Conger

The Conger Manufacturing Company was based in Groton, New York, where it had built farm implements since 1849 and traction engines for agricultural and road use since about 1860. In 1902 the company acquired the gasoline engine previously manufactured by the Stoltz Automobile Company of Brooklyn and set about improving it, describing the result as a reliable and efficient motor suited to automobile use. To demonstrate the engine, Conger built…