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Mr. Wilcox, formerly engaged with Mr. Emery in the manufacture of Flour and Flour Mill Machinery in Michigan, associated himself with the original Bradford company in 1897 and has since been closely identified with its affairs, assisting in the various re-organizations and giving his attention to the marketing of the companies products in the United States and Europe, in- troducing and perfecting a method of merchandising which has not only served to materially increase the volume of the company's annual sales but as well has established their products in the world's markets in a most staple manner.
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Plymouth, Ind., Factory.
Marietta. O., Factory.
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BRADFORD FACTORY
Interior Bradford Saw Mill.
Bedford, Mass., Factory.
AMERICAN WOOD RIM COMPANY'S FACTORIES.
EMPLOYEES AMERICAN WOOD RIM COMPANY.
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J. Lyons, G. W. Draper, R. Polley, C. F. Arnts, G W. Knapp, W. Jack, J. A. Anderson, C. E. Anderson, C. Swartz, A. J. Hanna, F. W. Myers. Geo. Champlin, D. M. Kenyon, F. D. Arnts, C. W. Johnson, T. M. Swartz, James Whitmer, Frank Bronson, C. L. Conroe, H. Leuters, Ray Arnts, Wm. Wohl- bach, E. B. Bielfelt, Chas. Kenrick, W. Stanley, E. J. Richmond. Chas. Swift, A. B. Lucas, F. A. Bronson,
Tohn Behrens, Chas. George, F. Johnson, H. Pierce, Wm. Saye, A. J. Morgan, D. Lyons, P. Siggins, G. E. Pitchford, G. D. Arnts, D. Daly.
EMPLOYEES AMERICAN WOOD RIM COMPANY.
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G. Lucco, J. D Holden, H. Fowler, M. McIntyre, C. Scott, F. W. Grady, M. W. Knapp, F. Gardiner, G. Peterson, Jno. Lens, W. R. Kuhn, Chas. Toothacker.
J. W. Coit, F. Carney, O. Cleveland, , W. Demler, C. J. Anderson, J. Armstrong, E. C. Hall. L. Barnard. E. R. Coulter, J. Hurley, F. Myers, W. Saye, L. Chisholm. Henry Herman, D. McIntyre, F. Johnson, W. Woodruff, W. Williams. C. L. Isham, H. Pierce, A.J Morgan, J. Schmotzer, C. J. Brimmer, F. McIntyre, R. Arnts,
EMPLOYEES AMERICAN WOOD RIM COMPANY.
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E. C. Middough C. M. Brown, E. C. McIntosh, Wm. Crawford, F. Monroe, Joe Hayes, Geo. Johnson, Wm.Scott, E. Wengstrom, Gus Johnson, Chas. Lindahl, Elmer McIntosh, Thos. Conners, T. J. Bucanon. W. L. Behen, Jas. McFarland, J. G. Parish P. Gallagher, Jas. Whitman, Albert Poole, Wm. France, C. H. Phillips, C. H. Rowe, T. Dempsey. G. J. Reidy. Thos. Vaughn, Walter Burgar, E. Dunbar, Wm, Dunbar. J. H. Reynolds, Jas. Clancey, O. Ritchie, John Hartburg, C. Christison, Jas. Harding,
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Oscar Johnson, Clarence Johnson, B. F. Wynkoop, A. L. Wasson, M. Hooley, A. Fortney, T. L. Hoar, S. Turano, E. A. Bucanon, John Pace, B. McKeel, J. E. Larson, Geo. Smith, J. B. Anderson, L. R. Larson, Jos. Wigler, Chas. Pace, Jas. Dunn, F. M. Laning, H. Mattison, F. Anderson, C. Hurtel, Thos. Hoar, Walter Bump.
BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO.
The Bovaird & Seyfang Manufacturing Company has offices and plant on Davis street, covering the large arca of territory extending from Main to Forman streets. This company manufactures all kinds of material for drilling and operating oil, gas and artesian wells. It is one of the largest industries in Bradford. Its material is shipped to every country on the globe where drilling tools are used.
