The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-09
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on Ferguson Street. The building is
a fire-proof brick, iron front, two
stories high, with an eight foot cellar
underneath, and its dimensions are
24x72 feet. The building belongs to
L. P. johnson, U. S. Attorney for
Wyoming. and was erected by him
in 1878, at a cost of about $1,000.
We found the senior member Of
the firm in the store, and after n
little skirmishing on unimportant
matters we approached our purpose
In this wise:
SIN what kind Of goods have you
been dealing the past Year,"
"A general stock Of dry goods,
boots, shoes. ladies' wear, California
woolens and furnishing goods"
"If you have no objection, l would
like to know about what your sales
amounted to In lS74?"
"Our sales amounted to forty thou
sand dollars"
What amount of stock did you
carry on an average during the past
year,"
"Our stock has bsen large during
The year twenty thousand dollars
average"
How did your sales the past year
compare with those of 1878 and
Ie7s?r
mot quite so large, owing to the
scarcity Of money"
What sort of trade do you pre-
dict In Cheyenne this year, from
yovr knowledge Of its surround
jngsT"
I'VE expect a large trade this
spring and summer; prospects nre
better for a good trade in Cheyenne
this year than there has ever been"
xviii you give the reasons you
have for believing Cheyenne will be
a permanent and important place as
a business point ?"
We believe Cheyenne will be a
permanent town, and will continue
TO improve from the fact OF her
peculiar location at the foot Of the
Black Hills, with a good natural
road to the gold and other mineral
portions OF our Territory, and that,
commercially speaking, Cheyenne
possesses advantages over any point
on the Union Pacific railroad for the
handling and distribution Of mer-
chaudise, having already two rail-
roads, it will, by next Fall, have a
railroad running along the base OF
the Black Hills. Our cattle and
sheep interest will continue to in
crease, and in a few years Cheyenne
will be the great central point for the
sale Of Texas cattle. Utah, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada and California
will seek this as their market in
which to buy cattle and sheep.
The next place called at was the
Hardware store of
HENRY HOUSMAS,
On Ferguson Street, adjoining the
store of E. Maggie. 1t is a two story.
fire proof brick, with basement col
lar, 24xs6 feet.
The business is under the control
ard management of L. D. Beary.
whom we found there, and we inter
viewed him on the business of the
house as follows:
How long have you been con-
nected with this establishments"
"Three years"
About what did the sales amount
to last year,"
Forty thousand dollars"
"How did this compare with the
sales in 1892"
Considerably better"
From your knowledge of the
demand for articles in the stove and
hardware line, do you anticipate an
increase In this years business over
that of last?"
anticipate a considerable in
crease for the year 1875"
What are your views regarding
the permanency and stability of
business generally at this points"
"That the trade will continue to
improve, and that the year 1875
will show a large gain both in in
habitants and business"