Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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JOHN F. CRAIG, Long Beach
 
Born at Gibraltar, Mich., May 18, 1868. Educated in public schools and State 
Normal School. Began business career as Secretary for John Craig & Sons, 
Trenton, Mich.; Secretary and Treasurer of that firm, 1889-1900; Vice Pres. and 
Treasurer of the Craig Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, O., 1900-5; in 1906 
reorganized, with his father, the Craig Shipbuilding Co, and has since 
personally directed the building of its works at Long Beach. Is also Pres. of 
the Western Dredging & Marine Construction Co., of Long Beach and a director in 
the Adams Transportation Co., Monroe Transportation Co., Toledo Steamship Co., 
Portage Transit Co., and the Western Steam Navigation Co.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.188