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George Spottiswoode & Co.
| Name | George Spottiswoode & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Orange (N.J.) |
| Straße | Lumber Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Brennstoffhändler |
| Anmerkungen | Offices and Yards: Lumber Street and D., L. and W. Railroad, and Washington Street and Watchung Railroad. Coal and Wood |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 747] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1866 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Brennholzhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| Brennstoffhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | One of the most prominent among the leading representative business men in Orange is Mr. George Spottiswoode, the well-known coal and wood dealer. Mr. Spottiswoode established the business in 1866, which has from that time reached extended proportions and now ranks among the largest in this section. In 1881 Mr. Thomas Cusack, a young, enterprising business man, who had been brought up in the business with Mr. Spottiswoode since 1868, was admitted to an interest in the business, and from that time it has been carried on under the name and style of George Spottiswoode & Co. Extensive coal and wood yards are occupied by the firm, one at the corner of Lumber Street and the D., L. and W. Railroad, which is provided with a siding and long rows of sheds for the reception and storage of coal, and the other on Washington Street, on the line of the Watchung Railroad. In these yards they have at all times a heavy stock of coal from the celebrated Harleigh, Hazleton, Fulton, Jeddo, Latimer, Sugar Loaf, and Spring Mountain mines in Pennsylvania, which includes the popular hard of Lehigh and the very best grades of free-burning coal that comes from the coal regions of that State. The coal is always carefully prepared and free from slate, and is delivered to any part of the Oranges. The firm also are large dealers in the best qualities English and American cannel coal, and also coal for blacksmiths' uses, and furnish kindling wood by the load or barrel. A large and widespread trade is carried on with the Oranges and the surrounding section of the country. Mr. George Spottiswoode, the senior member of the firm, is originally from Ireland, but has been in this country for many years. He is one of the most popular gentlemen in Orange, and has been an efficient member of the City Councils, and a leading member of the Board of Education, a Justice of the Peace, Tax Commissioner and member of the Commission of Appeal, Collector of Taxes, and is now one of the most useful members of the Board of Water Commissioners. Mr. Spottiswoode has always been noted for the activity he displays in whatever he undertakes, is of unimpeachable honesty, and courteous in manner. Mr. Thomas Cusack, his young business partner, came to this country from England when quite a lad, and had been in the employ of Mr. Spottiswoode for fourteen years previous to his being admitted to an interest in the business. He is a bright, intelligent, enterprising young man, highly esteemed in both mercantile and social circles. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 747] |
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