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McGall, Allen & Co.
| Name | McGall, Allen & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Orange (N.J.) |
| Straße | Mitchell Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hutfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Mitchell Street, near South Jefferson Street, Orange Valley. Hat Manufacturers |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 772] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1869 |
Gründung |
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Kommentar |
| Hüte |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The hat-manufacturing industry of Orange is conducted by men of experienced ability, enterprise, and large capital. Among the well-known firms engaged in the business are McGall, Allen & Co., who are the successors to the old established factory that was first put in oparation about 1869, which had been carried on under several different firm-names until 1880, when the present firm was formed, and have since continued the business. The membership of the firm comprises William J. McGall, Samuel Allen, Quint McGall, and Frank Fouratt, who are practical hat manufacturers of many years' experience. The firm manufactures all kinds of fur hats, from the operation of making the "form" or cone to finishing it ready for the wearer. The establishment consists of a number of buildings in a cluster, two and three stories in height, most of which are substantial brick structures. They cover a ground space of 600 square feet, and are provided and fitted up with all the machinery suitable and required in the business, including forming machines, pouncing machines, stiffening machines, blocking machines, etc., with a number of boilers and pumps and a one hundred horse-power engine. There is also an artesian well through thirty-seven feet of solid rock, from which at all times a full supply of water is obtained. About two hundred and fifty hands are constantly employed, and the production reach as high as any other establishment in this vicinity, which find their way to all parts of the country through their business house. No. 79 Greene Street, New York. Messrs. McGall, Allen & Co. are among the leading representative hat manufacturers of Orange, and are well-known and enjoy a standard reputation for stability and reliability second to no other. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 772] |
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