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Louisville,  Kentucky, 


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NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


Their  Natural,  Mercantile,  Manufacturing,  Financial  and 
Commercial  Resources  and  Facilities. 

TOGETHER  WITH 

A  SERIES  OF  COMPREHENSIVE  SKETCHES 

OF  JHEIR 

REPRESENTATIVE  BUSINESS  HOUSES. 


LOUISVILLE,  KENTUCKY; 

J.  M.   Elstnkr  &   Co.,  Publish  KRS. 
1886. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1886,  by 

J.  M.  ELSTNER  &  CO., 

In  the  Office  ok  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


Printed  by  the  Courier-Journal  Jou  Printing  Company,  Louisville,  Ky. 


Prsrj^css. 


THE  usual  pui'pose  of  a  preface  is  to  call  attention  to  and  apologize  for 
shortcomings  in  the  body  of  the  work.  We  shall  do  neither,  taking  it  for 
granted  that  the  intelligent  reader  will  discover  and  make  allowances  for  what- 
ever faults  exist.  AVe  hope  and  believe  they  are  few,  and,  like  Midshipman 
Easy's  nurse's  baby,  very  little  ones,  and  that  therefore  they  will  be  overlooked 
in  the  general  excellence  of  the  performance,  which  has  been  faithful  and  con- 
scientious throughout. 

Some  difficulty  has  been  encountered  in  obtaining  statistical  data  with  refer- 
ence to  certain  branches  of  manufactures  and  commerce,  and  we  have  also  met 
with  some  degree  of  indifference  on  the  part  of  a  few  business  men ;  but  on  the 
whole  our  venture  has  been  well  and  cordially  received,  and  we  are  under  obli- 
gations for  both  moral  and  material  aid  at  the  hands  of  the  progressive  class 
represented  by  such  houses  as  the  Merchants'  National  Bank,  J.  G.  Matti:  gly 
&  Sons,  Bamberger,  Bloom  &  Co.,  R.  A.  Robinson  &  Co.,  the  Lithgow  Manu- 
facturing Company,  the  Falls  City  Jeans  and  Woolen  Company,  John  E. 
G  een,  Esq.,  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  D.  Frantz  &  Sons,  Meguiar, 
Helm  &  Co.,  W.  H.  Thomas  &  Son,  Washington  C.  DePauw,  and  other  leading 
tistablishments  of  Louisville  and  New  Albany. 

Everything  possible  has  been  done  to  present  in  inviting  form  the  many  and 
imjwrtant  advantages  possessed  by  the  two  cities  named  as  manufacturing, 
financial  and  commercial  centers,  as  well  as  places  of  residence.  The  success 
that  has  attended  our  efforts  in  thi^behalf  must  be  judged  by  the  result  as  con- 
tained in  these  pages.  If  it  shall  prove  that  our  labors  eventually  aid  in 
bringing  hither  an  augmented  volume  of  enterprising  immigration,  and  the 
increased  development  of  Louisville  and  New  Albany's  resources,  industries 
and  general  welfare,  we  shall  feel  amply  repaid  for  the  outlay  of  time,  toil  and 
money. 

With  renewed  thanks  to  those  who  have  so  generously  supported  and  patron- 
ized our  venture,  and  the  expression  of  a  hope  that  prosperity  may  ever  attend 
them,  we  herewith  submit  our  volume  to  the  criticism  of  an  indulgent  public. 


CONTENTS 


The  Past 7-l(> 

TuE  Presknt 17-2& 

Manufacturkrs,  Commerce  and  Fin  as  (K 24-27 

Tobacco 28-30. 

Transportatiiin        31-50 

The  FvelTkadk 51 

Municipal •    .       52-54 

The   Board  of  Trade 55-56- 

The  South  krn  Exposiiion 57-59' 

The  Press 60-68 

Our  Illustrations  .       69 

Kepresentative  Houses 70-212 

Index 213-217 

New  Albany  Introductory 219-232 

New  Albany  Kepresentative  TTot-k 233-251 

New  Albany  Indicx 252 

Advertisemknts 253-260- 


PROMINENT   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Southern  Exposition 4 

New  Custom  House 6- 

Jefferson  County  Court  House 13 

Public  Library  Buildino 15, 

Louisville  Hotel  (Lobby) 18- 

Louisville  City  Hospitai •   .    .    .  19 

First  Christian  Church 20 

Masonic  Temple 23 

New  Union  Depot  (The) 33 

Temple  Adas  Israel 37 

University  of  Louisvillk 39' 

City  Hall 52 

Masonic  Widows'  and  Orphans'  TIomk 54 

Board  of  Trade 55 

"  Courier- Jou^rnal"  Building 60 

Bamberger,  Bloom  &  Co.'s  Buildincj 70 

Galt  House 77 

Crab  Orchard  Springs  Hotel 126 

Louisville  Foundry  an^  Machine  Shop 162 

Indiana  and  Kentucky  Cantilever  Bridge 218 

DePauw  College 220- 

Floyd  County  Court  House 222 

New  Albany  Water  Works 223 

New  Albany  Opera  House 227 

New  Albany  Old  Ladies'  Homk 228 

Sanderson  Fire  Engine  House 231 

DePauw's  American  Glass  Wokks 232 

New  Albany  Rail  Mili 236 

Ohio  Falls  Iron  Works 238- 

New  Albany  Woolen  and  Cotton  Mills 242: 


Whs  TPhe>w. 


ORIGINAL    SETTLEMENT    AND    SUBSEQUENT    CAREER.— THE 
STATE  AND  HER  METROPOLIS. 


MAN  is  a  social  being.  It  is  his  nature  to  gather  together  in  communities 
for  mutual  protection  and  support,  for  cheerful  companionship,  for 
participation  in  physical  and  mental  profit  and  pleasure,  and  all  and  several 
the  gratifications  and  advantages  that  arise  from  intellectual,  mercantile,  man- 
ufacturing, commercial,  and  agricultural  intercourse.  Consequently  mankind, 
or  at  least  that  portion  of  mankind  whose  vocations  permit  of  it,  gravitate  to- 
ward each  other  in  obedience  to  the  eternal  law  of  homogeneity,  build  villages, 
towns  and  cities,  buy  and  sell,  construct  great  public  works,  found  temples  of 
worship,  of  learning,  and  of  amusement,  encourage  a  love  of  the  beautiful  and 
the  useful,  and  foster  the  arts  and  sciences,  stimulating  industry  and  research, 
arousing  invention,  and  imparting  to  progress  an  impetus  which  makes  the 
history  of  each  generation  a  record  of  triumphs  undreamed  of  by  its  predeces- 
sors. It  is  this  continual  striving  after  some  hitherto  unattained  good,  this 
spirit  of  unrest,  this  discontent  with  his  surroundings,  this  divinely-inspired 
ambition  for  better  and  more  perfect  things,  that  has  wrought  all  the  mighty 
marvels  of  the  past,  and  still  points  the  way  to  greater  glories  yet  to  come 
when  the  immortal  soul  shall  have  illumined  its  perishing  casket,  when  the 
accumulated  darkness  of  all  the  ages  since  the  morning  stars  sang  together  shall 
have  been  forever  dispelled,  and  man  stands  forth  disenthralled  amid  the  sons 
of  light,  the  recognized  child  of  the  Creator  and  the  co-heir  of  universal  knowl- 
edge and  everlasting  happiness.  For  ages  the  way  was  beset  by  apparently 
insurmountable  difficulties,  environed  with  the  dangers  and  enshrouded  in  the 
gloom  of  mental  night,  but,  in  later  times,  the  obstacles  to  advancement  have 
become  less  and  less  formidable,  the  rifts  in  the  clouds  broader  and  more  fre- 
quent, and,  like  the  traveler  in  the  desert,  the  race  sees  in  the  distance  the 


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green  oasis  that  tells  of  rest,  refreshment,  renewed  strength,  and  the  final 
taven,  the  end  of  the  weary  journey,  just  beyond,  and  with  renewed  courage 
and  revived  hope  it  presses  forward  to  the  goal  of  its  destiny. 

As  the  world  is  now  constituted,  the  building  of  great  trade  and  manufact- 
uring centers,  hives  of  industry  and  commerce,  vast  aggregations  of  capital, 
■enterprise  and  labor,  seem  a  human  necessity,  from  the  operation  of  which, 
€ven  if  it  were  desirable,  there  is  no  avenue  of  escape.  The  concentration  of 
power,  capacity,  mental  force  and  ingenuity  in  cities  is  as  inevitable  as  the 
laws  of  gravitation,  and  as  certain  in  its  operation. 

This,  however,  is  not  intended  as  an  apology  for  the  planting  or  growth  of 
•cities,  but  as  a  mere  prelude  to  what  we  shall  have  to  say  further  along  con- 
cerning the  origin,  development,  present  status  and  future  prospects  of  Louis- 
ville. For  much  of  the  matter  which  follows  we  are  indebted  to  that  able  and 
exhaustive  work,  Collins'  History  of  Kentucky,  a  volume  creditable  alike  to 
the  industry  and  talents  of  the  author,  and  to  the  public  spirit  and  liberality  of 
bis  publishers.  Our  statistics  are  based  upon  reports  of  the  various  city  de- 
partments, municipal,  educational  and  health  ;  census  reports,  cotton  exchange 
reports,  railroad  and  transportation  exhibits,  and  such  other  reliable  sources  of 
information  as  were  accessible.  The  State  itself,  of  which  Louisville  is  the 
great  entrepot  and  metropolis,  is  comparatively  a  terra  incognita,  even  to  many 
of  its  own  citizens,  and,  therefore,  a  brief  resume  of  its  extent,  climate,  natural 
resources,  population,  products  and  claims  to  consideration  will  not  be  consid- 
ered out  of  place  here. 

THE   STATE   OF   KENTUCKY. 

