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Sea." Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 334.
 
CHARLES J. HIRSCHBUHL

     The Monarch Forge and Machine Works, of Portland, of which Charles J.
Hirschbuhl is president, is the leading concern in its special line in this
section of the country and its products have acquired an international
reputation.  This company was established in Portland in 1924, as the successor
to the Clark County Iron Works, which had been founded in 1910 at Vancouver,
Washington, by Charles B. Hirschbuhl.  The latter plant was moved to Portland in
1915 and was located at Fourth and Flanders streets.  In 1924 the business was
reorganized under its present name and was moved to its present location at 690
York street, where the company owns and occupies a concrete building, seventy by
two hundred feet.  They are engaged in the manufacture of logging blocks,
logging tools and other articles of like character, and also do a general
jobbing and repair business, specializing in forging, for which purpose they
have two big hammers, one of fifteen hundred and the other of sixteen hundred
pounds.  Charles B. Hirschbuhl carried the business on until his death, in
April, 1923 when he was succeeded in the presidency by his son, Charles J.
Hirschbuhl, who is still the executive head, F. J. Fitzpatrick being the
secretary and treasurer of the company.  The plant is well equipped with modern
machinery and tools and thirty skilled workmen are given steady employment.  The
company's goods are sold to a distributing agency, through which they are sent
all over the world, while recent shipments were made to India.
     Charles J. Hirschbuhl was born in Portland, Oregon, in December, 1899, and
is a son of Charles B. and Catherine (O'Donnell) Hirschbuhl, the former born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Oroville, California.  The father
first came to Portland about 1885, was married here, and became superintendent
of the Portland Cordage Company, which position he held for twenty years.  He
then went to the Columbia Steel Company as superintendent, remaining with that
concern until 1910, when he went to Vancouver and established the Clark County
Iron Company, as before related.  His wife died in 1919.  To them were born
three children, Grace M., who died in 1926, aged thirty years; and Charles T.
and Katherine, both of whom reside in Portland.  Charles T. Hirschbuhl was
graduated from Notre Dame University in 1922 and since leaving school has been
identified continuously with the present business.
     In June, 1924, Charles J. Hirschbuhl was united in marriage to Miss
Marguerite Riley, of Portland, and they are the parents of two children,
Marguerite, born in March, 1926, and Joanne, born in September, 1927.  Mr.
Hirschbuhl is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights
of Columbus and the Portland Chamber of Commerce.  He has shown high business
qualifications and is very successfully carrying on the enterprise established
by his father, earning an enviable reputation in the business circles of this
city.  Cordial and affable in manner, he easily makes friends and has the
sincere esteem of all who know him.

 
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