Information Regarding the Whiting Mfg. Co.

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Death of Frederick S. Salisbury

Frederick S. Salisbury, for a number of years treasurer of the Whiting Mfg. Co., silversmiths, died suddenly on Sunday on his yacht, The Goblin, while cruising about two miles from the Larchmont Yacht Club. Mr. Salisbury had been living at his Summer home in Larchmont, and with him on the yacht was his nephew, Grosvenor Parker.

Mr. Salisbury was to all appearances in his usual health and was sitting on the edge of the cockpit when he suddenly toppled over. A hasty examination showed that he was dead. Death was caused by heart disease.

The deceased, who was 57 years old, was a son of the late Henry Salisbury, who was a retail jeweler and spectacle maker in New York City in the early 50’s. He was a graduate of Yale University in the class of 1866 and married Miss L. Aletta Wright, of Poughkeepsie, who, with two daughters. Miss Adeline Salisbury and Mrs, Harry T. Shriver, survive him.

Mr. Salisbury was a prominent member of a number of yacht clubs and of the University and Yale clubs.

The funeral will be held to-day (Wednesday) at Larchmont at 11 a.m.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 17th June 1908

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A teaspoon by the Whiting Mfg. Co.:










This spoon is also struck with the retailer mark of Wm. Kendrick's Sons of Louisville, Kentucky:



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J. de W. Windsor, formerly with the Whiting Manufacturing Company, has returned to New York much improved in health after a long recuperating rest in the northern part of the state.

Source: The Jewelers' Weekly - 20th March 1895

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The Connecticut edition of the New York Sunday Herald Aug 20 published a half-tone portrait of H. H. Hamilton, president of the Whiting Mfg. Co., Bridgeport. Conn., and 15 Maiden Lane, this city. With the portrait appeared a laudatory note about the plant of the Whiting Mfg. Co., of Bridgeport, and the conveniences it has installed for its operators. Mr. Hamilton's humane and altruistic work in this and other lines was highly praised.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th August 1911

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The stockholders of the Whiting Manufacturing Company will hold their annual meeting April 3, at the office of the company, Broadway and Eighteenth street.

Source: The Jewelers' Weekly - 27th March 1895

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The Whiting Manufacturing Co. - New York - 1911

'WEDGWOOD'

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The Whiting Mfg. Co. - New York - 1906

'ADAM'

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Harry Osborne, formerly with the Whiting Mfg. Co., New York, and recently with the Howard Sterling Co., Providence, R. I., has accepted a position with the R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co., Wallingford, Conn., as western salesman. Mr. Osborne is one of the best known salesmen in the sterling silver trade, having had 24 years’ experience in this line of goods.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th January 1897

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Whiting M'f'g. Co. - New York - 1879

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Plans for the $70,000 plant of the Whiting Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, were approved by the building commissioners at their meeting one night last week. The plans call for two brick buildings, each two stories high, and a brick power plant.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 4th August 1909

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Whiting Mfg. Co. - New York - 1906

'ST. GERMAIN'

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Detectives on Saturday evening arrested a number of men in front of the store of the Whiting Mfg. Co., at 18th St. and Broadway. They were William Walsh, Joseph Rogers, Henry Brooks and Thomas Cummings. They were charged with systematically stealing silverware from the store of the Whiting Mfg. Co., for several weeks back. In the Jefferson Market Police Court Monday they were remanded for examination.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 16th May 1894

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Whiting Mfg. Co. Protect Their Name from Wrongful Use

The Whiting Mfg. Co., silversmiths, 18th St. and Broadway, New York, commenced an action last week to protect the name “Whiting” from indiscriminate and improper use by department stores and others. Two years ago the Whiting Mfg. Co. commenced action in the New York Supreme Court against the then F. M. Whiting Co., North Attleboro, to restrain them from using their corporate name, and this action, which was tried in December, 1896, was finally settled in the next year by the defendants agreeing to an injunction restraining them from using the word “Whiting” in any way except as Frank M. Whiting & Co. This decision, the Whiting Mfg. Co. have claimed, confirm their title and right to the exclusive use of the name “Whiting” in the silversmiths’ trade.