The company was originally organized in 1875, that is to say at that time David Bovaird and J. L. Seyfang formed a co-partnership at Shamburg, Pa. In 1877 they moved their plant to Titusville and following the rush of oil seekers, came to Bradford in 1879. Originally the institution was a small affair, employing but six men, but keeping pace with the oil development and mechanical inventions, the estab- lishment gradually grew to its present magnitude, now employ- ing (exclusive of the office force) nearly three hundred men.
In 1891 the old copartner- ship was dissolved and the busi- ness reorganized under the cor- porate name of Bovaird & Sey- fang Manufacturing Company. The officers of the corporation are: President, O. D. Bleakley, Franklin, Pa. ; secretary and treas- urer, J. E. Ward, Bradford; gen- eral manager, James E. Cochran, Bradford. Mr. Seyfang at the time of the reorganization was elected president, but in 1896 he retired from active participation in the business, retaining his posi- tion on the board of directors. JOHN L. SEYFANG. Mr. Bovaird was originally vice- president of the corporation but he withdrew some time ago to engage in other business enterprises.
Mr. Bleakley resides in Franklin, Pa. and is actively identified with the business enterprises of his home town. He is president of The Franklin Trust Co. of Franklin.
Mr. Ward is the oldest employee of the firm, having been connected with the institution since 1881. He is one of the most expert accountants in Bradford. He is treasurer of the Bradford fire department and one of the originators of Central Hose company
James E. Cochran, the general manager of the firm is well known throughout the oil country. As an operator he followed the oil excitement from Pithole to Bradford and in the days of speculation was one of the conspicuous figures on the floor of the exchange. He has been connected with the firm since 1893.
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BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO .- OFFICE.
Geo. W. Bovaird, J. B. Reed, R. H. Hollingshead, A. D. Sloan, W. J. Bovaird, W. Curry, O. D. Bleakley, Pres. Jas. E. Cockran, Gen. Mgr. J. E. Ward, Secy-Treas, F. P. Isherwood.
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RIG & REEL SHOP
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THE BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S PLANT.
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EMPLOYEES BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO .- MACHINE DEPT.
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R. W. Mulholland, Chas. F. Seyfang, Wm. Duggan, Jr., P. M. Wheeler, Jas. Saussaman, Harry Moorehouse, Jos. Ossenbeck, J. F. Hulbert, H. Cutting, Frank Stafford, A. T. Irwin, E. E. Copeland, J.W. Perrett, Sam Baker, John Swift, Blake Gordon, Geo. Jackson, Norman Kilby, J. E. Walborn, H. S. Benedict, A. L. Barnes, Geo. Powell, Schultz, Chas. Morris, Fred Thompson, Edw. Bates, Seth Hulbert, Thos. Doherty, Edw. Fredericks, C. Hollingshead, Thos. McNulty. Thos. Buck, Jos. Ruddy, Chas. Greenough, Andrew Peterson.
EMPLOYEES BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO .- FOUNDRY DEPT.
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Chas. Scully, Victor Stafford, Clayton Hooker, Thos. Evans, B. Hubbard, Walter Tole, Thos. Fair, Thos. Marshall, Wm . Taylor, John McMeechan, C. Anderson Chas. Thompson, Jno. Hickey, Jno. Thomas, Tim Connors, R. Thomas, Alf Nelson, Ed. Hammer, Harry Smith, Emil Johnson, Harvey Quinn, John Marshall, J. W. Perrett, Peter Johnson.
EMPLOYEES BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO .- BLACKSMITH DEPT.
Wm. Jordon, E. Bogardus, John Madigan, Henry Baker, Tom Clark, James Collins, Franc Mack, Wm. Walker, L. E. Cottrell J. H. Kiser, Thompson, R. McLenahan, H. J. Hayes. R. W. Mulholland, Jas. Stronner, H. Knapp, J. Conklin, C. Bogardus, R. Wheeler, P. J. McGraw, H. Mack, C. Finger, J. Carroll, T. W. Perrett.
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EMPLOYEES BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING CO .- BOILER DEPT.
