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A. G. Elliot & Co.
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| Name | A. G. Elliot & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Chestnut Street 727 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Papierhandlung |
| Anmerkungen | Lage bis 1872: 525 Minor Street und 512-514 North Front Street; bis 1879: 26 South Seventh Street; dann Chestnut Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 164] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 164]: Portraits von A. G. Elliot und J. B. Mitchell |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1863 |
A. G. Elliot tritt in das Papier-Haus "Theo. Megargee & Co." ein |
| 1869 |
A. G. Elliot macht sich an der 525 Minor Street und 512-514 North Front Street selbständig |
| 1883 |
Der Kaufmann Joseph B. Mitchell wird Teilhaber, verbunden mit der Umfirmierung in "A. G. Elliot & Co." |
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Bem. |
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Kommentar |
| Papierhandel |
1869 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The vast productive facilities of Philadelphia in the paper industy, have been frequently presented. Reviews, statistics and accurate data in this branch of manufacture have been carefully compiled, and given from time to time, and the extent and vast variety of output fully covered. It is to her great capacities as a most important centre for receipt and distribution, that we would now direct the attention of our readers. The strength of her position has always been acknowledged, though her claims have been generally made in so unpretentious a manner as to incite rival cities to deny the immensity of her paper interests. Standing pre-eminent among our largest, oldest and most enterprising dealers, the house of A. G. Elliot & Co. will afford the reader one of the best arguments that we can offer. Mr. Elliot, head of the present firm, and whose portrait we present, made his first start in the paper industry in 1863. Previous to the war, Mr. Elliot had engaged in the banking business, leaving it to enter the army. On leaving the army he entered the paper house of Theo. Megargee & Co. , and before the end of the first year, by a diligent application to the business, he had so far mastered its details as to be admitted to a partnership in the then reorganizing firm. In 1869, a dissolution took place, Mr. Elliot immediatelv establishing himself at 525 Minor street, and 512 and 514 North Front street. His commencement was modest, but by constant accessions of new facilities to supply a demand then rapidly increasing, and with vigorous enterprise, his trade rapidly assumed such proportions, that three years after, in 1872, he was compelled to remove to 26 South Seventh street, where he continued until 1879. Another enlargement now became necessary, and the large building, 200 feet deep, at 727 Chestnut street, was the site selected. A remarkable fact with reference to the history of this house is the steady manner of its growth and uninterrupted expansion from its foundation until the present. In 1883, Joseph B. Mitchell, a popular and able salesman who had been associated with the business since 1869, and brother-in-law of A. G. Elliot, was admitted to partnership, and the firm assumed the style of today, A. G. Elliot & Co. Upon the notification of J. G. Ditmau to the trade of his intention to sell, A. G. Elliot & Co. promptly became the purchasers, and thus added largely to their leading position among the
dealers of this city. The energy and capacity evinced by the heads of this house is broad and manifest in every department of their large establishment. In the recent destructive fire in their warehouse, they, inside of an hour, secured another building and opening their mail were ready for business. By the prompt addition to their stock of every possible grade and line of products from the best manufacturers in the country, they have become recognized as a central point of supplies for printers, publishers, lithographers and manufacturing stationers in America. They are manufacturers, importers and jobbers, and are agents for every leading mill throughout the country. In the manufacture and sale of vegetable parchment paper they fill a leading position in the trade. In the bills for United States, state and city government contracts for supplies, no inconsiderable quantity is awarded them. Their large five-story andbasement building, previously mentioned, 50x100 feet, with annex 3ox5ofeet, is stored from cellar to roof with paper of the greatest variety, warehouses on the wharf containing the chemicals and paper stock. Their export trade is also a large factor. As all transactions are under the direct control or personal supervision of Mr. Elliot, or Mr. Mitchell, advance is made with but little perceptible strain. Integrity, the making of haste slowly, the thoughtful plodding
in the sure path of mercantile honor, the readiness to keep pace will] every fresh demand and facility, the enterprise in pushing forth to fresh fields of trade - these are the factors in the successful career of A. G. Elliot & Co. This house has undoubtedly assumed the position of enduring permanencv, and with its present and constantly increasing business of over $1.000.000 per annum, its widely extended list of regular customers, and its financial solidity, bids
fair to continue its growth and influence for many years in the field of supplies, occupying the position in the paper industry of one of the largest receiving and distributing points in these United States, and perhaps in the world. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 164] |
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