The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-13

furnishing anything in the gas" line.
The manufacture of brick in the CITY
| the past year by the various yards Atkin-
son Il Oloff, Paulson & Bro, B. H. Red,
eker, W Lyon & Co., J. W. Graham and
r Richmond, is estimated at 1000, 600.
while the sales will amount to $50, 600.
WHOLESALE DEALERS.
GRoCERs.
Henry Darts Sons, wholesale dealers,
the success of whom is conspicuous il
lustration of the value of Rock Island
location as to facilities for reaching
every part of the west. In the
spring of 1857 Henry Dart estab-
lished a retail grocery and boat store on
Second avenue just east of Union square,
and in the fall the store was removed to
Eighteenth street, between First and Sec
one avenues. His store was destroyed by
fire the same year, after which Mr..
Dart established himself in business on
Second avenue near Commercial alley
Three years after business had increased
to such an extent that more room was
needed, and the room adjoining was
leased for the purpose of doing more ex-
tensive business, as wholesaling in small
way was commenced in 1858. In 1860
the present gentlemen, sons of Henry
Dart. who constitute the present firm. were
taken in as partners, icing Cyrus J..
Dart and Albert C. Dart In 1868 Wil>
liam II. Dart. also became a psrtner.
Henry Dart severed his connection with
the firm in the year 1879, and in 1877 W,
II. Dart died. In i've Henry Dart 5
Sons, having found thef present quarters
too limited, built the ithree story building
now occupied by Stewart & Montgomery,
hardware dealers. Deciding to give up
their retail business in 1867, and devote
their entire attention to the jobbing trade,
they leased the room occupied by their
retail store to WEIGH & Gregg. 10 1877
they erected their present commodious
quarters, which cost $50, 900, and which
is provided with all the modern facilities
for handling goods.
Henry Darts Sons have three special
ties which do not get inside their store at
ali: oil, salt and powder. The oil is
warehoused near the river and the Chi
cago, Rock Island s Pacific railway, and
delivered direct. The firm began buying
oil from the Standard Oil company,
W hen it was first established and when ten
barrels was considered large lot; now
receipts are by the carload. and Henry
Darts Sons, as agents of the Standard Oil
company for this locality. sell $1,000 bar
rels of illuminating oils yearly. besides all
grades of lubncating oils, They are also
agents for the celebrated Elaine oil mans
ufactured by Warden & Oxnard, Pitts,
burgh, Pa. the very highest grade of re-
fined petroleum. from which all disagreea
Bile odor has been removed. The salt il
handled by carloads: bought, sold and
distributed without breaking bulk The
powder is stored in a magazine in Sc
cluded ravine of tract of bluff property
to which they have private road. They
are agents for Latin & Rand and the
Hazard Power Co.'S. powders. and high ex
plosives
The firm carry an average stock OF
$4,000, and goods are received every
week day, the year round The sales are
now considerably over 81 900, 900 year,
the business in September amounting to
$97,345 In 1870 the aggregate was
$450, 900; in 1854, wholesale and retail
about s25O,O00.
The purchasing department and all en-
ployes outside the office are managed by
Mr.. G. J. Dart, assisted by Mr.. j. W
WEIGH, who has been with the firm fol
the last eighteen years. The office force
is under the charge of Mr.. A. c. Dart, to
gether with the correspondence and ac'
counts, with Mr. r. H. Dart as cashier
and auditor, and Mr.. |. S. White as hea6
bookkeeper. The department of sales il
superintended by Mr.. ]. W. WEIGH, ant
six travelling statesmen are kept constantly
on the road. Three Of these are assigned
to Iowa; Mr.. Ira s. Karr takes the main
line of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific railway; Mr.. o. M. Boyles the mair
line of the Milwaukee s. st. Paul; an.
Mr.. G. F. Simmons the Milwaukee g. st
Paul branches north of Davenport. Th'
other three are assigned to Illinois: Mr.
Henry Jennings takes the Rock Island & s
Louis and the Galva d Keithsburg division
Of the Chicago, Burlington g. Quincy rail
way Mr.. George W. Cash takes TIL
Racine & Southwestern division of tn,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul, the Sterling brancl
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the
Rock Island & Peoria main line and Gable
branch, and the Illinois division of thu
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. Mr.
Allan WEIGH has charge of the city trad
Of Rock Island and Davenport. Th,