The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-23
FAMOUS PUDLIsm Eas.


erstsurs generally. and, smid Others.
the Appletons took building for the
writers employed Oh their Cyciopsdis-
Gradually this house becsme 90 attract
ed IN the spot that general removal
is the consequence. The result will he
that Bond street will becnme great
literary center Ths Applstons are
now searly tso miles from the spot
where Dsniel Appleton began his hum
bile efforts 10 1873. Taey have moved
more freqaeo:ly than any other book
firm. bot their change, have always
b.en highly advantageous They have
become. in some features. ths greatest
publishers on the continent, asd they
are the ouly house ia the trade thea
has made iacky hits IN real estate.
Wb.n I first knew tho firm IL hsd
emerged from the. narrow limits OF
Daniel Appleton {, sarly shop sod no.
cupied . store On Broadway. They
purchased . property for sl300O0,
which they sold st profit Of $50. 900.
THIS wss the best bargain ever made
by any book firm in America They
cleared half million out Of the Cyclic
pedis. which il one Of the most fsr,u.
nate literary vsntures Of the sge. Pc
turssqus Amsriea probably j yislted
si5O.OO0 for its pubHsbess. snd ether
hsndsnUe opsrstions. might be men
toned.
THE APPLEroSs' yisAHoxs-
The profits made by this famous
house are suggssted By the legal ques-
tions coaosrning the share hslsaging 10
ons Of the partners. George 8 Apple.
ton (dccsaspdD vsss nswbsr Of he
houss for fvurSess yssrs. during uhieh
time he not only drew out enough to
enable him 10 live II hAndsoms styls.
but had IN accumulstion q capitsl
amounting 10 t291 600. George vas
the youngest Of the partssss, add his
brothers probsbly had . donblss share.
Since his death Che case hiss come b.
fore ous courts, aud thus the inasnss
profits Of the firm are brought 70 light.
They have . printing houss In HrsoklyH
where 600 hands ere employed. md the
pay roll 10 $4,000 . month. Upon the
whole the nst income OF this 6s@ b not
much ssdsr $1,000 . day. This u orr
tsinly doing we'll for houss which
was fouudsd by . book ageDt. Such,
indesd. wss DsnisI Applstos's s@ploy-
ment whsa hs lssdsd 10 this city. esd
It was some years before be Vas abs -
apen tho email shop where ths fssl
name Of Appleton appeared. What -
immenAs oak from % small A Acospf
the MARPRas' SED srAnD.
A report be- bssn in sireulseion that
this house We slso sbout 70 join In the
Bond ssrest mossment, but sueh 10 not
the case. The Harpsrs' have tho best
possible c0nveuisDoes. and could mo-
move except ct . dissdvaatags. They
ere the only firm 10 this city which
has never left the place VI origin,
though they have constantly enlarged
10y purchase. A. their business rsqaired.
remember them forty years ago - q
Cli6 street oOnosrn, but their rear vas
IN dirs,t limo toward Fsanklin Sqnars,
and they bought their way through.
making Cliff street their rear entrance.
The original Hnrpers we're job printers
who were glad To earn ei2 per week
but the present frsn 10 estimated a
three millions The greater part u
this immense wealth has been made
within the pat tweuty ysars. sinco
they were almost ruined by the great
frs Of 1884. The Hsrpers' can not
blast the snosmous psofits Of . cycio.
psdia like the Applstonsl or . ,pic-
tarssqus America, bit thsir nsonihly
aud tnslf other periodicals. are 81 much
greater value. being worth in the a..
gregats rot less than Else 900 rear.
To this is 60 bs added thar immenss
book trade The original HaxDsre aea
oil dead. aud not only tLsir sons, but
their grandsons ere nsw II the dfm.
They are Mstbedi.ts 10 their church
preferences. while the Applstoss are
EpiscovalisDs. ,fl
xLxAEHTs or sucOsss.
These twe gssAt hoNsbe have been
noted III. their close. attention 70 the
ds,ailss 81 tfads. !They have noser
hsen iOund In wall strese spesulssiou
nor 10 Any other 81 The buAblsa 81 th~
day. Essh e tlsss sstahlssAns hsu
sr~ader fcr saph drpsrtmsss 81 ittsrs-
tare. "a wlsssn eli sAnnaeripes are cab
United. and 70 rejected By hia their
fate 10 sealed Thsrs 10 no appeal frou
hi. d-eisioa. Hsary ! RAyoeud Va