Valentine Hinrichs
Manager of Joyce system of lumber yards, has been connected with
this vast concern since 1876. He was born in Holstein, Germany,
in 1853, and came to America in 1869. His educational advantages
were an excellent kind and he improved his opportunities. Before
coming to America he had considerable experience as a government
surveyor in the northern states of the German Confederation.
During his residence in Carroll he had done more than manage
Joyce’s interests. It was he who gave Carroll its first
telephone system, in 1888. And it is to his enterprise Carroll
owes its electric plant, which he installed in 1887. He has been
a leading spirit in every progressive movement in this city for
over fifteen years. The business under his supervision has |
Valentine Hinrichs |
| grown from a single yard to
one of the most prosperous systems of lumber yards in the state,
now including about a dozen and a half. Mr. Hinrichs is a man of
strict integrity and has a high sense of the old fashioned sort
of honesty. He has a pleasant home in Carroll and enjoys much
deserved prosperity. In fact no man in the city holds a higher
place in the esteem of the people than he. |
