[5][6] Located at 716 Columbus Avenue, it contained automated machinery for handling tobacco as well as facilities for humidifying, storing, and routing the product.

[3] During the early years of World War I, Waitt & Bond hired many refugees from Belgium.

[5] After this, Waitt & Bond clashed with the local union, who threatened to strike if the company hired more employees, implemented the use of machinery, weighed tobacco, ended the practice of cigar makers using their mouths to shape cigars, or dismissed an employee without the consent of a union committee.

[8] On August 13, Waitt & Bond announced that it was leaving Boston and relocating to Newark, New Jersey.

[5][6] The switch to machine manufacturing allowed Waitt & Bond to substantially increase its production.

[18] In June 1964, Waitt & Bond's stockholders voted at their annual meeting to rename the company the Blackstone Cigar Co. after its most popular brand.