The Sunday morning news., 1889-09-01
BUSINESS B)OMS.
And All the Jersey City
Merchants Look for a
Brisk Season.
NEW CUSTOMERS DAILY
Some Special Circumstances Which
Hasten the Growth Of Our Pop
ulatiOn and Our Home Trade.

The tradesmen of the city are well
pleased with the character and extent of
their summer business. 1t seems almost
early enough for them to have formed
some conclusions as to the profits of the
fall trade, and.I visited many tradesmen
to learn what they thought of the indi-
cations.
At the store of TIC. Brown s. Van
Anglen, Mr.. Van Anglen said, in reply to
my query
1t is rather early for me to express nv
opinion on trade this fall / can say,
however, that the outlook for a good
fall trade is very bright.
FAVORABLE WHOLESALE REPORTS.
II base my opinion on the fact that the
wholesale trade is very busy and jobbers
report their sales away ahead of those
last year. This fact is, 1 think, sufficient
for the retailer to hope for trade exceed
ing that of any former year.
"What do think of the prospects for
this falls trade?" repeated Mr.. Vosburgh
of the tailoring firm of vosburgh & Stein.
why, | think it will be as good If not
better than that of last fall, Trade looks
promising and | see no reason why it
should not be good We are going to run
our usual line of goods. -
Mr.. Donnelly, of the firm of Green &
Donnelly, the wall paper dealers, was en-
gagged in waiting on customer when
called. He excused himself, and replied
to the question as follows:--.'AIost al o1Ir
business is done during the summer
months, when building is in operation.
Still we expect good trade this fall. We
have added large stock of new STYLES in
wall paper in anticipation of an unusually
good trade, and from the present outlook
we expect to exceed the sales of former
that the trade this fall will be the best
that Jersey City has ever had.''
MR.. RINGLES VIEW.
In answer to your question as to the
condition of our business this fall can
only say that we are going to carry a
larger and better line of house furnish
ings in expectation of an increased fall
trade. The times warrant it. The people
here are beginning to learn that they can
buy as cheaply and as well in Jersey City
as they can in New York; So said Mr..
Jacob Ringle, of the firm of Jacob Ringle
q Sons, dealers in house furnishings, TO
the reporter, when he called upon him at
his store. The place was crowded, and
from the sales being made by the clerks
Mr.. Ringle was justified in his statement.
Trade has never been better" he CON
tinued; indeed, think that this fall trade
will be immense"
MULLINS & co. PREPARING.
Mr.. j. w. Kennedy, the manager of
Mullins & Co.'S big furniture stores, was
next seen.
Grade" he said. s'has been excellent
during the summer, and as it looks now
it will be much better in the fan. We
are preparing for it, too We have q
and finar 0f do
before and greater variety of designs.
Don't look astonished if tell you that we
expect to almost double the sales of last
fall. We look for and expect very busy
fall''
Look at those shelves; don't they look
as II | expected to do a business, " said Mr..
J. w. Kidd, the large shoe dealer of New
ark avenue. The shelves mentioned were
filled with boxes of shoes, and the tops of
them were piled high with Others In
the centre of the store were other rows of
shelves, and these, too, We're filed with
boxes of shoes.
My trade has increased fifty per cent.
during the past year and | expect an in
crease of half that amount this fall.
am carrying $4,000 extra stock of finer
quality than ever before. .
THE WHOLESALE PULSE.
Mr.. j. Henderson, the dry goods dealer.
opposite Erie street, was the next to ex-
press his opinion as to the business pros
poets for the fall.
'.The trade this fall think will exceed
that of former years. said he. ''The
wholesale trade is the pulse of the re-
taiiers, and the Jobbers renort their sales
as being far ahead of former years. NV
trade is increasing, and | think trade
generally viii be very good during the
fall
II have scarcely been long enough in
Jersey city to express an opinion" said
Mr.. j. Walker, another Newark avenue
dry goods dealer, "but can say from the
business that have been doing, and from
the way my trade is increasing, that the
outlook for a good fall trade is bright.n
Mr. +. j. Hanley, furniture dealer, of
Newark avenue, near Jersey avenue,
said:--''I am pleased with the way bust
ness is going on. 1t has frightened up
during the past few days. Compared with
this time last year my business is consid-
erably ahead. Trade is on the increase,
and this falls trade will be excellent"
II think" said 2. II. Hanley, the New
ark avenue furniture dealer, "that trade
this fall will be as good as, if not better,
than that of last year. Our trade was
formerly i'll the spring, but now most of
our business is done between September
Is and January l. In fact am so sure of
good fall trade that l am putting in a
larger and finer line of goods"
GOOD SUMMER BUSINESS.
WI. 1uI1CE OL bilc SlOCcl ilIltl VI VI AC1
Bennell, when asked his opinion of the
prospects for the fall trade, he said
1.-THE trade will in my opinion be very
good. We look for and expect q trade
this fall, as good, If not better, than our
trade of last year. Trade this summer
was much better than usual. and.as, busi-
ness is now, the prospects for good fall
trade are promising. | found George
Halves at the desk in De Olmstead & Co.'S.
store on Newark avenue, and asked him
what he thought of the prospects for the
fail.
Il think we are going to have one of
the largest fall trades we have yet had,
he replied.
''On what do you base your anticipa-
tions?' was my next question.
A PRACTICAL VIEW.
4sWell,n he answered, ION the gener-
ally prosperous condition of the COM
munity. There never was such activity
in building as there is in New Jersey at
the present time. Then the Pennsylvania
Railroad are going to expend 81, 100000
in elevating their tracks, and this,
coupled to the half receipts from excise
that the new charter gives the Commits
sioners the power to expend on direct inn
provements will put large amount of
money into the hands of the laboring
classes, and those are the people to whom
Jersey City tradesmen have to look for
patronage
Mr. William N Baron, whose gents
furnishing store is the best patrOnized ON
I.f VT VioifpI Mr. RpFOII