that this stack now constitutes one of the guiding marks for 
Army and other aviators connected with the various flying 
fields nearby. Truly a lighthouse on land, lit up at night 
to assist the pilots of the air to a safe landing. 
“I noticed, too, the boiler room of this establishment 
as “clean as a whistle” and yet over fifteen hundred tons of 
coal are fed automatically into the hungry furnaces which 
maintain the various temperatures required for the different 
types of plants in the greenhouses. 
“Having gone thus far I was desirous of knowing some¬ 
thing of the personnel of this corporation and had the plea¬ 
sure of meeting Mr. A. M. Dauernheim, its President, whose 
ability has been largely responsible for the development of 
this organization. 
“I discovered that Mr. Dauernheim is a protege of the 
late Commodore James Weir, from whom he received his 
first employment in 1898 in the firm which is now known 
as J. Ebb Weir & Co., Inc., at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-fifth 
Street, Brooklyn. 
“This firm in its early days specialized primarily in 
gardening and landscaping in Greenwood Cemetery, 
acquiring a large clientele among the first 
people of New York City -4. 1 j whose plots were 
in that cemetery. HJiWI 
Establishment of 
J. Ebb Weir & Co., Inc. 
at 5th Ave. at 25th St. 
Brooklyn, I\. Y. 
