William S. Edwards, for more than a quarter of a century an employe of the Gorham Mfg. Co. as a silversmith, died last Tuesday at his home, 207 Pontiac Ave., following an illness of about five weeks. He was in his 83rd year. He was born in Scotland and came to this country when a young man. He is survived by his widow.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th September 1921
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In view of the emigration of silversmiths, chasers, and other artificers, from Sheffield to America, a letter in the 'Sheffield Independent' from a craftsman who has been working for some years across the Atlantic, possesses special interest. Although the American conditions of labour fall far short of the ideal, and in some respects compare unfavourably with those in Sheffield, the correspondent considers that on the whole they are much better.
The writer worked for Gorham's, of Providence, R. I., whom he describes as the largest silverware manufacturers in America. The hours of labor at this establishment would not, we fear, suit the ordinary Sheffield workman, accustomed as he is to work or play as he chooses and to spend a considerable part of the week fishing or watching games of cricket and football. At Gorham's the hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., an hour being allowed for dinner, but no time for breakfast or tea. Work ceases at 5 o'clock on Saturdays, and the men receive pay for the hour thus conceded by the employers. This fifty-nine hour week is observed by workmen, clerks, cashiers, and "bosses" alike, and any one of them who loses a "quarter" has an equivalent sum deducted from his wages. Every workman is expected to be ready to start work the moment the clock strikes the hour, and no conversation, newspaper reading, or smoking is permitted, but, the writer continues:—
"No one is subjected to that degrading custom which has been introduced at some places in Sheffield—namely, of locking out a workman who arrives a few minutes late, even if the lateness is due to the weather. Here he may go in or out any time he pleases."
On being engaged, the silversmith is employed as a bench hand at $15 (£3) a week In a few weeks, if his "boss" considers his work and conduct to be satisfactory, his wages are advanced to perhaps $18 (£3 12s.). and if he proves to be a superior workman, capable of undertaking prize presentation pieces, he can rely upon a further advance.
Wages are paid every Wednesday by the "boss" of the room. The mid-week pay day is preferred both by the men and their wives, as under this system of payment the latter are not compelled to do their shopping hurriedly on the crowded Saturday night.
At Gorham's there are no out-workers. All the work is done on the premises, from the melting of the scrap metals to the manufacture of the cases and cabinets. All the working hands are day men. Every workman has the chance of becoming the "boss" of his room, and thereby earning an additional $5 a week, and even more. The "boss" is, however, required to fill up his spare time by working like the rest, and any time he loses is deducted from his wages. The stamp-rooms are cheerful, and well lighted. There are well-arranged furnaces for annealing; the stamps are worked by steam, and possess various mechanical arrangements for easing the task of the operator. The floors and benches are kept clean by persons employed for the purpose, and the shops are provided with facilities for cooking or warming food and for washing.
Source: The Ironmonger - 4th May 1907
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The writer worked for Gorham's, of Providence, R. I., whom he describes as the largest silverware manufacturers in America. The hours of labor at this establishment would not, we fear, suit the ordinary Sheffield workman, accustomed as he is to work or play as he chooses and to spend a considerable part of the week fishing or watching games of cricket and football. At Gorham's the hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., an hour being allowed for dinner, but no time for breakfast or tea. Work ceases at 5 o'clock on Saturdays, and the men receive pay for the hour thus conceded by the employers. This fifty-nine hour week is observed by workmen, clerks, cashiers, and "bosses" alike, and any one of them who loses a "quarter" has an equivalent sum deducted from his wages. Every workman is expected to be ready to start work the moment the clock strikes the hour, and no conversation, newspaper reading, or smoking is permitted, but, the writer continues:—
"No one is subjected to that degrading custom which has been introduced at some places in Sheffield—namely, of locking out a workman who arrives a few minutes late, even if the lateness is due to the weather. Here he may go in or out any time he pleases."
