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PORT BUSINESS
A fourth generation of the Menzies family runs the Terminal Corporation. Company executives include (from left) Scott Menzies, Peter Menzies, Stuart Menzies, Perry Menzies and Jay Watt.
A True Partner
TERMINAL CORPORATION HAS LONG TIES TO PORT OF BALTIMORE
BY KATHY BERGREN SMITH | Photography by Kathy Bergren Smith
Celebrating
125 YEARS
This year marks the 125th anniversary of one of Monument and Holliday streets, in a newly constructed
the Port of Baltimore’s most committed partners. The Terminal Corporation is a warehousing and transportation provider that was founded by
the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1893. Today, the
fourth generation of the Menzies family is preparing to take the company through its second century. Three brothers, Stuart, Perry and Peter, work under the guidance of their father, Scott Menzies, the company Chairman with 45 years of experience at Terminal Corporation, and Jay Watt, a longtime employee who serves as President. The company motto is quite appropriate: “There is no substitute for experience.”
Terminal Corporation tied its fortunes to the Port of Baltimore from the start. The first operation was on
building called the Hay Shed, where hay was delivered from farms along the Susquehanna River via the railroad and moved on horse-drawn drays to the Port. The need for warehouses increased, Terminal opened the Flour House and the Stores House, also in the city, and then moved closer to the piers, to Bond Street Wharf in Fells Point.
John T. Menzies came to Baltimore from Scotland in 1929 when the English food company Crosse and Blackwell expanded into the United States by opening a facility in Baltimore. The elder Menzies served as President of the company and was an active member of the industrial and port community. His address book from the 1950s holds entries for the President of Bethlehem Steel and both Mr. Black and Mr. Decker. His son, John Menzies, also served
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