The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . John J. Wm. Lucas. JOHN AND J. WILLIAM LUCAS. 2fi| T is a rare thing indeed to find*j]l] three generations engaged inr fighting the battles of Califor-nia industry, and fighting thernsuccessfully. It is rare, at least,in California, whatever it may be inold States and older , however, we find fa-ther, son and grandson working har-moniously in harne
The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast . John J. Wm. Lucas. JOHN AND J. WILLIAM LUCAS. 2fi| T is a rare thing indeed to find*j]l] three generations engaged inr fighting the battles of Califor-nia industry, and fighting thernsuccessfully. It is rare, at least,in California, whatever it may be inold States and older , however, we find fa-ther, son and grandson working har-moniously in harness together. Anotable instance is that of the Lucasfamily, which has been, since 1874,engaged in the manufacture of plasterof Paris on this coast which, in fact,founded the industry both on thecoast and in the city. John Lucas w&a born of Englishparents in 1823, but was brought upin the city of NewTork, and has beenconnected with the plaster businessfor forty years. He had charge ofthe largest plaster mills in New York,where he was Superintendent forseventeen years. While there hemade many new invention?, and util-ized many new ideas of value pertain-ing to the manufacture of plaster. J. William Lucas, his son, com-menced a
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