Los Angeles County
Biographies
J. O. CASHIN
CASHIN, J. O., Ice Manufacturer, Los Angeles, California, was born in Nevada City, California, in October, 1866. His father is John Cashin of San Francisco and his mother was Margaret (Grace) Cashin. He married Henrietta Heinzman at Los Angeles in 1899.
Mr. Cashin received his education in the public schools of San Francisco. He entered business with his father, John Cashin, in San Francisco and up to 1892 worked in company with him for the Union Ice Company of that city. At that time John Cashin withdrew from the Union Ice Company and established what is today known as the National Ice and Cold Storage Company.
In comparison with the Union Ice Company, with which Mr. Cashin had been associated, the new establishment was but a small firm in the beginning. That was in 1892. Today the National Ice and Cold Storage Company has twenty-three branch plants, a big central station in San Francisco and a similar manufactory in Los Angeles.
Mr. Cashin, with the experience that he had acquired with the Union Company, continued with the new corporation, and when the Los Angeles establishment was built he was stationed at that city as superintendent. The Los Angeles plant is valued at nearly a million dollars. The cold storage department contains 700,000 cubic feet of space and is equipped with the latest machinery.
Like most men of business, he has been drawn into various other enterprises and is a heavy owner of property.
Mr. Cashin never has taken any active part in politics, but he is an enthusiast over his adopted city. He always is in the forefront whenever there is any movement for the upbuilding of Los Angeles and Southern California and he is considered one of its most progressive citizens.
Transcribed 3-5-10
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 383, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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