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homes. churches maybe colleges; then finally.
perhaps. into stage of dry rot. or. what is more
often the case in New-York, into a busy, noisy
thoroughfare Of trade crowded all day long with
vans and carts and with the sites of its once
peaceful homes usurped by bursting warehouse
and crowded oflce buildings Such has been in
great measure the history OF Yves. Broadway.
and for any one who has the time to trace in
the public records the public libraries the
various stages Of fits development such a pursuit
would be energy wasted. But newspaper
readers do not much for ancient history.
and all that will be attempted here is to call at
tention that phase of its evolution which
West Broadway has reached at the present time
Even to the casual observer walking up and
down IL and reading the signs of the many
firms who do business there, IL is apparent that
West Broadway is now headquarters for the
wholesale grocery trade and for the men who
5eal In grocers sundries; for the wholesale
crockery trade for the wool merchant and the
thread manufacturer Firms whose names are
known in every retail grocery store from Oregon
10 Florida, from Maine to California, here have
their main offices. Men who outright the
factories in Europe from which they import
their crockery here crowd other firms whose
goods made in the potteries OF New-Jersey
and other States of the Union. Manufacturers
agents from all the land have pitched their
present western limit of the great wholesale
drygoods district All these important interests.
as well as several others which are less in evil
dence. make this thoroughfare of unusual
commercial importance.
There are, no doubt, several reasons why
many lines Of business involving large capital
have gravitated in recent years toward West
Broadway, but there can be little doubt that
OF the most potent is its accessibility from all
parts Of Manhattan Brooklyn and Jersey City.
This street IS traversed for its entire length
by the Sixth-ave. electric surface cars, the
Eighth-ave. cars. and by the Manhattan Ele-
waited Railway. These feed the district from the
north and south. Several swift ferries land pas
sengers close 10 it from Jersey. City; the Char0-
bers-st. crosstown cars carry Brooklynites from
the foot OF the Bridge direct to West Broadway
in a minute or two, and it is crossed also by
the Houston-st., Prince-st., Broome-st., Duane
st, Cana-st and Grand-st. These lines
with their system OF transfer tickets bring and
keep West Broadway in touch with every other
part Of the city.
Another reason, besides its accessibility, why
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o New York a, the commercial metropolis of the

to New York as the commarcial metropohS VI '"o
country. ,...,r,.r
The building itself is triumph OF archtectut,a 10,
art, and the beauty and elegance or its ints,ibb
arrangements well worthy of the object souSns
in its erection viz. the establfs hment or -
centre around which should cluster the ofnces "
all leading spirits In the wool trade anu ose o
ultimate establishment of Exchange Whoot
dealings and prices should be quoted throughout
the world as those of the whole country.
On the ground floor large banking r9oinS. sor
beautifully lighted and thoroughly eduippeoM M IN IN
business with counters, desks and ralngs, an t -
position, and with two superb vaults OF ane @ ioS now
approved construction. These rooms are how
offered for rent. All the rooms on the & ten ery
above the ground fully occupied with vetS
few exceptions, while among the more ian u
the tenants already installed are the Aieric
Thread Company. who have three entire floors, ana
the Merchants Safe Deposit Company which oc-
cupies the basement -, - .,,
The Wool Club, said to be one OF the very pest
in the city, with a membership of about oOo. oc,
clpies the entire eleventh floor. Other tenants OF
the building wool merchants. wool brokers'
wholesale drygoods dealers, wholesale glass trms;
lace houses wholesale grocers and other Kindred
trades. . -,,.-
The entire section of the city In the neishoor-
hood of this great building has, within COM
paratively few years. taken on a new NE
OF this and fourishing settlement tho Wooi
Exchange Building is the focal point ano as the
pioneers In the Improvement OF the section its pro-
moters well deserving of the success which mas
crowned their venture.
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West Broadway has become the home OF many
lines OF industry is the many facilities which are
afforded 10 business men there for the conven-
tent conduct Of their affairs. by the number of
banks safe deposit vaults, express Offices and
telephone and telegraph stations And this is
an argument for the popularity of West Broad
way which is increasing in force every day.
because these facilities are steadily multiplying
and viii continue TO keep pace with the demand
for them. The modern business man insists
upon having a telegraph office close at hand
an express company within easy haing cis-
tance, and his banker not further away than
Just around the corner. In those respects West
Broadway leaves nothing in reason to be de-
sired.
In spite of It's proximity 10 Broadway. West
Broadway for many years retarded in its
development by the naTrowness Of its southern
extremity. then called College Place. People
avoided West Broadway because they knew by
experience that ST the lower end of il they would
find traffic in a terribly congested state. where
progress for teams slow and for pedestrians
uncomfortable IL not dangerous. That impedi-
Yneat WAS wholly removed by the widening Of
College Place at great expense to the city. But
she good result was at once shown by the i'm
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THE HUMAN CROWN OF GLORY.

