John Mehl & Company

Allgemeines

NameJohn Mehl & Company
OrtssitzJersey City (N.J.)
OrtsteilHudson City
StraßeWebster Avenue
Art des UnternehmensLederwarenfabrik
AnmerkungenBis 1882 in New York. Lage um 1907: zwischen Webster und New York Avenues bzw. Griffith und Hutton Streets.
Quellenangaben[Jersey City of to-day (1907) 95]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1858 Gründung in New York City mit zwölf Arbeitern
1882 Umzug von New York City nach Jersey City
1886 Vergrößerung der Fabrik
1893 Eingetragen
1900 Vergrößerung der Fabrik
1907 Bau einer riesigen Fabrik im Häuserblock, der durch die Webster und New York Avenues bzw. Griffith und Hutton Streets begrenzt wird.




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Lederwaren 1858 Beginn in New York 1907 tätig  




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. männl. weibl. Kommentar
1858 12           bei Gründung
1882 80           beim Umzug nach Jersey City
1909 550           zwischen 500 und 600




Allgemeines

ZEITum 1907
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTThe successful growth of the leather goods manufacturing firm of John Mehl & Company is one of the commercial achievements of Jersey City. The firm was established in 1858 in New York City, with twelve hands, and gradually
worked its way along until in 1882 it moved to Jersey City, bringing with it a business that necessitated the employment of eighty hands, and steadily advancing. The concern settled on Webster Avenue in the Hudson
City section of Jersey City, and so rapid was its advancement that it enlarged its plant in 1886 and 1900, and finally in 1907 consolidated all its departments by the erection of a mammoth factory on the block bounded by Webster and New York Avenues and Griffith and Hutton Streets. The company, which was incorporated in 1893, to-day employs between 500 and 600 hands, and is considered the leading manufacturers of leather goods in the United States. The sales of the company's products are confined principally to the United States, but some goods are sent to Canada and the foreign countries through the New York commission houses. The company has permanent salesrooms at 73 Fifth Avenue, New York City, and in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. The officers are John Mehl, Jr., president; F. T. Springmeyer, vice-president and Henry Mehl, treasurer, and all parties interested in the managing line reside in Jersey City. The company is a member of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. The importance of the work done by the leather goods manufacturer in the creation of the various articles produced is frequently overlooked in the admiration for the finished article. The stability of the product depends very largely upon the foundation, and this, in turn, on the preparation made for it. Every hand employed in the manufacture of leather goods of the class put on the market by John Mehl & Co. must be skillful, indefatigable and resourceful, and must be furnished with the latest and most approved tools and machinery. John Mehl & Co., high among the leaders in the manufacture of leather goods, think that the retailer exercises economy in buying from a concern that does the work scientifically and expeditiously. Their plant in Jersey City is large enough to handle any leather goods contract ever given out in New York City. The amount of machinery kept on hand and the number of men employed, added to the long experience of the firm in this line of work, enable the management to execute several large contracts at the same time. Rapidity, without the sacrifice of care, is what counts these days in every phase of the leather goods work. The reputation of John Mehl & Co. in the leather world is too well-known to need explanation, and their facilities and motto of "Never procrastinate; do the work now," explain the uninterrupted chain of large contracts which has characterized their work for the fifty-one years that they have been engaged in business. Jersey City is proud of the firm of John Mehl & Co.
QUELLE[Jersey City of to-day (1907) 95]