New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . gdenSmith, a native of New Jersey, and his mother was a Miss only in the most jjrimitive way. In the year named a lowpressure steam apparatus was invented by Mr. Stephen , of New Haven, and it was partially successful, but itdid not ventilate buildings, and was frail in William C. Baker, who had been interested in Mr. Goldsinvention, in i<S59 formed a partnership with Mr. Smith forthe purpose of manufacturing a low-])ressure, self-regulating,steam warming and ventilating api)aratus, adapted for theu
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . gdenSmith, a native of New Jersey, and his mother was a Miss only in the most jjrimitive way. In the year named a lowpressure steam apparatus was invented by Mr. Stephen , of New Haven, and it was partially successful, but itdid not ventilate buildings, and was frail in William C. Baker, who had been interested in Mr. Goldsinvention, in i<S59 formed a partnership with Mr. Smith forthe purpose of manufacturing a low-])ressure, self-regulating,steam warming and ventilating api)aratus, adapted for theuse of private residences and other buildings. This was theorigin of the firm of Baker, Smith & Co., one of the mostsuccessful business houses in the city. Yet when the firmstarted the prospects were so indefinite that Mr. Smith re-tained his position as Paymaster of the Central Railroad forseveral years in order to provide against emergencies. Dur-ing the first year the firm had only desk room in a hardwarestore, and it began business with but a single J. J. SMITH. Julia Kellogg, of Connecticut. He was educated at the publicschools and started his business career early in life in theoffice of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, work-ing his way up from the lowest position to that of paymaster,which he held for many years. Mr. Smith has resided inNew York for thirty years, and has been married twice. Hehas one daughler by his first wife and three children by hissecond. He is Senior Warden and Treasurer of the Churchof Zion and St. Timothy, and for many years interested him-self considerably in the church work. He is Treasurer ofthe Episcopal Seamens Mission, a Trustee of the FranklinSavings Bank, and has a summer residence at West Park,Ulster County. The history of the establishment of thesteam heating business in New York is very to 1854 there were very few buildings heated byany method better than stoves and furnaces, and those few Now it
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