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this in favor of a clerkship in the shipping department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which he has now (1913) held for a period of eight years.
Mr. Klein enlisted in 1896 in Company F, Third National Guard, State of New Jersey, and was mustered out in 1899. He has a splendid record for gallantry, having served at the Powder Mill Plains, Pompton, New Jersey; was on duty in Company D during the Paterson silk mills strike, and at the Robert Galde Dye House. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal Church on Franklin street, and he is an active worker in church interests. He is a member of General Runyon Court, Independent Order of Foresters, and of Lodge No. 95, Junior Order of American Mechanics.
Mr. Klein married, February 23, 1902, Annie Cummings, a woman of most estimable character and a fitting helpmate to her ambitious husband. Mr. Klein is a man of warm sympathies and very charitable. He keeps abreast of the times in every relation of life, and has justly earned the esteem and respect of his fellow-citizens.
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JOHN FRANCIS CAHILL
John Francis Cahill, a fine type of the successful and representative man, and one who has attained recognition as a lawyer and influence in the politics of his native city, is a descendant on both the paternal and maternal sides of old and respected families of New Jersey, noted for their many excellent characteristics which have been transmitted to their posterity in large degree. His birth occurred in Newark, May 22, 1866, son of John J. and Annie (King) Cahill.
John F. Cahill was a student in the public schools of Newark, thus acquiring a practical education which laid the foundation for his subsequent successful career. The profession of law particularly appealed to him, and in order to qualify himself for that vocation he pursued a course of study along that line, and after successfully passing a competitive examination was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in November, 1896. He at once engaged in the active practice of his profession in Newark, and in due course of time gained repute and standing at the Essex County bar as a thoroughly qualified lawyer of recognized ability and acknowledged learning. He is a strong pleader, his arguments being convincing and logical, and his ability to grasp and elucidate the most intricate points of the law have few parallels. His practice, which has been chiefly along the lines of real estate and corporation law, he being a recognized expert in the examination of titles, covers the Eastern States. He has been successfully identified with considerable litigation of an important nature, and has acquitted himself with marked distinction. A Democrat in his political principles and con- nections, he takes an earnest interest in the success of his party, but has never sought or held public office, preferring his professional duties to all else. Public-spirited to a noteworthy degree, Mr. Cahill is ever foremost in the advocacy and support of every movement that tends to advance the material welfare of his native city and to promote the common interests of the community at large. He is a man of marked intellectual strength, and his success has been largely due to his own efforts and abilities.
Mr. Cahill married Florence E. Woodruff. Children: June, Carlisle and Balfe.
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LOUIS KAMM
Among the real estate men of Newark the name of Louis Kamm hag of late years been conspicuous for the magnitude and importance of the deals he has handled, and for the all-around ability he has shown in all his transactions. Though only engaged in that line of work since 1907, he has had that invariable good fortune which leaves behind it the presumption of something more than mere luck, and that something usually is the man's own dominating and forceful personality coupled with a keen intelligence and a genius for hard work.
Born in Newark, September 29, 1884, Louis Kamm is the son of Samuel and Matilda (Finger) Kamm. He inherited from his parents good mental endowments, energy, and the ambition to stand at the top of anything which he undertook. This ambition he has been able to realize before he has reached the age of thirty, an unusual and significant piece of good fortune. Eager to enter the lists of the business life, he left school at the age of thirteen and entered the employ of a local department store as an errand boy at a weekly wage of $2.50. His willingness and his boyish intelligence attracted the favorable notice of his employers and before three years were over he had become assistant buyer. The next step was to enter a house of manufacturing jewelers and in this business he was absorbed until he reached the age of twenty-one. By the time most young men are hardly out of school he had made himself a master of all the details of the business. He then felt that he was justified in entering the field on his own account, and his success fully attested the wisdom of the step. An innovation he attempted and found excellent in results was the opening of a line of 14-karat jewelry which met with a most favorable reception. He was able to supply with this line some of the best houses of the trade in the country, and found the de- parture to meet with the most unqualified success. He continued in the jewelry trade until the financial depression through which the country passed in 1907. About that time his attention was attracted by the possibilities to a man of good business intuitions in the real estate field. He made his formal entry into this new department of activity August 1, 1909, and two weeks had not passed before he closed his first deal. It was evident that here was the right man in the right place, and later achievements have come to prove even more decisively his fitness for the vocation he has chosen.
