San Francisco County
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ISIDOR
JACOBS
ISIDOR JACOBS,
president of A. Lusk & Co., commission merchants and packers of
hermetically sealed goods, has been connected with this company since 1888. Their
paid up capital stock is $300,000, and they are no doubt the most extensive
handlers of canned and dried fruits, also raisins in the United States, having representatives in all the principal cities of America, and the Old
World. Their shipments for
1890 aggregated 2,000 car-loads, or about one-sixth of
the total shipments from the State. The present year, 1891, will give an
increase of fully 500 car-loads over last year. The Fresno Canning
Company, of Fresno, California, is the largest corporation of the kind in the
central part of the State, and Mr. Jacobs is president of this association;
also A. Lusk & Co. are the general agents for the company as well as the
Martinez Fruit-packing Company, Martinez, California; the Whittier Canning Company,
Whittier, California, located twelve miles from Los Angeles; also the Fresno
Raisin Producers’ Association, of Fresno, California. The latter is a
combination of prominent raisin-producers of Fresno, California, who will pack about 150 car-loads of Fresno raisins. Mr. Jacobs is also president of the Sutter
County Orchard Company, located in Sutter county, California. This orchard, formerly known as the Briggs orchard, is
one of the largest on the coast, and famous for its production of early
fruits. Mr. Jacobs is also president of the California Canned Goods
Association, as well as a director of the California Fruit Canners’
Association, a director of the San Francisco World’s Fair Association, a member
of the Chamber of Commerce, of the San Francisco Board of Trade, of the State
Board of Trade and the Horticultural and Agricultural societies. His
offices are located at 308
Market street, San
Francisco, corner
of Front street.
The subject of this
sketch is one of California’s “native sons,” born in San Francisco, August 4, 1860,
the second in the family of ten children of William and Bertha (Wisner)
Jacobs. The former was a native of Germany, and well known in the city of San Francisco and throughout the coast during his active business
life. He died December 17, 1884, at the age of fifty years. The mother of our
subject was a native of New
Jersey. Mr.
Jacobs was reared and educated in his native city. In 1878 he began the
battle of life on his own account, being connected with the insurance business,
until he entered the firm of A. Lusk & Co., in the year 1880.
He was joined in
marriage, July, 1887, with Miss Mira J. Straus, also a native of San Francisco, and they have three children.
In national politics
Mr. Jacobs is a Republican; in local matters he is liberal and
active. Socially he affiliates with a number of secret and benevolent
societies. He has taken most of the degrees in the Masonic fraternity,
having passed all the chairs in the blue lodge and the chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, is an officer in the Grand Consistory of California, and a director of
the Eureka Benevolent Society of San Francisco, also a member of the San
Francisco Verein and Concordia Club.
Transcribed
by 11-5-06 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 165-166, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2006 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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