Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-14
From the Toledo Sunday J"urnal.l
RERRYaRaIRG.


whose eitiEsns exhibit 4 greater degree ~ bus-
mess enterprise. tact and industry, within the
! radius " Toledo, than PerrysburE, cannot be
/ found. Situated on the right bank of the Mau
! NEE River, about nins miles above our city, "
Is perhaps one Of the oldest esnters OF settle
ment IN Northwestern Ohio. Il was laid out
long before Tnledo wasknown when the site NJ
| The Fuiure Great City ," was only quaR-
| mire. ARd for long time Was me of the must
| important prints ~ trade and tras,l ia the
1 Nurthwesteru wilde ~ OHIO. For Wany years
ir the pioneer history Of this section ~ the
| State, the rival for supremacy was waged with
many competitors all along the Msumee."
| and attended with the fresks ot ever. changing
fortune, until At length Toledo carried OF the
palm.
| Although much of the pristine glory ~ Per.
| rysbutR a. . commercial center has departed,
vet her great natural advantages and the in
dntniiable will. energy and enterprise of her
! old residents cuuld never be wrested frota her
! Through the vicissitudes ~ time, and the va.
| rving ebb and How " com ,Herciai activity. she
has persistently cluRR to the anchor sf Hope.
| and during the past decade, fresh impetus
seems IT, have endaw ed her with a new life,
and thrift, enterprise AMI progress mark her
| career.
In population, wealth and business enter
prise, she is the leading town Ia the prosperous
county uf Wnod, ard her growth which was
for many years ut a stand-still, now exhibits =
steady, healthy aud substantial increase. The
heavy obligations, which as an incarpora ted
village, she incurred in order IN securs the loca-
| tinn VI the DAYTON & Michigan Railroad, be.
came an incubus that al aue time seemed Al most
tho grievous 10 be borne But INST bravely
aud persistently has she strn glod through II,
unit nnw the broad light ~ day is before her,
| aud now almost untrammeled she can not tail
to make more rapid striieA along he high road
| of pro -peritv and success.
| brief resume Of the business transa ctions
~ some uf the lesdinE firms in the place NAV
Mt bs without interest to the general reader.
THR LUMBER ISTERRsT
| Il dnlT represented by The III subStiutial and
fav'rtblv .nuNn d'm "f Peck, Hamilton 4 10.
| About eight wears since thew erected n planning
mill and sash rsctnrr and from very limited
business during the first Few Years thev have
enlarged AMI extended their operations, S. that
| they now furnish supplies Tor builing mate.
| rial for wide extent nf country. Their i'm
pnri4tinns last season from the pineries Il
| Northern Michigan comprised 500 600 feet
~ lumber. 500 900 shingles 500 600 lath and
| 1000 cedar posts. Their planning milland sa ash
| iAetory 10 thurnughly equined with the test
snd most modern improvements in machinery O.,
/ and tor its operation thev Rivs constant EN-
| pi"vmeni ta twentv-eight hands. Their prep
drat0us and cantra cts Tor the apron achinq sea
son are on a still larger scale,
In connection with their Operations in lumber
| they have one Of the most extensive and com
| Plete hardware establishments To- b. found in
| the MAumse Valley so that their facilities for
supplying building material are not excellsd.
THE sTAVg BUsINEss.
great feature in the business inter rests of
Perryaburg is the purchase and Shipment 1T
| slaves. Daring last season there were shipped
! from this place to puHAlO and other points over
two millions Of red SAX and white oak sta yes
| Of this amount the shipments OF A. O. Will
| liams & Bro, dry RuOds msrrhauts reached
I half mill It,t a.l,tr aafsN Nf
this large amount, they have emploved over
| four huHdred cars, eleven ctn,l boats and
chartered during the season twenty four yes
sells In their Lake transpnrtations. For haul.
! ing and. transporting thew have paid out over
SIS 600 and given empoy yment to a large NUN
ber si pers"us. Tho aggregate smount - bu-
s!ness done by his 6rm, during the year, was
| probably SIS coo
sTkvE AND HEADING FAcroHIKs.
! The esta blishm mt SONS yearS sincs Of the
two s,ave facinties at this place Seated a new
avenue Of industry and EN- plovment BY the
great demand opened up for N0pd Of aim at
every description, that hitherto there had he en-
I'M, little use for except fuel During the year
1874, the factory Of n. A. Trowbridge cut
500 cords If stave bolts. and 900 cards NJ
heading. besides m uufacturIng 10 900 barrels
aud purchasing so 900 fat h.. ps. This es-
Enlistment furnishes emplJTmsnt to forty
hands in addition twenty five or thirty more
who cut aud bring in bolts and lumher. The
manner in which the present season is opening
up, prom ses IL be one IT activity ia this eStab
Iishiuent iuring the summer.
