The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-18

willing to invest. For . year and half
business dragged on, and becoming discour.
aged 1t their slow progress, Mr.. Scheible
sold his interest back again. Mr.. Zeis per
ssversd, howey, and By always endeavos-
ing Is keep fifss class goods on hand, and b.
deaIEag fairly ~isk his patrons, his business
er.A.slly Increased. He worked to build up
sosrnsnent trade, 70 give satisfaction and
value received, and succseded. The crash
of 1857 found A;ms~not in the best of cir cir
cumstances to weather the storm, but good
management and economy saved him. In
addition to his ample store room, Mr. Zeis
occupies most IF the second story Of the
building, of which be is the owner, and de-,
votes it to manufacturing purposes. He is
now employing from eishtto ten. journeymen
tailors, and if ne could get them, could prof
itahly employ thirty. Much Of the rsady
mads cloGhing sor sale in his stare, is TUNED
but. by these 4prknen, and i, Of course,
gotten up in as good style as that made to
order. He ENDS that this course is very ben
e6cial 70 his srsde, a. il tends to secure .
permanent patronage. Customers from the
country, who purchase ready made clothing,
and find il gotten up n "a substantial man
ner, are very apt to call again at the same
place, when in need again. Mr.. zeis is
gradually working iatosomething of whole
sale business, though not endeavoring to
make it much of q speciality. sDaring sthe
past year, he has done business to the am
cunt of about sixty Thousand dollars. which
will probably be increased next year. Con-
sidering his commencement, and the obsta,
lcles he sas compelled 10, sncouatef, weshink
he has accomplished quite successl
In the year 1854, Knox & Co. started a
clothing store and merchant tailoring estab-
| Ishment on the corner of Buffalo and llli
nois streets. After carrying on business fol
| two years, with indifferent success, they sold
out to Smyth Bros, who removed the con
Germ to its present location. For the mex
three years business was fair, and nothing
/ more. At the end of this time, E. II
Smyth, the present proprietor, purchased his
brothers. interest. After gliding smoothly
along for two years, the opening Of the wa
give a remarkable impetus to this business
and Mr.. Smyth found himself on the road
to prosPerity. For the last five or six years
his business has continued to increase. A
| one time he did wholesale business of con
siderable dimensions, but not having capita
enough to do 1t as he desired, he Withdrew
from the experiment Like his other com
petitors we have mentioned, he is now manu-
featuring considerable clothing for tn
general public, and gives employment t.
from eight to ten hands throughout tn
year, to say nothing of what he is making N
to order. For the past year his business wi
amount, in round figures, to about fit
thousand dollars, which we consider quite
favorable showing.
| In the year 1854, l. Heinsfurter opened
clothing store on Illinois street, and afte
doing business for about two years, sold q
interest to Phil. Walheimer, since whic
time no changes have occurred in the firm
For some time they have been manufactul
ing all the clothing sold from their shelves
and consider that they can do so cheape
than they can purchase ready made clothin
in the east. As they have had considers
BILE experience in this business their opinio
on this matter is entitled to some weight
They generally employ a dozen hands, an
sometimes more, endeavering, during tn
winter season, to get full spring stoc
ready for the trade. They ship quantitie
of goods into Iowa, besides doing fine cit
and country business. Their manufaetul
ing is not carried On at their store, the wor
being dealt out to their employees, who con
plete it at their homes.
| In the year 1856, 81. Burgower opened
clothing store on Illinois street, and aftt
continuing successful business until 1856
commenced the manufacture of clothing fc
the general trade. As this was found to b
much more profitable aud satisfactory tina
purchasing in the east, the number of hand
engaged has been considerably increased
About dozen now receive constant emplo,
ment. In 1864, he united his establishment
with that of A. Bamberger, the firm nam
becoming Bamberger & Burgower. La
January, Mr.. Bamberger sold his interest I,
Mr.. Burgower and in May succeeding \
Burgower, a brother of Henry Bureower, b
came a member of the firm, which is no
doing quite q Wholesale trade, shippin
many goods to Iowa, and to the countr
merchants surrounding our city. They al
manufacturing the greater portion of Ii
, ready made clothing thus disposed of, an
are doing prosperous business.
Il About o year ago, NJ. Liebernicht locate
himself at the Wooden Mills, and commence
, the manufacture of clothing. He is no
doing fine business, and employing tie
? hands, or more. The fabrics used are q
, most entirely those turned out at the Mill
J His trade is capable of an extensive il
r crease. ~ ...- v- .a,e
; The half sewed and WORTHLESS shoddy gooi
of New England have not ghost of
Fl chance whsn placed in competition wit