The St. Louis Republic., 1905-07-29
ST, LOUIS 4 LARGE
PAINT MARKET
City Holds Important Position IN
This Industry, Of Which the
Mound City Paint and Color
Company IL Representative.

!Ao Do0G3eo - .. Leub - Q Dasat an1
!eading ones q ths country becanss e
esc sss naS ss E: h.s. :.
city whess Manufactured paints and col
ors rank HIGHER for purity In preparation
Reeosnitio0 q the superior quality and
high gIade Of B. Louis. prepared paints
had lSng been conceded By users all over
ven ests6rshed did tseir reputation b.
come that II finally extended TO the Nerth
ne arm Which h.. don. mc.. tor q
ton for high-grade paints is the Mound
City Paint and Color Company. The In
ception Of this institution vas co:nldent
lty and the Standardization Of prepared
paints.
PIONEER PURE PAINT MAKERA
The founders Of the Mound City Paint
ana Color Company were in fact the pio:
paints. When Nh MOTIFS 3. cPesS De SSss enteTeS the
Mound City Paint and Color Company.
there was rot known TO b. sinSle brand
OF mixed paints in The %s,kess Of this
Ailab.e. Good paints were made. but they
wero not the best. and. recognizing this
fact. ths cfhcers Of the company were
agreed In the determination to produce
paints which would merit the superlativs
The Trademark selected by them WAS
mttted superiority which they determined
to reach in the manufacture Of paints has
been achieved. The company u widely
known 70. the strict purity and wearinx
!arxest establishment Of its kind In the
Southwest
The saeee.. achieved b Mr: Grrss and
pliShed without overcoming extraordinary
difficulties and singular III fOftune. They
began the manufacture Of paints in =
Second street. In less than four months
after the manufacture Of paints was
started their plant was destroyed by fire.
isnmens. % s" They rebai,s eesnH0h wisH the snsuP-
anee money. but scarcely nvs months
lad elapsed after the fire when the new
factory fact ~. building % MAS wrecked. the fault
building operations. and nearly their en-
tire capital was wiped out. Is no insurance
provided for such an accident The bio
Mr. GresE and those associated with
him had. however. something left that
they never put In paint but kept In
TSf.. month. s"sas i1Sm ,hs rGGsss s%e 81 III.
wreck q n.w factory was in fun force at
Second and Howard streets. Four EN-
pIcse, In the s: of:,cs and -four four trayei;ns tray a;H
pose of the product at that time.
To-day tho ofice and travelling force OF
the company exceeds 1SO persons. whi.0
tho total number Of employees 10 In excess
Of 35U.
MAKE LINsEED OIL. AND vARNIsH
In lSs: MIR. Gregg succeeded to the
presidency. and Walker Evans became
secretary. The rex; location occupied
by the company after that at Second
and Howard streets was <S and 40s
North Second street. In 1897 removal
was made to the present location at Sll
and Sl3 North sixth street. The present
officers CT the company are Norris b.
Gregg. president: William II. Gregg Jr.,
vice president. and E. H. Dyer. secretary.
The manufacture Of Nnseed Oil was
started In 1880. and tie trademark
Horseshoe was adopted for this product
also. The growth Of the company's pro-
duction Of pains made necessary the man.
cmn Gias."rs o. unset on; one o. the eh,Ii me-;
tho manufacture Of varnish. which was
begun under tho name OF the Gregg Var
niSh Company. The ccmpany's brand Of
linseed OIL and its Gregg varnishes are
ROW a We'll known as III paints.