A. G. Col Company
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The A. G. Col Company was a Santa Clara county fresh fruit wholesaler operated by A. G. Col. The company was described as "the largest wholesale green fruit and produce house in the Santa Clara valley"[1]. The company was apparently sold to the California Sweet Potato Corporation in August 1922; a later lawsuit by Col and J. P. Napoli claimed that others of the directors misused the new purchase and attempted to defraud them[2]. (The J. P. Napoli might be J. P. DiNapoli of Sun Garden Packing.)
Alphonso Col, the founder came to San Jose in 1879. He was a county auditor in 1902[3]; In 1911, he lived at 369 S. 5th St, with his storefront at 84 North Market St[4].
References
- ↑ Wholesale Fruit Merchant is Manager of Dee-Hi Co. November 1922 The Evaporator. "Mr. Col has been a resident of San Jose since 1879. For the last eighteen years prior to his association with Dee-Hi Food Products Company he has been in the wholesale green fruit business in San Jose as the head and principal owner of A. G. Col Company, which under his management grew to the largest wholesale green fruit and produce house in the Santa Clara valley.".
- ↑ A. G. Col vs Superior Court. Supreme Court of California en bans, 196 Cal. 604 (Cal. 1925).
- ↑ A. G. Col. 1902 Polk San Jose City Directory. "Col, Alphonse G., County Auditor, Hall of Records, 369 Vine.
- ↑ 1911 Polk San Jose City and Santa Clara County directory.