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Cotton, Cotton

Firm Notes

In 1907, Cotton Brothers and Company operated a general contracting business in 1907, with offices in San Francisco's Monadnock Building and Oakland's Bacon Building. They advertised their prowess in constructing "buildings, bridges, power plants and factories constructed of reinforced concrete or other materials." The firm also advertised its expertise in pile driving, wharves and pile foundations.

It detailed its cost-effectiveness for owners in a 1907 adverstisement: “The system of executing contracts on a basis of “Cost-plus-a-fixed-sum’ gives most satisfactory results to owners as well as protection from exorbitant charges. Every detail of the work, its cost, its quality, the progress, are constantly under the owner’s supervision. He knows at all times how much and for what his money has been spent. He knows how much remains to be spent. Many ways of expediting work develop as work progresses, and these are taken advantage of to the benefit of the owner and not the contractor. This method allows the owner to have the use of our equipment (one of the best on the Coast)—the services of a trained force of men to work together to the best possible advantage to save cost and hasten work. It gives the owner the benefit of the experience gained by this firm in many years of heavy construction.” (See Cotton Bros. ad, Architect and Engineer of California, vol. VIII, no.1, 02/1907, p. 4.)

PCAD id: 6312