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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1884-09-29
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04

in the entire Northwest, it having been es-
tablshed in 1859. They occupy five story
building 26x125 feet and every inch of space
is needed in carrying on their extensive bus
mess. Their long experience in the bust
ness, their uniformly honorable method of
dealing with their customers, and their ex-
tensive acquaintance throughout the entire
northwest, has made the name of the firm
household word from Minnesota to Califor-
mia, and has built up one of the leading
wholesale honses in St. Paul They
make speciality of fine Kentucky
WHISTLES, of which they always have
an immense stock in bond, thus giving a
certain guarantee both Of the age and quail
ty of the brands they deal in. They are also
large importers Of all XII nds of wines, bran
dies, gin, bottled porter, ale, etc. In addi-
ton they are also heavy dealers in California
wines, one member of the firm having been
once a resident of tn at state and familiar
with all its leading vintages He still con-
tinucs to make periodical visits to his former
home and thus avails himself and the firm
and securing the best and purest wines to be
had in this land of grapes. While the bulk
OF their business is in the wholesale line, they
pay particular attention to what is called the
family trade and large portion of their i'm
mense stock is selected for that object Hav-
ing ample capital thorough knowledge
Of their business and being known far and
wide as honorable, upright men, it can
scarcely be wondered at that their already
extensive business is on the increase year
by year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04

cent. annually. Such sudden and great
demand for goods has been created that,
while the old-established houses found their
trade growing to vast proportions, an imper-
alive need for new and reliable houses was
created
In all lines of business new houses have
started in st. Paul, but none have entered
the commercial arena better equipped and
qualified than the firm of Yanz q Howes,
and none have by business tact, integrity
and enterprise won as great success in so
brief period. Mr.. Yanz the senior partner
has had over thirty years. experience in the
wholesale grocery business in the northwest,
and is fully conversant with the demands of
the trade, while the junior partner, Mr..
Howes, graduated from one of the leading
houses in this line in the metropolis. The
house commenced business in January,
1883, and now, at the close of their first
eighteen months, they stand among the first
merchants in the northwest. With exper-
fence, plenty of of capital, broad, liberal
policy, they have won the success so honest
ly deserved.
They have stores unexcelled for conven-
fence and attractiveness in the city. The
handsome edifice contains five stories over a
basement, and it is stocked in the most
complete manner with all goods known to
the trade, They now employ thirty-fve
men, and their operations extend through
the length and breadth of the new northwest.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

CORNER THIRD AND JACKSON STREETS.
This substantial financial institution was
foundediu 1872, and for number of years
occupied limited quarters on Third street at
the corner of Minnesota. With the growth
OF the country its business increased so rap
idly that it was forced to seek much larger
apartments, and now it is located in as ele-
CANT and convenient rooms as are to be
found in the land. The rooms are upon the
first floor of the handsome Fire 81 Marine
Insurance building, and are very easy of
access, and cheerful. Somewhat irregular in
form, the space devoted to the business of
the bank averages fifty feet in width by one
hundred in depth, and the fittings are heavy,
rich and chaste, being constructed of solid
black walnut.
The bank has capital of 81, 900, 900, with
a surplus of $780, 900, and the standing of
the institution is second to none in the
United States. The present officers are as
follows: President, W. R. Merriam; vice
president, c. H. Biglow; cashier, f. A. Sey
mour: assistant cashier, George C. Power:
board of directors, Maurice Auerbach, D.
r. Noyes, E. N. Saunders, B. Beaupre, John
T. Averil, J. H. Bishop, c. Fl. Bigelow, A.
B. Stickney, E. F. Drake, A. H. Wilder,
John L. Merriam, W. S. Culbertson, L. D.
Hodge, W. r. Merriam, F. A. Seymour.
The business of the bank is conducted in
the most careful, earnest and prompt man
ner, the mo-. of the clerks having grown up
with the institution, and the officers being
men who fully know the community they
have transactions with. The bank has cor.
respondents in nearly every town in Min
nesota, Dakota, northern Iowa, northwest
Wisconsin, Montana, Wyoming, Washing
ton territory, Oregon and Manitoba.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
WINES AND LIQUORS.