October 25, 1909, three months after he had taken up real estate work he entered into an association with Louis Schlesinger, and two years after this, in May, 1911, the business was incorporated, he and Mr. Schlesinger being the organizers. Of the new body as so organized Mr. Kamm became vice-presi- dent, the position he now holds. Mr. Kamm personally closed in 1911-1912 over $10,000,000 worth of real estate deals. Among these was that involving the Telephone Building at $1,000,000, the leasing for twenty years for Martin Burne of the S. S. Kresge Building, situated at the northwest corner of Market and Washington streets, a transaction involving about half a . million dollars. Another piece of "big business" was the bringing and locating in Newark of the leading cloak and suit house of Oppenheim, Collins & Company, a transaction involving $300,000. Another deal of large pro- portions was the sale of Nos. 138, 140 and 142 Market street, formerly owned by Arthur C. Hensler, and conveyed to the Century Realty Company for over $500,000. On the same scale was the leasing of the Arcade property, Nos. 645-649 Broad, for a period of twenty years and involving about $1,000,000. Still another was the leasing of Nos. 151-153-155 Market street, which carried
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with it the erection of a six-story mercantile building by the Goerke Company for S. S. Kresge Company of Detroit, Michigan, for a period of twenty-one years at a total rental of $1,250,000; also numerous other sales and leases of considerable value. Mr. Kamm is in political views an Independent. He holds membership in the Progress Club.
Mr. Kamm married, in 1907, Edith Emily, daughter of Joseph Jones, the senior member of the firm of D. Jones & Sons, of New York. They have one daughter, Dorothy, who is now three years old.
NICHOLAS VAN NESS
Among those pioneer merchants of Newark, New Jersey, who helped so largely to found the commercial prosperity of that city was Nicholas Van Ness. He was born at Pemberton Plains, New Jersey, February 16, 1822, son of Jacob and Martha (Fredericks) Van Ness.
After attending the public schools of his native town he entered the Pemberton Plains Academy, and completed the entire course of that institu- tion, though without graduating, as they did not give diplomas in those early days. Ambitious to make his way in the world, he removed from Pemberton to Newark while still a very young man, and learned the silver-plating busi- ness under Mr. Sturgis. His first partnership was formed with Mr. Jube, an association that was later dissolved when Mr. Van Ness, with character- istic energy, became sole owner of the business .. He remained at the head of his firm with offices located on Mechanic street, between Broad and Mulberry streets, until his death in February, 1899, when the business was sold. Although Mr. Van Ness did not leave a large fortune behind him, he was eminently successful as a business man and highly respected. Mr. Van Ness was always much interested in the fraternal societies of his native city. He was a charter member of the Odd Fellows and a member of the Masonic order. In political convictions he was a staunch Republican.
He married, in 1845, Katherine R. Doremus, at Jacksonville, New Jersey, and they had ten children, of whom four are still living: 1. Wallace, mar- ried Annie E. Waldron; children: Schuyler W. and Carl C. 2. Franklin F. E., married Annie Sandford. 3. F. L., married Louise Jessup, and they have one daughter, Katherine. 4. Grace, married Alexander McLean, a highly successful silk merchant of Paterson, New Jersey, with branch houses at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Sandford, Pennsylvania; they have three children: Newton Van Ness, Katherine, Cardwell.
Wallace, Franklin F. E. and F. L. Van Ness have inherited the business enterprise of their father and are engaged in business in New York City with the Sanitary Hardware Company. Wallace Van Ness is a member of the Essex Club, Holland Society and Sons of the American Revolution, to which latter body both Franklin F. E. and F. L. are equally eligible. F. L. Van Ness is also a member of the Board of Trade of New York City.
