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The Jewellers' Mercantile Agency (Limited)
| Name | The Jewellers' Mercantile Agency (Limited) |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 214+216 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Juwelenhandel |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse (um 1884): Nos. 214 und 216 Broadway und No. 5 Custom House Street, Providence, R.I.; Deloid Safford, Präsident. Charles H. Swords, Treasurer, William H. Bowers, Sekretär. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 289] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1873 |
Gründung |
| 1883 |
Eintragung, mit Deloid Safford als Präsident, Charles H. Swords als Kassenleiter und William H. Bowers als Sekretär |
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Kommentar |
| Juwelenhandel |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The volume of commerce would not be possible but for the system of credit which it obtains. The field is manifestly too vast for any one agency to cover all the branches of trade and efficiently serve the public. It is this among other causes which has created a demand in each trade for a mercantile agency of its own, specially devoted to the circle of those embarked in that particular branch of business. These remarks have an illustration and are fully demonstrated by the successful career of "The Jewellers' Mercantile Agency," which, since its establishment in 1873, has completely and thoroughly covered the field as designated in its title, and what is of equal importance has met with the hearty approval and co-operation of the jewelry trade generally, inclusive not only of our manufacturers, importers and jobbers, but of the retail trade throughout the country. The agency was incorporated in 1883, and its officers are Deloid Safford, President, Charles H. Swords. Treasurer, and William H. Bowers, Secretary. The agency's main offices are located at Nos. 214 and 216 Broadway (Park Bank Building), and there is also branches of the main office at No. 40 Borden Block, Chicago. Ill., and No. 5 Custom House Street, Providence, R.I., one of the great centres of the manufacturing interests. The agency is devoted to the credits of the jewelry trade, and has the best of facilities for the obtaining of reliable information at the earliest possible date. A perfect system has been organized for the prompt delivery of written reports, each report being alphabetically filed and order being the rule. It has among its subscribers nearly all the members of the manufacturing, importing and jobbing interests, its list of references comprising many of our leading firms, and the information it supplies is of corresponding value, saving its customers, if the instructions are carefully followed, from all avoidable losses. The trade in jewelry, diamonds, watches, etc., has grown to proportions of such magnitude that the agency requires a large force of clerks, representatives and correspondents, and in every way the officers, President Safford, Treasurer Swords, and Secretary Bowers, seek to attain the highest state of efficiency. The superintendent of the main office has had long practical experience in the commercial agency business, is of superior executive abilities, and gives his closest attention to the workings of the agency. He ably and faithfully discharges the onerous duties devolving upon him, and is generally popular both in social and business circles. Mr. Safford is a gentleman too widely known and respected throughout the community to require any comment at our hands. In addition to the local information the agency obtains the credit standing of every house in the market where it purchases, and this highly important information accompanies each report, forming one of the special features, and affords a more positive guide in the adjudging of credits than a mere local opinion as derived from general agencies. Each subscriber is entitled to the following: One copy of each of January and July reference books, revised to date of issue, which contain a full list of the jewelry trade throughout the United States with ratings as to estimated worth and credit, a weekly sheet of changes - one hundred special detailed reports - and the prompt notification of all important items in which a subscriber may be interested, the subscriber first furnishing the agency with a list of his customers for this purpose. The rate for the service above set forth for one year is seventy-five dollars. If any further information is desired, the agency will most gladly afford it, and upon call a special agent will wait upon those desiring it. The collection department furnishes the best of facilities for the collection of past due accounts, etc., at reasonable terms. The agency also issues annually an elegantly printed and beautifully bound directory of the jewelry trade, which is the accepted authority as a guide to the various firms and their specialties and is kept handy in every jeweller's shop in the land. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 289] |
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