Norwich Pharmacal Company in 1911

A Local Industry

Increases Capital and Will Enlarge Plant

Utica Saturday Globe, February 1911

 

 

Richard C. Stoffer                             Robert D. Eaton

Able Men  Who Are the Chief Officials in Pharmacal Company

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  The recent increase in the capital stock of the Norwich Pharmacal Company from $500,000 to $1,000,000 is the latest indication of the prosperity and growth of this flourishing Norwich institution, which, while it is still so young that its birth can be easily recalled, is old enough to have outstripped all other local manufacturing interests in the size and extent of its operations.

 

Another and more tangible proof of the progress it is making is the new building to be erected in the spring, the excavation and concrete grouting for which was done last fall and work will be continued as early as weather conditions permit.  The new building will slant to the south of the present main plant to which it will be connected by a steel bridge and a subway.  The new building will be 165 feet by 53 feet, five stories and a basement.  The old power plant between this and the main building will be torn down to make way for a modern structure of reinforced concrete construction 80 feet by 40 feet with concrete vaults for cold storage.

 

The company is also planning for still further growth in the future and expects within the next decade or two to occupy the entire square bounded by Piano, East Piano, Locust and Elm streets, the buildings being so arranged as to leave a large court in the center.  For years the company has maintained its own printer and machine shop, where most of the special machinery used is constructed.

 

The company now has branches in New York, Chicago and Kansas City and has also established an agency in London.  In Chicago they have just completed a large four-story building for storage purposes, their products being shipped from the Norwich plant by the carload for distribution from the Chicago branch.

 

The number of employees in the Norwich plant at present is 162.  There are 50 traveling salesmen and enough other employees in the various branches to bring the total employed up to over 250.  Among these is a staff of scientific chemists second to none.

 

The officers of the company are Richard C. Stoffer, President; Robert D. Eaton, Vice President; Robert S. Eaton, Treasurer.  What this institution means to Norwich not only as an employer of labor, but as an advertising agent carrying the name and fame of the place into the remotest corners of civilization is worthy of more than a passing consideration.

Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY