Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-01
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DEALERS IN PRODUCE, WINES AND LIQUORS,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO, ETC, FRONT
STREET, BETWEEN ] AND X STREETS.
OF Sacramento leading business houses,
probably no other is known 80 widely or
favorably as that of Booth & Co., import
ers and wholesale grocers, and dealers in
produce, wines and liquors, cigars,
tobacco, etc. Their extensive establish
ment is located on Front street, between j
and K, occupying frontage Of IA feet by
1876 feet in depth. with basement and Sec
ond story.
THE LARGE SPACE
Thus used is filled with goods-except q
portion of the upper floor, which is occu-
pied as residence rooms fitted up with
much taste and elegance-and much
greater variety is kept than usually found
in establishments of the same line. Consider
ing the immense accommodations, extent
and variety of stock, it is safe to say that
20 other house on the coast in the same
branch of trade possesses equal con-
veniences and facilities for the business,
which extends over greater part of Cali.
fornia, throughout Nevada and largely into
the Territories, and is fully in keeping
with the premises thus described. Where
house has been
so LONG ESTABLISHED,
And where frequent changes are the rule,
a sketch of its history is appropriate. 1t
was first established in the spring of 1850
by John Forshee, L. A. Booth and Job
Dye, under the style of Forshee. Booth &
Co. The two latter gentlemen retired in
1851. About the same period Charles
Smith and Newton Booth commenced busi-
ness under the name of Smith & Booth.
After the fire of 1852. which destroyed
nearly the entire city, L. A. Booth became
a member of the firm, which was then
known as Bo5th & Co. Kleinhaus & Co.
established in 1852, Theodore T. and Daniel
w. Kleinhaus partners. The latter firm
united with the house of Booth & Co. in
1856, L. A. Booth, C.. T. Wheeler, T. L.
Barker and the Kleinhauses constituting the
firm. The Kleinhauses Withdrew in 1860.
In 1862 ]. T. Glover was admitted as part
ner, L. A. Booth and 7. L. Barker retiring.
It will thus be seen that the business has
been owned and conducted by the present
members-Messrs. Booth, Wheeler and
Glover-and without change, for
OVER TWENTY YEARS,
Something unusual, even in the oldest
cities. c. T. Wheeler, who is among
the best known of CALIFORNIA; business
men, has been associated with the house
the longest time, dating from 1850. Being
in close proximity to the depota and
steamer landings, goods can be shipped by
this firm with the greatest dispatch, and
orders sent to them invariably are filed
and the goods on the way before same
would reach their destination if sent to San
Francisco, to say nothing about further loss
in time for distance between the two places,
AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION
For the merchant in the interior, who
orders often and wants bis goods quickly !;
and no charge is made fer drayage. The
great bulk OF their business is done almost
wholly by order (they employ no travelling
salesmen), and long experience has con.
vinced their many patrons that by so doing
they not only save expense, but their
orders, if possible, are executed with greater
care. No better evidence of the popularity of
the house and the good treatment received
by those who patronize them is required
than the fact of the steady increase of such
an extensive business, without the aid of
drummers and the like. The house has
AN AGENT IN NEW YORK,
Correspondents in ST. Louis, Chicago, Bos-
ton and other principal cities in the East;
also in Yokohama. Booth & Co. have &C.
cepted the agency OF Cormack's Patent
Oatmeals, and this week will receive their
first installment of these justly celebrated
goods, which are superior to Schumacher's
and cost less.