Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 9, 1881, Page 21

factories or mills for the production of. this gnaterial are located in the West. Probably the largest, as they are the most complete, are the malls of the pater Paper Maru- einring Company, situated on the Fo: fea acbatavia, IM. William At. Van Ore wick, Secretary and Treasurer. “This ‘Com- pany farhishes Tr TRIBUNE With the paper for its immense editions. Everything con- nected with this enterpri 7S mills jg of the most verfect dese! he very _ latest improvements and the finest machinery wtilized in the wanufacture of its paper, whieh has an admitted superiority on_ ac- count of its texture, color, and surface. There are undoubted. ore newspavers in the West using this company’s paper than of any othermake. The selesare very lorge and increasing annually. ee RAILNOADS. Chicago & Weatern Fudinna. The progress of the Chicago & Western In- diana Railroad. during the past year has pec rapid and pronounced. This company was orpunized in June, 1879, for the purpose of affording an entrance into. Chicago to new foads zpproach ready in the city could not aflord the sary accommodations, and were somewhat eluctant to grant any privileges to be used. py new and rival roads. The cost. and difi- culty of building a road into the city was an effectual bar against any one company build-. ing such a road for its own use, therefore ompany accomplished the construction ofits road for the benefit of any and all roads approaching Chicago and’ wishing an entrance tereto. “About December, 1879, the company’s yond was opened from Dalton, il.,to Archer avenue and at that time was used by three companies io Whem the Western Indiana Jeased the rizht of use of its tracks—viz.: Chicago & Eastern. illinois Railroad-Com- pany, Chicago & Grand Trank Railway Com- pany, and the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Qaliway Compan After a considerable de- Jay caused by the action of tbe city opposing the construction of tne road, and also from litigation involved in the ing of inter- secting tracks, the raad was, in December, 1$80, opened to. Tweltth street, and alarge and commodious depot is built for the ac- commodation of the three roads above named—suid companies about that time tak- ing possession of their terminal facitities— the Chicazo & Eastern IWinois moving into the freight-house, 300x5) fe.t, erected for its _use on Fourteenth and Dearborn streets, the Grand ‘Trunk occupying one _imme- diately, north of it of the same dimensions; and the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacilic opening up its freight business in its two large freight-houses, cach 359x69, on Twelfth street and ‘Third avenue. These freight-houses, with freignt-yards, also en- gine-houses and switch-yards outside of the city, Were constructed for the use of the lessees by the Western Indiana Company. » ‘The rger portion of this work was in process of construction one year ago, but was not fully completed until the commence- ment of this year. s During the past year negotiations have deen consummated’ whereby the Western. Indiana will have two adqitional ning into the city-over its tracks within the next nine menths—v the Chicago & At- Jantie Railway (which is being built as a Chicago extension of the Erie Road) will connect with the Western Indiana at the State Jine near Hammond, Ind., to which point the Western Indiana is ~ now extending its line, and will come the main line by way up to of South Chicago. A freight-house 700x00 ected in the city to accomimo- ess that will be brought. tu Chi- cago.by the Erie and its connections. The Louisville, y Albany & Chicago Railway h iso made arrangements for using the Western Indiana’s tracks. A freight-house 300x50 feet will also be erected tor tlie use of this company. - Large and_ convenient en- gine-houses and switeh-yards are “also to be constructed for these companies south of the city. An examination of the mileage o! these two roads will show the immense ter- Titory opened to Chicazge by their connec- ons. Together with its right of way from Dal- ton to Chicago. the Western Indiana has se- cured ‘and built upon a right of way from a junction with its main. line at South Englewood, east to South Chicago, where it Teaches ;the rolling-mills o the Calumet Iron & Stee! Company and the mills of the North Chicago Steel Company, the lumber-yards already there, and the new Jumber district now in course o! construction by the South Chicago Dock Company, which is virtually. controlled by the Western Indiana. This Dock Company has under construction four miles of dock along the west side of the Calumet River. When completed, and they are well in process of completion, will give facilities for a lumber district. tar superior to those tow in use... The docks will be 400 feet deep, have slips 110 feet wide, with a depth of water of sixteen feet.. Each Jumber-yard will have a private railroad track of its own, on which cars can stand while being loaded and then can beimmediately hauled away without having to wait for any one else, as is now the very inconvenient necessity atthe present lumber districts. ~ 5 In addition to the Dock Coipany’s im- provements at South Chicago, the Western Indiana is constructing a ‘+ Belt” road around the city to interséct and connect with all roads centering here. The South Chica- go branch already alluded to formsa part of this * Belt road, So that the expense of com- pleung the necessary remaining line is great- reduced thereby; consequently the rates for service done by the road can and will be lower than if the expenditure were greater. It is intended, however, to have this “ Belt” ~ road complete in every respect, the company -Westem Indiana in * Chicago: Dock Company enterprise, having already secured the right of way for four tracks, two of which are how being laid, from South Chicago westward around the city, and have now reached the intersec tion with the Chicago & Alton Road, and will ba-open for the business of the intersecting roads within a short period, to. South Chica- go and other points or roads within the con- atructed portion of the ** Belt * line. About one hundred acresof land have been purchased at South Englewood for the trans- fer yards of this road, and an engine-house is now being erected in that locality to accom- modate the engines, of the company, which are being built at Pittsburg, and will arrive inashort time, transferring of other com- panies freicht-ears being the only business done by the company on their road, hence the only rolling stock required or owned by ie Western Indiana Belt will be these en- ines. ‘A large transfer house for the transfer of freight from the cars of one road to those of another (where such transfer Is necessary) ‘will be erected at South Englewood, and also agrain transfer house, which will combine the latest improvements in facilitating the transfer of grain. At present the _trans- ferrins of grain from. the cars of Westef toads to those of Eastern raods is done by shoveling the grain from one car to the other. a _prucess. is necessarily slow and expensive. ‘The question of weight and quality of the grain transferred has also” been a vexed question awong shippers. In order to a id these difficulties the Western Indiana will erect a tronsfer house in which tne loaded cars will berun on an elevated track, and by the use of suitable machinery the grain from the elevated cars will-be transferred to the cars situated on the track below, which are to receive it, the grain being weighed at the sane time by passing the grain through hopper scales placed for the purpose. This belt road will greatly enhance the benefits of the new lumber district, as all the intersecting roads can run their cars there ‘by ineans of it. : ~The sum of “money expended by the ‘these - various - enter- Prises already amounts to several millions of dollars for the right of way for the main line and for the purchase of the grounds for the yards of the different lessee, companies andthe different buildings erected for their ‘se, and also the investment in the South which ‘exceeds a half-million. dollars. These im- provements have greatly enhanced the value Of.