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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
The 1enneseee RreWinE Company

the Tennessee Brewing Company
Is probably tbs mos. prosperous man.
ufacturing enterprise over established
In Memphis. Its success has been un-
precedented. Although scarcely in
existence for more than a yesr, hav-
ing been organized June l, 1885, it has
firmly established itself in the popu-
lariiy Of consumers and finds the Ca
pscity OF is works unequal TO the de-
msnd 1t employs a capital Of $780,
600, carries sky men on itl pay.
r,ll at an annual outlay OF $4,000,
and its yearly eales amount to $780,
900. The capacity OF the works is
100000 kegs annually, but improve
ments are contemplated TO incresre the
manufacturing facilities to four times
the present proportions The plant
now IN use is perfect OF its kind and
embraces q fifty ton refrigerator and
ice machine, which is employed 10
keep the storage room OF the brewery
at temperature oil zero. The Tonnes
see Brewing Company has successfully
demonstrated that % good quality Of
beer can be made here es in st. Louis
or Milwaukee. This result has been
obtained by the employment Of she
best skilled lsbor and the nee OF only
the best raw material. None but tae
most superior quality Of Canada barley
is used in brewing, while the wster
employed In the process Is pumped
from an arteeiAn we'll down 70 depth
OF 800 feet below the surface OF the
ground. This water hes been tested
and is proven to be eight grains softer
than Mississippi water.
The TeDn8 zee Brewing Company
has agencies at Little Rock, Ark.
Jackson, Tenn; Greenville and
C.arksdale, Mrs, and all prominent
towns within 200 miles oil Memphis.
One Of it's specislties IL i's PelseDer
beer, which is claimed to be superior
TO any in the msrket. An idea OF the
prosperity of this establishment may
be gathered from the following figures:
Sales in July, 1885, 1900 barrels; in
July, 1885, 2600 barrels.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
W. ]. CHASE s co.
Flour, Meal, Hoy, Corn, Oats, Bran,
Etc, ne No. 1853 MaiH street.

This is one of the firms that has
handled grain successfully for many
years-long before Memphis became
the great grain market tDat she now
lie. They are 60 well prepared for
large transactions that they can al
ways be expected 10 fiji orders at the
very lowest prices. They are ener-
getic and progressive, and just the kind
TO obtain the best Of transportation
rates and most rapid delivery. In
every detail of the business they are
up with the times. From bag OF
flour or bale Of hay to many car loads
of either, they may be relied on to de-
liver orders promptly, and on best con-
ditione. They are entitled to the inn
mense business they are doing, and to
that Of all those who want the best to
be obtained in the way OF -four and
grain,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Flour.

The manufacture Of flour has made
rapid strides during the pact year, and
Memphis can now boast OF one OF the
most handsomely constructed and best
equipped -four mills in the country
the properly OF the Memphis Mill
Company. The company is capitalized
at $125, 900, most OF which has been
expended in the erection OF the mill
and the purchase OF its plant. 1t has
daily capacity OF 500 barrels, and
although 1t only began operations in
June II has already established pay
ing patronage. II gives employment
to thirty-hve people, pay $500 weekly
for labor, and lie product is valued at
$4,000.
The Eagle Flour Mile, though of
smaller capacity than the one just
described, Ia also in prosperous con-
dit'on. II carries fifteen persons on
It's pay roll, at an expense of $l2, 900
annually, employs $500 Of capital in
the handling OF the business, and it's
annual product Is about $226, 900.
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r. L. COCHRAN 4 CO.'S
Sawmill, Planning Mill and Box Fac
tOry-The Lumber business In
Its Various Branches.