In  point  of  population,  the  census  of  1880  made  her  eighth  in  the  Union, 
the  seven  highest  being  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Massachusetts,  Ohio,  Indiana, 
Illinois  and  Missouri.  At  the  present  rate  of  increase  she  will  stand  fifth  at  the 
beo-inning  of  the  next  century.  The  extreme  length  of  her  territory  from  east 
to  west  is  458  miles;  greatest  width  from  north  to  south,  171  miles,  covering  an 
area  of  40,000  square  miles,  and  embracing  within  her  boundaries  much  of  the 
richest  agricultural  lands  on  the  continent.  The  Bluegrass  region  alone  com- 
j)rises  over  10,000  square  miles  of  unapproachably  fertile  country,  yielding  vast 
harvests  of  wheat,  corn,  rye,  oats,  barley,  hemp,  and  tobacco  of  the  finest  grades. 
These  lands  are  practically  inexhaustible  because  of  the  underlying  stratum  of 
blue  limestone,  which,  gradually  decomposing,  supplies  a  superior  phosphate, 
containing  other  valuable  fertilizing  elements.  Of  the  State  at  large  and  its 
capabilities,  natural  advantages  and  attractions  for  immigrants,  a  writer  in  the 
Courier- Journal,  who  has  devoted  much  time  and  research  to  the  subject,  says : 

"Climate,  soil,  everything  in  the  State  combine  to  make  it  one  of  the  finest 
for  farmers  in  the  Union.  Sorghum,  fruits,  vegetables,  flowers,  etc.,  grow  as 
easily  as  anywhere  else  on  the  continent.     Malaria  is  a  thing  almost  unknown. 

"  The  climate  is  mild  and  salubrious,  and  never  interferes  with  out-door  labor. 
The  average  mean  temperature  is  55°  Fahrenheit.     The  rainfall  averages  from 


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50  to  55  inches.  Cattle  remain  uixm  pasture  the  year  aniuiid.  The  vigor  and 
strength  of  the  popuhition  are  uusurpiu^sed,  ami  tlie  anmial  deatli  rate  is  but 
eleven  (11)  in  each  1,000  inhabitants. 

"  Sheep,  cattle,  horses,  mules  and  hogs  can  be  raised  with  little  or  no  trouble, 
and  at  small  expense,  and  transportjition  facilities  for  getting  stock  into  the 
markets  are  ample.  As  a  stock-raising  State  Kentucky  has  no  equal.  For 
speed  and  endurance  the  Kentucky  horse  stands  unrivaled. 

"  Kentucky  has  a  river  boundary  of  813  miles  of  navigable  streams,  as  fol- 
lows :  On  the  north,  the  Ohio  river,  643  miles ;  on  the  ea.st,  the  Big  Sandy, 
120  miles;  and  on  the  west,  the  Mississippi,  fifty  miles.  Then  there  are  the 
Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Cumberland,  Licking,  Salt,  Red,  Green,  Barren,  and  other 
rivers  running  in  and  through  the  State,  furnishing  many  miles  of  interior  riveV 
navigation,  and  which  may  be  largely  extended  at  a  moderate  cost.  Continuous, 
water  transportation  is  afforded  via  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers  and  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  to  every  (juarter  of  the  globe. 

"The  following  table  of  the  production  of  Kentucky  cereals  for  the  year 
1880  may  not  be  uninteresting:  Barley,  20,124  acres,  487,031  bushels  ;  buck- 
wheat, 1,396  acres,  14,940  bushels;  Indian  corn,  3,017,043  acres,  73,856,629 
bushels;  oats,  402,859  acres,  4,576,405  bushels;  rye,  89,563  acres,  676,154 
bushels;  wheat,  1,158,514  acres,  11,341,264  bushels. 

"The  cotton  and  tobacco  statistics  for  1880  were:  Cotton,  3,030  acres, 
1,472  bales;  tobacco,  225,049  acres,  170,246,369  pounds. 

"Total  value  of  all  taxable  property  in  State  for  1880  was  $350,563,971. 

"Total  population,  1880,  white,  1,377,077;  colored,  271,522—1,648,599. 
Percentage,  white,  83.54;  colored,  16.46.  Males,  832,616;  females,  815,983. 
Percentage,  males,  50.50;  females,  49.50. 

"Of  the  fourteen  Southern  States  Kentucky  ranks  second  in  the  line  of  ed- 
ucation. According  to  the  United  States  census  of  1880,  the  percentage  of 
persons  of  ten  years  of  age  and  upward  returned  as  unable  to  read  was  22.2, 
and  unable  to  write  as  29.9,  Maryland  leading  by  16.0  and  19.3. 

"But  it  is  to  her  grand  aggregation  of  mineral  wealth  that  Kentucky  can 
point  with  pardonable  pride.  She  contains  more  square  miles  of  coal  lands 
than  any  single  country  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  She  has  14,000  square  miles; 
Pennsylvania  has  only  12,630,  and  Great  Britain,  entire,  11,859.  England  has 
only  6,039.  And  the  coal  fields  of  the  Old  World  have  been  pretty  well  robbed 
of  their  contents,  while  those  of  Kentucky  have  scarcely  been  touched.  A? 
an  example  of  this,  London,  alone,  consumes  annually  5,500,000  tons  of  coal. 
Remember  this  is  annually.  In  the  past  two  years  the  city  of  London,  Eng- 
land, has  used  up  more  coal  than  has  been  taken  out  of  the  State  of  Kentucky 
since  the  day  it  was  created.  This  immense  body  of  coal  lies  in  two  separate 
fields,  called  the  Eastern  and  the  Western,  the  former  containing  10,000,  the 
latter  4,000  square  miles;  and  the  best  thing  connected  with  these  fields  of  coal 
is  the  ease  and  cheapness  with  which  they  may  be  mined.  They  arc  accessible 
from  above  ground.     In  England,  in  some  instances,  over  half  a  million  of  dol- 

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lars  have  been  spent  in  preparing  the  mine  for  operation.  In  Kentucky,  a  half 
million  dollars  would  open  a  thousand  mines  or  more. 

"And  the  coal  in  tliese  valuable  hills  is  equal  to  any  in  the  universe  for  all 
purposes  for  which  coal  is  used.  In  the  eastern  field  is  a  coal,  the  '  Elkhorn,' 
which  is  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  the  famous  '  Connellsville '  coking-coal  of 
Pennsylvania.  Also  some  superior  canuel  coal.  I  merely  mention  these  two  at 
present.  Of  course,  there  are  most  excellent  steam,  blacksmith,  and  domestic 
coals  in  both  fields.  In  the  Avestern  field,  in  Hancock  county,  is  a  cannel  coal, 
known  as  the  '  Breckinridge  cannel  coal,'  Avhich  has  been  declared  to  be  the 
superior  of  any  cannel  coal  in  the  world  for  gas  production.  It  burns  easily,  has 
but  7  per  cent,  of  ash,  63.52  per  cent  of  volatile  matter  or  gas,  and  26.16  per 
cent,  of  carbon,  and  it  bears  transportation  equally  as  well  as  iron  ore.  Hancock 
county  fronts  on  the  Ohio  river,  and  Cloverport  is  but  nine  miles  from  the  mines, 
and  thei'e  is  a  railroad  built  this  distance. 

"  In  addition  to  coal  there  are  iron  and  limestone  in  Kentucky,  and  in  abun- 
(hince,  so  that,  with  coal,  ore  and  limestone,  furnaces  erected  upon  the  modern 
principle,  and  with  all  the  modern  appliances,  can  be  established  and  made  to  pay 
royal  dividends.  There  is  no  reason  why  such  furnaces  can  not  lay  the  best  of 
iron  on  the  bank  of  the  Ohio  river  at  $12  per  ton  and  make  a  handsome  profit." 

THE   CITY   OF   LOUISVILLE. 

The  original  survey  of  the  present  site  of  Louisville  embraced  4,000  acres 
of  land,  extending  from  Beargrass  creek  to  the  foot  of  the  falls,  and  was  made 
by  order  of  Lord  Dunmore,  then  the  royal  governor  of  Virginia,  who  subse- 
quently deeded  the  entire  tract  to  John  Campbell  and  Dr.  John  Connally.  The 
latter  gentleman,  however,  having  been  suspected  of  leaning  toward  the  throne 
during  the  revolutionary  period,  the  Virginia  Legislature,  in  1780,  passed  "An 
act  for  establishing  the  town  of  Louisville  at  the  falls  of  the  Ohio."  Said  act,  con- 
fiscating Campbell  and  Connally's  property,  by  the  terms  of  the  same  act  con- 
fiscated it  to  the  Commonwealth,  and  a  board  of  trustees  was  a])pointed  to 
undertake  a  new  survey,  make  a  plat  of  the  i)roposed  town,  and  to  sell  the  lots  to 
whomsoever  would  buy.  The  plat  then  completed  is  not  now  known  to  be  in 
existence,  the  oldest  one  at  present  in  the  city  archives  having  been  drawn  in 
1812,  but  the  actual  life  of  Louisville  began  in  the  spring  of  1780,  with  a  popu- 
lation of  about  600. 

The  navigation  of  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi,  up  to  1776,  had  been  all  down 
stream,  the  vessels  employed  consisting  of  batteaux,  flatboats,  and  similar  frail 
craft,  but  in  the  year  named  a  keelboat  passed  the  fills  from  New  Orleans 
for  Fort  Pitt,  with  a  small  cargo  of  gunpowder.  This  was  the  inauguration  of 
up-stream  navigation  and  the  first  demonstration  of  the  practicability  of  ascend- 
ing the  falls  with  a  loaded  vessel,  and  from  that  laborious  voyage  grew  the  tre- 
mendous commerce  of  the  western  rivers.  It  was  also  a  godsend  to  Louisville, 
providing  employment  for  much  of  its  hardy  pioneer  population,  and  later  on 
causing  the  government  to  undertake  and  carry  out  great  schemes  of  improve- 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  11 


ment,  which  have  resulted  in  rendering  harmless  the  once  daiigcrdiis  reefs,  rocks, 
and  eddies  of  the  falls  by  the  construction  of  a  canal  around  them.  It  also 
brought  hither  many  enterprising  l)usiness  men  and  capitalists,  wiio  sought  in 
the  then  far  AVest  scope  for  their  energies  and  emph)ymeut  for  their  money. 
About  1780  a  new  fort  was  erected  at  the  falls,  and  the  arrival  of  a  large  in- 
voice of  young  girls  to  some  extent  met  the  demand  for  wives  which  so  often 
arises  in  all  new  countries.  In  1782  the  garrison  stationed  here  to  protect  the 
settlement  from  Indian  forays  ere(jted  Fort  Nelson,  a  rather  imposing  strong- 
hold, on  ground  lying  north  of  Main  and  between  Sixth  and  Eighth  streets. 
For  many  years  the  guns  of  this  celebrated  fortress  commanded  all  ai)proach  to 
the  city,  and  it  was  regarded  as  a  formidable  agent  in  the  pacification  of  the 
aborigines  and  the  opening  of  the  country  on  both  banks  of  the  river. 

Up  to  this  time,  owing  to  the  oppressive  and  unwise  administration  ot 
affairs  by  the  town  trustees,  the  progress  of  Louisville  had  been  very  slow  in- 
deed, some  of  the  original  settlers  actually  removing  to  the  Indiana  side  and 
establishing  the  village  of  Jeffersonville,  which,  notwithstanding  its  disadvan- 
tages of  location,  bade  fair  for  a  time  to  outstrip  its  older  rival.  The  recent 
close  of  the  revolution,  however,  and  the  release  fi-om  military  duty  and  prison 
of  large  numbers  of  daring  and  adventurous  spirits,  brought  to  the  falls  a  new 
element  and  a  grand  influx  of  people  and  business.  Schools,  factories  and 
courts  were  soon  in  full  operation  ;  navigation  and  commerce  received  a  new  im- 
petus, a  spirit  of  progress  became  visible  in  every  direction.  The  people  had 
grown  weary  of,  and  restive  under,  the  domination  of  Virginia,  and  in  1785  a 
petition  was  presented  asking  for  a  separate  State  government,  or  rather  inde- 
pendence, with  the  object  of  becoming  a  member  of  the  Union.  Intex'course  be- 
tween the  East  and  West  was  very  slow  in  those  days,  and  it  was  not  until  1790 
that  Virginia's  consent  was  obtained  and  a  petition  presented  to  Congress  for 
Kentucky's  admission,  an  act  which  was  consummated  in  1792,  and  Kentucky 
assumed  her  place  in  the  constellation,  the  favorite  child  of  old  Virginia  and 
the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Union. 

And  now  commenced  in  earnest  the  career  of  Louisville — a  career  full  of 
incident  and  interest,  but  which  we  have  neither  time  nor  space  to  narrate  in 
this  place.  A  new  board  of  trustees  was  appointed,  a  code  of  municipal  law 
formulated,  and  with  the  ca))ital  of  the  State  within  easy  reach  and  favorable 
legislation  for  all  of  lier  material  interests  assured,  the  town  began  a  substantial 
and  steady  growth  which  has  continued  in  ever-increasiiig  volume  to  the  pres- 
ent. The  first  clieck  occurred  in  1781 — 1795,  occasioned  by  the  embargo  laid  by 
Spain  upon  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi ;  by  tlie  complications  consequent 
thereupon — among  others  the  Burr  conspiracy ;  and  by  the  constant  strain  and 
threats  to  which  commerce  was  subjected.  In  the  latter  year  the  matter  was 
settled  by  treaty,  the  river  and  tlie  port  of  New  Orleans  being  ceded  to  the 
United  States ;  but  this  treaty  was  set  aside  in  1802  by  the  transfer  of  Louisiana 
to  the  French  government,  at  the  head  of  which  stood  the  great  Napoleon,  who, 
in  consideration  of  $15,000,000,  abandoned  all  claim  to  the  river  and  territory 


12  THE    INDITSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


in  1803.  The  consuminatiou  of  this  transaction  opened  the  way  to  the  gulf  and 
the  world,  and  Louisville  was  not  slow  to  avail  herself  of  the  opportunities  pre- 
sented to  render  herself  mistress  of  the  Ohio  river  and  its  trade ;  her  commer- 
cial greatness  may  be  said  to  date  from  and  take  its  rise  in  the  acquisition  of 
Louisiana.  Shippingport,  Louisville's  only  rival  on  the  Kentucky  shore,  wliich 
had  sprung  into  a  busy  town,  Wiis  snuffed  out  by  the  construction  of  the  falls 
canal,  which  at  the  same  time  rendered  navigation  at  this  jioint  safe  and  certain 
at  all  seasons  and  stages  of  water.  In  1810  the  population  had  swelled  to  over 
1,300,  and  the  first  police  force,  consisting  of  two  officers,  was  organized.  The 
first  court-house  was  erected  in  1811,  and  on  the  13th  of  October  of  the  same 
year  the  first  steamboat  that  ever  plowed  the  Ohio  was  launched  at  Pittsburgh 
and  reached  Louisville  three  days  later,  bound  for  Kew  Orleans,  in  honor  of 
which  city  she  Avas  named.  It  were  a  thrice-told  and  familiar  tale  to  follow  up 
the  development  of  the  steamboat  interest,  which  in  these  days  of  railroads  is  of 
comparatively  small  importance  and  declines  visibly  day  by  day — a  fate  that 
may  in  the  course  of  time  overtake  its  destroyer,  the  iron  horse. 

The  progress  of  Louisville  has  partaken  at  all  times  of  the  character  of  her 
people,  and  particularly  of  her  mercantile,  mauufactui'iug,  and  commercial 
classes;  it  has  ever  been  conservative,  deliberate,  yet  substantial  and  lasting. 
Every  public  building  and  institution  of  the  city  bears  the  impress  of  solidity 
and  permanence,  and  whatever  has  been  sacrificed  in  appearance  has  been  moi'e 
than  gained  in  real  worth.  In  short,  our  architects,  both  material  and  moral, 
have  built,  like  those  of  ancient  Egypt,  "for  all  time  " 

Louisville's  first  financial  institution — a  branch  of  the  Bank  of  Kentucky — 
was  opened  in  1812,  and  the  'same  year  saw  the  establishment  of  the  pioneer 
iron  foundry  of  Paul  Skidmore,  the  Western  Omrier  und  Louisville  Correspondent 
newspapers.  A  series  of  severe  earthquakes  occurred  in  this  locality,  extend- 
ing from  December,  1812,  to  March,  1813,  doing,  however,  no  serious  damage 
to  property,  though  the  alarm  and  excitement  were  general. 

The  town  of  Portland  was  laid  out  by  Wm.  Lytle  in  1814,  chartered  in  1834, 
and  annexed  to  Louisville  in  1837.  New  Albany,  Ind.,  was  also  organized  in 
1814,  and  for  many  years  prosj^ered  exceedingly  as  a  steamboat-building  and 
manufacturing  town. 

The  imports  and  exports  of  Louisville  for  1814  were  quite  considerable, 
embracing  cargoes  of  cotton,  sugar,  molasses,  cotton,  pig  copper,  and  miscel- 
laneous merchandise,  and  the  first  paper-mill  was  erected  by  Jacob  &  Hikes. 

In  1815  Louisville  boasted  122  factories  and  stores,  one  church,  one  tlieater, 
and  two  newspapers,  and  July  3d  launched  her  first  steamboat,  the  "Governor 
Shelby,"  122  tons,  designed  for  the  New  Orleans  and  Louisville  trade. 

Much  inconvenience  and  dissatisfaction  existed  at  this  time,  ari.«ing  out  of 
the  circulation  of  "wildcat"  money — bills  issued  by  corporations  and  private 
parties  upon  the  intangible  basis  of  personal  credit.  Hence  the  establishment 
of  a  branch  of  the  United  States  Bank  in  1817  was  hailed  as  a  blessing— a  bless- 
ing, however,  which  conferred  none  of  the  benefits  expected,  and  which  led  to 


AND    OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  13 


the  establishment  in  the  ft)llowing  year  of  the  Commercial  Bank  of  Louisville, 
capital,  §1,000,000.  General  George  Rogers  Clark,  the  founder  of  this  city, 
died  this  year,  and  a  third  newspaper,  the  Public  Advertiser,  was  started. 

The  population  in  1S20  was  4,000;  value  of  town  lots,  §3,500,000;  stores 
and  fiictories,  "207. 

The  year  1^25  was  marked  by  the  visit  of  Lafayette  and  the  organization  of 
the  Louisville  and  Portland  Canal  Company,  work  upon  which  important  im- 
provement began  in  March  of  the  succeeding  year  and  was  completed  and 
opened-  for  use  December  5,  1830,  at  a  cost  of  §750,000.  The  Focus,  a  political 
newspaper  assailant  of  General  Jackson,  also  began  its  erratic  career  in  1826. 

Louisville  was  incorporated  as  a  city  February  13,  1828,  and  at  the  munic- 
ipal election  held  March  4th  succeeding  J.  C.  Bucklin  was  chosen  mayor. 

The  aggregate  value  of  business  transactions  for  1820  footed  up  §15,000.000, 
and  the  first  public-school  edifice  was  erected  the  same  year. 

The  beginning  of  1830  found  here  a  population  of  over  10,000 ;  the  hum  ot 
industrial  and  commercial  activity  was  heard  everywhere.  The  same  year  also 
marked  the  appearance  here  of  Geo.  D.  Prentice  a*  d  his  as.sociation  with  a  Mr. 
Buxton  in  the  establishment  of  the  afterward  famous  Daily  Journal — a  newspa- 
per that  for  a  period  of  nearly  forty  years  was  the  acknowledged  leader  of  the 
Western  and  Southern  press. 