- property in their. vicinity—more than doubling the value in many instances. - When the Western Indiana is_entirely com- pleted, it is intended to have four tracks on smain line and “belt” road, and to have its belt railway in’ road-bed aud equipment Second to none in the country. Great activi- ty has been shown in the past in pushing the Plans of the Western Indiana Company to completion, and the public can Test assured it will not be lacking in enerzy and en- terprise in the future, and- that it will keep abreast with the needs of the times in devel oping railroad facilities in and about Clu- In leaving with the reader this briefly out- ed pleture of what tbe Western Indiana has already accomplished, is accomplishins, the: almost assured’ completion of its Drojects for the future, may it not be elaimed the Western Indiana has done and will do as ‘Much for the conmercial interests of Chicaro as has been done by any other ruilroad now centering here, or within a reasonable proba- ity any other may do, as seemingly it has forestalled all possible contingencies for ral” Toad: facilities that are ever. likely to arse? Further,; let. it be | borne in “ming, this company -- bought us the city, as the roads al-, oads run-" ‘SHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,''OCTOBER 9, 188I_TWENTY-FOUR_ PAGES. 5 ee 21 every foot of its rizht of way in city, v i Tig! y into the’ cit; ral pot coine in under the impetus of poral ‘able land-grant or liberal bonus of een moneys und lands, but in lieu thereof me path formidable opposition, notwith- ne ine its then promised: and now fully sewenstrated usefulness and need.“ What aes eel will be,” is likely to be the experi- credit of se cements Still it stiads to the thre i estern Indiana that it is doing fe railroad facilities of the city than all tho other Toads combined in its action to provide rand bring all new and competing lines in ou one grand trunk line” to one common nis ness centre, thus affording to Chicago shpping privileges enjoyed by, 10 ‘other’ city HP the world, and this grand result ought to disarm all opposition, Itowever, whatever may be the comuanys tion hereafter, he Tesult is aptly described in Raleigi’s answer to Queen Bess: “It possible it is al- ready done. If impossible it shall be done.”” Chiczzo & Mastern Milnois. The xood fortune that lias attended the Chicago & Eastern Ilinois during .the past year is but a continuance of “the success that Aeaitendes. the intelligent management of s aifairs from the beginning. Let us retro- spect and follow the chain down to the | achievements. When, a little over four years ago, the company: caine into the possession of their road, then known as the Chicazo, Danville & Vincennes Road, theyscame into possession of a short line of dilapidated rail- way and indifferently equipped. Within a yeur the company almost built the road anew, fitting it with steel rails and adding largely: to the rolling stock by new box cars, passe- ger coaches, and tovomotives. Then, fol- Jowed ,aequisition” of the Terre liaute Division, which went through the same process of’ ‘reconstruction and Te- stocking. Next followed the laying of a track tapping the Grape Creek coaltields, seven niles south of Danville, which yield a ‘er to the celebrated y quali- ties, than any ch they areable to place in this market ata very mu lower fizure. Sinee then the company ‘ 21 of this Grape ion to Sidell’s Grove, where a ton will be made with the Danville, Ol- ney & Uhio River Road, favorable terms of rental having been made with that company for the use of Chicago & Eastern Illinois’ tracks to Danville, and an equitable exchange of business. Most important of all, how- ever, to Chicago of the company’s latest ville & Terre Haute Rilway. This, with the prospect of the early completion of the line bridge at Jienderson, Ky., and the new road from Evansville to Henderson, also about completed, will sive tne Chicazo & Eastern Ilinvis Railroad-a through and direct connection to all Southern points without break or interruption. Every busi- ness-man.in Chicago should take down his map and make an inspection of the large area of territory this important railroad con- nection opens up, and the new fields inade available to our merchants and muanufactur- ers, unreachable in a business point of view before, then they may-arrive at a just ception of the achievement. | Lt is wo! mentioning in this connection the Chi excursionists to the Chattanooga reu! held at that place on Sept. 19 ult., the an- niversary of the great battle fought at that. point during the Rebellion, were taken through to their destination direct by the Chieago & Eastern Mlinois Company, being the first train ever run from Chicago to Chattanooga without change, and as indica- tive of whut this route holds out to the Southern tourist, we will repeat so much of apreamble and resolutions as relate to the Chicago & Eastern Lifinois passed by Mii: nois, Michigan, and Missouri members of the * Army of the Cumberland” on their re- turn homeward: Whereas, We have reached the starting- point fgom whence we made ove of tho most pleasuift excursions in which it has been our Jortune to participate, we deem it proper to give sowie expression to the teclings of the Ar- my of the Cumberland of ‘the Northwest us rep- resented in this pa! therefore, be it Hexulved, That thinks ure due and are hereby heartily extended to the officers of tho Chicago & Easterm [Minois Railroad Company for the ample provision made for the comfort of our party, and for the uniforin courtesy and kind- ness extended to us by them and their employés, and especially to Mr. A.S. Dunham, General Passenger Agent; Cupt. W. Hill and Capt. James HH. Murray, General Traveling Agents, for cs- peciul favors ranted. . On and after Nov. 1 the company will issue excursion tickets to Charleston, S.C.,' $2 yannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla.,and New Or- Jeans, La., which will be for. sale at tueir office, No. 101 Clark street, and all of their city offices, as well as other railroad ticket oflices. These tickets will be good to return until June. The company has also made a special rate from Chicago to Atlanta, Ga., to enable parties to visit. the. grand cotton ex- ‘ion; $30 the round trip, good for fifteen days. The Chicago & Eastern Ilinois is making every ‘effort to accommodate the rapidly- growing passenger and freight traffic to and from all Southern points, and will vow, with the present fucilities, undoubtedly lead in the Southern business. .The local facllities of the company for the speedy conduct of this business are of the best character. The freight warehouses are centrally located and is well known, their new modern, and, as and commodious passenger: depot at State and Twelfth streets is accessi- ble by street-cars from all parts of the city and convenient to the business ortion of the city and principal hotels. Whatever an enterprising public may de- mand, of one thing they can rest assured: this enterprising company will not only be equal to the emergency, but, as heretofore, will anticipate the public neea by the com- prehensiveness of its policy and executive ability of its managgpent. : The officers of thy company remain as heretofore by reélection on the 4th inst: President, F. W. Uuidekoper; Secretary, A. S. Dunham; Treasurer, J. C. Calhoun. The worlting officials of the company also re main the same—viz.: 0.5. Lytord, Superin- tendent# Robert Forsyth, Traftic Manager; AS. Dinham, General