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PROGRESSIVE ELECTRICAL FIRM EXPANDS TO ACCOMMODATE BIG BUSINESS
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INTERIOR VIEW DAUPHIN EIiECTRICAIj SUPPLIES COMPANY i
ELECTRICAL FIRM
REMODELS AND EN
LARGES ITS QUARTERS
A firm or an individual starts a business in a modest way, with
no thought, or hardly a dream, of a large enterprise resulting from
it, but only of putting forth his very best efforts in the service of the
public.
The day by day duties, pleasant and otherwise, arc attended to
with interest, enthusiasm and energy necessary to-perform any work
conscientiously. The years come and go. The wheels of time are
revolving in their deliberate, unhurried way, adding one duty after
another, putting forth a little more wisdom in each year's efforts, ex-J
tending one's vision and field of possibilities, making one's s
work more important in the sphere in which lie finds himself.
It is no wonder then that the Dauphin Electrical Supplies j
> Company, John S. Musser, president, points with great pride to the j
grand opening of their newly-remodeled building which marks the
success attained by this progressive electrical firm, due to their
untiring efforts to serve the public.
The Dauphin Electrical Supplies its present location in 1905, and con-
Company, of which John S. Musser is ducted originally under the name of j
president, and the directing head, was the Arrowsmlth Electric Company. In j
founded in 1898 at 12 South Market 1901 John S. Musser took charge of!
Square, moving to 413 Market street, the business for the Arrowsmith j
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Staple Gas Brackets
and Fittings
Sold By The
Dauphm Electric Supplies Company
John S. Musser Pres.
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"BRAUNSTEIN'S BEST
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for stores, office buildings or show rooms. Has two valuable features,
namely, it acts as a cover for the dust, also as a reflector. Try one
barrel and you will sell more, fend for catalogue and prices.
Braunstein Bros. Co. !
120-126 WOOSTER STREET.
NEW YORK.
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] Electric Company and at the end of I
; five years purchased the business out-
I right. January Ist, 1907, the firm was :
reorganized and the name was
changed to the Dauphin Electrical Sup
plies Company, John S. Musser presi
dent, and Frank B. Musser, vice-presi
dent, and John O'Connel, secretary.
The business grew to such propor- j
tions that the one floor and basement
became entirely too small, and on Jan- (
uary 1, 191", the entire four-floor i
building was taken over and remodel
ed for the housing of the firm's busi- i
ness exclusively.
To-day thirf is the largest wholesale 1
and retail electrical firm in Central'
Pennsylvania, and ranking with the '
I best in the State, handling all electric
jal fixtures, appliances, ranges, cook-
I ing utensils, electric washing ma
chines, vibrators, electric bath cabin
ets, violet ray machines, in fact every
thing electrical.
The wiring is done by a force of ex
perts at times numbering sixty. This :
firm has installed fixtures and wiring
jin hundreds of residences, and the
I mofct important buildings in the city,
| as well as scores of large buildings
the PlCaSUre our
L 4 our remodeled and newly equipped building, displaying the largest and most com- fr & J
Kflftfi I>l ete stock of Electrical Materials, Appliances and Novelties in Central Pennsylvania, ljl|
111 if also the most unique display of Electric Lighting Fixtures in the State. Wll
B flail eHt^re JS d evote d to the showing of Merchandise, each line being VlfJ
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The Formal Opening ivill be held between the hours of 3 and 9 P. M.
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JOHN S. MUSSER
President
throughout the State.
The present home of the Dauphin
Electrical Supplies Company is spe
cially fitted up with a number of show |
rooms. Displaying each particular line
to the best advantage and in the most j
' pleasing manner.
In 1904 Samuel W. Bair became ]
Identified with the organization as gen- j
eral superintendent and much credit j
Is due him for the success this firm
has attained. His valuable services
being- in a great manner responsible j
in bringing the business to the front.;
Mr. Bair is ably assisted by Joseph j
Gowne, a recent addition to the force
and a man of considerable experience, j
J. S. Jones is the able store man-j
ager and has been with the firm since j
1912. Russell Walsh is his assistant,:
and is also the pricing and order clerk.
! He began as a boy in the stock room.
! William S. Hake, the outside sales- j
man, is responsible for many of the .
big orders.
Merle Zimmerman is in charge of
the accounting department, assisted
by Miss Sarah McLaughlin.
Mrs. Nellie Day is secretary to the
president and Miss Frances McCabe
has charge of the general office.
The firm Is a member of the Society
for Electrical Development and the
Electrical Contractors of the United
States. They are fully eequipped for
any job, no matter how large or small.
John S. Musser, the president and
directing head, is widely known in
business and fraternal circles through
out the city and State, is a member
of the Rotary Club and very much in-
I terested in the growth and develop
-1 ment of Harrisburg.
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EXTERIOR VIEW DAUPHIN ELECTRICAL, SUPPLIES COMPANY
HEAD OF LOCAL CONCERN HAS
HAD EXCEPTIONAL CAREER
John S. Musser, president of the t
Dauphin Electrical Supplies Com- 1
pany, is one of the best known elec- 1
trical men in tlie country. His rise '
in this line business has been lit- 1
tie less than phenomenal. He entered 1
the llrm he now heads when it was
a branch of the Arrowsmith Elec- j
trical Company, of Reading, in a 1
humble capacity. It was not long be- 1
fore he was bigger than the business J
and in the course of time he and a ]
few others, incorporated as the Dau- J
phln Electrical Supplies Company, j
took it over with him as its head. It 1
has since become one of the best 1
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known electrical houses in the coun-
try, with contract work in this and
many other cities and being one of
the few companies of its kind occupy
ing one whole building with show
rooms and display parlors at the dis
posal of discriminating buyers.
Mr. Musser was born in Columbia.
He is a brother of Frank B. Musser,
president of the Harrisburg Railways
Company. In his early days he con
ducted an upholstery store in Colum
bia and at odd moments indulged in
boat-racing in one of the crack clubs
that used to make their headquar
ters along the big dam near that
town and as a youth was one of the
crack bicycle racers of his home
town at a time when bike racing was
as popular as baseball.
Selling his business in Columbia he
went in his early manhood to Ne
braska where he studied law and was
admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of that State, the certificate
. of which is still one of his proudest
possessions. During his stay in the
then border State he served as dep
uty sheriff under his uncle. He was
also a member of the Governor's staff
of the National Guard of Nebraska
for several years and as such was a
member of the party that rode with
Buffalo Bill when the latter headed
a party to help put down the last
Indian uprising in that part of the
West. For a time after his return
to the East he was in business in
i Philadelphia, afterward purchasing
a farm in Virginia when warned by
his physician that he must live for
a time in the open. His next busi
ness venture was that enterprise in
which he has made such a success in
Harrisburg.
Mr. Musser resides in a handsome
home at Washington Heights, and
his favorite diversions ai'e gardening
and automobillng. He is a member of
the Chamber of Commerce, and a
former president of the Rotary Cluit
of this city and prominent in the
Jovian Society, which is the national
organization of electrical men.