The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1877-04-07
ThibOdauX, her interests
and industries.
COPPER, TIN AND SHEET IRON
WORKERS.

N"Soa
requiSition the inventive genius
OF all workers in iron and copper.
One OF the first shops for the
purpose Of working sheet iron,
tin and copper, was established
in Th,bodeux in 1912, by John
Lalkin, on very nearly the same
ground now occupied by his
stores on jackson street. He af-
forwards removed across the
street. to the corner of st. Bridg-
ct and Jackson, and in 1916 bnilt
the brick building now belonging
to Thibodaux Foundry, and occu
pied by the Home Hook d Ladder
Company, No 1.
In 1S47, Mr.. Larkin, having
disposed of his building on Jack
son street, established a shop on
Church street, and advertised
that ga plan had been tested of
heating cane juice for clarifies
ton, by perforated copper pipes,
with escape steam, said to work
well,n and proposed to do any
work of that nature needed by
the planters.
From the columns of the Thibo
daux Minerua, | learn that i'll
1S4S, a firm Of Ellis & Moulton,
had a tin shop on St. Philip, be-
tween Main and Market streets,
and that they had bought the Ell
tire interest of John Larkin, in
that line of business. On the first
, of January 1S49. the firm was
changed to c. F. Moulton & Co.,
and composed Of G. f. MoultOn
s. G. w. Westbrook. This firm
did not continue very long, and
, on March 10, 1857, | find that
i Mr.. Larkin, had again re>com-
- menced business at his old stand
. on Jackson street, opposite the
+ Bank Buildings.
|. At this stand he soon built up
an extensive business, aud manu-
y featured a large number of sheet
~ iron pans for clarifying juice, and
- copper pans for the evaporation
~ and granulation OF the same
!, He also added to this business
! the manufacture of tinware, ano
- the sale OF cooking and heating
II stoves, fire CRATES aud trim
- mings, SC.
u On April 3,1s577, he sold thu
-. half Of his interest to S. T. Grisa
more, and uliuer the firm OF Lar
'n kin Il Grisamore, the bushes
~ continued until September 1858
~ when Mr.. Larkin. sold his remain
ID ing half interest to w. FL. Raga'
~ Il G.. w. WeStbrook, the fri
thus becoming S. Z. GriSamoI
:, & Co. In 1860, Mr.. Raglan erect
;s ed the buildings on the corner G
y, St. bridget and Jackson streets
now occupied by F. Hoffman an
to w. &. Ragan, for the use of til
&c firm.
This co partnership continue
,,a until the war suspended opera
tions, and was doing an extensiy
nj business, occupying large pal
~; of the year, from six to twelv
wOrkmeu.
About 1850, Meyer & Brothe
had bought out the business
C. +. Moulton & Co., and contir
oil ued in the same buildings, on tt
mr. corner of st. Philip & Nam. no
.rs occupied by the Gaudet building
In erected since the war.
This firm soon built up a lars
FRO and lucrative business, existiI
~ until 1853, when Messrs Lark
& Grisamore, bought out the
ed remnant of stock when it close
At the end of the war, M
Charles Seaman, was carrying {
air a small shop on the corner of S
Philip and St. Bridgrt-the Lar
tn man corner-loing only tin VOL
aud selling stoves.
In January 1866, S. 7. Gris'
more opened "a Tin shop Oh Ma
ich ket street, between st. Phil
aud St. Louis, with the sale
les stoves, fire CRATES, SC. and d
ms ring that year, purchased II
md stock of c. Seaman, who remove
to Texas. In 1867, he removed j
to the Daunis buildings, corn
st. Louis and Market, and
her January 1860. re>entered in
ant partnership with John lark
I,.. under the firm name of Larkin
,;,e Grisamore. This firm did a lar
mo- amount of work in the manufa
vas tory Of pans, and repairs OF IL
,ad chinery for sugar boiling, un
1T the crisis of "hard times' can
ZEN and almost stopped all work
their line of business.
me In 1874, the firm removed
he jackson street, opposite J
risi Bridget, and on January l, 49,
ted dissolved. Mr.. Larkin remain
in the same place, and S.
GriSamOre removing to the &C