The Crantonic Hair Food Company Is incor-
porated under the laws of the State OF New forK'
laws more exacting than those OF any state IN the
Union, with a capital of 100000. Occupying its
own large building No. 526 West Broadway they
have here laboratories and microscopical depart
meuts where the scientific study of the hair and
SCALP their many ailments and the remedies there
for is regularly pursued. with advantages impossi-
BILE of attainment In the segregated Investigations
The company maintain also a clinical depart
ment in the hands of regular physicians, grad9-
ates Of the best medical Schools VINO haNins niaue @
diseases hair and scalp their specialties ar
here enabled to pursue their studies beyond the
limits possible elsewhere while at the same s,t time
for thousands who stand in need of such service.
The records show that there have been success1nRy ny
treated In this clinic 5000 cases, and that ooVo
more have been happily treated by correspond
ence. 1t is the only hair and scalp clinic In the
IN diagnosis and proficient in treatment that a
in every undertaken is matter OF GER
The literature issued by the Cranitonic Hair Food
Company has of the repulsive advertising
graphs Of the hair and its roots and follicies in
scientific exposition of these ailments and their
treatment and cure is given -
pervading enemies to mankind, are the universal
causes of these troubles. They penetrate the scalp
ment and congenial surroundings. they multiply
indefinitely to the destruction of the hair the
scopicai department has detected and pictured the
mischief makers, and the clear explanation by the
literally eradicate them should inspire confidence
In the minds of all who afflicted with falling
The bnndsomelv 1 any ustrated book containing ali
this timely and valuable information will be sent
10 all who will mail small sample Of their hair to
New York. The company's physicians Will make a
careful microscopical examination of the hair and
for their scientific services
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SUCCESSFUL BUILDERS.

In the year 1874. when that part OF West p,...
way called South Fifth-ave.. the Arm a, r so
4 Taylor started at No. 1o3, Contraction. @
builders. They are still in the same bushes, a.
at the same place. but now IT is known a. N, :,
West Broadway. and they are known az l.,a.
IN their calling
Among their earlier works may De rnentt,..,
Christ Church In Portsmouth. y. H.. and -.
Christ Church In Danvfle, Penn. both fine snsas
mems OF the builders art Coming nearer hSras
they built the well known Astor fats in Gresr
point, and have recently completed the new :.
Lukes Home at Broadway and One -hundred-an1
fourteenth street, ornament among the ~.
Home for Children,
<How highly they esteemed by tha -.
artists and architects OF the city Is shown bv -
Sact that they Were chosen to erect the Dessv
Arch.
MODERN OFFICES IN CHOICE LOCATION
The Crockery Exchange Building occupies the q.
tire West Broadway front from Barclay St TO Ps,.
Place. II has all modern conveniences eeva.o,
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ITALIAN WINES AND orrs

Pioneers in the business Of importing a.
wines and delcacies are the Celia Rro,,.a aa
No. 523-530 West Broadway. The house v,.
iished in 1855 prior to which time whatever Ia
products found their way to this market r..a
carried side line by merchants whose cs,.
terests lay In other directions. H-
The success which has attended the bus;,.
Celia Brothers Is perhaps best attested hs
partial recital of the wines which thew -. " 4
speciaties Baron Ricasoli and CaufaneiH ebssacs bsnscs
both in TASKS and In bottles: Lagrlma Crss, s.ss
di Siracusa: Capri. Palermo. Rrollo Bsssseao
Nebiolo. Brachetto. Barolo and Malvasa A Ttosfa
In addition they deal in the Italian olive on, par
3 Callisto Francesconi extra No. l. ana cs,fsuucs
Franeesconi Superfine Eavorita Their business
among their compatrots. but among the oag
public TO whom these fine wines came as a rsvsIs
tiOn. IVA
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LITERATURE OF ALL LANDS.

