Manufacturer Notes: Beck, Phillips & CompanyPittsburgh DirectoriesPittsburg Directory Listings 1866 Bakewell Benj. jr., of Lippincott, Bakewell & Beck, Phillips & Co., and Bakewell, Pears & Co., 65 Grant Bakewell, Pears & Co., flint glass manuf, o 31 & 32 Wood, works Bingham n Joseph, B Beck James, of Beck, Phillips & Co., cor Joseph and Manor, E B Beck, Phillips & Co., window glass manufacturers, w h 121 Second, factory cor Joseph n Mary, E B* Beck Washington, mould maker, cor Centre and Coal, B Beck William, glass blower, Grosvenor near Bradford, B Beck W., of Beck, Phillips & Co., h E B Campbell B. B., of Beck, Phillips & Co., and Bakewell, Pears & Co., McClure tp Phillips, D. C., of Beck, Phillips & Co., E B Phillips D. Clinch, of Becks & Phillips, Carson n Sidney, E B Phillips J. G., of Beck, Phillips & Co., E B Phillips Ormsby O., of Wharton, Bros. & Co., 344 Ridge, A GLASS MANUFACTURERS WINDOW Beck, Phillips & Co., 121 Second 1867 Bakewell B., Jr., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., Ridge, A Bakewell, Pears & Co., glass manufacturers, 31 and 33 Wood Beck, Phillips & Co., glass manufacturers, 27 Wood Beck Washington, machinist & glass moulder, cor Perry and Neville Beck, William, glass blower, Centre n Bingham, B Campbell B. B. of Bakewell, Pears & Co. McClure tp Phillips Ormsby, of Wharton, Bros. & Co., 344 Ridge, A GLASS MANUFACTURERS WINDOW Beck, Phillips & Co., 27 Wood 1868 Bakewell Benjamin, Jr., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., and Beck, Phillips & Co., 332 Ridge A Bakewell, Pears & Co., glass manufacturers, 31 and 33 Wood, works, Bingham n Craig, B Beck James, of Beck, Phillips & Co., Joseph and Mary, E B Beck, Phillips & Co., window glass, 21 Wood Beck W., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Meadow, E B Beck Washington, manuf. glass moulds, Perry and Neville, B Beck Washington, of Beck, Phillips & Co., Meadow, E B Campbell B. B., of Beck, Phillips & Co., and Bakewell, Pears & Co., McClure tp O'Hara & Robinson, glass manuf. 6 Smithfield Phillips D. C., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Carson, E B Phillips J. O., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Carson and Caroline, E B Phillips Ormsby, of Wharton, Bros. & Co., 344 Ridge, A Glass Manufacturers. Beck, Phillips & Co., (Window) 27 Wood WINDOW AND FLINT GLASS. 83 BECK, PHILLIPS & CO. WINDOW GLASS MANUFACTURERS, Warehouse, No. 27 Wood Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Works, cor. Joseph and Mary Streets, EAST BIRMINGHAM 1869 Bakewell B. jr., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., 332 Ridge, A BAKEWELL, PEARS & CO., FLINT GLASS MANUF, 31 AND 33 WOOD Beck James, of Beck, Phillips & Co., Nineteenth and Mark, E B BECK, PHILLIPS & CO., WINDOW GLASS MANUF. NINETEENTH (FORMERLY JOSEPH,) E B BECK WASHINGTON, MANUFACTURER OF GLASS MOULDS, PRESSES, &C., COR PERRY AND COAL HILL, B Beck W., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Eighteenth, E B Beck, Wm., glass blower, Centre n River, B Campbell B. B., of Bakewell, Pears 7 Co., McClure tp Phillips D. C., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Carson n Caroline, E B Phillips John O., of Phillips & Mittenzwey and Beck, Phillips & Co., h Carson n Phillips, E B Phillips Ormsby, 344 Ridge, A WINDOW GLASS. BECK, PHILLIPS & CO., NINETEENTH, E B 1870 Bakewell Benjamin, jr., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., 336 Ridge, A Bakewell, Pears & Co., flint glass ware manuf, 31 and 33 Wood Beck, James, of Beck, Phillips & Co., 160 Nineteenth, E B Beck, Phillips & Co., glass manuf, Nineteenth and Mary, E B BECK WASHINGTON, MANUF. GLASS MOULD PRESSES, 60 SIXTEENTH, h 118 Eighteenth, E B Beck Washington, of Beck, Phillips & Co., Larkins ay and Eighteenth, E B Beck William, glass blower, 41 Fifteenth, B Beck William, sr., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Eighteenth and Larkins ay, E B Campbell B. B., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., McClure tp Phillips D. O., of Beck, Phillips & Co., Carson n Twenty second, E B Phillips John O., of Beck, Phillips & Co., 2323 Carson, E B Phillips Ormsby O., gent, 334 Ridge, A Glass Manufacturers. Beck, Phillips & Co., Nineteenth and Mary, E B 1871 Bakewell Benjamin, jr., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., 336 Ridge, A BAKEWELL, PEARS & CO., MANFS OF FLINT AND CRYSTAL GLASS-WARE, 31 & 33 WOOD Beck James, moulder, river