Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . entified with industrial enterprises, is Treasurer and Manager *of meAmerican Cork and Seal Company, a newand flourishing Philadelphia undertaking,which is now installing immense power press-es and other improved machinery; and whenthe outfitting is complete it will be the secondlargest plant of the kind in the United is also President of the Shelby SpringHinge Company, of Shelby. Ohio, manutacturers of builders hardware and kindred Unes. He is the owner of large realtyinterests at De Kolb, 111. The past year found Mr. Griffith push
Lansdowne past and present, 1888 1908 . entified with industrial enterprises, is Treasurer and Manager *of meAmerican Cork and Seal Company, a newand flourishing Philadelphia undertaking,which is now installing immense power press-es and other improved machinery; and whenthe outfitting is complete it will be the secondlargest plant of the kind in the United is also President of the Shelby SpringHinge Company, of Shelby. Ohio, manutacturers of builders hardware and kindred Unes. He is the owner of large realtyinterests at De Kolb, 111. The past year found Mr. Griffith pushing theLansdowne investment with the view of placing its recognized advantagesand claims before the people intelligently and attractively. With the ad-vent of open weather in th spring and summer of 1909, it is his purposeto i-enew on a much more extended, scale his plans of improvement in theBorough, and for the successful prosecution of this work he has surroundedhimself with a corps of efficient, experienced and thorough realty Henry C. Griffith, Head of the Lansdowne Land Syndicate. R. James Robinson. There are few better known or more respected men in Lansdowne thanR. James Robinson, of the Villa. Mr. Robinson was born in HaverfordTownship, Delaware County, in 1857, and w^ith his parents removed to theW. Albert Johnson farm, at Marshall Road, in 1861. Fit)m the Johnsonfarm Mr. Robinson removed to Garrettford, wliere for ten years he wasengaged in tlie milk business, and then became a horse dealer He served asconstable in L^pper Darby Township in 1889. In 1900 he settled in Lansdowne,at his present home, the Villa, South Lansdowne avenue, where he hassince been engaged in the general teaming and livery business. He hasheld the office of Constable continuously since 1900. Mr. Robinson is an ac-tive and prominent member of the Lansdowne Fire Company, and is everactive in all matters tending to Borough improvement. 6G LANSDOWNE PAST AND PRESENT Albert F. Damon, Jr. Alber
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