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Jardin Brick Company
| Name | Jardin Brick Company |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Ziegelei |
| Anmerkungen | 1886 - 1889: "L. E. Jardin & Co." |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 149] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1836 |
Gründung durch Jacob Jardin |
| 1886 |
Gründung unter der Firma "L. E. Jardin &Co." |
| Aug. 1889 |
Umwandlung der "L. E. Jardin & Co." in "Jardin Brick Co." und Eintragung. Das eingezahlte Kapital beträgt $1.000.000, und das Werk wird stark vergrößert |
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ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Ziegel |
1837 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | For many years Philadelphia has been famed the world over for the superior quality and general excellence of the brick manufactured within her borders, and largely to the immense aggregate of pressed bricks made in this city is due her supremacy as the great industrial metropolis of America. There is probably no part of the world in which pressed brick are used for building purposes to which the fame of this product of her manufactories has not spread, and as the years come and go the demand for "Philadelphia pressed brick" is steadily and largely increased. Of those concerns engaged in this field of industrial enterprise there are few that rival and none that surpass the Jardin Brick Company of Philadelphia, either as regards the general excellence and finish or the aggregate of output. This company is the outgrowth of the business established by Jacob Jardin in 1837, ami the history of the enterprise is that of the city in all that has made her great during the last half century. Keeping abreast of the times in all the improvements made in the art of brick manufacture, and in the devices and appliances for improving the quality of the product, Mr. Jardin rapidly increased his facilities with the demand for his bricks, until he had built up a trade of vast proportions, and made a reputation for the products of his works as wide-spread as the boundaries of the world. In 1886 the firm of L,. E. Jardin & Co. was organized, and three years later the business had attained such proportions as to require additional capital and resources to meet the demands, and the Jardin Brick Company was organized and incorporated for this purpose in August, 1889, with a paid up capital stock of $1.000.000, with financial backing and credit practically unlimited. The works were largely increased and extended, and as now equipped the plant is probably the most complete if not the largest in the United States, the works having a capacity of 50,000,000 bricks per annum, with an actual output of 35.000.000. The wonderful growth of this industry may be learned from the fact that the product of the establishment when it was owned and operated by Jacob Jardin aggregated from 5.000.000 to 7.000,000, and under the style of L. E. Jardin & Co. this amount was increased to 12.000.000, showing an increase in two years, since the organization of the company, of over 400 per cent. This wonderful growth is the result of the great business ability, tact and energy brought to the management of affairs, which from the incorporation of the company has been in the hands of men eminently qualified by experience for the important work, masters of finance and experts in this line of industry. To the plant of this company is constantly added every improvement in brick making machinery of value, and by reason of the enterprise and push of the officers, the purpose of the management to maintain the high standard of excellence their brick had attained, they have gone far beyond their aim and have greatly improved both quality and finish of their product, and as a logical sequence have immensely increased and extended the field of their operations. The company manufactures pressed bricks of all shapes and designs, as of all shades as well in mottled work and buff, and all kinds of work are done to order from designs or from patterns furnished, and the facilities of the company for shipping everything in their line required by the builder's art at short notice, and of the most satisfactory workmanship, arc unsurpassed if equalled by any competing house in the city. The brick are made of the best tempered clay, of which the company own an inexhaustible supply. It is located in the southern part of the city and is unequalled in fineness and every other regard for brick making purposes in the country. Mr. Henry C. Webster is the president of this great and successful company. He is a practical expert of many years' experience in the manufacture of brick, and has worked at and mastered every detail of the business at every stage of the work. He is a connoisseur of clays, and gives personal, uninterrupted attention to the practical work of the company. He is considered among builders in Philadelphia one of the best practical brick makers in the country. He began at the first step in a brick yard, and has forged his way to the very front rank of brick men in the city by his persistent effort, energy and grit, and the position he now occupies gives him a commanding place among the master brick makers at home and abroad. Mr. William L. Elkins, the vice-president of the company, is one of Philadelphia's largest capitalists and most successful financiers. He is well remembered as a pioneer in the oil refining industry in this city and controlled the business here for years. His enterprise, coupled with that of two other public spirited citizens, gave to Philadelphia her admirable car service, and a large and beautiful section of the southwestern and central portion of the city was built up and improved by Mr. Elkins and Mr. Widener. He is president and director in numerous railroad and street car companies and banking institutions here and elsewhere, and is recognized universally as one of the men who in making himself great has added to the attractiveness and business growth of this city. Mr. C. E. Yerkes is the efficient secretary and treasurer of the company. He was formerly engaged in business here as a stock broker, as a member of the well known firm of C. T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co., and still retains his seat on the board. He has held his present position in the company since its organization, and has managed the financial concerns of the company with rare tact and skill, and by his ability and liberal business methods has largely added to the trade and reputation of the concern. He is a son of Mr. C. T. Yerkes, of Chicago. Messrs. W. L. Elkins and P. A. B. Widener are the largest stockholders in the company. As supplying a large proportion of the material used in the many important building operations in this city, this company has been closely identified with the improvements which from year to year have added to the attractiveness of Philadelphia, and as a large producer and shipper the corporation has played an important part in placing this city to the very front as the great manufacturing centre of the Union, thereby making those who organized and managed the concern public benefactors in the modest signification of the term. The standing of those concerned in the enterprise has built this structure upon an enduring foundation, and great as has been the work it has accomplished, it bids fair to still further increase and extend the volume and field of its usefulness. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 149] |
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