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Tno. Sullivan, Andrew Carlson, Elmer Kerns, Jas. Clark. J. Dunlap, Geo. Stevenson, Wm. J. Kelly, Arthur Howe, Jno. Spindler, Jerome Beatty, Arthur McInnes, Chas. Covinne, Edward Beatty, Jr., Samuel H. Grant, Edw. Beatty, H. Walker, Jno. Flaherty, Jas. McDermott, Jno. Cameron, Geo. McCullan, Charles Gwin, Lyman Bell, Wm. Muldoon, Jas. Welty, Alfonso Myers.
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CAPTAIN JOSEPH T. JONES,
One of the largest oil producers in the United States, was born June 11, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa , attending school in his native city until the break- ing out of the War of the Rebellion, September 10, 1861, when only 19 years old he enlisted in Company H, 91st Penna. Vol. Infantry, serving three years, participating in thirteen of the most prominent battles of the War, aniong them being Fredericksburg, Antietam and Gettysburg. On July 2nd, at the battle of the Wilderness, he received a slight wound and at Cold Harbor he as wounded in both feet. He entered the army as private but retired as cap- tain at close of the war. Capt. Jones came to Bradford in 1877, where in a few years became the most extensive oil producer in the Bradford fields, own- ing nearly 500 producing wells. Capt. Jones took a great interest in all meas ures to benefit the conimunity, is a Repulican in politics and in 1888
EMPLOYEES PLAINING MILL DEPARTMENT BOVAIRD & SEYFANG MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
T. G. Robbens, A. Anderson, Geo. Kauffman, Frank Hall, Jas. Frisbay, Louis Shelgren John Gasper P. S. Osgood, John Dick, F. H. Hall. J. C. Brown, Oscar Wengstrom, Harry Phillips A. C. Deutler, C. V. Engstrom, J. W. Perrett, C. H. Bergman.
was appointed one of the Presidential electors from Pennsylvania. He was married in Venango County, Pa., October 15, 1876, to Miss Lou E. Black- man, and now resides with his family in Buffalo, N. Y.
L. E. HAMSHER
Was born in Livingston County, N. Y., December 31, 1843. After receiv- ing his education he began clerking for merchants in Bristol, Ind. On Aug- ust 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, 88th Indiana Vol .; in 1867 he em- barked in the hardware business, which he continued three years. In 1870 came to the Pennsylvania oil fields. In 1876 located in Bradford and be- came a member of the firm of Hamsher & Weaver, which was merged into the Emery Oil Co. Mr. Hamsher was married at Bristol, Ind., to Miss Sarah G. Caldwell
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THE UNION DISH CO. (Limited)
Wooden toothpicks by the million are manufactured in Bradford. In fact the factory produces fully half the tooth- picks used in the United States. The company manufacturing this useful and indispensible article is known as the Union Dish Company (Limited ) and while the firm manufactures butter dishes and butchers wood skewers, the main busi- ness is toothpicks.
Over one hundred hands and a large number of curi- ously arranged machines are used to transform huge logs into the slims slip that are seen on every hotel table in S. A. HOLBROOK. the country. The material used is yellow birch. To supply the demand of the trade the company uses one thousand cords annually and does a business amounting in round numbers to $100,000. The territory covered is the United States. Agents for this company are located in all the large cities, and as stated
UNION DISH COMPANY'S PLANT.
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EMPLOYEES UNION DISH COMPANY LIMITED.
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R. Cowans, J. G. Fisher, G. Beahm, C. A. Downing, S. Whipple, B. Johnson, McIntyre, W. Martin, W. Berger, L. Craford, C. Sherman, T. Beaman, W. Ferlong, Helsinger, S. Hutchinson,
C. Martin, S. S. Richard, F. O'Neill, J. Crawford,
above sell nearly half the number of toothpicks used in the entire country.
The business was organized in 1886 with a small plant at East Bradford. Fire destroying the plant in 1900 the company removed to its present location on Davis street.
The officers of the company are: Dr. A. M. Straight, president; J. G. Fisher, vice-president; S. A. Holbrook, secretary, treasurer and general manager.
