Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

business men and merchants who were willing
to cast in their lot with the new city, which,
of course, proved to be the case.
TN speaking of these industrial pioneers, Wash
ington Topham in washington, Past and
Present History" makes mention OF Richard
Dinmore who moved his grocery from George
town to square 11S. opposite the Seven Build
ings on Pennsylvania avenue, in April, 1901.
In the same year and month";" continues Mr..
Topham, John OFT opened a drug store. In
1900 John Burnes came from Philadelphia, and
at his store offered fresh teas, spices liquors,
coffee stationery, ink, powder, and English and
American playing cards About the same time
a hardware store was opened on New Jersey
avenue, Capitol HILL by Henry Ingle. In 1900
Rapine, Conrad & Co. advertised the recent
receipt of choice literature at their washington
Bookstore at the corner of South street and
New Jersey avenue, also the best Dutch quilts,
black lead pencils ETC.
Henry IngIe advertised an extensive assort-
ment of ironmongery, Just imported in the ship
Missouri from Philadelphia Jonathan jack
son advertised improved and unimproved prop
erty SO did another real estate dealer, John
Kearnery. Kid, Eliot 81 Co. on December Is,
1900, advertised as hardware dealers, and also
told the buying public that they kept at their
brick store. opposite Blodgetts Hotel, a large
quantity of brandy, spirits, sugar, tea and
coffee
Early in 1901 Arlington g. Powers opened a
general store on New Jersey avenue near the
Sugar House. Near the Sugar House also at
that time was another grocer, Robert Cherry.
He sold liquor as well. Sharpless 81 Smith
opened a hardware and dry goods store in Mo-
vember, 1901. In June, 1902 Duane's Book
store advertised a few copies of Informative
book which had been suppressed by MIR. Burr
Of A III
"A lumber yard was established in June, 1901,
by Brohawn & Boys. 1t was conveniently stu
ated to the Capitol and Presidents Square,
and at that yard wharf the lumber merchants
would continue to take freight for Annapolis
and Baltimore every three weeks on their
schooner, the Dolphin and Kitty Samuel Mac
Intire in February, 1901, advertised all kinds of
hammered and cut nails-20-penny nails by the
hundredweight or half-hundredweight at 121zd
per pound 10-penny nails at 1334d for ham,
mered quality, and a few pence less for cut
nails
'"This brings into notice new manufacturing
industry nail factory 1t was established in
that month on F street Possibly the real
estate men were also disposed to bring to the
notice of prospective buyers of land some other
manufacturing industries that seemed to point
to the Federal area coming manufacturing
center There was the furniture plant of Will
son & Hardy, opened in December, 1900 on New
and the Sugar House Messrs. Wilson 81 Hardy
were confident that they should be able to give
general satisfaction from the experience they
had in the principal shops in Europe and Amer
ica' Benjamin Henchley again, could show an
ingenious device which, properly patronized,
might develop an immense lamp factory in the
Federal City. He was prepared to exhibit every
evening for month from the middle Of April,
1902, at Mr. Thompson's new brick house ON
Pennsylvania avenue his new mode of obtain
ing light in variety OF thermo lamps Ad-
mission tickets were 81, which would admit one
gentleman twice, or a gentleman and lady
twice
S<0F course, there was also the Foxall foundry
and the great promise that lay in the
Navy Yard. Henry Foxall, former partner with
Robert Morris in the Philadelphia plant, the
Eagle Iron Works, which had made cannon for
the Government, was the first to establish q
foundry south of Philadelphia With the de-
parture of the Government from the Quaker
City, Mr.. Foxall decided to transfer his opera
tons to the Potomac also. He acquired tract
Of land from Francis Deakins in December
1900. and at this point on the Potomac River
about a mile north of Georgetown, built the
Columbian Foundry, which for Is years there
after made much heavy ordnance for the Gov
eminent.
Possibly Mr.. Foxall expected to do the
whole Of the cannon making for the Navy Yard.