History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ther, theEddystone Print Works has advantageousshipping facilities, being situated on directrail and water routes. The executive officesare located at 1012 Pennsylvania Bldg.,Phila., Pa., and a sales office conducted atBurton Bldg., 267 Fifth avenue, New^ YorkCity. To trace the origin and development ofthe business out of which grew The Eddy-stone Manufacturing Company, disregardthe date of founding, 1 842, in favor of thebirthday of William Simpson, April 21,1812. The Scotch parents of the futuremanufacturer
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ther, theEddystone Print Works has advantageousshipping facilities, being situated on directrail and water routes. The executive officesare located at 1012 Pennsylvania Bldg.,Phila., Pa., and a sales office conducted atBurton Bldg., 267 Fifth avenue, New^ YorkCity. To trace the origin and development ofthe business out of which grew The Eddy-stone Manufacturing Company, disregardthe date of founding, 1 842, in favor of thebirthday of William Simpson, April 21,1812. The Scotch parents of the futuremanufacturer of Philadelphia brought himfrom Manchester, England, to the formercity, in 1818. There he was educated, andin 1 836 started printing handkerchiefs at theFalls of Schuylkill. He began calico and silkprinting in 1842 making what afterwards became the celebrated Simpson Prints,and in 1869, admitting his sons to the busi-ness, established the firm of William Simpson& Sons. The old print works stood onground eventually condemned for park pur-poses which circumstance caused removal. W. P. SIMPSON to Eddystone, the erection there of a newplant, and the formation in 1877 of TheEddystone Manufacturing Co., Limited. The Company became a corporation in1895 and has now a capital of $1,000, p. Simpson is president and treasurer;Dr. A. L. Bossi, vice-president and generalmanager; and Wm. Simpson, 3rd, secretary. 241 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. FRANK F. PELS CO., INC. Keeping everlastingly at it results in suc-cess has been the slogan of the Frank Company, Inc., since its inceptiontwenty years ago, and strict adherence tothis truism has in this case yielded no smallmeasure in gratifying results. Starting in1900 at New Durham, New Jersey, thepresent management erected a factory,and the plant has been steadily growingyear by year until now a good-sized tractof an acre or more is covered with itsbuildings. handle all orders with dispatch. All gradesand numbers of cotton yarns, fro
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