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* and the “Is0. “with him HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE NTY-FOUR PAGES ‘as anvinstance of tnis phenomenal recupera- Yon and growth, is the wholesale grocery ‘ade. which, in ihis ten years’ interval, has Increased over 100 per cent, and has reached 3 present magnitude in the aggregate of ‘over $80,000,000 a year. The following inter- * esting exhibit of one firm’s business by years, h which has been furnished us, will serve as an index showing the sta; of the augmen- tation of this trade since The Fire: ‘A881... . . At the time of the Great Fire, out of the -wholsale grocery firms then in business, only one failed to pay 100 cents on the dollar of its indebtedness. e ‘There are thirty-three exclusively whole- sale grocery houses in the city, besides a few. large importing houses and a number of firms who deal in “fancy groceries” nt wholesale—doing a business from $500,000 to $8,000,000 a year. Of the thirty-three ex- clusively grocery houses, two or three do a business of from $4,000,009 to $7,000,000 each ; the others, froin $1,000,000 upwards. Thus It will be seen Chicaga, in this specialty of commerce, is today second only to. New York, and with giant strides -is pushing beyond rivalry. Every day enlarges the field of operation. What with the rapid development of the country of the Far West through the unprecedented immisra- tion and the instrumentality of new and pro- igied railroads, making -accessible the titnerto inaccessible; the rapidly-growing population of contignous Stat he ag- gressiveness eastward, assailing with her immense stocks and cheaper goods the here- tofore supposed impregnable trade of the East; who shall say what will be in the ten years to cone when Chicago shall have again more, than doubled: her popula- tion and slie looms up. a commercial centre of 2.000,000 souls? All this may like an exaggeration. We admit it So, too, would any other statement of facts concerning what has and is being done by Chicago. It may be supposed this unprece- dénted achievement in the growing trafic (@vhich of late years embraces also the clear and tobacco business, all the leading houses snaking this a special department) is the re- sult of geographical position, supplemented by the shipping facilities of Chicazo. Gi AS are these elements. in the problem, yet wreater than these are the elements of force, persistency, wisdom, and foresight of such builders-up of the trade as Sprague, Warner & Co, Sibley, Dadi Ce Franklin Mac~ ara! rt & Kingman, Harmon, Merriam & Co., Knowles, Cloyes & Co., Deane, Whitaker & Ce 0.5 and for fancy grocel sures Suith & Vanderbe ~ are the leading repeesentatives in this line. To them no stocks are tov large, and they have the nerve to place the money: to maintain them. These are the scerets of the success inainly, and why the West cames to Chicago, and will continue te come for its sugars, coffees, teas, and the thousand and one articles that go to muke up what is Snown under the popular teri, “* Groceries.” in dismissing this important branch, we may remark the trade of 1SS1 has been the largest experienced in this market. ‘J. S. Kirk & Co. Perhaps there is no product of human hands more conducive to man’s well being and happiness than soap. Th are many producers of this mark of ci: tion, but none that we know of who have been so pre- eminently successful in its manufacture as Jas. S. Kirk & Co., whose names, through its standard excellence, have become 3 familiar legend in almost every home in the United States and Canadas. as well as_ in many of Europe. Frequently has this firm, sinco the establishment of business’ in 1839, been, compelled to increase their facilities. espe- cially since the great fire of ten years ago today, which totally consumed. their works. Addition after addition has been added, until their factory, situated on North Water street, is now the largest soap manufactory in the world—employing 450 hands, requiring engines of over 1,000 horse- power for the propulsion of the machinery, and. forty. horses to deliver the product to their customers. Last year the factory turned out and marketed 50,000,600-pounds, or one pound for every inhabitant of the United States. So well known are the sev- eral brands of this firm’s soap, 50 unexcep- tionable in quality, they are a recognized standard among dealers whereby ali other Soaps are judged. Nathonal Yeast Company established their agency in this city one year after the fire, consequently their busi- ness has grown in even more rapid propor- tions than has the city itself, until today the company manufacture and sell] more yeast than any other firm in the country, and so. satisfactory has their Superior Vexetable Dry-Hop Yeast proved that it is acknowl- edged as the best marketable yeast ever pro- duced. | Fruit, Butter, and Jellies. Standard goods in this fine are those from the factory of John Nebert, No. 33 North Canal street, established in 1874, Iiis motto ¢ ; fs excellence and purity. ‘ TOBACCO AND CIGARETS. Alien & Ginter, - of Richmond, “Va., have done more to estab- lish the reputation of pure high grade Virginia smoking tobacco and cigarets, iv. their various forms,throughout Europe as wellasin our home markets, than any other manufact- urers.. Appreciating the fact that Chicago 3vas so rapidly becoming the general source of supplies for the West and the Southwest, they established a permanent agency in this city at 50 Randolph. street, under the man- agement of Mr. Neil AtcCoull. The growth of the business of this firm (although located in Virginia), has been more rapid than the majority of businesses in our city. If our read- ers would ask why it is so, we would call their attention to the absolute . purity and ex- cellence of their tovaccos and cigarets, em- pracing Richmond Gem Curly Cut, Rich- mond Straight Cut, Old Rip Long Cut, Per- ique, Turkish mixtures, etc., in smoking to- baccos.. The Richmond Gem, Richmond Siraight Cut, No. 1, garets. The latest production which has won its way to the taste of all smokers is the “Opera Puft.” These cigarets are made with the new amber prepared paper, or tips, - Which prevents them sticking to the lips, at the’ same time making them saliya-proor. ‘The firm has general agents and wholesale depots in Europe, Australia, China, Japan, Indies. ‘They have more than doubled their capacity within two years, and will likely do the same again to supply the natural large demand for goods which are always the same and without adulteration. ‘This firm have endeavored to excel in man- ‘ufacturing pure, unadulterated tobacco and cigarets, and their success “in this country . and abroad attests the reward of merit they deserve. ‘The Royal Agricultural Society of England has analyzed and pronounced pure and magnificent these tobaccos and cigarets! Prize medals were awarded this firm at Phil- adelphia, 1876; Sydney, 1877; Paris, 1873; Melbourne, 1880. ‘Their’ goods are sold by ‘all first-class dealers. COFFEE, SPICES, ETC. _ fhomson & Taylor. + * The most extensive establishment for the manufacture and sale of coffee and spices has its home and headquarters in Chicago. ‘The “ Western Coffee and Spice Mills” have now deen in successful. operation since 1865. - Twice siuco that time has fire totally de- stroyed the entire stock and machinery of 8 concern. ‘The establishment, now Jocated at Nos. $4, , 38, an South Water street, occupying the whole of that large building, is the largest - and most complete of its kind in the coun- try, giving employment to over 100 em- pigyes of both sexes, » 4. Thomson, the senior member