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D. Jayne & Son
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| Name | D. Jayne & Son |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Chestnut Street 242-244 |
| Art des Unternehmens | chemischer Betrieb |
| Anmerkungen | 1870/72: Dr. Jayne's Building, Lage: 242-244 Chestnut Street und 3rd Street (Südost-Ecke); Adresse auch 1891. 1870: pharmazeutische Fabrik und Lager. Hat auch Dampfkraft. Produkte (um 1872): Medizin und Balsam; um diese Zeit 5 Pächter. Vergl. um 1890: "H. W. Jayne Cemical Co." (s.d.) an der Bermuda Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plates 415+613 (1870+1872)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 174] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 174]: Portrait von David Jayne |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1798 |
Geburt von David Jayne in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in der Nähe des Dorfs Bushkill |
| 1831 |
Gründung |
| 1836 |
David Jayne kauft eine Drogerie an der 20 North Third Street |
| 1845 |
Umzug in ein größeres Gebäude |
| 1848 |
Baubeginn für einen Neubau in der Chestnut Street |
| Jan. 1850 |
Dr. Jayne nimmt seinen Sohn David W. Jayne, und seinen Neffen Eben C. Jayne in sein Unternehmen uter der Firma "David Jayne & Son" auf |
| Okt. 1850 |
Umzug in den Neubau |
| 1854 |
Aufgabe des wenig ertragreichen Drogengeschäfts |
| 1855 |
Nach Aufnahme von weiteren Teilhabern: Änderung der Firma in "Dr. D. Jayne & Son" |
| 1856 |
Erbaut |
| 1863 |
Tod von David W. Jayne, Sohn des Gründers |
| 05.03.1866 |
Tod des Gründers Dr. David Jayne an einer Lungenentzündung |
| 1872 |
Umgebaut |
| 1881 |
Tod von John K. Walker, dem Schwager von Dr. Jayne und Teilhaber |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| pharmazeutische Produkte |
1870 |
[Hexamer] |
1871 |
[Hexamer] |
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| Zeit |
Objekt |
Anz. |
Betriebsteil |
Hersteller |
Kennwert |
Wert |
[...] |
Beschreibung |
Verwendung |
| 1870 |
Dampfkessel |
3 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1870 |
Dampfmaschine |
1 |
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unbekannt |
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| 1872 |
Dampfkessel |
2 |
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unbekannt |
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| Zeit |
gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1872 |
140 |
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100 Mädchen |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Of the many large manufacturing and mercantile houses in Philadelphia, of which, owing to the interest taken by them in all that pertains to the growth, prosperity and adornment of the city, and the increase and permanence of her every material, business and other interests, her citizens have just reason to be proud, few houses can exhibit a continuity of business life as great, a range of operations extending so closely over our own and foreign lands, or methods that so thoroughly bring to the very homes of the millions of people the name and fair fame of our goodly city of Philadelphia as the old firm of Dr. D. Jayne & Son, in the full activities of business life at No. 242 Chestnut street. Of the life of the founder of this house, David Jayne, M.D., a short sketch will be given. Born in the year 1798, in Monroe county, Penna., near the village of Bushkill, the son of a respected and well-known Baptist clergyman, the
Rev. Ebeuezer Jayne, the boy had little opportunity for obtaining an education other than that afforded by the common schools of the day, which was poor indeed. But not satisfied therewith, and nerved by the indomitable ambition within him, which manifested itself so forcibly throughout his after life, he entered upon a severe course of self-culture which fitted him for a higher sphere than that of a mechanic, which his father had intended for him, and enabled him,
after pursuing a course of study in medicine under the guidance of a proper preceptor, and in the lecture courses of the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, to enter into the practice of medicine in the year 1825, in Cumberland, and afterwards in Salem county, N.J., fields that promised little of pecuniary reward, but plenty of opportunity to acquire a practical knowledge of disease in its various forms, and the methods and remedies best adapted to its treatment and removal. The school was a severe one, but the success that attended his after life attested the value of the knowledge thus gained, and the excellent use he made of it. In the year 1831 he introduced the first one of the proprietary medicines with which his name is associated, and in the near following years the others comprised in the well-known list; that year, 1831 - sixty years ago - marking the commencement of the business of the present house. Desiring a wider field, one presenting greater opportunities for expansion, Dr. Jayne removed, in the year 1836, to Philadelphia, purchasing a drug store located at No. 20 South Third street, and there, combining its conduct with a General practice in the line of his profession, he completed the foundation, sure and deep, of the proprietary medicine business, which, as the years rolled on, attained such magnitude. The increase in this latter soon caused him to relinquish all general practice, and to devote what time he had to spare for patients to such as could come to his office; but such was his love for his profession that he continued it, in that form, till the close of his life, gratuitously, of course, and simply as a "labor of love." The continued growth of his business caused him in 1845 to remove to a much larger building than the one he had been occupying, located at No. 8, on the same street and a few doors only north of his old business place; and this in turn in less than two years also becoming insufficient, he determined to have erected a building which would not only be large euough for his existing and future business, but also one that in size, elegance and solidity, would be far superior to any theretofore attempted Jayne in the business architecture of Philadelphia, or, in fact, in that of any other city of the United States. Selecting a site on the south side of Chestnut street, east of Third, securing the services of one of the best architects of the day, the plans for the structure were soon matured, and in the year 1848 its construction was commenced, but such was the nature of the ground upon which it was located, and the