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, 1881-10-09
STOVES FURNACES, ETC.
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The old-fashioned fireplace for heating
and cooking has gone out of use in this coun-
try, and the herald Of a new civilization, the
stove, has taken its place. The change
which the hatIbone Stoyeworks began in the
East, at Albany, forty-tiye years ago. the
branch house of Rathbone, Sard j. Co., after
twenty years. labor here, has completed
il the West, SO that the Isatllbone stoves are
quite as familiar and necessary to Western
housekeepers as household words. Under
the management Of the resident partner,
William Il. Sard. the Chicago branch has
outgrown the original tree, and sells more
goods than the parent house, Its sales the
past year having increased GO per cent. Its
mandatory at Albany is now being
enlarged one-half, and its storage capacity
here has been doubled this year
to meet the unprecedented demand
for Its goods. The house makes and sells
United States. It's long experience and thor
ough knowledge Of the business enables it to
anticipate the necessities of the trade, and.
by new devices and improveiilellts.t to promptly
meet each new demand. and the wants of any
class OF customers. Its spsciaitles are The
adapted to both coal and wood, and immensely
popular, and its Westminster stoves for
heating with hard or soft coal, nickel plated,
highly finished, and great favOritS. 1t makes
the largest variety of StoveS-tiner grades for
the wellto-do class, aud cheaper stoyes fur the
emlsrant and frontier trade, adapting its
wares IT, all all sections and classes. The
large amount Of its sales, reaching million
dollars year, enable it to thrive Oil 4: very
small margin. 1t has Just the goods the peOpia
want. sells them at bedrock prices, and has
The enterprise and good sense to make these
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


Importers and jobbers Of crockery and glass
ware, were born of the great fire i'll 1871.
Having been long connected with prominent
houses here in this line, and having Il large
acquaintance with the trade, they took adj
vantage of the transition er;s, when order was
being evoked ont Of chaos. to set mp as rr1N-
cipais i'll the business in which they had
become experts. And SO they opened Il
wholesale store on Michigan avenue, near
Harmon court, and..began business career
which each succeeding year has made more
conspicuous nnd successful. They soon re-
moved to larger quarters OIL River street.
ami in 1S1f, their expanding trade requiring
a,npler room, they settled III their present
location ut IS and 60 Lake street At the be-
ginning Of their enterprise they We're III the
enrly prime Of manhood, and good repre-
sentatives of that historic class Of hopeful
and nsulrlng, industrious, encrgetic, ell
terprisi1lg, sctf-pDssrssea, and resolute young
men who ilaye made Chicago the Queen OF
tie West They resolved 10 do their pnrt in
making Chicago the great trademark of the
West and nobly have they fulfilled their
purpose There is probably 10 house in
their line that has made us great progress in
business or had as marked SUCCESS III len
years as they. And certainly there is
none that hns brighter prospects Or
q more assured future. Their trade extends
to all parts Of the Northwest, and in
Of Chicago, otitranking older and l0ng-estab-
lished houses. No Intelligent person can
visit their establishment without visible evil
dence that Tire men, with level heads aud
eyes wide open. are running it, and without
being impressed with the fact that they are
here to stun, and are living factors in the
wholesale trade Of Chicago.
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FURNITURE, ETC.
The V'ObeY Furniture Co.

/ This company is not only the largest but
| the Oldest furniture house in Chicago; cs-
tablshcd in 1851. At the time Of the fire the
| companys' sales rooms were located in the
ilye-story building Nos. =, %, and 81 State
street. Fortunately for this house, although
their large store and its splendid Stock feIi u
prey to the flames. the factory of the cul,l-
pany was situated OIL the corner of Randolph
and Jefferson streets, outside Of the fire dis
tt1ct. On the Monday following the fire, the
On tile afternoon OF this day they took tie
order to furnish thu new Sherman House
(now the Gault Housy) on the West Side.
and completed tue order by the nex1 Mon
gay. FROM the factory the company trans
TERED their retail business the following
! new, building having been erected.
