Corry and Columbus Street Railway Company History
The Corry and Columbus Street Railway Co was organized in 1900 to build and operate a street railway on North Center Street in Columbus four miles from Corry. Officers included O. P. Northrop president W. P. Obryan secretary and S. A. Orr treasurer T J Haggerty became vice. The franchise and right of way were granted by the city. By 1901 a line to Columbus was completed and a regular schedule set. The project spurred Columbus growth with a well located power station and car barn on North Center later bought by Northrop and the Traction Building developed into a valuable business asset. This month the city commission granted the Corry Power Company a franchise to sell current commercially, signaling potential expansion into the power business.
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Corry
Columbus
North Center Street
Treat Atreat Railway
North Center
Northrop
Eity
Eity Commission
Corry Power Company
Warren
Pena P
Pas Toy
Uetar
Corry Fair
Gaston
Umbuy
Chautaiqua Lake
Westley Butter and Candy Pail Maker Opens Plant
In 1886 the North Center street coop on Westley Avenue was taken over by F. E. Wheatley who began manufacturing butter and candy pails. The plant operates year round and sells out each season. It sources wood from local timber heat ers and saws its own material. The firm serves multiple customers with a well equipped factory led by an experienced pail maker.
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W. 5. Westley
North Center Street
F. E. Wheatley
Westley
Ands
Jane
Oregon Indian Medicine Co Leads Local Industry Since 1876
Col T A Edwards helped form the Oregon Indian Medicine Co in Gerry in 1876, with Ke Ton Ka Broader and a Pittsburgh base. In 1883 a charter enabled local manufacture on East Washington street. Claude Place now runs the plant, producing Ka Ton Ka Indian Cough Syrup Modocoll New Verse Catarrh Snuff War Paint Ointment Wasco Cough Drops and Quillia Soup among other well known remedies. The Oregon Company sells to many jobbers and is advertised nationwide by a large network of medicine show troops, keeping steady business year round in a three floor East Washington street plant.
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Washington Street
Oigans
Canada
Oregon Company
Fhr
East
Mr. Place
Hho
Inne
A Baals
East Washington Street
C R Rogers Company Here Is A Notable Corry Firm
The C R Rogers Company, incorporated in 1909, grew into a leading engineering and construction firm in Corry. From Ajax building origins to a steel and concrete plant on Bugle Street, it completed major projects including the Shreve Chair factory at Union City and the Titustville Forge plant, shaping regional industry and Corry’s reputation.
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Ineal Corporation
Corry
C. R. Rogers Co
Immensa New Shreve
Union City
Titngville Forge Company
American Radiator Co
Titusville
Mohawk
Sherman
Clymer
Corry Ice Company Plants Pure Ice From Local Spring
The Corry Ice Company operates since 1909 at North Corry using a natural spring within 150 feet. The plant produces 33 tons daily, ships to Erie Dunkirk Jamestown and other cities, and uses 300 pound ice blocks shipped by rail and road with six delivery wagons.
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Corry
Erie
Dunkirk
Jamestown
Ienr
Pennsylvania Rail
North Corry
Crator
Philadelphia
Buffalo
J P Drought and Company Run Large Hides and Furs Firm
John P Drought and Company, formed by J P Drought, Ul Morrow, and C J Whetson of Corry, runs a major Pennsylvania New York and Ohio hides and furs business. The firm occupies former Welk Eaton and Gay yards and handles large inventories, averaging forty thousand dollars daily during peak season, with annual volume near half a million dollars.
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J. P. Drought & Company
Cogs
Welk Eaton and Gay
J.P. Drought and ‘Company
J. P. Drought
Ul, Morrow
C. J. Whetson
Corry
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
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Corry & Columbus Street Railway Co
F. E. Westley Pail
Oregon Indian Medicine Co
Col
T. A. Edwards
Gerry
Gol. Edwards
Pittsburgh
Claude Place
James Piney
Washington
Alner
C. R. Rogers Company
Clarence R. Rogerie
Flit
Ajax
Main St
Sreeter
Bugle Street
Tionesta Valley Chemical Co
Mayburg
Rogers Company
Mastei States Brakeshoe Co
Eagle Street
Focal
Corry Ice Company
John P. Drought & Co
Mense
Cary
Caer
Sara
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