of the -firm, laid the foundation of the business. eat fire of 1871 he associated ir. J. E. Taylor, of the firm ‘of Whiting, Taylor & Co., and the new firm be- cate Known as Thomson & Taylor, and has never been changed. In isi7 Mr. E. A Downs was admitted to an interest in the business, which he still retains. In January, 1s81, the firm found it neces- sary to open a branch of their house in St. Louis, and Mr. J. H. Hanley, who had been traveling sglesman for the finn, was admit- ted to an interest in the business, with bead- quarters at St. Louis. The business of the firm-is conducted at St Louis at Nos. 513 and 515 North Second street, and is rapidly winning its way to popularity. Whiie this house makes a_ specialty of roasted and ground coffees, and whole and_ ground, spices, they. are also extensive manufacturers of ball and can potash, concentrated Ire, dry and liquid javoring Messrs. After the blueing, stove. polish extracts, baking-powders, ete. | ‘Thomson & Taylor do an extensive business in mustard, their sales in that article being over 10,000 pounds a ponte The business of this ‘firnl reaches all_ over the Western States and Territories as far as civilization extends. Their business throngh- out the West is confined exclusively to the jabbing trade, and they have secured. for Chicago the trade that formerly went to the large cities of the East. ‘This firm are proprictors of the celebrated “Magnolia” brana of roasted coffee, their ‘sales of that article being very extensive. E. B. MiNur & Co-, importers and grinders, 17and 19 River street. The bistory of this house is part of the his- tory of Chicago as an importing and jobbing centre, it having been one of the first to es- tablish business relations with Japan by im- portation vig, San Francisco, the “ E. B. Af. & Co.” britids of teas becoming known through the hands of the jobbers East and West. Their record as coffee-roasters and spies grinders began i the purchase some ime since of the celsior Coffee and Spice Mills; and we predict that great and increasing distinction will accrue to this en- terprising firm from its brands of Penang spices and fine English mustards, as great cal taken to mill these goods in their al pungent and aromatic puri pack them securely under trade-ma tractive styles, plantation-grown stocle being: especially imported fur these brands, and, the trade constantly extending, now reaches from Lake Huron to the Pacific slope. A. HL Blackall, importer and wholesale and retail dealer in teas, coffees, and spices, 19 Clark street, is one of Chicago's oldest and most reputable business men... Established thirty-one years age, he has uniformly prospered. Burned out in the great fire, he immediately re- opened, and has sinee grown with the growth of our city. He has a large branch store at 172 West Madison street, . CANNED GOODS, ETC. 3. K. Armsby & Co. Specialties in the commercial world are of recent date. Less time ago than half that alloted to man’s longevity such a thing was unknown, at least to the tradesmen of this country. Now, nearly every commodity is embraced in the category. Of them all un- doubtedly the fruit and canned goods spe- eialist takes precedence on the ground of the magnitude of the traflic therein. It is but yesterday all the civilized world knew of frults ont of their season was through its experience with the “gude house-wife's” “jams” and “jels”?; andas for the fruits of. distant lands, they were ate of—in books of travel. Today, thanks to the preserver’s art, in and out of season, the whole world may sit down and -eat of the fruits of the teni perate zone, the semi-tropis s and that, too, as if they were freshly gath- ered, so perfectly is all their lus- ciousness, bouquet, and aroma preserved. Further, this art has entered the domain of the kitchen garden; the rivers and seas; the copses and green pastures, culling the ri: t delicacies, and so successfully as.to disarm public credulity as to the possibilities of the tuture. hese prefatory and suggestive remarks bring us to the announcement that we have here, in Chicago, the leading and. most extensive house in this specialty in the United States—viz,: that of J. K. Armsby & Co., Nos, 22 and 23 Niver street. This firm’s trausactions are with the wholesale and job- bing trade exclusively. The stock comprises foreign and domestic aried fruits and the well-known packs of canned goods of Al- bert Fisher & Co., Cincinnati; a. Lusk & Co., San Francisco; Portland Packing Company, Portland, Me.; Platt & Co.and F. Vaid- ner & Co., Baltimore; D. W. Archer & Co., Chillicothe; Henry Mayo & Cv., Boston; Heath, Hail & Cp., Benton Harbor: and the Chicago Preserving Works, for which they are sole agents, It will be’ observed that it covers everything in -their line, in great va- 3, and the tropics, riety and of the very best. They handle the very best, and in volume we ean only use the term, — “prodigious!” We may remark, further, one of. the special- ties of the house is California fruits and ves- etables, both canned and dried. as well as salmon; and it handles more of these goods than all the other housesin the trade com- bined—giving prices on them by car-load lots, deliverable at any shipping point. in the Unitea States or Canadas; and such sales are of as common occurrence with the hou as the putting-up of a pound of tea ora par- cel of sugar is with the retail grocer. ‘Che trade of the firm extends from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore., and the fact thit the’sales will aggregate the present year at least $10,000,000 shows its.exteusiyeness as well as pages of itemizing and details could possibly express. When itis considered the firm bé- gan business in 183 as simply brokers in these goods, their business has been a most wonderful growth, and shows what enter- prise and business intelligence can do. PACKING AND CANNED MEATS. Armour & Co. Within the ten years that have elapsed since the memorable day which this number of Tur TrmvuNeE commemorates by an ex- hibit of the growth and present status of Chicago’s industries and commerce, our city has become the acknowledged grand centre of the slaughtering and packing business of the United States, Nownere else in the world is so large an amount of capital in- vested in this industry. More cattle and hogs are consumed and marketed by the great slaughter and packing houses of Chi- cago than all the other notable packing centres combined. One. Chi- cago firm “alone, Armour & Co. who conduct the business on a scale of greater magnitude than has ever before been: attempted by any contemporaneous organiza- ton, will slaughter this year,it is anticipat- ed, not less than 60,000 head cf neat cattle and 2,500,000 hogs. ‘Che firm owns and operates three establishments: one at Kansas City, one at Milwaukee, aud the home establis! ment, which in the aggregate give employ- ment to an army of about 5,000 men and cover an area of over forty acres. These, the largest packers in the world, give diligent attention to all the details of the business. Their hams and bacon are as familiar to, and as highly appreciated by, the denizens of the Old World as they are in the United States. aber were the first house to introduce on the European markets the American sweet- pickled hams which haye since become so popular, and have excited as large a demand abroad as any of the well-established prod- ucts under the firm’s brand, The canning business of Arinour & Co., which is a collate: ral feature of their business, supplies a large Proportion of the trattic of the globe. As an instance of the large business done in this department, our representative