Business: Hudson Head

Hudson Head

Thirty years ago there came to Riker Motor Vehicle Co., of Elisabethport, N. J., (early auto makers) a young man recently returned from the Spanish War. This Johnny Who Had Come Marching Home wanted a job—salary requested, $14 weekly. Openhanded, the Riker people gave him $15. Last week the onetime soldier became president of Hudson Motor Car Co. He is William J. McAneeny, now president both of Hudson and of its allied Essex. Coming to Hudson in 1909, as purchasing agent, he advanced rapidly, was made first Essex president when the...

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