The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01

Maiden lane; Haight a Co., clothiers, at so
Barclay Sas street; Sso ,Ica n RSI,st 4 : Co. Co. I =; !, a 4
shoe sDq Trimming uiiE trade. SDiet" aaisht, as he
was tondiy called BY club intimates, was, also
Broadway ~one well named the 81. Nicholas
bus now only a charming gastronomic memory.
ago fairly monopoiized tho Wholesale millinery
business-to be succeeded In pre-eminencc by
IL. .is s mGSngSs BF IS1o A ,S SsnFs n%Iiy Of Of raw M; Allsa CIV W.
Todd, who at one time hold n monopoly of the
talt trade and wa highly esteemed ~ banking
another eminent merchant who became Mayor.
lilo was. like the Loriilarda, an authority ,and
marrying tho daughter OF Mrs. u. b. Miller,
VINO hold an exclusive and wonderiui recipe Tor
crs yet tickled their noses, succeeded In max
I'M. a well deserved fortune.
Storm became an approved mercantile namo
as early as 1895, when at Q Coenties slip Thorn.
as Storm & Co. maintained n great warehouse
IN inn, the p sroGSsry trade P%i ,hS GerrSs storm! storm WAS msd q
It's greater fortune by buying suburban lots
and making long ground leases OF them
Ll yGGSIt a. PP rimS Z G,os sNSnq pars Sl in th aF sa@ Se
So ala Philip y: Holman Of Manning & 3 Holt %
chant, Peter ii. Schcnck, who accumulated q
fortune BY utilizing for mill purposes the water
Henry e. De Rham Of De Rham q Moore was
- noIhDlo merchant anu u contemporary anu
friend OF tho original Ilelin, and each OF them
brought Swiss thrift into prceminence.
of the great gre banking firm Of Brown Brothers
began mercantile lie as dry goods merchants
~ Pine street. .Afterward,, with a relative in
banking. Lee, Dates 4 Miller constituted q
notable grocery firm. The, Miller Of it gave his
MIR. Gould's New York start as millionaire. In
tho same business were smith. Mills y Co.
Drake Mills OF the firm retired with u handsome
tOrulnN md hlllt Ona of thA earliest nOukeS
erected on lower Firth avenue, in which was
sMG n2ar fsrn the 1 T %Sda # %nl his M dnsS Snsss w with
adjacent TO the white marble house built by
John Taylor Johnston at the southwest corner
Johnston in the historic iron firm Of Boorman
d. d. Johnston, doing business in lower Green,
Scotch merchant, entered the firm.
Three Connecticut boys came TO New York to-
fSssnss Sed amos + ERE" Enc me goSn !. pb namsS a lHf
Edwin d. Morgan. The two first became part
ners in the dry goods business, and prudently
heart Of the city. Edwin b. Morgan, best re.
nemberod as a war Governor and Federal
OF Morgan & carlo. In time Emo & Phelps
parted company, and eompersial annals kneT
the tse o S5S as 81 s ShsIps Of R Emo ! Mcs a d Co. ana
David Maitland founded a great West In
dian business which younger Maitlands subse-
land. Phelps II Co., The Phelps OF the firm was
the noted Royal Phelps Of ras,ronomic fame;
~ benjamin Il. bullcT, u IL uNUlCsuko
of an old Cabinet Minister in the Jackson Ad.
ministration and. brother OF William Allen But
ier; the poGt}nrist. came in as Junior partner.
sary TO catalogue the names and virtues of all
tho old famous merchants Of New York. Vet
Grams can recall, for instance, the names OF {:
hour firm Of Peter J. Seyius, Of John G. & i;
Boxer, who introduced Hungarian wines and
Boxer bitter.; of Low. Hartman & Co.. OF Nc
Slrdy, Aldrich & Spencer, Of Bowen & Me
of William II. Dodge W hose bronze Carirnturg
on Herald Square sheepishly confronts the
statue of Horace Greeley; OF James Stokes,
his impress overlooking sire that shall adorn
sherman square in the vicinity where the
Haydock, & Co.. whose specially, was old
fashioned Grockcry; OF Moses Taylor. once u
Marshall o. Eobcrts, who began commercial life
as IA ship chandler and devoted his first sur
plus thousand dollars to BUYING an american
foundcd, a picture gallery, tina, rivGlled those
Of William Il. A%spinwall or Lqman Reed; of
kings; ..of Frank Dclano, who won a daughter
of William b. Astor: of Chandler. Starr d Co.,
its senior an eloquent political orator., OF
d sheffield: David Felt " Co.. Rich ~ Loutrcl
and Cyrus W. Field. all mosarchs in the sta.
Co. the senior OF which firm married his beau
tiful daughters to Messr:. Bridge and PENN.
spermaceti; of Myndert Van schaick. in John
Hone & sons. WHO became n distinguished Of
uCiul CouscIN ~ u tne SrOlOn water SySteu OF
h.. *. Collins ~ Son of Burling slip and South
street, who built the first American Atlantic
stcame-s and had in the firm Count James
Foster, the Beau B-u'nInell OF our early Bond
street: of Tracy, Irwin d Co., great dry goods
johbers, whose memhers were graduated from
tho once potent silk partnership OF Nelson.
Carleton d Co., who reigned in Pearl street;
David Leavitt. phil1nthropist, in company with
Cooper; Hewitt u, Co, who contributed to the
City Hall two other Mayors from mercantile
liic; OF Marx Il Linrlcy. the senior father OF the
military, dandy, Harry Marx. who set fashions
in broadway hfty years aso; of stout 4 Plat,
OF whom laid out little Plat street that cut
through the site of their store, and the former
of whom. Aqnila o., had been graduated from
tho business, Of i:onert Lenox, who with james
Lenox, allied commerce to art and science; OF
Christian g.. Gunther, n firm which contributed
another member TO the Mayoralty; of Bogart
d kneel8nd. first of II South street, and then
at 40 William, who for years established the
price Of cotton for export; OF the public-spiritcd
james De Peyster Ogden, who was graduated
as n clork from the historic firm at 81 Broad.
way OF Van Horne & Clarkson; and of Fryatt d
Campbell, whose improved white lead won
great celebrity.
ALSEY ATTACKED BURGLARS.
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