By 1882 his plant had become the official workshop of the Bell Companies.

It was the headquarters of invention and manufacturing.

Here was gathered a notable group of young men, brilliant and adventurous, who dared to stake their futures on the success of the telephone.

And always at their head was Barton, as a sort of human switchboard, who linked them all together and kept them busy.
In appearance, Enos M.Barton closely resembles ex-President Eliot, of Harvard.

He is slow in speech, simple in manner, and with a rare sagacity in business affairs.