Category: Business and Industry

The EAST OHIO GAS CO. has supplied natural gas to the Cleveland area since receiving a controversial franchise from the city in 1902. STANDARD OIL CO. established the East Ohio Gas Co. to pipe natural gas from its wells in West Virginia to Akron for use in lighting and heating homes and businesses there and along the pipeline route. Incorporated on 8 Sept.

EASTON'S SONS, INC. See THOMAS W. EASTON'S SONS, INC.

The EATON CORP., a diversified industrial manufacturer which makes fluid power, electrical, automotive, and truck products, was founded as the Torbensen Gear & Axle Co. to make truck axles. Founded in 1911 by Viggo Torbensen, Joseph Oriel Eaton, and Eaton's brother-in-law, Henning O. Taube, the company moved from its original location in Bloomfield, New Jersey to Cleveland in 1915.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES. The first significant application of controlled electricity in Cleveland was telegraphy, which made its appearance in the city in 1847 on the premises of the Lake Erie Telegraph Co. Fire-alarm boxes were the second useful manifestation of the "new" power in the city, and by 1865 there were 24 of them. The telephone came in 1877.

The ELECTRICAL LEAGUE OF NORTHERN OHIO, INC. was the first trade association for the electrical industry in the U.S. Its program was widely copied and it was instrumental in forming the Intl. Assn. of Electrical Leagues in 1935. Organized in 1909, it was incorporated in 1915 as the Electrical League of Cleveland, a nonprofit association of electrical contractors and manufacturers. Its founders included G. E.

ELLIS, WILLIAM “BILL” DONOHUE (23 Sep. 1918 – 6 Sep. 2000) wrote dozens of historical books, movie and radio scripts, and award-winning volumes of historical fiction that brought company histories, Cleveland, and Ohio's past to life in an informative and entertaining manner. 

The ELWELL PARKER ELECTRIC CO., organized in 1893 to build motors, developed the industrial truck in 1906 and pioneered its use and development to transport and handle industrial materials. The Elwell-Parker Electric Co. of America was incorporated in West Virginia on 6 July 1893. The principal incorporator was Alexander E. Brown, inventor of machinery used to load and unload bulk cargoes in Great Lakes shipping.

The EMPIRE SAVINGS & LOAN was a black-owned and operated financial institution formed to meet the needs of blacks (see AFRICAN AMERICANS) migrating from the South. It was founded in 1911 by HERBERT CHAUNCEY at 2316 E. 55th St. with $100,000 in capital solicited from his friends.

The EMPLOYERS RESOURCE COUNCIL, formerly the Associated Industries of Cleveland, is an organization of employers dedicated to assisting business and industry in the field of employee relations. Founded as the American Plan Assn. of Cleveland by 15 members of the UNION CLUB in 1920, it assumed the name Associated Industries of Cleveland in 1930.

ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, INC., a cooperative nonprofit subsidiary of CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV. and Weatherhead School of Management, is designed to encourage innovation and entrepeneurship in Northeast Ohio.

ERIE LACKAWANNA, INC., was the company established in 1982 to liquidate the assets of the former Erie Lackawanna Railway. The liquidation, wholly centered in Cleveland, has been called one of the most successful in the annals of American business history.

ERNST & YOUNG is an international accounting firm with more than 600 offices worldwide, including more than 100 offices in the U.S. One of the country's "Big 6" accounting firms, it traces its origins locally to the firm of Ernst & Ernst. In 1903 Alwyn C. and Theodore Ernst opened an accounting office in the Schofield Bldg. (E. 9th St. Tower).

ESCAR, INC., a Cleveland based sponsored film studio, incorporated in 1925, was the brainchild of E. S. (Ernest Swaim) Carpenter (1890-1970). The company name comes from Carpenter's initials and the first three letters of his last name.

The EUCLID AVE. ASSN. was organized to promote, protect, and improve Euclid Ave. and adjacent streets from Public Square to the city limits. The association began as a subcommittee of the influential CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—CITY PLAN COMMISSION, a planning organization. The association itself was formed on 7 April 1920; its first president was H. P.

EUCLID CHEMICAL COMPANY, or Euco, has been a standard supplier of products for concrete and masonry construction for over one hundred years.   Euclid Chemical, currently a subsidiary of RPM International, started as Klein Building Products Company in 1910.  Klein supplied waterproofing agents and concrete additives to the construction industry.  Founder Jacob Klein sold the company to his business partner,

The EUCLID HEIGHTS ALLOTMENT is a 365 acre real estate subdivision in CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, formed at the summit of Cedar Hill in the 1890s by Patrick Calhoun for an elite clientele.

EUCLID, INC., was one of the world's leading firms in the manufacture of off-highway, earthmoving, and hauling equipment. The company began in 1926 as part of the Euclid Crane & Hoist Co., a firm founded by Geo. Armington in 1909. In 1931 Armington's son, Arthur, took over a small shop adjoining Euclid Crane at 1368 Chardon Rd.

The EXAMINER was a weekly Republican tabloid devoted to the principle of a protective tariff. Begun around 1885, it was taken over in 1892 by Thomas J. Rose, who instituted a forerunner of the modern gossip column under the heading "Somewhat Personal." Assuming a smaller magazine-style format, it probably failed to survive much beyond the issue of 8 Sept. 1894.

EXPLORYS was a healthcare informatics company in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded officially in October 2009, via a deal with Cleveland Clinic Innovations. Explorys would eventually be acquired by IBM in April 2015 and become a part of IBM’s Watson Health division. Explorys became a casualty of Watson Health’s implosion in 2018.