Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-12-15

Last Yenr-Number OF Storee-Number OF Mills
Number OF Merchants and their Names-N"mbeF
of FactorIe.-A:sresate Capital Invested in each h
Branch, kc &c.
We continue our article on the business oi
St. Paul. and if there are any omissions we
would be obliged 10 our friends 10 make the
fact known. 1t is the impression of some that
the estimate of business is too high. We can
only say that the information is derived from
our merchants and business men, and if they fee
disposed to misrepresent (Which we do not be-
lieve they do, } then the responsibility rests with
them, not with us.
Dry Goods.
Cathcart & Co.-Business $50 .0O0-increase
over last year, SO per cent. A. S. Elicit
Business S35, ,O0O-increase 20 per cent. C.
ID. Elfelt. Established one year; business S3O,-
900; increase upwards of so per cent. w
G. Fonseca. Business $4,000; increase o.
80 per cent. Total capital invested in Dry
Goods, Sl45 900, more than three times the
amount invested in the same business last year.
Clothing and Dry Goods <tores-s.
NJ. Marks, established about two months
l.. Hyneman. Business $4,000. Fullerton
& Mendleson, two houses. Business in both
places, $4,000. Chamberlin & Morgan
Business S45, 1000, with large increase. A.
l.. Larpenteur. Business fifty thousand. G..
q. Griswold; business twenty-four thousand
double last year. Whine s. Cooley; thirty
thousand dollars. Aggregate amount of cap
ital invested in this branch, seventy-three thou
IL ..l
cnty-eight thousand dolIars-an increase over
last year of some forty thousand dollars. Be-
sides these there are six Tailoring establish
ments doing a business Of about fifteen thou
sand. The heaviest Of these is Mr.. Lewis, a
few doors above our office.
General Trading Siores-3.
Culver s. Harrington business one hundred
thousand dollars, mostly in the Indian trade .
large increase over last year. Forbes s. Kit.
son; business sevcnty-6ve thousand dollars .
increase SO per cent. w. Henly; in business
only three months. Total amount of capital
in this business, one hundred and seventy-fve
thousand dollars.
Variety Stores-3.
c. B. Price; i'm business three MONTHS
Asencau & Gates business eight thousand.---.
w. Nixon business six thousand The read.
er will readily conclude that Mr.. Nixon's bus.
iness has increased when he learns that he
commenced business about one year ago, with
a capital of only twenty dollars.
Groceries-22.
b. Presley, N. E. Tyson & Co., w. B. Nc
Grory, Chamberlain, Eddy & Co., B. F. IT.
vine, "A. Gale & Co., w. Schroeder, j. II.
Dodge, Joseph Spiel, H. c. Sandford, Salter
and Eter, b. Weide. r. Galloway, Metcalf s,
Holmes, Ogden & Pollock, J. Frost, Lewis
Bartlett, d. Michaud, J. G. Peuinaud, w.
Schully, w. Costello, N. Varcna. Total amt.
Of capital invested in the Grocery business,
S26l,000. Increase Of capital over last year,
$4,000. .--.-.
Hetels-ia.
Winslow House, American House, Mer.
chants Hotel, Smelling House, Mansion House
Central House, Temperance House, St. Paul
House, Mclean House, Mississippi House
fremont House, Lafayette House and New
England House.
Increase over last year of five.
Iron store.
Nicol & Berkey.
Hardware 4 Stoves.
Baker & Bangs, c. E. Mayo & Co., A.
Gale & Co., c. Bergfcld, Farewell s. Co..
J. B. Horn, McCloud & Brothers and ]. NJ
Collamer. Total capital invested, So, 900.
Creckery 4 Glass war;
L. Marvin and L. B. Wait.
Millinery Essabli.hnens.-1.
Capital $4,000. Increase over last wear
$4,000. -.. .~.f.
Boot Shoe S,sres-s.
H. p. Grant, in business two months; c. c.
Hoffman, L. Marvin, B.W.' Morse, Woodbury.
s. Putnam-in business six months, and H. E
Buel. Total amount of capital, $4,000.
ALI RIGHT, PkRHAPs-The Washington Unior
says: "We are Satisfied, upon sueh inquiry a
We have been able to make, that no cause, induce
ment, or plausible pretext of war, or even of ne
rious misunderstanding, can be found in an,
question now pending between the two countries
and that, therefore, no apprehension on the sub
isrt pse6 - >skaptsivsed nv ths fv;erN, .e -..>.