New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . employed as agent for the big carpethouse of Crossley tS: Sons, with whom he remained until1865, when he started in business for himself instead ofreturning to England as he originally intended- He asso-ciated Mr. John Cartledge with him in business andthat gentleman is still a partner. They began by importingcarpets and connected with the carjjet industry and havenow three factories in operation in which they manufacturefor themselves, one in .\storia, one in Brooklyn, and a thirdon Staten Island. They purchase all kinds of
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . employed as agent for the big carpethouse of Crossley tS: Sons, with whom he remained until1865, when he started in business for himself instead ofreturning to England as he originally intended- He asso-ciated Mr. John Cartledge with him in business andthat gentleman is still a partner. They began by importingcarpets and connected with the carjjet industry and havenow three factories in operation in which they manufacturefor themselves, one in .\storia, one in Brooklyn, and a thirdon Staten Island. They purchase all kinds of skins, includ-ing goats, sheep, leopards and tigers, and in the Brooklynfactory they do preparing and dyeing. In 1872 the firmpurchased the English patent right for the manufacture oflinoleum and estal)lished works on Staten Island, covering200 acres, for the business, with a quarter of a mile of waterfront. In this factory are sixteen steam engines and a verylarge number of hancls are employed, as they arc the onlymakers of inlaid or tile linol^nm in the .4 \ JOSEPH WILD. The firm have also a factory in British India where cocoa-nut matting is made, and they import extensively from China,Japan. Persia and the Orient generally. The career of thehouse has been one of steady prosperity not stayed by thepanic year of 1857, the war, or the disastrous year of 1873which overthrew so many apparently solid commercial con-cerns. The secret of this success lies largely in the intelli-gence, ]jerseverance and high character of Mr. Wild and hispartner. Mr. Uild lives in Bay Ridge, overlooking New York Bay,to which pleasure grounds of fourteen acres are allows himself more leisure now than when he was build-ing up his magnificent business, and devotes a good deal ofit as well as his money to church and charitable works. In-deed, Mr. Wild is a j^hilmthropist in the highest sense of theword. He is deacon in Dr. Hulls Baptist Church on Fourthavenue and Fifteentli street,
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