from whence they removed to their present
conlmodlOus Wareroolns, on the northeast
eorner 9s @ 1t State and Adams streets, in June,
busy year Tor the Company, augmented BY
furnishing a:nuluber of large hotels, among
which was the Gra1lti- Pacific, throughout;
tue Palmer LET ltouse, hugely, and other leading;
hotels. Ih's IS a specially with the COM
p;tny. Within the past year they have ft1r-
nlshed, among others, the Windsor House
at Denver, the 1tDckawaY Beach Hotel, the
new Dcnnison ut indianapolis, and quite
RECENTLY the new Hotel Florence at Pullman,
which has been fitted up elegantly. The
Ut every description, interior fittings, office
and hotel furniture. It can be trtlthfully
said Of the, Tobey Furniture Co. they
carry, the finest assortment of furniture in
the city. The business Of the past year has
been very satisfactory, being the largest ever
done by the company.
ia. Colby e. Co.
This leading furniture firm is the 1mmedi-
ate successor Of Colby Is Wirts, one Of the
oldest aute-tire furniture firms in the civ
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Monroe STREET, and are constantly adding to
their manufactures and employees.
IRON, HARDWARE, sc.
S. ID. IEfmburk,

on the corner of Michigan avenue and Lake
street, now has the largest wholesale iron
and heavy hardware honse in this country,
having frontage OF 133 feet OIL Michigan
avenue, 1$e feet on Central avenue, and $50
feet on Lake strect-40l feet of shipping
frontage, free from obstructlons to street
commerce, and the best location in Chicago
for this business, which is one of great bulk
and detall-Wo0d materials for the car
riage trnde, wagon bodies and gears.
age room for seasoning without w
posure to sun or rain, a1d 5oo0
sets Of hubs can be put in the basement.
Several SEPARATE lines have been added to
iron and heavy hardware, each requiring IN
carriage1nakers, and the macliuists, with
their torgess, blowers, bulky machinery, aud
nachinists' tools. BY adding the corner
store, with its broad aisles admitting, ware
house trucks and carts to all parts Of the first
floor, lie saves in handling and shipping his
heavy goods enough to pay the additional
rent, and converts the first floor Of the old
store into great hardware sanple-roonl,
where tie can exhibit to his customers Oil one
floor samples of the various lines Which
were distributed over six floors: There is
not another establishment OF the kind where
the stock is rs full and complete. There is
not another house. where the arrangements
for showing and the facilities for handling
rAVA 4EGGAf ui5s otU4llIE. h!iA shipping tuGlA
goods-and where the approaches to three
fronts Of the store are as ample and rs per-
feet as in the mammoth hardware house Of
s: .. Kimbark.
The sanlple-rooms, heated by steam and
furnished with writing-desks and materials
for buyers, as well rs tie office OH the lake-
front of the building, are models Of conyen-
ience aud comfort.
a. IL. 11eekcr g. Co.
The iron interest Of Chicago, within the
decade since the fire,' has grown into Won
derful proportions. aggregating IN tho
heavy lines alone to over &20,000,GQ0 per
annunl. Among the best known ot Ciica-
go's operators in this important branch of
commerce upon which every other industry
depends is the well known firm of x. B.
Metker g. Co.. whose office is at No. u Dear
born street, 4 firm that has been established
III the tratle for the past twenty-five
years. Afessrs. Meeker Il Co. are
agents for the sale Of the celebrated
brands of the National, Green Bay,
and Leland Lake, superior char
coal irons: also Franklin and Crune anttlra- |
cite; and dealers III all the favorit aud lopu-
lar brands Of Ohio and imported Scotch |
pig~iruns. The firm handles very klrEe |
quantity of pig-iron annually, probably |
largely exceeding any other house i'll the |
Northwest |
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Norton Brothers, 10 to IG River Street.
