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It all began in 1876 - General George Custer was leading the 7th Cavalry to the Little Bighorn, Alexander Graham Bell was applying for a patent on his invention, and Irish immigrant William J. McRoberts was employed as a coffee inspector on the Brooklyn, N.Y. Piers. In those days the New York waterfront was a bustling place, with tall clipper ships and swarms of workers hustling about the business of loading and unloading them. At the heart of the chaos was the longshore fraternity, a rough, poorly paid occupation that bred dishonesty. Not surprisingly, pilferage was rampant. This tumultuous state of affairs
presented an
opportunity for the young entrepreneur, William J. McRoberts. With his
father-in-law as a partner, he founded his own private security company in
his name, and began offering security services to cargo owners and
carriers.
Others were quick to offer
competition. By 1908, waterborne trade to New York was such a thriving
industry that it supported half a dozen private waterfront security
companies. McRoberts is the only one of those forerunners that has
survived and prospered to the present day. |
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