Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31

with Mr.. Temple, under the firm name of
Temple u Beaupre. In that year they had q
small establishment on jackson street, be-
tween the Merchants hotel and the leyee.
Their business was necessarily confined to a
small area of territory at that time, as there
vas but few white people in the country,
outside Of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Still
water. The firm continued in business M
til 1862, when Mr.. Temple died, and Mr.. P.
II. Kelly was admitted as partner under the
firm name of Beaupre & Kelly, and contin-
ued as such until 1875, when Mr.. Beaupre
withdrew and associated himself with P. F.
McQuillan & Co., urder the firm name of
McQuillan, Beaupre & Co. This partner
ship continued until the death of Mr.. Nc
Qulllan in 1877, when the present firm was
organized under the name of Beaupre, Allen
Il KeOgh. From the small beginning lin the
little shanty we may call it, on Jackson street,
this house has steadily increased its business,
until in this year of 1879 its trade has reached
the enormous sum Of tuo million dollars
From the comparatively circumscribed coun-
try over which their trade extended in that
early day, it now extends over the entire
State of Minnesota, the province of Mani.
toba, and portions of Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne
braska, Dakota and Montana. Since Mr..
Beaupre first occupied the small quarters
on Jackson street, he has been
obliged to remove four times. When his
increasing business, after his first removal
on Jackson street, demanded more room, he
built fine block on Third street Just be-
low the Merchants hotel, which he still owns
NOW occupied by Forepaugh 8, Tarbox), and
moved there with a firm determination that
when that large building was inadequate to
accommodate his business, he would
retire. On the death of Mr.. Nc
Qullan the present firm was Or
ganized, and has continued ever since. The
firm occupies the building on the corner of
Third and Sibley streets, expressly built for
them. 1t has frontage of seventy. five feet
on Third street, by 1925 feet''on Sibley street.
1t is four stories in. height with basement,
and spacious as all their five floors are, they
are inadequate to accommodate their present
business, and arrangements are in progress
for moro room. They give employment to
about fifty persons, among whom are seven
travelling men, who cover the entire North
west in their travels. AS an evidence of tie
enterprise of the firm, it may be stated that
they dispute with Chicago for the trade of
the country half way between st. Paul and
that city. They carry an average stock OF
some $35O,O0O, and always have from $780,
900 to $4,000 worth of goods on tho rails
On route from the East and South.
HoIt .e Paar.
There 40 few names better known as con-
nected with The business interests Of St. Paul,
than those of the Two gentlemen who COM
these many years-nearly quarter of CEN
tury-they have occupied and maintained an
honorable, upright and successful place
among the business men of the Northwest.
Ia 1870 they associated themselves together,
under the firm name of Holl & Paar, for the
purpose of carrying on the wholesale gro
Gerry business. They opened first on Robert
street, near Third, where they remained un-
til 1876, when they removed to their present
quarters, on the corner of Fourth and Sibley
streets. Here they occupy building 37x125
feet, with four floors. While their business
is largely confined to dealers of their own
nationality, their sturdy honesty and fair
dealing has secured for them large number
of customers among other nationalities.
They have three travelling men on the road
constantly, and employ twelve in their store.
Their business during the past year will
reach little over q half million. 1t is one
of the solid firms of st. Paul, as we'll as of
America.