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Swain & Jones
| Name | Swain & Jones |
| Ortssitz | Newark (New Jersey) |
| Straße | Centre Wharf 2 + 3 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Holzhändler |
| Anmerkungen | Wholesale and Retail Lumber Merchants |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 627] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1875 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Holzhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Among the most extensive and thoroughly stocked lumber yards in Newark are those of the firm of Swain & Jones, which cover an area of nearly two acres. The yards are amply provided with numerous sheds and buildings for storage purposes. A heavy stock of all kinds of building lumber, lath, shingles, fencing pickets and also timber and hard woods is always kept on hand. Upward of thirty hands are employed about the premises. An extensive trade is carried on by the firm with Newark and adjacent sections of country, the annual sales reaching 10,000,000 feet, which are largely secured direct from the mills in the State of Michigan, Mr. Swain making several trips to Michigan annually for the purpose of selecting and purchasing the stock. Newark is eligibly located geographically for the receiving of lumber from the Northwest, only one transfer being made either from Michigan or Canada, thus enabling them to give the consumer the benefit to the saving, the business being one of the largest in this vicinity. The co-partners, Mr. George B. Swain and Mr. Wm. A. Jones, have been in this business since 1875, and in that year succeeded the old established house of Randall, Swain & Co., which dated its inception from 1864. Mr. Swain being the junior member of the original firm of Randall & Swain. Messrs. Swain & Jones are gentlemen who thoroughly understand the lumber trade and conduct their business upon the most liberal kind of business policy and hold high positions in the commercial community of the city. The firm makes a specialty of domestic hard woods, all varieties being constantly kept in stock, this house doing one of the largest trades in this branch in the State. The trade is largely in the city and among the various suburban or surrounding towns, although this concern has at times sold quite largely to New York, Brooklyn and other adjacent cities. They also distribute large quantities of lumber along the various lines of railroads running from Newark throughout the State, and have also during the past year filled orders from as far West as Milwaukee and South to Richmond, Va. They are public-spirited citizens and foster and promote every enterprise that has for its object the benefit of the general public. Mr. Swain is President of the Board of Education, vice-president of the People's Insurance Company, and a director of the German National Bank. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 627] |
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