United States of America, Petitioner, V. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Et Al; ,Defendants , Vol. 17
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Excerpt from United States of America, Petitioner, V. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Et Al; ,Defendants , Vol. 17: Defendant´s Testimony John D. Archbold, being duly sworn, testified as follows: Direct examination by Mr. Rosenthal: Q. Mr. Archbold, what is your full name? - A. John D. Archbold. Q. Where do you live? A. New York City. Q. About how long have you lived in New York City? - A. About 27 or 28 years. Q. And where did you live before coming to New York City? - A. At Titusville, Pennsylvania. Q. How long did you live at Titusville? - A. I had lived there principally from 1864 to 1880, being here a part of the time, however, in the interim. Q. Practically all of the time, then, from 1864 to 1880 was spent by you at Titusville and that neighborhood? - A. I was for two or three years of that time principally here in New York. Q. What is your present occupation? - A. I am a vice-president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Q. And you have been for some years? - A. Yes. Q. During the years you were at Titusville, from 1864, what was your occupation generally; petroleum business? - A. Petroleum business. Shall I tell you in detail? Q. In just a moment I will get to that. Prior to 1864 where did you live? - A. I lived in Ohio. Q. Whereabouts in Ohio? - A. For the two years prior to going to Pennsylvania I lived at Salem, in Columbiana County, Ohio. Q. You were a boy at that time? - A. Yes. Q. And what was your business out there in Ohio? - A. I had been for two years in a general store in Salem prior to going to Titusville. Q. Then in 1864 you came to Titusville, and what business did you thereupon engage in? - A. I was first a clerk in an oil shipping and dealing establishment, one of the largest at that time. Q. Do you remember the name of the concern? - A. William H. Abbott. Q. And how long did you so continue? - A. I continued in that clerkship until 1867, when I was made a partner. Q. Of William H. Abbott? - A. Of William H. Abbott, under the firm name of William H. Abbott Company. Q. What do you say the business of William H. Abbott and William H. Abbott Company was? - A. They were dealers and commission merchants in oil. Q. There at Titusville? - A. At Titusville. Q. How much of a town was Titusville in those days? - A. It was a very active town of six to eight thousand inhabitants. Q. In what county of Pennsylvania is it located? - A. Crawford. Q. After 1868, how long did you continue associated with the firm of William H. Abbott Company? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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