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William Bender Company
| Name | William Bender Company |
| Ortssitz | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Straße | Railroad Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Schinkenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Railroad Avenue, Brunswick und First Streets. |
| Quellenangaben | [Jersey City of to-day (1909) 114] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 11.10.1832 |
Geburt von William Bender in Marburg (Lahn) |
| 1850 |
William Bender wandert von Deutschland nach Amerika aus und bleibt einige Zeit in New York und macht dann eine Lehre in Baltimore |
| 1859 |
William Bender beginnt sein eigenes Fleischerei-Unternehmen in Baltimore. |
| 1864 |
William Bender verkauft seinen Betrieb in Baltimore und kommt nach Jersey City, wo der eine Einzelhandels-Metzgerei an der Ecke First und Brunswick Streets aufmacht. |
| Febr. 1901 |
Die "William Bender Company" wird mit einem Kapital von $250.000 als Nachfolgerin des Vorgänger-Unternehmens eingetragen. |
| 04.01.1907 |
Tod von William Bender |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Fleischwaren |
1864 |
Beginn in Jersey City |
1909 |
[Jersey City of to-day (1909)] |
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| Schinken |
1909 |
[Jersey City of to-day (1909)] |
1909 |
[Jersey City of to-day (1909)] |
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| ZEIT | um 1909 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | William Bender, the founder of the William Bender Company, wholesale and retail provision dealers and manufacturers
of Bell brand hams and bacons, at Railroad Avenue, Brunswick and First Streets, Jersey, City, was born October 11th, 1832, at Marburg, Germany, and was educated there. He emigrated to this country in 1850, arriving in New York City, where he remained only a short time, leaving there to go to Baltimore, where he served his apprenticeship to the
butcher business, with the result that in 1859 he had started a business on his own account. In 1864 he sold out his Baltimore business and came to Jersey City, where he located as a retail butcher in a small shop at the corner of First and Brunswick Streets, gradually adding to his real estate holdings for business purposes until he established the pork packing plant which is now conducted by the William Bender Company at the same location. The present plant has a capacity of 3,000 hogs per week. William Bender was never in partnership in his business career. He preferred to conduct his own business in his own way. When the present company was incorporated, he retained control of the entire issue of stock, and was its president until his death on January 4 1907. He was a member of St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jersey City, and served as its treasurer for a term of years. The company is a member of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. In February, 1901, the William Bender Company was incorporated with a capital of 250.000 to succeed to the old business, and since that date, as before, there has been a steady increase in the amount of business from year to year. The company is now doing a business of over 1 ,000,000 a year, handling the hogs from the stock yards in the West to the retail as well as the wholesale trade, and is considered one of the leading companies in its line in the metropolitan district of New York City, which is the leading provision market in the world. The officers of the company are William Bender, Jr., president; Charles Giller, vice-president and D. H. Bender, secretary and treasurer. The present plant covers eight city lots, and is equipped with all the latest and most approved machinery for a plant of that kind, in fact, no expense has been spared to make it the most complete in the country. One of the best artesian wells in the city is on their property, and the company sells pure rock water which comes from a depth of over two hundred feet through solid rock, and has a large sale. |
| QUELLE | [Jersey City of to-day (1909) 114] |
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