bank, cor Twenty-sixth Beck Washington, mould maker, 118 Eighteenth, EB Beck William, glass presser, 41 Fifteenth Campbell B. B., of Bakewell, Pears & Co., h McClure tp Phillips Ormsby, of Beck, Phillips & Co., 344 Ridge av, A Glass Manufacturers. Beck, Phillips & Co., Nineteenth and Mary, B 1872 Phillips D. C., of Phillips & Co., res Carson, E B Phillips John J., of Phillips & Co., Carson bt Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, E B Phillips Ormsby, of Phillips & Co., 344 Ridge, A Phillips & Co., glass works, Nineteenth and Mary, E B Glass Manufacturers. Phillips & Co., Nineteenth and Mary, E B _______________________________________________________________________________________ Census Records 1870 Pennsylvania Allegheny East Birmingham 0085 0104 Beck William 62 M W Carpenter 500 Penna ...... Beck Washington 38 M W Glafs Mould M 57,000 13,000 " 0200 0256 Beck James 35 M W Glafs Manfct 2,000 Penna 1183 1474 Phillips John 40 M W Saw Mill Penna 1200 1492 Phillips D. C. 32 M W Glafs Manfct 250,000 5,000 Penna _______________________________________________________________________________________ IRS TAX RECORDS. November 1865 Beck Washington Birm Glafs Moulds 89 1,460 6% 105.66 Repairs 107 124 3% 4.40 Flattening House ? 89 748 6% 44.58 154.64 November 1865 Beck Phillips & C 121 2d Wholesale Dealers 244 6 mon 25.00 25.00 November 30 1865 Beck Philips & C East Birm Glass Manufrs 259 6 mon 5 " Wares 50 3131 6% 187.86 " Potts 105 120 6% 7.20 200.06 March 31 1866 Beck Philips & C E Birm Glass 50 4040 6% 242.40 " Potts 105 270 6% 16.20 258.60 April 1866 Beck Philips & C E Birm Glass 50 18676 6% 1120.56 " Potth 105 270 6% 16.20 1136.76 May 1866 Beck Philips & C E Birm Glass 50 15085 6% 905.10 " Potth 105 210 6% 12.00 917.10 June 1866 Beck Philips & C E Birm Glass 50 17763 6% 1065.78 " Potth 105 200 6% 12.00 1077.78 _______________________________________________________________________________________ --At East Birmingham, Pa., Messrs. Beck, Philips & Co., some time since purchased, at a cost of $10,000, a lot of 360 feet by 120, on which to erect a glass manufactory. These works are expected to cost, including site, about $25,000. The foundation--a handsome, substantial stone wall--is already up, and the factory will be ready for operations 1st November next. The main story will be of brick, eighty feet square, twenty feet in Height. Cupola, fifty feet by 16 feet square. The flattening house--a separate structure--is to be fifty feet by ninety, one story, with fire proof oven. There will also be a cutting room seventy feet by thirty, and one story high. The office, sixteen feet by twenty, is now finished, These works are for the manufacture of window glass, and will employ about sixty hands. The factory will turn out about one thousand packages or boxes of window glass per week. A package is fifty superficial feet of glass. The oven is to be of a capacity to flatten forty-four by seventy size. Commercial Bulletin (Boston, Massachusetts) September 9, 1865 _______________________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTS BY RIVER. 20 bbls fire clay, H H Collins; 12 do do, Beck, Phillips & co; Pittsburgh Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) October 27, 1865 _______________________________________________________________________________________ --The following named glass manufactures of Pittsburg, Pa., and vicinity, have decided to accept the rates used by Eastern Manufacturers and Importers, as their Card or Book Prices, subject to such rates of discount as may be agreed upon from time to time: Wm. M'Cully & Co., A. & D. H. Chambers, Lorenz & Wightman, Robert C. Schmertz, Cunningham & Ihmsen, S. McKee & Co., C. Ihmsen & Sons, Wolf, Howard & Co., Fahnestock, Albee & Co., Page, Zellers & Duff, Melling, Estep & Co., Beck, Phillips & Co., Alex. Arbosgast, New Castle. The Pittsburgh Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) February 28, 1866 _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR RENT--WAREHOUSE--No. 27 Wood street, between First and Second sts., from first of April. Inquire on the premises of BECK. PHILLIPS & CO. The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 27, 1868 _______________________________________________________________________________________ BECK PHILLIPS & CO.