Passenger Agerit; ‘Allen Cook, Master Mechanic. ‘The -Di- Yectory stands as follows: For one year— F. W. Huidekoper, Chicago; Hi. B. Ham- mond, New York; John N Brockman, New York. . For two vate E E, Chase, New York; Franklin I Story, Boston; EB. Leonard. Springfield, Ill. For three years— George W. Gill, Worcester, Mass.;_ Thomas W. Shannon, New York; J..G. English, Dan- ville, I. These are all reélections with the exception of E. E. Chase, who takes the place of C. E. Stevens, of Boston. CAR-SPRINGS. The Middleton Car-Spring. It is a safe assertion to make, in no other department of human handicraft has there been such a complete revolution asin the construction of railroad carriages, whether passenger or freight. The railroad car of to- day is only in semblance the car of twenty years ago. So slow has been this transfor- qwation that only railroad men are aware of its extent and the immense outlay of time and = mon that has been entailed upon the yarious railrond lines of the coun- uy in arriving at the present stage of im- provement, for, as a general thing, each cor- poration has had to resolve itself into a test- ing committee, at its own expense, to prove suine of the innumeraole devices that have been offered to inect the wants and overcome difficulties that constituted a “continual harassment t> railroad traffic, and of which only 2 very’. few have have approximately reached the necessities of the ca: One of the greatest besetments inthis direction was. undoubtedly the car- spring, a part to which could be directly traced the largest depreciation of rolling stock: as, if the spring was constructed with siiflicient rigidity to meet-the necessities of a Joaded car, it . lacked the flexibility required for. a _ partially loaded or empty one;and if possessed of the latter requisit it failed in the former, and so the depreciation went on. To reach this great yailrozd want the inventive genius of Aimer jea was turned and taxed to its utmost ten- sion, Hundreds of devices, how many only the archives of- the Patent-Oflice can tell, were put forth, only to be consigne to the limbo of eternal oblivion. A few partially succeeded, but it was not until” =a. happy inspiration suggested the Middleton combined spiral car spring, that the extremes and golden of a perfect car spring was attained. mple and noyel device, cont ining the of strength and durability as well, cozsists of a combination of long and short double spirals, one within .the other, and so arranged that when the ear is empty the in- je spiral is inoperal ve, and when the car 's foaded.the inside spiral comes into sery- i raventing the spring from closing, this equalizing the carrying capacity with le to light and Jaden cars, without een ‘much rigidity for an empty car. These essentials in a car-spring are so well understood that the popularity of the Middle- ton spring has ‘so increased with railroad managers that the capacity of the factory has heen severely tested to supply tne demand from’ - the new and | extending railroad jines of .the West. The home office ‘and factory,-which is conducted under the swell the magnitude and increass. achievements is the acquisition of the Evans- | firm name of N. & A. Middleton & Co., lim- ited, is located at Philadelphia, Pa., but the business in the West having grown to’ such proportions it necessitated the location of a ranch house in this city, which was estab- lished by Mr. William J. Watson, its present eflicient manager znd one of the firm, in 18¢3, and is at present located at No. 142 Dearborn street. “So successful has been the Chieaeo branch, and it maybe legitimately consid- ered a Chicago’ enterprise, of which Mr. Watson is warratitably” proud, that it has how almost outgrown the parent house, Perhaps the best. evidence of the truth of this tion, as_wellas the merits of this superior spring for railroad uses, is shown by the fact that over 14,000 cars have been equiped with them from the Chicago house alone during the last twelvemonth in’ the West, and the business of the Chicago house alone during that time has aggregated about ahalfa million dollars. Every year since it. establishment there ling been a very pers ceptible increase in its trade, which shows- two things, i. e., judicious management and awise forecast which recognized Chicago ‘as the second great commercial centre of the country. i STEAM APPARATUS. Baragwanath’s Steam Jacket Heater, Anew Industry has within the last five years come into notice in Chicago. Barag- wanath & Pim, of the Pacific Boiler Works, on West: Quincy ‘street. have introduced what lias proved to be the most perfect and satisfactory feed water heater ever invented. Eastern manufacturers have," until this re- markable heater.came into use, enjoyed_ the monopoly; but today, as was stated cent editorial of one of our large dailies, the West can produce a better heater than was ever known in the East, or anywhere else, and that with a saving ‘of 40. per cent upon the first cost of the heater. * as an in- dication of the ue placed upon the pro- ductions of the Pacific Boiler Works we find that all the Jargest steam engine firms in the country use and recommend them, and we are informed that the agents of the boiler in- surance companies do -strongly recommend the heater as the best guarantee against boiler repairs, Another of its merits, besides that of saving in aust steam and putify- Ing water, there is a -large saving in fuel, and even — this+ is — estimated to twice pay for the heater per ann. Thus Baragwanath & Pim are benefiting the public by producing for their use their patent “steam jacket” heaterand purifier, and their trade, which now includes all parts of the United States and Canada as well as Mexico, is rapidly increasing. The largest business is done, perhaps, among the great manufact- uring centres of the West, but the East is sending to the West as never before, and the company report that they are now making a 1,000-horse-power heater for the Edison Elee- tric Mluminating Company of New. York. Smith, Vaite & Co., manufacturers of steam punips, with factory at Dayton, O., started a branch in Chicago in 1877 with simply desk-room. ‘hey soon found it necessary to keep u stock here, and opened a store at 24 West Lake street. The business has so increased that they are sup- plying puinps for water-tanks to ten rail- roads from the Chicago office. They putin a pump at Joliet Rolling-Mills that supplies 1,750,000 gallons of water daily, and have orders for two more for same mills, The firm employ 300 men at their factory, and have just, erected a new building with a floorage of 20,000 square feet. Contracts for water-works for three large cities are now on hand. The general agent, Mr. M. M. Moore, is a gentleman of great energy and executive ability. Peter Devine. Among the pioneer boilermakers of Chi- cago. who have withstood the great “ fire” and panic Mr. P. Devine, No. 387 South Canal street, stands almost alone. Starting business in 1854;-he has been at his post ever since, and now has owe of the largest boiler- works in tp West, employe seventy-five workmen, and with work, for more. Dur- ing his twenty-seven years Mr. Devine has sent his boilers all over the country, and in all instances they have attested the good workmanship of his establishment. “At the date of the fire he had a factory on which he carried $10,000 insurance, of which he collected just $250; hence it has been, his energy supplemented by his honorable deal- ing and good work that has placed bis busi- ness on its present foundation. G MACHINERY, ETC. Je A. Fay & Cory manufacturers of wood-working machinery, established their manufactory at Cincinnati in 1858. ‘he great. improveinents in labor- saving machinery and the growing demand for their goods led.them to enlarge and per- fect their plant until they now have the