Postby dognose » Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:50 am
The business of the M. S. Benedict Mfg. Co., manufacturers of silver-plated ware, East Syracuse, N. Y., was recently reorganized and incorporated at Albany, under the title, the Benedict Mfg. Co. The business was originally established in 1833 by the late M. S. Benedict, and incorporated in 1902, including the M. S. Benedict Mfg. Co., Hamilton Mfg. Co., Benedict-Clark Silver Co., and Benedict- Dunn Co. From a small concern it grew to such an extent that during the year 1904 its gross sales amounted to a very large amount. To accomplish this result it was necessary to increase its facilities from year to year, until at the present time the factory is a capacious, well-equipped one employing about five hundred hands. The main office and show-rooms are located at East Syracuse ; but for the benefit of export trade a lease has just been signed for an office and display room to be located at 409 Broadway, New York, also for the benefit of the Western trade, a Chicago office has been opened, located in the Silversmiths’ Building, on Wabash Avenue. At a recent meeting of the directors, the following officers were elected to act during the coming year: President, H. L. Benedict; first vice-president, George N. Crouse; second vice-president, E. H Banker; secretary, Elbert B. Van Wagner ; assistant secretary, John Bailey ; treasurer, R. B. Roantree ; assistant treasurer, C. C. Graham. The directors elected were George N. Crouse, Elbert B. Van Wagner, and H. L. Benedict.
Source: The Keystone - May 1906
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