The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-28
MOVED TO The FRONT
Has the Remington Advertising
Agency of Pistsburgh-erowth Of
the EEtabliEhment.

Has the Remington Advertising
Agency OF Pittsburgh Growth Of
the Establishment.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: While Pitts
burgh is known as the headquarters OF
some OF the largest Industrial concerns
in the United States, there are many
Pittsburrhers who do mot know that 1T
Is also the home OF one Of the largest
advertising agencies In the Union. This
is the agency Of E. P. Remington. oc-
cupying the entire second floor Of the
Penn building, at Seventh street and
Penn avenue. This house was estab-
lIshed in 1895, and was known as REM
ington Brothers. Three years later a
New York office was opened and placed
in charge OF r. R. Remington, E. P,
Remington continuing to direct affairs
IN this city. The agency then employ
ed twelve people. In 1885 the partner
ship between the brothers expired by
Limitation, and E. P. Remington retired.
The next year he purchased the entire
business, with the exception OF the New
York branch. and is now the sole own
er Of the business formerly done by
Remington Brothers. For the past
four years the E. p. Remington agency
has become well known throughout the
business world where advertising is
done.
During the fourteen years that Mr..
Remington has been In the advertising
business he has Travelled extensively,
visiting both advertisers and newspaper
publishers. Not only has he gone over
the United States. but he has visited
the chief cities OF the civilized world In
the furtherauce OF HE business
The offices OF the agency are fitted
up In manner to make the handling
Of the business one Of ease and system.
Two rooms. each about 125x24 feet In
size. with Mr.. Remlngton's private Of
fice. afford space for the thirty-eight
employees TO handle the large volume OF
business transacted by the agency. An
interesting feature OF the establishment
Is the file room, where the thousands OF
papeFs are checked by force Of thir-
teen young men and women. In all
these IS about one mile OF shelving
used for the proper filing OF the papers.
The enormous amount Of work done by
the agency is shown by the fact that
the daily mail averages from 800 to 700
letters daily, and about 400 letters are
sent out daily. Nine thousand papers
receive advertisements from the agen-
cy. In addition to this are many week
" and monthly magazines and trade
journals.
Some Of the customers are the chief
ones In their lines, Mr. Remington has
nine arms on his llst. each Of which
spends 5000 or more annually for ad-
yertlsIng. There IL one contract which
includes the leading papers n thirty
states, and It costs 500 quarterly for
clerical work in preparing the state
meut for the advertiser. Too bulky
and heavy to be sent By mail this ac-
count Is sent By express
The f. p. Remington Newspaper d.
rectory Is published annually by Mr..
Remington. and the edition OF this year
will be out this month. II r. conceded
TO he one Of the best Newspaper dlrec-
tories published in the country. While
not NJ bulky as some Il u comprchen-
Five. and X anybody scekE reliable In
formation Of the newspapers OF tho
United States and Canada he need look
no further than the Remington book.
The placing Of advertising h not tho
only work N the Remington agency.
There Il a force of COMPETENT adverlis-
Ing writers who sre ready IN make de-
signs and write the text for advefilss-
menta of any clients u the agency. The
prospective advertiser has only 70 give