SAMUEL MEYER
Samuel Meyer, one of the well-known real estate men of Newark, was born in that town, September 6, 1868. His education was acquired in the public schools of Newark, after which he entered into business, obtaining a position in the cigar industry when only a boy of fifteen years of age. He showed from the first that he had the qualities that make for success, and
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he carly turned to account the experience he gained from every quarter. His next step was a venture in real estate commission work, and in this he con- tinued for about three years. His success in this line encouraged him to enter the field on his own account, and he has ever since operated in real estate with signal ability, and with a degree of good fortune which has given evidence of the wisdom of his choice. He occupies in the business community of his native town a position of honor which is the fruit of a career of the most scrupulous adherence to the highest ideals of the modern business man. His good judgment and keen sagacity make his opinion upon all matters in his own field of the greatest value, a fact attested by the frequency with which it is consulted. He occupies a suite of offices at 800 Broad street and at 237 Springfield avenue. The business is a large one, he being interested in ten building and loan associations in the City of Newark. He is a member of the Order of B'rith Abraham, Union Lodge, No. 61.
Mr. Meyer married, February 18, 1894, Fanny Solomon, and they have two daughters and one son: Rose, born November 27, 1896; Estelle, Sep- tember 30, 1900; Herbert, May 16, 1903.
J. A. GRANBERY
J. A. Granbery is the senior member of one of the largest and most suc- cessful firms of manufacturing jewelers of Newark, New Jersey. He was formerly a travelling salesman for Isaac A. Alling & Company, jewelers, of No. 50 Walnut street, and remained in the same capacity with Reeves & Sillcocks, the successors to Isaac A. Alling & Company. Having mastered the business details of the jeweler's trade after several years' experience with that firm, Mr. Granbery became ambitious to establish a business house of his own and settled in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, as junior partner in the firm known as Cutler, Granbery & Company. In 1901 Mr. Granbery bought out his partner, Mr. F. Cutler, and removed to Newark, where he established the firm of J. A. and S. W. Granbery, Incorporated, Jewelers, of No. 31 East Kinney street. Mr. J. A. Granbery is the president of the com- pany; Mr. P. J. Coffey, treasurer, and Mr. A. O. Burgess, secretary. The firm makes an extensive line of fine gold jewelry. Mr. Granbery is a member of the Manufacturing Jewelers' Association of Newark, of the Newark Board of Trade and the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club. Ile resides in East Orange.
AUGUST GOERTZ
One of the distinct branches of the manufacturing industry of Newark is that devoted to the production of satchel frames, purse and pocketbook frames and fancy metal goods. It is important because of the employment it furnishes to an army of working people and because of the prestige its large volume of business gives to the city as a manufacturing center. Such enter- prises are the result of many years of growth, having, in their incipiency, been scarcely more than mere workshops operated by venturesome though skilled mechanics with little capital but their labor.
Such, in a measure, is the history of the important bag and satchel frame factory of August Goertz & Company, on Morris avenue. The head of this firm was, thirty years ago, a young mechanic just from his native Ger- many, in the employ of Wichelhaus & Roth, manufacturers of saddlery hard-
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ware. He remained with that firm three years, going thence to R. Neumann & Company, manufacturers of bag and satchel frames. Here he became a trusted employee and continued for a period of twelve years, during which time he had acquired experience and means sufficient to justify him in arranging a partnership and engaging in business for himself. His partners were Edward Wester and Edward Knecht, the latter being now deceased, and the firm name adopted was the one now so well known and popular, August Goertz & Company. Their first factory was located at No. 37 Railroad avenue, but the growth of their business forced them to seek more commodious quarters, and in 1884 their present plant was occupied, the output of which is, so far as its own interests are concerned, for domestic consumption. It is the leading firm in the line of its product in the city, made and maintained so by the admirable tact and inventive turn of its worthy head, Mr. Goertz himself, who holds patents covering numerous inventions and improvements, the product of his own brain, that enable him to enter into competition with other firms with great success.
