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Allison Chisolm. The Inventive Life of Charles Hill Morgan: The Power of Improvement In Industry, Education and Civic Life
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
One. Cloth, Paper, Wire & Steel
CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE POSSIBLE
THE POWER OF CAPITAL
THE POWER OF WIRE
THE POWER OF EDUCATION
THE POWER OF PEOPLE
Two. Assembling All the Right Tools, 1831–1860
HOME TO NEW ENGLAND
CLINTONVILLE BEFORE CLINTON
SCHOOL DAYS
DRAFTING OPENS NEW WORLDS
NEW FAMILY, NEW CHALLENGES
CHANGE IN DIRECTION
A YEAR OF ADVENTURES
WORKING “OUT WEST”
WORKING WITH LOCAL INNOVATORS
THE CALL OF THE SEA
GENIUS AND GOOD MANAGEMENT
PREPARED FOR NEW CHALLENGES
Three. The Business of Paper Bags, 1855–1868
BATTLING INFRINGERS
EXPANDING INTO WORLD MARKETS
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
WARTIME
DEATH AND WAR
THE NEXT CHAPTER
PAPER BAG BARONS – LITIGATION AND CONSOLIDATION
Four. The Home Front, 1864–1900
FAMILY LIFE
THE SECOND TOWER
ARTISAN TRAINING SCHOOL
OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES
LIFE CHANGES AND WRONG TURNS
Five. Invention and New Enterprises, 1864–1887
A MANAGER OF DATA
A MANAGER OF MEN
WIRE-DRAWERS RESOLUTIONS
WORKPLACE RELATIONS
TIME AND MONEY
HANDS-ON LEARNING
CONTINUOUS EDUCATION
PROTECTING HIS IDEAS
REVOLUTIONIZING AN INDUSTRY
LONG-TERM TIES BRED OF MUTUAL RESPECT
AN ALMOST VENTURE
Six. Daniels v. Morgan, Morgan v. Daniels
INVENTION NEEDED
THE FIRST BATTLE
SHORT RODS AND THE LAST STRAW
QUINSIGAMOND CONVERSATIONS
BUILDING THE CASE AT GREAT COST
CHOOSING UP SIDES
DANIELS DEMANDS DELAY
A FRUITFUL DIRECTION
ASSESSING THE OPPOSITION
HEALTH COSTS
THE CASE PROGRESSES
HIGHER COURTS
THE BILLS ADD UP
VICTORY!
Seven. Constructing Morgan Construction, 1887–1900
MORGAN SPRING COMPANY SERVES AS SPRINGBOARD
NETWORKING NEAR AND FAR
THE FIRST CUSTOMER
SETTLING ACCOUNTS
THE REEL QUESTION
TAKING ON THE INFRINGERS
ATTENTION AND NEW CUSTOMERS
SELLING MORGAN AND HIS EXPERTISE
CUSTOMER SERVICE, CUSTOMER STANDARDS
CONTROLLING QUALITY AS JOBS BROKER
THE MOTIVATING MANAGER
THE BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS OWNER
CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND INNOVATION
FURNACE FUELS GROWTH
LIFE CHANGES
PASSING THE TORCH
Eight. Recognition on a Global Scale, 1890–1900
PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS, NATIONAL SERVICE
NICKEL STEEL DREAMS
AT THE WORLD’S CROSSROADS
ASCENT TO THE PRESIDENCY
THE GRAND TOUR
THE NEW YORK TRIBUTE
Nine. The Pull of the Land, 1869–1911
TRAVAILS IN TEXAS
NOT QUITE ABANDONING THE RANCH
A RURAL RETREAT
A TRIBUTE TO TEMPERANCE
THIS GREAT BREED OF BUTTER MAKERS
NOBLE COMPANIONS
A QUIET GENEROSITY
Ten. In Business and in Health, 1901–1911
WORLD TRAVELER, GLOBAL BUSINESSMAN
A WIDE-RANGING READER
MORGAN’S COMPANIES THRIVE
BURNISHING A LEGACY IN BRONZE
GRADUALLY DECLINING HEALTH
THE IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION OF SPEED
BIG FAST BOATS
FUTURE IN THE SKIES
FACING DEATH
LAST CHAPTER
Eleven. Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgements
Notes on Sources
List of Illustrations
FRONT
CHAPTER ONE: CLOTH, PAPER, WIRE & STEEL
CHAPTER TWO: ASSEMBLING ALL THE RIGHT TOOLS, 1831-1860
CHAPTER THREE: THE BUSINESS OF PAPER BAGS, 1855-1868
CHAPTER FOUR: THE HOME FRONT, 1864-1900
CHAPTER FIVE: INVENTION AND NEW ENTERPRISES, 1864-87
CHAPTER SIX: DANIELS V. MORGAN, MORGAN V. DANIELS
CHAPTER SEVEN: CONSTRUCTING MORGAN CONSTRUCTION, 1887-1900
CHAPTER EIGHT: RECOGNITION ON A GLOBAL SCALE, 1890-1900
CHAPTER NINE: THE PULL OF THE LAND, 1869-1911
CHAPTER TEN: IN BUSINESS AND IN HEALTH, 1901-1911
EPILOGUE
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SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING President of Morgan Construction Company in November 1965, I had the opportunity to read Charles Hill Morgan’s 1900 Presidential address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. It was a lengthy review of his accomplishments at Morgan Construction Company, which he had founded in 1888. I was hugely impressed! Growing up and until reading his speech, I had heard almost nothing from my father or my grandfather about this remarkable, self-taught engineer. I needed to know more, and so do you.
It has taken too long, but before we sold Morgan Construction Company to Siemens I persuaded my son, Philip, and the directors to hire Allison Chisolm, the writer of our Square and Crescent and MCCo publicity, to write Charles’ biography. Having never researched and written a biography before, especially going back over 100 years, Allison estimated what it would take, Philip and the directors agreed, and the project was launched.
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Once Charles began working in Lawrence, however, Harriet, nicknamed “Hatty” by Charles, may have moved back to her parents’ home in Shrewsbury for a time. By the summer of 1853, she was pregnant with their first child. He took on extra work where he could, including 18 hours over six days in July drafting for Thomas J. Everett in Lawrence. Taking into account the ten cents Morgan had to pay for the linen cloth to mount his drawing, he earned about 25 cents an hour for the drafting job, netting $4.40. This work was on top of ten-hour days he logged for the Lawrence Machine Shop.
He was absent from work on July 21, as he was moving. The very next day, however, he reports working another 10 hours on the “15 x 35” stationary engine. He must have completed his work—and finished the move—by August 8, when he records more details on the steam engine—the distance its piston travelled per minute, the number of revolutions per minute the shaft made and the diameter of the pulleys required to drive the shaft. Further details on this engine fill up half a notebook he used at the time.
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