This is one Of the veteran firms in
the lumber business. Its present
members are comparatively young
men, but they have been selling lun-
Der since their boyhood. They have
built up very large trade, and are at
the head of the line as lumbs r dealers.
Their immense mill, supplied with all
the improved machinery that can be
used pIofitably, is located in the navy
yard, convenient to the points where
timber ia floated down in great quan-
titles. They have large yard ond are
now erecting a planning mill on Union
street. Their force Of workmen are
employed constantly filing orders, for
Cochran & Co. are known rs reliable
and intelligent dealers VINO give faith
full attention to orders. They deal
very extensively in doors, sash, blinds,
holdings, lumber, la'h and shingles,
flooring, ceiling aud cedar posts. Car
penters having mill work TO be done
can have their wants supplied prompt
ly at this house. Orders from dis
lance will be filled carefully, All who
deal with Cochran & Co. may rely on
being treated cleverly and obtaining
goods at the very lowest pricee.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
UHICKASAW IRON, WORKS.
A Mammoth Embellishments, abe Re-
suit of Twenty.One Years of
Hard Work and Steady
Growth.

John Z. Rsndle, the head of this
vast enterprise, ia one of the citizens
of Memphis who have always used
every effut to establish in our city
such wo ks as were needed, In run
ming the Caickasaw Iron Works for
the pest twenty-one years, in go I'd
and Tad times, he has given evidence
OF the vim and determination that are
necessary in the controlling spirit of
TO great an undertaking. These works
were started on small scale, but as
orders increased the works have been
enlarged, new machinery being added
constantly and the capacity in every
department greatly increased. 1t now
has all the facilities for an immense
lot of work, both in the foundry aud
machine shops. Theyare now crowded
with orders for foundry work, which
department is running with large
number OF the very best workmen.
The firm manufactures and deals in
engines, boilers, sawmills, era and
wbeatnlilis, cotton, Gins and presses,
ahaiting, pulleye. They can supply
the different kinds Of cotton presses,
pumps, we'll borers and prospecting
augurs, steamboat whistles, and
various kinds of brass goods can be
had of them. Jail eel of most ina
proved and substantial pattern are
built at theae works. Their ware
houee, on Second street just north OF
Adamp, contains great quantity OF
machinery, arranged 30 as TO be in
spected by persons wishing to buy.
This branch of their business IS con-
veniently located, and should be
visited by all who wish to buy ma
chinsry. The famous Birmingham
iron is used in the foundry, where an
immenee amount of superior castings
are being turned out. The Chickasaw
Iron Works have the capacity to do
nearly all the foundry and machinery
work for the South, and would be
plessed to correspond with all who
nave. large contracts to be filled.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

The manufacture OF ice is a -four
ishing industry, and the demand for
the article exceeds the capacity OF the
works engaged in its production.
There are two companies who manu-
fscture ice f)r sale--the Valley Ice
Company aud the Bohlen. Huee Ice
Company. The former company has
but small plant, aud its production
will not exceed 1000 tous annually.
The Bohlen- Huee Ice Company has a
capital OF 100000, employs forty
hands, pays out $3b, 900 annually for
labor, and manufactures 5000 tons OF
ice yearly, for which 1t finds a ready
sale. The demand for its product is
30 great that increased facilities have
become imperative. and the company
is now negotja ing for q new plant at
q cost Of 100000, which will enable
them to turn ont fifty tons daily. Mr..
r. G. Graves, the well known treas
urer OF the company, leaves this week
for New Orleans, Chicago and ST.
Louis, to inepect the latest improve
ments in ice making machinery, and
will, before his return, complete the
negotiations for new plant, now
pc ding. E1
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Lumber and BuiIding MATERIAL.

The lumber trade OF Memphis ADD
it's incidental industries, blind and
sash factories and ornamental wood
work, is assuming vast proportions.
There are Fix firms engaged in the
businets, all OF whom report a pros
porous condition OF AFFAIR.". During
the past twelve months valuable sddi'
tions have been made to the plant a.
ready in existence. The Cole Manu-
featuring Company alone have added
q main factory OF brick 80x200 fest, a
planning mill 80xl20, warehouse 85x
leo, an engine and boiler house 4Ox60,
glazing room 28x58 Side tracks
connect the work, with all leading
railroads and furnish ready access to
It's lumber yards, which cover four
ceres. The other mills are Williams
& Co., Woodruff Lumber COMPANY,
r. L. Cochran & Co., Coover 4 Co.
and the Chelsea Lumber Company.
These six companies employ an
aggregate capital OF 81 ,070, 900, employ
$40 men at an annual expense OF S327,-
600, and sell 81, 250,00J annually OF
their manufactured products. They
all report an increase OF about 20 per
cent. In the business OF the past year
over that OF the year preceding. New
mills are being projected for the COM
ing year, and Messr5. Henning d
Hanna have already one in process OF
construction.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
XELLNER l. co.
An, Interesting biography of This
JGastIy Famous shoe Mouse.