A few weeks ago the Joseph H. Bauland Co., who carry on a department store in Brooklyn, advertised extensively the sale of stock purchased from Frederick Loeser Co., and prominent in the center of the "ad.” they advertised sterling silver made by the firm known now as Frank M. Whiting & Co. In an eulogy on these goods they spoke of the name “Whiting,” the reputation of the name for 50 years, etc., in a way that the Whiting Mfg. Co. claim would induce purchasers to believe that the goods advertised were made by their concern. They, therefore, last week commenced an action to restrain the Bauland Co. from continuing such advertisements, and obtained a temporary injunction with a service of summons. A motion to have this injunction continued pending the trial of the suit was argued before Judge Pryor, of the New York Supreme Court, on Thursday last, and briefs on the motion were submitted Monday.

The injunction prayed for in the suit and pending the trial of the action is to restrain the department store from using either the words "Whiting” or “Whiting’s,” or the firm names Whiting Mfg. Co. or F. M. Whiting & Co., or, in fact, from referring to the goods as being made by anybody except Frank M. Whiting & Co. or that firm’s predecessors without mentioning the name of the said predecessors. The decision on the preliminary injunction is expected within a short time.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd November 1898

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Edward Addison Bulkley, formerly connected with the Whiting Mfg. Co., silversmiths, and son of the late Charles E. Bulkley, former president of the same concern, died at Albuquerque, N. Mex., on March 3. Interment was made at Santa Barbara, Cal. Mr. Bulkley was also a nephew of the late Fred S. Salisbury, also at one time treasurer of the Whiting Mfg. Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th March 1916

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George F. Wells, formerly of the Whiting Mfg. Co., and later of the Kerr division, has been appointed merchandise manager of the Gorham Mfg. Co.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th April 1925

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Whiting Mfg. Co. - New York - 1904

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The Whiting Mfg. Company. - Bridgeport, Conn. - 1912

'STRATFORD'

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The greatest industrial event for Bridgeport, in some time, was the closing of negotiations between the local Board of Trade and the Whiting Manufacturing Company, by which this well-known firm of silversmiths will leave their factory on Fourth street, New York City, and move to Bridgeport. The contracts have already been awarded for the buildings. The change in location was brought about in this way: The company’s lease being about to run out, one of the firm suggested Bridgeport. At once a letter was sent to the local Board of Trade who made the company several offers. The final offer, which clinched the deal, was that of giving the Whiting Manufacturing Company land free for the factory if they would settle here. The members of the Board of Trade presented this land out of $10,000 subscribed from their own bank accounts. The Whiting Manufacturing Company plan to erect a building which will cover nearly an acre and one-half. Foundries, freight yards and coal-sheds will cover the rest of the land, which totals to over five acres. Work has been started on foundations of the building. The company itself is one of the best and most stable of the kind in the country. It will employ over 600 hands, and with the enlargement of the plant, after becoming settled in Bridgeport the number will be materially increased. The capitalization of the company is $1,200,000.

Following the announcement of the coming of the Whiting Manufacturing Company, the local newspaper said that the Board of Trade had three more concerns which they expected to bring to Bridgeport, one of them being a copper wire concern. They refused to make public the name of the concern but said it was to come from one of the cities in New York State.

Source: The Metal Industry - June 1909

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The Gorham Interests - New York - 1921

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BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

The Whiting Manufacturing Company, silver manufacturers, with a plant on Bishop avenue, will be moved from this city to Providence, May 1, according to information from Rhode Island, following a meeting of the directors of the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Edmund C. Mayo, new head of the Gorham company and formerly president of the American Tube and Stamping Company, here, recommended that this change be made. Products of the local firm will continue to be made in Providence under the Whiting name. Surplus floor space of the Gorham company, of which Whiting is a subsidiary, will be utilized for the change.

Determined opposition to removing the plant which came here 15 years ago through inducements offered by the old Board of Trade, is expected to develop in local circles. The firm employs about 160 workers. It is said to be the best lighted plant in the city with a total floor space of 60,000 square feet.

Reorganization involves merger not only with the Gorham company but with the William B. Kerr Company, William B. Durgin Company and the Silversmiths Company of New York. The latter is said to own 99 per cent of the stock of the Gorham company. This merger has been approved by a committee of stockholders. The name of the new company will be the Gorham Manufacturing Company

Source: The Metal Industry - April 1924

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