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JULES PERRIN
A progressive and influential
citizen, Jules Perrin has proven himself a construction business man and as a
concrete contractor he is entitled to the prominent position which he has
attained. He was born in the rural
districts of Quebec, Canada, on November 2, 1870, and remained there until he
was twelve years of age attending school.
Then he removed with his parents to Willow City, North Dakota, where he
grew to manhood. He was employed in
various lines of business until he was twenty-one, when he took up a homestead
of 160 acres, which he improved and farmed.
In 1896 he engaged in the butcher business at Willow City and then he enlarged
his operations by adding a bakery, restaurant and bowling alley, and carried on
the combined businesses until he came to California. He still owns his property there. Coming to Lodi, he became the partner of his
brother Henry in the cement contracting business. In 1919 he purchased his brother’s interest
and is now sole owner, the business consisting of the manufacture of the
Miracle concrete building blocks, which are
extensively used in building homes, garages, business blocks, packing houses
and other structures.
Among the buildings for which Mr.
Perrin has furnished the concrete blocks are the Lodi Canning Company, the
Tokay City Garage, the Buchanan Sanitarium, Ford Garage, and the Lodi Hardware
Company block; he has also erected number of reinforced concrete buildings in
Lodi; the hotel at Ione, a garage at Sonora, a store building at Groveland, a
garage at Madera, several blocks in Stockton, a business block in Galt, the
Forest Lake school building, a garage at Clements, a bank and store at Tracy,
and a residence on the Curry ranch. He
has operated all over the valley and his work has been first-class and of the
highest order and his business has greatly increased. He is agent for the American River Sand and
Gravel Company of Sacramento and handles thirty carloads every month. His manufacturing plant and yards are located
at the corner of Stockton and Locust streets.
Mr. Perrin has completed a three-story hotel and apartment house of his
own on South Sacramento Street, built of Miracle concrete blocks, and which is
a great improvement to the city. There
are fifty rooms in this building, made into eight apartments and the balance
single rooms. In 1923 he finished two
modern garage buildings and sales-rooms adjoining the hotel.
The marriage of Mr. Perrin united
him with Miss Mary Ann Cota, a native of Canada, and
they are the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living: David B.; Cecil, an architect and
manufacturer of cement lamp posts; Philip is married and has two children; Paul
is captain of the Lodi football team; Veronica; Cecilia; and Jules, Jr. Fraternally Mr. Perrin is a member of the
Modern Woodmen, Lodi Lodge of Eagles, No. 848, Royal Neighbors, and Knights of
Columbus. He is a member of the Lodi
Business Men’s Association and of the State Automobile Association.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages 1477-1478. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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