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FRANK B. POOR
Originally published in 1900 |
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FRANK B. POOR, President of the Hackensack Board of Trade and
one of the most enterprising citizens of Bergen County, was born in Hack-
ensack, N. J., about thirty years ago, and is the son of E. E. Poor, formerly
President of the Park National Bank of New York City. He has spent
nearly $250,000 in beautifying Hackensack and advancing its interests. He
erected the Hamilton Building in 1899-1900 at a cost of $50,000. He formed
the Bergen County Ice Company, which recently erected a $50,000 plant.
He organized the Golf Club, which is erecting a $12,000 club-house, and
he was instrumental in organizing the Hackensack Trust Company, which
built in 1900 a $75,000 structure. His aim is to see Hackensack advance.
As was recently said of him: "Mr. Poor has done more for our town
in one year than has been done by many men during a generation. One
evidence of his ability was the consolidation of the gas and electric light
companies in Bergen County, which corporation now supplies thirty-three
towns. Their product will be cheapened, and not a single stockholder
in the old companies has lost a cent by the change. Mr. Poor is spending
money lavishly and intends to turn over to the town many miles of macadamized streets, with sewers, etc., without a cent of expense to the town.
Such enterprise is unprecedented, and it is done for the best interests of
his birthplace."
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