This company exclusively made drill presses, with a 1907 exception for the Currier reaming machine. The business was established in 1883 as Currier & Snyder. Currier retired in 1888 and Snyder took sole charge of the business, which operated as J. E. Snyder. As of 1891 the company had a 4000 square foot shop, and employed 15 to 20 men. By 1907 the business had become J. E. Snyder & Son, still making drill presses and was in the process of building a new 15,000 square foot factory and doubling their employment from 40 hands. The company survived into the 1920s.

Information Sources

• Brian Stout provided us with an 1887 data point.
• The 1891 book, Inland Massachusetts Illustrated, lists J. E. Snyder. It gives the address as 17 Hermon Street, gives the early history, the size of the shop, and the number of employees. It also states that they exclusively made drill presses.
• American Machinist, Vol. 30, No. 52, Dec. 26, 1907, Pg. 994.
• 1907-01-25 Hardware

  J. E. Snyder & Son, builders of upright drills, 100 Hermon Street, are to build a new shop at Parker and Dewey Streets. The new building will be 90 x 170 feet, inside dimensions, and one story, affording practically 17,000 square feet of floor space, as compared to the 7,000 square feet now occupied by the business. Orders have been placed for a 50-horsepower engine and a boiler. A traveling crane will be put in, and all tools and machinery which will be needed to give the required capacity have been purchased. The building will be of concrete throughout, with stone foundation, and will be the first manufacturing building of this material in Worcester. The firm now employs about forty hands. When the new shop is complete the number will be doubled.

• Andy Fitzgibbon reported a 1921 catalog from J. E. Snyder & Son. The catalog suggests that their product line consisted solely of drills.
• The Massachusetts corporate registry database lists J. E. Snyder & Son Co.'s first registration as 1923-10-31.