History of the Typewriter

— 63 — to-day. And such a forward and enlightened policy must ever aid them in assuring and maintaining their proud position. The firm of Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict were origin- ally selling agents for the machine. On the liquidation of the Remington Small Arms Company, however, they obtained control of the machine. The firm then bore the names of the proprietors, but of late years the style of the Remington Typewriter Co. has been brought prominently to the fore and the concern is now known by that name. The English Remington. This machine requires, even if it does not deserve, mention in this record. In the early days of the Remington machine in this country, it was handled by a firm of agents in the City of London. When their agency was determined, certain of the earlier patents had expired, and they accord- ingly set to work, and produced a very crude form of machine, to which they gave the above title. The com- mercial career of this machine was, however, very early nipped in the bud. According to the announcements at the time it was twenty-five per cent, cheaper than any other type- writer having typebars, from which it will be seen that the price at which it was offered was sixteen guineas. Examples of this machine may still be occasionally found offered for sale, but they should be carefully avoided. They may be distinguished from the genuine article by the extreme roughness of the castings and finish, and by the absence of the patent marks so prominent on all genuine machines. They might have been capable of doing good work, but although two or three of them have fallen into our hands at different times, we have never met with one capable of maintaining its alignment even when operated at very slow speed. The Manhattan Typewriter. The No. 2 Remington has also been resuscitated (if such word can apply to a machine that has never been dead) under the above title, by a corporation calling itself the Manhattan Typewriter Co., whose works were at New Jersey. According to the official announcements, this machine was not intended to be radically different to other machines, but was built on familiar and approved lines of strictly high-grade construction, more durable, and at a lower price than was charged for other competing standard machines. The most complete and elaborate plant was