The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-02-05


gentleman Of ample business capacity and
exceptional integrity and courtesy. Mr..
Ketchnm ID, son of V. H. Ketcham, and
nephew of J. B. Ketcham, has also
been with the house some nine years.
These gentlemen, alike give personal at
tention to the everyday details of their
large business-the success of which is
pretty clearly demonstrated in the one
fact that the sales of the house for the
past year eclipsed those of 1873 by at
least 9S0,000. We next proceed to giva
briefly our experience on taking
A HURRIED GLANCE THROUGH THE WARE
HOUSE,.
The premises located at 36 and 3S
Summit street, have a frontage of 40
feet; are very substantially built, and
besides spacious basement, have four
floors above, respsctiv ely about 125x40
feet-lofty, and in the center, from tho
basement to the uppermost story
very fine elevator or lift is constructed,
capable of raising over ton at once TO
any floor. To the right hand, on enter
ing from Summit street.. is. the office,
.enclosed by glazed front-commodi
Gus and thoroughly appointed. At the
extreme end of this department are
large folding doors, opening on to
most admirable private dock, the equal
to which, for facilitating shipments by
water, without having to resort to dray-
age, cannot be found in the city-in
fact, all consignmenta to or from this
house, by water, are simply transported
with the least possible inconvenience di-
rectly to or from hevesssl and without
pause-a great advantage over the usual
risk attending transfers at other houses
less favorably positioned. The base
ment of this building is devoted to syr-
ups and molasses, vinegars and other
heavy goods-the former being one of
the specialities of the house, and com
prising the finest stock and variety we
ever saw, embracing table syrups of all
kinds, New Orleans molasses, Porto
Rico, Muscayado, sugar house, &c.
On the ground floor other heavey goods
are also stocked, such as teas, coffees,
sugars, cheese, fruits, salt fish, soaps,
salaratus, candles, starch, sc. In the
way of teas and coffees, there is proba-
bly, no house in the State to excel this
of the former, Imperial, Gunpowder,
Old and Young Hyson, Oolong, Uncol-
ored japan, &c, and in the way of cof-
fees their Government Java, Laguayra,
Java, Rio, roast and ground Java, &c,
their invariable heavy stock is proven
bal for being equally genuine as exter-
sive. The second floor is devoted to
wooden ware, nuts, small wares, &c.
and is literally crammed to repletion
with everything to be desired-tubs of
every size, shape and make, churns,
pals, buckets, bushels, flour and sugar
pals, cheese safes, sieves, butter prints,
bowls, faucets, washboards, and in short
everything. At one end of this depart
ment is very fine sample room"
which, from its motley and endless con-
tents, forms an excellent index to the
general stock of the concern, though
smaller articles are chiefly represented
AS fine line of pocket cutlery, per
fumery, brushes OF every kind, toilet
requisites, stationary, notions, drug,
and dye stutfs, &c,-the difficulty sug-
gested to our mind being that particular
article which was absent Proceeding
yet another story higher and we were
IN full view OF the willow ware and
broom department, perfect battery in
full array stretching around where ere
the eye might rest. The fourth story
also well filled, is applied to storage
purposes of surplus stock, everything
IN general and nothing in particular"
hence, specnu reference to it is un-
necessary.
SOME IDEA OF THE EXTENSIVE
BUSINESS.
We observed, during our visit, they
were receiving what they seemed to
view as quite an ordinary shipment of
lsugar-to vat; 250 barrels, Of sugar and
I VIC ADt+A III ALlN OAlbil bJDh III SO many 0A
800 to 400 barrels. Also, from l50 to
200 chests Of tea; $50 to 200 bags of
coffee, 300 to 400 boxes of starch, and
syrup and molasses by 100 barrels at a
time. These kind of consignments fire.
quently dropping in, it will at once be
seen how essential it Is they should have
so large a trade-in fact, it is no uncom.
mon thing for them to ship out from
50, 900 to $4,000 worth of goods in a
/ day.
Their customers are scattered through
ont large portion of four States
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois
and they usually keep four representa-
tives on the road. Mr. @. A. Baldwin,
than whom ii would be difficult to find a
more genial or excellent fellow, was
formerly of Fremont, where he still re-
tains excellent business relations on be-
half Of the firm. He has been with
them nine years, fills the capacity of
chief salesman, comes to Fremont peri
odically for orders, and is prepared
to act in the interest of the firm, gen
orally. The other travellers are Messrs.
Ruggles, w. M. Haveland, and w. S.
Rogers, who have each their regular ap-
pointed iournies, and are gentlemen of
experience, courtesy and strict integri-
ty. Altogether, the firm employ some