Charles Philip Lazarus
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'Mr. Charles P. Lazarus, whose energy of character, and mode of conducting his foundry, would honour any country, . . .'
The Sugar Cane vol 9 1877
LAZARUS' FOUNDRY.
Lazarus' Foundry in Kingston had been training boys as blacksmiths and men skilled in the handling of iron long before the American Civil War of the early sixties. I remember that when the French still prosecuted the work of the Panama Canal, the driving shaft of a Belgian dredger was broken. Every mother's son of a mechanical engineer from the States and France declined the rewards for repairing it; the majority decided it must be sent to New Orleans. Bennett, one of Lazarus' black boys, repaired it on the spot, and got an increase in pay of $7 daily, and the professional jealousy of the other mechanics.
in "Northern Notes by J.V.T.", Clarion, British Honduras, April 6th, 1916.
Lazarus' Foundry in Kingston had been training boys as blacksmiths and men skilled in the handling of iron long before the American Civil War of the early sixties. I remember that when the French still prosecuted the work of the Panama Canal, the driving shaft of a Belgian dredger was broken. Every mother's son of a mechanical engineer from the States and France declined the rewards for repairing it; the majority decided it must be sent to New Orleans. Bennett, one of Lazarus' black boys, repaired it on the spot, and got an increase in pay of $7 daily, and the professional jealousy of the other mechanics.
in "Northern Notes by J.V.T.", Clarion, British Honduras, April 6th, 1916.
1860s
The West End Foundry
business activities -
an iron bridge -
repairing sounding equipment -
a still -
a water-wheel -
Governor John Peter Grant visits -
Colonial Standard, December 26, 1871, p. 2
NATIVE ENERGY AND ITS REWARD!
On Thursday afternoon, about 50 gentlemen, comprising the leading business and professional men of this city, met by invitation at the Foundry of our enterprising Tow[n]sman, Mr. Charles P. Lazarus, to receive His Excellency the Governor, and partake of luncheon. The hour named was 2: 45 but the Governor did not arrive till past five o'clock so that several gentlemen had, through pressure of business and other reasons, to depart before His Excellency appeared.
Conducted by Mr. Lazarus, and accompanied by the visitors, Sir John made a slow and careful inspection of the various departments, and, as we hear, expressed unbounded interest and satisfaction with regard to the various details and processes that were brought to his notice.
The grand triumph of Mr. Lazarus's skill was a huge Waterwheel, 26 feet in diameter, constructed by him for Savoy Estate, the respected Attorney for which, W. Anderson, Esq., was present as well as the energetic Manager, William Harty, Esq. This wheel is the first and grandest undertaking of the kind that has ever been attempted in the island, and no language can be strong enough to describe the credit due to Mr. Lazarus, who, a Son of the soil, by his natural talent and on aided efforts, has made for himself an named as is an honor to his country. At the sumptuous luncheon provided by Mr. Lazarus, that gentlemen delivered a clever and humorous speech, in which he conveyed to his Excellency, in a witty but most respectful manner, a few home truths for which, we are sure, Sir John was truly grateful. Mr. Lazarus said that humble man as he was, he had always kept before him as an object worthy of attainment, that he should one day accomplish something which even the Governor would deign to notice. That goal he had now reached, when he found seated on his right -- Sir John Peter Grant, the Governor of Jamaica. The Governor briefly testified to the energy and worth of Mr. Lazarus, after which Mr. Harty made an able and practical speech in which he urged upon Sir John the absolute necessity of maintaining a large and continued supply of Cooly [sic] labour. Shortly after Mr. Harty's speech, His Excellency took his departure amid the loyal greetings and cheers of the gentlemen assemble.
All honor to old Jamaica! In Literature, in the learned Professions, in the Industries, her sons have held their own against all rivals. Is it not a terrible and disastrous paradox that from so much ability and worth every position of honor and value should be so persistently withheld?
NATIVE ENERGY AND ITS REWARD!
On Thursday afternoon, about 50 gentlemen, comprising the leading business and professional men of this city, met by invitation at the Foundry of our enterprising Tow[n]sman, Mr. Charles P. Lazarus, to receive His Excellency the Governor, and partake of luncheon. The hour named was 2: 45 but the Governor did not arrive till past five o'clock so that several gentlemen had, through pressure of business and other reasons, to depart before His Excellency appeared.
Conducted by Mr. Lazarus, and accompanied by the visitors, Sir John made a slow and careful inspection of the various departments, and, as we hear, expressed unbounded interest and satisfaction with regard to the various details and processes that were brought to his notice.
The grand triumph of Mr. Lazarus's skill was a huge Waterwheel, 26 feet in diameter, constructed by him for Savoy Estate, the respected Attorney for which, W. Anderson, Esq., was present as well as the energetic Manager, William Harty, Esq. This wheel is the first and grandest undertaking of the kind that has ever been attempted in the island, and no language can be strong enough to describe the credit due to Mr. Lazarus, who, a Son of the soil, by his natural talent and on aided efforts, has made for himself an named as is an honor to his country. At the sumptuous luncheon provided by Mr. Lazarus, that gentlemen delivered a clever and humorous speech, in which he conveyed to his Excellency, in a witty but most respectful manner, a few home truths for which, we are sure, Sir John was truly grateful. Mr. Lazarus said that humble man as he was, he had always kept before him as an object worthy of attainment, that he should one day accomplish something which even the Governor would deign to notice. That goal he had now reached, when he found seated on his right -- Sir John Peter Grant, the Governor of Jamaica. The Governor briefly testified to the energy and worth of Mr. Lazarus, after which Mr. Harty made an able and practical speech in which he urged upon Sir John the absolute necessity of maintaining a large and continued supply of Cooly [sic] labour. Shortly after Mr. Harty's speech, His Excellency took his departure amid the loyal greetings and cheers of the gentlemen assemble.
All honor to old Jamaica! In Literature, in the learned Professions, in the Industries, her sons have held their own against all rivals. Is it not a terrible and disastrous paradox that from so much ability and worth every position of honor and value should be so persistently withheld?
ship repairs -
Daily Gleaner, November 4, 1876
In directing the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Charles P. Lazarus and Co., which appears in another place, we beg to congratulate the principal of that Firm on the completion of his business majority. He had long, indeed, reached the full stature of mechanical manhood; but his coming of age in business finds him a giant among the higher order of artisans of this his native country, which may well be proud of her talented and worthy son. There are two points in Mr. Lazarus' card which demand serious attention. The first is, the competition to which the regular workman, who has graduated, through the curriculum of a legal apprenticeship, is subjected with a parcel of mechanical quakes, known, in the expressive idiom of the country as "half-inch workmen," who have never qualified themselves for whatever calling they presumptuously assume, by undergoing the necessary and often trying ordeal of apprenticeship. The second is, the very unfair competition that our mock legislature subjects the native manufacturer and workman with the manufacturers and workmen of distant and foreign countries, in the form of an almost prohibitive duty of twelve and a half per cent, on the import of the raw material necessary to his calling, while the manufactured article is tide is admitted, duty free. This is a complete reversal of the policy that prevailed in the pre-free-trade days of Great Britain, and which is still regarded in the United States as the very sheet anchor of their national prosperity. That Mr. Lazarus has gone on and prospered for twenty-one years, in the teeth of this unfair discrimination in favor of his foreign competitors is no insignificant testimony to the indomitable energy, persevering industry, and all-embracing capability of the man, and entitles him most justly to the kindly consideration of all who desire the services of a skillful artizan in all the branches of business in which iron enters as the sole or principal material. That he is fully appreciated is evident, from the fact that he has been enabled to hold his own and even to increase in prosperity for the space of twenty years. He is still a young man, judging from the stand-point of the present era, in which there is an appreciable increase in man's longevity over the duration of human life in earlier and less happy times, when the laws of hygiene and sanitation were less known, and when those laws that were known, after a fashion, were less attended to than in the present generation. There is, therefore, hope, humanly speaking, that he has yet a lengthy career to run, and to train up young men to follow in his footsteps, and emulate that career, This brings us to speak of the second point to which we referred—namely, the pernicious practice of master workmen taking boys into their workshops, without binding them by legal apprenticeship. The consequence is, at the first correction, perhaps—sometimes even without this excuse—young hopeful leaves his master and sets up shop in opposition. Entering on the " cheap and nasty" system, he soon has his hands full, which causes him to take in a batch of youthful aspirants on the same terms as he served under; and thus the country is flooded with a mass of mechanical ignorance, with presumption to match. It is such men as Mr. Lazarus who preserve in the country whatever of mechanical skill there is in it, and save us from the degradation of being compelled to send our horses abroad to be shod and our broken chairs to be mended. Such men are worthy of some distinguishing mark of honour, and we wish a law could be passed, entitling every man who carries on a successfully mechanical calling for twenty-one years, and efficiently teaches a specified number of youths that calling, to a medal or diploma of some sort. There it one reward, however, more valuable than any other distinguishing badge which men like Mr. Lazarus possess inherently—namely the approbation of a good conscience, that inward monitor which continually whispers—"You have done your duty." We sincerely congratulate Mr. Lazarus on the position he has achieved. |
Commission on Juvenile Population 1879
Mr. C. P. Lazarus, called, and examined by the Chairman. I am a large employer of labor in this city. I carry on large works as a mechanical engineer, iron founder, and blacksmith. Mine is the only foundry in town now; there was another, but it is closed. I employ from one hundred to one hundred and ten hands. Out of that number, some fifty or sixty used to be boys. I have had plenty of experience of boys under apprenticeship. Since 1849, when I was apprenticed myself, I have had twenty-eight years of it.
Mr. C. P. Lazarus, called, and examined by the Chairman. I am a large employer of labor in this city. I carry on large works as a mechanical engineer, iron founder, and blacksmith. Mine is the only foundry in town now; there was another, but it is closed. I employ from one hundred to one hundred and ten hands. Out of that number, some fifty or sixty used to be boys. I have had plenty of experience of boys under apprenticeship. Since 1849, when I was apprenticed myself, I have had twenty-eight years of it.
In 1879 Charles Lazarus constructed the engines for the City of Kingston, the first steam ship to be built in Kingston Harbour -
1879 - the launching of the City of Kingston > > >
. . . and sometimes there were problems -
1887-9 ~~~~ bankruptcy!
. . . . between 1887 and 1889 Charles P. Lazarus was declared bankrupt - and there is quite a lot of material on the process of the bankruptcy, which I will have to work on, taking into consideration my total lack of knowledge of the process!
Daily Gleaner, August 8, 1887
A provisional order of bankruptcy was made in Chambers on Friday before Mr. Justice Northcote, against Messrs C. P. Lazarus & Co., on the petition of Messrs. Emanuel Lyons and Son.
A provisional order of bankruptcy was made in Chambers on Friday before Mr. Justice Northcote, against Messrs C. P. Lazarus & Co., on the petition of Messrs. Emanuel Lyons and Son.
Daily Gleaner, September 23, 1887
Mr. Charles Philip Lazarus, of this city, Ironfounder, having been provisionally adjudged a bankrupt, since the 5th August last, a meeting of creditors, under the bankruptcy law, will be held at the Court House, in Harbour Street, on Tuesday the 4th October next at eleven o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Charles Philip Lazarus, of this city, Ironfounder, having been provisionally adjudged a bankrupt, since the 5th August last, a meeting of creditors, under the bankruptcy law, will be held at the Court House, in Harbour Street, on Tuesday the 4th October next at eleven o'clock in the morning.
Daily Gleaner, October 7, 1887
At the meeting of the creditors of Mr. C. P. Lazarus, held on Tuesday last, a resolution was passed directing that an adjudication of bankruptcy be made against him.
At the meeting of the creditors of Mr. C. P. Lazarus, held on Tuesday last, a resolution was passed directing that an adjudication of bankruptcy be made against him.
1888
then in 1889 - there was a series of interesting court appearances, dealing with property in the name of Ada Maude Lazarus, the daughter of Charles Philip, and his wife, Mary Catherine (formerly Rio), whom he had married in a Roman Catholic ceremony, on St Valentine's Day, 1859. Two sons are mentioned - the names I have found are - Charles Philip, junior, later described as a mechanical engineer, and Charles Alexander, described as a moulder.
Daily Gleaner, June 21, 1889
LEE, WILLIAM, vs. LAZARUS A. M.
This was a suit brought by Mr. William Lee, the plaintiff, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the estate of Mr. C. P. Lazarus, against Miss Ada Maude Lazarus, to set aside the conveyance to her of Kingston Pen as being fraudulent and void, against the Trustee in Bankruptcy under the provisions of the bankruptcy Law, 1879.
The Attorney General and Mr. Barrister Oughton instructed by Mr. T. L. Harvey of the firm of Mr. Harvey & Bourke. appeared for the plaintive, and Mr. Advocate S.C. Bourke and Mr. Advocate Henry Vendryes, instructed by Mr. E. L. F. Morais for the defendant.
