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In the mid-1920s, the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, Ohio, assumed control of the Erie, and they installed a new president for the railroad, John Joseph Bernet. [ 15 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Bernet only served as the Erie's president from January 1927 to May 1929, but during that time, he initiated a reorganization and cost-cutting program to ...
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Before the establishment of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the brothers were land and building speculators in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] In 1909, the Van Sweringen brothers began exercising options on 1,399 acres (5.7 km 2) of land formerly owned by the North Union Community of the Society of Believers, better known as the Shakers.
During the time brothers Walter and Windsor White ran the company, it offered a library branch, a store which sold necessities at low cost, sports teams, and concerts by orchestras and jazz bands, as well as musical performances by the workers, many of whom were immigrants from Slovenia and Poland. The company also had picnics at Euclid Beach Park.
Through corporate diversity into hydraulic construction equipment, the growing popularity and productivity of this type of hydraulic machinery yielded strong business growth for the Warner & Swasey company of Cleveland, Ohio during the years of 1946 through 1977. Badger Machine was sold to Alvis International Group in 1978.
Brothers Josh and Bo Naylor have been instrumental in the Guardians' run to the ALCS. Here's five things to know about the Naylor brothers of Canada.
The Day-Glo Color Corp. (also styled as DayGlo) is a privately held [1] American paint and pigments manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio.It was founded in 1946 by brothers Joseph and Robert Switzer and is currently owned by RPM International.
Greif Bros logo, 1978. The company was founded in Cleveland in 1877 as "Vanderwyst and Greif" by Charles Greif and his partner Albert Vanderwyst. After three brothers from the Greif family joined the company, it was renamed Greif Bros. Company, and focused on cooperage for the transportation of post-Civil War goods. In 1926, the company made ...