Bravo Kirk and Tom!

This is very good chunk of info.

There are still some questions that need answers. Was the Lakeside Saw
really making any tools?

Their stock was only $1000 during recorded period. This is rather small
amount for company that would be a production house. Or was it just a
shell company to use their name for tools made by others? This most
likely is an option...

Wiktor A. Kuc

-----Original Message----- From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto:oldtools-
bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Tom Holloway Sent: Monday, January 02,
2012 1:00 AM To: porch Subject: Re: [OldTools] Lakeside Back Saw
and Miter Box

I think we're getting warm, maybe even hot. This MW in-house publication
from 1904:

<http://books.google.com/books?id=bHxIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=J.-
+F.+M cFadden+Montgomery+Ward&source=bl&ots=5j_AhfeGAy&sig=Zi6HSen_NfC0-
AuQ9wdTuOTj C7TU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tl0BT72oEuGUiQKC8Z2FDQ&sqi=2&ved
CEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&qJ.%20F.%20McFadden%20Montgomery%20Ward&f=false>

lists J. F. McFadden on p. 369 as "manager of the Bookkeepers" at
Montgomery Ward, with 11 years service as of 1904; and on p. 177 J.K.
Mayne appears, with 14 years service, "Manager of the Correspondence and
Typewriting division." No Dugan appears in this 1904 publication, but
the ID of McFadden and Mayne (whose previous career track was pretty far
from tool manufacturing), and the location info Kirk unearthed, surely
point to MW setting up Lakeside Saw & Tool as a wholly owned subsidiary,
using some of its own trusty employees as officers of record. I guess
all that's left is to let Martin know that Lakeside Saw & Tool and
Montgomery Ward: all same no difference. Tom Holloway

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