Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-27
KNoxyILLE PALACE STABLE.
The Mammoth Establishment Of
Thompson q SoneS-The Finest
and LaTRest In the SOu.h.
What They Have, How They LOOK
and Whist They DO.

sive individuals TO witness the opera
tions of a live and thriving business
in their midst Among the most
thriving and business-like establish
msnts of Knoxville, is the mammoth
and model Palace Livery and Sale
| Stable of Thompson & Jones, located
on Reservoir street, corner of State
and it is a real treat just to take look
| through it. To begin with, the firm
| occupy almost half block for their
/ business, most CT it under en-
| closure aud cover by the buildings,
which consist o! one large brick, with
/ frame buildings added. They front on
Reservoir street 138 feet, running back
along State zoo All the lot and build
iugs belong to the Thompson broth
ers, N. E., Leon and Sprpwel, and
cost $4,000. They have also recently
bought additioal lots back in the rear,
| for additional room as cattle lois. The
Jones OF the firm is Mr.. Reps Jones, q
we'll known business mas Of our city.
The firm are emphalieally well pre-
pared for carrying onthe immense liv-
cry business they do. They have
three fronts or departments. The first
brick front, towards Gay street, is the
livery department, tie next for tran
silent custom, hitchiug end feeding,
and the next for the sale busin ess,
while they have a very large base
ment under a good portion OF
the stable, for keeping mules. They
have an abundance OF room, admiEa-
bly, arranged and laid of for carrying
on the business, making the Palace
stable emphaticsliy model livery
stable, and they have, all under the
same cover, thsir blacksmith aud car
rage shops and other necessary acclu
trements Not only this, but they are
thoroughly stocked wi,h the best Iiv-
cry outfit to be fuInd anyw here Else
in the city, or in ANY southern city,
ali of tip-top quality. They nave reg
ulaTly in The livery buziness about 80
head Of horses, and as for buggies, ear
riages aud other livery vehicles there
ordinary occasion will require; more
than any other stable 10 town, all \
No. l. The most recent addition to
their full stock of elegant turn outs is
that foe 81 100 Eoglish Landau, which
is by all odds the finest and most ccm
fortably riding rig ever brought TO this
city. The firm also contemplate
making further additions 10 their stock
soon, in the way of improved buggies
and other vehicles.
As something of al inimatiou Of
the business they do, aside from their
enormous and prof able iiyeTs bu=i
ness, We might mention here that
during The past twelve months the
firm have handled, in buying up and
shipping, about $4,000 worth of horses
and mules, and about So ear loads of
cattle, all on their own individual
hook, while there have been handled
at the Palace Stable during the same
length of time by outside parties, fully
the same amount Of cattle, and about
S6, 900 worth OF horses and mules This,
OF itself is q leading feature of the bus
mess, and is large item. They also
do a flOurishing business in the hitch
ing, feeding and lodging line. They
have the largest trade in the way of
keeping market wagons and such like
of any other stable. They average
from five to twenty every night.
One of the principle secrets of their
success is from the fact that all the firm
have thoroughly practical knowledge
of the business in which they are en-
gagged. Mel. Thompson is a man of
very extensive knowledge of horse flesh
has been ACCUSTOMED 10 handling aud
dealing with them all his life He
has been in the livery business here
for many years, and for a still longer
time carried on an extensive teaming
and draying business, and has been
eminently successful thereat. His
brother, Leon, or "Shug," as he is
more Familiarity known, is also one of
the most thoroughly trained horse men |
in the city. He can pull the strings
over a greater number of spans of /
horses than any body in the whole |
and he acknowledges no SUI
perior in the handling or dealing with /
q team of any description. Reps .
Jones, of the firm, is too well known
to most all our readers in Knoxville,
as we'll as many other places, to need
any Introduction. He is one
Of our most solid and sub
Itantial citizens, and has been
thoroughly identified with the bust
ness interests of Knoxville for years,
n various departments thereof. espe-
tally in the stock dealing line, and
What he dosen't knew about that
branch of business ic scarcely worth
lnowing. All thru of these gentle.
men give their almost undivided atten-
ion to their livery business, and are
onstantly to be found there. Besides,
hey keep in their employment a
efficient corps of hostIers
nd helps, hence the reason that ,
whenever you get a livery turnout
rom Thompson & Jones you may rely
u it being as represented. They ,
now lust what they are doing, and /