was shown in one day. that over 11,000 cans, were packed, Tanging from one to fourteen pounds, or averaging six pounds. The firm has lately boughtan entire square adjoining their present large establishment, and will within a year erect another tinmense building, to be especially adapted to the beef department of their many productions. STOVES, FURNACES, ETC. Rathbone, Sard & Co. = The old-fashioned fireplace for heating and cooking has gone out of use in this coun- try, and the herald of a new civilization, the stove, has taken its places The change which the Rathbone Stoveworks began in the East, at, Albany, forty-five years. ago, the branch House of Rathbone, Sard & Co., after twenty years’ labor: here, has completed in the West, so that the Rathbone stoves are quite as familiar and necessary to Western housekeepers as househoid words, Under the management of the resident partner, William J. Sard, the Chicago branch has outgrown the original tree, and selis more goodsthan the parent house, its sales the past year having increased 60 per cent. Its manufactory at Albany is now being enlarged one-half, and its storage capacity here” has been doubled “this year to meet the unprecedented demand for its goods. The house makes and sells ‘more stoves than any other house in the United States. Its long experience and thor- ough knowledge of the business enables it to anticipate the necessities of the trade, and, by new devices and improvemeits,to promptly meet cach new demand, and the wants of any class of customers. Its specialties are the Acorn stoves, for both cooking ana heating, adapted to both coal and wood, and immensely popular, and’ its Westminster: stoves for heating ‘with hard or soft coal, nieket plated, highly finished, and great favorits. It makes the largest variety of Stoves—tiner grades for the well-to-do class, and cheaper stoves for the emigrant and frontier trade, adapting its wares to all-all_ sections and classes. “Che Jarge amount ofits sales, reaching a million dollars a year, enable it to thrive‘on a very small margin. It has just the goods the peopie want, sells them at. bed-rock prices, aud has the enterprise and good sense to make these | | mings. two persuasive facts widely known through the press. Kuttan Manufacturing Companys No, 6S Lake street, manufacturers of heat- jnz and yentilating apparatus, furnaces, school, and storeroom heaters, are a pros- perons and enterprising company of fifteen years’ standing, removing from Bloom ton, ‘UL, three and a half years ago. They make a specialty of heavy goods for public build- ings, and ure leading manufacturers in their line, having every facility for conducting their business. . CROCKERY~—GLASSWARE. Pitkins & Brooks, importers and jobbers of crockery and glass- ware, were born of the great fire in 1871. Having been long connected with prominent houses ‘here in this line, and having a large aequaintance with the trade, they took ad- yautage of the transition era, when order was being evoked out of chaos, to set Np as prin- cipals in the business in which they had become experts. “And so they opened a wholesale store on Michigan avenue, hear larmon eourt, andbegan a business career whieh each: succeedmg year has made more conspicuous und successful. “They soon re- moved to larger quarters on River street, and in 1876, their expanding trade requiring ampler room, they settled in their present location at 58 and G Lake street. At the be- ginning of. their enterprise they were in the early prime of manhood, and good repre~ sentatives of that historie class of hopeful and hope-inspiring. industrious, energetic, en~ terprising, self-p sed, and resolute young: men who haye made Chicago the Queen of the West. . They resolved to do their part in making Chicago the great trade-mart of the West, and nobly. have they fultilled their purpose. ‘here is probably no house in their line that has made as great progress in business or had as marked success in ten years as they. And certainly there is none that has brighter prospects or amore assured future. ‘Their trade extends to all. parts of the Northwest, and in volume takes a leading place in the business of Chicago, outranking older and long-estab- lished houses. No intelligent person can visit their establishment without visible evi- dence that lire men, with level heads and eyes wide open, are running it, and without being impressed wilh the fact that they are here to stay, and are living factors in the wholesale trade of Chicago. HARDWARE. Mibbard, Spencer & Co. The business of the hardware house. of Hibbard, Spencer & Co. was begun in.the spring of 1855—twenty-six years ago—under the firm name of Tuttle, Hibbard & Co., and continued underthat name until January,1864, when William G. Hibbard and F. F. Spencer took the lines of the old tirm and changed its name to Hibbard & Spencer. From the beginning this house has always been a growing house. Each y they have made more than their expenses, except in the inemorable year of the great fire. ‘The business of the house has not been pustied to its present large proportions violently, or by spasinodic effurts, but is the result of a general, steady, healthy, yearly increase. Since’ igs? several juniors have been ad- mitted to the firm, but they have all dropped out ong by one, save only’ the present junior partner, A. C. Bartlett, who nailed his flag to the mast, and has stuck to the ship. ‘he minutia of: the business ot this house has never been delegated to others; but has been kept inhand by the pariners, all three of them being active’ men and men of moder- ate ambition, whe have brought the business: of the house to a point satisfactory to them- selves in magnitude. In one respect they have been exeinplars for business-men, Each member of the firm has always been foun at his post at all reasonable hours of the day, attentive to the business of the house, and the correspondence vf the house has been carried on directly with the customers by a member of the firm. The aim of the firm “has: been each year to have their stock more attractive than in the pre- ceeding year, and_ they claim that under the roof of the present house any hardware deal- er throughout the country can more nearly find ‘the completion of his order than in other houses. The present firm at the inception of their enterprise. established a credit that was valuable, which for ma yeurs in the past they have not. used, bh foralongz perlod bought their goods pr: tically for spot cash. ‘The room vecupied by Tuttle, Hibbard & Co. at the beginning was one sn s' ‘The room now ected y the present firm is 100 by 150 feet, Tul stories high, and crammed to repletion with goods, and yet they are now cramped for room, The mem- bers of this firm are all young men, and hope to, and ought maintain their present prominent position among the commercial houses of the Nation. ‘The lesson taught 5 to young men bythe i by this house in chievement and onal independence lies along the path- of close, personal application to one business. Erintnall, Lamb & Co, succeeded the old firm of Brintnall, Terry & Co., Jan. 1, 1578, and have experienced about as rapid a growth in the hardware business as itis conceivable for any firm to do. In fact, their wonderful prosperity has ocea- sioned no inconsiderable comment in hard- ware circles, and is fully appreciated, and the cause of their success fully understood ‘ir. numerous customers throughout e West. The firm occupy the entire nd basement of building Nos, 74, and 76 Lake street, every part of which is filled with a large and varied stock. Re- cently they have had their store refitted