Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-06

/ 1868 he and Mr. Bird went 10 Amcri-
can Fork canyon, repaired nm old saw
mn which they found there, and spent
the time OF their exile IN making Iun-
Der ana shoe pegs After peace WAS
restored they returned homo and Mr..
Dinwoodey then laid the foundations ~
the great business with which hIs nnmo
has over since been Identified,
Tho sketch on this page shows the
store on Main street whore he first did
business 0s "llonry DinwoodeH furni.
luro dcnlor' This was In 1868 ana the
location was the ground opposite X, II,
Thomas store, His work was devoted
IA making furniture from native lnm.
bor and II grow no steadily that In tho
year 1861, he bought from Thos liul'
lock a piece OF land on First South, a
part Of the promises which the biz
store now occupies, He often relates
with amusement that no paid for his
land by fenolng I'm the remainder OF
MI Bullocks lot lie built work
shop on the new site which was stead
lly added TO- the number Of his ON.
ployes being STEADILY increased, Cash
was n scarce article IN those days, ana
HIS manufactures had TO be- exchanged
for merchandise ana other articles,
u wns always on hand for n trade"
NNNN NlH l'lllMhVNfNt hAlllNlA UllAs
thing coming amss--lumbcr, adobos,
beef, provisions, boots and shoes, and
even beet molagscs and soft soap be.
INK taken IN exchange, There was no
regular payday, but whenever u man
required anything I would give him an
order on somc tradesman with whom |
Kept u credit account, exchanging my
goods for his, ! thus enabled many of
my employees 10 obtain homes,
When one Of them stated 10
me that no wished IN pur-
chase u certain lot and build himself a
house, ! would trade for the land for
him, ana Rive him an order ON the lum.
herman, adobe maker brick mason
e,cr ana by this means he would get
hls house built ana would repay me IN
labor, which payment being complete
] would give him n deed for his prop
criy,"
IN 1859 Mr., Dlnwoodey went onst, taxi
Ink the cars from ogden M Salt Lake
was rot then connected by rail, and
laid n stock ~ goods among which
was new machinery. consisting Of
pnner and mortlolng ana shaping ma
chimes, and other tools, nll OF which
greatly aided his manufacture NJ fur-
nituro IN 1871 tho city began 10 grow
rapidly especially Oh Main street Mr.
DInwoodoy removed his old board store
and shop, erecting a two.etory building
of more approved style, This, however
dld not fully take care Of his steadily
increasing trade and he moved part
~ the stock 10 the First South street
store, doing business for timO nj both
places Later he leased his Main street
property, ana removed entirely 60 First
South street, Nhere he has been located
over since. In 1878 he built n three. story
brick structure on tho ground, ana by
1855 the business, heRtn 30 years before
with n few homemade tables and
chairs had grown IN value to over
N000 IN May, 1900, came the dnas.
trous fire which destroyed tho store
nnd us immense stock, the loss being
about $3.50 600, only half ~ which was
covered by Insurance, Rnllylng with
characteristic energy Mr. DinWoodey
buIlt the blk block IN which the business
~ carried ON today,
Mr. Dlnwoodey's activity has been by
no means limited 10 the furniture trade,
In 1914 ho became HE member OF tho
Doserot Agricultural a. Mnnufa curing
society, ana for years was one OF ~ al.
roctors and its treasurer In 1870 he was
n director ~ the Utah Eastern Railway,
and In 1850 treasurer Of the Home Coal
company In 1881 he was appointed by
the board ~ trade chairman Of tho
committee 20 investigate the subjects
Of homemade furniture. In 1850 he WAS
a director Of the Wire Fence s. Wlrc
Mattress Manufacturing company. Tho
same year he became a director OF the
Home Fire Insurance company posi-
tion @hich he atill retains For sOmo-
time he was n director ~ the Deserot
National bank In 1888 he was elected
director of u, c, NJ J. and 1850 one OF tho
board ~ the Salt Lake city Railway