Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-05
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At the beginning of Minnesota's historic
period, in 1S49, Alderman William b. MOBILES
(known to old settlers as Bill Nobles) set up
his forge on the lot now numbered 81 Robert
street. At that time and often since the own
ers and occupants of property along Robert
street expected that thoroughfare to become
the leading business street of the city. It is
an important business street and in time will
be of much greater Importance, bat the old
settlers have been often disappointed in their
hopes. One day, in his little red shop, Bill
struck blow with his hammer that split the
down the useless tool he declared he would
never strike another blow on an anvil and it
is probable he kept his word. Mr.. A. Il.
Lavender, since Unknown carriage smith,
was standing BY and thereupon bought out
Mobiles. In 1857 the firm of A. 81. Lavender
g. Co. was formed, of which Mr.. John G.
Quinby was member. Some years after
Mr.. Quinby and Enoch M. Halo
we'll bought the establishment and
have since operated under their firm name as
above. Their principal buildings, as now
standing, were erected in 1867, and consist of
storehouse 26 by 136, four floors, the fac
tory 40 by At, three floors, and the smithy,
20 by 6o-altogether occupying three lots.
The factory and smithy are calculated for the
employment of so hands, though the highest
number ever required was rs, and this win
tor orJx On bova hocv ap,pJovod Tho firm
could undoubtedly have greatly enlarged the
volume of its business if it had not tena-
ciously adhered to the line of fine work. Its
reputation throughout the Northwest for
many years has been of character which
would have given ready sales if it had un-
dertaken the manufacture of road and farm
wagons. But realizing the fact that manu-
featuring establishments almost inevitably
RIM to specialties, and believing they had
their speciality in fine carriage work, Messrs.
Quinby & Hallowell have preferred to wait
the short time in which the demand for their
fine work is developing. Their trade extends
over Minnesota and into the adjoining States,
Manitoba, Dakota and Montana, and the in
dications are most encouraging that it Will
soon require their factory to be run at its
full capacity. Orders from quite distant
points are frequent, and included in those
received last week was one from Fort Benton,
Montana, the fourth from that point during
The winter. In this city their cabriolets,
phaetons and side-bar buggies are quite
popular. They keep in stock of their mako
all standard styles of carriages, buggies and
cutters, aud make to order great variety of
work. Prominent in their manufactures are
platform spring wagons and Concord bug
gies, and during the last two seasons they
have manufactured for dealers several lots oil
hundred "buck- boards" which have been
sold in the prairie country southwest. In
connection with their business they have for
twelve years sold the celebrated Concord
made harnesses. for which they are the only
western agents, and which many Immigrants
f;om Nov England would have in prefer
encs to any other make, even at the cost and
trouble of sending East, if there was no
agency here