The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
sADDLERY HARDWARE.
(Wholesale and Retall.)
Harrison, Knight & Co.. 207 Nice

Harrison, Knight & Co.. 207 Niool-
let avenue.
r. SAFES AND SCALES.
Halls Safe Agency, Nioollet
House block.
Macneale & Urban, G. ". Potter,
agent, PIG Hennepin avenue.
Marvin's, J. H. Heisser. agent, 20
Fourth street S.
The Wholesale trade of Minneapo-
lis in 1878 was estimated by the sta
tisticians of that day at -$1O,406. O00.
Only a few staple lines were jobbed,
and, as the houses doing business We're
very-few- in number. they must have
handled a large quantity Of goods for
the time to show UP such a total of
transactions. But those were days Of
| rapid expansion The estimates of the
volume of. trade for the decade COM
mencing in 1878 were as below:
| 1878. neutrality-suspicious.. $40, 406, 600
| 1879. ...................... 14,001 900
lsso. .'--.--. 24,299,OOe
| lseI..- ..............s SS,lSo,UUo
! 1882. ~. Observation-Disclosures 37,51S,000
1888 ...:....s,............ 4S,l3S oe0
1854 Observation-Disclosures. SIS, 1921, 500
l+lSS5 go. bl.eS2,2oQ.
l1SS6. Observation-Disclosures S, $50, coo y
1881 - 10 oe4.0o9
These figures did not include lurn-
Der, -four and grain sales. In 1890 the
city claimed jobbing totals of $780,
! 100000. The most conservative est-
mates now place the total above $780,
! 100000.
Many changes have taken place in
the business since 1878. Scores Of
new houses have been established and
have built UP great businesses within
this seemingly short period. From
trade covering but a few staple lines
Minneapolis wholesalinS has developed
until nearly every prominent COM
/ modify, is handled. There are houses
dealing in specialties which were not
even carried as incidental lines twen-
ty-five years ago. The great jObblng
business in agricultural implements.
which had scarcely made beginning
in 1878, has since made Minneapolis
the second distributing point in that
line in the world. The great whole
sale business III lumber and all kinds
Of building materials has developed i'll
the period. Paper and glass are two
| great lines; furniture has assumed
large proportions; rubber goods have
taken prominent place.
One of the interesting and very
creditable evolutions of the period has
been the distinct change from slip
shod building to substantial architec-
ture. No class of business is now bet
ter housed than the wholesale trade
| of Minneapolis, and many OF the
structures are models Of the best bust
ness architecture. It has been found
that beauty is not incompatible with
business utility and that architectural
correctness is not necessarily prohibit
lively expensive. The jobbers of Min
neapolis are each year making salts
factory contributions TO the city beau
! tltul.
Several times during the quarter
century it has appeared that jobbing
centers would develop on certain
streets or in certain sections, and for
awhile the center was considerably in
doubt. The latter part of the period
has, however, determined more def
mite bounds and limits. The general
Wholesale trade of the city is rapidly
getting into quarters in the district
north of Hennepin avenue. from the
river to Fifth street. There is ten
dency in the agricultural implement
line to scatter beyond this limit, the
1 main purpose being to secure track
facilities, but there seems no doubt
that the main wholesale center will
he in. the district mentioned.