The case was partially heard and adjourned until this morning.
LEE, WILLIAM, vs. LAZARUS A. M.
This was a suit brought by Mr. William Lee, the plaintiff, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the estate of Mr. C. P. Lazarus, against Miss Ada Maude Lazarus, to set aside the conveyance to her of Kingston Pen as being fraudulent and void, against the Trustee in Bankruptcy under the provisions of the bankruptcy Law, 1879.
The Attorney General and Mr. Barrister Oughton instructed by Mr. T. L. Harvey of the firm of Mr. Harvey & Bourke. appeared for the plaintive, and Mr. Advocate S.C. Bourke and Mr. Advocate Henry Vendryes, instructed by Mr. E. L. F. Morais for the defendant.
The case was partially heard and adjourned until this morning.
Daily Gleaner, July 2, 1889
LEE VS LAZARUS.
This case was heard during last week before the Acting Chief Justice, the Hon. C. Ribton Curran sitting in equity. As will be remembered the suit was instituted by the Trustee in Bankruptcy to set aside the deeds under which Miss Ada Maud Lazarus, the defendant, acquired Kingston Pen a very valuable property on the Long Road. After reviewing the arguments by Counsels and sifting the evidence on both sides, His Honor was of opinion that the property was acquired by moneys of Miss Lazarus which by family arrangement was entrusted to her father to purchase the property for her. Judgement was delivered in favor of Miss Lazarus, dismissing the plaintiff's case with costs.
LEE VS LAZARUS.
This case was heard during last week before the Acting Chief Justice, the Hon. C. Ribton Curran sitting in equity. As will be remembered the suit was instituted by the Trustee in Bankruptcy to set aside the deeds under which Miss Ada Maud Lazarus, the defendant, acquired Kingston Pen a very valuable property on the Long Road. After reviewing the arguments by Counsels and sifting the evidence on both sides, His Honor was of opinion that the property was acquired by moneys of Miss Lazarus which by family arrangement was entrusted to her father to purchase the property for her. Judgement was delivered in favor of Miss Lazarus, dismissing the plaintiff's case with costs.
Daily Gleaner, July 17, 1889
Lea, William, &. vs. Lazarus A. M., and al— Motion for a new trial.
Daily Gleaner, October 9, 1889
The Supreme Court of Judicature will resume its sitting at noon to-day, before His Honor Sir Adam Gib Ellis, Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice Curran and the Hon. Mr. Justice Northcote, when judgment will be delivered in the case of the Trustee in Bankruptcy vs. A. M. Lazarus for a new trial.
Lea, William, &. vs. Lazarus A. M., and al— Motion for a new trial.
Daily Gleaner, October 9, 1889
The Supreme Court of Judicature will resume its sitting at noon to-day, before His Honor Sir Adam Gib Ellis, Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice Curran and the Hon. Mr. Justice Northcote, when judgment will be delivered in the case of the Trustee in Bankruptcy vs. A. M. Lazarus for a new trial.
Daily Gleaner, October 10, 1889
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Judicature resumed its sitting at noon yesterday before His Honor Sir Adam Gib Ellis, Chief Justice, the Hon Mr. Justice Curran, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Northcote, for the disposal of some unfinished business. The legal gentlemen present were Messrs R. H Coke, and T. B. Oughton, Barristers-at-Law; Messrs S. D. Lindo, S. C. Burke, H. Vendryes and T. L. Harvey, advocates; Messrs E. L. F. Morais, A. J. Corinaldi, and O. DeCordova, Solicitors, and Thomas Hendrick Esq., Registrar.
His Honor the Chief Justice immediately proceeded to deliver a very lengthy judgement in the case of the Trustee in Bankruptcy vs. A. M. Lazarus, on a motion for a new trial, followed by Mr. Justice Curran and Mr, Justice Northcote, dismissing the application with costs. The following is the judgment of Mr. Justice Curran:--
It is only necessary for me to refer shortly to 1 question in this case, the question, viz., whether the point relied on by the plaintiff on the hearing of the appeal was, or was not, raised at the hearing before me in the court below. On this question Counsel differ in opinion. It must accordingly be decided by the recollection of the Judges who heard the case, and by a careful examination of the notes taken by him at the trial.