The  Bank  of  Louisville  was  opened  for  business  in  1831,  with  a  ca[)ital  of 
$2,000,000. 

The  Government  deposits  were  removed  in  1833,  which  caused  a  slight  flut- 
ter in  business  circles. 

In  1835  the  Frankfort  railroad  and  the  original  Gait  House  were  completed ; 
a  move  was  made  to  light  the  city  with  gas,  and  the  p(jpulation  was  estimated 
at  20,000.  One  hundred  new  business  houses  were  erected ;  the  shipments  of 
salt  meats  reached  4,000,000  pounds,  and  of  whisky  2(),000  barrels;  a  police 
court  was  established ;  the  daily  Qity  Ga- 
zette and  monthly  Western  Messenger  issued. 

An  effort  was  nuide  in  1836  to  build  a 
bridge  from  the  foot  of  Twelfth  street  t(, 
the  Indiana  shore,  but  was  abandoned  for 
lack  of  means.  , 

All  of  the  banks  suspended  April  19, 
1837,  in  common  with  similar  institutions 
elsewhere,  and  panic  prevailed — the  natu- 
ral result  of  an  unlimited  credit  system,  which  thus  received  its  death-blow 
to  the  eternal  good  of  the  country's  material  interests.  Recovery  was  slow, 
but  it  came,  and  with  it  a  more  substantial  j)ros})eritv  than  evei-. 

In  1840  the  population  was  21,210;  capital  invested  in  manufactures, 
$713,675 ;  newspapers,  16 — five  dailies,  three  semi-weeklies,  seven  weeklies,  and 
one  monthly.  The  city  was  first  lighted  with  gas  this  year,  and  the  so-called 
"great  fire"  occurred.     ^Manufactures  and  trade  were  again  on  their  feet,  and 


JEll'KUSDN    UULMV    UUUU'r-llOUSK, 


14  THE   INDUSTRIES    OP  LOUISVILLE 

the  wreck  of  the  past  cleared  away,  so  that,  established  upon  a  firm  basis  of 
fair  values  and  sound  currency,  there  was  no  reason  to  apprehend  further  dis- 
aster to  business  interests.  And  so  the  Falls  City  moved  onward  in  the  march 
of  progress  without  halt  or  interruption  for  many  years,  gradually  extending 
her  connections  and  influence  throughout  the  vast  and  immensely  productive 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  valleys,  adding  to  her  prestige  and  population  and  grow- 
ing with  a  healthy  growth.  The  Louisville  &  Frankfort  Railroad  Company 
was  chartered;  a  railroad  was  constructed  from  JefFersonville  to  Columbus, 
Indiana,  another  from  New  Albany  to  Salem,  and  the  initial  steps  taken  toward 
the  building  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad,  which  enterprise  was  char- 
tered March  2,  1850,  and  work  begun  in  1851. 

The  Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Chicago  railroad,  chartered  in  1847,  was 
opened  for  traflic.  The  Jeffersonville  &  Indianapolis  railroad  began  operations 
in  1853,  thus  affording  direct  outlets  north  and  west  for  Louisville  enterprise. 

The  failure  of  the  Ohio  Life  and  Trust  Company,  of  Cincinnati,  in  1857, 
brought  with  it  another  national  financial  disaster  from  which  Louisville  sufiered 
severely,  but  not  to  the  extent  felt  elsewhere,  though  the  general  resulting  in- 
activity which  ensued  affected  the  banks  and  other  fiduciary  institutions  some- 
what, and  trade  was  dull,  though  not  for  long,  for  in  1859  the  city  was  as  busy 
and  prosperous  as  ever.  In  1860  her  population  numbered  68,000,  and  she  was 
in  a  more  flourishing  condition  than  ever  before ;  but  her  interests  were  with 
the  South ;  most  of  her  trade  was  with  that  section ;  and  the  beginning  of  the 
great  civil  war  at  once  tied  up  her  commerce,  closed  her  factories,  stopped  every 
industry,  and  with  fitful  intervals  bound  up  and  paralyzed  her  energies  during 
four  long  and  gloomy  years.  The  banks  were  wrecked,  and  the  strongest  of 
them  all,  the  Southern  Bank  of  Kentucky,  canceled  its  stock  at  $2.00  for  $1.00 
in  gold  and  closed  its  doors  forever.  The  corporate  State  banks  were  taxed  out 
of  existence  in  1863,  and  were  succeeded  by  representatives  of  the  National  bank- 
ing system. 

The  close  of  the  fratricidal  struggle  between  the  States  in  1865  again  opened 
to  the  Southern  States  the  markets  along  the  border,  and  Louisville  again  be- 
came the  center  of  trade  and  commerce.  But  the  South  was  impoverished,  and 
it  required  much  encouragement  in  word  and  deed  to  prevail  upon  her  broken- 
spirited  children  to  again  take  up  the  implements  of  jDeace  and  resume  their 
place  among  the  nations.  Louisville  contributed  generously  of  both  encour- 
agement and  substantial  aid  in  those  dark  days,  and  has  ever  since  the  restora- 
tion of  prosperity  continued  to  I'eap  her  reward  in  the  love  and  confidence  and 
material  patronage  of  that  people. 

Northern  and  Eastern  men  were  not  slow  to  see  the  advantages  that  must 
accrue  to  Louisville  from  the  altered  condition  of  the  South,  socially  and  polit- 
ically, and  flocked  hither  by  hundreds,  investing  their  capital  and  energy  in 
enterprises  of  all  kinds  that  have  added  vastly  to  the  city's  wealth  and  import- 
ance. Trade  and  industry  took  a  new  start,  more  vigorous  and  successful  than 
ever,  and  the  growth  of  the  city  in  all  that  goes  to  constitute  a  prosperous  and 


AND  OF  NEW  ALHANY,  INDIANA. 


15 


happy  community  has  been  wonderful.  New  railroiuls,  the  extension  of  old 
ones,  the  bridging  of  the  Ohio,  the  improvement  of  the  canal  and  of  river  navi- 
gation, the  introduction  of  inod(M-n  methods  in  every  department  of  business 
life,  the  erection  of  magnificent  buildings  devoted  to  commerce,  manufactures, 
and  domestic  purposes,  the  extension  and  emendation  of  the  school  system,  and 
a  thousand  other  indications  ])oint  the  lesson  that,  whatever  her  immediate 
losses,  Louisville  was  ultimately  an  immense  gainer  by  the  war  and  the  changed 
conditions  which  have  since  obtained.  The  Knoxville  branch  of  the  Louisville 
&  Nashville  railroad  was  built  in  l^(i7;  the  Cincinnati  Short  Line  (now  a  por- 
tion of  the  Louisville  tt  Nashville  sy-stem)  was  opened,  and  the  Ohio  &  Missis- 
sippi connection  nuide  in  1<S69.  The  Courier  and  Journal  consolidated  in  1868, 
and  the  Commercial  was  established  in  1  >*()!).     The  same  vear  witnessed  the  be- 


PUBLIC    IJHKARY    BUILDIN(}. 

ginning  of  work  on  the  Ohio  river  bridge  and  the  laying  of  the  City  Hall  corner- 
stone. 

The  census  of  187U  showed  a  j)()])ulation  of  100,753;  valuation  of  real  and 
personal  property,  ^70,715,620;  taxes,  $1,386,012.4!). 

The  event  of  1871  was  the  completion  of  the  canal  enlargement.  The 
bridge  and  City  Hall  were  completed  in  1872,  and  the  first  Exposition  building 
erected  in  the  same  year.     The  prospect  never  appeared  brighter  than  at  the 


16  THE  INDUSTPaES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


opening  of  1873,  a  prospect  that  was  doomed  to  end  in  a  sad  disappointment, 
the  panic  of  that  year  and  the  long  train  of  resulting  evils  brought  about  by 
the  failure  of  Jay  Cooke  &  Co.,  the  effects  of  which  have  never  yet  been  en- 
tirely obliterated  in  some  portions  of  the  country.  As  before,  however,  Louis- 
vUle  weathered  the  storm  comparatively  unharmed  in  herself,  though  the 
depression  that  followed  naturally  reacted  upon  her  trade.  She  went  her  way, 
as  usual,  and  repaired  damages  as  best  she  might,  continuing  to  build  up  her 
connections  and  prosecute  her  l)usiness  enterprises  as  of  yore,  and  prospering 
accordingly. 

Up  to  the  beginning  of  the  depression  inaugurated  at  the  East  in  1882,  and 
which,  for  several  years,  has  swept  slowly,  yet  irresistibly,  across  the  continent, 
Louisville  had  made  extraordinary  progress,  and,  even  despite  the  general  inac- 
tivity of  manufactures  elsewhere,  had  considei-ably  inci'eased  her  annual  sales, 
but  the  wave  of  depression  referred  to  seriously  crippled  her  enterprise  and  re- 
tarded her  operations  in  the  field  of  commerce,  and  it  is  questionable  if  even 
the  most  violent  of  the  financial  storms  of  the  past  ever  so  woefully  affected  her. 
It  is  pleasant,  however,  to  know  that  the  light  is  breaking  at  last,  that  industry, 
enterprise  and  pluck  are  preparing  for  another  season  of  prosperity,  and  that 
Louisville  stands  ready  to  avail  herself  of  the  many  and  mighty  advantages  she 
possesses  to  join  again  in  the  race  for  mercantile  and  industrial  pre-eminence. 


AND    OF   NEW    AI.UANY,    INDIANA.  17 


Whs  Rrssqov. 


A  GLANCE  AT  THE  CITY'S  STATUS— ADVANTAGES  SUMMED  UP. 


