, 1873-01-17

dealers in their line. Unlike most whole
sa1o houses, they employ no travelling agents,
but rely for their business on their reputation
for honorable dealing frst-class goods, and low
prices.
They are, We are informed, the only firm in
this city, in this hne, not employing agents.
Tho following business interests are also rep
reaented in this building:
:. A branch Of the house Of Warren Bldwell,
steam coffee a1d spice mills, Of Toledo,
Ohio, occupy No. . River street. They arc
also manufacturers Of the celebrated Snowflake
Baking Powder.
No. River street is occupied by II. F. Gris-
void, steam coffee aud spice mills, end dealers
in teas and fancy groceries. Mr.. Griswold ia
known throughout tho West es one Of tho old
est md most prominent in Ills line OF business.
J. D. McNhb & Co. have also store in this
new building for the exclusively jobbinS and
Wholesale fish business.
Tho Pictorial Advertising Company OCCUPY
part Of the second story Of this building for
their printing aud engraving business. Their
work has met with remarkable success, as it
meets q want sl,icl, has long been felt By coun-
try merchants, in the limo Of illustrated adycr-
tiaing.
NUMBER TH1R1y-S1yE
is occupied by tho weQ-inown firm Of Gould,
Briggs d Co., Wholesale gTocers.. THO building
is commodous and admirably fitted up to meet
the requirements Of their trade. Mother tho
members Of the tirm, nor the trade thoy do, rcod
to bo enlarged upon. It il enough to say that
thoy haTo laEsa business. pay ono hundred cents
cn the dollar, aud give sixteen ounces to tic
pound. This speaks itself.
JOHN CLARKE CO.
Ono OF the most important brauc.cB Of in
dustry the street is tle large distiIlory Nos.
q and % owned By john Clarke & Co., tho firm
being John C!er1to and W.. s. dolson. They
manufacture alcohol. cologne, and French spir-
brands Of brandies, whtskoys, and gins. Il is
aomowhat surprising that so1ittlo, comparatively
speaking, should b known about tic impor-
tance this branch of commercial enterprise his
attained IN our city. It's growth, however. is
not surprising, Chicago being the centre OF the
borders plentiful supplies CT fruits.
Mossrs. CLARKE d Co. are amopg tho old
pioneers OF the street before the fire they oc-
cupied q building two doors below tho present
dcsol.tion reignod On every hand, thu now
building was commenced, and OIL its completion,
actiyo business YES resumed On q larger ecGlo
thaneyer. slsilful aud experienced mechanics
rore set to work, q splendid and complete new
distiiling apparatus erected, md every portion
Of tho works fitted out and dosgnod the
newest and best approved patterns. With the
now still, which has capacity OF 12O barrels par
day for turning out alcohol md spirit OF tho
purest and finest quality; with its giu still md
barrels per day, and with its massive tanks md
exccllently y-arraugod syssom Of steam and water
pipes tlero is no cxaggetation in stating that it
ID ono OF the 1neet in tho Northwest, and u
the trade it represents. In fact, tho apparatus,
which 10 Ill copper, has been pronounced By .
lors to be tic bost in rso. It has
been adopted. after twenty ycarH expert
encc, and after patient end thorough u,
peri1nents. A visit to tho establishment would
probably convince oren tho most doubtful that
it would bo difficult to fird anywhere its superior
in the excellence OF its machinery and the thor
oughnegs OF its plan Of working.
As has been already stated, tho specially OF
the firm is tho manufacture Of alcohol, cologne,
and French spirits, but they nevertheless do q
large business in Ec-distilled gin, brandy, and
wl,1skey, and 31r. Clarke's experience Of twenty
years IN the manufacture Of cordials, bitterB,
etc, needs no comment. For uEe in this trade
they import the. own fruits, thus securing their
excellence. Lack Of space forbids . detail Of
the manufacture, which is reserved for another
time
Bo1Es, FAY coSKET.
Tho solid and commodious portion Of tho
street numbered 20 and u is occupied by the
firm OF Doios Fey e. Conkey, Wholesale grocars
aad importers nnd jobbers OF teas. The ,ncar-
bars Of the firm have been we'll known to West
ern tadesnen for many years, a5 largely
engaged in tho wholesale tea and grocery trade,
and hive already proved. By extensive business
operations, the Iatuo OF th:ir location, and the
practical results which always follow business
enterprise.
HEssas spAuLD1Sd / atFRR1cz
arc among tho pioneers Of the rebuilt street,
and in tho hugo building, numbered 9, II, Is
and Is, represent ono OF. tho most important
of it's industry. Before the fra they
occupied tho same locality, ard within seventy
two days after that terrible calamity recon-
mcnced tho Manufacture OF their wel1-known
brands of i1e-cut chewing and smoking tobacco
In q larger and more coIrmcdious factory.
They employed one hundred and twenty-five
hands, and their enterprise and success cnn be
imagined from the ucrc fact TINT in tie year
1879 they manufactured and cold. to jobbora
exclusively, one million, Three hunise1 md
q, ,360, $3.50 pounds ct tobacco, on which they
paid q tax ct two hundred and seycaty-seyeu
tilouE2nd, t17o hundred and eight-two dollars
snd thirty7tL1ee con.s [&277, ,2e2,33). Their
5ales amount to s600, 600 for the year.
HAgIro,;, MEssEE 4 CO. - !
Harmon, Mesacr l. Co., wholeenlo grocers,
rho occupy tho cornor OF Wabash ayen,.o for- |
nerly River stroot) and South Wn.cr street, arc
100 Tcu known to iload M extended notice. To I
hem belongs the c1cdit Of being tue first 1ougo
n the trade to return permanently to their old !
ocation after tho fro. Tho wisdom OF this I
:ourae snos7 illustrated by the fact TINT they
It the ceiltEc Of tho grocery district OF Chicago,
moro tnea nine-:onths o. tie trade being done |
within t;ro blocks Of their store Tho business |
# this firm Is amongst the largest in tho city, |
>erg nearly two 1niflions, aud increasing yearly.
This is attributed in O great measure to the fact !
hat they nro the only house in this trade rho
ell, exclusively on thirty (or 1esB) days credit,
hereby securing the best paying merchants !
nd closest buyers who visit this market. 49,,