New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
HAS MANY BIG
TRADE CENTRES

Nearly al kinds OF wearing appercl are
manufactured in the district from Cham
hers street to litn street. Moreover
there IS hardly a household article which
is not made there This fact Is wen
known 10 the majority OF out-of-towil
buyers. as well az to thousands OF other
persons
Every part Of the section is close 10
one or more of tho great shipping ter
minals Of New York the factory areas
q, the East side arc near the lower East
River piers. and the manufacturing ana
wholesale centres IN the central and west
,rly divisions are within n short walk cf
or border the North River piers
Al transit lines lead 10 the district.
Furthermore. millions are being spent TO
enlarge the subway routes. one subway
line is To- extend up Broadway, and an
other will traverse the extreme westerly
division o, the district.
Between the easterly part of the sec
ton and Brooklyn are three bridges.
namely. the Brooklyn. the Manhattan and
tho Williamsburg These bridges furnish
SPLENDID avenues between the two bor-
oughs for vehicular traffic. AZ well as
being great transit ways.
This section is also Joined by bonds
OF steel 10 the jersey shore by the tubes
OF the Hudson 4 Manhattan Railway
Company.
MANY OF the principal manufacturing
concerns in one or similar lines are To-
Gated i'm the district near 10 one another
and thus form big trade centres
Centres OF great Importance III the
business world are In the district from
Chambers street to 18th street. At the
very southerly end OF the district OF
within short distance OF one another are
GROUPED the leading arms and ammuhi-
ton dealers in this country. Men VINO
love 10 hunt know the names and ad-
dresses OF many. II not all. OF the promi-
net firms there dealing in or manufactur-
,rine arms and ammunition. quite a
large number OF other people are cogni-
zant Of these facts. IL is familiar sight
on a bright day 10 see many persons gaZ-
ing raptly into a store window I'm winch
and displaved the latest models In rihes
and shorgurs and outfits for hunters.
Near Broadway and Chambers street
are many dealers in hardware. Not long
ago the intersection of those streets was
,b,ui the centre Of the wholesale hard
ware trade. sr late years the hardware
wholesale trade has moved from the
west side OF Broadway and the cross
streets west of the big thoroughfare
toward Lafayette and Centre streets
one Of the most important centres OF
the district between Chambers street
and 18th street IN the drygoods' just
north OF Chambers street. Broadway ran
some years ago right through the heart
OF this district, but now most OF the
big drygoods houses arc In Leonard
Worth. Thomas and Duane streets. west
Of Broadway.
Another one OF the great centres OF the
district is the wholesale produce u IS
al the southwesterly end of the sect'n'
Most residents of the town are iaWtllar
with the business done in this part of me
town. Along Greenwich street west
Broadway. Hudson street. and ~ me
cross streets. including Harrison Nestry'
Eeach. North Moore. Franklin and many
other more southerly cross streets. are
many big wholesale grocery and proddce
houses.
There is large group of manufacturers
of cotton goods AT Leonard and Church
streets. of auto clothing manufacturers
at Washington Place and Broadway, OF
makers Of belts for men and women N
Broome. Spring and Mercer streets, AS
well as I'm West Broadway and crosby,
LAFAYETTE and Centre streets. and OF boots
and shoes at Duane and Church streets,
The bleachers Of cotton goods are near
one another in Franklin, WHITE Walker
and Lispenard streets, not lar IRON
Broadway. Makers OF braids and tapes
will be found in large numbers In Greene,
Mercer and Wooster streets. Just west or
Broadway. Many OF them are also IN
White street and in Worth street The
old silk section is in Greene street.