San Francisco County
JOSEPH BUDDE
JOSEPH
BUDDE, dealer in sanitary appliances.—It is a fact well-known to students of
physiological science, that one of the most potent factors in the health or
disease of civilized communities, especially in cities and towns, is the
freedom of the dwellings from sewer gases, which are the recognized cause of a
number of acute diseases that have their origin in blood poison and are very
destructive to life in thickly populated districts. Hence one of the most difficult problems of
solution for the building grades is to dispose of these poisonous gases so as
to have the home, the shop and the office free from their deadly presence. The inventor and manufacturer who devises the
most effectual method of achieving this important result is a public
benefactor. To this class belongs Joseph
Budde, who stands at the head as an inventor and manufacturer of sanitary
closets on the Pacific coast. His
manufactory and warerooms occupy the second story of a large brick building on
the southeast corner of Mission and First streets, San Francisco. From fifteen to twenty hands are employed in
the establishment, which is supplied with the best machinery and conveniences
for carrying on this business. The
sanitary goods manufactured are largely his own inventions, for which he holds
letters patent and which are pronounced by the scientific authorities to be the
superior to any other. His “Golden
Gate,” his “Supreme” and “Pioneer” closets are the climax of sanitary science
and mechanical skill, and besides being perfect safeguards against sewer gases
are artistically beautiful. These
closets have superseded the older and inferior sanitary appliances in many of
the largest and best public buildings and the finest residences in San
Francisco and other cities of this coast, and the demand for them is so great
and is increasing so rapidly that in spite of frequent enlargement of
facilities the factory is unable to keep pace with his orders. From the most humble beginning Mr. Budde has
built up this extensive and prosperous business in a single decade, solely
through the excellence of his goods—the product of his inventive genius and
mechanical skill—and his personal energy.
So obvious is the superiority of these goods that his sanitary exhibits
have been awarded the highest medals at the State fairs for several years past.
Joseph
Budde was born and learned the business of
manufacturing brass goods in Westphalia, one of the most progressive provinces
in
In
1872 he immigrated to
Landing
in this country without capital or friends, and unable to speak a word of the
English language, Mr. Budde has through his own industry and energy climbed the
ladder of success from the bottom round until he occupies a prominent position
among the manufacturers of the Pacific slope.
Mr. Budde is conscientious in business, and socially his is affable and
kind-hearted. He is a member of the
German Hospital Society, the Eintracht Musical Club, and German Loan and
Building Association. He married in San
Francisco, in 1876.
Transcribed by Donna L. Becker
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2,
pages 669-670, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Donna L.
Becker.