ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS, ON GEORGIA RAILROAD, NEAR DEPOT, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXISTING BETWEEN MCCOMBS, MEAKIN & CO., IS THIS DAY DISSOLVED BY THE RETIREMENT OF J.W. MEAKIN. J.M. MCCOMBS IS CHARGED WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE FIRM... ATLANTA, APRIL 9, 1884

[Atlanta, 1884. Broadside, 6" x 9-3/8". Fine.

A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs, F.M. McCombs, and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs, Taylor & Co., and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches... Our Mr. Taylor who will have charge of the Mechanical Department of our works, is an inventor of Machinery, Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer of over twenty years experience... We are prepared to build Engines and Boilers, Gold Mills Pulleys, Shafting and Hangings, Switch Stands and Railroad Castings Elevators and Hoisting Machines, Steam Pumps..." and other stuff too.