largest manufactory of wood-working ma- nery inthe world, employing about 350 worknen. ‘They have agencies at, London, Hamburg, Australia, and San Francisco, and branch houses at Chicago and St/ Louis, After the great fire the house here was not reéstablished. till May, 1877, - And they were exceeding fortunate in_ securing the services “of J. A. Roche, a practical . and. experienced machinist, an affable, energetic, and.::successful business man, as manager. And 1 royal- ly has he justified their choice. Backed by the large capita! and unlimited credit of the firm, and controlling. the exclusive sale of their wood-working machinery in Chicago and the territory tributary to it, and com- Dining with this outfit a very large stock of steam engines, steam pumps, and machin- ists’ tools from the Jeading manufacturers of the country, he has made the Chicago house a leading factor in its line, creating a trade of $500,000 a year. His unfilled orders attest the great popularity of the house. W. McGregor, & Co. ‘The machinery business, like every other in- dustry, is having a “boom.” This firm of machinists, at Nos. 53 and 55 South Clinton street, one of the few that have survived the ups and downs of the business, is not an ex- ception to the remark. Beginning business in 1867, without other capital than skill, selt- reliance, and integrity, Mr. MeGregor may be considered the pioneer of his trade, and has the honor of being one of the largest steam-engine, boiler, and machinery build- ers in the country. The firm employs sixty- five skitled workmen, and has a trade that extends all over the West. Mr. McGregor has an unsullied reputation in business, and Mr. P. ‘Terwilliger, who was admitted to the firm in 1873, is a gentleman of the highest standing. Wm. Haythorn & Co. : This is one of the old, reliable firms en- gaged in steam-fitting and handling steain- engines, machinery, etc., one of the few now in business that survived the fire. Mr. Uay- thorn commenced the business in 1867. The “big fire? left him nothing—but debt and perseverance. Nov, after ten years of ear- nest work, he, with his partners, have. the satisfaction of being the possessors of a suc- cessful business. ‘The reputation: of this house, No.13 South Canal street, for first- class stock is second to none, and its patron- age is increasing yearly, It isa pleasure to record the career of such men. S.G, Wileox & Co, This firm is located at No, 24 South Canal street, and have the largest business in sec- ond-hand machinery, engines, builers, ete., the city. ‘Chrough Jong experience, they are perfectly familiar with every detail of the business. Ih looking over their large stock one would hardly suspect it to be second- hand, but would take it to be newly made, and it is nbout as good as new, so carefully is it repaired and put in order before offered for sale. The firm have a, reputation for honesty and fair dealing everywhere that commands respect. . Mr. 5. G. Wilcox,.the lend ot the firm, is a thorough business-man, and gives his personal attention, to the man- agement of the business. : Jas. 3. Peoples & Co. are large dealers in wood and ‘iron working machinery, engines, boilers, ete., located at 25 South Canal street. Mr. Péoples, a prac- tical engineer and inventor, was for five years connected with another house previous to starting the business of his present firm, three yeats ago. ‘The business of the firm, although already large, is constantly iucreas- ing. - As an idea of the appreciation at home of their guods we mention the Chicago Roll- ing-MiI purchased six engines of the firm, and N. K. Fairbank & Co. tive others. BARBED-WIRE FENCING, “Thorn Wire Hedge Company. Barbed-wire fencug has become one of the staple lines of commercial importance. ‘There probably was never -in the history of this country so large a+ demand created for any one article in so sho! time. The Thorn Wire Hedge Vompany, who manufacture what is kpown as the Kelly wire, have during the past:year completed their new factory, Nos. 15,17, 19, and 21 North Clinton street. and are running night and day — <=> in order to fill the demand for this popular wire. s ‘Their new premises affords over 60,000 square feet of floor room, and is in all re- spects a model manufactory, * i Sherman & Marsh, ‘Yhe firm of Sherman & Marsh began the manufacture of barbed-wire fencing four years a0, fighting through all’ the patent- right fights. Beginning in asmall way, thoy are now probably the Jargest manufacturers, with one exception, iu the world. ‘Their product and sales amount to about 40,000 pounds daily. ‘The factory is at Grand Cross- ing, and employs seventy nen.” There are few instances, if anys in the remarkable business growth of Chicago where two men have built up in so short 2 time a business of such proportions, and probably no place outside of Chicago where it conld have been. doue. ‘Phe secret of this ‘success lies un- doubtedly in the fact that the goods are made of the best steel wire as represented, and in rie “push” and ‘business capacity of the iri. POWDER. HE. I. Dupont, De Nemours & Co. To the average citizen in the contempla- tion of the specialties of commerce the-item of powder would be lost sight of, and yet there are thousands of tons manufactured in the United States every year, and hundreds of tons purchased and shipped from Chicago annually. ‘Che most tamed powder makers the country are 3 . E. L Dupont, D: Nemours & Co., of Willington, gi iills have been located on the Bran River since 1802, From sire to son tinguished family have been pow to the Government, and tor the same. tine they have been the devendence of the sports- man, the miner, the quarryman, and the en- gineer, Theirs has 1 the s jard of ¢: cellence by which all other makers are tried. Nor is their fame confined to this country; other nations have been and. are their Hberal patrons. ‘Pheir enterprise has led them to meet the wants of peoples, therefore their product embraces all grades from the finest sporting to the heaviest blasting or mining grades. ‘They have been fittingly represented in Chieago since # a trading post. At the tume of the *‘great tire” their Western office was on South, Water street. They re- built temporarily immediately after on the Lake-Front, from whence they moved t 7 State street, and subsequently, moved up-town, to their present quarters, No. 71 Wabash avenuc. The Western. agency has been for the past ten years under the superintendency of J.J. Whitehouse, Esa., whose efiicie has largely tended to the immense bu: le at this point, the larger part of which is done in car-load lots. ‘The Chisago magazine of the company, located at Brighton Park, is an edifice 50x108 feet, situated in @ te! inclusure, con- nected by a: side track With the railroads in that vicinity, thus atfording them unusual shipping facilities und adequate to their lead- ing trade. coOAL. E, L. Hedstrom & Co. One of the principal items of the’conimerce of Chi o is her coal trade, amounting to over ge million (3,000,000) tons aunually. This imffense traffic is conducted by a few heavy firms, and among the most noted is thatof E. L. Hedstrom & Co., with their prin- cipal office at No. 93 Dearborn street. ‘Th firnvhas been actively engaged in the trade in Chicago and Butfato for twenty Pate be- ing established since 1861, Mr. A. 13. Meeker is a member of this firm. anthracite coal, and are ware, Lackawanna & Wi pany’s coal, St. Paul, Peo gencies at Duluth, ne. Mr, Meeker is one of ‘the principal owners of the \ ington, dent of IL, coal mines, and is Pr he Eureka Coal Company, which a member of the Wilmington sociation, Mr. HL, Pratt, of the , being a.meinber of the Board of Man- agers of the association. The hard-coal bu ness of Messrs. Hetlstrom & Co. is done al most entirely with dealers, although they also supply some of the large manufacturing establishments and railways. ‘he volume ot the annual business of the firm ean readily be perceived is very large, amounting to many hundred thousand tons, undoubtedly surpassing that of.any other operators, FINE-INSURANCE. 