The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-03
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FOX BROTHERS.
Manufacturing and Commercial
Firm--Lumber. Char
coal, Efc-
UQH,IbL.Fs II. :

coal, Efc-
T1r HILE desiroDs Of encouraging
M the establishment in oar msd=s
q ali kinds Of industries, and ready -
give due cred.f and encouragement IL
sIl nex Interests. We do n0s. in oar
eestaeies over new concerns. forget 70
appreciate snd remember with pride
the old establishments which through
long years of lsh3r, fair deaiing and
enterprise. have earns.d = name snd
standing for SOmerset aud Somer=et
eoanfy % which al oar people love 70
reE-r with pride. Indeed. il is our
duty in making a faithful portrayal 81
our eity's advantages 10 give preference
70 the older and issier establishments
II i therefore with undisgzii=si pleas-
ure that We write al length and with
some minutsBess 81 the extensive oper-
afsons OF the weil-kaewn firm q Fox
Brothers-
These gentlemen, though young in
years, have spent nearly their entire
life in the business to which We now
find them devcting their time and
energy. fhis Business was established
by the father Of the present finn
Samuel Fox-in ls77, the fWo sons
joining him in the work and ali COM
bining their energies and talents 10
make II the grand success that it i 70
day-the most extensive and important
industry Of it, kind in this part Of the
country.
The business operations Of these gen
tle.nsn extend 10 every part Of the
county. They have a sawmil az
Sip-sville are extensive bnyers u all
kinds Of native timber, which they
nIanufaet1re into Iumher Al their mill.
They are also heavy dealers IN sawed
humber, buying aud paying the highest
Inarset price in cash for al kinds.
Th-y b1y of mill mn or lun-
b.r dealers. and their extensive ae-
auaintance with the lumber markets
aad their heavy dealings in lumber,
the sorting and graling of il, and the
selling Of each particular kind or grade
were il will bring the most money,
enables Fox Brothers toat all fimes pay
a little more for timber ard lumber
than sou sre able to zecure b. selling
10 other dealers They make q special
II of red oak timber and all kinsis Of
furniture lumber, which they handle
very extensively.
These gentlemen formed a partner
ship and succeeded their father in lSs9.
Their fatI er died at an advanced age
in Isg3. Ius the members Of the firm
a. now constituted are J. H. and T. L.
Fox. both home boys. known TO all Of
our people, recognized by everybody a.
reliable. Trustworthy and capable, and
looked upon by all a. valuable, ener-
getic business men, whose operations
are growing more extensive every year
They employ on an average Is to 10
hands: are noted for their fairness to
their employees; they keep no store, bat
pay every man his full wages in cash
and no difference what you may hear
Of labor riots elsewhere, Fox B other-
always retain the respect Of their men
10y doing the fair thing by every man
in their employ
Fox Brothers are probably the heav-
lest dealers in aud burners Of charcoal
in this part Of the State. They are
always in the market for the purchase
Of charcoal timber; pay liberal prices
for this class of material, and the ready
sale which they have for all the char
coal they can manufacture puts them
in a position to pay little better price
for charcoal timber than dealers les
fortunate are able to do. They have
their charcoal operations located all
over the county, and the people every
where look upon Fox Brothers as being
the best men with whom 10 deal.
They are known by long years Of busi-
ne>s and personal dealings TO be in
every way reliable men, whose busi-
n,-ss interests lead them to respect
honesty and abhor triekery. They are
always ready and willing TO do any
thing that Is right and just, and our
people have COM to know this, with
the result that everybody likes 10 deal
with the firm Of Fox Brothers, reaIiz-
ing that they will gel the full value OF
their money and be treated in gentle
manly manner.
This firm has all their charcoal en-
gagged. They are the principal ship
pers to the National Tube Works Co.
This company supplies nearly all the
tubes for our great war vesSe's and
cruisers and is the largest pipe works
in the world, shipping to every part OF
the globe.
Fox Bros. have been interested in the
Somerset Stone Company and the Bare
Rocks Railroad Company, ever since
the organization Of those enterprises.
Mr. John Fox is director IN the form
er and Mr.. Edward Fox a director in
the latter corporation The Stone Com
pany is one Of the largest concerns Of
the kind in this section Of the State,
giving employment to from two to
three hundred men and shipping from
two to three hundred ear loads of stone
per month. The stone il Of a superior
quality for building and bridge work
and the field from which it is taken is
practically inexhausiible.
Fox Brothers possess high finan-
ciai rating and are known in the en-
tire commercial word as solid, capable
business men, whose word j. a. good
as their note, and their note as good as
gold.