Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-15

head Of a wholesale hardware and
iron house.
Mr.. John Mehlhop is an old and
honored citizen, and does a wholesale
grocery business.
Mr.. A. Kock is associated with
Messrs. Westphall & Hines, wholesale
iron and hardware dealers,
Mr.. NJ. N. Walker is we'll known
commission merchant and agent for
the Standard Oil Company.
Mr.. r. A. Cooper has a wagon man
ufactory, the largest in the country
run by one man. He turns out .
wagon every 30 minutes, or 20 every
working day of ten hours.
Mr.. A. Y. Mcdonald is manufac-
turer ofIpumps and plumbers goods on
large scale
Mr.. VIM. i. bradley is capitalist,
and occupies the responsible position
Of President Of the Second National
Bank.
MIR. james Forester has whole
sale dry goods house and clothing fac
tory.
Mr.. D. D. Myers heads the firm of
Myers, Trice & Co., wholesale dealers
in tobacco.
Mr.. NJ. Brady is the senior member
Of the firm Of Brady, ElwaDger & Co.,
wholesale liquor dealers.
Mr.. j. B. Howard is Superinten-
dent Of the Gas Works, and is very
highly spoken OF.
Mr.. Ed. W. Duncan belongs to the
firm of Duncan & Walker, insurance
and land agents of repute.
Mr.. Joe Skemp, the popular city
editor Of the Times, has plenty Of work
to do, and no doubt manages 10 extract
as much pleasure from the trip as any
Of his companions. His paper is pub
lished twice a day, morning and even
ing. 1t is Republican in politics.
DUBUQUE
is a beautiful little city, about $50
miles above st. Louis, on the Missis.
sippi river. The bluffs are 300 feet
high and the river, perhaps half mile
wide at this point, is Ibridged by the
Illinois Central railroad and il piled
by daily lines of steamers running
from st. Louis to st. Paul and from
Dubuque to both places. The levee
and streets are paved with stone dug
from the bluffs. The business portion
Of the city IS level, the ground rolling
as it recedes from the river. The
place is probably fifty years old, and
the population is about $4,000 and
steadily increasing. The form OF gov
eminent is municipal, though under a
special charter, its officers are allowed
more power than that granted to any
other city in the State except ono. The
city debt is only about $500, 900, prin-
cipally for streets and railroad grants.
There are about thirty miles ofsplen-
did Macadam streets, and much pride
is taken in keeping them always clean
and in good repair. Thereare a num-
Der of broad avenues bordered with
shade trees, that make lovely drives,
and two parks, Washington End Jack
son, both under the care Of an expert
landscape gardener. The streets are
we'll lighted with gas and the city is
supplied with water from a number of
pellucid springs in the bluffs. 1t is
believed that sufficient water could be
obtained from this source for popu
lation oil 100000. The gas and water
companies are both owned aud man
aged by private individuals,
Dubuque lies in TIC ccrter of a
lead mining country which covers
about forty miles square, and is es-
sentially a manufacturing city. 1t
has two large machine manufactures,
an Oat meal mill, linsOed oil mill,
paper mill and works for the manu-
laoture Of boilers exclusively. The
Milwaukee and st. Paul, and the
Illinois Central railroads both pass
through it. Corn aud oats are
the principal products Of the neigh
boring soil, though other cereals are
largely produced. Potatoes are ex-
tensiyely raised. aud many barges are
loaded there for Southern ports.
Dubuque does the largest Wholesale
business in the State, and its credit
stands high. II has Ave banks and
three daily newspap ers-the Times,
Republican; Herald, Democratic, and
Telegraph, Independent; also two
weeklies, one German Democrat and
the other Republican. Dubuques
greatest need is a good system Of
sewers and she is determined to have
them,
MEMPHIS.
Members Of the delegation with
whom the reporter oonversed we're
greatly pleased with all they saw here.
One gentleman remarked that he had
Ofton heard Of the vast importance Of
machinery such as that used for com.
pressing and baling cotton, but could
not fully appreciate il until he visited
the congresses yesterday. The oil
mills also interested him and no could
not understand why a dozen or 80
cotton mills would not pay hands
somely. Another thought we had a
great deal TO hope for upon the com
pletion Of the Kansas City and Mem