Waterman pens Waterman pens The Waterman pen company is a major manufacturer of luxury fountain pens. Established in 1884 in New York City by Lewis Edson Waterman, it is one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies, as Waterman S.A.. Since 2000 it has been owned by the American group Newell Brands subsidiary Sanford L.P. Lewis Edson Waterman's entry into fountain pen manufacturing has only recently been properly researched. Waterman was working as a pen salesman in New York for a new company founded in the spring of 1883 by a volatile inventor named Frank Holland. Holland abandoned his company after
Railroads in Syracuse, New York Shore Railroad was organized in 1872 and built in 1874 to connect New York City with Buffalo and compete with the New York Central Railroad (NYC). The line was extended to Buffalo by 1884. A rate war led to the demise of the road, which was leased to the NYC in 1885. A second line, called the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company was incorporated on June 14, 1881, and secured its franchise in Syracuse later that same year, and was opened for business on October 1, 1883. During 1908, the railroad shared the New York Central and