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Rockefeller Motor Company gains charter and plans auto engine
New York reports the Rockefeller Motor Company granted incorporation with Cleveland as main base to build automobile motors. Founders include Sterling Newell and others tied to Standard Oil. The firm may absorb Goby Engine Co and expand to produce high efficiency engines using kerosene or gasoline, with plans for scale and multiple car factories.
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New York
Rockefeller Motor Company
Cleveland
Messers
Sterling Newell
F. S. Whitcomb
R. F. Denison
Thomas J. Fay
Ellis R. Diehm
Goby Engine Company
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Capital
Goby Company
Society of Automobile Engineers
Standard Oil Company