George P. Platt

Zeit	Ereignis
1876	Gründung

Produkt	ab	Bem.	bis	Bem.	Kommentar
Holzhandel	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	Representing the Whitehall Lumber Co., Wholesale Dealers in Lumber

ZEIT	1884
THEMA	Firmendarstellung
TEXT	Mr. George P. Platt is one of the best known and most highly spoken of members of the wholesale lumber trade of the metropolis. He is a native of Troy, N. Y., which, in its suburb of West Troy, has been in the past one of the largest lumber centres in the State. Here Mr. Platt early acquired great practical experience in the business, and is now a recognized expert as regards quality and values. He has been established in business in New York for the last eight years, and is the representative here for the Whitehall Lumber Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind on the continent. Its headquarters are at Whitehall, N. Y., where a supply of fourteen million feet is on hand, comprising the best of clear stuff from Canadian mills up the Ottawa, and throughout the Province of Quebec. The company is officered as follows, the names being those of prominent American and Canadian capitalists. President. H. G. Burleigh; Vice-President, Jas. McLaren, of Canada; Secretary and Treasurer, E. P. Newcombe, and Manager. A. P. Cooke. The company is faithfully and ably represented here by Mr. Platt, whose connections and facilities are of a superior character, and who is one of the most popular members of the trade in New York. He does a large shipping trade, and is in every respect a thoroughly reliable and honorable merchant.
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