Document EdvRm413B1VEgZVkDr060Q9Qn

WDRUGS, OILS AND PAINTS^, V A / / 2 7 ^ 203 ie of nation and w orld wide It can scarcely be m easured degree w ithout intensive of all the billions of paint e been wielded over th e h of the land for the past s its sm all m easure of useto an in d u stry w hich had its reat city. iturally prom pted to inquire detail to account fo r the dossal in d u stry in the U nited a digest of notew orthy and ; in th e m a k in g o f P h ila d e l may be mentioned and re nt to our them e. F or these indebted to the labors of i the compilation of d ata for Lonographs, issued by the m ittee of the Philadelphia merce, and to G eorge B. .'ear Book of the P a in t Club. paint product made in the is w hite lead m anufactured rill & Sons. This firm w as 4 and built its first factory estnut Streets, Philadelphia, s then started has been suc- by direct lineal descendants ill ever since, and m ore p a rti- re W illiam H. W eth erill, up s death quite recently. The ;11 know n as W e th e rill & factory at 30th and W alnut claims to be the oldest cor 'd in A m erica, of the records, it seem s th a t lily enjoys the distinction of umber of its mem bers to the rearing and m anufacturing pigm ents, now alm ost uni- A S you reduce the lead jI Y content of your quality paints, your troubles--all along the line--are sure to grow. The more lead you put into your paints, the more troubles you take out of your business. The use of lead for quality paints has the centuries-old approval of owners and painters. Build your business upon that approval. The Eagle-Picher Lead Company , 134 N o r t h La Salle Street, Chicago. sessed of extraordinary foreg reat courage and firm coniy followed this line of w ork, fort and much sacrifice, batsuccess. 'e th e rill, a n a tiv e P h ilad el:e furnace to produce A m eriie o f zinc, and a s se n io r ,rm of W etherill & Gilbert, at mine a t Friedensville, and Bethlehem , Pa., la te r taken rh Zinc & Iron Com pany, lent and constructive ab ility to m aterials th a t today are rehole w orld as w ell-nigh in- e to the labors and genius of thers, S. P., and John Price, August Heckscher, th at the :he French Process oxide of : to A m erica and established P a., an d la te r G eorge D. i the paint business which is tiing concern. >i firs t im p o rtin g and la te r hite lead to which the ex tan t Lewis & B ros. Co. eventually -stablished in the y ear 1752, var of the Revolution, records f transactions with B enjam in >. T h is com pany opened an Bank of N orth A m erica soon r by an a c t of C o n g ress in aving run continuously for a if. lack in g five y e a rs. figure of this firm in later re T. Lewis, whose initiative, n terp rise in various branches and w hite lead industries rewide expansion. He p u t u p a :n, Mo., w here lead ore w as Liable, and started m anufac.n fam ous Lone E lm W h ite 'larter to the Lone Elm Lead EAGLE-PICHER "Producers o f Lead an d A llied "Products W hite Lead,C arbonate Sublim ed W hite Lead SuperSublim edW hiteL ead R ed Lead Sublim ed Blue Lead Litharge Sublimed Litharge O range M ineral Zinc Oxide Lithopone W e read from Mr. T rig g 's record: " In 1809 Mr. John H arrison, originator of the business, w hich is still in existence, established the K ensington L aboratories, which eventually be came the W estern W hite Lead Company. This laboratory was begun by the erection of a sm all cham ber for the m anufacture of sul phuric acid, w ith an ex p en d itu re of $5,000. Soon a fter the establishm ent of this laboratory, w hite lead, red lead, lith arg e and orange m ineral w ere added, probablv betw een 1810 and 1812." Then we m ust come to consider am ong the p a in t pioneers of P h ila d e lp h ia th e firm o f C. Schrack & Company, which w as the first to m ake varnish in A m erica. The business was esta b lish e d in 1815 by C h ris tia n S ch rack a t Second above Noble S treet, and prior to the tim e of its first m anufacturing operations, all the varnish used in this co untry w as im ported fro m E n g lan d . T he firm of C. S ch rack & Com pany is still doing business. iron in this country." Going from w hite to black, while the records do not clearly show w hat individuals or firms first made lam p black in th e U nited States, leaving the question open to considerable dis cussion. it is p re tty g enerally agreed th a t Fox, in 1775. w as the o rig in a to r in his fa c to ry a t Germantown, located at the corner of Indian Queen Lane and Main S treet. He called his blacks a fte r the nam e of the town, nam ely Germ antown, which brand is known all over the world. It is an established fact, how ever, th a t th e firm of L. M a rtin & C om pany has been m anufacturing G erm antow n lam p black a t Tacony, ju st north of Philadelphia, for a period of se v e n ty -e ig h t y e a rs fro m 1849. A n o th e r v ery old m a n u f a c tu r re r is B ihn & WoitF Company, at B ridesburg. W hile there are at present several other more modern concerns m anufacturing lam p black, it is safe to say th a t the two Philadelphia concerns above m en tioned m anufactured and supplied over 75% of all the lam p black used in th e p ain t trad e