Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-31

mission merchants, have gradually with
drawn from this line, and now cenfine
themselves principally to the grocery
trade, their sales the past year amounting
| to several hundred thousands dollars.
| The firm of Mcfarland & Co., Robert
street, has been succeeded by that of r.
| P. Ober's Sons, the senior the head of an
old established house in Milwaukee, Wis
consin, by whom the business is being
rapidly enlarged Michaud & Bros,
corner of Wahashaw and Seventh streets,
| for wears in the front rank of the retail
grocery trade of the city, have within
the past few months opened a
wholesale department, entirely distinct
from the retail branch, and are doing
quite a business.
Next in order in point of increase of
business is the iron, steel, stove and gen.
eral hardware trade These firms, with
one exception, that of j. B. Braden d
Bro, remain ostensibly the same as at
the close of 1879 This firm has been sue
ceeded by that of Breuer & Budd, the
Bradens retiring on comfortable com
potency,
There have been numerous changes in
the personnel of the wine and liquor trade
during the year Thus we find the old
established house of Peabody, Lyons s.
Co. giving way to Perkins, Lyons & Co.,
while the Peobody Bros & Co. are
new claimants for public favor. Geo.
Benz, successor to the old-time firm of
Benz s. Becht, finding the cares of his ex-'
| tensive business too enormous for his in
dividual care has associated with him
Mr., John Haggenmiller and Mr.. VIM. F.
| Hackman, men well known to the COM
munity as men of integrity and
ability. Other changes have
been made all in the direction of greater
capital and business experience.
In the other leading lines few changes
have occurred In the boot and shoe
trade Gotzian s. Co., and Forepaugh &
Tarbox are maintaining their well earned
reputation for enterprise and business
sagacity. Both firms have largely in
creased their business during the year,
| especially in their manufacturing depart
ments, very encouraging feature in
| their business being that of their immense
sales about one third was their own
manufacture Both firms have had the
most prosperous year of their business
career, and both will start out with the
new year with increased capital and de-
termination to far exceed the business of
1880 in 1881 In no single line of trade
has there been a falling off.
increased their trade during the year
and all are preparing by additional cap
ital and facilities to still further swell the
volume of their business during 1881.
During the year, fire, the growth of
business, and other causes have led to
changes in the location of many of the
wholesale houses of the city. Saturday
night, the It'll of March, fire destroyed
the great building, corner of Jackson
and Fourth streets, in which was domicil-
ed the great dry goods house of Auerbach,
Finch, Culbertson & Co. The loss to the
firm by this fire was nearly 81 900, 900,
with something like 100000 of insur-
ance To add to the ca
lamity the firm was houseless,
their being no building in the
city vacant, in which they could find
shelter to continue their business. In
this emergency great board wigwam
was erected, corner of Third and Sib
ley streets, where, April 1st, the firm re-
sumed their dry goods and notion bust
ness, their carpet department being loca
ted in another building on upper Third
street The energy and pluck shown by
the firm in overcoming the obstacles con-
fronting them through the fire, bore legi-
innate fruit through the remainder
of the year in largely increased
business. The firm are still in the wig
wan, but permanent location has been
| secured running through from Fourth to
Fifth street on Sibley street, where labor
ers are now engaged in excavating for the
basement of what is to be one of the
| largest and finest structures in the city,
to be erected early the coming season.
AT about O'Clock on the morning of
August % a general fire alarm awakened
the city to the fact that the wholesale
paper house of Averill, Russell
& Carpenter was on fire. In
the same block was the great grocery
house of P. III. Kelly & Co., to which the
fire soon communicated, and the early
morn found both structures in ruins, in
| flicting a loss of million or more dol
lars. Averill, Russell & Carpenter found
| temporary Office rooms on Robert street,
while Dawson's new block, corner of
Fourth and Wacouta streets, was being
made ready for their accommodation, but
the firm were for nearly month virtu-
ally out of business. P. H. Kelly & Co.
more fortunately got their Office and a
portion of their stock into the old Simp-
son warehouse, corner of Sibley street
and the levee, and scarcely break
occurred in their business. Since
a large frame warehouse has been erected
for the storage of goods in bulk, and in
| this condition the firm remains to-day
Their quaters are not practical, nor con-
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