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Dodge & Bliss Company
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| Name | Dodge & Bliss Company |
| Ortssitz | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Straße | West Side Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Holzhandlung |
| Anmerkungen | Firmierungen: "Dodge, Meigs & Co.", dann "Dodge & Co." und schließlich "Dodge & Bliss Company". Lage: zunächst Morgan, Bay und First Streets, ab 1890 West Side und Van Keuren Avenues. |
| Quellenangaben | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 96] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| um 1860 |
Gründung unter der Firma "Dodge, Meigs & Co." |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Holzhandel |
1860 |
Beginn |
1907 |
tätig |
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| Holzkisten |
1860 |
Harsimus Cove |
1907 |
tätig |
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| Holzteile |
1860 |
Beginn |
1907 |
tätig |
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| ZEIT | um 1907 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Dodge and Bliss Company, one of the largest and best-known dealers in lumber, timber and flooring in this section of the country, was established about 1860 under the firm name of Dodge, Meigs & Co. The original firm was succeeded by Dodge & Co., and that firm in turn was supplanted by the present concern of the Dodge and Bliss Company. With each change the company has grown, until to-day it ranks among the highest in commercial circles, and
its customers are located in every portion of the known world. D. Stewart Dodge of New York City is the president of the company; Delos Bliss of Highland, New York, is vice-president and general manager, and William F. Brown is secretary and treasurer. Mr. Bliss is the oldest surviving member of the firm. Mr. Brown is a resident of Jersey City. During the half century of its existence the firm has been engaged in the lumber, packing box and box shook business, the latter business extending over the whole world. A feature of the business is the manufacture of mouldings and all kinds of house trimmings, and packing boxes are made up and knocked down for foreign and domestic trade. For thirty years the plant was located at Morgan, Bay and First Streets, Jersey City, with large docks on the Hudson River, known as the Dodge docks. These docks were the scene of constant activity, and added greatly to the appearance of commercial prosperity along the shore front. The constantly increasing demands of the Pennsylvania Railroad for terminal facilities, however, caused them to offer a large sum for these buildings, and the company accordingly sold them in 1890 and moved to its present location at West Side and Van Keuren Avenues, in what is known as the West End section of Jersey City, where they cover an area of about twenty-two acres. The present plant is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. The amount of lumber and timber handled and manufactured by the company exceeds 50.000.000 feet annually. They have feeder factories and mills at Tonawanda, New York, and Meredith, New Hampshire, and a branch yard at Bergenline Avenue, West New York. The company has been a member of the Board of Trade of Jersey City for many years. The existence of such a plant as this within the limits of Jersey City is a credit to the city, and serves as an advance agent of prosperity, for its name is a familiar one wherever commerce has her mart, and in many foreign capitals Jersey City is known primarily as the home of the Dodge & Bliss
Company. Their goods all bear the imprint of their place of business, and in this manner they carry out the motto
of the Board of Trade, "Mark your goods made in Jersey City." The firm has taken an active part in the civic life of the city by the determined stand that it has made on two occasions against the closing of the drawbridges over the Hackensack River in the interests of the railroad companies. Both times they haveled the agitation in this matter, and their representatives have visited the federal authorities at Washington, and demonstrated to them the injustice of discriminating against the manufacturers in this way. The result has been that they have carried their point, and through their efforts, aided in some degree by the Board of Trade, river traffic has not been impeded to the detriment of local manufacturers. |
| QUELLE | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 965] |
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