AKA
Cairo Foundry and Machine Shops.
Manufactured Engine Lathes & Saw Gummers
"The Reed Hardware & Mfg. Company, Cairo, Ill., has been incorporated with $20,000 capital stock to take over the business of the Cairo Foundry & Machine Shops and the Cairo Iron & Machine Supply Company, formerly owned and operated by the late Joseph B. Reed, . The new company will conduct a general iron and hardware business and will continue the foundry and machine shops along the same lines as inaugurated by Mr. Reed in 1862. The energies of the business are principally devoted to the output of the Reed lathes and the Hoo-hoo saw grinders and gummers. The officers of the company are Frank S. Reed, president and treasurer; E. R. Reed, vice-president. and, Joseph H. Reed, secretary." (Quote from 1912)
Information Sources
- The Iron Age, V90, 25 Jul 1912, pg.187