, 1875-04-10

featuring contfo on oafth
Prominent among thcao almost innumorable
intoEosts is tlo tuanufactnro Of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.
TIE uoss PHILLIPS MASuPAorURtSu COMPANY.
Among tho pioneer manufacturing ostablisl.-
nlents Of tAia city, ono Of tito ol1cBt, moat re-
linble, and moat prosperous Is that Of tho GoaH
l. Phillips Manufacturing Company, dating back.
o. 1t docs, to tho year t84B, whilo Chicago VIVA
yot town OF about 90 o30 inlaatants. At that
timo M1. Goss tho founder Of tic business, wan
tho possesaor Of ANAL establishment tn the
upper story Of an old saw-mill standing on tho
/ bank OF tho Chicago Rtvor, where nccoraing to
the practice Of tho ago. sash. doors, and blinds
were made by hanl,-an establishment whcre
asaets and good will were valued at about e100.
From this humble beginning thcro has grown
business tho operations Of which arc bounded
only by the boundaries Of tho lsnd.' Yoar By
year. through tho 1fkes aud sixties, until 1870,
rapid increase was tho legitimate result OF the
enosg., comprehension, and tact which dis
tinguiahod the management, Of tho concern.
md In 1871 the firm wns mado an incorporated
company, undor its ptoaens aty1o and deBigua-
Hou.
Although the capahilitios Of tho concern aro
equal to tho widest range OF wood work md nau-
| ufacturo, tho Company conlns thoir operations
practically to doo:H. no'dings, sash aud bllndB,
aud tho liner branches, Buch as stsir-work, nav.
els, baluaters aud rails, and houso-fnBhinE
gonsrslly. Both 10 acantIt, ard quality q vork
Company may Justly bo conHidoted as all exam.
plo Of whhs may be dono, in Chicago by ontes-
prise, Rnd tho creation OF q buHinoaa On Its
uoIisg;
and dull trade are hoard from representatives ui
| all tho industries In this region, this Company
Asands iu tho position Of coutraacsing tue souti-
ment, for they hro running their extensive mall-
utacsosy to ita fullest capacity, twelve hou1s
day, SLOWING but half an hour CO.'S
| satiou ut noon. They arc crowded with
ordors. not only to supply largo homo dcnaaud,
but 10 keep up with ordora FROM outside points.
They soil tholr merchandise in ohio, Indiana,
| Massachusetts, Now York. Maryland, ponnsyl-
ynuis, Virginia, mississippi, Hhouo Island, Con-
necticut, md other statos.. This exhibitis not
only croditab1a 10 tho establishment. but will bo
cited IN favor Of 4ls city As tlt location for
thlR and other industries, Dut tho territory
supplied BY tho Company does not stop with
| tho ssates enunlerated; It inclIdes also Bouth
Ga5o'ina uo9rs' Eo5d Aa
Nebraaks, Colorado; In short, stmoHt every
| t,lato III the Union absorba moro or
lesa of the company''a manufactures.
That they may bc:tor tne0t tho wantB Ut distant
purchasers, d brunch i.ouHe has boon Tor so,no
| timn In successful operation at indianapolis,
from whcpco tosca out many important arteries
Of trade.
~ parEioularize. In somo instances OF their
outside trade. IL simply to convoy falut idea Of
| tho 1aagnitudc OF tho whole. Ona order in
cluiod 1,O00 each Of flvo Hxoa ot dooss, and tle
goous, WHOM loadcd for shipment, completely
t!!lc tcn ffelGht-carr4 yet they woro alt .luHhod
| characteristic OF tho Company. Ti.iladolphla
cannot continue her building improvements
| without calling to hcr aid tho dosa l. Phillips
Manufacturing Company. ana We tiua OH their
ordor-boos domaud for material required In
the completion Of hfty-thrco houses, 'slicl. aro
| In progress OF erection this spring. from city
after city !i.o otdora arc recorded;
bomc Of tho costliest and handsou1nst public
buildings IN tlo land, natioral and stase lave
boen lifted with tho uosH i Phillips Compa,ly'n
work In y manner to call forth tho earnest
oncom'arns Of all who ilayo inspected tl,on,. Tho
private buildlnga Of THO ,lEst-claas, which lave
becn eubsllihhcd and tlnlshea In lille man,,er,
aro Utmost innumcrablo, but among them
may DO mentioned tho eeaaut fesldoneo
Of tho Dritish Minister, Alr. Thornton,
at Washington, ono Of tho finest In tho country,
~ 10 expense vas spared or measure neglected
which good taate and money could secure. Tho
FIsk University at Nashville, Tom, tno groat
coorcd educational Institution Of tho countrr, u
monument to the Company's skill aud ontcr-
prise for tue woodwork Of ths udliico falling
wl'hln their province ID being furnished BY
| them. At home, the ralgnos House rartakcs
largely Of their aEtice. aud would, In alt proLa-
h' have eoea T19y eompotsd by them h.d
rush tho building faster than any ono ostabIiBh-
1nsat in tho country would tlayo boon ablo to rot
out tlo work; - T. It T., tho larger portion va
Express Company's buildings, tic nopubiIo Ltfo.
| tho Western Aows Conpanya, aud tho Ex-
poatlon structures, besides the splendid blocks
erected b; John Y. Farwe'l 1amlln, na!s L Co.,
tho flueat buildings in Tue city hayo beon finish
| Cd and beantitlsi by tho Company. Tho lusldo
work Of tho Pacific Hotel tho grand STAIRCASE
tho doors, aud outside and inside bliuds-ln