JESSE O. SNYDER

 

             In charge of the great plant of the Western Meat Company at South San Francisco which employs hundreds of men and turns out thousands of dollars worth of products monthly, is Jesse O. Snyder, a resident of South San Francisco for the past twenty years or more and one of its leading boosters.

             Mr. Snyder is a native of Pennsylvania and it was in Chicago that he gained his fundamental knowledge of the packing business.  Before coming west he was with Swift & Co.  He worked himself up to a responsible position with these interests who sent him out to take charge of the plant of the Western Meat Co.

             As general Superintendent of the Western Meat Company Mr. Snyder holds one of the most important positions in the industrial life of San Mateo County.  The great institution which he superintends on the bay front is the largest packing plant on the whole Pacific coast.

             Besides his work with the Western Meat Company Mr. Snyder is well known for his interest in the affairs of South San Francisco and his part in its development.  He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Bank of South San Francisco which has been the city’s most progressive influence.

             Jesse O. Snyder was born in Alexander, Pa., in the month of February, 1876.  He spent nearly all his life before coming to California twenty-one years ago, in Chicago following different branches of the packing business.  Mr. Snyder was married seventeen years ago at Coyote, Cal., and lives with his family in South San Francisco.  He belongs to the Masons and the Elks.

 

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

 

Source: History of San Mateo County by Philip W. Alexander & Charles P. Hamm page 130-131. Press of Burlingame Publishing Co., Burlingame, CA. 1916.