The Stevens StaVe Factory did almost an
Equal amount Of business during 1874, EN-.
plnTinR sbnni thirty hands. paying for maIsris
nearly si3 900 aud far iahnr over So e0e.
AASUFAGTURE or BaXKs.
A m"st succrs$fUl branch Of industry Il the
fruit and packing box manufActnry II i. p. Tni
man. This has been in almost constant eper.
All. IT, q l.
gradually inci eaEiBg year after year. In this
establishment from ten tn twelve hands are sm
! Pioyst and n-arlV quarter of a million q
fruit b"1es we're manufactured last year, be
sides n very Large number Of peach crates auC
packing boxes.
SPRING ibid MAXuFAcToRY.
hessrs. J. J. Currie & ca. are dung an act
We business 10 the manufacture of spring-brd
and the excellence and completeness of thei
work is universally cnnGed-d. The demanc
tor their manufacG @es is becoming quite exten
sive and their busi ness is thriving in a ma nne
highly encouraging. They cnutemplate estah
lishing in This city, warernom for the diatri
buiun and sale uf their celebrated spring bed
and We take pleasure in cinmending th.i
work, as we'll as each and every member q
the hrm. who can be relied on as Kentieme
u strict integrity and worthy Of public cnnfi
dsnce.
OTHER BRAN0HEs OF fNDUsr RY.
The WUoien bowl factory Of W. J Danisnu 4
Go. tarnS out annually from twenty We Ia tn irt
thousand wnnden bowls, Of a very supsrior
ma ke and hnish.
The steam saw mill AZ wiltss & Parkhu.
cuts anSu'llv nearly million feet of lumbs
Of various kinds.
The n'arinx mill of James p. .AverilI hai
undergone Il marked improv .rnent ami its faci
tiles f"r the manu-, ,acture of Il ,ur are excel
lent. The suuuil cOnsu N pli"n of grain
about rs 090 bushels.
The mAnufcture nf lin. bv Gs,rge MeMnna
gle. iew M es EAST nf this place, has b.rn stead
ilv pursued until now il ha. hecnne an indus,r
"' no sinAli degree nf im.I rrtuce. aud ths supr
riHr quality OF the article prniucsd haS h-c";n
Pr"vcrbnl h"th east and west creating u dr
maud far in excess nj the abiiitV Ia suppl,
Ah"ui 10000 bushels are manufactured an
shipped frnn lli~ point every season.
The hnnery of J. 4 +. GIirth is dung GOO
business aud has ia its empmy salns dve or sil
hands.
In the sale Of furniture and agricultural i'm
pl"mtnts Wm. Cratk il wi lsly knuWn AIT
his large and prosperous busineS is the result q
close attention. IharuuRh knowledge ID
needs of the iarmers aud panctdslity and inieV
riiy IN all business trausIc cliOns lie cnT
mands an extensive trade in Woud and adj INN
! counties.
4 MRRcuLSDISK
One OF the oldest businesa firms IN the pac
> is that nf +. x. Miller 4 Co., whn, besides th
o"'e - RSnefdi ueTchhnulbes are lhTHe puTchdi
/ ers OF wool, slaves, farm produce and grain r
: every descIiJtipn. In o"dneciInn with thei
business interests a. PerrTsburg they lan la '
dry gnodS store and uring mill ut Tontng
any. Their total purchases Of gram NJ th
Two places will aggregate mnre than quartz
ot million 0f bushels, while their hu Siusss
dry goods appr,xinAtss over $4,000 per al
r mum.
a Other dealers IN general msroha andiss Nj
= Gilbert Beach. Ar. +. Ysager and NJ. 5. Rsis
are all doing successful business.
Mr.. @. ", Norton has a complete and We
! appointed stock Of hardware and has, by h
i industry AID energy, buih up an extensV
, trade. Charley is attentive a. business
: prompt at all times and popular with this cOH
: nunity.
1 hessrs. kussslle 4 Tavlor aud A. R. Chamr
ney represent the irug business Of the Villag
!, ana both establish nents in the line II drug
stdlionsry. bnoks aud nutons are onmplsts an
L vel adapted to the wants Of the people.
There are other business ssla bl shm ments wo
llu mt lad Ia