Man, did I mess up!
I said that Splendor and Flandria were run by brothers in adjacent buildings. I even scanned the article and sent it to Mordecai Silver. Then he pointed out that the article wasn't about Splendor at all... the two companies were Flandria and Superia!
So the question remains - Who built Splendor???
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Alpo Ruff
Middletown, Ohio