Xander Machine & Supply Company

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Xander Machine & Supply Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1904 or later
Seat Reading , Pennsylvania , USA
management John G. Xander
Branch Engines , automobiles

Xander Machine & Supply Company was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles . A biography of the owner confirms the company name and some other data.

Company history

John G. Xander worked for the Keystone Match & Machine Company . After this gave up automobile production, Xander moved to Reading , Pennsylvania . There he founded his own company at the end of 1900. It was a repair shop that also had parts. Xander was also active as a driving instructor . He helped William Grubb of the Light Manufacturing and Foundry Company make his prototypes . In 1901 the production of steam engines and gasoline engines began . Complete automobiles were added in the same year. The brand name was Xander . Vehicle production ended in 1902. The company continued to exist thereafter. In 1903 it took part in a tender. In 1904 the company was mentioned. It is not known when it was disbanded.

vehicles

Xander made the vehicles to customer orders. There were both steam cars and vehicles with petrol engines.

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1575 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1575 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 310 (English).
  3. ↑ Biography of John G. Xander (accessed May 4, 2019)
  4. ↑ Reading Times, December 23, 1903 (accessed May 4, 2019)
  5. ↑ Reading Times, May 7, 1904 (accessed May 4, 2019)