unusuallv massive character and height of the building, that two years were required for its completion, and it was not until the fall of 1850 that it was ready for occupancy. The structure as finished, eight stories above and two below ground, rising to a height of one hundred feet and surmounted by a tower rising thirty-two feet higher, a frontage on Chestnut street of forty-two feet, and extending in depth one hundred and forty feet to Carter street, its front of Quincy granite and gothic in architecture, with cluster columns rising to and terminating in pointed windows on the seventh floor and trefoil-shaped windows on the eighth above, made it the most conspicuous building of the time, while its cost was such as to cause many persons to question the sound sense of the owner. As a separate operation Dr. Jayne had formed a partnership in January, 1850, for the conduct of a wholesale drug business with his son, David W. Jayne, and his nephew, Eben C. Jayne, under the title of David Jayne & Son, which, together with his own business proper, was removed to the new building in October, 1850, and there continued until 1S54, when, although having attained large dimensions, the drug business not proving as remunerative as desired, it was discontinued. Actively engaged in building and other operations, ample means for which his business was supplying, and finding it impossible to give to the latter the personal attention that it required, Dr. Jayne, in 1855, to ensure its proper and more vigorous prosecution, entered into another partnership, choosing as his partners the same persons as before, David W. and Eben C. Jayne, and adding his brother-in-law, John K. Walker, the title of the new firm being Dr. D. Jayne & Son; and while remaining ever ready with advice and counsel in matters needing his more mature and experienced judgment, Dr. Javne, after the formation of this firm, entrusted the management of the business, mainly, to the junior partners, having the satisfaction ere he died, of seeing it nearly doubled in volume, to be proportionately even more largely increased in the succeeding years. Continuing his real estate investments Dr. Jayne caused to be successively erected the "Post Office Building", on Dock street, the fine granite building, "Jayne's Hall", the handsome marble buildings on the old "Philadelphia Arcade" lot, "and the Commonwealth Building", of brick and stone, on the "Bolivar House" lot, all on the north side of Chestnut street, between Sixth and Seventh streets; and lastly, his marble dwelling, corner of Nineteenth and Chestnut streets, which latter he did not live to occupy, for, taking cold by a slightly imprudent exposure, pneumonia set in, and at the end of five davs terminated his life, March 5, 1866, he being in the sixtv-eighth year of his age. As a physician Dr. Jayne was very able in diagnosis of diseases, and equally so in the selection and combination of medicines with which to combat them. To these qualities the great success that
attended the use of his "Family Medicines" when spread broadcast over almost the whole world must be attributed, for notwithstanding an admirable system of advertising and an equallv admirable system of distribution which he formulated and adopted, their sale would at best have been ephemeral, had it not been for the intrinsic merit of the medicines, which, once tried, ensured their continued use in almost every case, and which use continues to a far greater extent than at any time during Dr. Jayne's life-time. As a citizen he was always alive to the obligations incident thereto, and ever ready with means and influence to aid in everything which he considered calculated to advance the well being and prosperity of the city, while his pride in it was such as to make him the pioneer in the erection of handsome, costly structures to adorn its streets, well knowing that their expensive character would ever preclude but a very moderate interest return upon the investments. As a man of business, after formulating his plans, he was impatient in the execution of the details and usually delegated their conduct to others, whom, with excellent judgment, he selected for the purpose; but, in the broad principles which must necessarily underlie any and all great business enterprises, his judgment and foresight was singularly clear, his plans bold, comprehensive and sure, and once entered upon were followed up, regardless of obstacles, with an energy and persistence that rendered success certain. A poor boy in the start of life, unaided, he amassed during its course a large fortune, leaving at its close an estate valued at several millions of dollars. In religious belief Dr. Jayne was a Baptist, active in his church relations and ever contributing liberally to its cause. In politics an old-line Whig at the first, then a "Native American," and lastly a liberal Republican, yet always regarding the interest of the country as a whole, paramount to that of party or section. In the use of his wealth he was ever liberal, and more particularly so in direct personal contributions to the poor, for whom his purse was ever open. In the domestic relations of life he was a good son, a good husband, father, brother and relative. He was thrice married, his last wife surviving him and is yet living. Of his children eight lived to reach their majority, and five still survive, three daughters and two sons, the eldest of the latter, Henry Le Barre Jayne, a rising member of the Philadelphia Bar, and one of the eminent firm of Biddle & Ward; and the younger, Horace Jayne, M. D., Professor of vertebrate morphology in the biological department of the University of Pennsylvania, and Dean of the collegiate department of the same great institution. Neither of the sons have any connection with the business of Dr. D. Jayne & Son. It may be well to mention in this connection that the guardianship of the ably-managed "estate of David Jayne, deceased," remains under the direction of Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, D. D., and Chief Justice, the Hon. Edward M. Paxson, only surviving members of a board of five trustees appointed by Dr. Jayne under his will; while the management of the extensive business of Dr. D. Jayne & Son, in the interest of "the estate" and his own as well, continues with Mr. Eben C. Jayne, sole surviving member of the firm; David W. Jayne having died in 1863, Dr. David Jayne, as before stated, in 1866, and Mr. John K. Walker in 1881. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 174] |
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