Hermann Boker & Co. also imported/peddled Rail for short tracks and ran a Steel department. Their source was Funke & Elbers / Westphalian Wagon Company / Steelworks of Hagan or forges of Hagan Grünthal. F.A. Boker, Carl F. Boker(younger brother of Hermann Boker) & he is the steel magnet, Albert H. Funke, Hermann Funke and Hermann Funke, Jr. all were in upper management of the Hermann Boker & Co., which was dissolved in 1899. I am all but convinced that at least one Boker married a Funke or vice versa. But if Boker had those connections, just ponder what parts of the world were not within Schoverling, Daly & Gale's reach.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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