to welcome any of the firm to our city.