The history of this house is another in
stance Of the remarkable progress of the
manufacturing industries Of the new Chi
cago. Beginning III small way in 1871 III
the loft Of Il building on Canal street, the
business has grown TO be the largest estab-
lishmcnt in the United States luanuf;ctur-
ing exclusively this class Of goods. The
financial management OF the business Is COLI
Quoted by MIR. q. w. Norton. the older
brother; the mechanical and manu featuring
department, by Mr. Edwin Norton, while
other brothers. -Alessrs. S. E., IL. H.. and II.
n. Norton-are at the head Of the several
subdivisions Of manufacture, which years OF
practical experience have made them cOmi-
petent to manage.
They occupy the whole of two spacious
double stores OIL River street cighty-four feet
front and five stories high, with Il large eS~
tension on the dock; They give steady en-
wages over 100000 annually. The business
is almost exclusively the manufacture of tin
cans and packages for the goods Of other
manufacturers and packers Of spices, baking
powder, fruit, paint, canned goods, ETC., and
japanncd cans for grocers. Few persons
have any idea OF the immense numbers Of
these small cans used by the various indus
tries that require such packages for their
goods, one Of the firm informed the writer
them TO ship in one day over 100000
cans and boxes. The purchases Of one Gus
toner alone are over 100000 cans monthly.
Inelr reputation as manufacturers OF tine
jappaned caddies has become national, the
superior quality Of their goods enabling them
to freight their tin here from the seaboard
and return the manufactured goods to New
York, Philadelphia, and other Eastern cities
in competition with makers there
This success Is the result Of persistent in
al, am ri
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AAe t4ltEA1o 4ype 0OuuNEJe = !:
With business record Of twenty-six years
standing and q patronage extending to neaE5
every State III the Union, it would be pte-
sumption to suppose we could tell the craft
and it is mostly to printers this notice will %
Of interest-anything they do not ALREADY
know about the product Of the Chicago lyR7
Foundry, Marder, Luse s Co., proprietoS
since there is hardly printer in the co4nn5
who Is not aware that for symmetry OF 1ags' w
te1nper, and finish TIE type maao "
a S1ny spo IN me- merit
perhaps one Or two founders, and t1at a. tae y
other products are on a par with type " ~.
however, will be Of general interest y
brief recital Of the history Of the estaolisr
n.ent since the great fire of ten years aS1
when it was burned out at Il loss Of 510a.0A
over insurance.
Immediately after the fire the company r.
snmed business 1T No. - Washington stteeE ;"
During the occupany they llad force a. WIFE eiss
erecting 4 new and larger building on tae s!so US
Of the old, Nos. 40 and Ill Monroe 5tIess.
business to it May ], 1877, being the secahhta !hta
business building occupied on "
street east Of the river-Farwell's being 1as s
hrst The company now occupies douDe ~
space they did at the time Of the ire, oeslasshs essh
Canal street. +, In 1871 the firm employed. .1sr M
hands; they now employ 275- Since tnsa st
their productions have increased $50 per cen* sa.
running forty type-:casting machines, ~ ~
second largest number used by any Iounn1 Iou !: :
in the United States. They were r1nnln* J
less than third of that number in lSi1. = u: i;
Slice the fire branch house has been r. -
tablishel in San Francisco, and agencies ~. =. !
Detroit and Minneapolis. The business !as tus !:
tile past year has been the largest since la1' ho
fire. The craft will perceive Messrs: Ah .hs%
right place." ::s<s:tss;;*
, 1881-10-09
CANNED GOODS, ETC.

