The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-31
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IT, 1892 he moved to Texas, where he
was married. He here devoted himself
20 farming and stock raising, and four
yea later took an active interest in the
political affairs of his adopted territory.
He vas a delegate to. many important
conventions to define the position Of the
new colonies. lie sup~erintended the Off
cial surveys, and had charge Of the land
Office al San Felipe. Later he published
the only newspaper printed in Texas
during The war Of separation from Mex
leo, and directed earnest efforts tOWars
resisting the establishment of the central
government Of Santa Anna. The repub
lie Of l,Nas being founded, he became
fist collector Of the Port of Galveston.
II, buii: one Of the first dwellings in
that ci', Of ii could be called such which
was erected by two carpenters in half a
day.
In 1889 he was the agent Of the Calves
ton City Co., a corporation holding sew
cral thousand acres on he site of the
present metropolis Of Texas. Towards
the close of this period bis attention was
drawn to the urgent reed of more suita
~" FOOD supplies for emigrants and ira
vcl"rs crossing the plains, the want OF
which involved great suffering and los.
Of life. His experimental labOrs, With
It's end in view, resulted in the produc-
ton of a meat b~iscuit,' in the manu-.
tacture and marketing of which he lost
his small fortune.
Going North directly upon the issue OF
this enterprise his thoughts turned to the
preservation OF milk. Long and tedious
were his experiments in the new enter.
prise. lie desired to preserve milk in all
its mother strength Scientific friends,
II of whom ranked as the peer of any
in the land, advised him that his aim was
too high; that the retention of all the
butter uninjured in the milk could not be
accomplished in practice, and that the
removal of part of the cream would be
found a necessary first step. But he ut
terly discarded the thought of condens-
ing skinned milk and pushed on, re-
gardless Of the advice, persevering with
characteristic energy and determination,
until his object was attained.
His first application for a patent was
in May, 1888, and after a long and hard
fight, it was granted on the principle Of
evaporation in vacuo, under date of Au-
gust 10, 1896. The first attempt to estab-
lish works was at W a~lCOttville, Conn, in
the summer Of 1856. The second was a,
Hurrviile, in 1857. In 1853 he found a
faithful friend in jeremiah Milbank, ESQ.
These TWO gentlemen were instrumental
N forming the New York Condensed
Milk Co.. and thus began in earnest the
production of the Gail Borden Eagle
brand condensed milk, put upon the
market in a can, whose face is familiar
fac to millions of people in all civilized
lands.
Til" company established works on an
extensive scale in the rich dairy country
around WassaiC, Duchess county, y. y.
in 1850 The war of the rebellion caused
the product to become quickly and en-
tensinc.y known, so that the demand in
creased rapidly, causing the erection OF
o.her extensive works, one st Brewsters,
one At Waikiki, and still another al
Pardy's, y. Y, and two more a, Elgin
and CarpentersvilIe, III. In addition.
The company has bottling plants for
liquid milk, at Oxford, Johnson, and Mil
l%ertor, New York.
Gail Borden died at his home in Texas
On tie llth of January, 1874.
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