Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-28
FORMER AUGUSTA FIRMS,
Many Changes Have Been Wrought
in the Past 80 Years.
Out of 81 Concerns Then in Business
None Now Exist,

mas Drought TO TINS Office q small adj
vertising sheet which was issued in this
city some 80 years ago. The advertise
| ments of 81 different firms appear in
the collection, which was stated ia
comprise the principal business men of
the city. And yet, today, not one of the
concerns mentioned are now in busi-
| ness here.
Three or four of the Survivors OF
those Old-time firms are residents OF
Augusta at the present time, but they
are not located in business where they
| were in 1872. James f. Fuller was then
a member of the firm of J. J. Fuller &
Son. located at the corner of Water
and Bond streets. Charles H. White
was conducting a grain and feed store,
where Bruce Brothers now are on the
East side.
Jesse s. johnson was then conducting
a drug store with his brother, F. E.,
now in Brunswick, where the Western
Union telegraph office now is, and J.
Manchester Haynes was the treasurer
of the Kennebec Land & Lumber Co.
and also a member of the firm of
Haynes & Dewitt, dealers in ice and
lumber. G. A. & H. Cony were propri-
etors of the Cony House, Collier & Gar
diner were wholesale and retail dealers
in saddlery hardware, and r. T..
Bosworth was the leading merchant
tailor of the city. Charles H. Mason
and S. l.. Huntington were with S. w.
Huntington & Co., wholesale and re-
tail dealers in clothing, the business
being conducted where Chris Gonnella
now makes egg sandwiches for the
hungry nocturnal multitude.
The late Oscar Holway was then a
member of the firm of Deering, Holway
&, Co, wholesale dealers in flour, grain
and provisions, where Sherburne q
Daley now display children's clothing.
DR.. A. H. Chamberlain then practiced
dental surgery where DIR. A. G. Tit
comb is now located, and Hamilton &,
Turner were wholesale and retail deal
ers in harness and the like and car
ried on business in store opposite the
Cony house. John G.. Adams sold
meats and provisions in the Opera
House block, where Charles X. Part
ridge now conducts his drug store, and
l.. H. Titcomb carried on the apothe-
cary business where John Coughlin is
now located.
Ine AuSuSIa IouSc Was lHcli Coli-
Quoted by the late Harrison Baker. w.
NJ. Thayer. father of A. w. Thayer,
now of Thomaston, ran the Mansion
house. located on State street, directly
opposite the Kennebec Jail, and Gran
vile p. Cochrane was his clerk. The
Cushnoc house. situated at the corner
of State and Winthrop streets, where
the Lithgow Public Library now is,
was owned by Thomas B. Ballard, who
long ago passed away.
Laucey. Smith & Waldron were deal
crs in dry and fancy goods carpets and
the. like, and o. G. WhitehOuse & Co.
dealt in the same class of goods and
Daniel Whitehouse was member OF
the firm. Allen, Small & Co. were man
ufacturers of shafting, pulleys. hang
ers, steam engines, etc, in one of the
stores in the old Journal block, and
Parker & Robbins carried on the har-
ness business in n building on the site
of the Vickery block. Alfred c. Dana
kent a drug store where c. B. Murphy
now is. and b. Libby & Co. conducted
a grocery, grain and feed business in
the store now occupied by Merrill
BROTHERS.
at the corner of Cony and Bangor
streets. and Percival & Gould, in the
same line of business, were located IN
the same vicinity. VIM. Harvey & Co.
were proprietors of and dealers in the
patent clarified solar rock salt, ground
for dairy purposes, and were contrac-
tors for railroad ties, telegraph poles
and bridge and ship timber of all kinds.
w X Lancey was a wholesale and re-
tail dealer in flour. corn and meal, ana
had his place of business in NO.
pridces block. Moses NJ. Swan was In
the ieweIry business in the store which
e +. Davis & Co. have added to their
,lotting establishment. J. p Wyman
&. Son carried on the business of man
ufacturing doors. sash and blinds IN the
mill burned on Saturday night, July ~.
where Webber & Gage have of late
been doing business. Over on Bangor
street O. S. & G. H. Smiley manufact-
nred broom and brush handles and dld
a general turning business. Wright q
Norcross advertised the Fearnaught
farm four miles west of Augusta, III
the town of Manchester, where the
celebrated horse, Fearnaught, Jr., was
on exhibition at all times.
A reference to this advertisement VIII
convince all that the lapse of 80 years
brings many changes in the personnei
Of the business firms of u city like Au-
guSta-
lawmakers are tired of making their