Jack Peckham was tasked with negotiating the purchase of the Defiance Asphalt Corporation and its subsidiaries, New York Materials and Batten Kill Stone Corp. For Peckham, this was a major addition and opened up an entirely new territory.
In April of 1959, Defiance Asphalt Corp. bought the available 50% of Tri-County Stone Co., Glens Falls Blacktop Corp., and Kingsbury Asphalt Corp.