Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

BARNARD & BENEDICT

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        BARNARD & BENEDICT, Fruit Crystallizing Company, Los Angeles. Among the 
many new industries of Southern California is that of the Fruit Crystallizing 
Company of Los Angeles. This company was organized by Messrs. Barnard & Benedict 
in 1886, and commenced business the following year. These gentlemen had been 
engaged for several years in making scientific experiments as to the best 
methods of crystallizing fruit, and continued until the formation and 
organization of the company. Their process is entirely their own, the result of 
their efforts after using the various French methods and receipts in 
experimenting with them, so as to successfully compete with cheap French labor, 
reducing the amount of labor and using only the ripe fruit; and their efforts in 
this direction have been attended with
signal success. This is best demonstrated by the fact that they have a demand 
from the Eastern markets�New York and Chicago�for all of the products of their 
factory, their orders being from the leading confectioners of these cities. 
Their factory is located on California street, and is 150 x 180 feet in 
dimensions, and
during the busy season they employ from fifty to one hundred hands. W. H. 
Barnard, the senior member of the firm, is a native of New York State, and was 
born March 15, 1846, a son of George and Laurana (Torrence) Barnard. He received 
his education in his native State, and in 1864 went to Washington, D. C., and 
entered the bank of Jay Cook & Co., remaining there until their failure. Then he 
succeeded Edwin L. Stanton, son of the great War Secretary, as receiver of the 
bank in Washington, at the time of his death, and wound up the affairs of the 
bank. Messrs. Barnard and Maynard organized the Telephone Exchange in 
Washington, and theirs was the first contract made by the Bell Telephone 
Company. Mr. Barnard sold out his interest on account of ill health, and came to 
Southern California in 1882, and the following year brought his family and 
located in Los Angeles, and became interested in their present business, which 
promises an abundant success. In 1880 Mr. Barnard was united in marriage with 
Miss Lillian Parker, a native of the city of Boston, and daughter of the 
illustrious Dr. Parker, of that city.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, Page 386