in the best _ possible manner, latest devices for the proper classification and arrangement of goods and the prompt fulfillment of all orders, aud it is now un- questionably one of the finest stores in their tine in Chicago. The stock carried by ‘the firm comprises general hardware, cutlery, nails, and agricultural. implements, ‘and tinners’_ stock, It can be i Messrs. Brinnall, Lamb &Co., thi & more prosperous house in the city; neither is there a more popular one at home or abroad... The volume of their trade goes tar. towards making up the grand aggregate of Chicago's hardware trade—i. ¢., $30,000,000, Seeberger, Breakey & Co. For seventeen years this well-known hard- ware house, now located at Nos. 3S and 40 Lake street, has kept its place in the rank of vrominent Chicago business houses. Tho ousiness was established in 1864 under. the firm name of Seeberger & Breakey, and con- tinued without change until January, 1880, when Mr. Charles D. Seeberger was admitted to un interest, From its inciviency the trade of the house has steadily grown Jarger year’ by year, until it is now known as among. the most prominent in the country—filling as. many -and as large orders as any house in its Hine. ft is said of Messrs. Seeberger, Brea! % e: on their books. ‘The Jines of tneir trade em- brace hardware, cutlery, tin-plate, metals, nails, ete., carrying very full stocks of each. Promptitude in fillmg orders is a character- dstic of the firm, and a strict compliance with customers’ instructions. : : William Blair & Co, importers and wholesale dealers in hard- ware, cutlery, nails, tinners’ stock, tinplate, and metals, 172 to 176 Lake street, are the old- est jobbing hardware house in Chicago, Mr. Blair having begun the business on South Water street in 1812. -They had been six years at 179 and 181 Randoiph ‘street, when the great fire swept over them, ‘They found temporary quarters at 20 and 32 South Canal street till they removed to their present loca- tion, in 1872, where they oceupy six floors 60x 150 feet.. Their trade extends over’ eleven States and six Territories, and is coustantly increasing. They probably have a better class of customers, take fewer ris! meet with fewer losses than almost any house in the city. Their ample means, high standing, and long experience enable them to purchuse supplies judiciously, to take ad- yantage of the markets, and. to sell at bed- rock prices. The house is a landmark in the hardware trade of Chicago, and a monument of Industry. integrity, enterprise, and fair _ 3 E. Harris & Con. ¢ by activity and an intelligent appreciation of the needs of the various. classes of trade for. whom it manufuctures, have ac- quired a prominent and Jeading position among the finer. lines of manufacturing. They manufacture ornamental - stove, fire- place, and house hardware, and harness trim- Their facilities for gold, silver, nickel, and atl kinds of electroplating are very extensive, and x large force of men are engaged in their polishing, ermding, and tin- plating departments. Starting in’ business about three and one-half years ago- with one man and two boys, they now eniploy about ninety men, do a $75,000 yearly business, ac- cupy threo floors of 103, 105, and 107 We: machi priees. It is the Monroe street, and are constantly adding to their manufactures and employés. IRON, HARDWARE, &C. . SD. Kimbark, on the corner of Michigan avenue and Lake street, Now hag the largest wholesale iron and heavy hardware house in this country, having a frontage of 182 feet on Michigan avenue, 132 feet on Central avenue, and 140 feeton Lake street—10! fect of shipping frontage, free from obstructions to street commerce, and the best location in Chicaso for this business, which is one of great bulk and detall—weod materials for the car- riage trade, wagon bodies and geirs, hubs and felloes—reauire immense stor- age room for seasoning without ex- posure. to suri or rain, and 50,000 sets of hubs can be put in the basement. Several scparate lines have been added to iron and heavy hardware, each requiring an additional tloor—viz.: the blacksmiths, the varriagemakers, and. the machinists, with thelr forges, blowers, bulky machinery, and ” the corner store, s iting ware- house trucks «nd carts to all parts of the first floor, he saves in handling aud shipping his heavy goots enough to pay the additional rent, und converts the first floor of the old store into a great hardware sample-room, where he can exhibit to his customers on ono floor samples of the various lines wirich were distributed over six'floors. There is not another establishment of the kind where the stock is as full and’ complete. There is not another bouse. where the arrangements for showing and the facilities for handling— for-receiving, storing, and shipping their goods—and Where the approaches to three fronts of the store are ag ample and as per fect as in the mammoth hardware house of S.D. Kimbark, Tho sample-rooms, heated by steam and furnished with writing-desks and materials for buyers, as well as the ollice on the lake- front of the building, are models of conven- tence and couifort. A. B. Meeker & Co. ¥ ‘The iron interest of Chicago, within the decade since “the fire,” las grown into won- derful proportions, aggregating in tho heavy lines alone. to over $20,000,000 per annum, Among the best known of Chiva- go's operators in this important branch of commerce upon which every other industry depends is the well known firm of A. B. Mecker & Co., whose office is at No. & Dear- born strect, a firm that has been established in the trade for the past twenty-live. years. Messrs, Meeker Co. are agents for the snle of the celebrated brands of the National, Green Bay, Menominee, and Leland Lake, superior chit coal irons; also Franklin and Crane anthra cite; and dealers in all the favorit and popu jur brands of Ohio and imported Seoteh pig-irons. ‘The firm handles avery kige quantity of pig-iron “annually, probably largely exceeding any. other house’ in the Northwest. ¥ TIN. CANS. Norton Brothers, 40 to -16 River Strect. The history of this house is anether in- stance of the remarkable progress of the mauufacturing industries of the new Chi- cago. Beginning ina sinalf way in 1871 in the loft of a building on Canal street, the business has grown to be the largest estab> lishment inthe United States manufactur- ing exclusively this class of goods. The financial management of the business Is con- ducted by Mr. 0. W. Norton, the older brother; the mechanical and manufacturing department, by Mr, Edwin Norton, while other. brothers—Messts. S. E., H.M., and H. N.Norton—are at the head of the several subdivisions of manufacture, which years of practical experi¢nce have made them com- petent to manage. ‘They occupy the whole of two spacious double stores on River street eighty-four feet front and five stories high, with a Jarge ex- tension on the dock. They give steady em- ployment to about 250 hands, distributing in wages over $100,000 annually. ‘The business is almost exclusively the manufacture of tin cans.and packages for the goods of other manufacturers and packers of spices, baking- powder, fruit, paint, canned goods, ete. and japanned cans for grocers. Few persons have any idea of the immense numbers of these small cans used by the various indus- tries that require such packages for their goods, one of the firm informed the writer that if is no uncommon thing — for them to ship in one day over 100,000 cans and bo: ‘The purchases of one cus- tomer alone are over 200,000 cans month! ‘Their reputation as manufacturers of ti jappaned caddies has berome national, the superior quality of