History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ving. The historyof modern sanitation is written around Mr. Torrancesbusy, eventful life. In 1899 the Standard Manufacturing Company, theAhrens & Ott Manufacturing Company, Dawes & Myler,and other smaller concerns consolidated and formed theStandard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Mr. Tor-rance took a leading part in the merging of these con-cerns, and on Jan. i, 1900, became first vice-presidentand chairman of the executive committee, offices he filleduntil his death. The principal facto
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ving. The historyof modern sanitation is written around Mr. Torrancesbusy, eventful life. In 1899 the Standard Manufacturing Company, theAhrens & Ott Manufacturing Company, Dawes & Myler,and other smaller concerns consolidated and formed theStandard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Mr. Tor-rance took a leading part in the merging of these con-cerns, and on Jan. i, 1900, became first vice-presidentand chairman of the executive committee, offices he filleduntil his death. The principal factories of the companywere at Pittsburgh, Pa., Louisville, Ky., New Brighton,Pa., Kokomo, Ind., Tiffin, Ohio, and Toronto, , warehouses, and offices were established inevery prominent city in the United States and in manyforeign countries, and a market of remarkable scope wasdeveloped. The chief ambition of his business life wasto make the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Com-pany the greatest of its kind in the world, and he leftbehind him a monument of energy and business sagacity.
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