It will simplify matters, I think, if I state as it is possible to do is what the point in question is. It is this! The question in the case is—Did Ada Lazarus know, or did she not know, the nature of the deed of '85? If she knew its nature there is an end of her case. If she did not know its nature, but was cheated by her father into believing it to be something different from what it really was, then she would have been in a position to ask for the execution of the deed of 1886, and could successfully defend this notion. But by the execution of the deed of 1885 she raised against herself a presumption of knowledge of its contents. That presumption as to the knowledge at a particular date can be displaced by no testimony except her own, and she has not been produced. The presumption of her knowledge therefore stands, and that presumption is fatal to her case.
From the above it is evident that this point was one which would take some time to state. It is not one of those points which might be simply glanced at in passing.
Now as to the stale of my recollection I might content myself with saying that I have no recollection of its being raised. But I feel bound to go further, and to state that my recollection is that no such point was raised, and in my belief, my notes contain evidence, both negative and positive, confirmatory of my recollection.
The negative evidence consists in this, that Counsel have been unable to point on it, and my brethren have been unable to discover a single trace of this elaborate point in my note, through they contain lengthy notes of the opening and closing arguments of Counsel for the plaintiff.
Now as to the positive evidence. When the Attorney-General was replying for the plaintiff, I asked him whether my decision must not depend upon this—whether I did, or did not, believe the evidence of Mrs. Lazarus, and her two sons, and the Attorney-General, conceded that it must so depend, and he went on to contend that those witnesses were not to be believed. A reference to my notes will show that the Attorney General commented greatly on the discrepancies in this testimony; on their inability to state how or what became of it, between the time it was borrowed, and the date of the deceased in 1885. He contended that it was more likely that they intended to benefit the father than the daughter, and appealed to me to put my foot on the whole thing as a fraud.
Now it appears to me that the adoption of this line of argument following naturally on the conclusion made by him amounts to positive evidence that the Attorney General had not all that time the point in his mind. Let us suppose the same question put to Counsel now by a Judge re-trying this case, whether his decision must not depend on his belief or disbelief in the testimony of those witnesses. Would not the answer of the counsel be "most certainly not. That is merely one aspect of the case. We submit that the whole thing is a fraud, concocted by the Lazarus family and that their testimony is unworthy of belief. But whether the Court does or does not believe the evidence of these witnesses does not in the least degree affect the other aspect of the case, viz., that Ada Lazarus had by her own act raised against herself a presumption of knowledge which no testimony but her own could displace."
And Counsel would then have gone on to argue, as it was argued on this appeal, that it was perfectly consistent with the truth, of these witnesses' evidence that Ada Lazarus had a secret understanding with her father and was perfectly cognizant of the contents of the deed of '85. And the fact of her knowledge being consistent with the evidence the undisplaced presumption against her must prevail. But no such line of argument was adopted, and the case was fought on the ground that Mrs. Lazarus and her children were not to be believed on their oaths.
From my own recollection of what took place, fortified, as I believe it is, by the negative and positive evidence of my notes, I am of opinion that the point was not raised in the Court below, and that the motion should be refused with costs. The other points have been dealt with by the Chief Justice.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Judicature resumed its sitting at noon yesterday before His Honor Sir Adam Gib Ellis, Chief Justice, the Hon Mr. Justice Curran, and the Hon. Mr. Justice Northcote, for the disposal of some unfinished business. The legal gentlemen present were Messrs R. H Coke, and T. B. Oughton, Barristers-at-Law; Messrs S. D. Lindo, S. C. Burke, H. Vendryes and T. L. Harvey, advocates; Messrs E. L. F. Morais, A. J. Corinaldi, and O. DeCordova, Solicitors, and Thomas Hendrick Esq., Registrar.
His Honor the Chief Justice immediately proceeded to deliver a very lengthy judgement in the case of the Trustee in Bankruptcy vs. A. M. Lazarus, on a motion for a new trial, followed by Mr. Justice Curran and Mr, Justice Northcote, dismissing the application with costs. The following is the judgment of Mr. Justice Curran:--
It is only necessary for me to refer shortly to 1 question in this case, the question, viz., whether the point relied on by the plaintiff on the hearing of the appeal was, or was not, raised at the hearing before me in the court below. On this question Counsel differ in opinion. It must accordingly be decided by the recollection of the Judges who heard the case, and by a careful examination of the notes taken by him at the trial.
