The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-11-07
MEMPHIS.
A City that Stands at the Head
 of Southern Progress.

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 t or the mountain of prosperity.
 The people of Memphis are the most genial people in the country. They are not proud of themselves individuality but they are proud of their city. This kind of pride, [ 0 matter where it may be found is the bulb of a coming commercial flow CT. New railroads, new manufactures, new commercial establishments, new de- nominations have made Mt mphis. The city must now contain seventy-five thou sand people and, comparing population, 1t is three times as much of city as St
 Louis.
 Before the war, the Gayoso hotel was regarded as the best in the south, eclips- ing anything in New Orleans. It was the rich planters delight to stop at the Gay oso, and the traveller who stopped at Mem phis, having when far away heard of the famous hotel, asked at once for the Gayoso. The very name won endear- ment. Some time after the war, as rich old customers had passed away, the Gayoso surrendered to the imperious de- mands ot the times. The grand building became the abode of lodgers. The splen- did halls no longer resounded with the | AAAASA% VI ~ oShNliACH(oA okC'
 Another chance came. A company of wealthy gentlemen, acquainted with the history ot the famous house, purchased 1t and spent two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in fitting it up. It is now palace. Its bill of fare cannot be excelled and it's comforts can scarcely be equaled in the United States. The pro. pnetors of the new Gayoso are Earring ton, Stewart & White, who are well known to the commercial world-gentle- men whose oblig ations have always been fulfilled. MT. Elias Rotchkiss, ten years proprietor of the St. James hotel, of New York city, is nov the manager of the Gay oso. He is one of the best hotel men in the United States, which is saying a great deal, but which his record proves The clerks are the best the most polite and obliging that could be found. They are educated and refined gentlemen, and we take pleasure in giving their names: w. H. Gillette, F. Banksmith, and !. D. Von Leer. These gentlemen are we'll known to the travelling public. Each man has won reputation. The dining room force IS we'll organized. l. D. Sub lett, late of the Grand Capital hotel of Baton Rouge, La.-of which house he was proprietor-is now the caterer of the Gayoso. His reputation is not limited to one section of the country. Every one will be glad to meet James H. Mahoney, the head waiter, who was one of the most popular stewards on the Mississippi river, having held that position on the finest boats, including the Robert E. Lee" Reuben Hicks, his assistant, is also we'll knnWn h hax,in0 ha1A sitions, in which he never failed to win credit for himself. It would be imp ossi- ble to conceive of better hotel than the | Gayoso. Every department is complete.
 The Livermore Foundry & Machine Co. now stands in the front rank of south- ern enterprises. Its capacity is increased from year to year and its work is meeting with a satisfaction which the foundries of | S. Louis have failed to afford. The foun- dry, being admirably situated, is able to stand up against all competition. A | prominent gentleman of Memphis speak ing of L,vermore, said We all know him to be one of the best and most en- terprising men in the country. When a man deals with him once, he is sure to | come back again. The reason the house does so much business is on account of the excellent work done" All the Liver more castings are of superior Alabama pig iron, except those made of the | celebrated Ajax metal. The trade of this establishment reaches far into the south and west. It required some little time, but the people of the southern states have learned that they can do bet ter than by going to the east for iron fronts and thousands of castings which ultil recently, were regarded as being beyond the skill of southern manufacto- ries. This firm does the iron and brass work for ten railroads. This statement will doubtless create surprise, but it is an actual fact. The wh .le-souled Colonel Bob Leech travels for the foundry Aside from being an excellent business man, he IS one of the most upright gentlemen to be found any where. He is the most en- tertaining man, not only of the south, but of the country. He is as tender-hearted | as child-a worshiper of home ties-a true man.
 Among the best known and most flourish ing enterprises connected with Memphis isthe Yannissee Dlstillery, operated in the blue grass regions of middle Tennessee, by Messrs. B. J. Semmes & Co. Their house IS run on the most improved meth cd and produces daily about twenty five barrels ot their justly celebrated " annis.' see Pure Rye Malt Sour Mash Whisky" The main office of the firm is at 2o7 M ain street, Memphis, though shipments are made daily from the distillery direct. Among the ccbwebs, thickly covered with the dust of mellowing ages, we were shown an heirloom of the firm, and, what is perhaps the oldest whisky in the United States. It is Yannissee of I83S | from the original stock ~f Raphael Semmes, the founder of the firm in ISio Messrs Semmes are correspondents of and sole agents for several of the largest houses in the world, including E. &J Burke, of London and Liverpool Mar,sll of Cognac; Cruse ct Fils Freres, Bor- deaux G. H. Mumm & Co, Reims, and Apollinaris Co., Qimited). The goods of al Gpx, nll