Geographically,  Louisville  bears  the  same  commercial  relation  to  the  New 
South  that  Chicago  bears  to  tlie  New  North-west,  with  this  important  ditiereuce  : 
In  addition  to  her  extensive  railroad  connections  she  has  an  advantage  that  can 
not  he  over-estimated  in  the  noble  river  that,  flowing  at  her  feet  and  cai)able  of 
bearing  the  traflic  of  a  nation,  mingles  its  watei's  with  those  of  the  majestic  Mis- 
sissippi, and  thus,  through  that  great  artery  and  its  tributaries,  brings  to  our 
doors  the  rich  products  of  the  vast  regions  that  border  the  Upper  and  Lower 
Mississippi,  the  St.  Francis,  the  White,  Black,  Arkansas,  Yazoo,  Ouachita,  Red, 
and  many  other  navigable  water  courses.  It  is  true,  the  steamboat  interest  has 
sadly  declined  of  late  years,  but  who  shall  say  that  under  proper  conditions,  the 
denser  peopling  of  the  great  Mississippi  basin  and  its  })roper  improved  cultiva- 
tion, the  adoj^tion  of  more  economical  methods  of  transportation,  and  the  api)li- 
cation  of  a  new  motor  that  shall  proi)el  the  craft  of  the  future  at  a  speed  to 
rival  that  of  the  iron  horse — who  so  bold  as  to  assert  that  the  day  of  prosperity 
upon  these  great  natural  channels  shall  never  again  dawn  ?  In  the  matter  of 
railroads,  however,  Louisville  is  sj)ecially  fjivored,  having  quick,  easy,  and  cheap 
communication  with  all  important  j)oints  on  the  continent,  while  other  lines  are 
steadily  pushing  toward  her  gates,  each  opening  up  new  avenues  for  the  enter- 
prise of  her  sons.  For,  notwithstanding  the  conservative  "old  fogyism"  that 
still  wraps  the  souls  of  numy  of  our  citizens  in  drowsy  content,  there  can  be  no 
question  that  much  of  the  modern  spirit  of  progress,  energy,  enterprise  and 
vim  that  pushes  the  world  along  exists  here,  and  is  becoming  more  powerful 
year  by  year,  though  it  has  at  pi-esent  a  fearful  load  to  carry  in  the  old  fogyism 
aforesaid.  Louisville  has  another  important  advantage  in  the  inunense  })r()duct- 
ive  capacity  and  good  will  of  the  country  to  the  southward.  Slie  ])roved  her- 
self their  friend  in  times  past,  and  they  cling  to  her  despite  every  inducement 
offered  by  rivals  for  their  trade  and  favor.  Let  Louisville  see  to  it  that  by  no 
fault  of  hers  are  they  ever  alienated.  Let  her  continue  to  construct  railroads 
by  which  they  may  reach  her  with  as  little  trouble,  expense  and  loss  of  time  as 
possible,  make  them  welcome  when  they  come,  and  offer  them  as  great  induce- 


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THE  INDUSTRIES   OP  LOUISVILLE 


LOHHY    OF    LOUISVILLE    HOTEL. 


ments  in  goods  and  prices  as  they  can  secure  elsewhere,  and  there  is  no  danger 
that  they  will  ever  abandon  her  for  her  rivals.  "  Blood  is  thicker  than  water," 
and  fair  dealing  and  courtesy  only  make  stronger  the  ties  of  consanguinity  and 
personal  intimacy, 

CITY   GOVERNMENT. 

The  city  government  is  composed  of  a  mayor  (who  is  chief  executive),  board 
of  aldermen,  and  board  of  councilmcn,  each  ward  having  one  representative  in 
each  board,  and  thus  placing  all  city  legislation  in  the  hands  of  twenty-four  men, 
whose  action,  however,  may  be  vetoed  by  the  mayor. 

The  police  department  is  under  control  of  a  chief,  whose  salary  is  $3,000  per 
annum,  and  who  is  assisted  by  a  strong  staff  of  lieutenants  and  sergeants. 

The  fire  department  is  directed  by  a  chief,  salary  $2,500  a  year,  and  two 
assistants  at  $1,095  each,  every  company  having  a  captain  and  full  complement 
of  daring  and  skillful  firemen.  A  complete  telegraphic  aud  telephonic  apparatus 
is  made  a  part  of  the  police  and  fire  equijiment,  and  both  branches  of  the 
service  are  well-managed,  prompt  and  efficient.  The  engines  and  other  appa- 
ratus are  of  the  latest  improved  makes;  the  best  discipline  obtains,  and,  through 
the  co-operation  of  })()lice  and  firemen,  destructive  confiagrations  are  very  rare. 


POPULATION,  SCHOOLS,  ETC. 

According  to  a  close  approximate  estimate  made  by  Mr.  C.  K.  Caron  (to 
whose  excellent  Directory  we  acknowledge  our  obligation  for  much  valuable  in- 


AND    OP   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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formation),  the  population  of  Louisville  proper,  January  1,  1886,  was  161,022, 
and  increasing  at  a  healthy  and  gratifying  rate.  The  city  is  a  remarkably 
salubrious  one,  and  the  public  health  for  many  years  has  been  as  good  as  that 
of  any  citv  in  the  country.  In  proof  of  this  assertion  the  mortality  tal)les  ex- 
hibit the  pleasing  fact  that  Louisville  stands  first  in  the  list  of  cities  of  over 
60,000  population  in  ])oint  of  light  death-rate.  Much  of  Louisville's  immunity 
from  disea.<e  of  a  general  and  fatal  character  is  doubtless  due  to  her  splendidly- 
paved  and  well-cleaned  street.*,  the  pride  and  glory  of  her  citizens. 

During  the  year  1885  there  were  erected  and  completed  within  the  cor])or- 
ate  limits  906  buildings  of  all  classes,  valued  at  $2,o52,.Sl2 — a  most  gratifying 
increase   over  any  previous  year,  and  a  convincing  proot   that  Louisville's 


LOUISVILLE    CITY    HOSPITAL. 

claims  as  a  place  of  residence  and  business  are  recognized  by  increasing  hosts  of 
new-comers  year  by  year.  Included  in  the  above  statement  are  embraced  some 
of  the  most  costly  and  elegant  public  and  private  edifices  in  the  West  or  South 
— buildings  that  would  adorn  any  city  in  the  world. 

The  public  schools  consist  of  one  male  and  one  female  high  school  and  thirty- 
one  common  schools,  with  an  average  daily  attendance,  last  year,  of  12,226 
white  and  2,283  colored  children.  The  city  also  maintains  six  night  .schools, 
which  swell  the  aggregate  cost  of  public  instruction  for  the  past  year  to  $284,- 
015.  Higher  education  is  represented  by  two  theological  seminaries — the 
Southerti  Baptist  and  Colored  State  L^niversity ;  the  LTniversity  of  Louisville, 
the  Louisville  Medical  College,  the  Hos})ital  College  of  Medicine,  the  State 


20 


THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE' 


Board  of  Pharmacy,  the  Louisville  kSehool  of  Pharmacy  for  women,  the  Louis- 
ville College  of  Pharmacy,  the  Louisville  Educational  Association,  the  Ken- 
tucky Institute  for  the  blind,  and  jjrinting  house  for  the  blind  are  also  located 
here. 

^  Of  Libraries  there  are  three — the  Louisville  Law  Library,  library  of  the 
Louisville  Library  Association,  and  the  Polj'technic  Institute  Public  Library, 
the  latter  containing  30,000  volumes.  The  institute  itself  is  divided  into  acad- 
emies of  medicine  and  surgery,  law,  geology,  art,  etc. 

COURTS. 

The  Federal,  United  States  Circuit  and  District  Courts  sit  in  the  Government 
building.  The  Jefferson  Circuit  Court,  Court  of  Common  Please,  County 
Court,  and  Chancery  Court  sit  in  the  County  Court-house.  The  City  Court 
sits  in  the  Citv  Hall  building. 


FIKST  CllKlSliAN   CUUKCH. 
[V>y  courtesy  of  Salem  Stone  and  Lime  Compiuiy.] 

CHURCHES,  ETC. 

Louisville  lias  a  large  percentage  of  moral  and  religious  people  among  its 
residents,  as  is  attested  by  the  numerous  handsome  and  s})acious  houses  of  wor- 
ship, embracing  nine  white  and  sixteen  colored  Baptist  churches,  seven  white 
and  three  colored  Christian,  fourteen  Episcopal,  four  German  Evangelical,  four 
German  Reformed  cliui'ches,  three  Hebrew  synagogues,  four  Lutheran,  twelve 
INIethodist  E])iscopal  South,  five  jNIethodist  Episcopal  North,  one  Primitive 
Methodist,  thirteen  colored  Methodist,  nine  Presbyterian  North,  seven  Presby- 
terian South,  one  Associated  Reformed  Presbyterian,  one  Unitarian,  one  Gospel 
]\Iission,  eighteen  Roman  Catholic. 

Secret  societies  of  a  fraternal  and  benevolent  character  have  a  vei^'  heavy 
membership.      Indeed,  it   almost  seems   that  every   respectable  citizen   is  a 


AND    Ol"    M:\V    ALHAXY,    INDIANA.  21 

member  of  one  or  more  of  them  ;  and  they  wielil  a  most  wholesome  and  benefi- 
cent influence. 

BANKING    AND   INSURANCE. 

The  bankins;  facilities  of  this  city  are  ample  and  of  the  hi<rhest  order  as  re- 
gards character  and  management,  embracing  the  Louisville  Clearing  House,  the 
Bank  of  Commerce,  Bank  of  Kentucky,  Bank  of  Louisville,  Falls  City  Bank, 
Farmers  and  Drovers'  Bank,  Franklin  Bank  of  Kentucky,  (Jerman  Bank,  Ger- 
man Insurance  Bank,  German  8ecurity  Bank,  Louisville  Banking  Company's 
Bank,  Masonic  Savings  Bank,  People's  Bank  of  Kentucky,  Western,  and  First, 
Second,  Fourth,  Citizens,  German,  Kentucky,  Louisville  City,  and  ]Merchants' 
National  Banks. 

The  local  insurance  companies  are  :  Life — The  Louisville  Mutual  of  Ken- 
tucky ;  the  Presbyterian  Mutual  Insurance  Fund  of  Louisville,  Ky. ;  the 
People's  ]Mutual  Assurance  and  Endowment  Association  of  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
the  American  Mutual  Aid  Society ;  the  jNIethodist  jNIutual  Aid  Association  of 
Kentucky ;  the  National  Mutual  Benefit  Association,  and  the  Kentucky 
Mutual  Security  Fund  Company.  Fire — Board  of  Fire  Underwriters,  City 
Fire  and  JNIarine,  Falls  City  Insurance  Company  of  Louisville,  Franklin  of 
Louisville,  German  Insurance  Company,  German  National  Insurance  Company, 
Louisville  German  Security  Insurance  Company,  German  Washington  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Association,  Kentucky  and  Louisville  Mutual  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Kentucky  and  Tennessee  Association  of  Fire  Underwriters,  Louisville 
•Germania  Insui'auce  Company,  Louisville  Insurance  Company,  Louisville 
Underwriters,  Merchants'  Insurance  Company  of  Louisville,  Union  Insurance 
Company  of  Louisville,  and  Western  Insurance  Company. 

Besides  these  home  institutions,  every  prominent  British  and  American  fire 
and  life  association  is  represented  here  by  agencies,  and  every  opportunity  is 
afforded  citizens  to  secure  indemnity  for  loss  of  life  or  property. 

Of  loan  and  building  associations,  there  are  two,  the  Central  Building  Asso- 
ciation and  Westview  Building  Company,  each  jjresenting  excellent  opportuni- 
ties for  the  safe  and  profitable  investment  in  real  estate  of  thrifty  people's 

savings. 

/ 

THE   PKESS. 

The  press  of  Louisville,  generally  distinguished  for  ability  and  enterprise, 
embraces  some  thirty-five  distinct  publications,  referred  to  more  at  length  in 
another  place,  as  follows  : 

Daily  newspapers — English  :  The  Courier-Journal,  morning ;  The  Commer- 
cial, morning;  The  Times,  evening;  The  Post,  evening.  German:  The  An- 
?eiger,  morning. 

Semi-weekly — German  :  The  Anzeiger. 

Weekly  newspapers— English  :  The  Courier-Journal,  The  Commercial,  The 
Sunday  Argus,  Truth,  The  Farmers'  Home  Journal,  Town  and  Country,  The 
Louisville  Democrat,  The  Southern  Journal,  The  Ohio  Falls  Express,  The 


22  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 

Southern  Trade  Gazette,  The  Advertiser  and  Journal  of  Commerce,  The  Labor 
Record,  The  Central  Catholic  Advocate,  The  Christian  Observer,  The  Western 
Recorder,  and  The  Louisville  Medical  News.  German :  The  Anzeiger,  The 
Louisville  Omnibus,  and  The  Katholischer  Glaubensbote 

Semi-monthly — English  :  Home  and  Farm. 

Monthly — English  :  The  Educational  Courant,  Electra,  The  Kentucky  Col- 
onist, The  Louisville  Mauufocturer  and  Builder,  The  Medical  Herald,  The 
American  Practitioner,  The  Orphan's  Friend,  Duncan's  Monthly  Magazine  of 
Live  Stock,  and  The  Southern  Bivouac.  German  :  Vereins  Gruss  (Y.  M. 
C.  A.). 

Annual — English  :  The  Western  Farmers'  Almanac. 

TRANSPORT  ATIOK. 

The  railroad  facilities  of  Louisville  are  very  complete,  connections  extend- 
ing to  all  points  of  the  compass,  and  embracing  direct  lines  to  all  important 
Northern,  Western,  Southern,  and  seaboard  cities,  while  river  communication 
is  maintained  by  several  lines  of  steamers  plying  up  and  down  the  Ohio.  Sev- 
eral railroads  are  projected,  and  several  are  in  course  of  construction,  besides 
the  following  :  The  Louisville  &  Nashville,  running  through  Kentucky,  Ten- 
nessee, Alabama,  and  Mississippi  to  New  Orleans,  with  a  branch  (the  Short 
Line)  to  Cincinnati ;  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati  &  Lexington,  via  Frankfort  to 
Lexington  ;  the  Louisville,  Evansville  &  St.  Louis ;  the  Louisville,  New  Al- 
bany &  Chicago ;  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  South-western  ;  the  Jeffersonville, 
Madison  &  Indianapolis ;  the  Cincinnati,  New  Orleans  &  Texas  Pacific  ;  the 
Ohio  &  Mississippi,  and  the  Louisville,  Harrod's  Creek  &  Westport  (narrow- 
gauge).  The  Central  Transfer  Company  and  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Com- 
pany also  contribute  largely  to  the  comfort  of  travelers  and  the  convenience  of 
shi])pers. 

The  street-car  lines,  permeating  all  parts  of  the  city,  are  under  control  of 
the  Central  Passenger  Railroad  Company. 

The  regular  steamboat  lines  are  maintained  by  the  Cincinnati  &  Louisville 
and  Louisville,  Evansville  &  Henderson  Mail  and  Memphis  &  Ohio  River 
Packet  Companies.  The  two  first  named  send  out  a  boat  each  every  day,  and 
the  latter  twice  a  week. 

PUBLIC   BUILDINGS. 

The  public  buildings  of  Louisville  are  generally  fine  structures,  creditable 
alike  to  their  architects  and  to  the  liberality  of  the  citizens.  The  most  impos- 
ing of  these  at  present  is  the  county  court-house,  which  occupies  the  half  square 
bounded  by  Fifth  and  Sixth  streets,  Jefferson  street  and  Court  Place,  a  uoble 
pile  of  pure  classic  design  and  imposing  appearance.  Next  in  point  of  simple 
grandeur  is  the  Masonic  Temple,  fronting  on  Fourth  avenue,  Jefferson  and  Green 
streets,  and  the  Custom-house  and  Post-office,  corner  of  Green  street  and  Third 
avenue.  The  new  Government  building  now  in  course  of  erection  at  Fourth 
avenue  and  Chestnut  streets  will  be,  when  completed,  an  ornament  to  the  city, 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


23 


MASONIC  tkmi'lh;. 


and  a'sub-^tuutial  recogiiitiou  of  her  claim  to  rauk  with  the  ini])<)rtant  business 
centers  t)f  the  country.  Our  second  illustration  gives  a  fine  view  of  this  eleo'ant 
building,  photographed  from  the  supervising  architect's  drawing  especially  for 
this  work.  The  City  Hall,  of  which  also  we  present  a  handsome  engraving,  is 
another  beautiful  and  exceedingly  well-constructed  edifice,  as  are  the  Board  of 
Trade  and  some  other  public  edifices.  The  Exposition  building,  illustrated  on 
our  fourth  page,  from  an  original  drawing,  is  one  of  the  most  spacious,  substan- 
tial, conveniently  arranged  and  easy  of  access  from  all  portions  of  the  city  and 
country  that  can  be  found  anywhere. 

SEMI-PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

Under  this  head  come  the  hotels,  theaters,  concert  halls,  leading  business 
houses,  churches,  colleges,  hospitals,  etc.,  of  which  Louisville  boasts  a  large 
number  of  very  fine  ones.  The  Gait  House,  Louisville  Hotel,  Courier-Journal 
building,  City  Hospital,  Public  Library  building,  and  others  illustrated  in  these 
pages  present  some  of  the  most  attractive  features  of  Louisville  and  support  her 
claim  to  a  high  place  among  those  communities  which  place  a  proper  estimate 
upon  and  render  due  reward  to  taste  and  talent  as  exemplified  in  the  arts  and 
progress  of  the  times.  The  church  architecture  of  the  city  is  particularly  fine, 
and  is  the  pride  of  the  devout  of  all  denominations. 

PLACES   OF   AMUSEMENT. 

There  are  three  handsomely-appointed  theaters — the  Masonic  Temple,  Fourth 
avenue  and  Jefferson  street ;  Macauley's,  Walnut  street,  near  Fourth  avenue, 
and  the  New  Grand,  Jefferson  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth  avenues. 
Harris'  Museum,  No.  537  Fourth  avenue,  also  affords  cheap  and  rational 
amusement  and  is  largely  patronized  by  the  best  class  of  people,  citizens  and 
strangers. 


24 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


JVIanuFaaturGs,    (3ommGrGG, 


In  the  foregoing  pages  Ave  have  touched  more  or  less  briefly  upon  the  natural 
advantages  and  acquired  facilities  of  Louisville  in  its  various  aspects,  and  little 
remains  to  be  said  on  that  head  other  than  to  present  the  figures  showing  her 
progress,  collated  at  various  times  since  the  introduction,  or  rather  the  estab- 
lishment, of  steam  navigation  upon  the  Ohio  river,  and  the  first  appearance  in 
printed  form  of  reliable  data — Dr.  McMurtrie's  "  Sketches  of  Louisville,"  issued 
in  1819  : 


BanlxS 

Wholesale  and  retail  stores 
Comniis-ioii  stores    .... 

Boole  stores 

Printing  oflRccs 

Drng  stores 

Hotels  and  Taverns      .    .    . 

Groceries -    . 

Mechanics'  shops,  all  kinds 
Steam  factories  or  mills  .    . 

Otlier  factories 

Lawyers 

Physicians 

Churches 

Schools  and  Colleges   .    .    . 


