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Crump Label Company
| Name | Crump Label Company |
| Ortssitz | Montclair (N.J.) |
| Straße | Murray Street 57 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Etikettenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Samuel Crump, President. |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 784] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1832 |
Gründung |
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Kommentar |
| Etiketten |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | A country's manufactures are its life. Alike the sustaining power of the merchant and artisan, the manufacturing interest is the great factor upon which the political and commercial existence of a nation depends. Especially close are the mercantile and manufacturing interests allied. Greater activity in the various industrial pursuits has produced in our mercantile organization a change similar to that produced in the political world by an extension of political rights and responsibilities. A history of special industries, which from small beginnings with simple uniformity of employments and mutual dependence, have grown to be important and independent factors in the sum total of a nation's prosperity, is really a history of the growth of that nation. An establishment dating its inception fifty years back, and shipping goods valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, over all the wide land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the most extensive of its kind in existence, cannot fail to have great weight in commercial circles. Such an one is the Crump Label Co., whose extensive works are located in Montclair, N. J. Established in 1832 by the father of the present President, Mr. Samuel Crump, his retirement in 1861 advanced his son to the management. Far from deteriorating under his care, the business has assumed fairer proportions and rests on as sure a footing as any establishment, irrespective of class, in the Union. The facilities are unequaled, the capacity reaching the enormous amount of one million labels per day. In the year 1881 over two hundred million labels were shipped, despite the depression in business circles. Labels are furnished to all the large packing houses in the country, from the extensive establishments in the Eastern and Middle States for the canning of fruit and vegetables, and the corned-beef packing houses of the Mississippi Valley, to those devoted to pickling salmon on the Pacific coast. Few of those people who consume large quantities of the various canned edibles know that the tasteful labels which ornament the outside of the cans are manufactured in Montclair and sent thousands of miles over the country. The Crump Label Co. is an establishment complete in itself and thoroughly independent of all other concerns. Even the paper and ink used are manufactured on the premises in departments specially set aside for the purpose. Thus being able to sell at one profit, such low rates are established for their goods that it is no marvel they control the market. The buildings cover a number of acres of ground, inclusive of yard room, which is ample. There are fourteen departments in all, whose ground area amounts to more than eighty-two thousand square feet, divided up as follows: Office, 1,089 square feet; engraving and photo, department, 2,790 square feet; press room department, 41,492 square feet; electrotype foundry, 1,680 square feet; paper department, 5,880 square feet; cutting department, 1,800 square feet; machine shop, 1,150 square feet; varnish department, 2,024 square feet; fancy paper department, 9,154 square feet; plate house for storage of original engravings and electrotypes, 780 square feet; drying room, 4,712 square feet; coal and railroad siding, 2,660 sc[uare feet; storage, 5,020 square feet; out building, storage, 2,512 square feet. One hundred and ninety skilled and experienced workmen find steady employment in the different departments. Power to run the presses, etc., is furnished by an engine of one hundred horse power and three capacious boilers. Various improvements have been made in the machinery, adapting it thoroughly to its uses. The establishment has six offices in various parts of the country, located as follows: 57 Murray Street, New York city ; 51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago; no Olive Street, St. Louis; 64 North Water Street, Philadelphia; 16 Second Street, Baltimore ; Executive Office, Montclair, N. J. All of these are under the charge of capable and experienced gentlemen, who are well qualified to fill their responsible positions. No office has as yet been established in Canada, although a large percentage of business is transacted there. Private telephone, wire and cable connection has been established between Montclair and the New York office. The labels are tastefully designed in a manner suitable to their purpose and are executed in fine style. They are printed in from one to ten colors inclusive, and present an attractive appearance. The higher grades are given a fine gloss or glaze, which greatly enhances their beauty. In fact, they surpass in merit of design and beauty of finish many chromos occupying places on the walls of some American homes. Mr. Samuel Crump, the president and manager of this large enterprise, is a native of New York city. He has about $200,000 invested in the concern, which yields him a commensurate annual return. He has been at the head of affairs since i860. Twenty-two years' successful management attests the high order of his business qualifications. His liberality and public spirit, together with the undeviating honesty of his principles, entitle him to be considered a representative member of America's prominent citizens. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 784] |
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