New-York's cosmopolitanism is well exempnns
by the character OF the literature be obtained AZ
the bookstalls. Here at go West Broadway Is p
Vanni. who. starting stationer's shop in ln
found his customers inquiring for various forezr
periodicals; in 1854 he opened department ts
foreign books. magazines and papers, giving esq.
cial attention to French and Italian publications
Now he has customers in every State as vel n
In Canada. Mexico and South America.
The pioneer of this trade, Vanni has on hs
shelves many of the best books and papers Of u.
day published abroad. and. of course in the orr.
inal language. that almost any OF our poyya
population can here find literature 70 his TASTE a:
printed in the mother tongue.
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WINDOW SHADES AND CARPETS.

Forward, always forward and as steadily as the
march of time itself. has been the business career
of Richard J. Cullen, a wholesale manufact-
urer of window shades, with his place OF busi-
ness at the southeast corner of West Broadway
and Canal-st.. in the handsome building 50
advantageously situated that it has been selected
by the United States postal authorities as the
place best adapted for its important branch post
office. Station V.
In 1886 Mr. Cullen started in business in a modest
way In Warren-st., and. prospering greatly
through indefatgable energy sterling integrity and
unusual business ability, soon found himself COM
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THE WOOL EXCHANGE.
PALATIAL HOME FOR THE WOOL TRADE
AND COLLATERAL INTERESTS.

The erection within two or three years of the
Wool Exchange Building at No. 260 West Broad
way, corner of Beach street attracted more atten-
tiol than any similar real estate transaction OF re-
cent times The situation Is undoubtedly well
chosen, being within the limits Of the drygoods
district. wherein are the offices of all the large
wool manufacturers and wool consumers of the
country. Then too, within easy reach, the
piers and wharves of West street where dis
charged the cargoes Of wool reaching this port
fIom foreign countries and from own Southern
ports. Passing the doors of the Exchange on the
West Broadway front the elevated railroad
and the Sixth and Eighth avenue lines of UNDER
ground trolley cars, while a crosstown surface
line running through Beach street gives direct and
constant communication with the water front
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A SUCCESSFUL COLLECTION AGENT

There is branch of commercial life requir-
Ing more tact, skill and Judgment than that having
to do with collections Success in this only to
those who deserve success. The ]. s Clayton Col
lection Agency. with offices Nos. 96-39. in the Ger
ken Building, 90 West Broadway, corner Chambers
street, telephone call 1,SS7 Cortland is under the
management of Mr. Clayton. whose record Is one
long Endorsement of his fitness Established about
four years ago in his present offices, he was for
many years prior to that time manager of the
credit and collection department of the great house
of H. X. & F. B. Thurber and the Thurber-Why
land Co, wholesale grocers.
The prestige of Mr.. Clayton's former connection
with long experience in credits and handling col
lections has resulted in bringing to his office the
collections of many representative houses in vari-
Gus lines, few of whom may be mentioned.
The confidence of such houses nothing to
be ADDED to Mr.. Claytons standing in the COM
mercial world, &c, &c.
The Mosler Safe Co, Sharp & Dohme. "Opens
Smith & Wiemann Co, SchOverng, Daily & Gales.
r. C. Williams & Co.. the Oakley Soap and Per-
fumery Co, the Washburn Crosby Co. and many
others prominent in New-York commercial life.
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tive frm and mercantile house Is moro widely
known. more highly esteemed Their foreign IN
terests are represented by a branch office IN
Bordeaux, France. The assertion OF the house
that the of Francis H. Leggett Co. Is
coupled with equivocal statement, even
upon the most insignificant label, passes unchai-
lenged wherever their goods are known.
The business of Francis H. Leggett & Co. Is dis
tributed among twenty-six departments The pres
ent members of the firm Francis H. Leggetr
Lewis Wallace. John c. Juhring. Abraham Hat
field, jr., and Theodore F. Whitmarsh.
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large buildings OF the same character The stx
lotts are constructed to safely carry load OF I5O
pounds 70 the square foot. There is power steam
neat ana elevator service The building has been
ing. .' 'O' Aen'-
The situation could hardly be excelled for ac
cessioillty, the Bleecker-st. station of the sja
waited railroad being right at the doors vbiis
through west Broadway ply the undergroun, traI
ley cars or the Sixth and Eighth ave lines TrSa
Bleecker-st. crosstown also pass the doors "e
SECURE YET UNSEALED MAIL MATTER
The Clasp Envelope Company. OF 2ss West Rrood-
way. next door TO the Wool Exchange was as,h
lished in 1910, and from the first merchar.s 90,
all shippers of small articles by mail realize, +h.
Its envelopes We're exactly what was naaaa1 =.
enable them 10 send their goods with reasor,,
security against loss by accident ami -, -
they We're not sealed-to take such ADVANTAGE 90
liberal postal laws as would avoid the payment of
prohibitory charges. For this safety OF I,s cou,e
and for ease ease In handling and examination OF CON.
OF the post office authorities throughout the %
The envelope is constructed OF the re-, t,e worlu
manila paper, Is very strong and due II"altS or
secured by brass clasp OF two rraos ana Is
pass through brass eyelet and hsine iSs which
down. hold the package securely closed then n bent
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mammoth shipping department going TIL midnigh,