On being engaged, the silversmith is employed as a bench hand at $15 (£3) a week In a few weeks, if his "boss" considers his work and conduct to be satisfactory, his wages are advanced to perhaps $18 (£3 12s.). and if he proves to be a superior workman, capable of undertaking prize presentation pieces, he can rely upon a further advance.
Wages are paid every Wednesday by the "boss" of the room. The mid-week pay day is preferred both by the men and their wives, as under this system of payment the latter are not compelled to do their shopping hurriedly on the crowded Saturday night.
At Gorham's there are no out-workers. All the work is done on the premises, from the melting of the scrap metals to the manufacture of the cases and cabinets. All the working hands are day men. Every workman has the chance of becoming the "boss" of his room, and thereby earning an additional $5 a week, and even more. The "boss" is, however, required to fill up his spare time by working like the rest, and any time he loses is deducted from his wages. The stamp-rooms are cheerful, and well lighted. There are well-arranged furnaces for annealing; the stamps are worked by steam, and possess various mechanical arrangements for easing the task of the operator. The floors and benches are kept clean by persons employed for the purpose, and the shops are provided with facilities for cooking or warming food and for washing.
Source: The Ironmonger - 4th May 1907
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The Gorham Mfg. Co. are suing in the City Court of New York to recover $468 from Geo. W. Pier. Of this amount $374 they claim is due for services rendered and $93 for goods sold. The defendant claims that the services spoken of were in connection with a collection of souvenir spoons which he left with the plaintiffs to be cleaned and restored to their original condition. Instead of doing this, he says, the Gorham Mfg. Co. silver plated the spoons, thereby spoiling their value. He claims that their action damaged him to the amount of $200. The defendant offered to permit judgment to be taken against him to the amount of $385. The action has been set down for trial on Nov. 18 in Part IV. of the City Court.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 16th November 1898
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 16th November 1898
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Arrangements are being made for the erection of a memorial tablet by St. Stephen's Episcopal church, in honor of Rev. Walter G. Webster, who was lost in the terrible La Bourgogne disaster. It is understood that the Gorham Mfg. Co. will shortly submit designs for the bronze work.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 23rd November 1898
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 23rd November 1898
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The Gorham Mfg. Company are now carrying an Easter line of leather goods which is both remarkable for the varieties of leather used and the beautiful finish for which they are famous. Their lizard skin pocketbooks, purses and chatelaine bags are just as popular as ever. They have just introduced a line of beaded work pocketbooks and opera bags which, owing to the variety of colors used and the beautiful figures worked out in the beads, is having a big Easter run. Rhinoceros skin, which has sprung into use lately, is by far the most beautiful leather in use. Its extreme durability and beautiful velvety surface is unrivaled by any other leather, but owing to its costliness it can only become popular among the very wealthy. I might add that the Gorham Company have a few pieces of that remarkably beautiful glaceware manufactured by Clement Mossier, Golfe Jeran. This ware is electroplated with silver and beautifully chased.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
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Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
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Edward Holbrook
Edward Holbrook was born in Bellingham. Massachusetts, June 7th, 1849; son of Eliab and Julia F. (Morse) Holbrook. He was educated in his native town, and at the age of seventeen started in the silverware and jewelry business. His first position was with the house of Bigelow Brothers & Kennard, the largest retail jewelers in Boston. Here he learned both the jewelry and silver trade, and, four years later, in 1870, he accepted a sales position with the Gorham Company. He entered upon his duties full heartedly and his inherent business and executive ability soon lifted him out of his position of salesman and made him a great factor in the development of the business.
He traveled for his employers for a few years, becoming personally acquainted with the leading firms in the jewelry and silver trade throughout the country. It is said that he obtained his first great advantage as a result of able salesmanship in selling the silverware for the old Palace Hotel in San Francisco when the original hotel first opened. It was considered a great event in those days of the silverware business. His business associates of later years do not hesitate to say that, had it not been for him, the Gorham Company would not have advanced to its present position of prominence in the silver manufacturing trade. Later he succeeded Caleb Cushing Adams as the manager of the New York branch of the concern; in 1888 he was elected treasurer, and in 1894 succeeded William H. Crins as president of the corporation, retaining that office until his death. His only other predecessor in this office was John Gorham.
