The Portland daily press., 1895-12-07
AN IMPORTANT CHANGE.
Retirement Of the Firm of #. A.
Smith & Co.

They Have Sold Out to ID. w. True & Co.
Wild Day at Sea-Harbor Notes and
News-Canadians Shipping Eggs by the
Car Load.
| Commercial street business men will
learn with regret that the firm of F. A
Smith & Go. is to drop out of the list,
after an active and remarkably successful
business career Of forty years. The change
was made necessary by the continued i'll
health of Mr.. Smith, who broke down
several months ago from over work, and
who decided to retire from the wholesale
business in which he has so long been en-
gagged.
MIR. Smith has been in the wholesale
business for thirty-five years, and in the
general grocery business for forty years.
his first store on Market street. T hen the
firm of Smith, Donald & Co., was form
ed, and was succeeded by the firm of
Smith, Gage & Co., and that by the
firm of +. A. Smith & Co. For nine
teen years Mr.. Smith was in business in
the Thomas block on Commercial street
and then removed to his present store.
During the war Mr.. Smith was connect
ed with the camp established here and
from which 1900 men were sent to the
front. For many years he was a great
worker, and in fact continued his active
habits up to about a year ago when he
suddenly broke down. AT that time two
members of his family were sick in New
York; one of the trusted men of the firm
broke his leg; F. A. Smith, Jr., was
forced to take his place on the road, and
the entire management of the extensive
business of the firm fell on Mr.. Smith,
who found that he vas not able to work
as of old. He was forced to take long
rest, and then decided to retire from his
present business and to give his atten-
ton to the management of his extensive
outside business interests. He is much
better, but feels that after forty years of
hard work he has earned rest.
In addition to his business, Mr.. Smith
was extensively interested in western
real estate, and has large interests in
Massachusetts, that demand his attention.
He will by no means drop out of active
life, but will simply change the line of
his activities.
The stock and good will of the firm has
been sold to D. W. True & Co., so that
it will practically be consolidation of
two old and we'll known Portland firms.
| Practically shut out from the markets
| Of ho tato NV ho dirty bo
Canadians are trying to find a market
abroad. Three car loads of eggs passed
through here yesterday from Montreal to
Boston, where they will be shipped for
Liverpool on the Starvation, and one car
load was sent here to make part of the
cargo of the Laurentian.
| The work of discharging the Lauren
tian is progressing very slowly, much of
the cargo being steel rails for the New
| York Central railroad
The Black Diamond liner is still wait
| ing for a chance to discharge cargo.
| A number of wind bound coasters
slipped out yesterday taking some risk.
| to get away.
The fishing schooner Albert w. Black,
arrived yesterday with 10000 pounds of
cod and haddock. They reported that
Thursday was very wild day at sea.
The weather had previously been too
rough for fishing.
The e. W. Clark, four master, has
gone on the marine railway for repairs.
| A great crowd gathered on Commercial
street yesterday afternoon, little rat of
a horse hardly pony, having fallen.
| Thelittle beast declined to make an effort
to get up, but when lifted to his feet
| was found to be all right.