or long after.
II yoI will visit West Broadway at midnight
during the busy season you will find Claflin's the
single spot In graveyard everything else
silent and dark. but at Cfafins the electric lights
are blazing the shipping out and trucks
and express wagons hauling away goods goods,
goods goods.
1t does not need cold type to tell the out-of town
merchant Of the advantage to be gained by buying
his bill of goods out of a practically unlimited
stock, with the assurance that, when he goes TO
sleep that night, he may know that his goods are
on the railroad speeding to their market fast
as special freghts carry them.
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THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION.

The Amolin Powder box happens to contain two
ounces, but that does not affect the truth of the
proverb nor alter the fact that of this is
better than a of any similar preparat ation.
Used In the toilet. according to directions accom-
panying each box, it absolutely does away with
all odors of perspiraton, besides being invalua-
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also makes as adjuncts for the toilet, an Anti
septic Face Lotion, Antiseptic Soap, Tooth
Paste and a Cold Cream, each and all perfect in
their way. All the ultra-fashionable women of So
ciety are familiar with them and their virtues or,
If any not, they are heavily handicapped So
cially. Nothing has ever been invented that could
take the place OF these preparations. either for
their agreeable or their sanitary qualities.
The mother of the Gracchi is historically quoted
as sending her forth to battle with the njunc
ton 10 either bring back their shields be
brought back upon them. The modern woman of
would more venture without her shield
than would the ancient man at arms.
The modern shield Is of rubber, and the Amon
Dress Shield is covered with absorbent antiseptic
lint absorbing like n sponge and destroying all
perspration odor. They the coolest and only
comfort table shields made, an absolute protection
TO clothing any damage to which. due TO their
mperfection will be paid for by the manufact-
urers
The New-Yorlx Shield Company of No i66 Greene
ST. is sole agent for all these preparations.
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CHOICE ITALIAN DRUGS

How the foreign trade In New-YOrk grows trus
small beginnings is we'll illustrated by one item
the business of j. PersOneni. wholesale inport-s
druggist, Of 412 West Broadway. Five years ago =
imported from Milan the first lot of Bertarsfi
Granulated Efferves CENT Citrate OF Magnesia. As
year his sales of this salt exceeded 10000 pouna
and the demand for il increases every .r
Personeni also manufactures the Syrup OF Tans
rinds, and is depositary OF q large line OF ItaEz.
medicinal preparations.
That his energy and business foresight have be-,
well rewarded is shown by the fact that Mr. Pc
Soneni is the owner OF two extremely valuable sai
remunerative properties. Nos 496 and tsS VS.
broadway, properties which. however high ths-
present market value, are sure to appreciate IN Il
future
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BUILDING FOR RENT IN BUSY DISTRICT.

