The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-03-15

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flrst and last named gentlemen CO
is cuct the business. Personally, th'
as are active, go-ahead men, who a
n desircus OF seeing Findlay alta
1t greater prominence and they a
N willing to assist heartily in whatev
'f promises to accomplish that deside
atum. Findlay could lily afford
lose either from the business circ
of town.
al RAY & CALLAHAN
Is Are new candidates for manufas
turing laurels, their firm having bee
I formed only about six months ag,
: Their speciality is light wagons an
/ carriages-the finer grade of worl
n making vehicles ranging in pric
e from $3.50 to $500. In lookin
through their repository we notice
: some elegant work, not the leas
e noticeable being some handsome sew
ing machine wagons. They emplo
s about twelve men, and though i
trade SO short a time they hav
already become formidable competil
3 ors of older establishments. Bot
, gentlemen are young men and prac
ticsl workmen. James X. Ray is
native Of town and learned his trad,
here, now having had eight years ex
perience. David Callahan is a car
riage painter by trade, has lived her,
six years. coming from Pennsylvania
The boys have thus far shown tht
right spirit. They are not afraid o.
competition, are willing to succeed
or fail according to merit, and the
result is not difficult to fortell.
A. & J. PARKER & co
Are operating the Hancock FIGURING
Mill. In 1858 Jonathan Parker, ia
ther of the members of this firm, and
one of our Oldest and most highly es
teemed citizens, established planning
mill and in 1860 added to it the flour.
ing mill. He operated both concerns
until 1865, since when some changes
have occurred in the proprietorship
the present firm having been formed
the first Of January last. All three OF
the brothers, A., j., and W. S. Par
ker, are natives of town, and this has
chiefly been their home from infancy.
They all pay personal attention to the
business, which has grown to such di,
mensions that they have all they can
do. Three run of stone are used. The
mill doing both custom and merchant
work, the flour for the trade being
shipped mainly to Cleveland and New
York. In their planning mill they do
not manufacture anything, but the
firm deals largely in lumber, shingles,
sash, doors, blinds aud building ma
terial generally. As firm they have
entered upon no untried experiment.
the business has been developed by
long years of labor, and they will see
that none of its laurels are lost.
Of the other manufacturing inter-
estslwe speak elsewhere.
We now turn our attention to the
various monetary and mercantile in
terests of the city. Whatever we
may write is in the utmost impair
tiality, and we have aimed to make
the following sketches true to the
life. First, as one OF the leading
monetary interest OF Findlay we
speak OF the
FIRST NAIIoNAL BANK.
In 1868, when the national bank
ing law first went into operation,
some capitalists of this city having
perfected an organization sent in their
application the first week after the
law become operative. In June Of
that year they received a charter,
being the oath National Bank cre-
ated. The authorized capital was
100000, $4,000 having been paid
in the first day it opened business.
At an election of officers E. P. Jones
was elected President and Chas. E.
Niles asher, and as such they have
since remained. Under their man
agement, the Bank has declared
profitable dividends, and the deposit
account has swelled to an amount
second to but few Banks in the State.
Their loan and discount account is
also large, and from the day the First
National Bank opened Its doors for
business it has commanded the conf
dence Of the entire people. The
stockholders are all residents of this
county, and it is essentially home
institution. Many ill-mformed peo-
ple are in the habit of declaiming
against the system of National Banks,
accusing them Of being monopolies,
freed from taxation, &c. In point Of
fact the Firs. National Bank of Find
lay has paid taxes, since its organiza-
ton. to the amount of s25, ,621, aver
aging $3.50 per annum upon each
500 of stock. Their school tax
alone for 1871 was $3.50. These facts
reiute such charges. Mr.. Jones, the
President, has resided here since the
fall of 1S49. He had formerly been
conductor on the Mad River Road
and run the first S.wheel freight car
over the road. Upon coming here it
was as lessee of the branch from
Carey to Findlay, built of strap rail,
and from its commencement until '57
was manager and general agent.
From 81 to go was engaged in mer-
camille business in New York in con-
nection with brother on the Pacific
coast, and from go to '63 was at
Washington city dealing in exchanges
and government securities upon q
large scale, these three years being
perhaps the most active portion of
his lie. Since '63 he has been ac-
lively engaged in the Bank. As a
practical business man Mr.. Jones is
well known not only at home but
abroad. He has succeeded in life, and
by his own exertions. Mr.. Mics, the
cashier, is q young man, but has had
large experience in banking. formerly
being connected with the State Bank
of Ohio, and subsequently in private
banking ir Michigan. He came here
in '63 and assisted in the organization
of this enterprise. He is an ener-
getic business man, who has shown
the metal he is made of. The affairs
of the first National could not be In
better hands than those of its present
officers.
WILLIAM EDWARDS,
Though a young man is quite ar
old resident OF town, having lived
here for twenty FIVE years. Fitteer
years ago he commenced learning th'
harness and saddIery business, and ha'
followed it since, opening shop o
his own about five years ago. Like
sensible man he preferred "going i
alone" to a partnership, and has con
Quoted his business alone since. Th'
business has grown very much, nov
compelling him to employ an averag
, force of five workmen, and he spend
, most of his time also at the bench
! His long connection with the trade Q
, town enables him to know what tn
: people need, and that he caters t
their necessities successfully is abund
: antly illustrated by his large business
r JOHN ADAMS & BRO.
e Is the style of one of our leading stow
? and tinware houses. John Adam
d came here seventeen years ago froI
: Plymouth. Here he learned his trad
ii a.