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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Also operating in Greater New York is the Brooklyn Union Gas Co., which supplies artificial gas (made by heating coal) to the greater part of Brooklyn and a large and growing section of Queens. Its assets are more than $100,000,000 and Secretary

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Twelfth Billionary | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...Koppers Co. which manufactures equipment for making artificial gas.) The Mellons are at least not opposed to vast business consolidations, which violate no laws. They have shared through their various companies in many a vast concretion of interests, and Wall Street is certain that their $100,000,000 Brooklyn Union Gas will go into Consolidated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Twelfth Billionary | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...eddy too are the $35,500,000 Long Island Lighting Co. and the $7,800,000 Brooklyn Borough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Twelfth Billionary | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...principle which he taught his two sons, James Cox* and Nicholas Frederic, was to search for executive genius. They early supported Walter P. Chrysler in automobiles and Matthew S. Sloan in public utilities. Mr. Chrysler is now chairman of the Chrysler Motors Corp., and Mr. Sloan is President of Brooklyn Edison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Twelfth Billionary | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...Brady and Mr. Ryan are in close association in Anaconda Copper, Brooklyn Edison Consolidated Gas, Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, Montana Power, recently sold to American Power & Light (TIME, April 16) and National City Bank of N. Y. Percy A. Rockefeller is with them on Anaconda Copper Consolidated Gas, National City Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Twelfth Billionary | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

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