Sacramento County
Biographies
HENRY SPRING
HENRY SPRING.—Well-known among the
successful men of the motor field in Sacramento as one of
the best-informed concerning motoring interests in California
is Henry Spring,
the far-seeing and enterprising proprietor of the busy Henry Spring Company,
dealers in motor trucks and commercial transportation units. A native of
Michigan, he was born in the university town of Ann Arbor, on January 15, 1891,
the son of E. C. and Emma (Heinrich) Spring, worthy folks in their day, who left
an influence likely to extend far beyond their generation; and he attended the
Ann Arbor grammar and high schools, and later matriculated at the University of
Michigan, where he specialized in business administration. He then joined
the Liquid Carbonic Company, and for a year and a half traveled as their
salesman.
Leaving
that firm, and coming out to California, in 1915, Mr.
Spring connected himself with the Stanton Lumber
Company of Los Angeles, where he
remained for eight months; and then he went into the insurance business with
Mr. Archer. In 1916, he came up to Sacramento
and entered the local automobile field as a member of the firm of Goodrich,
Ballard & Rouse, Ford dealers, and continued with them until
1918. Disposing of his interest, he then established a business for
himself. He purchased a corner on Twelfth and G Streets. He erected
his own building, a fireproof concrete building 80 by 120 and took possession
on September 14, 1920. He has seven counties for his territory, and
handles the White trucks, the Utility trailers, commercial transportation units
and Goodyear tires and employs fourteen or more people. He belongs to the
Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. Busy as he and his associates
are, he always finds time to lend a hand in any patriotic movement or any
undertaking having the strong endorsement of his fellow-citizens; and he was
active in the recent World War in behalf of the various drives in defence of the honor and security of the country
Mr.
Spring was made a Mason in Sacramento Lodge No. 40, F. & A. M., and is a
member of Sacramento Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., and Commandery
No. 2, Knight Templars. He is a charter member
of Ben Ali Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. and made the pilgrimage to Washington,
D. C., to attend the National Convention of Shriners
in 1923. Returning via his old home he visited friends there and also
visited his old grandmother who is now eighty-three years old. He is also
a member of Sacramento Lodge No. 6, B. P. O. E., and a popular ember of the
Sutter Club and Del Paso Country Club, as well as a member of the California
Auto Trades Association and Motor Car Dealers’ Association of
Sacramento. He is deeply interested in the past of Northern California,
and as a natural result, is proportionately the more optimistic and enthusiastic
as to the certain brilliant future of Sacramento
County.
Transcribed 7-16-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 964. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.