▁his ▁father ' s ▁firm , ▁resulting ▁in ▁further ▁difficulties ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁men . ▁Hol t ▁registered ▁" C ater p ill ar " ▁as ▁a ▁tra dem ark ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁ ▁Plant ▁in ▁Illinois ▁▁ ▁Hol t ▁wanted ▁to ▁find ▁manufact uring ▁facilities ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁vast ▁agricult ural ▁mark ets ▁of ▁the ▁mid west . ▁Benjamin ▁Hol t ' s ▁nep hew , ▁Pl iny ▁E . ▁Hol t , ▁had ▁been ▁dispatch ed ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁to ▁Min ne apolis , ▁Minnesota , ▁where ▁he ▁began ▁manufact uring ▁operations . ▁They ▁sh ipped ▁parts ▁for ▁ten ▁Model ▁ 4 5 ▁tra ctors , ▁but ▁only ▁two ▁were ▁produced . ▁Pl iny ▁met ▁Murray ▁Baker , ▁an ▁implement ▁deal er , ▁who ▁knew ▁of ▁an ▁available ▁factory ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁used ▁to ▁manufact ure ▁farm ▁implements ▁and ▁steam ▁tra ction ▁engines . ▁Baker , ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁what ▁became ▁C ater p ill ar ▁T ractor ▁Company , ▁wrote ▁to ▁Hol t ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Stock ton ▁and ▁described ▁the ▁plant ▁of ▁the ▁bank rupt ▁C olean ▁Man ufact uring ▁Co . ▁of ▁East ▁Pe oria , ▁Illinois . ▁Pl iny ▁ins pected ▁the ▁C olean ▁factory ▁in ▁late ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁and ▁learned ▁they ▁had ▁spent ▁at ▁least ▁$ 4 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁on ▁the ▁relatively ▁new ▁building ▁and ▁mach in ery . ▁Hol t ▁could ▁ac quire ▁the