1t is difficult for person coming from the
older settled portion of the country to be-
lieve that they can obtain in st. Paul as old,
pure, and it may be added costly wines and
liquors as they can in any city in America,
yet such is the fact. There are wine cellars
in st. Paul stocked with the finest wines Of
Europe and America. A number nf the
dealers are heavy importers of foreign wines
and liquors, and nearly all of them carry
very heavy stocks of WHISTLES in bond. The
travelling agents of these houses can be found
on every public conveyance from st. Paul to
the Rockies. This trade is one of the most
important in st. Paul, requiring many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to handle. The
aggregate sales of the wholesale houses for
the six months ending June 80, reached the
sum of 81, 1873, 900. This would indicate that
the people of the northwest do not so thirsty.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
DENNIS RYAN & DONALDSON FARM, KENNEDY, MINI

branlies, etc, from the countries named
above, not to mention their purchase of the
choicest WHISTLES from Kentucky-the most
finely favored wines from California and
bottled goods, such as ale, porter, imported
French cordials, ETC.. from all parts of the
United States and Europe. The stock this
firm carries is probably fully as large as that
of any one wholesale house in Chicago or
an other city outside of New York. Mr..
Benz is a native of Germany, and makes
frequent visits to the ''Faderland'' during
which he combines business with the plea
sure Of meeting his relatives and associates
Of his boyhood days. He visits in person
the houses with which he deals and makes
his purchases and contracts on the spot and
thus gives the customers of the firm the adj
vantage of his long experience in the bust
ness, in the quality Of the wines and liquors
purchased. Being heavy purchasers they
are enabled to buy superior article at re-
duced rates, and hence can afford TO sell,
and do sell, better article at lower rates
than dealers can obtain the same in New
York or any other city in America. The firm
is composed OF George Benz, John Hagen
miller and VIM. Hachmann, each one of
whom is thoroughly experienced in the bust
ness; are gentlemen both in business and
private life, with whom it is a pleasure to
have business relations.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
all these banks are among the guests of the
Jobbers union, on their excursion of this
BANK OF MINNESOTA.

CORNER JACKSON AND FOURTH STREETS.
This financial institution combines in an
eminent degree the elements of stability and
enterprise. For twenty-four years it has
been identified with the leading merchants
and inanciers of the city, and to write the
history of the bank would be to write the
monetary history Of st. Paul. The origin
al banking house was established In 1860,
and in 1870 the three gentlemen now at the
head of the institution became partners, and
it was known as Dawson's bank, Mr.. Dawson
having been one of the original founders.
The Bank Of Minnesota was organized and
incorporated Nov. l. 1882, with the present
offices viz: William Dawson, president: R.
A. Smith, vice president; Albert Scheffer,
cashier and Herman Schaffer assistant cash
Ter. 1t has capital of $500, 900 and surplus
Of S38, 600.
The bank is located in the elegant Gilfillan
block on the corner of jackson and Fourth
streets, in the very heart of the business sec
ton Of the city, and it has most convenient
ly arranged rooms for the tran saction of its
constantly increasing business. The long
and faithful services of its officers has been
one of the chief causes of the great success of
the bank, and it would be difficult to find in
SAINT with the financial and mercantile capac-
tiles an resources of the great region Of
which st. Paul is the pivot and center.
Through the reverses, trials and tribulations
of quarter of century 'Dawson's Bank''
stood the severest tests and always stood con-
spicuously prominent in the financial affairs
of the new country, untilit has the enviable
reputation of being one OF the most reliable
and highly esteemed banks in the whole
country. 1t numbers among its depositors
many of the best firms and corporations in
st. Paul and vicinity and has also a large
number Of bank and mercantile correspond
ents whose business it transacts. The bust
ness Of this bank extends throughout the vast
territory reached by st. Paul iobbers, and it
has correspondents among all the banks that
can possibly be OF benefit and use to the COM
mercial economy OF its hosts Of customers
The banking room which is remarkably
light, airy and pleasant, is handsomely and
richly fitted with black walnut fixtures of
elaborate design, and is provided with the
most approved fire and burglar proof safes,
as well as all conveniences for the transac
ton of banking business, the apartments
and their arrangement being specially de-
signed to secure the utmost convenience and
safety, as well as the most complete harmo-
NY of effect. With an affable and expert
corps of assistants to aid in its energetic
management the bank of Minnesota merits its
remarkable success, and is justly classed as
one of the sonndest financial institutions In
the entire country.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
, ALLEN, MOON s. co.
Wholesale Grocers.

