The Harvester World: Volume 1, number 12, September 1910

              The Harvester World
S. K. Dennis
\eTy valuable knowledge for the line of business that he has always followed. In 1879 Mr. Sharp went into the implement business in his own name, selling the Osborne har¬ vesting ma¬ chinery and a large assort¬ ment of tillage tools. In con¬ nection with this he ran a small shop where he com¬ menced the in¬ vention and de¬ signing of im¬ provements on the goods he sold. In 1881 he engaged with D. M. Osborne & Co. as salesman and expert. In 1882 he was made general agent for east¬ ern New York and a part of the New Eng¬ land states, with headc^uarters at Water- town, N. Y., which position he held until 1891. During this period he suggested many improvements on the Osborne line which were adopted. In view of these valuable ideas, D. M. Osborne & Co. con¬ cluded that Mr. Sharp's services would be of great assistance, and in February 1891 he took charge of the experimental work and at the present time is superintendent. Since 1891 Mr. Sharp has taken out a large number of patents on harvesting ma¬ chines and tillage imple¬ ments which have been de- si gned an d developed by him. In con¬ nection with his experimen¬ tal work, he has had a wide experience with the sales de¬ partment, hav¬ ing traveled ex tensively throughout the United States and parts of "Europe. He has had an excep¬ tional opportunity to know all the require¬ ments of the trade in the different sections of the country.
C. S. Sharp
C. W. Robinson
At Milwaukee, the department of engi¬ neering and design is in connection with the department of manufacture, and is directly under the charge of the superin¬ tendent of the works, H. A. Waterman, with Mr. Brad¬ ley as assistant, Mr. Andrew, chief drafts¬ man, and Mr. Wild in charge of the engineer¬ ing laboratory. Mr. Waterman first came into the harvester business as engineer of the plant at the McCormick Works in 1901, later as master mechanic. In 1905 he was transferred to Milwaukee as superintendent of manufacture. In 1908 the departments of manufacture and design were consoHdated. Mr. Waterman is un¬ usually vvell equipped for carrying out the dual duties of manufacturing and experi¬ mentation which are required of him at the Milwaukee Works. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the year 1896 and for five years was with Brown & Sharp Manufacturing Com¬ pany, and for three years after that was engineer at the Western Elec¬ tric. He is a forceful man, a splendid lead¬ er, and keenly alive to the ad¬ vancement and welfare of the men who work under him. His particular field of manu¬ facture compri¬ ses cream sepa¬ rators, engines, and tractors.
At the Akron Works, the headquarters of the Inter¬ national auto¬ mobile indus¬ try, F. S. Davis
is at the wheel. Mr, Davis is one of the newest members of the great International family, dating his connection with this company from the first month of the year
H. A. Waterman