The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-23
Wholesale and Retail Trade
of the City.

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the reason that good many of our
citizens will not give it, if 1t is to be
published. We have therefore, been
obliged to give aggregate sums, aud
IN dong 80, we separate the various
branches Of trade.
RETAIL GROCERIES.
Of these there are twenty in mum.
Der. and their sales for the year foot
up $3.50 600.
WHOLESALE GROCERIES.
OF them, there is but one exclusive
ly ir this trade. Salos 100000.
BAKERY AND coNrEcrroN merry.
uf these there are three, with az.
gregate sales of S65, 900.
HATS AND CAPS.
One house exclusively in this trade.
Sales 100000
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
In this trade there are four houses.
Aggregate sales 100000.
PUMPS AND LIGHTNING RODS.
We have IN this line two houses,
whose sales will foot up $4,000.
JoBBINa DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
In this line there are three houses,
rolling up an aggregate OF $500, 600.
ELEVATOR.
Ore magnificent structure, which
will do business of $4,000
sADDLERY HARDWARE, LEATHER AND
| HIDES.
In this line we have FIVE houses,
three of which are first class con-
Germs. Altogether they will do a
business of 100000.
| FURNITURE.
We have three houses, giving an
aggregate business Of 100000.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
In looking over this ground, we
find but two exclusive houses, whose
business will foot up $40,
| PHOTOGRApdING.
Two galleries, whose business will
will give figure of S., 900.
TlN-wARE AND STOVES.
In this line there are houses each,
having considerable wholesale trade,
their aggregate trade Us reported by
them is $4,000.
| CLOTHING.
Four houses; one of them doing q
very large wholesale trade. Aggre.
gate business 100000.
DRUGS BOOKS, OILS, MUSICAL 1NsTRU-
MENTs, sc.
| One house, wholesale and retail
Sales 1925, 900.
DRUGS, OILS, &C., sc,
Three houses. Aggregate sales $780,
600.
| HARDWARE.
Two houses, one WHOLESALERS large.
ly. Aggregate sales $4,000.
BOOT, AND SHOES.
Only one house exclusively in this
trade. Sales $4,000.
OILS, PAINTS, AND WINDOW GLASS.
One house. Sales $4,000.
MANUFACTURER BOOTS AND SHOES.
In this line Jhero are some ten
shops doing custom work chiefly to
the amount say Of S3O, 200.
CONFECTIONERY.
One house doing business of $4,000.
WATCHES JEwELRY.
Three houses doing business of
s25, 900. One Of these houses keeps
an assortment of notions also.
Sc WING MACHINES.
The VIII, eler & Wilson, Singer,
Howe, Florence and Weed, ; have agen.
cies, and the sales are largo. One
agency reports sales to the amount
OF S., 1000.
RETAIL DRY-GooDs AND GROCERIES
In this line, we have fine array
of stores, consisting of Ia, whose bus
mess will foot up s3s6,000.
LIvERIEs.
There are six liveries in our city,
all in flourishing condition, and ap.
proximating from the business of one,
we should say their aggregate bust
ness will reach s35, 900.
LUMBER.
Three substantial yards, located
almost IN the heart of city
give us footing of $3.50, 900.
WAGONS, BUGGIEs AND CARRIAGES.
Of four establishments of this Or
der, we learn that their business
amounts to sl25,2OO. comprising the
manufacture of 900 wagons and 80
other vehicles.
FIGURING MILLS.
We have three in the city, and one
saw mill. The first three does bust
ness to the amount of $4,000.
pLow FACTORY.
We have one, which will foot up
business to the amount Of $4,000.
BREwERIEs.
There are two in our city, of one
we could get no report. The other
does business OF $4,000.
FOUNDRY.
We have a very good foundry
which during the last year moulded
columns, etc., for large number of
our new blocks. They do business
ofSl5,O 900.
RESTAURANTS.
There are five, which will do bus
mess of $4,000.
MERCHANT TAILoRs.
There are three shops doing In the
aggregate a business Of $4,000.
WOODEN MANDATORY.
One Factory doing a business of
$4,000 tor the past year.
HOTELS.
There are tour. The sum total of
their business estimated at $4,000.
PLANNING MILLS FURNITURE MANU-.
FACTORIES.
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