CORNER THIRD AND SHELLEY STREETS.
Occupying the northeast corner of Third
and Sibley streets is one of the handsomest
yellow brick buildings used for mercantile
purposes in the city of st. Paul. Although
so ornamental and spacious, it is interesting
to know that it was one of the first buildings
of any pretensions erected in the city. At
the time the building was designed and built
st. Paul was brisk little place, yet but few
had an idea of the magnitude and Importance
to which it would develop Mr.. P F. Nc
Quillan, the builder. was one of the pioneers
in the grocery business here, having estab-
lished in 1859, and to his sagacity and re-
markable foresight is due much of the pros
perity which has been achieved. He fore
saw the inevitable growth of city situated
as st. Paul is, and calculated all the factors
which would combine to produce a great dis
trbuting center. His mind grasped the pos
sibilities of the immense region north and
west of the capital, and he recognized the
boundless resources of the great Dakota
plains, and the inexhaustble cattle ranges
and rich mines of Montana. He figured on
the outcome of the lumber industries, and
calculated his operations with great sagacity.
He erected the building which was then con
sidered unnecessarily large, and which stands
to-day, the worthy companion of the great
commercial palaces which surround it.
OF course a man of such cahber as Mr..
McQuillan could not but found successf I'll
business, and to-day the firm of Allen, Moon
d Co., who have succeeded to it and in
creased it's rank among the very first mer-
chants in any line in the northwest The
partners have all been brought up from boy
hood in the grocery business, and under
stand most perfectly the manifold and pc
culiar needs of the consumers throughout
toe section of country they serve.
The warehouse is four stories in height,
with high basement, and the whole of this
great space is devoted to the storage of the
manifold goods which are necessary in full
and complete grocery stock. 1t is unneces-
sary to introduce this old house to the trade,
for ii long has been, and will always con-
tinue to be, favolite with dealers who seek
the utmost integrity and fair dealing, and
who demand goods as represented, fair
prices and prompt dealing. Allen, Moon &
Co.'s business is yearly increasing, and as
the country opens, their statesmen are found
among the very first to supply the demands
of the incoming settlers. Their trade runs
into the millions and over fifty men are con-
stantly employed by them. The nrm has
close and advantageous connections with
manufacturers ard importers, and no estab-
lishment in the country can offer more and
better inducements to customers than the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
HTERREL 81 Ryan.
Wholesale Druggists and Importers.
1911 &192 EAST THIRD STREET.