In 1879 Messrs. David Zellner aud
Ell. Goldbaum were statesmen and
friends. That year they established
the shoe firm z sllnsr & 90. They bsNe
worked harmoniusly for the interest
Of the firm, and by strict application
TO business, by selling none but good
goods, by honest and square dealing,
thew have succeeded in building up a
business THAI is the pride and wonder
of all. Their aim mes been to attain
the front rank in the shoe trade, and
they have succeeded. They are al
WAYS the hrst to Introduce any im-
proyement or novelty in the shoe line,
and make IL q point to secure the
exclusive sale OF the finest lines Of
ladies', boys and children's shoes.
Their greatest pride are their lines OF
mems shoes, which are beyond dispute
the very hsndsomest goods made In
the United States, and those that have
tried them know it. They had the
enterprise to issue the first illustrated
catalogue and price list ever gotten up
IN this city, aud by distributing them
In the adjoining States they have be-
come the best kno En houee in Mem
phis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Tho Mempbis NnadIery On.

Employs capital of $4,000 in the
manufacture Of saddlery aud harness
and employs sixty hands at an annual
outlay Of $4,000. Though compar-
atively recent enterprise, having only
been organized in May, 1885, the com.
paDy is in flourishing condition and
disposes OF its produc', valued at $685.
600 year, as fast as it Is turned out
The officers Of the company are Jas.
@. Bell, president aud manager; E. f.
Never, secretary and treasurer.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
OUR MANUFACTURES.
WHAT MEMPHIS Is DOING In
THAT LINE.
A Fall and Comprehensive Review OF
the Various Branches OF Pro-
ductiye Labor
THAT CONDUCE TO THE PROS
PERITY OF TIE CITY.
New Enterprises Launched During
fhe Past Year-The Promising
Outlook for the Future.
&c present to our readers today

plete review of the manufactur-
industries of this city. 1t will
be noticed that while some special
lines of industry, such as the manu-
acture of cotton seed products have
been unproductive of profit, that ma
terial progress has been made in
other departments Of manufacture,
and that on the whole the manufac-
turing interests Of the city may be
said to have gained something dur
ing the past year. The lumber in
dustry is in particularly satisfac-
tory condition and is fast taking
rank as one Of the surest
sources Of our commercial wealth.
The iron manufacturers report .
gradually increasing business at fair
ly remun erative prices. The -four
and corn mills are doing thriving
business and the opening up Of the
Memphis mills, with a capacity Of
500 barrels daily, suggests possibili-
ties in the direction of further en-
terprise of a similar character that
are extremely gratifying. There is
no reason why -four milling on an
extensive scale should not flourish
in Memphis, and the career of the
Memphis Mill Company will be
watched with deep interest. The
failure OF the Pioneer Cotton Mills
to pay dividend to its stockholders
is due to internal causes
OF mismanagem ent that can have
no weight in determining whether
skillfully managed mill can sue
coed. There is nothing in the stu
alton to warrant the conclusion that
the manufacture of cotton lcannot be
successfully prosecuted here. The
present management Of the mill may
doubtless do the community a SER
vice by demonstrating the feasibility
Of running cotton mill here with
profit. The minor manufactures
which are here enumerated and de-
scribed are all in a thriving condi-
kion and all show a gratifying in
crease on the business Of tho year
before. The coming year will
doubtless mark an important era
in our industrial development.
The completion of the Kansas
City road to Birmingham, which is
promised within the next six months,
may change the whole current Of our
manufactures to new sources OF
profit, new lines Of industry and
cheaper methods of production. The
reduction in the cost of fuel and iron
which will necessarily follow direct
communication with the coal and
iron fields of Alabama, is in itself a
factor in the problem OF reducing
the cost Of production, the import
ance of which cannot be overesti-
mated, AT any rate, the future is
bright with promise, and we con-
graduate our readers on the outlook.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

This establishment was founded nv
the present propr cor, Mr.. John Il,
Randie, in 1855. 1t occupies an en-
tire hall block, not including a spa.
clous bui ding occupi, d rs a machin-
cry warehouse. 1t gives employment
to ninety-ive persons, pays $4,000
annually, in wages aud its yearly pro-
duct is valued az 3l45000, consisting
OF cotton presses, architectural iron
work, stssm engines, saw mills and
other machinery.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Cotton RNNA.

