Sacramento County
Biographies
VINCENT CALLIGORI
The brief history of this enterprising
citizen of Sacramento is one that, could it be given in full, would well
illustrate the value of close application to business if one would, without
capital, achieve a noteworthy business success. Mr. Calligori
was born at Jackson, Amador county, Cal., July 25,
1878, a son of Peter and Annie Calligori, and was
sent to the public schools near home until he was eighteen years old. Laying
aside the school books which had for years been his beloved daily companions,
the youth now came to Sacramento to seek success and fortune among strangers.
He found employment with the Capital Paste Company and was soon advanced till
he was acceptably filling the position of paste-maker. Thus employed until
1901, he then became half-owner of the business, and has been since then the
general manager. This rise in the business world was achieved only with hard
and persistent labor and a careful and tireless study of the enterprise and all
the conditions under which it was being pushed further and still further to the
front with each passing year. At this time it takes rank with the leading
factories of its kind on the coast, manufacturing for the trade more than
twenty kinds of macaroni and paste products, which are in increasing demand
among discriminating consumers. Mr. Calligori is also
a partner in and manager of the Capital Feed Company, dealers in hay, grain,
flour and mill feed, doing a wholesale and retail business.
A Republican, faithful to the traditions
and aims of his party, Mr. Calligori is deeply
interested in Sacramento and its general prosperity and progress, and as
opportunity offers he invariably aids to the extent of his ability such
measures as promise to result in good to his fellow citizens. He is a member of
Excelsior Parlor No. 31, N. S. G. W., proud of the California nativity that
made him eligible to membership and helpful to all of the interests of the
order.
Transcribed by Sally Kaleta.
Source: Willis,
William L., History of Sacramento County,
California, Pages 841-842. Historic
Record Company,
© 2006 Sally Kaleta.