Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-01
A MAMMOTH HOUSE.
III. Wetter d Co., No. s34 Main and Nos
Is and Is Monroe streeG-Three
FOur-StOry Buildings in One
Mammoth Establishment.
Two Immense Warehouses Connecting
with One OF the Leading Railway
Lines-An Enterprise OF which
we may Boast.

Everybody within q radius Of hum
dreds OF miles Of Memphis is familiar
WITH the business firm OF h. Wetter d
Co., the wholesale and retail dealers in
stoves, tinwsre, lamps, oils, etc., at 1874
Main street, and everybody knows that
they can call for nothing in the lines of
goods mentioned that II. Wetter & Co.
cannot furnish OF the best quality and in
any quantity desired. But every body
does lot know to what extent this firm
has enlarged its business, and
1t may be an interesting item to give ia
detail what an APPEAL commissioner
saw in the Main street house of II. " et-
ter d Co. yesterday. Stepping into the
retail department, on the first floor, we
were taken chsrke OF by Mr.. John D.
Murtagh, the junior member OF the firm,
who carried Us through the departments
OF the establishment, which is now one
OF the largest Of the kind III the south
or south west.
THE RETAIL DEPARTMENT.,
on the first floor, combines a most varied
display OF every article of tin and sheet
iron manufacture, lamps and Iamp-fi
lures, table.cuIlery, Japanned goods in
all their varieties, plsnished ware, chat
iug-dishes, tea and coffse-wares, etc.,
together with samples of the celebrated
Champion and Charter Oak cooking
stoves, Of which II. Wetter & Co. are
sole agents, as well as all the other
kind OF stoves, ranges and heating-ap-
paratus of the most approved patterns;
in fact, every article TO be found In
wenregulsted establishment embracing
this line of trade.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
Mr.. Murtsgh conducted us to the rear
Of the building, where we stepped upon
an elevator, run by water. power, which
extend from the basement up to the
fourth or top story OF the building. We
landed upon the second floor of the es-
Enlistment. This is devoted solely to
the display Of lamps, chandeliers, lamp
stock, and samples for the wholesale
trade-all arranged with q skill and
taste known only to men experienced in
this branch Of business. Tables and
shelves, running the entire length of the
building, contain specimens Of all the
goods sold at wholesale, while the cell.
Ing was q scene OF dazzling beauty,
where were suspended chande iers of
every conceivable pattern, embracing
every style of lamp and chandelier, from
the plainest and cheapest to the most
elaborate and expensive designs. Here,
also, We found an extensive assortment
of CRATES, msDtles aud furnaces, of most
tasteful pattern and modern deslgn-a
display within itself worthy Of 8 visit to
the establishment.
THE THIRD FLOOR
is devoted solely to the stock depart
ment, which embraces all manner Of tin
plate and timers goods, lamp and lamp
stock in bulk, anQ light stoveware, from
which wholesale bills are made up and
the retail department is supplied. The
vast piles Of goods, in packages, with
which this story is packed to overflow
ing shows the immense amount of cap
ital the firm of III. Wetter & Co, have
invested in their business, and impressed
Us with the fact that il was perhaps
the most extensive establishment to be
found south Of the Ohio river.
THE FOURTH STORY
is occupied by the manufacturing de.
partment, where from twenty totwenty-
five Fkilled artisans are constantly en-
plOyed in the manufacture OF ali lines of
tin and sheet-iron ware, in all the va
rious branches. The rafting of mallet5
and clanking of timers tools kept up
such q din of noise and confusion that
we were glad to descend on the elevator
into more quiet retreat. We sank rap
idly down through the depths Of this
immense house into
THE BASEMENT,
Here is q space of twenty-five feet
wide by one hundred and fifty feet long,
literally jammed with stoves, country
hOlloW-ware, etc, being the stock de-
partment for these branches. We were
enlightened as to the superior merits
of the
SOLAR AND CRYSTAL HEADLIGHT OIL,
OF which Messrs. &. Wetter & Co. are
sole propriet0rs, possessing merits over
any and every other Illuminating oils,
which make them the most celebrated.
They also deal in coal and other lamp
oils, at wholesale and retail, handling
the article ny the carload or barrel, to
suit customers.
THEIR MONROE STREET HOUSE.
What we have tried to detail above is
duplicated in another establishment of
four stories, Nos. Is and Is Monroe
street, except that the laboratory in the
fourth story is devoted solely TO the
manufacture of roofing and cOrnice for
buildings, in which they employ only
the most accomplished experts. II.
Wetter d Co. also manufacture here the
celebrated Jacket and Banker patent
cans, To describe the Monroe street
house would only be arepetition of what
we have said ABOUT the Main street
establishment. Besides all this display
detailed above, Messrs. II. Wetter & Co.
have
TWO WAREHOUSES
for the storage of oils, near the Mem.
phis and Louisville depot, into which
spur-tracks have been built so that goods
can be handled by the carload or pack
age, embracing facilities for doing the
wholesale business on the shortest notice
and with the utmost dispatch.
THE FIRM
of II. Wetter & Co. is composed OF
MessTs. II. Wetter and Geo. Schmalz
reid, of the old firm of II. Wetter &
Co., which formerly did business in the
Monroe street establishments; and Mr..
John D. Murtsgh, OF the old firm of E.
Urquhart & Co, which formerly occu.
pied the Main street establishment and
headquarters of II. Wetter & Co. All
these gentlemen are old citizens of
Memphis, whose reputation for fair, up
right and prompt dealing is established
both in the city and surrounding coun-
try, and not wCrd is necessary from US
except, IS will be seen from the above,
that they are determined thai Memphis
shall be the headquarters for all the
south and Southwestern their department
of trade. They will have five agents
constantly travelling in the States OF
Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and
Tennessee, so that the advantages OF
coming to Memphis for supplies in their
line may be thoroughly canvassed.