As the business of the Gorham Manufacturing Company grew, the capital was increased from time to time, and Mr. Holbrook later organized the Silversmiths Company, which bought out, one by one, many of the leading concerns of the country, including the Whiting Manufacturing Company, the William B. Durgin Company, Goodnow & Jenks, the William B. Kerr Company, the Mauser Manufacturing Company, and others, Mr. Holbrook remaining throughout the dominating influence in all this work. This organization has resulted in stabilizing the silverware manufacturing business all over the country.
Mr. Holbrook's interest along the artistic side of the work of the Gorham Manufacturing Company was so great that, in 1905, the members of the designing department presented him a most beautifully illuminated set of resolutions in honor of his devotion to the silversmiths' art in general, his lifelong appreciation and love for the beautiful in silverware, and the encouragement they had received at his hands. The Gorham Manufacturing Company's building in Fifth Avenue, New York, is really a monument to Edward Holbrook. His genius determined the site and selected the architect, and he was interested and very active all through the building of the establishment, and practically directed every detail of the construction.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company was always a prominent representative at the World's Fairs. During Mr. Holbrook's administration these exhibits have been enlarged and intensified, so that they easily have been the most elaborate and beautiful in the silversmiths department. The Gorham Manufacturing Company exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 for the first time, receiving a gold medal and other awards.
In 1889 exhibited in Paris; in 1893 at Chicago; Paris, in 1900, and at various other expositions, notably Buffalo, Charleston, St. Louis, Alaska-Yukon, and the Panama Pacific.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company won the Grand Prize at the Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. At the Paris Exposition in 1900, the French Government bestowed upon Mr. Holbrook the decoration of the Legion of Honor in token of his distinguished services to the cause of Art.
At the outbreak of the World War Mr. Holbrook's sympathies were with the Allies, and under his leadership and direction the Gorham Manufacturing Company became interested in war work in 1915, starting with a small contract for the Government of Servia, and following this by building a plant for the manufacture of brass cases for the French 75 MM. gun. This plant was developed to manufacture, in addition, Russian and Swiss cases. When America entered the war the facilities of this plant were turned over to the United States Government to manufacture the 3-inch Navy Landing gun case, the 3-inch Army Field gun case, and upon the adoption by the United States Army of the 75 MM. gun the plant was pushed to the limits of production for the French 75 MM. cases. In addition, under the impetus of the United States entering the war, Mr. Holbrook directed the purchase of another plant in Providence for the manufacture of the 4-inch 50 calibre Navy gun case and the Stokes 3-inch French mortar bombs. Moreover, property was acquired in East Providence, R. I., for the manufacture and loading of hand grenades, loading of the Stokes bombs, and a large part of the silver plant was turned into the manufacture of munitions of war. The patriotic spirit of Mr. Holbrook inspired him to take active participation in these extensive preparations, and the additional duties and responsibilities connected therewith were in a large measure responsible for his death.
Mr. Holbrook was the first and only president of the Silversmiths Company, and was a director of all its subsidiaries. He was a director of the American Brass Company, the Hanover National Bank, of New York, the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Spaulding & Company, of Chicago; president and director of the Maiden Lane Realty Company; director of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, the General Fire Extinguisher Company, the Beau-Site Company and the Bowman Hotel Corporation of New York. He was also a trustee of the Garfield Safe Deposit Company. He was a member of the Union and Union League Clubs of New York, the Hope Club, of Providence; the New England Society of New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He married, February 18th, 1874, Frances, daughter of John J. and Mary A. Swift, of Boston, and had two children: John Swift Holbrook, a skilled landscape architect, and now president of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and Madame Guillaume de Balincourt, of Paris, France.
