The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-09-14


ware, etc etc.
When we feel called upon to single out
n Cairo business man who has proven the
virtue Of wei, applied printers ink, united
with personal energy and industry, no
name becomes more prominent than that
of G. II. Woodward, the proprietor of the
Novelty Iron Works'--one Of the larg-
est and best stocked iron stores in the
Northwest
Mr.. Woodward located in Cairo about
nine years ago, and Is one Of the compare
lively few extensive business men of South
crn Illinois, who have successfully passed
all the business aud financial changes and
| transitions of the intervening period. lie
Established u new branch of business here
-cncountcring at thc outset the labor of
concentrating II trade that, from necessity,
was divided between Paducah, Evansville
! Louisville, st. Louis and Cincinnati; and,
! further, the disadvantage Of being tho only
representative of his department of busi-
ness in til. city His energy aud tact
made him equal to the emergency, how
ever, and, before three months had elapsed,
he was fu,l-handcd with business, and had
a.sured all that scope of country that looks
to Cairo ~ source of supply, that THE
Novelty Iron Works was II permanent
and successful fixture of the
city. and entirely worthy vi patron
age.
The loss Of his war patronage was
abundan,ly compensated by the removal
of restrictions on tradc with the South.
Among the first and most entcrprising Of
those who entered that territory, he sought
Ito deserve the patronage of its people,
and. if any man doubts his success let
him mako inquiry u, any of the towns
along the great thoroughiGres that bring
> US in communication with that portion Of
our country.
Like many other Cairo bushes, men,
Mr.. Woodward passed through an ordeal
r Of lire. III, splendid brick store house,
S and his stock in trade, of an aggregate
y value of 100000 or $1,000 become in
u /
: that have told SO terribly upon the pros
1 perity Of Cairo, and in single night,
$ were reduced to shapelcss and WORTHLESS.
n mass If ruins. But this disastrous vista
: ton, instead of paraly1ing his energies,
G stimulated him to increased cxertions.
c While yet the debris of his building and
stock glowed with heat, aud gave forth
volumes of smoke, lie commenced clearing
r the ground for new and u better build
v ing. lie took temporary quarters, on tho
, next street back, and that hi, customer,
@ NIGH, not bn Inconvenience 10y his mis-
. hap, he managed to ill, promptly and
/ satisfactorily, the demands of the trade,
@ aud To fully maintain his department OF
n the city'- business.
q But few months elapsed before we
/ again saw e. Il. Woodward installed in his
Is new lcycc store building erected NJ
great cNpcnsc-a vast and substantial
n structure, entirely iire-proof, and most adj
/, mirably adapted for the business for which
). Il wa, designed.
= \ few days ago We passed through this
r building, and viewed with surprise, the
vast quantities of goods with which is
three tell stories are stocked, The cellar
!. or basement story, is devoted to oils nails
: wagon hubs, wagon timber, felloes, etc
=, We can safely say that there were no les,
=. than twenty-five cord. of hubs, feloc,
:, etc. on hand Thousand kegs Of nails
and ms much oil rs will be called for in Gy,
y years. The second story is devoted TO ban
;" IRON and steel (of which there were Ger
=" tainy hundreds of tons leather and rub
u her betting in vast abundance; builders
= hardware, edge tools nuts and screws by
the ton; brass fatcct', stop-coclis, whistles
, aud the thousand aud one articles, in that
:" line, for which the steam machinery Of tn,
country creates demand.
= The third story was devoted to Wagon
To aud carriage ma;eriali hubs, icllocs spokcs
!. hounds, shafts .prings-of all sizes, from
d. the most delicate carriage to the broad
n. tired sx-ox wagon, or the massive log
10 truck. These occupied every available
.. foot Of the floor, AID the space TO the joist,
-. uboye-sianding cord on cord, overtowcr.
: ing piles--enouph, seemingly, TO supply
!, the demand Of eeeryJody dt~ays To our
!. exclamation of surprise "Good gracious
- What do you intend to do with so much
+, STUFF We were coolly informed that II
=, was nothng-thc trade required it, and
!, that the stock was not as full us he in
=, tenlcd to make it.
Were We TO devote every line of our
=, reading space to that end We should fail
.. to convey nm adequate idea Of the pro-
vision Mr. Woodward has made for the
business in his line. We can safely say,
It that he has on hand everything that in any
d manner pertains to his department
= whether it is called for dozen TIRES a
@ day or only once in five years