their goods enabling them to freight their tin here from the seaboard and return the manufactured goods to New York, Philadelphia, aud other Eastern cities in competition with makers there. _ . This success i§ the result, of persistent in- dustry and energy and the wise use of Jabor- saving machinery. ‘Their factory is full. of interesting machines, that were unheard of a fev 's ago, inost Of them the invention of Mr. Edwin Norton, Among the recent inventions are machines for soldering fruit- cans, one of which will sulder. pertectly a car-luad of cans in ten hours. JEWELRY, ETC. N. Matson & Co. Institutions are not only made for man, they are the outgrowth and creation of man, and many of them are indebted to some indi- vidual man for their name and existence. Great enterprises, large establishments, which become strong and popular and min- ister to the wants and comfort of multitudes, oiten owe their birth, and growth, and pros- perity to the intelligence, foresight. cour- age, and exccutiye ability of some particular man, whose guiding ant inspiring soul breathes into them the breath of life, nurses and rears them to maturity, and sv identifies himself with their work ‘that his very nature becomes a synonym for the busi- ness they represent, and his character guarantee that the business under his ad- ministration will be well and successfully done. To illustrate: ‘Che firm name of N. Matson & Co. suggests to the people of Chi cago and the Northwest a great jewelry house, where gold and silver, diamonds ‘and precious stones, wrought by skillful hands into all the varied forms and settings of art end beauty, of ornament and use, where rich silverware, solid and plated, breakfast, din- ner, and teu sets, artistic bronzes, clocks and vases, watches for both sexes and all pro- fessions, of every style and price, betrothal and bridal gifts, and the ten thou- sand articles of personal and household adornment and use, are displayed in great profusion by gentlemanly clerks to willing and delighted purchasers. The history of this house is but the counterpart of. that of all large and. successful enterprises—apti- tude and previous training of the master spirit, industry and enterprise, joined to in- tegrity, and intelligent and- faithful assist- ants to execute his plans. . A successful mer- chant and manufacturer in the East, Mr. Matson becaine Interested in Western trade in 1857, ‘opened a jewelry store here at LI? Lake street in 1863, ‘was burned. out in 1871, rented a house on Wabash avenue a year, and moved into his present store in the fall of 7, He survived the fire, which destroyed, and the panic, which ruined, so many- houses, paving all obligations in full, The testimony of aleading jewelry house in New York in reply to inquiries as to his standing after the fire was:- “That they had known Mr. Mat- son when in business alone many years, and the firm of N. Matson & Co. since it had an existence, that the house was first-class in alt resnects, With a character always to be relied on; that they had not asked for exten- sion or compromise’ since the fire, but had paid all their bills at maturity: that their capital, despite their losses by fire, was am- ple and their credit unimpaired,” ‘There are several.features of this house which have contributed to its great success and. popularity, It has the Turgest, com- pletest, and richest stack in the We se Jected with the best judgment. It has but one pr Its goods are all marked in plain figures, at as low a price as anybody can at- ford to sell them for, and the customer takes them at thet price or leaves them. if le buys elsewhere. for less, either the seller loses or the buyer is cheated. Its: crowuing inerit.is, that its goods ure al Ss just what they are.represented to to be, hich is the highest test of integrity ina business which offers so great opportunities and temptations for ‘deception and fraud. Mr. Matson’s purtner, “L. J. Norton, -has been in the house over twenty years, is always attent- ive to business, and is gxceedingly valuable in an establishment like this.” This gréat house is designed to oceupy, and does oc- cupy, the position here which Tiffany holds in the East, as the largest. eompletest, richest, Iuost elegant, and fashionable jewelry-house in the West, here both the rich and the poor and those of moderate means can supply their respective wants at the lowest possible plore of Chicago that she was men of the character of “havefailed, 1 Matson & Co. as representatives of its leading business houses, g Senjamin Aven & Co. This extensive’ wholesale and importing Jewelery house, 187 and 139 State street, may be considered product of the “big fire,” although the firm bas been established since 1865. ‘The stock carried” by this tirm is one of the Jargest and rhost complete to be found in the country, filling the space of two large floors, and compriges the finest. goods in the market, such as diamonds and precious fine watches and jewelry, silverware, caper grades of good that the country Allen & Co. mn watehes, —~ {ichmakers’ tools in parts, including those well a5 those of Aimerican i rtinent is 3 ‘The and watch »: imported direct a: manufacture; in, fact, this d f Special feature of the house, as is also opti- cal goods, of which they carry one of the largest stot to be fowid in Chicago. The firm keep resentatives continually on the road_to visit, theit numerous patrons, show their samples, and learn their wants. ‘The trade of the firm extends from Ohio to so south tb Te _ The Southern t is a new feature in their business, and is rapidly developing. With the:1 of the stock carried and the facili firm’ to do business, together“ w: tl jJow margins on their goods as_ profits to the house, if may be inferred the aggregate sales of the firm are quite pro- nounced, as they are rising $1,000,000 per. an- num, which may said -to be a splendid bu: negs worked up inten y ost * asfes,”- St is only another exemplil Chicago energy.and business capabi! affords a promise or future enterprise. Glics Bro. & Co. Since a decade’ before the fire Tue Trip- UNE and prominent journals of the country aye paid this fumous jewelry house, which has always been one of .Chicago’s most prominent features, the compliment of their attention. Nowhere else can be seen a grander Golconda of dinmourids and precious stones, ora larger or more varied stock of elegant watches, unique and artistic silverware, tasteful and stylish jewelry, than is main- tained at all times at the princely store- roous of Giles Bro. & Co., corner of State and Washington streets. ‘The trade of the house is slinply prodigious, J, Treulich, This extensive wholesale and retail dealer, No. 190 Madison street, in diamonds, jewelry, watches, silverware, e established his house in 1870, jist one year before the fire, ‘Thietrade of the house has been of remark- through the West, t. Four represen- attending ds of its numerous mers. ‘The business of the nade 2 wonderful progress, its able daily, The occasion of is undoubtedly. owing to the eter, and style, and prices of the goods. PIANOS W. W.. Kimball. Z It is to the credit of Vhicago that the music trade is so prosperous, and that the success of WW. W. Kimball, the leading music house, whose sales of pianos and organs this year will number over ten thousand, is a3 marked that of any house in any Jine in this city. For a quarter of a century he has been iden- tified with the music trade of Chicago end the West. Beginning with a small sales- ruom, he enanged and enlarged his quarters from time to time to meet the demands of his rapidly increasing trade, expanding the , ETC. circle