, 1872-10-09


on Wabash avenue, at Fourteenth street, bat soon
opened their store 1t No. $40 tate they have
hs e55t Sasn Ihs R to g ;R soRea1o
reproduce The attractions that haye long held the
The business Of these 11s wzs lsrger than th.t
Of any siiar establishment. in tie United States pre-
vons to the hre and since that they Only
its departments. They will remove about the 1id:eo Ct
this month TO the Oils Building opposite Pal1ne-.s
Hotel wheze, with largely increased facilities they VII
undoubtedly witness great increase their present
business which already is much larger tlan year ago
The Burdetr organ factory, OF ho1e iastisu-
doos, VEs rebuilt. in January LIST
GAGE R2o1HEs CO.
This firm, Of the Oldest and most prominent II
the line Of wholesale millinery, straw goods,
notions, aud ladies' furnishing goods, having
been established here for sixteen years. left No. rs
Late street in rather nnceremoaioas manner ysa1
ego, and opened arew in the private residence CT Mr.
Gage, No. 96l 1ndizn: aTeHue. In Tet7ucry tEey r-
moved to the Lake 'front.' Van Eurcn street. and
he pr prssen: lsaon, Sos I snd Us $ Tabash @ avenue e.
Tasy have nov splendid establishment, tho hcild-
ing bcing erected esrcciay fo= their uee Win 'front.'
eforic Including basement. L Is he 11ges. building ing
in the Untcd Stes .: present devoted to their line q
Tas basesnen: q tbs houss is deTotsd to he opera,
noas Of receiving, packing. AID entering Oa the drat
floor ,n, The si9Dsns 9S S veset s,s a.s spes in
Speciality with THIS hoCse. The second floor conail,s
notions au0 f1rcr goods, l1dies' furnishings
Indies hats, and includes TtteTn-yooIn- The floors
above tis are devoted to dn3Icsee stock and 1can-
ufccterng purposes principally Of Indies hata and
Int faIcs, Il which the d-1n is extensively engaged
The business Of Gage Bros Co. exhibits wonter-
fIl increase Last spring the sales considerably
larger tn1n Eezr previously, aud in September the
business transacted was 50 Per cent than twelve
months aso We need scarcely say that The ctocE is in
keeping with the character ot the building containing
everything longing to the truce. in endless variety,
and the lntest styles-
CHARLES 2. EELLoGG CO.
Among the substantial firms which h1ve been doing
business IN Chicago for ce1=iF quarter Of century,
nors Is better Known t.,an thst OF Ch>rles P. Eel
1ogg Co.. dealers in clothing End furnishirg goods
They at present doing business in Field Letters
Immense buiding, At th: corner Of arket and 1adi-
son streets. the eastern end Of which they occrpy,
with their large and STOCK four lofts each 361
$50 feet TIE 6 thei< business dates
buck 70 escl period il the hriei but prosperous
history Of Chicago. T1ey were the first firm il the
city that did jo5hing business in clothing. They
began their trade In modest building South Water
street., Wcls wEart they ceE1>ioed abeut three
years, at the expiration of tat time moving into
hapdaome iron-lrolt building tue corner Of Wells
and the street. Continued prosperity rendered
another change Eecess:y- md tlic yeaf 1850 found
them at No. Il Lake E.r6et in still co11odiocs
few years later thcE changed to Nos, q and
a6 Lake street. uhcra they were at the Ine Of the
f-e Their business, since its Sn1Eurahou has been
characterized by steady and healthy Ioczeaee freta
year to year. The frat year Of their existence their
sales aggregated sl5o soinshing unusual IN new
firm tnat rc" '''s 1ssr"ti"r' tn = nev stt5. But