The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-12-07
THE NEW YORK STORE.
AS SEEN IN A BRIEF VISIT BY THE
BULLETINS REPORTER.
THE FIRM THEIR BUILDING, STOCK
OF GOODS, MAGNITUDE OF
THEIR BIJSINESS. ETC.

traveller would be led to believe that the
city in which he is temporarily laying over,
IS one in which the various influences
which build up great metropolitan centers
have been harmonlously at work in that
particular place, and that its way
for a rapid growth to solid wealth
and widespread commercial i'm
portance has been prepared for it,.
1t is proof Of general prosperity in COM
munity if its residences are many and ele-
CANT; its streets and walks, in good condi-
ton its public institutions numerous and
grand, representing every branch of human
knowledge and usefulness its factories,
producing every article that may be neces.
sary to mans subsistence, happiness and
general well-being, and its means OF COM
munication with the communities round it,
ample and in constant use, thus keeping up
continuous flow of commerce and estab-
fishing fraternal relations with the outside
world. All this, noted by casual OBJ
server, would, of course, leave
the impression that the city
possessing all these characteristics, was
indeed, fourishing one, and if not al
ready great commercial center, was des-
tined soon to become one. But the most
positive proof of real, solid prosperity, are
the great commercial establishments, all
busting with business from early morning
until late at night, employing as their
auxilliaries, the railway and the steamboat
and the electric wire, to establish and
maintain continuous traffic between COM
munities, peoples, nations and continents.
The truth Of these statements no one will
question, and hence we feel particularly
proud of some of the business houses
of Cairo, and in justification of this
pride, we will endeavor to describe one Of
the foremost business houses in the city
We have number Of enterprislng and emf
nently successful business firms in our
rapidly growing city, all of whom deserve
favorable notice, but we have time and
space to note only one OF them at present.
And in order to give a fair idea of the
general character of the balance, we
must select one that combines
within itself all the manifold charac-
teristic of the true, American business
man; such as energy, honesty, shrewdness,
judgment, intelligence, executive ability
and thorough knowledge Of practical
business in all its varied form, and as it
daily presents itself for consideration and
transaction--such firm is the well known
and everywhere respected firm of Chas. o.
Patier 6 Co., wholesale and retail dealers
in general merchandise, Oh the corner OF
Nineteenth street and Commercial avenue
The firm is composed OF two members
Charles o. Pater and William Wolfe, and |
was formed March 10, 1872 when they |
began business together In one-story frame |
building on the site where now stands their |
colossal brick structure. The peculiar
business talent of the two men, made them
popular, and soon brought them the custom
they deserved, and laid the foundation for
theimmense trade that now flows to their |
do Nd ,yl,;,h hoe thn,,
familiar in many of the states of the
Union. The first year of this firms ex-
istence, they disposed of seventy thous-
and dollars worth of goods, and every
subsequent year, as they became better
known, their well directed efforts to serve
their customers well, were more and better
appreciated and their sales increased, until
now they have reached the enormous sum
Of three hundred thousand dol
lars. They began, as before
stated, in an old one story
frame building and their trade was strictly
retail, and confined to the city and the
southern part OF this state. Now they EN-
ploy twenty-onc clerks in great three
story brick structure, one hundred feet
each way, and their trade is immense,
coming to them from the city and
this state, as we'll as from Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida and, in fact,
all the southern and some of the middle
states. To successfully manage such a
business naturally requires tact that not
many men possess, but Messrs. Patier e. 20.
are equal to ne task and carry the great
responsibility easily, and all their business,
even to the minutest details, is under their
Supervision and nothing escapes their notice
that affects their immense trade.
Ete.nal vigilance, activity and honesty is
the pHce Of success, and these gentlemen
have laid the price Of the success they are
now enjoying. The bnikn1l in which
they are transacting thcip S contains
seventeen thousand five hUHred square
feeA Of floobpg, not one foot OF which is