and mnhiplying the number. of. his customers, un he stood among our largest music dealers, like Saul among the prophets, a King gimonz princes of the trade. Though he lost $100,000 by the great fire, he neither ost beart nor courage, ub paid every doHar df indebtedness -and went to work resolutely and successfully to retrieve his losses. With a factory turning out 120 organs a week, with branch houses in the prince! towns of the West reporting f pianos and organs each month, with experienced and trustworthy assistants i home offices, thoroughly identified his interests, and everything systema- so that he kHuws the exact amount of and profit: h month. his immense rd with the synimet: prec! inty of clock-work, the hand on the dial pointing to the record of progress and the bell-hammer hourly strik- ing the notes of success. Julius Bauer & Co., dealers in pianos and organs and general musical merchandise for twenty-four years, have been most creditable representatives of the wholesale music trade in Chicago. Mr. Bauer has been most successful in improv- ing his pianos by his patented agraffe attach- went, which gives them 2 clearer and fuller tone, and keeps them much Jonger in tune, antiby a pecniiar-shaped sounding board, whieh imparts volume and sweetness to the tones, making them resemble the human voice: Ile has also succeeded, when others 3 epnstructiag upright pianos with the sonoriiy, sweetnecs, and. sustained poweret the grand, and popularized them yy adapting them to medium-sized rooms aid moderate. pui His pianos have a world-wide reputation for superior mat workmanship, action, and tone, hi tending to Europe and South America, ‘Th house passed through .the baptisin of fire like others,.and, after several changes, was Toeated at 182 and 184 Wabash avenue, where all lovers of good music are welcome. fhe Root & Sons Music Company, general musie and piano’ dealers, 156 State street, are successors to Root & Cady—estab- lished in 1858. Mr. George F. Root and E, T. Root are members of this organization, which represents in books and music the important catalog of John Chureh & Co., and has prob- ubly the best facilities of any Western con- cern for promptly and completely filling all orders, as their large and rapidly-increasing trade fully proves. ‘The old “firm was an exceedingly popular one, and had the. confi- dence of the public in a very marked degree, and'as the presenteompany both inherits and merits the good will and popularity of its predecessor, the quick-step march will undoubtedly be the music to which their thirty-tive clerks and salesmen will dance for the next few months. FURNITURE, ETC. ‘The Tobey Furniture Co. This company is uot only the largest but the oldest furniture house in Chicago; es- tablished in 1850. At the time of the fire the conipanys’ sales rooms were located in the five-story building Nos, 77, 79, and SL State street. Fortunately for this house, although their large store and its splendid stock fell a prey to the flames. the factory of the cum- pany was situated on the corner of Randolph. and Jefferson streets, outside of the fire dis- trict. On the Monday following the fire, the company began selling xoods at the factory. On the afternoon of this day they'took the order to furnish the new Sherman House (now the Gault Housy) on the West Side, and’completed the order by the next Mon- day. From the factory the company trans- ferred their retail business the following September to their old =~ quarters, a new. building having been ereeted. from whence they removed to their present commodious warerooms, on the northeast corner of State and Adams streets, in June, 18) ‘he year of 773 was an exceedingly year for the company, augmented by. ishing a‘number of large hotels, among which was the Grand: Pacific, throughout; the Palmer Llouse, largely, and other leading hotels, ‘This is a’ specially with the com- pany. Within the past year they have fur nished, among others, the Windsor Mouse at Denver, the Rockaway Beach Hotel, the new Dennison at Indianapolis, and. quite recently the new Hotel Florence at Pullinan, which has been fitted up elegantly. The lines of tiécompany are household furniture of every description, interior fittings, office and hotel furniture. It can be truthfully said of the Tobey Furniture Co. they carry tho fnekt assortment of furniture ia pe city. ‘Fhe business OF the Hear year has en very satisfactory, bei ie largest ev done by the company. if s . Bee JA. Colby & Co. ‘This leading filrniture firm is the Immedi- ate successor of Colby & Wirts, one of. the oldest aute-fire..furniture firns in the city. ‘The history of the house is quite an eventful one. The business was begun on Clark street, about sixteen years ago, from whence they removed-some time after to Dearborn Street, opposit the old ‘Tremont House, and remained until ‘the city went “down amid flame and smoke‘on the night of Oct..9, 1871, Being among those who believed Chicago hada future, their shanty was’ among the first that liued the Lake-Front on Michigan avenue. Remaining: there a year, buildin; up the nucleuglof. their present splendi trade, they removed to 22 “and 294 State street, wheré they were again burned-out. Nothing daunted, they o: up business, 207. Stare @ Bi \ again threatened by. the large fire of 18 which fortunately came to their building und stopped. Five years ago they removed to their present lovation, Nos. 217 and 2i9 State street. From $40,000 the first year the business ot the firm: has increased to over $275,000 per annum, and is annually increas- ing. | ‘The firin employs about 100 hands, and their work, including all branches, is not celled anywhere in the Unio 2 A. HE. Audrews.d& €o., of this city, have increased their very exten- sive line of school and office turniture, in which they, have been engag¥d since 1865. ‘They now manufacture also fine artistic houschotd furniture trom special and orig- inal designs, and have furnished many of ur most elegant residences. As anovelty, and in lieu of other demon- sstrations for celebrating the great fire of 1s71, this firm have issued a comic history, “The City That a Cow Kicked Over.” 1t has eighteen page illustrations, with a hand- some flluminated cover. A lucky hit! Mailed for 25 cents. SCHOOL FURNITURE, ETC. The Richard T. Hambrook Manufact- « uring Company, In writing of the most prominent manu- facturing enterprises of Chicago, the Rich- ard ‘f. Hambrook Manufacturing Company stands out boldly in that itis one of the lars- est manufacturers of school, church, and of- fice furniture in America. ‘The company, 2 few years after its organization, assumed the entire business of the Sherwood Manufact- uring Company, which was organized in 18%, and throuvh the merits of its wares, on account of their adajabiltty to the purposes intended, the character of the material em- ployed, and the , skillful workmanship displayed “in the fabrication, the. busi- | ness. grew apadd(: year by year, ex- tending the area of the trade until now it extends throughout the country and scarcely a,prominent school building, church, or public building, especially in the West and South, can be found that has not specimens of their work. ‘The company’s factories at_ Belding, .Mich., ana the home factory, at Nos. 213 to 225 South Canal street, Chicago—the Intter covering an area of ground 80 by 320 feet—are now doing a most extensive business. In addition to the man- ufacture of furniture the cumpany are, under the patent of Richard T.