Executive Shakeup in Everett
Schuyler Duryea announces the election of Charles L. Colby to replace Henry Hewitt, Jr. as president of the Everett Land Company.
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Schuyler Duryea, general manager of the Everett Land Company, received a telegram from Secretary Scbenck in New York today announcing the election of Charles L. Colby as president, to succeed Henry Hewitt, Jr., who has resigned. Hewitt had been president since the organization of the Everett Land Company in the fall of 1891 and had been intimately associated with Colby in pine land and mineral operations in Wisconsin before the Colby-Hoyt syndicate inaugurated the project of building the city of Everett and developing the Monte Cristo mines. The paper mill resumed operations today, which caused much satisfaction among the workingmen and business men of the city.
“The paper mill resumed operations today. The announcement caused much satisfaction among the workingmen and business men of the city.”
Everett's history is defined by corporate 'company town' origins, where industrial leaders from the Midwest dictated the city's trajectory. Today, Everett continues to grapple with the legacy of that top-down development, though the industries have shifted from timber and pulp to aerospace and manufacturing.
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