The Fisher Story | 11
1931 Neil T. Chadderdon (who later becomes
president) is hired as the comptroller.
Extensive sales network in North America plus seven
foreign representatives.
First Fisher band is organized. They practice in the
storeroom over the boiler house.
Drawing of Fisher buildings in Marshalltown, 1931
n the 1900s, when orders
came in by telegraph, the
Fisher Governor Company
established its own code system
in an effort to shorten each
message.
Code words pertaining to
shipping instructions, for
example, began with the letter
“A.” Pipe sizes began with the
letter “C” and so on. Phrases
such as caustic carbonate of
soda solution