. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . ed the board ofdirectors include J. P. Gardner, F. A. Pyke and Frank A. Fisher. The company doesa wholesale business, handling exclusively motor equipment and supplies, and is theonly establishment of the kind between Denver and the Pacific coast. That theirbusiness has reached a most gratifying figure is indicated in the fact that they nowhave forty experienced workmen and sales people. In referring to the success andrapid growth of this institution a Salt Lake paper In July, 1919, said in part: Oneyear ago, when A. D. McMullen and his ass
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . ed the board ofdirectors include J. P. Gardner, F. A. Pyke and Frank A. Fisher. The company doesa wholesale business, handling exclusively motor equipment and supplies, and is theonly establishment of the kind between Denver and the Pacific coast. That theirbusiness has reached a most gratifying figure is indicated in the fact that they nowhave forty experienced workmen and sales people. In referring to the success andrapid growth of this institution a Salt Lake paper In July, 1919, said in part: Oneyear ago, when A. D. McMullen and his associates founded the Motor MercantileCompany under conditions which everyone felt were extremely disadvantageous, it washardly thought that the institution would have grown to Its present splendid propor-tions in a single year. Never before since the automobile has come to play so promi-nent a role in our industrial affairs has the market been so completely upset as itwas a year ago. The war was still in progress and there was little to indicate just. ARCHIBALD D. McMULLEN UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 859 what its duration would be. In fact, it was felt in many quarters that the launchingof an exclusive wholesale institution handling automotive parts, in the intermountainregion particularly, would be nothing short of hazardous. However, Mr. McMullenand his associates were building for the future, and conditions that threatened to behampering liabilities have now turned into advantages and the judgment of the menbehind the Motor Mercantile Company was completely vindicated. From a humblebeginning, and in the brief space of one year, the Motor Mercantile Company hasgrown into one of the most pretentious organizations of its kind in the entire westand is now doing a surprising volume of business. One indication of this is seen inthe carload shipments of various auto parts which are arriving almost daily. In his political views Mr. McMullen is an earnest republican and has served asmember o
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