Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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S. C. DODGE
THE LOS ANGELES PLANING-MILL COMPANY, 
 
corner of San Pedro and Seventh streets, Los Angeles, established their business 
here July 26, 1886, with S. C. Dodge, President, and Thomas Hughes, 
Vice‑President. The company manufactures sash, blinds and doors, stairs, scroll 
work, molding and all kinds of ornamental woodwork for finishing and decoration. 
Their factory is large and commodious, about 300 feet frontage, containing the 
latest and most improved machinery, and during the busy season giving employment
to from fifty to seventy-five hands. The company are fully equipped to execute 
large contracts as promptly as any similar factory on the Pacific Coast, and for 
doing all kinds of fine work; and they have a large and well-established trade. 
Their stock is secured here and up North on the coast, wherever they can buy to 
the best
advantage. They are contemplating building a mill in Washington Territory, to 
meet the demands of their increasing trade. S. C. Dodge, the president of the 
company, is a native of Nova Scotia; came to the Pacific Coast in 1875, and to 
Los Angeles in 1886, to establish the present business. He has had a large 
practical experience in the manufacturing of lumber, and is familiar with every 
detail; and to the efficient management executed by himself and Mr. Hughes is 
attributed the success of the company.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 769
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler