The champion. (Arcadia, Fla.) 1895-1911, 1906-11-22
Some of Arcadia's Business Concerns,

SONIC OF ATCauld Duslness GOnCeTls'
The Boston Store is one of Arcadia's
live business concerns. They are
located in the Carlton building and are
doing an elegant dry goods business.
S. Resin is the proprietor, and has
proven himself a good citizen and a
successful merchant. Within the last
year he has built a neat comfortable
residence on Magnolia avenue, and this
week work has commenced on another
one, seven room cottage, for renting
purposes
Arcadia's City Restaurant. 1t is
located in the Daniels building and is
run by the genial A, II. Strickland.
We have four cool drink and CON
iectionery stores, +. w Pooser's, A. B,
Coker & Co.'s, ]. M. Lanier's aud A H.
Stricklands.
II it is barber you are looking for
you will find three. good shops, ]. J,
Myers, Little Bryan's and B. T. Wood s
Nor Is Arcadia entirely lacking when
1t comes to places of amusement, for we
have pool room, skating rink and a
bowling alley.
But the one thing we are proud we
haven't got is a saloon. Nor have we
had one for twelve years. This is one
town where good officers keep blind
tigers always on the run.
Then there's Webb, the baker; Bryan,
the bicycle and fruit man; L. d. Harley
and Jake Burkhardt the tailors;
Friederitce, the jeweler; Barnett, Roush
and Morgan, the blacksmiths; Jones &
Lindsey the Steam Laundry people;
Brown, the Bridge Store man; Faircloth,
the general merchant; Harley, the
talking machine agent; Lawton, the
sewing machine and music man;
Davenport, the gunsmith and sewing
machine expert; Jones, the abstract man;
Horton, the job printer, and perhaps a
score or more other business men and
firms whom Doctor DePass failed to
mention in his good write up of our
town, yet they are all here, are all clever
business people.
REPORT OF LIGHT, rex TELEPHONE co.
The fire of year ago burnt every
wire leading TO the telephone exchange
for two blocks in each direction most of
which have been replaced BY an under
ground cable containing l47, 600 feet of
wire. Substantial terminal poles have
been erected and equipped with the
latest lighting aud sneak current fuses.
More than two hundred telephones are
now in service, an Increase Of twenty
FIVE per cent over last years record.
The smoke OF the fire had not died
away before poles we're on the ground
aud light service was resumed the night |
following and although two-thirds Of
the total light consumers were burnt out
Of business the present maximum light |
'p'h aAoo ihNiNooNu AiOul JOO lBnlS, the /
highest load before the fire, to 1920
lights at peak load. The company have
doubled their boiler capacity by Install !
ing a Lombard return tubular boiler Of
$50 horsepower capacity, thus increasing
their steam plant 70 total Of 800 horse /
power. A new $50 horsepower engine
and dynamo direct connected, have
been added to the power house equip
neut giving the planta capacity Of 800
lights
The Ice machiue has run day and
light to keep up with demands for ice.
One hundred and ninety-six lots Of
neat were cured last season in the cold
forage room. and present receipts indi- [
ate material increase for the present
eason.
A BANK REPORT
The well known barking institution Of