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EDWARD DURANT
DURANT, EDWARD M., Manufacturer, Los Angeles, California, was born at Brooklyn, New York, in 1867. His father was Edward G. Durant and his mother Caroline (Darling) Durant. He married Mary Case at Los Angeles in 1893. They have three children: Harland E., Raymond C. and Alice C. Durant.
Mr. Durant was educated in the public schools of Racine, Wisconsin, and in the Racine High School.
His first business employment was with a large manufacturing plant in Racine, where he remained for three years. He moved to Los Angeles, arriving there in 1887.
Shortly after settling in Los Angeles he went into the business of manufacturing sewer pipe goods, with headquarters located in that city. He became interested in the Pacific Clay Manufacturing Co. of that city and remained with them for a number of years. During this time he worked in every branch of the business from mining clay and making pipe to a responsible position in the office.
When the Pacific Clay Manufacturing Co. was bought by the Pacific Sewer Pipe Co., Mr. Durant was elected to the office of president of the new corporation. Since that time he has acted as President and Manager and during his tenure the Pacific Sewer Pipe Co., has acquired two large plants in Los Angeles, two at Corona and one at Elsinore, California. He is also interested in gypsum mining and is President of the Pacific Coast Gypsum Co. He has large clay deposits at Elsinore which supply the branch plant at that place. From a modest beginning and small capital he has built up one of the largest concerns of the kind on the Pacific Coast.
Mr. Durant is a member of the Jonathan Club of Los Angeles.
Transcribed 5-27-09
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 287, International
News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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