San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-03

The Maverick-Clark Litho Com
pany, st. Mary's street, does more
than 100000 worth of business year
ly, according to !. NJ. McIlhenny, sec
rotary treasurer. 1t is said to be one
OF the first firms in Texas to do
lithographing, and is one of San An
tonio's oldest business houses, having
been founded more than 80 years ago
by Sam Maverick in an old brick
structure which was located near the
postoffice. The Maverick Clark Litho
Company sells everything in the line
of office, courthouse and bank supplies
including complete stock Of office
furniture, Mr.. McIlhenny says.
There are millions of different legal
blanks, etc, as we'll as office supplies
included in the enormous stock in the
Mayerick-Clark Litho Company's large
building on st. Mary's street. The
supplies come from as many as 400
different concerns, Mr.. McIlhenny says
and constitute a stock from which he
says offices are furnished completely.
The Maverick Clark plant covers
more than 10000 square feet of floor
space which is on one floor Includ-
ed in this large building there are
many separate departments &. among
which are the lithographing, station
cry, office furniture, copper plating.
rubber stamp and seal, engraving de-
partments and retail store in which
it is safe to say that millions of ar
ticles are handled.
Use Modern Machinery.
Some OF the most modern machinery
available is installed in the Maverick
Clark plant which is kept in operation
continuously in order TO turn out the
tremendous amount of work ordered
from customers in one of the largest
trade territories boosted of by any
other firm in Texas The firm en-
ploys 125 people. The workers in the
plant are all experienced in their re-
spective trades, Mr.. McIlhenny says.
Several of the engrayers are some of
the best in the state.
The Maverick lark Litho Com
pany's trade territory covers the en-
tire state of Texas. more than one-half
Of Louisiana, parts of New Mexico
and Arizona and other bordering
states. The firm employs an average
Of nine travelling salemen who cover
| lulN at lHleINdlS.
Despite the flood some time ago in
which more than $4,000 worth of the
Maverick Clark Litho Company's stock
vast lost. the company soon recovered
and reported more than 5000 worth
of business at the erd OF the same
year. The business of this company
amounts to between SJ00.000 and
S1J0.00O yearly. Mr.. McIlhcnny says.
The company has capital stock OF
.S200.00O.
Has Interesting History.
There is an interesting history at
! iacned to the Maverick Clark Litho
Company. Sam Maverick founded the
Maverick Printing House more than
so years ago. the exact date is not
known. He established his business in
a four-story brick struoturc which
formerly occupied the site on which
the Army Y. VI. c. A. now stands. His
| business was purchased by a company
composed of W. f.. Milligan. presi-
dent; Ned McIlhenny. vice president {:
!. NJ. Mcllhenny. secretary and treas
urer. In 1896. Robert Clark. mem
Der of the firm of Clark and Courts.
Galveston lithogra pliers, withdrew his
interests from that company and es-
tablished a business in Galveston
which was then owned by W. f. Mil
ligan and others. The firm was con-
solidated and chartered under the
name Of the Maverick-Clark Litho
Company.
The business OF the new firm in
creased rapidly. In fact it increased
50 fast that the Maverick Clark Litho
Company was forced to move several
times. to secure more adequate quar-