It will simplify matters, I think, if I state as it is possible to do is what the point in question is. It is this! The question in the case is—Did Ada Lazarus know, or did she not know, the nature of the deed of '85? If she knew its nature there is an end of her case. If she did not know its nature, but was cheated by her father into believing it to be something different from what it really was, then she would have been in a position to ask for the execution of the deed of 1886, and could successfully defend this notion. But by the execution of the deed of 1885 she raised against herself a presumption of knowledge of its contents. That presumption as to the knowledge at a particular date can be displaced by no testimony except her own, and she has not been produced. The presumption of her knowledge therefore stands, and that presumption is fatal to her case.
From the above it is evident that this point was one which would take some time to state. It is not one of those points which might be simply glanced at in passing.
Now as to the stale of my recollection I might content myself with saying that I have no recollection of its being raised. But I feel bound to go further, and to state that my recollection is that no such point was raised, and in my belief, my notes contain evidence, both negative and positive, confirmatory of my recollection.
The negative evidence consists in this, that Counsel have been unable to point on it, and my brethren have been unable to discover a single trace of this elaborate point in my note, through they contain lengthy notes of the opening and closing arguments of Counsel for the plaintiff.
Now as to the positive evidence. When the Attorney-General was replying for the plaintiff, I asked him whether my decision must not depend upon this—whether I did, or did not, believe the evidence of Mrs. Lazarus, and her two sons, and the Attorney-General, conceded that it must so depend, and he went on to contend that those witnesses were not to be believed. A reference to my notes will show that the Attorney General commented greatly on the discrepancies in this testimony; on their inability to state how or what became of it, between the time it was borrowed, and the date of the deceased in 1885. He contended that it was more likely that they intended to benefit the father than the daughter, and appealed to me to put my foot on the whole thing as a fraud.
Now it appears to me that the adoption of this line of argument following naturally on the conclusion made by him amounts to positive evidence that the Attorney General had not all that time the point in his mind. Let us suppose the same question put to Counsel now by a Judge re-trying this case, whether his decision must not depend on his belief or disbelief in the testimony of those witnesses. Would not the answer of the counsel be "most certainly not. That is merely one aspect of the case. We submit that the whole thing is a fraud, concocted by the Lazarus family and that their testimony is unworthy of belief. But whether the Court does or does not believe the evidence of these witnesses does not in the least degree affect the other aspect of the case, viz., that Ada Lazarus had by her own act raised against herself a presumption of knowledge which no testimony but her own could displace."
And Counsel would then have gone on to argue, as it was argued on this appeal, that it was perfectly consistent with the truth, of these witnesses' evidence that Ada Lazarus had a secret understanding with her father and was perfectly cognizant of the contents of the deed of '85. And the fact of her knowledge being consistent with the evidence the undisplaced presumption against her must prevail. But no such line of argument was adopted, and the case was fought on the ground that Mrs. Lazarus and her children were not to be believed on their oaths.
From my own recollection of what took place, fortified, as I believe it is, by the negative and positive evidence of my notes, I am of opinion that the point was not raised in the Court below, and that the motion should be refused with costs. The other points have been dealt with by the Chief Justice.
This might have appeared to have concluded the matter of the ownership of Kingston Pen (whether all, or part, of it), but the issue did flare up again later.
In 1890 business opened up again at new locations, one being Kingston Pen:
1891 was a significant year for Jamaica - the year of the great International Exhibition -
These are the plans of the two storeys of the main building of the Exhibition; this building stood much where the old main buildings of the Wolmer's Schools still stand - in parts of which buildings I spent much of my time between 1957 and 1991!
The plan of the Machinery Annex at the Exhibition includes the name of C. P. Lazarus, Jr. - which may represent the family's business at a point when there were some legal problems over its status!
In 1893 Marie/Rachael Francis the influential and much respected mother of C. P. Lazarus died at about the age of 84; the notice of her death, as it appears in the Gleaner, however adds an interesting piece of information - that she was also the mother of another prominent Black Jamaican business man, John Cassis.
From 1897 to 1899 a business called the Whitney-Lazarus Jamaica Cycle Company operated on Harbour Street; it was certainly connected with C. P. Lazarus' Foundry, although that link is not, so far, entirely clear.
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Daily Gleaner, June 17, 1913
Shipping News The repairs that were recently effected to the Norwegian steamer Sif, were carried out in a most satisfactory manner by the C. P. Lazarus Engineering Coy. The management of that old and reliable firm, was complimented by the master as well as by the surveyor, Mr. Mclnnes, on their splendid work. |
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The West End Foundry in the early 20th century