James Cochran & Son

JAMES COCHRAN & SON, Grain, Hay, and Straw Merchants, 62, 64, and 70, James Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

    This is one of the largest and most important businesses of the kind in Glasgow. It ranks also among the oldest, having been founded by the late senior partner, Mr. James Cochran, so far back as the year 1848.

    The firm’s premises are of large extent, and are five storeys in height. The ground floor is used for the storage of meal and flour ; the first floor for the storage of feeding stuffs; the second for the preparation of feeding stuffs, such as mixed grain and chop which are now so largely used for horse feeding ; the third for hay and straw ; and the top floor for general stores. Large quantities of all these goods are kept of the most excellent quality.

    The customers of the firm are mainly the principal contractor companies and firms of the City, who find it necessary to keep up large studs of horses. Cow-feeders are also specially provided for in beanmeal, Indianmeal, oilcake, barley dust, cummings, treacle, &c. The connection is large and representative, and has continued to steadily increase with the growth of Glasgow. Although the family interest in the business is still maintained, the concern is under the sole management of Mr. James Cochran, son of the late senior partner, who is thoroughly well versed in every branch, and controls resources sufficiently large to meet any emergency. The transactions are entirely wholesale.

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