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Woodhouse & Co.
| Name | Woodhouse & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Straße | Bishop Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Holzhandlung |
| Anmerkungen | Dreigeschossiges Lagerhaus an der Ecke Grand und Bishop Street, Lagergebäude an der 1, 3 and 5 Bishop Street und Hauptbetrieb Ecke Bishop und Canal Street. Ursprünglich Morgan Street 44. |
| Quellenangaben | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 82] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1884 |
Gründung in einem kleinen, zweistöckigen Gebäude in der Morgan Street |
| 1886 |
Das kleine, zweistöckige Gebäude in der Morgan Street brennt ab |
| 1898 |
Eintragung unter der Firma "Woodhouse & Co." |
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ab |
Bem. |
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Kommentar |
| Holzhandel |
1884 |
Beginn (Gründung) |
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| ZEIT | um 1907 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The firm started in business in 1884, its first establishment being a small two-story building at 44 Morgan Street, which they occupied until 1886, when the building was burned down. The firm was dissolved in 1895, and J. H. Woodhouse continued the business until 1898, when it was incorporated under the old name of Woodhouse & Co. The present officers of the company are J. H. Woodhouse, president and treasurer, and H. W. Woodhouse, secretary, and
associated with them in the directory are Joseph P. Herlihy, John C. Houser and George V. Woodhouse, all of whom
have been connected with the establishment for many years and work in thorough harmony in their respective departments. The steady growth of the bus'ness from a small beginning to the present mammoth plant is an evidence of the capability of those connected with its management, for it is today the largest and best equipped establishment of its kind in the city and second to none in the state for the manufacture of builders' wood-work and general house-trimmings, added to which is the manufacture of all kinds of window and door-frames, doors, sashes, sash-mouldings and house-trim, cabinet work, hardwood doors, office fixtures, factory specialties, church work, etc. The wood-work of Public Schools Nos. 1, 9, 16, 20, 22 and 23 and many other public buildings, as well as of a large number of the city's private residences, was furnished by this concern. The present plant consists of a large three-story storehouse at the corner of Grand and Bishop Streets, a warehouse at Nos. 1, 3 and 5 Bishop Street, and the main works at the corner of Bishop and Canal Streets, 60 by 140 feet in size, with two stories fitted up with the latest and most approved wood-working machinery. To fill the large volume of orders for all varieties of work which they are called upon to do, it is necessary to carry a large quantity of material, and the lumber yards adjoining their works and their ware-house contain large and varied stocks of hard and soft woods, doors, windows, mouldings, blinds and glass. The corporation is a member of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. Of all the industries in the busy and flourishing city of Jersey City, there is none more worthy of special mention and none which is doing more to extend the reputation of the city as a circulation supply centre than that of Woodhouse & Co. A visit to the immense yards will demonstrate that tere is a thoroughly progressive enterprise, one that is doing business in the modern way and helping to increase the fame of the city of its birth. Woodhouse & Co. have achieved an enviable fame, not only for the superior quality of the lumber and timber which they sell and the excellence of the workmanship, but also for the promptness with which the orders are executed and the rock-bottom prices they have established. From its very inception the business has been conducted on the strict business principles of uprightness and fair dealing. Its growth has been continuous and in every respect satisfactory. Few houses in this line of business have so increased their facilities or formed such extensive or far-reaching ramifications. Woodhouse & Co. seem not only to have embraced every opportunity offered for extending their trade and business interests, but have been sufficiently alert and open-eyed to have created opportunities. It has always been the
fixed policy of the firm that nothing but the best material and treatment of it shall be used, and their great success is largely due to that fact. Twenty-five years in business they have made friends every year, and have won trade through all of them. |
| QUELLE | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 82] |
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