Mr. Holbrook was born at Kelloggsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, September 7, 1851, and spent his boyhood days in that place. In 1875 he removed to Geneva, Ohio, where he opened a drug store and also sold groceries. In 1880 he came to Bradford, remaining in the city a year, then removing to Belmont, N. Y., where he started a factory. In 1886 he sold his interest in the Belmont factory and returned to Bradford and engaging in his present business. He is also connected with other important business enterprises. He is one of the stockholders in the Berney Bottling works, the Bradford Steel Company, the Bovaird & Seyfang Manufacturing Company, the Holley Motor Company and is also interested in a timber tract in Tennessee of 60,000 acres.
THE OIL WELL SUPPLY COMPANY.
Mr. John Eaton, president of the Oil Well Supply Company, has been in the oil well supply business since the fall of 1861 and can therefore be properly called the father of the business. No other person has been in the business any such length of time. His company has grown from a very small beginning until now it has a large number of manufactories and is the only establishment that within itself practically makes everything required to drill and operate deep wells. No other concern has equal facilities or capacity. Mr. Eaton first became interested in the supply business in 1861, when clerking for Joseph Nason & Co. of New York city, and has followed it closely ever since. In 1867 he commenced business on his own account. Two years later he formed the firm of Eaton & Cole, which was succeeded by The Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company, of Bridgeport, Conn., and New York City. In 1878 the Oil Well Supply Company, Limited, (a partnership under the laws of Pennsylvania ) was formed by the union of several rival concerns, including the supply department of The Eaton, Cole & Burnham Company. In 1891 the present corporation succeeded the limited company. Mr. Eaton has been the head of these various concerns, and his career is practically a history of the oil well supply industry.
The progress of the business is well shown by the illustration, "The Old and The New." Both derricks are drawn to the same scale. The derrick of the first well was 34 feet high, while the modern derrick is 84 feet high. The first well was "kicked" down by a spring pole, and several months were required to reach a depth of 69 feet. It is not uncommon now to drill over 100 feet in a day. The tools which drilled the first well weighed less than 100 pounds; today a set of tools weighs nearly 4,000 pounds.
Engines and boilers were first used in 1860. The engine was mounted on a portable boiler, the latter being seldom larger than 10 horse-power. The
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kind most commonly used was called the "Washington" and was made at Newburg, N. Y. Today the boilers are 25 horse-power, and the engines from 15 to 25 horse-power. When forced, they will develop over 50 horse-power.
The business of the Oil Well Supply Company is divided into three departments: The main office and headquarters are at Pittsburg, under the charge of Mr. Eaton, who also manages a rolling mill and pipe works. Here there are also large tool and machine shops. Mr. Eaton has the oversiglit of an extensive boiler plant, recently erected at Oswego, N. Y., which plant is supplied with the latest and most improved machinery for the manufacture of
OFFICERS OIL WELL SUPPLY COMPANY.
JOHN EATON. President.
K. CHICKERING. Vice-President.
J. C. PALMER. Secretary.
LOUIS BROWN. Treasurer.
boilers for drilling purposes. Mr. Kenton Chickering, one of the vice- presidents of the company, has charge of the Oil City department, comprising an engine works, forging and machine shops, etc. Forty-two acres of land in the suburbs of Oil City have recently been purchased, on which eighteen large steel buildings are in course of erection. This will not only afford increased facilities for manufacturing, but will enable the company to center its principal manufacturing interests at that point. The Bradford department, formerly in charge of Mr. E. T. Howes, one of the vice-presidents of the company, is now under the direction of Mr. John McCrum, who has long
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been identified with the company. This department comprises a tool and machine shop and a wood working shop, where derricks and all wooden material in connection with the business are manufactured. The company also has a large wood working plant at Parkersburg, W. Va., where derrick rigs, etc. are manufactured. The company has sucker rod mills at Van Wert, Ohio, and Poplar Bluffs, Mo , which can cut up logs six feet in diameter and 35 feet in length. The growth of the Oil Well Supply Company (and its pre- decessors) has been from a nominal capital to its present capital of $1,500,- 000, and surplus of over two million dollars.
branch of the business is steadily increasing.
A large amount of the manufactures of the company are exported. This Goods have been, or are being sent to the oil fields of Rus- sia, Galicia in Austria, Ro- mania, Peru, India, Japan, China, the Islands of Java and Sumatra and other countries. The industry has developed so greatly and become so perfected in the United States that for- eigners are obliged to look to this country for suitable sup- plies, as they are not manufac- tured to any extent in other countries, so that, in many branches, the United States has a monopoly of the business.