1871 &192 EAST THIRD STREET.
This firm is successor to Merell Sahlgaard
& Thwing who started in June 1882 and
did large and successful business, from the
day they opened their doors to the trade.
The firm is composed of A. +. Merell Of
the firm Of Merrel, Sahlgard g. Thwing, and
Dennis Ryan who is known over the great
northwest as one of the most successful bust
ness men. Mr.. Merell the two years he has
friends by close attention to the wants Of
their customers, selling only the best goods
and keeping pace with great advancement In
the science CONNECTED with their business
they will take their place in the front rank
of wholesale drug houses in the United
States.
They are now fitting up the elegant new
stores Nos. 225, 227, and 229 East Third ST.
which will be occupied about August LIST
The stores are 50x100, five stories and base
ment with every improvement that can be
introduced in the saving Of time and labor.
The entire first floor will be used entirely for
Offices and sample rooms. The second floor
is the order floor where the goods from all
parts of the world are put up, packed and
shipped to the trade extending over western
Wisconsin, northern Iowa. Minnesota, Da-
kota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Oregon
Washington and Manitoba.
The third floor is occupied by the labratory
from which at present is turned out upwards
Of three tons Of manufactured goods each
month.
The fourth floor win be filed with glass
bottles of every SOFT and description.
The fifth floor contains the patent and pro
prietary goods, gums, seeds, roots, herbs,
and all the goods in unbroken packages.
The cellar contains the heavier chemicals,
paints, oils &c. In the cellar is large fire.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
TYPICAL SETTLERS HOME NEAR ADA, MINI.

name and fame ubiquitous, and its integrity
unimpeachable. Residents of much larger
cities than st. Paul now is, but not larger
than it will soon be, gaze in unconcealed adj
miration and envy upon the magnificent
proportions of the noble building which oc-
cupies the entire western side of the block
extending on Sibley street from Fourth to
FIFTH streets, for it has few peers among the
dry goods palaces of the land With length
of 800 feet on Sibley and a width of seventy
five feet, an opportunity is presented for the
effective display of architectural effects, and
admirably has the architect ayailed himself
of it, for in design and finish it is splendidly
attractive.
But if the exterior is surprise and delight
to strangers, how much greater must be their
wonder and establishment when they inspect
the vast expanse of the interior, its five
stories and basement containing 135, 900
square feet of space, and all filed with the
countless varieties of goods pertaining to
complete dry goods stock. 1t is indeed vast
emporium, mammoth depository Of mer-
chandise. There are one hundred and ten
men employed in the house. and each de-
partment is superintended by gentlemen ed
ucated here and thoroughly conversant with
the requirements of the broad territory they
supply.
The officers and finances are under the eX
perenced supervision Of that veteran finan-
cier Mr.. Auerbach, the senior partner, with
Mr.. A. H. Wnslow as his first lieutenant.
The general workings Of the business out
side of the accounts are presided over by
George r. Finch, and Mr. w. II. Van Slyck
resides in New York and devotes his atten-
ton wholly to buying. c.. j. McConville is
in charge of the department If domestics,
blankets, etc; Sherman Finch and J. F.
Simpson of dress goods, woolens and fan
nes; E. A. Young of white goods, linens,
hosiery, underwear, knit goods, gloves, fur
nishing goods, clothing, etc.; f. L. Jenkins
of the notion department; and j. NJ. Ross
ellie OF the bag factory. One of these i'm
mense floors, the fourth, is devoted to the
manufacture of mems goods, Mackinaw
suits, jackets, shirts, jumpers, overalls, ETC.,
and more than 800 girls are employed in
their production. Still is the trade Of this
great house growing, and it viii continue to
grow indefinitely.
At Nos. 10 and 81, West Third street,
Auerbach, Finch & Van Slyck have large
carpet window shade, wall paper and deco
ration establishment, where forty people are
employed. From this house $500, 600 worth
Of carpets are jobbed annually.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
MOVES BROS & CUTLER. +,
CORNER sIBLEY & FIFTH STREETS.
Wholesale Drugs, Etc.