Mr. Holbrook died May 19th, 1919. His was a life of lofty aspiration and noble purpose, full of well directed energy and splendid achievement. He was a man of large vision, which took in great plans, and there was nothing too vast for him to grasp and undertake to perform. His commanding presence and intellectual grasp of details necessary for the promotion of great business enterprises gained the attention and won the esteem of men of prominence and influence everywhere.
He had the happy faculty of making friends among men of all classes wherever he went. His ready comradeship made him popular with those in his employ. He was generous, liberal minded, and his sympathetic heart found interest in every movement for the good of humanity. The call of the public and charitable enterprises never found him lacking in response. He was dignified, without suggestion of pride or ostentation; his many sterling qualities of mind and heart will ever remain an abiding inspiration.
Source: The Historical Register - Edwin C. Hill - 1920
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Edward Holbrook was born in Bellingham. Massachusetts, June 7th, 1849; son of Eliab and Julia F. (Morse) Holbrook. He was educated in his native town, and at the age of seventeen started in the silverware and jewelry business. His first position was with the house of Bigelow Brothers & Kennard, the largest retail jewelers in Boston. Here he learned both the jewelry and silver trade, and, four years later, in 1870, he accepted a sales position with the Gorham Company. He entered upon his duties full heartedly and his inherent business and executive ability soon lifted him out of his position of salesman and made him a great factor in the development of the business.
He traveled for his employers for a few years, becoming personally acquainted with the leading firms in the jewelry and silver trade throughout the country. It is said that he obtained his first great advantage as a result of able salesmanship in selling the silverware for the old Palace Hotel in San Francisco when the original hotel first opened. It was considered a great event in those days of the silverware business. His business associates of later years do not hesitate to say that, had it not been for him, the Gorham Company would not have advanced to its present position of prominence in the silver manufacturing trade. Later he succeeded Caleb Cushing Adams as the manager of the New York branch of the concern; in 1888 he was elected treasurer, and in 1894 succeeded William H. Crins as president of the corporation, retaining that office until his death. His only other predecessor in this office was John Gorham.
As the business of the Gorham Manufacturing Company grew, the capital was increased from time to time, and Mr. Holbrook later organized the Silversmiths Company, which bought out, one by one, many of the leading concerns of the country, including the Whiting Manufacturing Company, the William B. Durgin Company, Goodnow & Jenks, the William B. Kerr Company, the Mauser Manufacturing Company, and others, Mr. Holbrook remaining throughout the dominating influence in all this work. This organization has resulted in stabilizing the silverware manufacturing business all over the country.
Mr. Holbrook's interest along the artistic side of the work of the Gorham Manufacturing Company was so great that, in 1905, the members of the designing department presented him a most beautifully illuminated set of resolutions in honor of his devotion to the silversmiths' art in general, his lifelong appreciation and love for the beautiful in silverware, and the encouragement they had received at his hands. The Gorham Manufacturing Company's building in Fifth Avenue, New York, is really a monument to Edward Holbrook. His genius determined the site and selected the architect, and he was interested and very active all through the building of the establishment, and practically directed every detail of the construction.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company was always a prominent representative at the World's Fairs. During Mr. Holbrook's administration these exhibits have been enlarged and intensified, so that they easily have been the most elaborate and beautiful in the silversmiths department. The Gorham Manufacturing Company exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 for the first time, receiving a gold medal and other awards.
In 1889 exhibited in Paris; in 1893 at Chicago; Paris, in 1900, and at various other expositions, notably Buffalo, Charleston, St. Louis, Alaska-Yukon, and the Panama Pacific.
The Gorham Manufacturing Company won the Grand Prize at the Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. At the Paris Exposition in 1900, the French Government bestowed upon Mr. Holbrook the decoration of the Legion of Honor in token of his distinguished services to the cause of Art.
