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Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
| Name | Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | East 14th Street 36 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Metallwarenfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse (um 1884): No. 36 East 14th Street, Union Square. Fabriken: Wallingford, Connecticut. Branche: Manufacturers of the Finest Quality of Silver-Plated Wares. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 306] |
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| 1844 |
Gründung von "Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co." durch Samuel Simpson |
| 1846 |
William Rogers sen. gründet das Unternehmen in Hartford. |
| 1867 |
"Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co." wird in eine Aktiengesellschaft unter gleicher Firma verwandelt. |
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[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | One of the three largest manufacturers of fine electroplated goods in the United States is the great incorporated company of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., whose factories are eligibly located in Wallingford, Conn., while the New York headquarters of the concern are advantageously and centrally situated at No. 38 East 14th Street, Union Square, and under the personal management of Mr. Charles D. Yale and Mr. G. Selden Yale. This company is the only manufacturer of the genuine William Rogers' goods, so long and so justly famous. They comprise a full line of electro-plated spoons, forks, and knives, which are manufactured for the company under the direct personal supervision of Mr. William Rogers, son of the late William Rogers, who in 1846 first started in business in Hartford. While Mr. Rogers thus specially superintends the department of spoons, forks, knives, etc., the company carries on the manufacture of all kinds of fine electro-plated hollow ware, comprising waiters, tea sets, casters, epergnes, vases, water sets, cups, goblets, etc., being in every respect a full and complete line, as is demonstrated in the magnificent display in the salesrooms and metropolitan headquarters, at No. 36 East 14th Street, New York. The manufacturing business now carried on upon such an extensive scale tinder the corporate name of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. was founded in 1844 by Mr. Samuel Simpson, one of the pioneers in the electro-silver plate trade. The business grew and developed rapidly and for many years flourished under the firm name of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., until, in 1867, it was duly incorporated as a joint stock company under the above title. The company's present officers are as follows: Mr. Samuel Simpson, President; Mr. Charles D. Yale, Treasurer; Mr. G. W. Hull, Superintendent, and Mr. A. Andrews, Secretary. The officers are all gentlemen of vast practical experience in this business and bring to bear not only the benefits of large capital and specially fitted-up factories, but also avail themselves of the best of trained talent and skill, and have the sole control of the only genuine William Rogers' goods that are made. This is a very important fact and worthy of the careful attention of the public. Mr. William Rogers is personally in charge of the manufacture of the spoons, forks, and knives sold by the company. and in a beautifully got-up book written by him he says: "Spoons, forks and knives, bearing my name are plated by the system established by William Rogers, Sr., in 1846. and with all the improvements since adopted by us and as pursued by my father and myself in Hartford until March, 1868, and Meriden, until March, 1878. These goods are plated upon eighteen per cent, nickel silver, old mixture and weights, and are carefully burnished, warranted our highest standard in metal and plate." Mr. Rogers distinctly disclaims any connection with any other goods stamped "Rogers," but which are not of Rogers standard, and in regard to this says: "Certain joint stock companies have tried by various devices to seize our name and palm off on the public goods made by various persons, not named Rogers." It is thus evident that the only true and genuine William Rogers' goods must be purchased of, or through, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. Beside its great factories at Wallingford, Conn., the company has a branch factory in Montreal, Canada, thus giving the Canadian public the same advantages as those ol the United States. The principal salesrooms are at No 36 East 14th Street. It is in every respect a magnificent store, elegantly and beautifully fitted up and presenting a scene of great splendor, the stock being the most complete and finest of its kind ever exhibited in New York. It comprises the best quality of fine silver-plated ware flor the table and art articles in great profusion. There is here a full and complete line of everything as included above, finished in all the most advanced styles of the silversmith's art, and shown in oxydized, hammered, repousse and satin work, etc. Here are to be seen and admired a vast variety of tea sets, salvers, butter dishes, cake baskets, ice pitcher sets, card receivers, baking dishes, pickle casters, dinner and breakfast casters, tureens, spoons, forks, knives, etc. These goods are all manufactured in the highest style of the art, the ornamentation being all done by hand and consequently much more durable and reliable than the gaudy stamped work. All the goods sold here are the highest quality of electrc -silver plate on hard white metal. As the basis, the plating is done in the best manner possible and the goods stand unsurpassed in the markets of the world to-day. The company's western salesrooms are located in the large building, No. 160 State Street, Chicago, from which the western trade is supplied under the management of Mr. M. N. Burchard. The company's other salesrooms are as follows: Philadelphia, No. 506 Commerce Street; San Francisco, No. 530 Market Street; and Montreal, No. 18 De Bresoles Street. The. company is widely renowned for the grace, beauty and elegance of its designs, which in the estimation of good judges are the best and most artistic ever offered to the American public. It is a well known fact that the company spares no pains or expense to secure the best talent available, and a discerning public justly appreciates the tangible results. The esteemed president of the company. Mr. Samuel Simpson, is a veteran in the electro-silver plate trade and is still at the head of the factories, where upwards of saven hundred hands find employment. Mr. G. W. Hull is the practical and experienced manufacturer and is possessed of superior executive abilities. Mr. A. Andrews, ths secretary, is a practically trained business man, popular in commercial circles, and faithfully discharges the onerous duties devolving upon him. The New York business is under the personal supervision of Mr. Charles D. Yale, and of his brother, Mr. G. Selden Yale. Both gentlemen bring great experience to bear, and under their able management the business done here has grown to proportions of the greatest magnitude. Mr. Charles D. Yale as treasurer of the company has long performed the responsible duties of that position of trust in a thoroughly methodical manner, and has given abundant proof of his great business talents. Mr. Charles D. Yale and his brother are unusually popular members of metropolitan mercantile circles. respected by ail with whom they come in contact, and whose connections are of the most superior character. Their company not only doss an immense domestic trade but exports to all quarters of ths globe, and the reliability of its claims for its manufactures tested by forty years (all told) of active progress has won the deserved confidence of an immense and constantly-growing trade. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 306] |
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