In addition to the three principal departments, Pitts- burg, Oil City and Bradford, it has a large number of branch stores, agencies and connec- tions, located at the principal oil producing centers in the JOHN McCRUM. states of New York, Pennsyl- vania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Texas, Colorado, California, Japan, London, Russia, etc. The company also has an office and store in New York City and attends to the export trade from that point. The business is greatly diversified and is not confined to any one district or location.
The catalogue issued by the company shows the extent and diversity of the business. The illustrations show the sizes of the principal plants. At Oil City, Pa., the company has a natural gas plant to supply the factories, the furnaces being specially adapted to use natural gas. It owns a large amount of gas territory and a pipe line with about ten miles of pipe, and all proper appointment to conduct natural gas from the field to the factories. There is a large supply of natural gas. It is the best fuel known for manufacturing purposes.
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The improvement in tools for drillings and operating oil wells, since 1860, has been great. Nearly all of the improved appliances have been covered by patents. The Oil Well Supply Company has had the control (in most cases the ownership) of nearly all of the patents of any value. This branch of the business receives careful attention. Inventors are warmly welcomed. New inventions are carefully examined and tested, and all valuable patents are secured.
Owing to the large stocks of the company, and its exclusive manufacture of many articles, it is safe to say there are but few deep wells in any part of the world which do not, directly or indirectly secure a part of their equipment from the Oil Well Supply Company.
At the Paris Exposition, in 1900, the Oil Well Supply Company made a practical exhibit of the drilling of an artesian well by what is known as the
OIL WVELL SUPPLY
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"American" process of drilling (the manner in which wells are drilled in the oil and gas fields of this country ). The well was drilled 1,950 feet in 35 days. The shortest time in which a well of equal depth had previously been drilled in Paris was three years, the last well which was drilled requiring five years time. These wells were drilled by what is known as the "Belgian" process.
In addition to the Grand Prix received by the company for its fine display, it also received the commendation of scientific and practical men from all parts of the world who visited the Paris Exposition, for the rapid and excellent manner in which the work was done. The entire outfit was only such as is in common use throughout the oil and gas regions of the United States, and was operated by American workmen.
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BRADFORD PLANTS OF THE OIL WELL SUPPLY COMPANY.
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Sand-Reel Plant. Warehouse.
The First Oil Well. "Or'led by Col. Drake in 1859, near Titusville. Pa.
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1859. THE OLD AND THE NEW.
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The First Oil Well, Height of Derrick 34 Feet,
Modern Oil Well, Height of Derrick, 84 Feet.
Both Derricks Drawn to the Same Scale.
EMPLOYEES OIL WELL SUPPLY COMPANY-OFFICE.
W. H. Conklin, P. O'Connell, Chas. R. Chase, Sterns Marshall, J. M. Frawley,
W. P. Hendershott, T. Christie, T. A. Sangster, I. G. Howe, J. W. Willis.
EMPIRE OIL WELL SUPPLY COMPANY-WAREHOUSE.
I. Burlingann,
J. Whalen,
M. W. Heath, J. C. Wick, G. Logan, I. Fee, A. C. Thomas, C. Buler, J. S. Brown,
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Ira Burlingame, Dan Blake, Phillip Hess, F. E. Leonhart, C. E. Seeley, J. A. Miskell, C. V. Williams. W. H. McCleary, F. P. Thompson, M. Mack, P. H. Donohue, W. G. Long, J. P. Flanagan, Frank Mack, P. H. Mack, H. Reiners, Jas. Commiskey, Jno. O'Connor, John McDevitt, Geo. Long, D. O'Hern, J. W. Slattery, Chas. McGinnis, T. McGraw, Jas. Kehoe, Geo. Squire, Peter Swift. Joe Leonard, R. E. Griffith, J. P. Clark, Tom Clark, Frank Ward, Fred Thompson, G. M. Gordon.
EMPLOYEES E. R. CALDWELL & COMPANY.