At the outbreak of the World War Mr. Holbrook's sympathies were with the Allies, and under his leadership and direction the Gorham Manufacturing Company became interested in war work in 1915, starting with a small contract for the Government of Servia, and following this by building a plant for the manufacture of brass cases for the French 75 MM. gun. This plant was developed to manufacture, in addition, Russian and Swiss cases. When America entered the war the facilities of this plant were turned over to the United States Government to manufacture the 3-inch Navy Landing gun case, the 3-inch Army Field gun case, and upon the adoption by the United States Army of the 75 MM. gun the plant was pushed to the limits of production for the French 75 MM. cases. In addition, under the impetus of the United States entering the war, Mr. Holbrook directed the purchase of another plant in Providence for the manufacture of the 4-inch 50 calibre Navy gun case and the Stokes 3-inch French mortar bombs. Moreover, property was acquired in East Providence, R. I., for the manufacture and loading of hand grenades, loading of the Stokes bombs, and a large part of the silver plant was turned into the manufacture of munitions of war. The patriotic spirit of Mr. Holbrook inspired him to take active participation in these extensive preparations, and the additional duties and responsibilities connected therewith were in a large measure responsible for his death.
Mr. Holbrook was the first and only president of the Silversmiths Company, and was a director of all its subsidiaries. He was a director of the American Brass Company, the Hanover National Bank, of New York, the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Spaulding & Company, of Chicago; president and director of the Maiden Lane Realty Company; director of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, the General Fire Extinguisher Company, the Beau-Site Company and the Bowman Hotel Corporation of New York. He was also a trustee of the Garfield Safe Deposit Company. He was a member of the Union and Union League Clubs of New York, the Hope Club, of Providence; the New England Society of New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He married, February 18th, 1874, Frances, daughter of John J. and Mary A. Swift, of Boston, and had two children: John Swift Holbrook, a skilled landscape architect, and now president of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and Madame Guillaume de Balincourt, of Paris, France.
Mr. Holbrook died May 19th, 1919. His was a life of lofty aspiration and noble purpose, full of well directed energy and splendid achievement. He was a man of large vision, which took in great plans, and there was nothing too vast for him to grasp and undertake to perform. His commanding presence and intellectual grasp of details necessary for the promotion of great business enterprises gained the attention and won the esteem of men of prominence and influence everywhere.
He had the happy faculty of making friends among men of all classes wherever he went. His ready comradeship made him popular with those in his employ. He was generous, liberal minded, and his sympathetic heart found interest in every movement for the good of humanity. The call of the public and charitable enterprises never found him lacking in response. He was dignified, without suggestion of pride or ostentation; his many sterling qualities of mind and heart will ever remain an abiding inspiration.
Source: The Historical Register - Edwin C. Hill - 1920
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Medals For The Rhode Island Volunteers.—During the past week the State commenced the distribution of the medals voted to the volunteers who enlisted for the Spanish war. The medals represent the best workmanship of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, being of bronze, handsomely embossed with the state arms on one side and having on the reverse the inscription, "The State of Rhode Island to her sons who on land and sea defended the nation's honor in the war with Spain, 1899"
Source: The Jewelers Review - 28th June 1899
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Source: The Jewelers Review - 28th June 1899
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Gorham & Company - Providence, R.I. - 1856
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The Gorham Galleries - New York - 1918
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The Rhode Island Legislature has granted the Gorham Manufacturing Company permission to issue 40,000 shares of capital stock at a par value of $100 each. This will increase the capital stock from $5,000,000 to $9,000,000. The increase is to be used in the retiring of certain obligations and for expansion of the business and plant. At a meeting of the directors on February 20, William A. Viall, secretary of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, was elected a director.
Source: The Metal Industry - March 1920
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Source: The Metal Industry - March 1920
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A smooth-tongued young Englishman was arrested by the New York police recently for swindling a number of the wholesale dry goods houses of this city. He described himself as Frederick King, 24 years old, a salesman of 248 West Sixty-fourth street. When taken before Magistrate Kudlich, he was remanded to Police Headquarters for further investigation, with the result that he has been identified by Detective Larkins, of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, as Frank Willis, alias F. W. Eastman, whom the detective arrested in 1892 for obtaining a bill of goods from the Gorham Company, paying for same with a draft that proved to be worthless. Further investigation brought to light the fact that he had a short while ago secured a diamond ring worth $300 from Thomas Kirkpatrick, a Fifth avenue jeweler, and the police believe that others will yet be heard from.
