The company was organized by Judge Hiram Bond .
The company was financed by a group of investors from Boston that included Moses Kimball and Willard T. Sears of the architectural firm Cummings and Sears , which had experience in designing stone railroad bridges and ramps .
The company was organized by Judge Hiram Bond and financed by a group of investors from Boston that included Moses Kimball and Willard T. Sears of the architectural firm Cummings and Sears , which had experience in designing stone railroad bridges and ramps .