Tag: Lumber
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The directors increase capital stock 200%
All the minutes of the new Vegetable Growers Supply Co. were handwritten by J. B. Molitor himself. As I read these minutes more than 100 years removed from their original writing in 1918 and 1919, I have come to learn J. B.’s formulaic but in some places idiosyncratic use of language, including his very consistent…
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Securing lumber contracts and moving with urgency…
With corporate governance for the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. tidied up just a couple weeks ago and a three-person executive committee in place (J. P. Smith, president, J. B. Molitor, secretary and Joseph Rengel, vice-president), J. P. Smith called a special meeting of the board of directors on February 5, 1919 at 8 P.M. at…
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J.B. Molitor: The connection to Wisconsin
John Bernard’s father, Peter Molitor, emigrated from Medernach, Luxembourg in June, 1849 at the age of 41, but just after marrying Maria Thill, also from Luxembourg in Paris, France on May 10, 1848. They settled in Dacada, Sheyboygan, Wisconsin and gave birth to their first son John in June of 1849. Nine other children will…
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Officer elections and orders for wood
Later in the evening after the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. shareholder meeting on January 14, 1919, the directors held a meeting at 7 pm at Arcanum Hall in Rogers Park, Chicago, to elect corporate officers and to discuss orders for wood from the Wisconsin mills. With the new directors all present, J. P. Smith was…
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One demand rejected, two offers extended…
The directors of the brand new Vegetable Growers Supply Co. met at 8 PM on January 7, 1919, again at Arcanum Hall, 7013 Ravenswood, Chicago IL, just week and one day after their last meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to deliberate further on two pressing items: from whom to get lumber and what…
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From whom to buy lumber? Where to rent space?
Several of the directors behind the startup of the Vegetable Growers Supply Co. were already engaged in directing farmers’ associations. In the 1913, J. P. Wagoner, J. P. Molitor, Frederick Weber, J. P. Smith, Chas Hengesch, Robert F. Dilger, Peter Schumer, Micheal Leider, John Becker, Nicholas Platz, and Paul Nazig were elected the directors of…
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