5 Springfield Fire & Marlne Insurance Company. _ 'Phis stanch and_reliable insurance com- pany has been. before: the- public for thirty \years. The history of its progress and pros- perity reads like a novel. It wag organized in 1849 with a cash capital o£ $150,000, which at that time was'a handsome basis for a com- pany to start upon. Five years after, the eapital remaining the same, the company’s progress in business enabled it to make the following creditable showing: vis, $303,- 525 premium receipts, S157, come, $201,716; disbursements, years later, in 1860, the business of the com- y growing proportionately, the capital y ised to $200,000, in 1864 to 3300,00), and. in 1866. to $500,000. From 1860 to 1870 the financial strength of -the company about doubled. 1n_ 1376 the capital was again st official show- St, aiforded the 1000,000; assets, disbursements, increased to $750,000. 36 surplus over all, except c: This reeord indicat he kind of company the Springfield is. of late years it has taken its greatest strides in the march of progr doubling its capital, assets, and usiness: Whereby it ranks as one of the fore- most of onc American companies. ‘The business of the Springfield has always been conducted on a basis of integrity and liber- ality, and the management of its oflicers bus always been cautious and conservative. ‘fhe head otlice being in a small city, where o danger from large fires, it. limits s inall other cities. to a point of p ‘The company is noted for pi in full. ‘he in- 1d in the West are under the able supervision of A. J. Harding, Esq., who has charge of what is known. as the Western Department, which embraces the territory of the entire West, where the progress of the company has been marked and its record most satisfactory. Liverpool & London & Globe. This eminent insurance company Is sta- bility itself. Throughout the civilized world itis known for its safe and careful business methods. ‘The law of its organization makes every stockholder’s Jiability unlimited. ‘This company paid over $4,500,000. cash Tor losses incurred ii the great fires of Chicago and Boston without deducting interest. The last statement of the. company for the United States branch shows: ‘Total cash assets in the United States, $4,163,434.16; tot i ties, including reinsurance, | $2, vhich Ieaves a net surplus of $1,810, ‘a ‘ome of Chicago’s wealthiest and inust in- duential ts constitute its local Board of Directors. ‘hey are John Crerar, of Crerar & Adams, L, Z. Leiter, and George Armour, of Armour, Dole & Co. Willian Warren, Esq., the resident Secretary, has been con- nected with the company over a quarter of a century. No company has a better record for prompt payment of losses, and its sol- yeney is ‘gilt-edged.” Chicago office, No. 124 La Salle street. ‘The ‘fraders? Insurance Company. Reorganized in April, 1872, with $500,000 cash expital, and in same year paid $75,000 in the great Boston fire and about-$85,000 in the fires of July, 1874, in this city. Notwith- standing losses, low rates, and sharp compe- tition, the ‘T'raders’ July statement foots up $1,005,517.41, with a net surplus of $274,510,- holders have received regular quarterly dividends. Tne Firemen?s Insurance Company, organized in 1876, confines its. business to Chicago. 1t is growmg at the rate of a thou- sand new risks ‘a year, mostly on dwelliy- house property, and, by its prompt settle inents and liberal dealings, is rapidly becom- ing as populur as the old’ Firemen’s” (with which its manager, S. P. Waller, so long identified). ‘The office of the Firemen’s is Nos. 168 and 171 La Salle street. i ©. WS, Barrett, i Fire-Insurance Agent, 120 La Salle street, representing nearly $7,000,000, las been in the local business eighteen years, and, from the fact of his retaining the agency of one company during that time and several others since 187, and the fact of his increaing-busi- ness each year, are evidences of his close attention to business and his satisfactory manner of treatinent to his. patrons.. He ca- ters for the interest of, non-residents having property to insure in Chicago. OTHER LARGE INTERESTS. Lithography. ‘ This interest in Chicago ‘was literally “wiped out” by the great fire. The first firm to start’ again anow in this line was Shober & Carqueville, now located at 119 Monroe street, and they have kept ahead of all rivils ever since, building up during the ten years past a tremendous . business, . and being now the: leading lithographers of the West. Only practical men of thorough schooling as they are could. attain such re- sults. The firm now-employ about 150artists, printers, etc. Thirty steam ana hand presses of the most approved makeand large number of miscellaneous machines are in operation day and night turning out all the various kinds of lithosraphs.” They receive orders from all parts of the United Sta Canada, and even from Europe, the superiority of their work having carned for them a world- wide reputation: It may at this time wall be mentioned that. when during the political canpaign of 1ssQalmost every lithographerin the country got out a picture of James A, Garfield, our latuented martyr President addressed the Shober & Carqueville Litho- gravhing Company, requesting them te send. him a few of his portraits made by them, as he considered them the best of all. ‘The Shober & Carqueyille Lithographing Com- pany represent the. true type of Chicago en- industry, and pluck, and their show- ins present the. surprising degree of per: fection to which, in their skillful hands, the lithographing art has attained. Souse-2Lovimsz. As has been so often demonstrated by the builders which. raised Chicago from the ashes, and gave it that supremacy as a city of almost miraculous growth, she has always been foremost in great mechanical triumphs, for her mechanics have had te accomplish more in Jess time than ever done in any city before, Twenty years ago the firm of Hol- lingsworth & Coughlin’ undertook to raise and move farge brick and stone buildings, and it was spoken of by the press at large as one of the wonders of “ wonderful Chicago,” that bloc! of. buildings were raised from their ~ foundations and moved many — fe without -disturbmg — the the business of the occupants, Since then every appliance and facility has been brought into use to enable this firm to do the work wore economically und easily, and today their arrangements are so complete that they could raise and move the new Custom-llouse or Court. louse as readily smaller struct- ure. “Their fame is not confined to Chicago, but to the country at large, and even to Europe it has spread, and they are accepted as.the veterans, as well as the pioncers, of this remarkable industry. The oftice of the firm 15 located at 210 La Salle street, where estimates and general information is cheer- fully given upon application. Van Schuack, Stevenson & Co., favorably known by the entire wholesale drug trade of the Northwest as “The Old Salamander Drug House,” haye, with the vicissitudes of several fires, always paid 100 cents on the dollar. Some fifteen years ago they boldly struck out with the determina- tion of conducting their own business and discarding all traveling agents on the road. ‘They are today a shining example of success and independence in this line, without a . Ib was a bold stroke, but strict, in- c -y, sagacity, capital, and the determina- tion to handle only the best goods obtainable have made u positive and decided success of whatinany prophesied would be a failure. Only a firm with a reputation for honorable dealing and uniform fair treatment. of their. customers can doa successful