--We desire to call attention of dealers to one of Pittsburg's oldest and best known houses in the glass trade; that of Beck, Phillips & Co. For many years they have been engaged in this branch of business, and by their unremitting attention to the wants of all customers and their uniform courtesy, and liberal dealing, they have built themselves up a lucrative trade, and have an established reputation second to none in the country. A specialty is made of picture and photographer's glass, which is here made in the best possible manner. The factory is located in Birmingham, immediately across the river from Pittsburg, where a large number of operatives are employed. Those of our dealers who design purchasing glass from any Pittsburg house will find the above mentioned firm all that they are represented to be. Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) February 3, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ BECK, PHILLIPS & CO., MANUFACTURERS of Window Glass and Dealers in Glassware generally. Office and Works, Joseph st., East Birmingham. Lock Box 334 Pittsburgh P. O. The Pittsburgh Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) February 4, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ PITTSBURGH AND CONNELLSVILLE RAILROAD, March 18.-67 bbls salt, Beck, Phillips & Co. Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) June 3, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 27 bbls clay, Beck, Phillips & Co.; 24 do do, Campbell, Jones & Co; Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) June 3, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ PITTSBURGH. BECK, PHILLIPS, & CO., Manufactures of WINDOW, PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH GLASS. And Dealers in Glassware Generally, PITTSBURGH, ...................PA. Office and Works, JOSEPH ST., EAST BIRNINGHAM, Directly opposite Pittsburgh., Pa. Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) June 7, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Glass Manufacturers' Imports. Beck, Phillips & Co. .............. 41 casks soda ash Wolff, Howard & Co. ............. 20 casks soda ash C. Ihmen & Son ..................... 10 casks soda ash Knox, Kim & Co. ..................... 2 cars sand Johnston, King & Co. ............. 1 car sand Adams & Co. .......................... 1 car sand Johnston, King & Co. ........... 50 bags lime Beck, Phillips & Co. ............... 1 car sand McKee & Co. .......................... 1 car lime The Pittsburgh Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) September 8, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Glass Manufacturers' Imports. A. & D. H. Chambers ........... 33 casks soda ash Beck, Phillips & Co. ............... 3 casks soda ash Best, Thompson & Co. ........ 10 casks soda ash Bryce, Walker & Co. .............. 1 car sand Lorenz & Wightman ............... 1 car sand Lorenz & Wightman ............... 1 car lime W. Frank & Son ..................... 1 car lime Fahnestock, F., & Co. ........... 1 car sand W. McCully & Co. .................. 1 car sand Wolff, Howard & Co. ............. 1 car sand The Pittsburgh Commercial (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) October 11, 1869 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Beck, Phillips & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF WINDOW GLASS, Vials, Bottles, Fruit Jars, &c. &c. OFFICE AND WORKS 19TH STREET, EAST BIRMINGHAM, POST OFFICE ADDRESS, PITTSBURGH, PENN'A Lowry, David, Mills, James, & Myers, E. A.: Pittsburgh Its Industry & Commerce (Pittsburgh, Barr & Myers, 1870) _______________________________________________________________________________________ J. Best & Co, 4 hf bbl silica; Campbell, Jones & Co: 1 do do; Beck, Phillips & Co. 1 do do; Agnews & Wilcox, 1 do do; Plunkett & Co, 1 do do; Fahnestock, Albee & Co, 1 do do; Bakewell, Pears & Co, 1 do do; Doyle & Co, 1 do do; Excelsior Glass Co, 1 do do;... Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) May 26, 1871 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Notice of Dissolution ___ The Co-partnership of BECK, PHILLIPS & CO. has this day been dissolved by the withdraw of James Beck and Washington Beck. The remaining Co-partners will continue the manufacture of Window Glass, Bottles, Fruit Jars, &c. UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF PHILLIPS & CO. SEPTEMBER 11, 1871 Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) September 18, 1871 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Go To North American Soda & Beers Home |