The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
HIA|.VIEGREATLY DEVELOPED |. ! ] J.
'W|TH.ABLE|M|A.NAlGi.E| {: |: En-.
The c Concern Of E. a. Saunders
Sons Co.. Have Lar ely 5,
IA Expande III 4

El That Richmond is being coEnized as
the Southern metropolis may fairly pc /
ascribed to the mercantile houses, flnatl-ss
cial institutions and manufacturing plants
that have become metropolitan In cllhr-3
.acter In fact. many5tof the older con TX *
Germs Of the city have II 50 greatly de-
reloped llndor the able Management Of
native young men that ! would 4 hardlys
be possible to recognize ~ the eYol1 tion3
Of to- day as the embryo OF yesterday y. SO
to speak Nc Many houses re garded In t hclr5
day as having attained to the zenith5otf
the business heavens, have & so greatly
expanded as to become a marvel TO thr those 70
who can contrast the then with no w
It IS with such concerns ~ that the II DIG
and well known house OF p. AZ. Saunders
Sons Company is to be classed. y,
'rhe original founding was well ana y q
substantially laid by the late 8s2l A:&s
Saunders, SRI, lmmedia tel ~ al tor{i5 tr ~.
close Of tleBwar.i II was sole 4proprie tor
| from 1876 to 1883, when his son, q II: \.
Saunders Jr.,E was AIKEN In to the business
as d partner Later Mr.. NJ, AZ Chambers
wa admitted. Il AS at resent orga y zec, y
Mr.. II..t "a. Saunders, Jr, is president. nd nd
Nj, . A. Chambers, IA secretary and treas as
{urer.B 4; IA IA ,ss III sS
THE offices are on fourteenth and Cary
Streets, being a large and IA convenient
building, right inS the heart of$$ the 3
Wholesale trade, and nearly Seq ti-dlstatt
from all $depots. Besides this large struc-
lSture ten warehouses enter Into the ma e.
| up OF this large mercantile house, and Nd
afford o. floor space 8exceeding loo, 900 feet,
l;with3severy facility for$ handling an n
[mense md modern wholesa 10 business Vii
III AS Il is N generally known 70 the 81 ira de,l
u a. Saunders Sons Company Is the
lending wholesale N grocery K aud A LIQUOR.
house OF the State and the largest q ITS
kind In. the South. The stock Rcarrlled
BIS simply immense in quantity superb IL
quality, and @extcnsivc#in Variety con:
l5sisting lof n fill line or heavy and staple
fancy groceries, including some OF the
fines brands Of tobac cosnnd5 cigars offered s[
Is The trade In any market The house
gathers It's supplies from all parts Of the
world The Import duties paid during
1904 by this company at the Richmond
custom house alone ntefi 70 NY, W..
These commodities ire q lstrlhtte e !! from
I3oston, Mass, to t3f Galveston SlGs'
However, the trade territory proper as
claimed by the ltlse covers the states}
Of Virginia, West Virginia, North ca Il
lima, III South Carolina, and Georgia. but
daily shipments are ma de$ into ~ every
Southern Statcs5 The; company. often mas
= e stock on hand, representing half q
million dollars. and 4 taisno uncommon oc-
currence for them to unload ten cars Of
merchandise In single day, besides OF n
ton having one or more vessels ~ ~ " ~
docks unloading their argoes. lia 2
die tho Immense trade. of this up-to-da e
house, necesstates force Of fourteen =,
clerks TWENTY-FIVE ilnborers and forty
sa lesmen, I Business fol. 1904 shows 2 very
IRA r.. tifying Increase over that Of 003 VI N
number of orders volume Of shipments,
extent OF territory, and aggregate sales VI
Speclalties In groceries, teas. l2 cameo
goods. all grades and kinds OF Fees greer
and roasted, salt In car lots largest han M
dlers of syrups and .moasses u between
New York and New Orleans, sonthcrsn y
distributors OF s"Pllsbnry's. Best ia tent ten,
Flour, recognized throughout TINS scou la Try
and Europe ms the only Best -four on So l e.
~ , aha cco5 anu cigars over 500 900 stock
sout bern distributors ;of the famous II III
mcrito cigar, which has the lnrgcstIS sue 81 g
Of any cigar In this territorS..t
The creation OF the mammoth house 4. q
~ A. ID Saundcrs's Sons Conf IS t y
result OF the 5tireess energy and "a re- q
genius OF r.. a Saunders. J r, than Wholr
there Is probably no more ggressiHe , q,
progressive business man III the Is. " !,
south, Ills long experience ana BUSINESS 'l'i
ca pacity make him unqllalitled Wy '''ss' =.
for tho responsible place he occupies -
Mead OF the reliable. old and popuilaf
house, and continuing under his ape ,!e
pudance, 1t will shed oven greater lussttr g
upon upon Rlchmond's trade development J,
Mr.. NJ. a. Chambers. secretary, ana
treasurer, has also had large expeflen -
and developed both talent ana eapacity.
ana the combInatiop makes ms mn.ro-5
politan house one Of the best otllcered ~
! tho country.
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