jobbing busi- ness nowadays without the aid _of travelers, and wecongtatulate Messrs. Van Schaack, Stevenson & Co. upon the. greap success which has crowned their efforts. ‘They are also the duly aceredited agents of most of the reliable’ proprietary medicines of the day. Western Bank Note and Engraving Company. é ‘This institution, situated on the corner of Clark and Lake streets, with Messrs. C. C. Cheney:and G. A. Chapman in its manage- ment, is one that Chicagoans may well feel a local pride in, as its work is not excelled by any other establishment. When the fire came the company suffered the conimon fate, losing everything. Today they arein pos- session of a finer establishment, and do- ing a highly flattering business. ‘The company has been organized since 1864, and has devoted. its energies to what is termed commercial engraving, for banks, manufacturers, merchants, railways, etc. orders is done and finished in the establish- ment, having itsown bindery, The company have an amnle and selected corps of en- ray transferers, and printers in the two branches of their their business, steel-plate and lithographic work, and their samples show their patrons are drawn from the en* tire Western country, reaching even to Cal- ifornia anc from the Southern States. Caldwells Conveyor. One of the most ingenious and useful de~ vices that has been developed in the manu- facturing business of Chiengo during the past ten years is the ‘* Caldwell Conveyor,” manu- factured by the inventor, Hi. W, Caldwell, a thorough business-man, No. 46 South Canal street. Altho’ originally intended for the removal of grain it has-been otherwise util- ized. ‘The Chicago City Railway,-in the con- struction of its cable line, employs a number of them to transport stone, cement, sand, and gravel, instead of using teams and wag- ons. N. ‘atirbank & Co. use one at their large works to convey shavings (a distance Ob SS feat), to fire eight boilers. It is. pro- nounced the best. conveyor made for all pur- poses to which conveyors can possibly be ap- plied. Its manufacture has become a lead- ing Chicago industry. Aichardson Bros., manufacturers of tinware, supply some of the oldest and largest hardware houses in the city, and also4n extensive country trade. ‘Their progress in.seven years has been re- murkable, even for Chicago, having out- grown their present quariers, and being Overrun with orders all the time. Their re- vently-purchased extensive outfit of im- proved machi: nd ample room which they are seeking will give Urem unsurpassed facilities for manufacturing, and enable them to greatly enlarge the circle of their trade. They are young men_of great activ- ity and energy, with a livey faith in the fut- ure, and are good representatives of the class of business-inen who have made Chi- cago the most widegwake and prosperous city on the continent. Integrity, industry, enterprise, and fair dealing are the pledges of their success. Wire Matressmakers. Among the improvements introduced in modern times in the line of house-furnishing goods the wire mattress is undoubtedly the most important. Among the manufacturers of tnis article is the firm of Ames & Frost, office Nos. 43 and 45 Sauth Desplaines street. ‘The firm began business right after the “fire” ina small way. Now, after encoun- tering many obstacles, including those inci dent to new inventions, infringements, whic! carried them into the courts to defend their rights, they, controlling twenty-one patents, ure at the head of perhaps the largest tac- tory of the kind in the country, employing froin fifty to seventy-five men, besides twen- tv traveling salesmen. ‘Their trade extends from New England to California, and their sales, running from 5,090 to 10,000 mattresses a month, go tar towards substantiating their claim of making the best in the market, Chapin & Gore. The reputation of this leading liquor house is like good ojd wine—it needs no “bush.” Wherever the firm’s name attaches to goods there is something to be depended upon. The specialty of the firm is pure sour-wash whis- keys—tiie best made, and pure wines import- ed through their French house, No. 2 Boul- evard Haussman, Paris. The firm established Dusiness in 1866, went down with the rest in the great holocaust of 1871, and was among the first. to. recommence business in the burned district.. The principal house is at Nos. aud 75 Monroe street, and branch Stores at Nos. 47 and 121 Clark, No. %3 South JIalsted, and’ No. 152 Twenty-second streets. ‘They lave also an extensive branch at Nos. 30 and 32 North Mlinois street, Indianapolis, Ind. WM. Kinsley | has since 1865 represented the catering talent of Chicago. His reputation in the’ restau- rant and catering business has been estab- lished for many years, and his .name is well- known both in and out of Chicago as a leader in his line. ‘She lunch-room for business- men at 66 Washington street, established three years ago, is one of his great successes. "The café. in the Grannis Building, entrance in Galhoun place and through froin Wash- ington street, opened last May, is already popular. with that class of, gentlemen, who_ desire excellent service. The ladies’ and geutlemen’s restaurant on the second floor of & Washington street, opened to the public nearly four years sineé has become attractive to our best people. Recent improvements in, the facilities for. the preparation of oysters’ and sea food make Mr, Kinsley's establish- mentascomplete as any in the United States. ‘Toys and. Faucy Goods. Schweitzer & Beer's ‘grand house of toys ‘and fancy goods was established in 1967; was - bummed ont in ‘the‘big fire; resumed imme- diately-after on’ Madisou street, ‘near Union Every process inthe manufacturing of their | so -tinet -plant. costing over SU Park, remaining until the: following spring; transferred to State street; from thence, about. three years ago,’-totthe present quar- ters, No. 111 State street. The entire build- ing is ocenpied by the firm, the five floors and basement being a° necessity to this largest aggregation of “toys and ' fancy goods in America, ‘The house has just opened 2 magnificent’ line of “Christmas and holiday goods, , the finest ever _im- ported to this.gontinent. The name of Schweitzer & Beer isa household word in the best families, and their trade this year will no doubt exc that of any previous year in the history of their successful busi- ness carcer. Bh . Plumbing. The material handled in the plumbing and gas-litting interest in Chicago is one of the heaviest items of the city’s commerce. Mr. E Bageot, who has been established in this branch of trade for over a quarter of a cen- tury, has maintained the preéminence dur- ing that period. At the time of the fire he was occupying in’ his business the double- store building, Nos. 163 and 105 Lake street, and there met the common fate. ‘Ten days afterwards he resumed at No. 79 South Hal- sted street, remaining at that number three months,. then tie transferred his: business to No. 132 Fifth avenue, where he is now located. _ Finding his new store in 187 eneroached upon by his rapidly increasing business, he enlarged the same by building through to’ No. 195 Madison. street. Since then, from the same cause, he has been com- pelled from time to tine to enlarge his pren ises, and has just recently added two stori to the original store. “Iis plumbing depart- inent is very extensive. and in the line of gas-fixtures it is conceded he carries the largest and finest stock in Chicago, and his trade extends throughout the Northwest. : Printing Inks. As to printing inks, increasing trade three years ago compelled our old friends Charles Eneu, Johnson & Co., proprietors of the oldest printing ink works in -America, (es- tablished in hilatelpiis In 1801).to open a branch in Chicago at No. 40 La Salle street. Here they bring all goods, from news inks