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Thomas J. Stewart Company
| Firmenname | Thomas J. Stewart Company |
| Ortssitz | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Straße | Fifth Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Teppichreinigung |
| Anmerkungen | Lage: Fifth und Erie Streets; Zweigniederlassung in New York, Broadway und Forty-sixth Street. |
| Quellenangaben | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 92] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1879 |
Gründung an der Stelle einer alten Schmuckfabrik |
| 1888 |
Bau eines sechsstöckigen Fabrikgebäudes |
| 1893 |
Dem Fabrikgebäude werden zwei Flügel hinzugefügt |
| 1893 |
Eintragung unter Thomas J. Stewart, James B. Vredenbergh und Edwin G. Brown |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Kommentar |
| Teppichreinigung |
1879 |
Beginn (Gründung) |
1907 |
tätig |
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| Bezeichnung |
Bauzeit |
Hersteller |
| Dampfmaschine |
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unbekannt |
| ZEIT | 1907 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Thomas J. Stewart Company, whose carpet cleansing and storage warehouses are located at Fifth and Erie Streets, Jersey City, is probably one of the best known plants of its kind in the United States. The company cleans anything and everything in the lines of floor coverings, carpets, rugs and draperies; packs, boxes and ships goods anywhere on earth by road, rail or water, and has more storage-room and moving vans than any similar company. The business was established in 1879 at its present location, where it bought and remodelled an old jewelry factory. It used
and occupied this until 1888, when a large six-story building was erected, to which was added two wings 20 x 100 each in 1893. President Thomas J. Stewart has been at the helm since the business was started in 1879, and is known to-day as one cf the most successful business men in Jersey City. He was born in New York City fifty years ago. When he was six months old his parents moved to West Hoboken, and he received his education in the public schools
of that municipality. He is a member of the Board of Trade of Jersey City. The business was incorporated in
1893 by Thomas J. Stewart, James B. Vredenbergh and Edwin G. Brown (since deceased). The main branch office is at the corner of Broadway and Forty-sixth Street, on Long Acre Square, in New York City, and there is also a Harlem office at 57 West 125th Street. Every modern device is used in the cleaning of carpets, including many patents which are covered in Europe as well as the United States. The company has been awarded several medals at the American Institute fair. For thirty-nine years Thomas J. Stewart has been building up a business which is now the largest
and most successful carpet-cleansing industry in the world. Those who visit the place will find a hearty welcome. There is no secret about the place. The machinery and processes are patented, and have been awarded medals and prizes at some of the greatest fairs and exhibitions in the world. The buildings, which cover a ground area of 8,000 square feet, are six stories in height and are erected in the most substantial manner, with a view to permanence, solidity and safety against fire. Every story is high, well ventilated and furnished with plenty of direct sunlight, a factor which goes hand in hand with pure air towards making carpets clean and sweet. The wagons enter under cover of a large driveway, so that the carpets are not exposed to the weather. Basement floors are of cement, and the others of the most solid timbers and iron. In the basement is a powerful Corliss engine. No fire is allowed in the building, nor any smoking permitted, nor is any building better provided with fire extinguishers. In the separate building, which is devoted exclusively to carpet cleaning, are the machines and appliances for cleansing and renovating, with special machinery for India and Turkish rugs, draperies and delicately woven fabrics. One glance at the operation of these will convince one as to the thoroughness and perfection of the work. The machinery beats on the back and brushes on the face, acting uniformly on every square inch of the fabric, so that no violence is done to the face of the carpet. The dust, moths and refuse blown and driven out of the carpets are sent through a system
of pipes and blowers into a closed room. The storage warehouse is the felicitous outgrowth of modern civilization and progress, and has grown to be a great necessity and a convenience worth far more than its cost. Each partition in the Stewart warehouse is made of iron, and each room tightly closed yet perfectly ventilated, so that the stored
goods remain in perfect seclusion and safety, free from all contact with other goods, and with separate lock and key. The buildings are guarded day and night by experienced watchmen. Mr. Stewart's experience has taught him just what was wanted in the storage line, and when his carpet-cleansing business outgrew its former limits and he had to build a new home for it, he determined also to build the best storage warehouse in the country. This he has done to his own complete satisfaction, and to that of his patrons, for the building has called forth the approval and admiration of all who have seen it. There are separate rooms for pianos, organs, mirrors, bronzes, statuary, bric-a-brac, trunks, carriages, and rooms for general merchandise of every description. |
| QUELLE | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 92] |
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