CORNER SHELLEY & FIFTH STREETS.
The story of the rise and the development
of many, in fact of most, of the older and
larger mercantile houses of st. Paul would
read like fairy tale, so onderful-almost
fabulous-has been their growth and their
present magnitude. This is true of no house
to greater extent than of the mammoth
drug, medicine, paint and oil establishment
of Noyes Bros. 81 Cutler, whose reputation
extends over one quarter OF the continent
among consumers, and over the world among
producers of the goods they handle.
In the year 1865 before st. Paul was large
enough to be considered of any Importance
in commercial circles, the firm of Moves,
PETIT, & Co. was formed and d venture was
made on very small scale in the drug bust
ness in old Union block, Third street. The
first firm was succeeded by Noyes Bros, Mr..
c, P. Noyes joining his brother, Mr.. D. r.
Noyes. In 1874 Mr. Cutler was admitted
and the present firm has existed since that
time. During the first year of business the
old firm thought they were doing remarkably
well having sold 1922, 900 of goods, an
amount that they would consider small for
any single month in the year now. The first
month in business the sales of the Young
house reached the handsome sum of $4,000,
Last month"; June, 1884, the books of the
firm show sales amounting to about Sl48, 600
There are the statistics of the development
of st. Paul told in line.
From the little Union block store see to
what mercantile palace the house has grown,
Here at the southeast corner of Fifth and
Sibley streets stands the great yellow brick
edifice, 63X110 feet on the ground with four
stories and basement, and it was designed
and built especially to meet the demands of
the peculiar business. Nothing is laokng
in this fire-proof structure, and the process
of carrying on the traffic is reduced to tho
utmost simplicity. Back of the warehouse
is large yard with extensive shed storage,
and on East Fourth street the firm has an
iron warehouse connected directly with the
railroads, where carbon oils, gasoline and
ali dangerous goods are deposited, Ninety
men are employed in this great industry,
and the mass of goods handled is aimply
marvellous. 1t is by far the largest institu=
ton of the kind in the northwest
Their trade extends throughout the states
of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska
and Oregon, and the territories of Dakota,
Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Washington
and Montana, as well as through the Vest
ern British possessions. At Helena, Men=
tana, the house has resident agent who
devotes himself to the interest of the great
trade through that part of the country
The firm has agents in Paris and London,
and are constantly receiving shipments from
these great foreign commercial eonters,
These imported goods can to-day be bought
in st. Paul as low as in New York, as this Is
a port of appraisal as well as a port of entry.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
GROCERIES,.

FROM the very nature of things this branch
of business is the heaviest in st. Paul 1t
has reached giant proportions, the sales last
year reaching the colossal sum of S14, 000,-
000 Enormous as are these figures however,
they will be overreached the present year by
fully twenty per cent. The almost marvel
lous rapidity with which this grand North
west, the land of plenty and promise of
more, has been, and is being settled up,
carries with it the necessity for feeding the
constantly increasing millions. The whole
sale grocery houses of st. Paul, the grand
gateway and distributing point OF this vast
area, are prepared to meet this necessity and
will probably do so to the extent of $50, 300,
coo the present year as the sales up to June
80 amounted to So, 685, 900. That is the kind
of business the wholesale grocery houses of st.
Paul do.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04
GEORGE BENZ s. COMP my.
Wholesale Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Etc.
NO. 40 WEST THIRD STREET


NO. 10 WEST THIRD STREET
Probably there is not a name more IA
miliar to the people of the northwest than
that OF George Benz. He is now man in
the full vigor of middle aged manhood. He
came to St. Paul ar unknown boy, but he
had within him the elements out of which
successful business men are made, and in
few years he has grown up from comparative
poverty to become the head of a wholesale
house scarcely second to any between the
great lakes, and the Rocky mountains. The
firm of Geo. Benz & company, the great st.
Paul wholesale importers and dealers in
wines, liquors, etc., whose place OF business
is at number 10 West Third street, has al
most an international reputation as their
business in buying and selling is not con-
fined to the American continent alone but
reaches out to the banks Of the classic Rhine
in Germany, the sunny plains OF France and
the vine clad hills OF Spain, and Portugal,
with all of which countries they have bust
ness relations. Ii is seldom THAT week
passes without bringing to their immense
wholesale house an invoice OF win cs,