R. Hoe & Company

[2] In 1827 Hoe bought and improved a patent on wrought iron framed presses initially owned by Samuel Rust.

[2] After their father's death, sons Richard and Robert Hoe (March 10, 1839–September 23, 1909) took control of the company and continued to innovate the printing process.

[3] A hand-operated, iron Washington Press, serial number 2356, manufactured by R. Hoe & Company was in commercial use for more than a century in Newfoundland.

William Squarey, editor of the Harbor Grace Standard and Conception Bay Advertiser newspaper, purchased the press second-hand to print the first issue, circulated on 16 Nov 1859.

[1] In 1902, during the funeral procession of Rabbi Jacob Joseph, some employees of the Hoe factory started a riot and assaulted some of the 50,000 mourners as they passed.

[13] After the war, the price of Hoe stock dropped and by 1969 the company was forced[citation needed] to seek bankruptcy protection.

Throughout the 1970s, production of printing presses was discontinued and the factory was dismantled while the board focused on revitalizing the saw-making aspect of the company.