Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-23

/ vicinity VI the city. No adequate luea OF
the amount of paper that is used can be
| obtained. although a little thought will
| show that every body has consider able use
! for it, not only as protection for articles,
but in the making of numerous useful
| articles as we'll.
OFFICE FURNITURE.
| Eighteen years ago the Offices and
banks of this city began to outgrow their
| primitive furniture and a demand was
made for better office furnishings. The
demand was not confined to Chicago but
| extended all over the United States. The
| first step made to satisfy this demand was
made in Chicago, which is the largest
market in the world for this class of
| goods. Office furnishings do not
consist entirely Of chairs and desks,
! but include also special interior fit
tings. This is a natural furniture
market for skilled labor and excellent de-
| signers come here in large numbers. New
ideas are constantly being introduced and
unique designs are always demanded. The
| specialties of the trade are the fitting up
of banks court houses, State apitols and
public buildings Of all kinds. The cost
of fitting up bank is from $1,000 to
$4,000. There are four firms in the city
which deal exclusively IN this class of
goods, and they send goods which cost at
least $5,O00,0OO every year to Canada,
England. France, Australia, Ireland and
all over the United States. The demand
for this class of goods is SO large that the
output for the last four years has ex-
ceeded each preceding year by 25 per
cent. The manufacturers are not con-
fning themselves to woodwork, but are
using the various metals, such as Japan
csc copper, bronze, IRON and brass.
PRINTING INKS.
If all the printing inks which comes to
Chicago were reduced to a liquid 1t would :
make a lake of good size. Printing ink,
however, is more of mass than it is a
liquid aud is sold by the pound. An or
binary newspaper uses about forty tons
of ink per annum, while the large print
ing houses will require more than this
amount. The trade in Chicago is ham
died mostly by agencies of Eastern con-
Germs, although there are two. firms here
which manufacture their own inks,
and the amount of money paid
into the Chicago market for inks
will exceed three quarters of a million of
dollars. Until the time of the fire Chi
cage printers and newspapers had to
order ink from travelling representatives
of ink houses, but soon after the fire two
ink factories were started here and the
larger Eastern dealers began to establish
agencies, until now every house of any
standing has represen tative There are
also agencies in other Western cities, so
the trade of Chicago Is confined TO the
territory which is naturally tributary to
this locality. The ink trade also handles
photographers inks and varnishes. The
business is increasing in proportion with
the growth Of the Publishing and printiag
trades.
The Wholesale carriage trade represents
about $l,000,000 annually, and furnishes
vehicles to the inhabitants of large ex-
tent of territory. This territory is han
died chiefly by agencies in the larger cit
ies as Milwaukee, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Omaha, Saltwater and Denver. The
trade Is divided into two general classes,
the manufacturers and the general agen-
cies. Included in the carriage trade is
the wagon and truck manu- sacturers, but
most of the dealers have specialties, such
as light buggies, carriages, hanson cabs
and coupes. The first establishment was
founded about sixteen wears prior to
the fire. Chicago is the cheapest
market for the same quality of goods
in the United States. In New York
twenty-five per cent more is paid for this
class of goods than is secured here. The
reason is that few dealers in the former
city cater to the " 40 " and are the fash
ion and can put fancy price on their
goods. Travelling men find employment
in this business and confne themselves
to liverymen and Wholesale dealers. Car
riages have been shipped from Chicago
to London and Liverpool, but no at
temp has been made to obtain a large
trade with foreign count iss. Many
handsome rigs are turned out by the
local manufacturers and which will COM
pare favorabiy with those of other
markets. The sale Of harness is quite an
important branch of the carriage trade.
REAL ESTATE.
The Chicago real estate market, which
has shown contin uous increase of sales
for years past, will probably this year be
far in excess of all previous records. The
vast territory lying on the west, the north
and the south, and which was at one time
occupied by farmers, Is now settled up
for number of miles by suburbanites
whose business is in Chicago, but who de-
sire the rest and quietude to be found in
a nome on the outskirts of the noisy and
busting city. Inside property has now
reached point where it is hard to OBJ
tain, even at the highest market valua-
uiOn. Holders feel that Chicago has
reached point where she can never fall
back, but must constantly progress. This
feeling is shown by the mammoth buildings
already built or now undergoing con-
struction. Everything in the business
center Is taking on character of per-
manency, and instead of sales, the ninety
nine-Year lease plan is becoming popu-
lar, and in this aspect owners are follow
ing out tho examples furnished in the
old cities of the world where property is
leased aud sub-leased to such an extent
that the owner and tenant are generally
unknown to each other. This feeling of
permanency is also shown in the rapid
abandonment of the street car propelled
by horses to those whose motive power is
derived from cable, and very soon these
facilities will be still further in
creased by elevated railroads. With
the withdrawal of government
bonds, capitalists are turning
their investment is in to real estate, beliey-
ing that they can place their money in no
luar al