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Washington Market, E. B. Corby
| Name | Washington Market, E. B. Corby |
| Ortssitz | Bloomfield (N.J.) |
| Straße | Glenwood Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Lebensmittelgeschäft |
| Anmerkungen | Lebensmittelgeschäft |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 791] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1856 |
Gründung |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Lebensmittelhandel |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Far from numerous in these degenerate days are the men who are able to point to twenty-six years spent in mercantile pursuits untarnished by a single blot. This is why such old-established houses as that known as the Washington Market has so firm a standing among the shopping element in and around Bloomfield. The people know that in this establishment, which, being conducted upon a strictly cash basis, is enabled to sell at the lowest rates, they can at all hours obtain anything in the line of meats and vegetables just as they are represented, and have them obligingly delivered at their residences. The market, which occupies a building measuring 25x56 feet, was established in 1856 with a fair capital, and soon attracted a trade which is still increasing. Two clerks are employed to assist in supplying the demands of numerous customers, and two wagons are constantly running to deliver orders. Mr. Corby, the proprietor, is one of those men who have achieved name and fame as an inventive genius. Among his useful inventions may be mentioned a gas generator, a clothesdryer, a steamboat propeller, and an ice-box, upon all of which patents have been secured. The ice-box is especially designed for the preservation of meats for family use, and is constructed on a very economical principle, whereby but one-half the quantity of ice required for other boxes is used and gre.iter benefit is obtained. A noticeable feature is the arrangement by which the water is utilized, which is wasted in other refrigerators or ice-boxes. Mr. Corby is appreciated by the citizens of Bloomfield, as is evidenced by the fact that he has been elected a member of the Town Committee. He is a native of New Jersey, born in Essex County in 1830. Mr. Corby is not only a mechanical genius, but a poet also, and his sketch of the life of the late lamented James A. Garfield, in poetry, from the cradle to the grave, as a plain, simple, well-expressed narrative in choice words and perfect rhythm, possesses great merit, and does credit to the head and heart of its author. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 791] |
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