to the finest carmine, in bulk, repack them in Kegs, cans, or jars in quantities‘s ordered, enabling the printer to always depend on fresh, seasonable inks or varnishes.. All the ink used on Toe TumuNe is made by this house as is that of every daily paper, with one exception, in Chicago. No maker could sould ask for or have a stronger indorse- ment. ] i Cloaks. : J. W. Griswold & Co. are the largest wholesale cloak house the West, and the oldest but one in thiS country, having been _in the business. since 18H. Burnt out in 1871, in a few days after paying 100 cents on the dollar, they were soon ina shanty on the Lake-Front supplying their customers, ‘Their trade. has so increased that, though they have unusual facilities for manufaeturing, and employ hundreds of cloakmakers, they are overrun with orders. Long experience, thorough knowledge of the wants of the trade, skill in selecting their material, which they buy for cash in large quantities of the manufacturers, enable them to make and sell their goods at very low prices. Eurs. ‘That the: furrier’s art has the highest ex- emplification in the work of M. J. F. Periolat &Co., Nos. 163 and 165 Wabash avenue, is unquestioned in Chicago. What may not be so generally known, however, is that not- withstanding this house make - everything upon honer and in the highest style of the art, there is nothing in the fur line yi not get a: eup as at any other hou: city. It will pay any one to visit this exten- sive establishment before pt when they will realize the truth of this assertion. Carriage-Bullders. W. Sherman, Nos. 225 to 242 Frank- a L lin street, is successor to Jarrett & Sherman, ° immediate successors of,Coan & ‘Ten Broeke, the famous carriage-builders, whose reputa- tion he fully maintains. Sherman’s specialties include omnibuses, of which he is the only builder in Chicas manship will compare favorably with the best in the world), spring buggies, Concord buggies, express-Wagons, ete. He is also the only builder of the celebrated’ Buchanan’s patent park or street sprinklers. Everything turned out by Mr. Sherman is. made upon honor. Military-and Society Goods. ‘The growling interest in the Northwest in inilitary organizations, the location of most of the regular army officers in this district, and the great progress of secret societies itr the last few years, has rendered possible the establishment in Chicago of-an_insti- tution for the manufacture of military and society goods specially. ‘This Messrs, G. FP. Foster, Sou & Co., 23 Washington street, have done upon a scale commensurate with the demands of the trade, manufacturing all the different kinds of goods in their own giouse. ‘They also manufacture fringes. cords, and tasseis for. dress trimmings and the furniture trade, and import gold and sil- ver trimming. In fact: they are: first hands fur all the different goods they handle and siete extensive trade is ample proof of that ‘act. % The Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Company. ‘This company, at Nos. 88 and 40 West Monroe street, manufactures rawhide belt- ing, lacing, rope, ete., under the Krueser patent, 2 peculiar process, retaining ‘the life and strength of the hide, and producing what imill-owners and engineers consider the ne plus ultra of belting, owing to its lasting and power-producing qualities, The company, began business about three years azo, with one man, nud now employs forty. ‘This tells the story of its superiority. . Seods. Perhaps no branch of business in this city has grown more rapidly than the seed trade, and one of the largest and most reputable houses in this line is the firm of I. W. Bu- chanan & Co., located at Nos. 137 and 189 Kin- zie street. ‘This is strictly 2 wholesale house, and its trade extends throughout the United States, and is constantly increasing in voly ume, DISTILLED SPIRITS. The Empire Distilling Company. The manufacture of distilled spirits is a yery large and important interest in which Chicago ranks third, and would hold the first place if the revenue had always been honestly collected. But wlien the Govern- ment tax was $2 gallon distillers from Cin- cinnati and other places sold their whiskies here for $1.25 a gallon, though they paid eight cents more a bushel for the grain it was made of, and got three cents a head less for feeding eattle than Chicago distillers—a pretty strong proof of crookedness sume where. Formerly our distillers made high- wines almost entirely, which were sent to Cincinnati and other cities to be rectified. ‘And there was a large class of middle-nen Who did this work. Now this is all changed. Our _distiliers “finish their goods, and the middle-men and rectifiers have disappeared. Alcohol is used largely in manufactures. Its use is curtailed, however, by the high taxof 9 cents.a gallon, as manufacturers and druggists substitute other materials, cheaper, but not as good, In its place. Were the tax ‘reduced*to 50.cents the Government would receive more money, because the revenue on neatly the whole product would be collected and the manufacture be greatly increased. ‘The export of alcohol is simply the export of corn and other grain, with the freight reduced from sixty to nineteen pounds per bushel and. creating a market for 40,000,000 bushels of corn which otherwise would notexist. - Such facts show the valne of this interest to Western.farmers, Qne of the largest distilling houses in Chicago is Toeated at Seymour and Kinziestreets, in the West Division. ‘The plant is some fifteen years old, Dut was ‘reorganized some Six years ago, under the name of the Empire Dis- tilling Company, by Mr. P. . Hice, Presi- dent of. the company, who has made it the tnost unique distillery In the United States. It has a capacity for using 2,300 bushels of grain and making 200 barrels of whis y, the Government taxon which would be $3,000 daily. le has. devised’a new process for making chemically-pure alcohol, 190 degrees proof, by direct distillation from the mash, Pad bis is the only distillery in the United States that makes f fon ‘After the first distillation it is rectified and reduced to 100 degrces proof by distilled water, then distilled the second time wand rectified, and then distilled the third time, that ‘the product gues through three dis- distillations chelate ie a -fnlsnet . - Rice has ‘been’ . a = ae to - get the latest improved devices, to gratify 2 Jandable ambidone ki 7 ure uct, 0 making a perfeetly p 000. ie reining stil! cost $25,000, and will refine arrels in twenty-four hours, We noticed a series of circular iron tanks ones eevee Lar the Jast - rectitying. cleans —i -which charcoal is packed so tightly that.-it Teouites a forcing-nump of 230 pounds press; alcohol ina single distilla- | ure to’ the square'inch to force the li through it before it. goes through the third and list distillation. .'The proprietors of -the~ Empire Distilling Company deserve great eredit for their ingenuity and enterprise in transforming’ an ordinary “distillery, | cou structed on the usual plan, into their present novel and complete establishment. ‘They havq succeeded in making i perfectly pure alco- hol, by a simple pracess, direct from the fer- menting-tub, when all ‘others have failed; - and their finished goods are noted for their sinsular purity and excellence. ‘They make a specialty of their fine cologne spirits, their highest style of finished goods—absolutely pure and odorless—which are the ‘finest:in the world, and are largely used by the trade in fortitying wines, and blending with bran- dies and other whiskies, and by druggists and perfumers in the preparation of ,medi- cines and in making delicate articles for the: - toilet. ‘Their whiskies are in great demand for medicinal purposes, and: thelr brandies and. gins, of which they make large quantities, are perfect. Ordinary whisky kept in wood- en vessels