FRED.
WALPERT & COMPANY
CURLED HAIR BRISTLES, BEDDING,
ETC.
BALTIMORE, MD. This l)usiness was established fiftv-seven years ago by Mr. Fred. Walpcrt: oil ins death, in 1898, the lirm was continued by !Mr. ilarsliall
W. Harden and Mr. Wm.
Mantz;
later,
after
Mr. Mantz's
was continued by Mr. Marshall W. Harden and his two sons. Fred. W. Harden and Samuel W. Harden. The offices, showrooms and death, the firm
mattress factory are located at 106 and 108 North C4ay Street, a double building of three and four stories, covering a combined space of 45 by 280 feet. Here is carried a heavy stock of Curled Hair Bristles, Bedding, etc., also supplies for manufacturers of mattresses. The motive power is a gas engine, and from 50 to 75 hands are employed. The hair factory is situated on Jenkins Lane, where the making of curled hair is a specialty; buildings all equipped with the most improved and modern machinery. Steam is the motive power, and 150 to 200 employees are needed Jo handle the production. On the same lane is a husk factory operated by the firm. There are eight buildings devoted to tliis branch. The motive power here is steam, and 100 hands are emThe trade of the house is immense, as they operate the largest curled hair ployed. factory in the city, if not in the State, and their goods go all over the United States.
J. S.
WILSON,
JR.,
& COMPANY
BANKERS The firm of J. S. Wilson, Jr., & Co. was formed February 1, 1907; the original members of the firm were J. Sawyer Wilson, Jr., and Arthur L. Jones. Both the members had been in the banking business for a number of years. On February 1, 1909, Horatio L. Whitridge, who also had been in the banking business for a number of years, was admitted to the firm. From the beginning the ofiices of J. S. Wilson, Jr., & Co. have been in the Calvert Bank Building. On August 1, 1909, the firm moved to large and handsome offices on the ground floor of the same building. The firm transacts a general banking business, trades in high-grade investment securities, negotiates loans for railroads and other corporations, sells letters of credit available in all parts of the world and receives deposits subject to cheque. J. S. Wilson, Jr., & Co. are members of the New York Stock Exchange and have direct wire connections with all the principal markets.
Present members of the firm are Horatio L. Whitridge.
J.
Sawyer Wilson,
1-16
Jr.,
Arthur
L.
Jones and