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[http://books.google.com/books?id=i_8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=E3EBOdV3DA&sig=Qdo__EA8eeZEfSBvPeRC6PaxvsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Corporation charter forfeited ] by 1909.
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=i_8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22mountain+view+fruit+exchange%22&source=bl&ots=E3EBOdV3DA&sig=Qdo__EA8eeZEfSBvPeRC6PaxvsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-u6JUarzJ4qG8QSr9YDICA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22mountain%20view%20fruit%20exchange%22&f=false Corporation charter forfeited ] by 1909.
  
[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rZUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C6502421 Officers in 1906  at time of earthquake ] were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors.
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[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rZUkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5010%2C6502421 Officers in 1906  at time of earthquake] were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors.
  
 
Was Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant) on 1897 Sanborn map. 1904 Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner.  Levelled by 1906 earthquake, rebuilt in 4 months according to  
 
Was Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant) on 1897 Sanborn map. 1904 Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner.  Levelled by 1906 earthquake, rebuilt in 4 months according to  

Revision as of 04:24, 6 August 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

Mountain View

Locations

Location Years Address Details
Mountain View 1904, 1908 end of Oak Street east of Bailey Road

On Sanborn map. 1904, 1908.

Details

Incorporated May 18, 1903 with $75,000 in capital. Corporation charter forfeited by 1909.

Officers in 1906 at time of earthquake were M. Farrell (president), Z.T. Croop, VP, F.A. Poland, Secretary, C. Jesse Titus, treasurer, with H. Morton, J. J. Cutter, and Joseph F. Fritts as directors.

Was Mrs. S. E. Bubb's Grain Warehouse (vacant) on 1897 Sanborn map. 1904 Sanborn map shows a low warehouse only with a dryer in one corner. Levelled by 1906 earthquake, rebuilt in 4 months according to Mountain View Arcadia book. Rebuilt as three story packing house, with grading on the 3rd floor, box making and storage on second, and packing on first. Separate sulfur house, separate facing room (ground floor, better light?).

Mention in Pullman Herald March 19 1920 (citing Mountain View Register Leader) about a company in Mountain View that sold the worst prunes.