John Ure & Sons
JOHN URE & SONS, Regent Flour Mills, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow.
Very distinctly in the forefront of Glasgows flour
milling trade must be ranked the old-established and eminent concern of Messrs.
John Ure & Sons, whose
magnificent new Regent Mills, Dumbarton Road, have no compeer in Scotland, and
are probably without a rival in the United Kingdom, either in respect of their
extent or the mass and value of their output. The firm is one of exceptionally
long standing, the business having been founded by Mr. John Ure in 1817. In 1847
the present style was adopted by the assumption into the partnership of Mr. John
Ure, Junior., who is now the principal, with his three sons as partners in the
concern. Until a year ago, the business of the firm was conducted in Crown
Mills, Washington Street, but of late years the development of the trade has
been of so phenomenal a character that it was deemed essential to obtain
increased accommodation.
With characteristic enterprise Messrs. John Ure & Sons purchased a site at Sandyford, on the banks of the Kelvin, and here they have erected the splendid Regent Mills which they now occupy. The establishment throughout is admirably constructed, both with respect to economy of working and the health and comfort of the employees. Every department is replete with the most improved machinery and appliances that skill, experience, and mechanical science have devised to effect economy in production and to secure perfect and uniform manufacture.
Messrs. John Ure & Sons do a most extensive business as flour millers and as merchants, for they are the agents in Scotland of one of the largest Hungarian flour mills, their widespread and influential connection extending to all parts of the Kingdom. The mercantile department of the business is conducted in a spacious suite of well-appointed offices and counting-house, and, in addition to a large and efficient staff of clerks and correspondents, a number of energetic representatives are employed. For fineness, purity, and general excellence, the firms' flour is unequalled a condition due, doubtless, to the great care and sound judgment exercised in the selection of the wheat and the splendid mechanical appliances at the command of the firm.
Mr. John Ure, the principal of the house, still takes an active part in the business, and occupying as he does a very prominent and influential position in social, civic, and mercantile circles, he is well known and highly esteemed for his active exertions in promoting the best interests of the City and its industrial interests. Mr. John Ure was long a member of the Glasgow Town Council, and in 1881 he was raised to the chief magisterial dignity his fellow-citizens could confer on him, and for three years he performed the onerous functions of Lord Provost with singular dignity and ability. Ex-Lord Provost Ure is a director of the Clydesdale Banking Company, deputy-chairman of the Clyde Navigation Trust, and a prominent member of many other local and public institutions.
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