The Alberger Gas Engine Co., recently incorporated at Buffalo, N. Y., with a capital stock of $221,000. has acquired substantially all the stock of the Howard Iron Works of that city, and has also acquired the gas engine business which has heretofore been conducted by the A. H. Alberger Co. The Howard Iron Works is one of Buffalo's old and well known factory establishments and was established clear back in 1847, but since 1905 the concern has been controlled by the Otis Elevator Co. The Alberger Gas Engine Co., is practically a reorganization of the A. H. Alberger Co., who heretofore have had their engines manufactured by the Howard Iron Works. The new company will continue manufacturing gas engines in sizes from 15 to 500 horse power. The directors of the new company are: A. H. Alberger, Pres.. Edw. B. Holmes, V. P., Harvey L. Brown, Secy, and Treas.; Thos. Heath and J. H. McNulty. Wm. M. Andrews and Walter P. Cook of Buffalo, and J. F. Gowing of Chicago, are also interested.

      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.

Manufactured Gas Engines ca 1900-1911

Information Sources

• American Gasoline Engines Since 1872 by C. H. Wendel, Volume #1, 1983 page 19
• Gas Power, May 1911, pg 54
• National Cooper’s Journal Feb 1911 page 16
• The Complete Guide to Stationary Gas Engines by Mark Meincke, 1996 page 92