Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Grant, A. Roderick 1867 - 
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     A. RODERICK GRANT, president of the Eastern Bottle and Glass Company, has 
won a place among Portland's energetic and capable business men and is meeting 
with substantial success in an enterprise which he established and has built 
up to its present proportions. Mr. Grant was born in Glengarry, Ontario, 
Canada, in 1867, and is a son of John A. and Rachael (McDonald) Grant, of whom 
the former was engaged in the contracting business, and both of whom are 
deceased.

     After completing the course of the public schools, Mr. Grant attended the 
Ontario Business College, and then went into the hotel business as a manager. 
He followed that for ten years and in 1890 came to Portland, where for four 
years he was associated with his brother, J. P. Grant, in the drug 
manufacturing business. He then entered the employ of the Bluauer-Frank Drug 
Company as a traveling salesman and was on the road for twelve years, after 
which, in 1905, he formed a partnership with S. Heitshu, under the name of 
Heitshu, Grant & Company. This relationship was continued until 1911, when Mr. 
Grant organized the Eastern Glass and Bottle Company, which was incorporated 
in the following year, with Mr. Grant as president, which position he has held 
to the present time. He does a jobbing business in glass bottles and 
containers of all kinds and employs five traveling salesmen. He also has 
branch offices in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, his 
trade territory embracing Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. 
The business has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth and is now numbered among 
the successful concerns of Portland.

     In 1895, Mr. Grant was united in marriage to Miss Augusta Lemp, of Boise, 
Idaho, who died in 1926. Mr. Grant is the owner of city property in Boise and 
also has a large ranch in Idaho. He is a member of the Portland Chamber of 
Commerce and has shown a deep interest in the welfare and progress of his 
city. Politically he is independent. A gentleman of gracious manner and 
agreeable personality, he easily makes friends and is held in high regard 
throughout this city.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
815

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