Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31
HARDWARE
Strong, Eackett e Co.

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This well-known firm, dealers in general
hardware, has history which extends back
over twenty years OF honorable dealing. The
mouse was established in 1859 by @. d.
Strong, the senior member of the present
firm, who bought out the interest of Mr.. CT
L.. Grant, who at that time was doing bust
ness IN small frame building upon the
spot where now stands the drug store of E..
Il. Blggs. During the year 1859 Mr.. Strong
done business amounting to about SIS, 900.
In 1872 Mr.. Strong sold an interest in the
business to Mr.. George A. Chaplin, and the
business was continued under the firm name
or q. d. Strong q Go. until 1878, when MIR.
y. W. Hackett was admitted, the firm name
being Strong, Hackett & Chaplin. Since the
death of Mr.. Chaplin the firm has been
known as Strong, Hackett & Co. The firm
removed to its present quarters, No. 1872
East Third street, in May, 1870. Their pres
ent building has front of 80 feet on Third
street, by $50 feet deep, and has five floors.
Large as thls space is, however, they have
found 1t inadequate to accommodate their
rapidly growing trade, and have therefore
entered into contract with DR.. A. Wharton
for the erection of a building expressly for
thelr own use, on Fourth street, between
Sibley and Wacouta, which DR.. Wharton is
under contract to have ready for occupancy
by the 1st of August, 1880. The new quar-
ters will have frontage of So feet by 1875
feet deep, with five floors. We may as we'll
state that another change in the firm will
take place January /, 1880, by which Mr..
Freeman P. Strong will be admitted as O
member, the firm name remaining un-
changed, however. Like all other whole
sale houses, the trade of the house extends
generally over the Northwest, and has rapidly
increased from the $4,000 trade of 1859 to
nearly half million in 1879. Connected
with their wholesale trade is a tin shop, in
which all kinds of tin and sheet iron ware
IS manufactured, of both of which the firm
sells Immense quantities. They give con-
slant employment to from % to 30 mon, of
whom six are constantly on the road. There
are few firms, in this or any other city, who
enjoy more enviable reputation for business
probity and honorable dealing than the firm
of Strong, Hackett & %. They have Gus
toners in all portions of the Northwest, and
when customer is once secured he remains
such as long as he is in trade. St. Paul is
justly proud of such honorable business firms
as Strong, Hackett & Co.
NicOls g. Dean.
One of the oldest, if not tile Oldest whole
sale house in st. Paul is that now owned
by Messrs. Ncols & Dean. The house was
founded as early as 1858 by ex-Gov. Mar
shall, and since then has passed through
several hands until it finally settled down
under its present firm name. Several times
have they been compelled to remove in order
to obtain more space for the accommodation
of their business, their last removal being to
their present quarters, No. al East Third
street, on the corner of Sibley. This fine
building is 81 feet front on Third street by
135 on Sibiey, and is three stories high,
with basement. They deal exclusively in
iron, heavy hardware and railroad supplies
They keep three men constantly on the
road, and employ from Is to 20 in the store
Iron is the foundation of all industries, and
this is emphatically an iron age. From q
small beginning, comparatively, their trade
has increased until it now reaches far up in
hundreds of thousands annually, and it OK.
tends over the entire Northwest and into
the British Provinces. Messrs. Nicols &
Dean are universally recognized as high
minded, honorable business men