1819 

1844 

1871 

1883 

3 

f) 

26 

29 

36 

162 

276 

1,555 

14 

41 

107- 

60 

3 

6 

3i 

29 

3 

10 

25 

39 

3 

18 

77 

93 

6 

15 

34 

32 

28 

138 

6H1 

786 

64 

314 

672 

1,1(19 

3 

46 

120 

487 

11 

53 

187 

545 

V2 

80 

205 

236 

2-1 

73 

198 

328 

3 

26 

86 

129 

1 

59 

395 

It  is  safe  to  add  to  the  exhibit  for  1883  ten  per  cent,  of  gain,  since  the  pros- 
perity of  the  city  during  the  past  three  years  has  been  marked  in  contrast  Avith 
the  depression  which  has  prevailed  throughout  the  North.  The  latest  reliable 
statistics  of  manufacturers  here,  issued  in  1883,  are  as  follows: 

Nunrbor  of  establishments 1  3^0 

Capital  investel f:22.000.000 

Number  of  employes 2J,000 

Annual  wa-os      /.    .    . $6,000.0(0 

Valueof  raw  materials $2--',50i',(i('0 

Value  of  product $36,000,000 


AUD   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


25 


During  1882  cotton  to  the  amount  of  150,000  bales  was  shipped  through 
here,  North  and  East,  which  could  have  been  manufactured  at  this  point  at  a 
saving  of  8350,000  in  treights.  The  waste  in  this  direction  becomes  greater  year 
by  year,  and  supplies  a  powerful  argument  in  favor  of  the  establishment  of  cot- 
ton factories  around  the  falls. 

The  subjoined  table  presents  the  financial  condition  of  the  various  Ijouisville 
banks,  January  30th,  since  when  there  has  been  no  material  cliaiige : 


'     I'AK 
VAI,UK. 


Bank  of  Kentucky 100    $1,645,100 

Bank  (.f  Louisville 100  (594  100 

Bank  of  Commerce i  100  800.000 

Falls  City  Bank 100  4UO.00O 

Farmers'" and  Drovers'  Bank 100  305,000 

German  Bank ,  100  188,400 

German  In>iiranee  Bank 50  i  249,500 

German  Set-uritv  Bank        '  100  i  179.000 

Louisville  Hankini;  Company 100  I  'J29.500 

Masonic  Bank    .:....■ 2')  250.000 

People's  Bank 100  1 50,(i00 

Western  Bank 100  250.0(iO 

National  Banlc,  First 100  500.000 

National  Bank,  Second 100  I^OO.OOO 

National  Bank,  Third       I  100  300,000 

National  Bank,  Fourth 100  ;  800,000 

Citizens'  National  Hank 100  500,000 

German  National  Bank 1  100  251,000 

Kentucky  National  Bank '  100  j  500.000 

Louisville  Citv  National  Bank [  100  j  400.000 

Merchants'  Natioiuil  Dank 100  I  500,000 


$800,000 
19,800 
88,000 

'6,023 
23,.50O 

105,700 
81.323 

316,700 
80,000 
36.(100 
42,479 

250.000 
39.00(1 
34,(153 
42,901 
50,000 
75,000 

200.0110 
90,000 

185,000 


DIVIDENDtS. 

8  por  cent. 

Pas.-ed. 

6  per  cent. 

Passed. 
.  6  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 
10  per  cent. 
10  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 

6  per  cent. 

6  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 

6  per  cent. 

7  per  cent. 

6  per  cent. 

7  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 
8  per  cent. 

7  per  cent. 

8  per  cent. 


Whisky  and  tobacco  are  the  leading  products  of  Louisville,  yet  vast  quanti- 
ties^ of  agricultural  implements,  vehicles  of  all  kinds,  leather,  textile  fabrics, 
boots  and  shoe:s,  cement,  steam  engines,  machinery,  architectural  iron  work, 
stoves,  tin  and  sheet  iron  ware,  sash,  furniture,  doors  and  blinds,  cooperage,  etc., 
add  to  the  volume  of  her  industries  and  trade.  Under  the  head  of  "  Transporta- 
tion "  will  be  found  tables  that  indicate  very  nearly  the  extent  of  these  industries 
by  comparing  shipments  with  receipts  of  manufactured  goods.  In  brief,  Louis- 
ville is  the  largest  tobacco  market  in  the  world  ;  it  makes  and  ships  more  cement 
than  any  city  in  the  United  States  ;  it  makes  more  oak-tanned  leather  than  any 
city  in  the  United  States ;  it  makes  more  plows  than  any  city  in  the  world  ;  it 
makes  more  jeans  than  any  other  city ;  and,  last,  but  not  least,  it  handles  more 
fine  whisky  than  any  other  market  in  the  United  States. 


26 


THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


IJfTER,N\L  REVEXUE  STATISTICS. 


Amount  of  Collections  of  Internal  Kevenue,  in  the  Fifth  District  of  Ken- 
tucky, FOR  ti*e  Calendar  Years  Indicated. 


MONTHS. 


1881 


January $298,653  19 

February ...  2(i4,^03  01 

Harcli 2()8,8()9  Oil 

April 322,-117  49 

May 341, 463  31 

June 279,^29  o9 

July 271,038  38 

August 342.227  08 

September 3i3, 113  56 

October 418,032  S2 

November 3()9,149  33 

December 346,463  54 


1882 


1883 


$356, 
286. 
341. 
397, 
512, 
448, 
397, 
482. 
567, 
634, 
625. 
533, 


.874  75 
939  70 
,(i76  52 
o94  55 
617  0 
493  91 
635  15 
,825  77 
3.56  74 
,725  84 
,281  93 
,367  39 


$081, 
582 
811, 
669, 
900. 
6ii3, 
606. 
645, 
660, 
699. 
7iii: 
625 


016  41 
787  72 
195  14 
998  60 
,983  11 
607  9  5 
751  18 
823  32 
.521  90 
854  89 
,«00  22 
,465  94 


1884 


555, 
775, 
873, 
846, 
915. 
68'*. 
«29. 
564, 
569, 
609, 
582. 


1886 


$721,918  72 
485,102  05 
7(il,395  04 
5(i2,ii01  21 
505,493  36 
3  4,469  18 
4()0,764  13 
458,339  39 
614,255  69 
734,826  55 
503,431  29 
907,818  21 


1886 


$127,550  89 
5d7,.581  87 
687,408  20 


Statement,  in  Gallons,  of  "Whisky  in  Bond  in  the  Fifth  District  of  Kentucky, 
January  1,  1886,  by  Months  of  Production. 


Months. 


Year. 


July 1881 

AugUi^t 

September 

October 

November 

December 

January j  1882 

February "                 2,073 

March "              8G,(>^G 

April "            281,855 

May      "             347,150 

June "         •    240,733 


Crop  of  '82.    Year. 


1882 


1883 


Crop  of  '83. 


23,230 


1, 
54. 
163, 
2()7, 
284. 
444. 
495, 
51  f). 
119, 


226 
675 
986 
161 
5('6 
.2 -'3 
542 
626 
204 


Year. 


1883 


1884 


Crop  of  '84. 


454 


136 
100,246 
314,843 
449,419 
352,618 
555,129 
608,328 
502.878 
160,688 


Statement,  in  Gallons,  of  Whisky  in  Bond — Continued. 


Months. 


July  .  .  . 
August 
September 
October  . 
November 
December 
January  . 
February  . 
March  .  . 
April  .  . 
May  .  .  . 
June  .    .    . 


Year. 


1884 


188 


Crop  of  '85. 


9.885 


1, 

50, 

218, 

4;50. 

577. 

968. 

1.200. 

1,166. 

546, 


640 

828 
703 
893 
574 
797 
,807 
415 
388 


Crop  of  '86. 
Year.    Crop  of  '86.  '         Total 

Production. 


1885 


24.9H7 

35,182 

25,530 

52.961 

41,582 

61,049 

45,367 

68,873 

221.551 

27(',f;C)5 

852,834 

915,597 

Of  the  28,269,322  gallons  in  the  Kentucky  distillery  warehouses,  March  1st,  the  Fifth 
(Louisville)  district  had  14,139,837. 


AXD    OF    NKW    ALRAXY,    INDIANA. 


27 


CLEARING-HOUSE  STATI^^TICS. 


Monthly  bank  clearings  through  Louisville  cleariiiir-liouse  for  tlie  years  LS81 
to  1886  inclusive : 


MONTHS. 

1881 

1882 

1883 

1884 

1885 

January     .    . 

'  $-29,988,130 

$33,890,122 

f  36.22 1,1 '57 

$18.2-14.844  44 

$19,332,133  43 

February 

29.578,584 

30,751,256 

28,419.031 

17.C.87.397  61 

16.718.872  07 

March    .    .    . 

33.K25.0()2 

3 -'.197,206 

34,0I9.H48 

20.045,158  19 

17.478,579  39 

April      .    .    . 

30,561,216 

31,012,544 

32.128,743 

19.728.(148  95 

18,973.488  27 

May   .    .    .    . 

31.5(18,711 

33,264,881 

36.6112,(171 

22.367.720  27 

17,949,378  91 

June  .    .    .    . 

33,277,919 

32,160,239 

35.657,237 

18.072.267  27 

17,809,736  69 

July    .    .    .    . 

37,611,364 

34.007.1 '66 

36.040.338 

15.979,738  81 

18,826,184  41 

Auijust  .    .    . 

83,801,090 

29,302,148 

33,432.271 

14.045,462  11 

16,053.562  20 

September     . 

'     3-.>,649,OC.i 

31,274,495 

35.7(56,057 

14,891,(327  42 

15,797,354  50 

October .    .    . 

34.207.944 

33.686,346 

40,754.287 

16,211,381  67 

19,467,445  15 

November     . 

33,811,387 

31,('74,632 

41,625,057 

15.445,:  95  77 

18,591,833  86 

December  .    . 