This once prosperous Industry has
just passed through disastrous years
operations. Many causes couspire1
TO bring about this result. A bitter
competition in the beginning of the
season that neCessitated the purchase
OF seed at unremuneIatiVe price,, the
Inferior quality of the manufactured
product, and an over abundance OF
supply at all important markets, all
these things have contributed TO re-
duce prof 8 to an exceedingly low ebb.
The coming SEASON Is looked forward
to more hopefully, but there is moth
ing on the surface Of things TO furnish
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Ia PRADE, McGRATH 3 CO.,
Cotton Factors and Commission
Merchants, No. SO9 FrOnt ST.
New Firm OF Good Men.

Ut. La Prade, the senior member OF
this firm, has been Main street mer-
chant for several years, and has be
come iavonbly known TO the whole
commercial community. He has now
determined TO do q cotton factorage
aud commission business, and has Be-
cured desirable quarters at No. 302
Front street. John McGrath was with
]. 7. La Prade & 90. for q long time.
These gentlemen eau be relied on to
do all that can properly be expected OF
cotton factors and commission ms.f-
chants. They start with q good capital
and good name,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Cigars.

There are four firms engaged in the
manufacture Of cigars In this city, who
give employment to forty hands and
pay out about $500 week for labor.
The firms are Witch q Co., Baum &
Webster, Joe Buell., and B. Gary.
Witch & Co. are the heaviest manu-
factures of those named and employ
from twenty to twenty-five hands in
their factory. They turn out about
$4,000 cigars month, from which they
realize yearly sales OF about 500, 900.
Toe combined product of the Others
will approximate about $4,000 in
value.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
The LivermOre Foundry and ma
chine Company

Manufacture cotton presses, Wells's
cotton iced huller, house fronts, rail
road aud steamboat work. They have
a capital employed Of $4,000, give
work to eighty hands, and pay out
yearly in wagjs $4,000 to $4,000.
They sell Their product to nelghboring
States 10 q distance of 800 miles aud
report their business as steadily in
creasing The value OF their annual
product ranges from $4,000 to $780,
mn
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
The Cbickasaw Cooperage Company

Occupy large buildings and extensive
yards on the bank OF the river Dear
Sycamore street. They have a capital
oil $4,000, employ 100 personp, and
their annual pay roll foots up $35, 900.
The value OF their annual product is
$4,000, and the raw material con-
sumed annually approximstes $75, 900.
The barrels manufactured by tbis COM
psny find ready sale even in remote
markets, the bulk OF the product, how
ever, going to New Orleans. The bust
ness for the past year is 20 per cent.
better than for the year preceding and
justified dividend OF 10 per cent,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

Wsa established in 1888 and is one Of
the thriving industries OF the city. 1t
has a capital Of 800 900, gives em ploy-
msat TO ninety hsnds, and its an
nuGl pay roll amounts to $4,000. II
turI out upward OF $4,000 stoves a
year and finds a rssdy market for them
in adjacent territory. Its annual sales
are estimstsd at $4,000.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Boiler Makers.

Peter Lawless and Shea & McCsrty
continue TO do business in the manu-
facture Of hoiler, The lslt-r employs
thiity.five hands, the former twenty.
They pay about $4,000 yearly FIR
labor and Iealizs from $4,000 to
$4,000 from the sale Of their manu-
facturea.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Sbir, Manufacturers.

