| Emile Cheysson is the director of the
Creusot's Steel-works from 1871 to 1875.
From
1836 to 1966 the Schneider Company is a limited partnership with share
capitals. The capital is brought by shareholders as sleeping partners.
They do not take part in the management. The manager, with his
patrimony as guaranty, has the power to act. Under these circumstances,
the director is only a second man. |
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| In
1869 Cheysson bring out a booklet : “Creusot, material,
intellectual
condition and morals of the population”. For sure, he is
choosen for this social
orientation after the strikes of 1869
- 1870 and of the outburst of the Paris
Commune. On
August 15, 1871, Emile Cheysson is hired as director but he has to quit
his position at the beginning of 1875. He works again as Civil
Department of Bridges and Highways engineer.
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