Meritex Ribbons, etc. Meritex Ribbons Inc, etc., 599-601 11th Ave. corner of 45th St., New York, 2011 Terminal Engineering Co Inc Trucks TEC Cranes Terminal Engineering Corp (TEC) were in business during the twenty year period, 1916 to 1936. They were located at 599 11th Ave. only their last two years, 1935-1936. The Directory of Directors in the City of New York , 1918, listed the following as officers at Terminal Engineering: Willard Cope Brinton (1880-1957), Richard Jewell Dearborn , (1881-1972) and Harry F. Thomson (1886-?). Willard C. Brinton seems to have been the primary guiding force at Terminal Engineering. He was born in Pennsylvania, 20 Dec. 1880, and is found in the 1900 U. S. Census, age 19, living with father and mother in West Goshen, Chester County, Penn. Brinton was a Harvard graduate and was listed in the 1913 Harvard University Alumni Directory: occupation, Mechanical Engineering, address, City Club of New York, 55 W. 44th St., New York, NY. His name appeared in the 1914 New York City telephone directory at 7 E. 42nd St., which by 1916 was the address of Terminal Engineering. He was recorded in the 1915 New York State Census, age 35, an engineer, living at 55 W. 44th St. In 1916 he applied for a passport in order to travel to Japan and China with Charles K. Eagle of J. H. & C. K. Eagle Corp., silk manufacturers. In 1918 Brinton registered for the World War I draft when he gave his occupation as "Consulting Engineer, several clients." In the 1920 U. S. Census Brinton, still single at age 39, continued to live at 55 W. 44th St. By 1925, however, Brinton had moved to Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, where he lived with his wife, Laura M. In the 1930 U. S. Census Laura M.