The story of Pittsburgh: Food products

Food products (Vol. 1, nr. 12)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623587

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241112

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Food products

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 12

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: [ca. 60] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Swift & company

Collection:: Economics Books

other products are shipped direct from the packing plants in the West and Midwest to branch houses located in the centers of population. Some retailers come in person to the branch houses to select their products, while others give their orders to traveling salesmen. The smaller towns and villages are served by car routes. A car route is made up of a number of towns located so that they can be served by consignments from the same refriger- ator car. Salesmen take the dealers’ orders and the goods are loaded into refrigerator cars and shipped direct from the packing plants over the various routes, usually once a week, though oftener in many cases. Orders for local retailers are taken out of the car at each stop along the way. The dis- tributing service of Swift & Company is materially aided by the use of more than 6,000 Swift refrigerator cars. These are kept in constant operation, carrying perishable goods from 80 packing plants and produce plants to branch houses and thousands of small towns. Swift & Company has operated two branch houses in Pittsburgh for many years. One of these, the Southside Market, is located at 21st Street and Carson Street; while the other, the Allegheny Market, is located at 309-318 Anderson Street. A large number of Pittsburgh dealers are regularly supplied with Swift products by these branches. The branches in turn receive regular shipments of fresh meats and other packinghouse products from the company’s plants at Chicago and Missouri River points. Numerous small towns in the vicinity of Pittsburgh are supplied by Swift car routes. Gustavus F. Swift, the founder of Swift & Company re- mained at its head until his death in 1903. Since that time, L. F. Swift, his eldest son, has been President. Associated with Mr. Swift in the active management of the company are his brothers, E. F. Swift, C. H. Swift, G. F. Swift, and H. H. Swift, and his son, A. B. Swift, Vice-Fresidents; L. A. Carton, Treasurer; and C. A. Peacock, Secretary. In addition to the Swift brothers and Mr. Carton, Lewis L. Clark, President of the American Exchange National Bank, of New York City, and M. B. Brainerd, President of the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. are directors.

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