D & C Navigation Company common stock, issued to Frank J. Hecker

Description

VERY COLLECTIBLE STOCK CERTIFICATE
GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND (D & C) NAVIGATION COMPANY
ISSUE DATE: Sep 24, 1925
TO Frank J. Hecker
SHIPPING & GREAT LAKES HISTORY
Up for auction is
the following
:
1 - Stock Certificate, number C0235, for 500 shares of Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company common stock, issued to
Frank J. Hecker
dated Sep, 1925.
This 97-year-old certificate is in
good condition
, is being stored flat, is punch-canceled, & there are 2 minor vertical folds. There is 1 green documentary stamp (.00) on the back.
Note: The border on this stock certificate is blue.
This certificate measures about 11 inches wide x 7 inches high.
This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has ornate borders with a
vignette of the ship,
Greater Detroit
. This certificate was hand-signed by both the Company’s President (A.A. Schantz) and Assistant Secretary (Ernest J. Risdon).
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Trivia:
Frank J. Hecker
(July 6, 1846 - 1927) was an
American
businessman in the
railroad
-car manufacturing business. Hecker was from
Detroit
,
Michigan
.
Early life
Frank J. Hecker was born in Freedom, Michigan (in
Washtenaw County
) on July 6, 1846.
[1]
[2]
His family moved to
St. Louis, Missouri
in 1859, where Frank was educated.
[2]
During the
American Civil War
, he joined the Union Army in 1864,
[1]
and was appointed
first sergeant
.
[2]
Business
Col. Frank J. Hecker House
on Woodward in Detroit.
After the conclusion of the Civil War, he was hired on as an agent for the
Union Pacific Railroad
.
[1]
In the 1870s, a group of investors from Detroit decided to build a rail line near
Logansport, Indiana
; they hired Hecker to manage their project.
[3]
Hecker took on the project, taking a younger
Charles Lang Freer
with him. Although the project fell through, the Detroit investors were pleased with Hecker's work and invited him to Detroit.
[3]
There, in 1879, Hecker and Freer organized the Peninsular Car Works, which in 1884 was renamed into the
Peninsular Car Company
. Hecker was president of both companies,
[2]
and business made both Hecker and Freer wealthy.
[4]
Hecker also was on boards of the Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills, Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the Detroit Lumber Company.
[1]
Politics
Hecker was appointed Police Commissioner in 1888.
[2]
He unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1892, and was later a delegate to the
Republican National Convention
in
1900
.
[5]
During the
Spanish–American War
, Hecker joined the Army once more, where he was put in charge of transporting Spanish prisoners.
[1]
In 1899, he was commissioned as a colonel.
[2]
This service brought him to the attention of President
Theodore Roosevelt
, who in 1904 appointed Hecker to the
Panama Canal Commission
.
[1]
Home
Hecker is perhaps best known for the construction of the
Col. Frank J. Hecker House
, located on
Woodward Avenue
in Detroit. The mansion is on the
National Register of Historic Places
.
Charles Lang Freer
's home is next door.
In 1868, Hecker married Anna M. Williamson of
Omaha, Nebraska
.
[2]
The couple had five children: Frank Clarence, Anna Cynthia, Louise May, Christian Henry, and Grace Clara.
[2]
Frank Hecker died in 1927.
TRIVIA II:
Among the largest and most important American night boat services was the
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
, which had its beginnings in the Detroit & Cleveland Steamboat Line of 1850.
Following World War I, the company reached its zenith during the boom in Great Lakes shipping.
This Michigan company went out of business in the mid-1950s.
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This certificate is authentic and is sold only as a collectible.
No investment value is implied, transferred, or considered.
No transfer of securities is performed.
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I hope you decide to bid on the following:
1 - Stock Certificate, number C0235, for 500 shares of Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company common stock, issued to
Frank J. Hecker
dated Sep, 1925.