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Dried fruit packer listed in city directories run by Stillman A. Moulton, either as the corporate name for his  [[Stillman A. Moulton drying yard | drying yard]], or as a separate business operating in the same location.  The location and dates imply the company's plant was later used by the [[San Tomas Drying Company]] from 1900 through at least 1907.  According to comments in Moulton's biography, the packing house itself probably had a spur on the South Pacific Coast railroad.
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The '''San Jose Dried Fruit Company''' was a dried fruit packer in the San Jose area, incorporated in 1891 by W.H. Wrights, Stillman A. Moulton, Silas N. Johnson, Henry Ward Wrights, and Bernard D. Murphy with $200,000 in capital
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stock<ref>Company incorporation: [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015104/1891-01-13/ed-1/seq-3.pdf January 13, 1891 Sacramento Record Union]</ref>.
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City directories list the company as run by Stillman A. Moulton, suggesting either the company was just the corporate name for his  [[Stillman A. Moulton drying yard | drying yard]], or that it was a separate business operating in the same location.  The location and dates imply the company's plant was later used by the [[San Tomas Drying Company]] from 1900 through at least 1907.  According to comments in Moulton's biography, the packing house itself probably had a spur on the South Pacific Coast railroad.
  
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaoaAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA30&ots=ZDvIt9o0KZ&dq=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&f=false Directory of Tufts graduates from 1905] lists [[Colonel Philo Hersey]] as the president.  
 
[http://books.google.com/books?id=zaoaAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA30&ots=ZDvIt9o0KZ&dq=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=%22san%20jose%20dried%20fruit%20company%22&f=false Directory of Tufts graduates from 1905] lists [[Colonel Philo Hersey]] as the president.  
  
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The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015104/1891-01-13/ed-1/seq-3.pdf January 13, 1891 Sacramento Record Union] reported on the company's incorporation.  The company was formed with $200,000 in capital stock.  Directors were W.H. Wrights, Stillman A. Moulton, Silas N. Johnson, Henry Ward Wrights, and Bernard D. Murphy.
 
 
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Revision as of 16:05, 26 October 2013

Summary
Business

Dried Fruit Packer
Main Location

San Jose
Aliases

Stillman A. Moulton drying yard
Successors

San Tomas Drying Company

The San Jose Dried Fruit Company was a dried fruit packer in the San Jose area, incorporated in 1891 by W.H. Wrights, Stillman A. Moulton, Silas N. Johnson, Henry Ward Wrights, and Bernard D. Murphy with $200,000 in capital stock[1]. City directories list the company as run by Stillman A. Moulton, suggesting either the company was just the corporate name for his drying yard, or that it was a separate business operating in the same location. The location and dates imply the company's plant was later used by the San Tomas Drying Company from 1900 through at least 1907. According to comments in Moulton's biography, the packing house itself probably had a spur on the South Pacific Coast railroad.

Directory of Tufts graduates from 1905 lists Colonel Philo Hersey as the president.

Location according to city directory

Locations

Location Years Address Details
San Jose 1891, 1896, 1898 Bascom Avenue at Hamilton 1896 San Jose City Directory

References