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The Mrs. G. B. Miller & Co.
| Name | The Mrs. G. B. Miller & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Columbia Street 97 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Tabakfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet als "Tobacco Manufactory". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 234] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1776 |
Gründung durch G. B. Miller |
| 1844 |
Übergang von "G. B. Miller" auf "The Mrs. G. B. Miller & Co." |
| 1868 |
Eintragung |
| 11.09.1884 |
Tod von C. M. Platt. S. L. Platt wird Präsident |
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| Tabak |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
Endprodukt unbekannt |
| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | It is with pleasure that we are enabled to refer to the honorable and prosperous career of such an old established and prominent to-bacco manufacturing house as that of the Mrs. G. B. Miller & Co., No. 97 Columbia Street, in connection with the tobacco manufacturing interests of this great metropolis. This house, which is without doubt the oldest in the tobacco trade, was originally founded in 1776, one hundred and eight years ago, and was carried on by Mrs. G. B. Miller till about 1844. Eventually, in 1868, the business was formed into an incorporated company, and after several changes the following gentlemen, well known in financial circles for their unswerving honor and enterprise, became the principal officers of the company, viz.: President, C. H. Platt; Secretary and Treasurer, S. L. Platt. Mr. C. M. Platt died September 11, 1884, S. L. Platt becoming president. The premises occupied are very extensive and commodious, and comprises a five-storied brick building with a spacious addition in the rear, admirably arranged and equipped with all the latest machinery and appliances for the manufacture ot smoking and chewing tobacco and snuff, a large number of skilled operatives being constantly employed. The leaf used is selected with the greatest care, all of an inferior nature being rejected, and the personal supervision of the officers of the company is directed that the goods shall be perfect in every particular and of unsurpassed quality. When the people of the United States come to expend the enormous sum of two hundred and fifty million dollars in a single year for tobacco and cigars, it is tolerably evident as a whole that they are in pretty good circumstances. The internal revenue returns sent out not long ago disclose the astonishing fact that there has been an increase in revenue from tobacco, cigars, etc., during the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1884, of about one million and a half of dollars, compared with the previous year. New York is credited with the greater part of the increase, her tobacco manufacturing interests being on a gigantic scale. The Mrs. G. B. Miller & Co.'s brands of tobacco have a world wide reputation, great quantities being exported to Europe, and the sale of these goods is annually increasing in volume. More than a century has elapsed since the foundation of this house, and the proprietors and officers can point with the greatest satisfaction and pride to an unblemished career, which gives every promise of a prosperous and successful future. On the llth of September, 1884, Mr. C. M. Platt died. He is ably succeeded in the presidency by Mr. S. L. Platt. Under his administration a reign of marked and deserved prosperity may be predicted for this old and staunch representative industry of New York. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 234] |
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