The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-10-24

Brief mention was made in our last weeks pa
per OF the purchase Of X. E. R!ale Il Cos. stock
by the enterprisng firm whose name heads this
article An extensive notice was impossible
owing to our rush of local notices.
AS expressing our sentiments, we copy from
the Republican of this week the following:
THE public were last week informed of the
transfer, by sale, of the extensive grocery stock
of Messrs. r. Z. Riac s. Co. to Mcssrs. d. Hecnan
Il Co., dry goods and grocery merchants occu-
pying the adjacent building on the north, which
had been consumated the day preceding the day
of publication. The retirement of the Messrs
Rale was necessitated by the precarious health
Of the principal member of the firm, which had
been seriously injured by long and close atten-
ton, with scarcely an Interruption to the details
of a large and remunerative trade.
Messrs. D. Heenan & Co. commenced business
in Ottawa and Streator in the spring of 1872, by
purchasing the stocks, at the time comparatively
small, of Messrs. Burke & Keenan, Recognizing
that the success Of all live firms is mainly due TO
division of labors and responsibilities. Mr.
Flanagan was given charge of the Ottawa store
Mr.. Finlin of the Streator store, while Mr.. Heen
an exercised general supervision of the firm
From that time to the present, each member of
the firm has given his undivided attention to his
own particular branch, keeping himself thor.
oughly informed Of its wants and making imme-
date provision for their full supply. The result
is known to the people of the two places. Bust.
ness increased so rapidly that engagements be-
came necessity. This was made at Strcator last
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now at Ottawa by the purchase of the largest
grocery house in the city, giving the firm here
two commQdious rooms and enabling it to in
crease both grocery aid dry good stocks By
this purchase MessrS. d. Hcenan & Co. with
their Ottawa and Strcator stores) become the
boots and shoes, &c, in the State of Illinois out
side OF the city Chicago. This being the case,
the reader will readily perceive that they have
an adYa" sc over other firms in making their
purchase, and that by buying in larger quaint.
ties they can get better terms and therefore can
give their customers lower figures than can
firms doing less extensive business Their
purchases are now made almost entirely from
Eastern jobbers Gndimporters.
1t is the intention of Messrs D. Heenan G. Co.
to have an arched opening between the two
stores, thereby enabling their patrons to pass
from the dry goods into the grocery department
and rice rcrsa. The groceries have been removed
from the old store into the late Riale store, which
is being filled to its full capacity, including base
mcnt and second floor. If this firm continue bust
ness in the straightforward, honorable way
which has characterized their dealings thus far,
giving their unremitting attention to its details,
making their purchases on a cash basis, putting
all their customers, rich and poor, on an equal
footing, aud keeping the public, through lib.
eral use OF printers ink, posted in the bargains
they offer, they will make many new friends,
add immensely to their trade, and maintain the
pace they have attained at the head of retailers
IN the State of Illinois, Chicago alone excepted"