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Show THE ALLIS-CHALMERS CO. Among the largo business consolidations consoli-dations of more recent years Is that of tho Allis-Chalmcrs company; It Is W one, too, which has Inured largely to tho benefit of Its patrons. This ex-l ex-l tenslvo and widely Known establish ment Is successor to tho Edward P. Allls company of Milwaukee, Eraser . . Chalmers of Chlcngo, Gates' Iron works of Chicago and Dickson Manu- facturlng company of Scranton, all of whom enjoyed a well earned and on- I vied reputation from one end of tho ' country to tho other for tho unvaried excellence of their products. Tho I Allls-Chalmers company now main tains twenty-live branch offices In tho United States; of theso tho Western offices nro those located at Spokane, r'ftt Wash., San Francisco, Cal., Salt Lako City, Utah, and El Paso, Tox About two years ago tho Allis-Chalmcrs company com-pany acquired tho Bullock Electric and Manufacturing company of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati as its electrical department. At . this time tho entire personnel of the Allis-Chalmcrs organization under-went under-went a change. Mr. Will J. Chalmers w retired altogether from tho company, r and tho members of tho E. P. Allls Iff family slopped out of active work. Mr. Walter H. Whiteside, now president, who had proven himself one of tno ablest executives of one of tho largest manufacturing organizations in tho United States, was put In chargo of affairs. Ho Immediately surrounded himself with tho best experts and most successful men drawn from 1 nearly every lnrgo company In tho A VIEW OF GREAT SALT LAKE fjm United States. At tho district sales offices, salesmen trained as engineers were added to tho force so that patrons pa-trons would not have to depend on outside engineering help. Tho company com-pany occupies commodious quarters - "C. on tho ground floor of tho Dooly block, where they carry a largo and complete stock. |