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Charles Eneu Johnson & Co. Lamp Black Factory
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| Name | Charles Eneu Johnson & Co. Lamp Black Factory |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Penrose Ferry Road |
| Art des Unternehmens | Druckfarbenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Penrose Ferry Road und Point Breeze Park. Vergl. 1868/84 auch als "Philadelphia Printing Ink Works, Charles Eneu Johnson & Co." an der Lombard Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Hexamer General Surveys, Plate 669 (1873)] [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 142] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 142]: Portrait von Charles Eneu Johnson |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 07.01.1804 |
Der Großvater von Charles Eneu Johnson, Charles Johnson, gründet das Unternehmen auf dem Grundstäck Tenth / Lombard Street |
| 02.03.1827 |
Charles Johnson zieht sich zugunsten seines Sohnes, Charles Johnson Jr., aus dem Unternemen zurück |
| 02.03.1829 |
Geburt von Charles Eneu Johnson in Philadelphia |
| 15.04.1840 |
Tod von Charles Johnson Sr., dem Gründer der Fabrik |
| 1871 |
Erbaut |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Druckfarben |
1804 |
Gründung |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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gesamt |
Arbeiter |
Angest. |
Lehrl. |
männl. |
weibl. |
Kommentar |
| 1873 |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | This widely known printing ink manufacturer was born in Philadelphia, March 2, 1829. He is the descendant of a line of
pioneer ink manufacturers, and has built up on the foundation which they laid one of the most -extensive and complete printing ink manufactories in the United States. His grandfather, Charles Johnson, founded the business January 7, 1804, on the site, Tenth and Lombard streets, where the offices arid chemical departments of the company are still located. When he commenced business there were 110 manufactories of this class in this country (though the Sowers, of Germantown, had made printers' ink for their own use in the last century), and the general demand was supplied by importations from England and Germany, the products being shipped here packed in skins. Mr. Johnson commenced with a
very small capital, and had the misfortune to have his establishment almost totally destroyed by fire within a year after he commenced business, a fact noted in the North American of that date, which mentions him as "our enterprising fellow townsman," but he persevered, and succeeded in forcing the foreign product out of the American market. He continued the business until March 2, 1827, when he retired in favor of his son, Charles Johnson, Jr., and died April 15, 1840, at the age of sixty-eight. The son made improvements in the processes of production and greatly extended the manufacture, but after an active business life of seventeen years he withdrew, being in turn succeeded by his son, Charles Eneu Johnson, under whose administration the concern has grown vastly in extent, reputation and importance. While retaining the original buildings on Tenth street for offices and the testing of inks, new and very extensive works covering several acres have been erected in the southwestern part of the city, where the grinding, mixing and various other manipulations required in the manufacture are carried on. Here are the huge tanks for the oils, and an immense quantity of material is stored to meet any demand. The operation of stilling and retort are separated from the carbon works, the latter being absolutely fire-proof buildings. Many of the artisans in these works have been in the employ of the company during their whole lives, and it is one of Mr. Johnson's distinguishing characteristics that he will not part with a competent and faithful employee for slight cause, and those who remain until disabled by old age are kindly cared for. One old and faithful colored man who had worked in the grinding department for fifty-eight years was recently retired on a pension of $20 a week and house rent free. The firm manufacture not only newspaper and book inks, but the most brilliant of colored lithographic and typographic inks, and an inspection of the expensive sample cards they issue will give a better idea of the resources of this establishment than any written description can do. But while they may lie said to make all kinds of printing inks, they never have made and probably never will make any of the rosin or inferior inks with which the market is too abundantly supplied, or resort to the trick of giving under weight to compensate for low prices. Mr. Johnson has now two sous, Harry Eneu and William W. Johnson, who have been carefully educated as chemists and for practical service, and it is probable that in the fourth generation the firm will have extensive works on the Pacific coast to supply the markets of Australia, South America, Mexico and Japan, besides the branch offices thev now have in the leading cities of the United States.
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| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 142] |
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