1
Specinlties i'll the commercial world are OF
recent date. Less time ago than half that
| allotted to mans Longevity such thing was
country. Now, nearly every commodity is
embraced Iii the category. OF them all I'LL
doubtedly the fruit and canned goods sue
eialist takes precedence on the ground OF
the magnitude Of the traffic therein. L is
but yesterday all the civilized world knew Of
fruits ont Of their season was through its
experience with the ''gude housewives -
4'jans'' a1ld .'icls"; md as for the fruits of
distaIt fands, they were ate of-ln books Of
travel. Today, thanks to tile preseryer's art,
in aud out of season, the whole world may
sit down and eat Of the fruits of the tenn
pera1e zone, the semi-tropics, and the tropics,
and that, too, as il they were freshly gath
cred. so perfectly is all their lus-
Further, this art has entered the domain
of the kitchen garden; the rivers and seas; the
copses and green pastures, cnllinE the rarest
delicacies, and SO successfully as to disarln
public crttiulity as to the possibilities Of the
future; These predatory and suggestive
remarks bring us to the announcement that
we have here, i'll Chicago, the leading and
most extensive house in this specially in the
United States-viz-: that Of J. i. .Ar,nsby Il
Co., Nos: - and ?. River street. This firms
bing trade exclusively. The stock comprises
foreign and domestic aried fruits and the
wcli-known packs of canned goods Of Al
bert Fisher g. Co.. Cincinnati; a. Lusk l. Co.,
San Francisco; Portland Packing Company,
Portland, Me-; Platt L. Co. and T.. 4. Valid
ner & Co., Baltimore; D. ". Archer i Co,
Chillicothe; Henry Mayo s Co., Boston;
Heath, Hall s. c., Benton Harb0r; and the
Chicago Preserving Works, for which they
are sole agents: 1t will be observed that it
covers everything in their line. in great va
riety and of the very best They handle
the very best, and in volume we
can only use the term, 'prodisious
We may remark, further. one Of the special
ties Of the house is California fruits and veg
etables, both canned and dried. as well as
salmon: and it handles more of these goods
than all the other houses in the trade COM
bined-giyins prices on them by carload lots,
deliverable at any shipping point in the
United States or Canadas: and such sales
are Of as common occurrence with the house
as the putting-up of a pound Of tea or a ;,ar-
eel Of sugar is with the retail grocer. The
trade Of the firm extends from Portland, Me,
to Portland, Ore, and tie fact that tile sales
will aggregate the present year at least
$40, ,000, 600 shows its eXtenSiyeness as well as
pages Of itemizlng and details could possibly
express. When it is considered the firm be-
gan business in 1873 as simply brokers in
these goods their business has been 4 most
wonderful growth, and shows what enter
prise and business intelligence can do.
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Among the leading institutions OF our city
is one widely known and highly appre-
ciated, which has had 4 very powerful fnfu-
ence in directing the public mind TO hun-
dred5 Of enterprises which, without its aid,
would not have been widely known and
could not have secured success. To it in no
small measure that great fact, the Chicago
Exposition, annually: amusing and i'll
structiIg thousands; could not have
had such SUCH il :: beneficial interest
On the mechanical, agricultural, railroad.
tended power, great dramatic stars, races.
trotting matches, exhibitions of tile grand
productive capabilities Of our land, notla
charitable institutions, lovely retreats from
ern frosts as reached by the various railway
routes, would have been comparatively I'M
known to tie general public: OF course wa
mean the John B. .JeiEery Printing House,
up. OF magnificent announcements from
the mammoth poster occupying yards oi
space TO the most delicate circular or card
devoted to fashion, or society. Wit Of the
highest kind, science as exempllfled in tha
aseS1 Gt @ nto bS
JOHN J IS. Jcffery Is, l},ake known u the most
attractive manner what has been 60
lng on. From: Northern Canaaa 10 to g..
