Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-14
WHOLESALE HARDWARE.
Items COneernlBg the House e o.
Ewing & Co.

Items COneerntBg the House er o.
Ewing & Co.
The chr0nicler Of Nashville's progress
meets with illustrations numerous and
vivid as he visits the iObbing h0us and
factories Of high and low degree that are to
be found in the city. Some Of these enter
prises have history Of their OWn-Others
are Just making histOry-and as we visit
first one and another and stil another, we
ind food for reflection in the form Of mem
Oraada which page by page fills the reroEt-
er's note book. The wholesale trade Of
Nashville has grown with a rapidity that is
a matter Of surprise even tOth0se who have
been identified with it since its inception.
The extension andedevelOpment Of this
jObbing trade has largely been the work Of
firms formed within the past ten years, and
the changes that have taken place in the
condition Of these houses during tfaf time
are indeed great. The house Of q. Ewing
] & Co. will serve to illustrate.
Eight years ago it began business on the
south side Of the Public Square in a room
/ 16x60 feet. A combined wholesale and
retail business was done until 1869, since
when the retail branch has been entirely
abandoned. From the south side Of the
Square the house removed to No. 81 west
side, and from there, in May, 1873, 70 its
/ present magnificent location in the Pub
| fishing House Block, where two doors are
occupied, each 2Sx224 feet. The contrast
| in quarters, stock and in trade between
eight years ago and the present time, speaks
volumes.
o. Ewing & Co. were succeeded BY EW-
ing & McClaugherty, which continued IN
| til July, 1874, when the old firm style was
resumed under new partnership, the mem
beTs Of the firm being U. Ewing, w. g.
EWin and j.. p. Richardson. The senior
member is a native Of Nashville, and before
/ the war was with the house Of Fall & Gun
nirgham. Mr.. EWin was County Clerk
1 Of this county for some years previous 70
/ "A, and Mr.. Richardson has been assOei-
ated with the house since its origin. These
gentlemen axe all young men,--Of that class
We deem progressive, and it is but fair 20
presume that the development Of the house
uEder the new regime VIII, to say the
least, be no less promising than under the
old.
As visitors to the city generally take a
look at the Methodist Publishing House
Block, all viii agree that finer salesroOms
are not to be found in this section Of the
country. The display made by Messrs.
Ewing & Co. upon the first floor, is as at
tractive as can be, where nothing more
snowy than the ten thousand different arti-
eles Of hardware is to be exhibited, and the
arrangements are all Of a character 70 facil-
tate the labor Of buying and selling. An
exceptionally large stock is shown, and
nothing appears lacking that would be re-
quired By a first.ciass house. Something
Of a specially is made Of Buffalo Scales"
Burdens hOrseshOes, DiebOld, Norris & Cos
Safes, Utility Works cedar-Ware and other
articles, and the basement is filed with a
large assortment of WOOden-Ware and other
light, bulky goods.
COnsiderabletravelingi sdOne blythe house,
from one to I've statesmen being upon the
road, and Tennessee and contiguous States
are thoroughly can7assed, besides which a
large per cent. Of orders come to the firm
direct. Whiting eight years the business
of the house has increased about 500 per
cent. Few, indeed, Of our jObbers can
make such an exhibit, and the fact Of such
growth bespeals the esteem in which the
house is held.