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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Financial and manufacturing. (search)
eral law of the State as the Cambridgeport Diary Company, other diary publishing houses being combined with the original and successful establishment. The officers of the new corporation were: Edwin Dresser, president and general manager; George W. Parker, treasurer; J. Augustine Wade, superintendent; and under these officers—except that in 1877 Albert S. Parsons succeeded Mr. Parker as treasurer — the business has been run from that date to the present time, proving one of the most stable anMr. Parker as treasurer — the business has been run from that date to the present time, proving one of the most stable and reliable industries in the city. The company employs a large force of skilled printers, bookbinders, and pocket-book makers of both sexes, most of whom have been brought up in the business from childhood, many having been with the founder of the industry, Edwin Dresser, from the start in 1850. Especial care has always been paid to the character of the employees, and the result is a body of self-respecting and permanent citizens, a credit to the company and to their city. J. A. Wade, the<