San Francisco County
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CARLSON-CURRIER
SILK MANUFACTURING CO.
C.
HADLEY CARLSON & J. P. CURRIER
THE CARLSON-CURRIER
SILK MANUFACTURING COMPANY—This important industry was
started in San Francisco in 1876, first as an agency of Belding Bros. &
Co., silk manufacturers. Mr. James Currier had been in the employ of the Beldings at Chicago, and came from there to California to
help start the business in San Francisco.
In
1877 the partnership of Carlson & Currier was organized, and from the start
has had a steady and substantial growth. In 1887 they incorporated, C. H.
Carlson, son of the elder Mr. Carlson, being admitted to the
business. They began manufacturing in 1880, with one spooling machine and
one girl to operate it; and from that small beginning the business has
gradually increased until they have a full fledged mill, employing 125
hands. This is the only silk-thread manufactory west of Belding,
Michigan. It’s product is far superior to English
or German silk thread and competes favorably with any goods made in the
world. This company also manufactures mens’ and
ladies’ silk hosiery and underwear. All goods are sold at wholesale, and
find a market from British Columbia to Central America, and as far east as Salt
Lake City, also in the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
Under
the intelligent management of its efficient directors, this business has grown
to be one of the important enterprises of the city of San Francisco.
Transcribed
by 9-15-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 338, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
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C. HADLEY CARLSON
C. HADLEY CARLSON,
junior member of the Carlson-Currier Silk Manufacturing Company, San Francisco,
is a native of Portland, Oregon. When an infant, he was brought
by his parents to this city. Received a college education, and
after completing his course entered business. In 1887 he became a member
of the company, and now holds the important position of treasurer and
financier.
Mr. Carlson comes of
Anglo German ancestry. His grandfather on his father’s side was a
prominent German soldier, residing at Hamburg. His father, also a native
of that city, came to the United States, and was an officer in the Union army
during the late war. He is now retired from active business and resides in
Berkeley, where he has a beautiful home and everything to make the evening of
his life enjoyable.
Mr. Carlson married
Miss Louise Howard, a native of San Francisco. Mr. Carlson is a member of
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Politically he is a Republican.
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J.
P. CURRIER
J. P. CURRIER,
vice-president and secretary of the Carlson-Currier Silk Manufacturing Company,
is a native of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. His grandfather, James
Currier, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and removed from there to New
Hampshire, where Isaac Newton Currier, father of our subject, was born. He
married Hannah G. Richardson, also a native New Hampshire and a descendant of
an old New England family.
J. P. Currier was
educated at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and at Tilton, New Hampshire. After
leaving home, he was first employed in the ticket office of the New York &
New England Railroad. He went to Chicago just after the great fire there,
and has since been engaged in the silk business.
He married Miss
Gertrude Laurelliard, a native of St. John, New
Brunswick, by whom he has two children. Mr. Currier is a member of the
Olympic Club of San Francisco, and in politics affiliates with the Republican party.
Transcribed
by 9-15-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Pages 338-339,
Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2006 Marilyn R. Pankey.