The Century Adding Machine and Its New Home

It is intended that this be the story of a new adding machine and a new factory. It is also desired that credit be given to certain men in the industry for their unwonted patience and belief in their creation and for their perseverance towards the accomplishment of their aim.
The Century Adding Machine is illustrated herewith. It has the looks of a winner, it really is a product of extreme merit and it will be sold at a price that might be termed appealingly moderate. It is a completely visible listing adding machine, embodying most features of modern adding machine construction and a few of its own. The keyboard is so arranged for convenience that the Total, Sub-Total, Non-Print and Non-Add keys are brought under control of the right hand. The operating lever, it will be noticed, is at a level with the keyboard, a tendency towards speeding up the   machine. The machine in total weighs but 18 pounds and is thus portable. One of the most important features of the Century is its characteristic construction.
This construction is unit throughout. It is claimed that there are 1,500 fewer parts in the Century than in the average printing adding machine. The unit construction permits unit assembling whereby the entire machine is assembled in units, and these units later assembled into the complete machine. The seven-bank Century will retail in the United States for about $125, and the nine bank for $185.
The factory of the Century machine is also interesting, and because new it is being illustrated herewith. Modern in every detail, this two-story brick building on the outskirts of Newark, N. J., is a gem for the housing of such a machine. Every bit of machinery, every item of equipment is new. The money required to lay out such a factory and then outfit it is something that will not be returned to the company for years, but the investment will be an enduring one. The building itself fronts Badger Avenue in Newark at number 280. Its floor space is 20,000 square feet, with sufficient adjacent property vacant and under control for twice that area over again. It is expected that when operating in full swing this factory will employ upwards of two hundred people and capable of producing 1,200 machines per month.
The Century machine will be distributed in the United States through an organization of division managers and district agents; in the foreign fields exclusive dealer representation will be the plan. Lest it be forgotten before too late, the Century machine is being manufactured and distributed by a group of long experienced adding and calculating machine men. These same men were responsible for the success of the Amco machine, and the company manufacturing the Century will be known, as heretofore, as the Accounting Machine Company. The Amco non-listing machine will also be manufactured as heretofore, but this time in the new Newark factory. The general offices will be divided between the factory at Newark, N. J., and the company’s present office at 156 Broadway, New York, although it has been definitely decided that the metropolitan sales office and the export office will be located in New York.
The executive staff of the Accounting Machine Co. is as follows: John J. Harris, president and general manager ; D. H. Connor, vice-president in charge of production; Frederick J. Parker, treasurer and secretary; W. J. Higgs, vice-president; W. E. Brett, assistant treasurer and assistant secretary; the general sales work will be under the direct supervision of Mr. Harris, who will, as heretofore, have the very able assistance of G. E. Bliss.