August Goertz was born in Solingen, Rhine Province, September 23, 1846, and is the son of Frederick and Frederica (Storsberg) Goertz, the former of whom was a cutlery manufacturer, and it was from him that Mr. Goertz learned his trade. The mother died in 1848, and the father in Newark in 1891. Mr. Goertz is the only surviving member of the family. He arrived in New York from Germany, May 22, 1867, having been induced to come to this country by some friends of his father, and he had no difficulty in finding employment on his arrival. He had the advantage of some of his countrymen in that he was their superior in intelligence and was able to speak the English language from the start. His frugality was exceeded only by his industry, and out of his wages came the nucleus of the competency he now possesses.
The first marriage of Mr. Goertz was in 1873, when he was united to Catharine Larouette, a young lady of French parentage, and she died April 30, 1890, leaving three children: Freda, Paula and Freddie. His second mar- flage was solemnized June 2, 1891. His wife, formerly Mrs. Minnie Noll, was a daughter of a Mr. Dietz, of Newark, and two children have resulted from this union: Walter and Herbert.
Although Mr. Goertz does not neglect his business, he devotes some time and attention to the many German societies of which he is a member, and is a liberal patron to their benefits and enjoys their confidence and esteem to a high degree. He is treasurer of the Improved Building and Loan Asso- ciation, and is a director in the Phoenix Building and Loan Association.
G. W. FAUTZ
G. W. Fautz, senior member of the firm of G. W. Fautz & Company, is a man whom to know is to respect and honor, for his life in all its varied relations has been marked by the utmost fidelity to duty and principle. He is industrious, energetic and not easily discouraged, and pressing forward reso- lutely to the goal of prosperity, he has gathered many of the rich fruits of successful management and earnest labor.
He established himself in business independently in January, 1905, beginning in a very small way. Renting bench room from F. A. Schlosslein, he conducted his business in this manner until April 6, 1911, when he pur- chased the interests of the manufacturing business of the F. A. Schlosslein estate, this consisting of stock, machinery, tools, dies and good will. The
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original founder of this business, F. A. Schlosslein, started in business at the corner of Market and Plane streets, in the year 1882, and was identified with this until his death, March 20, 1911.
The firm at the present time consists of the following named partners: G. W. Fautz, William F. Fautz, Charles A. Fautz and Charles A. Blaedner, and the jewelry manufactured at their present place of business, Nos. 93-107 Lafayette street, Newark, is conceded by experts to be among the best of its class. The policy of the firm with its patrons and. with its employes is a most honorable one and commends them to the confidence and business support of all.
CHRISTIAN KURZ
It has been frequently commented upon that the introduction of the German element into the business and social circles of this country has been of the greatest benefit to the prestige and prosperity of America. The qualities of thrift and industry, which were decidedly lacking in many of the early colonists, have been amply supplied by Germans who have come here, and the love of music and the fine arts has been immeasurably increased. Christian Kurz, who has contributed in no small part to the social life of the city of Newark, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1857. He is the son of John and Caroline Kurz, his father having been a corset weaver by trade.
Educated in his native city, he there also learned his trade as a com- positor, which he followed until he came to this country in 1881. He at once made his home in Newark and there became a compositor in the office of the Deutsche Zeitung of Newark, remaining there until 1886. He resigned his position at this time, having received a far more favorable offer from the Arbeiter Zeitung as foreman of the compositors in that office, filling it very capably for a period of two and one-half years.
By this time, by dint of thrift and economy, he had accumulated a con- siderable amount of money and decided to branch out into another field of industry which apparently offered better prospects of bettering his fortunes. He accordingly resigned his position and started out in business for himself, opening a restaurant and cafe, which he conducted from 1889 until 1901. While an excellent and praiseworthy citizen of his adopted country, Mr. Kurz had never lost his love for his mother country and the friends of his youth. He therefore sold his business at this time and spent four months in a trip to Europe, revisiting the scenes of his early years, and his relatives and former friends. Upon his return to America, Mr. Kurz opened the Coliseum, for- merly known as Bay View Park. This cafe and park, as well as the summer garden conducted in connection with it, were well patronized from the outset, owing to the large circle of friends and acquaintances of Mr. Kurz, to his genial and whole-hearted manner and to his natural ability as a host. Unfortunately, his lease of this property expired at the end of six and one- half years, and, not being able to renew it, he was obliged to abandon this enterprise, in which he had been eminently successful.