S95da SSss 70 and the esoFg 1ri Hsra !f P'e 5
productions Of this printing-house have
had their intlnence. The proprietor has bps
just returned from Atlanta, Ca, where he
Superintendent the advertising OF the grand
Cotton Exhibition now going on there, and
where lie was the guest OF Director General
the lion. II. J. Kimbail and 8. W. Wrenn,
Master of Transportation. The beautifully
colored and large-sized posters making
known the merits Of this exposition and d.
rectins the tourist how to 20 there have been
widely disseminated. Our owh city here on
the great lake is literally covered with thesa
announcements. and the highly artistic
view of tile Exposition Building, showing, a
it does, birt!'s-eye views OF OgIethorpe Park
ATLANTA City, and the kenesaw. and LOST
Mountains in the distance, will induce many
4 tourist to seek the lovely regions of the
South during tie incleinency Of our North
ern winter, and here again the Jefery Prlut-
ing House proves useful for it is largely en-
gagged in printing circulars and posters gts-
ing the excursion rates OF the best roads. IaEa
it all IN NIL, there is probably not another
similar Institution i'll the land Which IS 50 eH
tenSiyey known and widely useful a5 na
john 3. Jetfsry Printing House OF 159 Dear
born street, Chicago.
, 1881-10-09
Thomson & Taylor do an extensive business
in mustard. their sales in that article being

Thomson g. Tav]or do an extensive business
in mustard. fheir sales in that article bcinr
over 10000 pounds a month.
Tie business of this flTnl reaches all over
e Mestern otatGs alq ieLi'e1liss y a,, Lar is
nt tha Wnst IS eo,,4;naJ aycins;vai,. to iha
1I.s 10 80 - ~ tl.a.. Gora secnrs F.,
h;c.gyo ti,e % tT,dn t tha1 % formerjv want r. t,a
inryss s;t;os H ~ TIA East W AHs
rh;s tr,,, oro ~ @ ,,ro,r;ato,e of t,a ca,chratea
uaGnnI;a ~" = T irpnn ~ ?oasIed coffrn their
s,ins - 4i'a+ ,rt;nia ho;na ~ ,s..rv nvtans;ve@
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introduced 1t to the public over thirty wear,
ago. From small sales ut first, the trade Ias
grown to such immense proportions tjlat jnsf
year they manufactured Of battling alone. n
tile different widths, more fllan ,5O0, ,U0 feet
or 500 miles in length; It Is their aim to
which has hitherto characterized their man
ufactures. Betting on exhibition now NJ
American Institute in New York-:4, 81. and
is inches in wiath-Ir,s been made for tht
new elevator OF the GiE.rd Point Storage Co
and Is part of their lot Of some GOO ter
weighing in all over $1,000 lbs. 1twould r.. r.
quirc the hides Of ut least 900 oxen to maka
Zip this quantity III leather belts. And for
the above companies Z. &. Preston, 1Gl
State street, Chicago, is tic Western agent,
, 1881-10-09
PACKING AND CANNED
MEATS.
Armour & Co.

Within the len wears that haye elnnsed
sinca rha memoranda dav vrI,;c,, +,,;s ,,,,,,o,
OF LIE TRIBUNE commentaries by an ex-
hibit OF the growth and present status OF
Clicago's industries and commerce, our CITY
has t,econe tf,e ACKNOWLEDGEMENT r;ra,,d ca,,tro
- 80 a,,I :a..u ...l.e s
- u'T e'.u s"tei4'= aaio pacA1ns BUSINESS ol
the United States. Nowhere else III the
world is so large all amount of capital ill.,
vested in this industry. Arore catt1e onr,
bors ,ra cons,mad ,,d ,,orra+oi, h., ~
1s. .o,, 80. ~ 0 "au ''s' Ae.eo us =, uie
great slauente1 anu packing houses OIL CHI
cago. than all the other notable
packing centres combined. One Chi
, 1881-10-09
} Co. us representatives of its lending business

| Co. rs representatives of its leading business
EenJnmin Allen d. Co.
This extensive wholesale and importing,
I jewellery house, 1}7 and 139 State street,
may be considered Il product Ut the "blg
| fire." although the firm has been established
since 1865. The stock carried by this firm is
one Of the largest and most complete to be
found III the country. filling the space Of two
large floors, and comprises the finest goods
| in the market. such rs diamonds and precious
stones, fine watches and jewcfry, silYerware,
etr.; also of the cheaper grades OF good
goods; in fact, everything that the country
merchant may wait. hlessrs. Allen s. Go.
make Il speciality OF American watches.