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J. Kessler, J. Hackett, I. Orcutt, J. Boyle, B. Daly, A. McGuire, F Newett, R. Helenbrook, G. Francis, F. House], W. Spellman, L. Oakly, H. Starr, G. Snow, H. Marks, G. Sheperdson, N. Pitts, G. Koester, W. Keating, F. Clerderline, E N. Ball, W. Coffey, J. M. Housel, A. Braum,
J. Crawford, A. Ogden, B. Kerstetter, E. R. Caldwell, M. Grant, S. Fannin, W. Kelly, C. Tate, R. Housel,
W. Potts, J. Barr, J. Knorr, H. Dianhart, C. Arrowsmith, P. Denney, H. Weyand, E. Roy, A. Knapp, M. K nisella, H. Loose, H. Snyder, W. Staley, J. Becker, M. Hahn.
S. R. DRESSER,
Patentee and manufacturer of specialties for oil and gas wells and lines has a large establishment located at No. 15 Patent avenue. His goods are specialties of his own invention, all of which are useful for the purpose for which they were intended. Among the specialties which he manufactures may be enumerated an improved oil and gas well packer, wall fasteners, casing heads, rubber plugs, pipe couplings, sleeves, clamps, crosses, tees, ells, etc. The pipe couplings are made in six styles. The first line laid with this coupling was at Malta, Ohio, in 1891 and this line has never leaked or pulled apart or cost a dollar for repairs. Lines have also been laid in various
S. R. DRESSER.
sections of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and New York and always with satisfactory results.
Mr. Dresser commenced his commercial career as a clerk in a small store in La Fayette, Indiana, when a young man. In 1865 he went to West Virginia to engage in the oil business and remained there until 1872 when he removed to Parkers Landing, Butler county, Pa. He also operated in the oil fields about Foxburg and Millerstown, removing to Bradford in 1878 and continuing the business of producer for two years. In 1880 he invented his oil and gas well packer and commenced its manufacture. The value and
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convenience of this packer speedily built up a large trade and other inventions followed.
Mr. Dresser has exhibited his inventions at all important expositions and at this writing has a fine exhibit at the Pan-American at Buffalo.
In his busy life Mr. Dresser has found time to take an interest in public affairs. During his stay at Millerstown he was a member of the school board of that village, and after removing to Bradford he served a term on the common and subsequently on the select council. He is one of the directors of the Carnegie Library Association and president of the Masonic Temple Association, a corporation that has paid in 75 per cent. of the capital stock and expended $8,000 in improvements upon the building in the brief period of eleven years, a fact that reflects credit upon the management.
B. P. NUSBAUM.
FELIX STEINBERGER.
Mr. Dresser was born in Litchfield, Hillsdale county, Michigan, February 1, 1842. His parents were Parker and Lydia (Cronkhyte) Dresser, the former a native of Massachusetts, of English descent and the latter a native of New York, of Dutch descent. The father died in 1872, the mother in 1875.
PHILIP NUSBAUM & CO.
Manufacturers of wood alcohol, acetate of lime and acetic acid. This business was organized in 1887 and was one of the first of the kind to be located in the Tuna Valley.
The works are located four miles west of Bradford on the west branch of the Erie railroad. They have a capacity of seven thousand cords of wood annually and provide employment for fifty men. The chemicals manufactured are sold in every section of the United States and also exported.
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The members of the firm are Philip Nusbaum, Felix Steinberger and Bennett Nusbaum, three well known business men. Philip Nusbaum, senior member of the firm, was born in Russia in 1831. He came to Buffalo in the fifties and subsequently removed to Titusville where he engaged in the grocery business, remaining there during the oil excitement. Removing to Bradford in June 1876, he opened a grocery, one of the first in the city, and he remained in business until 1881, when he sold to the firm of Nusbaum & Steinberger and subsequently became the head of the firm manufacturing chemicals. He is also an extensive oil producer and a stockholder in the Tuna Glass Company.
Bennett Nusbaum, son of Philip Nusbaum, was born in Buffalo in 1858. He was associated with his father in the grocery business until 1881, when he assumed control in company with Mr. Steinberger. In 1887 he engaged with Philip Nusbaum and F. Steinberger in the manufacture of wood alcohol, and oil production. He is also a stockholder in the Tuna Glass Company and a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges.
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