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Title: History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution Vol. 4 / By George Thornton Fleming.
Author: Fleming, George Thornton, 1855-1928
Pg. 63
WILLIAM B. COLLINS - The business of the General Paper and Cordage Co., of Pittsburgh, of which WILLIAM B. COLLINS is president, was established as a partnership in 1912, and the following year was incorporated. The present officers are: WILLIAM B. COLLINS, president; NEILL S. BROWN, vice-president; A. L. P. COLLINS, secretary; C. R. COLLINS, treasurer. The business was first conducted from an office with five persons, but has constantly increased, four removals each time to roomier quarters, having been necessary, until now, as offices and warehouses, the company use 100,000 square feet of space in three buildings, of six, four and three storied capacity. Fifty employees are now required in the business, and the lines handled are: Wrapping, printing, specialty, sanitary, and roofing papers, twines, bags, and cordage, in an endless variety. The business alone is a strong tribute to the energy and ability of its managing head, and to his excellent staff of officials and assistants.
WILLIAM B. COLLINS was born in Pittsburgh, North Side, March 8, 1874. His education, begun in North Side schools, was finished in Wilkinsburg High School, and when school years were over he entered business life as an employee of a paper and twine house in Pittsburgh. He continued in that business as an employee until 1912, then, feeling that he had mastered its details, he began business for himself along the same lines. The partnership he then formed gave way in 1913 to the General Paper & Cordage Co., Garrison place, Pittsburgh, previously reviewed, of which MR. COLLINS is president and managing head. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Credit Men’s Association, Shannopin Country Club, and the Chambers of Commerce. He is a business man of ability, respected wherever known. In fraternal affiliations MR. COLLINS is a Master Mason, in Scottish Rite Masonry holding all degrees up to and including the thirty-second, and is a noble of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a Republican, and in religious faith a Presbyterian.
MR. COLLINS married, July 17, 1900, ANNIE MARTIN, of Pittsburgh, North Side, and they are the parents of two children: MARGARET RUTH, a graduated of Wilkinsburg High School, attended Smith College, and now a student at Carnegie Institute of Technology; WILLIAM DONALD, a student.
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