improves. by age, the fusil’oil and ethers evaporating in the course of eizht or ten years. But, by the new process, their whiskies, when firs made, are as pure as the oldest brands, and do not require the mellow- ing touch of age to make them perfect. So great is the popularity of their goods that esthetic Boston and Puritan Now England are their best customers. They have a large trade in Philadelphia, Louisville, Toledo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, and in fact in’ almost every town of importance in the Northwest, and supply a large number of the best dealers and druggists in this city. The Imperial Distillery of Henry H. Shufeldt & Co., ~ the largest distillers from grain in. this country, originated in 1857. Their distillery and warehouse at Chicago avenue bridge and. their rectifying house and offices at 54 and 56 South Water street, were all sweptawayin | the great October fire of 1871. They rebuilé « their distillery on the old, site, of a daily capacity of 600 bushels—which they haye since inereased to 3,500 bushels a day—or over two and a quarter millions of bushels of grain in a year, lo supply the Immense de- mand for their goods. Their rectifying house and oftices are now at the corner of Market and Adams streets. = 3 ‘They manufacture, beside raisin branaies, single and double stamped bourbons, ryes, alcohols, and spirits, impertal. gins, by the Holland process, distille from’ rye spirits and Italian juniper—a superior article, equal to the best Imported Holland gin, at half its “*.. cost. They also make double stamp rye, and - sour-mash Bourbon of the finest quality, formerly made only in Kentucky and Penn- syivanla, ‘Their long experience in the bust- ness and thorough knowledge of the Jawa controlling the manufacture of spirita enable them to produce . the different brands of the very best quatity. Their brandies are exceedingly popular, and their imperial gins have been in use. twenty years, the sales of which lust year were 143,783 gallons—nearly three times as much as the quantity of any one brand of Holland gin imported into the United States during that year. Last year their sales of double- stamp rye whisky—the second year of their introduction—were 163,610 gallons, and their sales of sour-mash Bourbon—the first year of their intreduction—were 44.520 _ gallons. They sold of a single brand of their double- stamp whiskies during the three years - ending Dec. 31,° 1880, 39,586 patrols or 1,731,270 gallons! ‘And they hav now in one warehouse over 25,000 barrels of various brands ready for the mar- ket, being more than is contained in any one-warehouse in the world. The magni tude of this business may, perhaps, be best comprehended from the statement that their distillery and bonded warehouses alone, solidly built, xt the present time cover five aeres of ground. In 1880 they manufactured 58,915 packages of goods, on which they paid. Government taxes to the amount of $2,201,- Gi! ‘They paid in one month taxes to the amount of $244,000, or $9,385 for each. work- ing day, which is equal to $1945 for each Government minute. In 1880 their gross sales amounted to over $3,500,060, and this year they will reach nearly if not quite $4,000,000! This is a magnificent showing, even tor Chicago. 16 seems. almost incredible that a manufacture and trade of such vast proportions should have been built up bya single house’ in twenty-four years in-a city which, witht the memory of many of its “citizens, was a waste without inhabitants. But the Gov- ernment record, with its inexorable exac- Hany ‘cowpels, while it aknost staggers, be- ef: “" SHOWCASES. M. Anderson. Competition is merging the artisan into the artist. What the public demand fails to do, rivalry. between manuéacturers is accom: plishing.- Such were the reflections that fol lowed a visit to the warerooms of 3I. Ander “son, manufacturer of showcases, No. 5 State street. Mr. Anderson began busines ; in 1871; employs over thirty men. Must’ot his goods are of his own desiguing and in vention, He prides himself in the strength finish, adaptability, and harmonious out: lines’ of his. cases, ..using ~ only . the best material in thgir’constructiom “One o: his specialties is roseivoud cases for Jewelry. His trade extends from ocean to ocean, “His fitting up the principal jewelry stores in Chk cago shows the appreciation of his work ab home. Every year increases his business. In 1880 his sales were over 370,000. Northwestern Showcase Company. ‘This house, originated in 1880 by:Vreden- berg Bros., continued by Monk .«& McJohn, and under the present management estab- lished at Nos. 47- and 49 State street, ranks ‘Al throughout the Northwest for the quality of its work, none having « better reputation. 2 we Se Biwi Ge Fe makes a specialty of fine showeases; con- ducts business at Nos. $4 and 46 State street and Nos. 80 and 8? Randolph street. Estab- lished in 1870. Reputation unexcelled. BAKERTES. é Moody & Waters. ‘The exclusive pie bakery is comparatively anew enterprise, and yet Moody & Waters” have made it a business of colossal’ propor- tions—perhaps the largest business of its kind in the world. Starting the business immediately aiter the fire In a small wooden building which then was quite capacious enough for their trade ana capital, their busi- ness has grown year by year until their pres- ent bakery, 2 building of four stories eleva~ tion and 130 by 100 feet ground dimensions, is found to be none too large to meet demands of their trade, which calls for the franufacture and delivery of 8,000 pies daily. ‘This great success is largely attri utable to the business capacity of tne firm and the fact that nothing but the best materials, pure « and unadulterated, are used in the manu- facture of their pies; ‘so well satistied are the public of this fact not even the shadow of fraud hasattached to the reputation of: thelr goods. The trade of the firm is still increas - 33 D. F. Bremner. Mr. D.F. Bremner, manufacturer of cracks ers and bread, Nos. 78 and 80 O’Brien street, started his business the day after: the fire, ina very modest way, on Clinton street, and, the first bread baked on that day was baked. at his establishment, Grom tha seta) be- inning Mr. B. has dually work his way’ a antl heis at the head of an establish- iment that consumes from 150 to 175 barrelg |. of flour daily. Abont four years ago he firsy ~ introduced his celebrated brand ‘of “* Eureka’ bread. This bread is made with’ milk, ang in order to have 2 pure article Sr. Bremnes started a dairy of his own. From 8,000 to 3,000 loayes of “Eureka” bread are sold daily. His cracker trade is very extensive, extending all over the West. = GENERAL AND FANCY MDSE. C. MI. Linington, |, . ~~. To the geyeral merchant of town or conn- try the name of this house is famillar, and for a perfect stock of everything in the ling of generai merchandise: It has scarcely an equal in the West. Mr. Linington established himself in business in 1868, and“ by careful industry, aided by a practical knowledge.of the wien? wants of fiis-.class -of trade, he has built this immense: jobbing: business. Three fioors' of J45—147 Wabash avenud: are filled with the goods so desirable to thas« merchants in search of bargains. . In jewelry the stock Is well selected with a view towarg supplying a good. general assortment. In hosiery, c., the same~judicious display’ of judgment. in’ selection is found, and the general stock of toys, light hardware, housekeepers’ supplies, fancy articles, etc., ete., all bear the saine mark of careful atten- tion to the-wants of the trade. "Mr. Linington js ulsu an importer, those ‘goods ‘not procur- able elsewhere, but still in demand by coun- try buyers,.are here found in good’ assort- ment. All. goods are most. systematically displayed, and the salesmen attentive... Gen- merchants will. find themselves well rer