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NEW BICYCLE TRUST GIGANTIC AFFAIRNearly All Manufacturers Are in the Combine,A CAPITAL OF $80,000,000American Bicycle Company is the Name of New Concern and A. G. Spalding Will Probably be tiie' ’ ■» ■* - • '• • Presiding Officer.New York. June- 23.—The members of the newly formed American Bicycle company the so-called bicycle trust, capital ttO.OGO.OOO. held a meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria to arrange final details.A. G. S-pukllng. who Is one of the originators of the \ruat, and who will probably be the president of the company, acted as chairman. Mr. Spalding announced that the company had been formed on the linesoriginally decided* upon.This Is a list of the concerns which it was said will constitute the American Bicycle company:Bicycle manufacturers: Pope Manufacturing company. Hartford; Westerly Wheel Works and Gormully and Jeffries Manufacturing company. Chicago: H. A. I^oselr Co., Cleveland; A. O. Spalding Bros., New York; A. Featheretone Co.. and Monarch Cycle Manufacturing company, Chicago; Crawford Manufacturing company. Hagerstown, Mlt;1.; A. D. At el sd bach, Milwaukee; Indiana Bicycle company. Tn-dlanapolla; E. C. Stearns Co., and Barnes Cycle company. Syracuse. N. Y.; Eagle Bicycle Manufacturing company. Tonnington. Conn.; Blac k Manufacturing Co.. Erie, I*a.; Grand Rapids Cycle Manufacturing company. Grand Rapids; Acme Manufacturing company, Reading. Pa.; White Sewing Machine company, Cleveland; Ames Frost, Chicago; Viking Manufacturing company, Toledo; Shelby Cycle company, Shelby. O.: Fanning Cycle Manufacturing company. Chicago: Columbus Cycle company. Columbus, O.; Fay Manufacturing company. Elyria. O.; Geneva Cycle company. Geneva. (.),; Milwaukee Engineering company. Milwaukee; Colton Cycle company, Toledo and the new Buffalo Wheel company. Buffalo.Tbe manufacturers of materials are: American Saddle company, Cleveland: Hartford Rubber Works, Hartford; C. J. Smith Sons, Milwaukee; Indianapolis Oudn and Stamping company and Indiana Ruaber company, Indianapolis; Cleveland Machine Screw company, Cleveland; Indiana Novelty company. Plymouth, Ind., and the George L. Thompson company, Chicago.In all thlrty-slx separate concerns, operating forty-two plants, are involved, the American Saddle company having six plants. All the concerns named were represented at the meeting.MUST SPEAii SPANISH.hitePihidemthrehaaneyuielseat;cubetaAlbachcUupsoanthitoliilcriauca:buun1imtintolt;wlw IanMeKiJedeoleInInstinka1tabudeRece:hr*Lrcuofunbyla i M Tv pa TJmco in lt;ontaNipcIsw!
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The Birmingham Age Herald
Birmingham, Alabama, US
Sat, Jun 24, 1899
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