![]() Success is such a handy word, and is so often used, that it hardly expresses the situation in this case. With the excellent facilities at their disposal, assisted by a generous commercial enterprise and a solid backing of sound practical knowledge of all the requirements necessary to produce the finest grade of plates, gained in sixteen years' experience, immediate success followed. It was then found that the Jersey City works were inadequate for the rapidly growing business, and the present site in Stamford was obtained, a new foundry and other buildings were erected, and they settled down to a specialty of piano-plates and piano hardware. ![]() The works were first located corner of Third Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, New York, but were removed to Jersey City in the fall of 1872, remaining there until 1887. The entire capital stock is now owned and controlled by John Davenport and Daniel F. ![]() The business represented by this firm was established in 1868, and the company incorporated in 1876.
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