His plan of work was to visit the various business houses and, introducing himself as a member of some well known firm, place a large order. He would soon return, saying that he desired to make some change in the order given, and then request the concern to cash a worthless check.
When arrested by Detective Mahony he was endeavoring to get a check for $50 cashed.
King or Eastman, or whatever his name is, was sentenced to ten years in States Prison by Judge Cowing, in Part 1 of the Court of General Sessions. Tuesday morning.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 26th April 1899
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His plan of work was to visit the various business houses and, introducing himself as a member of some well known firm, place a large order. He would soon return, saying that he desired to make some change in the order given, and then request the concern to cash a worthless check.
When arrested by Detective Mahony he was endeavoring to get a check for $50 cashed.
King or Eastman, or whatever his name is, was sentenced to ten years in States Prison by Judge Cowing, in Part 1 of the Court of General Sessions. Tuesday morning.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 26th April 1899
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Gorham Mfg. Co. - New York - 1891
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Chicago
H. P. Stevenson, Ross Atwood and Walter Peters, of the Gorham Mfg. Co.'s salesrooms, are enjoying their annual rest.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 21st June 1899
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H. P. Stevenson, Ross Atwood and Walter Peters, of the Gorham Mfg. Co.'s salesrooms, are enjoying their annual rest.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 21st June 1899
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RHODE ISLAND INVESTMENTS
Gorham Manufacturing Co. Not Going into a Silver Manufacturing Trust Just Yet—Vice-President Robinson Turned Down
The contest for control of the Gorham Manufacturing Co., of Providence, one of the largest and strongest silver manufacturing establishments in the United States, has been settled, for the present at least, by the complete elimination of the interests who have been attempting to depose the Holbrook crowd. At the annual meeting of the company, last week, Vice-President Robinson was badly defeated for re-election as a director, receiving but 5,100 votes out of 35,000 shares represented at the meeting.
I am credibly informed that Mr. Robinson had plans well arranged nearly a year ago for the formation of a consolidation of several large silver manufacturing corporations, and as a preliminary step toward the consummation of this scheme he claimed to have secured an option on 15,500 shares of stock of the Gorham Company, owned by President Holbrook. When the time for exchange arrived, Mr. Holbrook refused to transfer his shares, and a lawsuit followed, but was later withdrawn, presumably because it was found that some misrepresentation of facts would be likely to result in failure for Mr. Robinson. 'Evidently the shareholders have perfect confidence in President Holbrook, as he was re-elected president of the company at the annual meeting and a board of directors was elected favorable to him, while Mr. Robinson failed to secure votes enough for re-election to the board. This ends another proposed silver manufacturing trust, as far as the Gorham Company will be a part of it, for the present at least. Gorham stock was very active in Providence last week, the preferred selling at 130. Valuable rights are expected to accrue to holders of both common and preferred shares in the near future, and the common stock is so closely held that offers of $200 a share failed to bring out any. The preferred sold as high as 132¾, but closed at 130, with sales to outside interests in several instances.
Source: United States Investor - 24th March 1906
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Gorham Manufacturing Co. Not Going into a Silver Manufacturing Trust Just Yet—Vice-President Robinson Turned Down
The contest for control of the Gorham Manufacturing Co., of Providence, one of the largest and strongest silver manufacturing establishments in the United States, has been settled, for the present at least, by the complete elimination of the interests who have been attempting to depose the Holbrook crowd. At the annual meeting of the company, last week, Vice-President Robinson was badly defeated for re-election as a director, receiving but 5,100 votes out of 35,000 shares represented at the meeting.