The firm also deal i'll w1tcllnlakers' tools
and watch materials in parts, including those
imported direct aS well as those of American
manufacture; in fact, this department is q
special feature of tho house, It's is also optl-
largest stocks to be found in Chicago, The
tirln keep six Representatives continually OIL
the road to visit their numerous patrons,
show their Samples and learn their wants.
The trade of the lirE extends FROM Ohio to
Oregon, also south to Texas. The Southern
trade is Il new feature in their business, and
is rapidly developing. With the magnitude
Of the stock carried and the facilities OF the
firm to do business together with the
Tow margins on their goods as profits eh;
the aggregate sales of the firm are quite pro-
nounced, as they are rising S1,000, 900 per, an
mum, which may said to be splendid b''sl-
NESS worked up IN ten years almost " from
Chicago energy and business capabllity, aild
affords a promise or future enterprise.
tstic. 35ro. d. Co.
Since Il decade before the fire THE TR1n-
uSE and prominent journals Of the country
lave paid this famous jcweiry house, which
, 1881-10-09
PIANOS, ETC.

It is to the credit of Chicago that the music
trade is so prosperous, and that the success
of W. ". killl1all, the leading music house,
whose sales of pianos and organs this year
will number over tc1s thousand, is us marked
as that of any house in any line III this city.
For quarter Of century he has been idell-
titled with the music trade Of Chicago End
tiu West. Beginning with small sales
room, lie changed and enlarged his quarters
his rapidly. increasing trade, expanding the
circle and multiplying the number OF
Ills customers, until lie stood among
our largest music dealers, like Saul
anons the prophets kn an0nS '0n Sod primes
great fire, he neither, los! heart nor courage,
but paid every dollar of Indebtedness and
went to work resolNtely and successfully to
retrieve Ills losses: With 4 factory turning
out TO organs i week, with branch houses
the sales of pianos and organs each month,
with experienced and trustworthy assistants
in his home offices, thoroughly identified
with his interests, and everything systena-
saIes and profits each month. his immense
busiIess moves forward with the symmetry,
precision. and certainty OF clock-Work. the
hand on the dial pointing to the record of
prog russ and the bell-halnmer hourly strlk-
ing the notes Of success.
JNliu. Bauer t. Co.,
dealers in pianos and organs and general
musical merchandise for twenty-four years,
have been most creditahle representatives Of
the Wholesale music trade in Chicago. Mr..
Bauer has been most successful in improv-
ing his pianos BY his patented ugraffe attach
ulent, which gives them {; clearer and fuller
tone, and keeps them much longer III tune,
antiby II pecnllar-shaped sounding board,
which inlpartS volume and sweetness to the
tones, making them resemble the human
Vote! lie has also ssccecftd, when others
: have failed, iii constructing upright pianos
with the seniority, sweetness, and sustained
power, Of the grand, ami ropu1arized theun
by adapting tilciu to nlediunl-sized rooms
Worldwide reputation for superior materials,
workmanship, action, anu tone, his sales eX-
tending to Europe and South America. This
house passed through the baptism of fire
like others, and, after several changes, was
located 1T is, AMI 1S4 Wabash avenue, where
all lovers of good music arc welcome.
The Root 4; Son. Music Company,
general music aud piano dealers, 156 State
street, are SUCCESSORS to Root Il Cady-estab-
lislled in 1855. Mr: George F. Root and Z. T.
Root are members of this organization, which
represents iii books and music the important
catalUg Of John Church Is Co., and has prob
ably the best facilities Of my Western con-
ccrn for promptly and completely filling all
orders, as their large and rapldly-increasing
trade fully proves. The old firm was an
exceedingly popular one, and had the, conf
tleice Of tue public lit 4 very marked degree,
a'das the present company botll lnherits and
merits tho good will and popularity Of its
undoubtedly be tho i,lt1sie to which their
thlrty-tiye clerks and statesmen will dance
for the next few months.