-flambrook, man- ufacturing extensively a refrigerator which i as it hi been named_ by ble designer, “Perfection.” — These tors have superior qualities too nu- merous to mention, but the great demand for them since their introduction in 1878 has proved that the practical housekeeper is fully uware of their superior merit. Many styles are observable, but all the cabinet work is of hard wood, and some styles are indeed handsome pieces of household furniture. As a specialty the company manufacture a ling of saloon and restaurant refrigerators, and it can be readily seen that a large capital is employed in this business enterprise. BSEWING-MACHINES. The Wilson Sewlug- Machine Company. besides. manufacturing a sewing-machine which has gained a world-wide reputation for its versatility, simplicity, and durability, the Wilson Sewing-Machine Company has done much toward the building up of our city, and especially one of its suburbs, Grand Crossing. In isto the company purchased the Corneil Watch-Factory Works at Grand Crossing, converted it into an establishment for fabrication of their. universal- jy popular ‘machines, adding imme diately thereto additional factory —build- ings ‘that now cover an area of” ten acres, giving employment to between 500 and G00 people, who, with the facilities afforded, turn out.300 s@ving-machines daily, whieh are shipped to all parts of the world. In ad- dition to the above reulty, the Company's purchase included S00 additional lots, on lnany of which houses have been built for the accommodation of thesr workmen. Nor did the Company’s liberality and enterprise stop here. Jt has established a fire depart- it, brought water from the Hyde Park Varks, macadanized streets, and otherwise expended large suns of méney in improving and beautifying the town. 4 Company’s_prineipal offices and salesrooms, located at Nos. 255 and 257 Wabasn avenue, are the most commodious and elegantly fitted up in the West. The White Sewing-Machine. Messrs. H. J. Whitcomb & Son, Jackson street, are the agents in this vi aizech, And were { for the White sewing-inachine. The recep- tion this machine has met from the public is remarkable even in sewing-machine annals. it was first introduced on the market in 1876, and the company are now making 2,000 a week, and are continually pushed by the demand. It certainly -is -a handsome. machine, and | would be, even as an article - of furniture, au ornament to any home... Whab is claimed for this machine outside of its durability and capacity for variety of work is, that it is the simplest, lightest running, and Bn noiseless of any shuttle nachine madeghas the largest-space ynder the arm; eading shuttle, the tension of which usted without removal frem the race; a self-setting needle; a double feed on both sides of the needle; adjustable in all its ‘wearing - parts, and the easiest working treadle—points that make it a general favor- it where known. Messrs, Whitcomb & Son. are also wholesale dealers in sewing-machine attachments, standard machine needles, fine oils, and agents’ supplies of allkinds. ‘Their house is very popular and their trade exten-. sive. Domestic Sewing-Machine. ‘The Chicago house of the ‘ Domestic,” No. 180 State street, is under the management ot J. W. Thompson. Its introduction on’ the market was a new departure from old methods. ‘The ob jest of the makers.wa to see for how little money a machine be made that would do sewing, du&-how per- fect a sewing-machine could be made. ow well they have succeeded the popularity of the “light running” ‘Domestic stant patronage attests. ‘The ben! 1 ing (peculiar to the Do- mestic) gives it prominence in elegance und artistic design, and auds to its otherwise desirability. BELTING & RUBBER GOODS. E. B. Preston, manufacturer and dealer in leather and rub- her belting and rubber goods, 160 State street, began business in 1869 in #ittle store on La Salle street in a small way, and began to work his way up in leather belting. The fire of 18il came on, wiped — him entirely out, and left him stranded— worse off. than nothing; but he was the first tostart again, and had the first stock of belting and rubber goods in Chicago after the great calamity. From that time he has grown rapidly, and now is the largest man- ufacturer and dealer in this line of business in the West, and carries in stock the most complete assortment of belting and rubber goous to be found in any one establishment in this country. Mr, Preston is the Western agent of the well-known houses of J, B. Hoyt & Co., the New York Belting and Packinz Company, the Candee Rubber Shoe Company, the New Jersey Rubber Shoe Company, and many other manufacturers in his line. a jt to Preston’s leather belting factory on Fifth avenue would pay any one. He minninfAghirsy hundreds of miles of belting every year, fle is the only complete manu- facturer of fire department supplies in this country, building rolling stock, brass . goods, hose, ete.; and you can find in every town and city his productions. In all the large manufacturing establishments: in Chicazo and the West will be found his suppliesin helting hose, etc. ‘ Rubber boots, shoes, and_ clothing also are Jobbed ere in theusands of cases. Durme the last severe winter he sold some 20,000 cases Of rubbers alone, and. may truly be counted as headquarters for these goods. His retail rubber store, 160 State’ street, is also the place to find all kinds of rubber goods. it would seem, as a visit there in the past few weeks of rainy weather would prove, as there has been a- perfect rush of people to purchase waterproof garments. Mr. Preston also has a branch establish- meut of the same kind in Minneapolis, Minn., under the style of “ E. B. Preston & Co.,” managed by one of his boys, who has grown up with him since his start in Chicago—Mr. William S, Nott. This branch also has peea 8 great success, and the Northwest are sup: plied from there. z b Jie paid dollar for dollar when due after the great fire, and would take no compro- mhise, and always has since, never asking favors or compromises, We trust he may continue. This is the kind of grit Chicago is made of. The following will be interesting, showing the great houses represented by Mr. Preston: - Hoyt & Co. expect to furnish the leather beltinz for the mammoth sugar: and. glucose refining. building in Chicagu.: The New York Belting Packing Com, any Was the dist tg manufacture cubber belng, aud quire the hides of at k introduced it to the public over thirty yearg ago. From smallsalesat frst, the trade haq grown to suck immense proportions that last: year they manufactured of belting atone, in the diifevent widths, more fan 2,500,000 ree i ength, It is thelr’ aim tt intain the high’ standard of exceltence, hich has hitherto characterized their may ufactures. Belting on exhibition now af American Institute in New York—24, 36, and 48 inehes in width—has. been made for the new elevator of the Girard PoingStorage Co. and is part of their lot of some 6,00) teat weighing in all over 33,000 Ibs, “Lwould re ist 1,000 Oxen to maka up this quantity in leather belts. And for the above companies E. Db. Preston, 163 State street, Chicago, is the Western agent, THE FAIR. i E. J. Lehmann Fatr, : What the “Bon Marche” is to Paris ang Continental Europe “The Fair’? is to Chica. xo and the Northwest. Iu contemplating tha vastness of this comiercial aggregation—og. cupying ten full. building widths on Staty Street, and the entire Adamsstreet front from State to Dearborn street, twelve full wares. house widths—it staggers credulity to recall : that this gigantic success had. its beginning in one snail store, stocked with bankrupg sundries in 1875, only six years ago! Suen a business achievement is without a parelle), and we apprehend was -not possible any: where outside of Chicago, and here only in the hands of « geniuslike Mr. E. J. Lehmann, whose - wonderful. business tact is only equailed by his cemarkable executive ability, What this unparalleled institution may. bg tomorrow no man can tell outside of the pre- siding genius, as almost every day develops something new and unlooked for. At pres. ent there ure over forty distinct depart. mental stores, each one complete in itself, having over 300 salesladies and gentlemen in attendance. ‘here is searcely a novelty, lux. ‘ury, or necessary of life. but can be found in this great emporium. “The Fair” recos. nizes no competition. More goods are sold. there every day than many dealers carry for their entire stock in trade. ‘There is no other place in Chicago where such bargaing may be had,” is the popular. verdict, and tha reason -being, Mr. Lehmann buys at forced sales fur spot cash, having experienced agents continually on the alert for first-class goods thut must be sold; and such goods, once in his possession, are marked away alown. to the smallest possible margin of profit. It is only by a personal visié the citizen or stranger can getan adequate idea of what “Phe Fair” actually offers; and it can be re- lied on emphatically. Astoundingly low ‘as the prices are, the goods are {as represented —the employés being under the strictest in- structions to give the, purchaser the trath about every article offered for sale. All of the stores of *tThe Fair” except the whole- sale departments, forty odd in number, are on the first floor, so there is no weary'climb- ing of stairs or waiting for tardy elevators necessary in trading, but’ buyers can find without:trouble or. moving further’ than. from one department to another_eyery arti- cle of which they have need. We have al- ready slated “The Fair” represents in its divisions, subdivisions, and departments: every class of merchandise that enters into the inereantile life of our retail streets, and. ii nly needful to say there are trading fa- cilities to accommodate over 5,000 purchasers _ nently 2s ted the place vo has not zlready Gone so should fail to visit this prodigious institution, if only for the purpose of sight-seeing, as it_affords Tully as interesting and edifying a sight_as any industrial and art exposition can offer, while presents, in the gotng and. coming of the thousands of patrons, one ot the most animating spectacles to be seen on this cons flnent. SHOW-PRINTING. A Wide-Awake House. Among the leading institutions of our city * is one widély known and highly appre-. ciated, which has had a very powerful infiue ence in directing the public mind to hun- dreds of enterprises which, without its aid, would not have been widely. known and could not have secured success. To itinno small measure that great fact, the Chicago ple have one who. Exposition, annually auiusing and in- structing thousand: could - not have had. such such” a* beneficial interest on the mechanical, agricultural, railroad, and art world, unheraided by its widgex tended power, gre: tic stars, races, trotting matches, ext ious of the grand productive capabilities of our land, ‘notla charitable institutions, lovely retreats from the scorching sunimer suns or nipping north ern frosts as reached by the various railway routes, would have been comparatively un- known to the general public. Of course wa mean the Jolin B. Jeilery Printing House, devoted almost exclusively to the getting’ up. of magnificent. announcements froin the mammoth poster occupying. yards of space to the most delicate ‘circular or card devoted to fashion “or sqciety. Wit of the highest kind, science as’ exemplified in the highest class of dolored and engraved work are constantly..cafled into requisition by John &. Jeiferyto,make Known iy the most attractive manner what has “been go- ing on. From. Northern Canada. to Florida and Georgia, irom the Pacific Slope to the “vexed Bermudas” the productions of this printing-house have had their influence. The proprietor has bet just. returned from Atlanta, Ga,, where ha superintended the advertising of the grand Cotton Exhibition now going on there, and where he was the guest of Director General the Hon. I. J. Kimball and B. W. Wrenn, Master of ‘l'ransportation. The beantifully- colored and large-sized posters . makin! known the merits of this exposition and di recting the tourist how to go there have beet it iss ed. Our own city here on literally covered with these announcemen and. the highly artistie view of the Exposition Building, showing, af it does, bird’s-eye views of Oglethorpe Park Atlanta City, “aud. the Kenesaw and Lost Mountains in the distance, will induce many a tourist to see& the lovely regions of the South during the inclemency of our North: ern Winter, and here again the Jeffery Print ing House proves useful for it is largely en- gaged in printing circulars and posters git ing the excursion rates of the best roads. Taka itaffinall, there is probably not another similar institution in the land which is so ex tensively known and widely useful as tha Jolin B. Jetfery Printing House of 159 Dear born street, Chicago. 5 PRINTING MATERIALS. The Chicago Type Foundry. With a business record of twenty-six year’ standing and a patronage extending to nearly every State im the Union, it would be pre sumption to Suppose we could tell the craft and it is mostly to printers this notice willbe of interest—anything they do not alr know about tne product of the Chicago Ty Foundry, Marder, Luse & Co., proprietors since there is hardly 2 printer in the coup os who is not aware that for symmetry of temper, and finish the type mada by the Chicago ‘Type Foundry are par excellence, and only approached in merit by perhaps one or two founders, and that the other products are on a par withtype. What’, however, will be of general interest is 4 brief recital of the history of the establish ment since the great fire of ten years 2% 3 when it was burned out at a loss of $100) over insurance. 2 fter the fire the company Tr. : Immediatel: sumed business at No, 72 Washington sttee During the occupany they hada force at wot! erecting a new and jarger building on the slt@ of the old, Nos. 19 and 141 Monroe strech their present quarters, and transferred hele business to it May 1, 1872, being the secon@ business building occupied on - street east of the river—Farwell’s being the first. The company now occupies double the Space they did at the time of the fire, besided ” the machine and repair shop at Nu. 249 Sou Canal street. . In 1871 the firm employed 100° hands; they now employ 275.- Since wea. their productions have Increased 300 per cen’ running forty type-casting machines, We. second largest numbér used by any roundry.. in the Wnited States, They were runs! tess than a third of that number in 18th. - Sit.ce the fire a branch house has been: tablishelin San Franciseo, and agencies ae Detroit and Minneapolis. Che business for: the past year has been the largest since, #28: fire. The craft will perceive Messrs. Met. der, Luse & Co. are “the right men in right place.” q : PAPER. Batavia Paper Manufacturing Com: pany. 3h thas been the common remark of forelg™: ers visiting our shores that a marked pect™ iarity of our people was the universality of our newspaper-reading..: Our people, £0: daily experience, recognize the truthfulness, of the assertion, but possioly it has not 0, curred to thenr what an immense ind: has been built-up: from ‘this pravliy of Americans—i. ¢., that of “supplyat the newspaper press jrith the blank papet consumed in the editions, A number of 1 SF 7

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