BUILDING FOR RENT IN BUSY DISTRICT
Commodous stores and warehouses combined In
thriving locations and adapted TO the needs of
large business not easily found in these
prosperous times as they were during the long
dark years of depression that preceded them.
Bleecker-st. is such opportunity-a modern
seven-story building, 32x100 Up to two months ago
the whole building occupied by the firm OF
Howard Lockwood & Co, whose failure has thrown
the property upon the market 1t is surrounded by
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both the Hudson and the East River Only one
block away the enormous St Johns Souare
freight depot of the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad system and the immense storage
warehouses of the F. c. Linde Company In
fact, weighing all its advantages, the choice OF
location could hardly have been improved and the
completion OF the building was certainly a long
step in the direction OF Wrestling from Boston that
supremacy in the wool trade that OF right belongs
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Inperfal Rubber Works Of No. rs West Broadway,
of which E j. Mccormick is propfletor ~ pink
Cormick is the first and only manuIacture oi oinr @
Dental Rubber In this country superIoI III 9o'0-'
strength and finish to any OF foreign make.
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WOOL. HAIR. SKIN AND GLUE
Z. H. Groedei with Offices at the Wool Exch.. ;.
Building. Importer OF all kinds OF animal haf,
pet wools. glue stock and deer skins. scppn-, :.
number OF factories such as yarn mills. fei, ~ =.
Eeiatine works and Glove factories, with De ss
materials, doing very extensive business AM AM ~
1asenSiss IN Philadelphia and Boston, Han0N''
Frankfort "A Mat
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RELIABLE MANuFACrURING CfIEAlsl

ii. Leber & Co. Misunderstanding ehemis-S' !, y
n-'S West Broadway. hold high posi'''" NJ
commercial world through the duaNtS ~,s,rsS
goods. They are both importers ana - Esrs
and also L. :. Agents for several well Ai'
pean manufacturers OF chemicals Iisbsf
~ large part Of the business or Mes, r,.scn''
Co. consists in the manufacture Of non-3
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LEADERS AMONG GROCERs-

Francis H. Leggett & CO.. West broee~as'
Franklin and varick sts importers ana manu-
featuring grocers and propriefors OF the ceie
brated Premier Canned Goods. are representa-
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PURE GLUTEN FOOD.

The retention OF gluten I'm -four is aeknoNs', \
or the highest Importance by dietariSns. W. srss.
telephone for Is cent loaf OF their delicious
from Pure Gluten Food Co. 80 West Br0s"'
Telephone 325t COrtllndt.
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PREPARED RUBBER FOR DENTISTS
Among the many which have made india
rubber one of the most Indispensable OF substances
In our modern civilization Is that for dental pur-
poses. Naturally the preliminary treatment of the
rubber TO fit 1t for the dentists needs is delicate
operation requiring great skill and experience and
this has been carried 10 its highest pitch by the
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A CHOICE BUSINESS LOCATION.
A opportunity for enterprising house to
establish itself in the heart of active business
section is afforded by the Syndicate Trading Com
pany of Nos. and Walker-st, who, occupying
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HONEST WORK. AT HONEST PRICES

HONEST WORK. AT HONEST PRICES
The mai who pursues the same calling in ea
same neighborhood for long term OF years -
tanning the patronage and respect of his neighbcn
has practical Endorsement of his honesty and sfi
that is of substantial commercial value
John t. Mcfarland OF go West Broadway. star
ed business house. sign and Decorative paints
in 1876. within stones throw of his present esa
lishment. and for twenty-five years has held the =
TEEN of all with whom he has come in contact. Pr
sonally overseeing all work himself. he refuses :
employ any but skilled, first class men and inslfs
upon that sort of honest performance OF conrsn
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electric lights. etc, and It's offices rented q
firms prominent in the glass and crockery trass
De Selding Bros, agents, OF 149 West Broadway
offering the few remaining untenanted a
prices which. considering the location and excel
lent service, are extremely moderate.
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He most interesting and
instructive ay to
study the history Of a
great city Is TO fix upon
one street and trace its
q e velopm G n I from
farmland into lane,
from lane to unpaved
highway, from a new,
raw and lonely paved
street into a we'll popu-
lated but ouiet street of
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WEST BROADWAY.

n NEW THoRouGHFARE TO THE WEST
PARALLELS THE OLD ARTERY
OF TRADE.
TIIE WESTERN LIMIT OF THE GREAT pRYGooDs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FOR GROCERY
WOOL, cRocKERY AND THREAD TRADES
AND THE HOME OF MANY IMPORT
ANT INDUsTRIEs-sINCE IT'S EX-
TENSION IT has BEEN MUCH
IMPROVED IN THE CHAR
AcTER OF OFFICE
AND STORE
BUILDINGS