Stearns Salt and Lumber Company records, 1881-1923.

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Stearns Salt and Lumber Company records, 1881-1923.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77991427

Topical files relating to business interests, including papers concerning their conviction on charges of receiving illegal refunds from the Pere Marquette Railroad, and relating to the sale of their property in L'Anse to the Ford Motor Company; and also microfilm of records of business operations at Ludington and one of their subsidiary firms at Bennett in Lake County, Michigan.

3 linear ft. and 33 reels microfilm : positive and negative.

Bentley Historical Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8208297

Bentley Historical Library

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Stearns, Justus S. (Justus Smith), 1845-1933

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Stearns Salt and Lumber Company (Ludington, Mich.)

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Ludington, Michigan, business firm established by Justus S. Stearns. From the description of Stearns Salt and Lumber Company records, 1881-1923. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 77991427 ...

Pere Marquette Railroad

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The company was incorporated in Michigan on November 1, 1899. Reorganized as Pere Marquette Railway Company in April 1917. December 6, 1899 purchased Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company. December 7, 1899 purchased Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Company. October 1, 1900 purchased Muskegon Lake Railroad Company. May 6, 1900 purchased Bay City Belt Line Railroad Company, Grand Rapids, Belding & Saginaw Railroad Company, Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Rai...

Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...