History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, / by Paul Leake ... [Vol. 3]

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HISTORY OF DETROIT

with Messrs. Metzger and Kelly, organized a, new company under the
name of the Metzger Motor Car Cqmpany, with Mr. Everitt occupying
the same position as with the E-M-F, namely, president and general
manager. Later Mr. Flanders separated from the Studebaker company
and became associated with Everitt & Metzger, this again bringing
together the original members of the E-M-F combination. The new
company became known as the Flanders Car Company, Mr. B. F. Everitt
being president and general manager as formerly. The Jacob Maier
Trunk Factory at Milwaukee avenue and the Grand Trunk Railway
was immediately purchased and a force of experts employed to equip
the establishment with all the latest automatic tools and other modern
appliances for the manufacture of automobiles. It was the opinion of
Mr. Everitt and his associates that only by manufacturing a high grade
car complete in one factory by automatic machinery and under personal
supervision could a car of the desired quality be produced.
As soon as it became known that such men as Kelly, Everitt, Metzger and Flanders were behind the new enterprise, orders for their cars
began to pour in from agents all over the country. It was a great temptation for the company to fill these orders with " assembled" cars as other
factories were doing. This could have been done with far less initial expense, but it had been decided from the start that the new "Everitt"
cars were to be manufactured all in one factory with the best of modern
appliances, from materials made under the personal supervision of officers of this company, and an attempt made to build the best medium
priced cars in the market. The result of this policy was that more than
one million dollars was expended in the equipment of the present Metzger factory. The work of factory organization and equipment occupied
nearly a whole year, and the product of the company for 1910 was necessarily somewhat limited. A sales organization has now been perfected
and the product of the factory is being sought as it never was before.
A man of the most conscientious rectitude, a citizen of public spirit,
energetic, magnetic, broad minded, charitable and of charming manners,
Mr. Everitt stands high in the estimation of his business associates and of
the citizens of Detroit generally. His career is an inspiration for young
men and demonstrates that where there is a will there is a way, and that
a man who has it in him can rise to prominence through his own ability
and energy.
EDWARD Louis BRANDT, M. D. Although he is yet a young man, the
standing of Edward Louis Brandt is high in the medical profession and
in the good opinion of the people of Detroit. When he first engaged in
practice in 1908, at his present offices and home, No. 166 Twenty-third
street, he was accepted by the citizens as a young man of great promise
and capacity; skillful and careful in his business, and of sterling worth
as a citizen. His affability and obliging disposition gained him friends
rapidly and his practice has become large and lucrative. Dr. Brandt
was born at Wyandotte, Michigan, August 13, 1883, and is a son of John
and Anna (Helton) Brandt, both natives of Michigan, the family settling
in Detroit in 1902.
Dr. Brandt acquired his education in the public schools, and graduated
from the Wyandotte high school in 1901. Between that year and 1904
he acted as axle inspector for the American Car and Foundry Company,
and in the later year entered the Detroit Medical College, having decided
to enter the profession. In the class of 1908 he was graduated there with
the degree of M. D., having served during his senior year as an externe for
St. Mary's Hospital. On completing his studies Dr. Brandt settled at
his present location and is now doing an excellent business. He is a val