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James Bell & Co.
| Name | James Bell & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Orange (N.J.) |
| Straße | Lincoln Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Brennstoff- und Baustoffhändler |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse: Lincoln Avenue and Morris & Essex Railroad. Coal, Wood, and Masons' Materials |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 759] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1874 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Baustoffhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| Brennstoffhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | In the various departments of industry in Orange there are a number of representative, honorable, efficient merchants who in their respective lines of business hold leading positions, as the firm of James Bell & Co., who are foremost as dealers in coal, wood, and masons' materials. The firm has been engaged in this line of business since 1874, and supply a large demand throughout this section. The warehouse and yards extend along the Morris & Essex division of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, and cover about an acre and a half of ground with a siding running through it. Ample shedding is provided for the storage of coal, which is always thoroughly cleaned and free from slate and kept under cover. The coal is of the best quality and is brought from the Lehigh and Scranton regions. The firm also have a full stock of English and American cannel coal, and deal in cord and kindling wood of all kinds, also masons' materials, which is an important branch of the business. In masons' materials they always have an immense stock, including lime, bricks, laths, cement, plaster, marble dust, hair; also, blue-stone, flag, curbs, steps, sills, rubbed hearths, etc., and also brown and Ohio stone, and can supply all demands made upon them. Cement, well-pipe, and glazed drain-pipe they also have on hand, and make contracts for flagging, curbing, etc., and import Aberdeen granite monuments to order. The firm possesses one of the largest and most extensive trades of the kind in this section of the State, and furnish brownstone in any quantity from the Collamore quarry on First Mountain in West Orange, which is owned and worked by them. The membership of the firm comprises Mr. James Bell and Mr. David H. Bell, who are originally from Scotland, and came to Orange about 1841, and were formerly engaged in business as masons and builders and have alivays been prominently identified with the business interests of this portion of Essex County. They have always taken an active interest in local affairs, and Mr. David A. Bell is a member of the Township Committee of West Orange and the chairman of that body. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 759] |
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