This industrl is rapidly assuming
importance. The firms engaged in it
are Sam'l Mey, Loeb & Nook, and the
Memphis Steam Laundry and Steam
Shirt Factory. They give employment
to upwards Of 100 persons, mostly fe-
mailer, pay out $500 in weekly wages,
and produce annually manufactured
goods Of the value OF $60,009.'
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

This firm is engaged in the manu-
'lsGCIte OF tinwars on an extensive
tsle. 1t gives employment to seventy
lar eons and di.blrs $50, coo in wages
annually. The capital employed in
khe mahulaetnle OF isgaods Is $50, 900,
aud the annual sales OF the product
.S.1ver SIPS 900.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
From 115 lbs. to 161 lbs.
To the Cuticura Remedies, Owe ny
H,.alth, Ny Happiness and MY Life.

A daV akvsr pssses that do not think and
speak k71dJ Of the CUfIoUKA RsHEDIns.
Seven yess. ago all of q. dozen lumps formed
stone to ap OF anSe The lsrGe ones were
frightful to lock. at, and painful to bear,
people turned aside when they saw me, In
disgust, and was Ashamed to be on the
street or in society. Physicians and their
treatment, snd 81 medicines failed TO do any
rood. In a moment Of despair tried the
curIcURA RRNsDsEs- CUTcURA, the great
skin Cure, and CuJICURA SOAY, an exquisite
RssoLvssT, tho new Blood Prrifier, inter-
nalls !; the small !ump, las call theml grad
uafly disappeared and the large ones broke,
in shout two weeks, dseharging large guam
titles Of matter, ie1yi .l Two eIisnt scars in
ing. Ny weight thou was one hundred and
fifteen rckly pounds; my weight nov is one
hundred and sixty one solid healthy pounds.
and nay hight, IS emily hys teet tye inches.
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The Memphis MetaI aud Wood Man
ufncturing company

Was established December l, 1888,
and is in a prosperous condition. l.
is engaged in the manufacture OF gal
vanize iron work aud tin roofing. Is
employs forty men, p'ys out 81 900
annually in wages, mas q capital OF
$sSO00 and its yearly product amounts
10 $4,000.
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log $500 pounds OF cotton. Is Affairs.
however. are not 10 fourishiDa con.
dii!on, and curing ths year ended it
has bean idle fully two-thirds Of the
time. The factory bss recently changed
management, and is now under the
control OF Mr.. John Johnson, uuder
who's. direction better results are ex-
pected.
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COrnInen1,

There are three mills devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture OF corn
meal: John X. Speed & Co., Sims &
Cannon and Hayden & Bro. THY
employ about thirty.fve hands, pay
$4,000 annually Tor labor, and turn
out 125,00O barrels OF meal yearly the
market value Of which averages 81
per barrel.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
sPEcHT 4 WALTER


The manufacture Of chewing gum is
an enterprise daily growing in import
auce, and Mr.. Sol Coleman OF this
city has established a thriving in
dustry in that line. His factory now
gives employment to fifty hands at an
annual expense Of $4,000, and his
sales OF manufactured PRODUCTS have
reached $4,000 during the past year
The value OF raw material consumed
annually is SOS, 900, and the capital
employed in the business approx
mates $4,000.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Rrunh Rsssopics.

The Memphis Trunk Factory, owned
by 8. Levy, and Goodman q Barrett do
. satisfactory business In this line OF
manufacture. The former gives en-
ployment to twenty-five hands, pays
$4,000 annually 70 wages, and cells
e60, 900 Of It's product yearly. The lat
Ter employs thirteen people and turns
out about $4,000 Of annual product.
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smiley. smith d 90.

Are agents of the Pratt Gin Company,
but have a plant Of their own at 98 to
l04 Poplar street, in this city, where
they manufacture the Pia.t Revolving
Head, the Felipe Hu'ler and other
gin attachments. They employ twenty
men, pay $4,000 in yearly wages, and
turn out an annual product OF $40, 900.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
JtnnH Clothing.

There ave four firms engaged in the
1nsa aufaeture If jeans clothing in this
city-Morris 4 Bro, Goldbaum Bros.,
]. A. Ausiin & Co, and l. Jiedel, all
doing pro, porous business. The az
ereeste capital employed by them is
.SIib. 600 nd the en- anal product $780,
600. Upwards Of 500 persons, princi-