I am credibly informed that Mr. Robinson had plans well arranged nearly a year ago for the formation of a consolidation of several large silver manufacturing corporations, and as a preliminary step toward the consummation of this scheme he claimed to have secured an option on 15,500 shares of stock of the Gorham Company, owned by President Holbrook. When the time for exchange arrived, Mr. Holbrook refused to transfer his shares, and a lawsuit followed, but was later withdrawn, presumably because it was found that some misrepresentation of facts would be likely to result in failure for Mr. Robinson. 'Evidently the shareholders have perfect confidence in President Holbrook, as he was re-elected president of the company at the annual meeting and a board of directors was elected favorable to him, while Mr. Robinson failed to secure votes enough for re-election to the board. This ends another proposed silver manufacturing trust, as far as the Gorham Company will be a part of it, for the present at least. Gorham stock was very active in Providence last week, the preferred selling at 130. Valuable rights are expected to accrue to holders of both common and preferred shares in the near future, and the common stock is so closely held that offers of $200 a share failed to bring out any. The preferred sold as high as 132¾, but closed at 130, with sales to outside interests in several instances.
Source: United States Investor - 24th March 1906
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NEW YORK
Charles Siegman, Jr., assistant manager of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, is on a visit to the company's plant at Providence this week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 21st June 1899
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Charles Siegman, Jr., assistant manager of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, is on a visit to the company's plant at Providence this week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 21st June 1899
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Mr. and Mrs. John S. Holbrook are at Watch Hill for an extended stay.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1922
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Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1922
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According to announcements recently made the Gorham Manufacturing Company’s sales during the fiscal year ending February 1, 1911, amounted to $6,311,983, an increase of $311,616 over the record for the preceding year. The net earnings were in excess of $700,000 and out of this amount were paid $420,000 in dividends—10 per cent. on the common stock and 6 per cent. on the preferred stock. The sum remaining, available for addition to the surplus, was apparently nearly $300,000, so that the company earned about 20 per cent. on its common stock last year. The sales of the company's English branch showed an increase over those in the preceding year. Not every investor is aware of an English branch, but it should be remembered that the Gorham is the largest and best-known silver manufacturing concern in the world. The present surplus of the corporation is said to be in the neighborhood of $3,000,000.
Fully 90 per cent. of the common stock of the Gorham Manufacturing Company is owned by The Silversmiths' Company, and the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Rhode Island owns all the stock of the Gorham Company of New York. Stock of the Silversmiths’ Company is not very active in this market, but the outlook for it is excellent.
Among the recent work finished at the bronze factory of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, in this city, was a memorial tablet to the sailors for Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Md., weighing 1,500 pounds; an eight-foot statue of Admiral Foote; a statue of Augustus Belmont for the New York Public Library, and one of Abraham Lincoln, weighing more than 3,500 pounds, for Newark, N. J.
Source: The Metal Industry - April 1911
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Fully 90 per cent. of the common stock of the Gorham Manufacturing Company is owned by The Silversmiths' Company, and the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Rhode Island owns all the stock of the Gorham Company of New York. Stock of the Silversmiths’ Company is not very active in this market, but the outlook for it is excellent.
Among the recent work finished at the bronze factory of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, in this city, was a memorial tablet to the sailors for Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Md., weighing 1,500 pounds; an eight-foot statue of Admiral Foote; a statue of Augustus Belmont for the New York Public Library, and one of Abraham Lincoln, weighing more than 3,500 pounds, for Newark, N. J.
Source: The Metal Industry - April 1911
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CHICAGO
T. Y. Midlen, of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, was in town for a few days the early part of last week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
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T. Y. Midlen, of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, was in town for a few days the early part of last week.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 5th April 1899
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NEW YORK
The Gorham Mfg. Co. has entered a judgment for $135 against Martin Schwab.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 12th August 1891
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The Gorham Mfg. Co. has entered a judgment for $135 against Martin Schwab.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 12th August 1891
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Gorham Mfg. Co. - New York - 1894
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