Illinois HR 345: CONGRATS-ILL ROAD CONTRACTORS

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HR0345LRB104 13695 MST 26375 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives wish to congratulate Illinois Road Contractors 

4on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and

5 WHEREAS, The Jacksonville-based Illinois Road Contractors 

6is a family-owned business that began in 1925; and

7 WHEREAS, It is rare to find family companies that survive 

8the test of time; less than 3% of family-owned businesses 

9manage to retain that business into a fourth generation of 

10management; and

11 WHEREAS, Rudy Davidsmeyer started a company in 1925 that 

12is still in his family today; in the company's earliest years, 

13he saw his trucks vandalized by intimidated competitors; and

14 WHEREAS, In 1925, the Davidsmeyer Oil Company was formed, 

15and it was the first operation of IRC, with Rudy Davidsmeyer 

16barely having fifteen cents in his pocket at the time; the 

17company sold fuel oil and road oils in both Springfield and 

18Jacksonville; and

19 WHEREAS, Rudy Davidsmeyer asked his brother, Paul 

20Davidsmeyer or P.J., to help him in business operations; this 

HR0345- 2 -LRB104 13695 MST 26375 r

1was during a railroad strike, and Paul had been a fireman for 

2the railroad; working and surviving together during the 

3depression years, the crew, Rudy, and Paul became one big 

4family, which was the creation of the long-standing business 

5that is the IRC today; and

6 WHEREAS, In the late 1930s, Rudy Davidsmeyer developed a 

7process to spread oil followed by rock chips, thus blotting 

8the oil; some call the process oil and chip and some call it 

9Sealcoat; and

10 WHEREAS, The Davidsmeyer Oil Company has had several name 

11changes over the years; it became Illinois Road Builde