The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

I composed OF F. Nj. and w W. de Lano, is
an Institution that has been in business
in this city for manv years, and The prin-
cipals thereof are gentlemen whose reputa-
| tions as honest and reliable merchal1<A
as we'll as progressive and enterprI -
| citizens are we'll known.
The supply of soaps used by the Oceanic
! Steamship Company is furnished by G..
| R. Lucy & Co., the well-known soap manu-
| facturer of this city. This esta bllshment
| is one OF the Oldest institutions of its sort
| in the State, having been IN business in
this city for the past thirty years They
manufacture all kinds of laundry and
| CASTLE soaps and washing powder. The
| works OF the company are locate in the
Potrero district at the corner OF Alabama
| and Nebraska Streets where large force
| of men is constantly employed. Besides
| supplying the trad" of the Oceanic steam
ships G. R. Lucy & Co. conduct a large
| local and export trade.
The reputation which the prod ucts OF
| G. r. Lucy & Co. bear for superior quality
| has made this mandatory famous
| throughout the country, as is shown by
the extent OF their business in the United
| States and their ever-increaslng trade.
The Victor soap powder is preparation
man ufactured by this firm and is particu-
larIy worthy of commendation by virtue
of its superiority over all other articles OF
Its sor!.
The success which this institution has
attained as a local mandatory is due to
the superiority of the articles they manu-
| facture, and the i'm portant place which
| they now occupy in local business circles
| is but an evidence of the progress and en-.
| terprise of the mem bers of the concern.
The coffees, teas and spices used on the
| Oceanic steamers are furnished by the
| well-known wholesale firm of Leege q
| Haskins. The superiority of this lire OF
| goods used on these large ocean lines bAs
often served as the theme OF much ftN,
tidious comment. and it has been pretM
generally conceded by the more ase1lN
connoisseurs that have travelled on the yes
| sells in question that the teas and coffees
served on the Oceanic steamers are the
| finest to be obtained anywhere.
This fact, of course, reflects great credit
upon the progressive and enterpr1s1ng
| spirit OF our local house, and IS only an
| other evidence of the fact that we have In
San Francisco some prominent merchants
who are among the foremost OF the coun-
| try.
Besides handling teas. coffees and
Spices they are extensive dealers on the
coast in baking nowder anu extracts, as
we'll as foreign and domestic matches.
Their trade is not confined to this city nor
the State alone; it extends most extern
sively throughout the country.
The foreign and domestic fruits, berries,
nuts, vegetables and produce of the
Oceanic Steamship Company are supplied
by G. M. Foster 81 Co., the well-known
wholesale and rel tail dealers in the
| Spreckels Market.
For more than decade G. M. Foster &
| Co. occupied stalls in the old Center
Market, formerly at Grant avenue and
Suffer streets, the mem bers OF which
| firm are the best-known merchants in
their line IN this city. Besides this I'M
| porlant trade and also the supply of most
all the leading families In town, Foster
& Co. cater largely 10 the supplying of
| the principal hotels and boarding b ouses
of San Francisco.
The shipsmithing of the Oceanic Steam
hip Company is attended to largely by
| W. S. Phelps & Co., the well.knowu ship
>rniths of Is and 15 Drumm street. The
business OF most all the other local steam
and calling vessel companies in this line
is conducted bv the same firm.
The firm OF w. S. Phelps & Co. is prob
ably the oldest in business in this city
and have been located at their present
address on Drumm street for the past
forty-fve years.
One of the principal suppliers of the
| trade of the Oceanic Steams ship Company
and one of the oldest-esta blished firms iIf
this city is Charles j. Hendry's Son &l
Co., formerly C. j. Hendry, shipchan-I
dlery and naval stores, at California;
street. The esta ablishment is one off
the leading institutions of its sort IN
California and numbers among its Gus
toners the represen tatlve ship-owners of
this coast. Charles j. Hendry's Son 6
( Co. is one of the foremost houses in its
| line in this State.
One OF the largest exporters of goods to
| the Hawaiian Islands from this coast is
the firm of Schweitzer & Co., the well
| known wholesalers OF hosiery, gloves,
| handkerchiefs and furnishing goods, as
! we'll as laces, EN- broideries, corsets, rib
hons and white goods. This firm is one of
the oldest on the Pacific Coast. They
! haye during the past decade done more,
probably, than any other local firm to
bring a large quantity of the island trade
| to California.
Braun & Prior. the well-known local
firm OF sallmakers, occupy an important
position in the commercial world in the
| fitting out of vessels, and Go business for
the Oceanic Steamship Company in this
| line as we'll as an extensive business for
| other large local ship-owners.