The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-12
THE TwoHY-sMlTH COMPANY.

THE TWOHY-SMITH COMPANY.
This company completes its first
years business June /, 1919, and
shows a very substantial increase in
volume of business every month.
Their plant consists of a five-story
building and other lots and buildings
on First Street at the foot of John
Avenue, which location, by the way,
is one of the liveliest in Superior
now, on account of shipbuilding
plants and other allied plants in the
vicinity. There is no better built
structure at the cad of the Lakes.
than that building which the Twohy-
Smith Company occupies. The house
has its own spur tracks and its own
dockage where ships may unloa
right into one of their water front
buildings. The facilities for receiving
and shipping are equal to that OF any
house of any character at the Head
of the Lakes. The building which is
the home of the Twohy-Smith new
wholesale grocery, was the first house
at the Head of the Lakes with such
complete handling facilities and 1t
was this house which suggested the
idea of the now popular phrase, for
the Head of the Lake, where Sail
Meets Rail-
House has Most Complete Facilities.
1t is quite essential 10 visit the
house to comprehend the complete
facilities. Electric elevators carry
the goods as they come from the cars
to the various floors. Carriers from
the several floors carry the outgoing
boxes and cases to the doors where
they are loaded onto cars to motor
trucks for quick delivery.
The house which has the five floors
each 100 by 100 feet, has a great we'll
lighted dry basement which will be
used for merchandise storage of goods
received in car lots to be broken and
re-distributed from this point. The
~Twohy-Smith Company will cater in
large measure to this merchandise
storage trade and it will not in any
way conflict with the general business
of the house; in fact it will be an i'm
'portant adjunct TO it.
The COmpany's tracks, on its
own property, have a capacity for six
cars at the house platforms. The ele-
vators and gravity chute service and
fiOor truck service in handling are
such that tons of merchandise can be
kept moving at an amazing rate and
with the minimum of man power
make this possible.
Has Complete Delivery Equipment.
The company has a fleet of nine
motor vehicles, all new for the pur-
pose of reducing the time at both
ends from the writing of the order to
the delivery of the merchandise to
the retailers place of business. One
of the finest Cash Trucks in the city
to wholesale tobacco has just been
installed, and its handsome appear
ance has been the cause of much
comment.
All Lines Handled Well Advertised.
The Twohy-Smith Company handles
factory brands mainly. The house is
the exclusive agents for the Burt
Olney line Of New York canned vege-
tables and fruits. In the California
canned fruits, the "Sunkist," TO
days" and the "Goody-Goody' lines
will be carried. In cOffeeS the hrand
that will go out with the label of the
T~wohy-Smith house are, the "Supe-
rior," the Mariner" the "Old Favor
ite," and the Sailor Boy" all with
names of local significance.
There is an atmosphere in the
Twohy-Smith house that puts the Wis
itor at ease, at once on entering.
Perhaps it is the cordial greeting and
the courtesy of those who are met in
the great we'll lighted office room.
Then it may be that the big windows
and splendid light in the remotest
corner have something to do with it.
The visitor who is shown through and
goes to the various floors and to the
basement which is just as light and
dry as any other floor, is impressed
with the idea that here is a place
where people work under ideal condi-
lions as to light and sanitation and
where it surely is a pleasure to work,
whether in the warm months or when
the mercury is receding far from zero
mark.
Stockholders All Local People.
The officers of the company are
William r. Smith, president; John NJ.
McCabe, Vice-president; P. j. Schroe-
der, treasurer; A. w. Horton, Secre-
tary; Neil Smith, Jr., sales manager;
ThOs. Kileen, E. f. Twohy and H. S.
Butler, directors.
There are over fifty stockholders in
the TWohy-Smith Company, all people
of Superior and whose names include
some of the most prominent members
of the clergy and laity.
The territory they work extends
west TO Crookston, Mimi, north to
International Falls, east into Michi-
gan, and south to Eau Claire, and is
worked by the following statesmen:
John L. Dolan, A.. w. Horton, c.. F.
HCrtlein, G.. c. Griffin, Chester Hurd,
c. A. Linday, B. M. Buckminster,
Louis Drosum.
The shipping and receiving deDart-