Telegram-herald., 1888-06-17
ATTAINED A MAJORITY
IRA c. HATcs IN BUSINESS 2i YEARS
me Popular nonroe-st. 0rocsr Com
lnsaesd Business Here Jast Twenty
oss Years Ago Yssterday-A Few
Pointers and conclasions Dra~h

Probably In no other store IN this busy, /,
bus Ting city, Is there mere business doas
in the same space Of stofe room and time
than is 10 be seen a. l25 Aonroe-sf. J1st
txeDty-ons years ago yesterday, or On June
Is, 1867, Ira Z. Hatch. then a boy OF IA.
took his initiatory in the retail grocery
business. on delivery wagon in tae em-
ploy of Crawford BEos-, who thea held
forth ia the old wooden bullding which
stood AZ about the centre Of what Is now
known as Csmpan Place. Time has wrought
many changes about the old corners
and throughout the whole city ~ we'll
bat among tie many changes which the
last twenty -one years have witnessed, old
Father Time has wrought with much favor
on the fortunes OF Ira Q. Hatch. 30
much 50 that now his name
is household word. Ira Hatch
continued in the employ of Crawford Bros
for four years. bat intuitiyely he grasped
all the details of the business. and IL was
but q very short time that he drove the
wagon Tor his abilities soon gained him
place behind the counter. After four years
with Crawford Bros. he accepted a position
with hr. ID. ID. Cody. who was then q
wholesale and retail grocer on Monroe-st-.
about opposite the WIddicomb building.
On leaving Mr.. Cody he again entered the
enploy OF Crawford Bros, where lac re-
manned some time. After this we next
lind him with Rice & Moore, then the
largest and best grocery establishment ia
the city. where his genial disposition and
sffable manners gained for him many
friends His strict attention to business
very soon brought the confidence of his
employers, and 10 him although still young
in years, was entrusted the responsibility OF
buying for their mammoth store. But IL
did not suit the aspirations of the young
man 10 continue much longer in the en-
ploy of others, and twelve years ago. soon
after he had attained his majority, Ira G.
Hatch formed a copartnersnip with one
Charles Hayden, and opened q fancy
grocery house in tbs store next to tie
one he now occupies. Always progressive
in his ideas IL was the purpose
of the young grocery merchant to give TO
the people here an innovation in his line.
which be did by introducing finer quality
OF goods than had before been kept here.
His efforts were appreciated: and the busi-
ness prospered. After two years Mr.. Hayden
withdrew from the firm and Mr.. Hatch -
came its sole proprietor, when he leased his
present quarters. which were larger ths1
the place formerly occupied, for his busi-
ness had assumed such proportions that
more room was needed. Herr Ira @. Hatch
uo> Sousiuucu W SSfvc tue peOpi0 ioftniuAAy
and well. his business growing with the
growth of the city. Long continued service
in the same line has not impaired his
energy or ambition TO lead in his line and
The housskesper we'll knows that for the
early garden sauce and vegetables Of the
finest quality and the first Of the season,
Hatchs is the place to go. The
array of vegetables aud fruit In the
front of bis store: which annually ap-
pears about as soon the snow is on
fthe ground (for Hatch imports thoge things
from the Sunny South just as sosn as they
can be had has leng been the envy OF all
competitors. Men have come and mea
have gone. but Ira goes on just the same
Some twenty different firms have started in
the grocery business la the last dozen years
within block OF this place and one after
another though various reasons have re-
tired, but Hatch continues Just the same,
until his array OF groceries and vegetables.
a. the head of Monroe ST., has almost be-
come a land mark. Nine employees and
two delivery wagons are Dow necessary and
kdpt constantly employed in carrying on
this largest retail grocery trade In the city.
Twelve years ago two clerks were all that
were necessary, but modest prices. quick
delivery and the best quality Of goods have
told their tale and built up q fine trade. ua-
I'll Hatch the Grocer Prince. may well feel
proud OF the record he has made aud the
position he has won among ths substantial
business men OF our growing city.