Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-03

A Glance at the Leather and Kindred
Trades in Memphis.
Boots, Shoes, Findings, Hides, har-
ness and Carriage Material.

The following valuable statistical
information in regard to our Iea'ther
trade in all of its branches, Is extract
ed from a late number Of the Shoe ana
Feather ReDoyter. We believe it is a
mT and accurate list Of all the boot
and shoe. hide and leather, and har-
ness and carriage findings establish
meDts in Memphis, and shows what
the APPEAL has always claimed
that this interest is one of the most
imDortant branches of our trade, and
that It is growing and increasing rap
idly. placing Memphis already far in
advance Of almost every other city in
the Southwest:
BOOTS AND sHOEs-WHOLESALE.
The wholesale boot and shoe trade
of Memphis is an important branch OF
BUSINESS, and four firms, who are en-
gaged exclusively in this line, sell a
miiliOs dollars worth yearly. The
largest house is that Of Friedman
Brothers, whose sales for 1868 amount
edtO $3.50, 900. Sales are made through
the States of Tennessee, Mississippi
| and Arkansas. Business in this line
is increasing rapidly, and for the pres
ent wear will amount to a much larger
iu1Ire. Boots and shoes are shipped
over fast freight line from Boston at a
cost Of about 81 80 per n hundred
pounds.
Before the war there was only one
exclusive boot and shoe jObbing house
in Memphis-that of Bransford, Good
bar q Co.; their successors are the
present house of GOOdbar & Gilliland.
| COssett, Hill q Co. were formerly well
known as dealers in dry goods and
boots and shoes; they are now out OF
business. and are succeeded by Terry
& Mitchell, who job boots, shoes and
hats exclusively. A new wholesale
house, that of 5. TOube, was started
/ here last October.
Taa busiest season for the Jobblng
boot and shoe tarde is in March and
/ ADril; after this comes the dull sea5On
until trade begins to move again IN
| September, and generally continues
very good during the winter.
The names Of the wholesale dealers
in boots and shoes in Memphis are:
| Friedman Brothers, 295 Main street
| Terry d Mitchell, 800 Main street
| GOodbar & Gilliland, 20l Main street
:. Toube, 324 Main street.
In addition to the above, the firms
/ of Walker Bros. & Co., a. Sesseli q
Son, Vendig & Bros, and Menken
! Bros, ali deal at wholesale or retail IN
/ boots and shoes, although their prln-
| ciDai business is in the dry goods trade.
| These houses sell boots and shoes TO
! the extent of about @400,00O a year.
RETAIL.
There is a large retail trade in this
/ line in Memphis; the dealers have
/ fine stores and well assorted stocks.
The retail shoe firms are: Mariner d
/ Curtis. 223 Main street; Marsh, War
| uer u Co, 40 Beal street; Brooks d
| Dennis, 292 Main street; Wallace,
! Nan PeIt q Gibson, 259k Main street;
| !. T. Handlan d Co, 279 Main street;
John w. NCegeli, 3H Main street;
A. NJ. Boyd, 29S Main street; Joseph
:. Levett & Co, Main street; A. Low
enthaI, $50 Main street; Amman q
Stewart, 49, Aiain street; A. COhn,
1875 Main street; ", /, Hill, Jr., X
Co. 225 Main street; W. Miller, 3g
Main street; L. ROescher, 326 Main
SLIetLs D. DNdAAllEls IL -
CUSTOM WORK.
Quite a number of persons are en-
gagged in making up custom boots and
shoes. and some of them are quite
famous in their calling among the
fashionable people Of the Southwest.
Mr.. Harder employs about fourteen
1 men, manufacturing custom and sale
boots and shoes; William Mile eas
about the same number Of hands.
They make Up about $4,000 a year
each of goods, which ind ready sale
in the city and vicinity.
Mr.. l.. RoescheF, who is a dealer IN
leather and findings, hides, iurs, etc.,
I manufactures CATERS and boot and
1 shoe uppers, which he sells TO the
trade. he also keeps a retail shoe
store, and makes york to order. His
sales Of le4ther and 8Rdipgs amount TO
about $4,000 a year.
LEATHER, FINDINGS AND HIDES,
Thomas d Gross is the style Of 4
nsU hide, leather and findings house,
established in Memphis in April, 1868.
The senior P2Ttaer Of this house Is OF
the tanning firm Of TboI2as q Gould,
Of Johnsonyille, Tenn, Their talnery
has 10 watts, Is ran by steam, aud has
all the modern improvements, they
tan 80 hides a week, mostly Hto
rough upper kip and harness, and
mere than half Of this is finished At
Memphis. by Thomas q Gross, from
whose store II is sold.
Scheibler 4 Co. kaye been establish
ed in Memphis three Yeas, dealing in
hides, leather, and findings. Frewisgs
to this time they were engaged in tam
ming at Farmland, Indiana. TheynO
do a business OF about S29,DD per
year, occupying a building Oh Main
street, of which the upper portion is
the currying shop, and the first door
is for the sale of goods. They employ
six hands ia currying oak tanned har-
ness, skiFting, etc.
AshbroOk q White are hide dealers,
successors to the old and weilkEpWn
house of George Philer a Co., the sens
Tor partner of which firm did a hide
business here for about twenty years.
He died last October. The firm do a
business of about 500, 600 "A year. The
hides are sold to Tennessee and
Georgia tanners, and shipped 10 Louis
vile and Cincinnati. Dry hides come
from Arkansas, and green hides frOm
Nicksburg, NatchSz and other points.
All the leather houses mentioned
above deal in hides, and some il ,0G0,
green and dry, are handled yearly ia
this city.
Gustav Buckhalter has a tannery
here, the only one in Memphis. lie
gets out light stock.
HARNESS AND sADDLERY.
The harness and carriage business
is carried on in Memphis 10 a consid-
cradle extent, and, from the number
engaged in il, we thought the trade
was rather ~overdOne. MoOres, Letson
x Peters are Old and well known hA-
ness and saddlery manufacturers;
Ferguson y Privett are young and en-
terprising men in the same line; j.
O.. Ford & Co., of st. Louis, have a
branch house here, and NJ. +. Hudnall
& Co, collar manufacturers, are a
branch OF the house Of Wright& Hud-
nall, Of Richmond, Va.
The dealers IN harness and saddierv
in Memphis are Moeres, Letson &
Peters, j. 0. Ford & Co, J. Z. Begbie
d CO., P.J. Quigley, A. Hubbell, Edw.
Tighe, NJ. +. Hudnall & Co.. Fereu-
son & Privett, c. n. Case, jr., & Co,
T. Beecher, a. c. Berry, +. ReIkopf,
]. r. Tilley.
CARRIAGE AND CARRIAGE MATERIALS
The dealers in arriagesa and carriage
materials are W. S. Bruce & Co, Har-
risOn& Sharpe, T. III. Quin & Co., r..