The next business venture of Mr. Kurz, who is a man of indefatigable energy and ambition, was in association with his brother-in-law, Mr. Schmidt, when they bought a large amount of property at Hilton and inaugurated what is now known as Olympic Park. This business partnership was dis- solved in 1910 and Mr. Kurz organized his present venture, the Old-Fashioned Cafe and Summer Garden, formerly operated as Fehleisen's Old-Fashioned
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Cafe. He has now been located at Nos. 315-323 Orange street, since that time. llis patronage is not alone among the Germans of the city and vicinity, but he has become celebrated far and wide for the excellence of the German dishes of which he makes a specialty, and which enjoy a well-deserved repu- tation. Mr. Kurz is fraternally affiliated with a number of organizations, among them being: Schiller Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Arion Singing Society, Schwaebische Saenger Bund, Germania Singing Society, Liberty Singing Society, Wein, Obst und Gartenbau Verein, and of the Im- proved Order of Heptasophs.
He was married in Newark to Bertha Bandistel, an American girl of German descent, daughter of Gottlieb and Margarethe Bandistel, the former of whom was a celebrated chemist. Mr. and Mrs. Kurz have three children now living: Lillian, Maria and Florence.
Of Mr. Kurz it may truly be said that in whatever undertaking he engaged he put his whole heart and soul, and this is one of the causes of the success which has attended his efforts. The desire to increase his worldly wealth, however, has not been the only motive power which has spurred him on to renewed effort, for he has the welfare of his fellow citizens most thoroughly at heart, and his charities have been large, although bestowed in a quiet and unostentatious manner.
THOMAS S. MCCABE, M. D.
The relative value to mankind of the various learned professions has often been the subject of comment, and it has been almost universally con- ceded that the profession of medicine takes the highest rank. Life is man's most prized possession, and the man who preserves that, the man who alleviates sickness and suffering, frequently at the expense of his own life, is the man who deserves pre-eminently to be ranked as a benefactor of humanity. Among the younger physicians of the city of Newark, New Jersey, who has already achieved a very desirable reputation, and has gained the confidence of a large class of patients, is Dr. Thomas S. McCabe.
Dr. Thomas S. McCabe, son of Owen McCabe, was born in the city of Newark, New Jersey, December 21, 1876. For a time he attended the parochial schools of his native city, and there obtained his elementary educa- ton, and was then prepared for the university at St. Francis Xavier College, from which ho was graduated. Later he matriculated at Columbia University, where he took up the study of medicine, and was graduated with honor in the class of 1902, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. During the comparatively few years that Dr. McCabe has been established in the practice of his profession he has effected some remarkable cures which have attracted the attention of his colleagues and have extended his practice very considerably. He is a man of great versatility and takes an active interest in whatever concerns the welfare of the community. He has been a prominent and influential member of the Board of Education of the city, and in this connection has done much to further the health of the public school children. In the cause of religion he has also done good work, as well as in the social life of the city.
Dr. McCabe married Edith Moyer, and they have one child: Eunice. Judging from the past career of Dr. McCabe, the city of Newark has cause for congratulation in the fact that he is a resident there.
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ABRAHAM FEIST
That it pays well to adhere strictly to truth and honor in all business dealings is amply illustrated in the success of the firm of Feist & Feist, located in the Scheuer Building, at Broad and Commerce streets. The con- cern was established in 1902 by Mr. Abraham Feist, (or "Abe" Feist, as he is affectionately termed by his intimates), who opened an office for the sale of real estate at No. 828 Broad street. Two years later the firm of Feist & Feist came into existence and soon proved one of the dominant factors in the real estate market. When, about seven years ago, the firm became the agent for the Scheuer Building, the offices were moved to the fourth floor of the build- ing, where they now remain.
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