35,710,646 

34,114,048 

38,938,973 

18,342,412  28 

20,750,4i'6  48 

Total  .    .    . 

j$396,33l,005 

«387.334,983 

•;439,604,970 

$211,281,854  79 

$217,748,975  31 

RECAPITULATION. 


Debits  and  Credits,  1881 $396,331,005  00 

Debits  and  Cn'dit?,  1882 387.334,983  00 

Debits  and  Credits,  1883 ; 439,604,970  00 

Credits  only,  1881 211,281,854  79 

Credits  only,  1885 217,748,975  31 


28  THE  INDUSTRIES  OF  LOUISVILLE 


WoiaHGGD, 


Louisville  is  the  natural  outlet  of  the  greatest  and  most  productive  tobacco- 
growing  district  in  the  world,  a  fact  which  for  many  years  has  been  utilized  to  her 
commercial  advantage.  It  is  only  within  a  recent  period  that  her  most  formid- 
able and  energetic  competitor  for  supremacy  in  this  trade — Cincinnati — has  suc- 
ceeded in  making  serious  inroads  ujion  the  Falls  City's  territory  and  drawing 
from  her  any  considerable  share  of  the  annual  crop.  This  was  effected  chiefly 
through  the  agency  of  the  Cincinnati  Southern  railroad,  which,  penetrating  the 
heart  of  the  best  tobacco-growing  counties,  offered  extraordinary  inducements 
to  shippers  in  the  matter  of  freight  rates,  etc.,  while  the  Cincinnati  Tobacco 
Asso'ciation,  composed  for  the  most  part  of  Kentuckians,  have  left  no  stone  un- 
turned to  divert  to  their  market  as  much  as  possible  of  this  great  sta})le. 
They  have  been  met,  however,  by  equally  vigorous  methods,  the  construction  of 
new  railroads,  liberal  concessions  in  freight  rates,  commissions,  storage,  etc.,  un- 
til, as  the  figures  for  the  past  year  show,  Louisville  has  more  than  regained  her 
former  ascendancy,  handling  last  year  the  unprecedented  aggregate  of  107, ()70 
hogsheads  of  leaf.  Cincinnati's  receipts  for  the  same  period  were  64,357  hogs- 
heads. 

The  greatest  public  celebration  ever  seen  in  Louisville  took  place  September 
17th  last,  in  honor  of  the  one  hundred  thousandth  hogshead  received  here  witliiu 
eight  and  a  half  months.  Up  to  the  date  named  the  sales  footed  up  101,110 
hogsheads,  as  follows : 

WAREHOUSEg.  HOGSHEADS. 

Pickett 7,085 

Boc.ne • • 7,374 

Enterprise 3,565 

Farmers 13,028 

Kentucky 3,824: 

Planters 6.()53 

Falls  City 11,807 

Louisville 15,833 

Green  River 3,531 

Ninth-street 16,809 

Gilbert 6,303 

Sawyer,  Wallace  &  Co 5,298 

Total 101,110 


AND    OF    NEW    AM5ANY,    INDIANA. 


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The  following  exhibit  of  Louisville's  tobacco  trade  since  1850  will  be  of  in- 
terest as  showing  its  growth  year  by  year : 


SALES, 

TEARS.  HHDS. 

1850 7,500 

1851 11.200 

1852 28,200 

1853 Ki.KOG 

185'4 10,154 

1855 11,594 

1856 14,975 

1857 '.),012 

1858 1S,974 

1859 18,452 

1860 17,505 

1861 20,825 


SALES, 

YEARS.  IIHD8. 

1862 28,908 

1863 36,717 

1864 63,326 

1865 44,210 

1866 35,927 

1867 34,218 

1868 29,508 

1869 39,419 

1870 43,002 

1871 48.(108 

1872 39,182 

1873 53.056 


SALES, 

YKAItS.  HIID8. 

1874 72,013 

1875 27,875 

1876 t.0,886 

1877 56,218 

1878 71,080 

1879 58,103 

1880 <;5,281 

1881 67,408 

1882 61,441 

1883 S8,919 

1884 .  81,359 

1885 107,070 


The  prospect  is  that  the  volume  of  transactions  will  continue  to  grow  in 
augmented  ratio  for  many  years.  The  warehouse  accommodations  now  availa- 
ble are  as  follows : 

Todd  warehou.se,  Main  and  Seventh,  erected  1835. 

Louisville  warehouse,  Main,  between  Floyd  and  Preston,  erected  1844. 

Pickett  warehouse,  Main  and  Eighth,  erected  1851. 

Farmers'  warehouse,  AVashington  and  Second,  erected  1851. 

Ninth-street  warehouse,  Main  and  Ninth,  erected  1855. 

Boone  warehouse,  Main,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth,  erected  1861. 

Louisville  warehouse,  Tenth  and  Main,  erected  1863. 

Planters'  Avarehouse,  Main  and  Eleventh,  erected  1863;  reopened  1874. 

Farmers'  warehouse  (the  new  one),  ]Main,  between  Eighth  and  Ninth, 
erected  1870. 

Kentucky  Association  warehouse.  Eleventh  street,  erected  1871. 

Enterprise  warehouse,  Rowan  and  Twelfth,  erected  1878. 

Falls  City  warehouse,  Main,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh,  erected  187^ 

Gilbert  warehouse,  east  side  of  Eighth,  erected  1879. 

People's  warehouse,  Main,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth,  erected  1879. 

Sawyer,  Wallace  &  Co.'s  warehouse,  Main,  between  Ninth  and  Tenth, 
erected  1883. 

Qivens  &  Headley's  warehouse,  Main,  between  Elevfenth  and  Twelfth, 
erected  1885. 

Enterprise  warehou.se  No.  2,  Main,  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh. 

The  following  are  the  tobacco  statistics  of  this  market  for  the  six  years  past, 
1880  to  1885  inclusive,  as  prepared  by  AVilliam  G.  Meier  &  Co.,  this  city: 


Offerings  in  December  . 
Receipts  in  December  . 
Deliveries  in  December 
Offerings  for  the  year  . 
Receipts  for  the  year  . 
Deliveries  for  the  year  . 
Stock  Jiuuiarv  1st  .    .    . 


188B 

6,366 

1884 

7,347 

1883 

1882 

1881 

.   2.949 

1,935 

3,268 

5,427 

7,556 

2,978 

1,877 

2,728 

6,584 

6,555 

3  165 

2,769 

3,228 

127,123 

80.581 

88,904 

61,441 

67,408 

l;)7,670 

7i',673 

72,068 

53,121 

54,266 

103,718 

68.248 

73,027 

53,091 

57,023 

9,730 

5,778 

3,353 

4,912 

4,882 

1880 


3,166 

2,111 

3,633 

65,001 

62,636 

58.488 

7,639 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


Receipts  of  Western  crop  in  hogsheads  at  seaboard  and  in  Western  markets 
for  same  period  : 


1835 

1884 

1883 

1882 

1881 

1880 

New  York 

102,438 

74,207 

79.661 

71,258 

61,956 

84,836 

New  Orleans 

5.500 

6,344 

7,759 

4,692 

12,098 

5,270 

Baltfiiiiore 

12,641 

5,890 

5,842 

1,753 

2,993 

3,314 

Pliilack-lphia 

7.791 

5,100 

5,464 

2,500 

2,134 

3,809 

Eiehnioiid            

22,500 

17,500 

15,000 

12,500 

12,500 

11,000 

Boston      

12,000 

13  136 

7.095 

4.951 

6,073 

4,036 

.  Seaboari> 

162  870 
107,670 

122.177 

120,821 

97,654 

97,754 

112,265 

Louisville 

70,673 

72,068 

53,121 

54.268 

52.536 

Cincinnati 

64,357 

48  954 

61.825 

50.182 

57.197 

49,402 

St.  Louis      

12  542 

6  704 

10.759 

8.599 

14.492 

14,020 

Paducah  

15.643 

1 3  805 

15.261 

10.561 

9,388 

10.444 

Clarksville       

27.669 

17,243 

18,097 

14,733 

12,677 

16,566 

Hopkinsvillc-  .... 

10,464 

6  899 

9,793 

8,085 

9,408 

10,352 

Nasliville 

5,314 

2,274 

4.105 

2  727 

2,707 

4,167 

Evansvilie 

6,839 

5,110 

4,467 

4,765 

5,349 

4,550 

Mayfield 

5,089 

Western  Markets    . 

255,587 

171,662 

196,375 

152,773 

165,484 

162,037 

Stocks  of  Western  tobacco,  in  hogsheads,   in  Western  markets  and  at  sea- 
board for  same  period  : 


1886 

1884 

1883 

1882 

1881 

1880 

Louisville 

9,730 

5.778 

3  353 

4  912 

4,882 

7,639 

Cincinnati 

12,616 

10,201 

11,213 

12,155 

9,369 

3,885 

St.  Louis 

6,406 

1,578 

3,551 

3,876 

6,847 

7,835 

Paducah  

610 

392 

476 

177 

188 

211 

Clarksville 

819 

303 

798 

461 

574 

569 

Hopkinsville 

342 

246 

218 

384 

797 

-      286 

Nashville 

234 

83 

13 

30 

85 

199 

Evansville 

63 

27 

99 

165 

71 

344 

Mayfield 

86 

Western  Markets      .    .    . 

80,906 

18,608 

19,721 

22,160 

22,813 

20,968 

Seaboard     

31,465 

20,398 

15,485 

25,913 

44,242 

49,793 

Total,  Dec.  31.st     .    .    . 

62,371 

39,006 

35,206 

480,73 

67,055 

70,761 

Revised  estimates  of  Western  tobacco  crop,  in  hogsheads,  for  same  years : 


1885 

1884 

1883 

1882 

1881 

1880 

E.  Ky.&  adj'n.Burley  dist. 
Ky.  &  Tenn.,  dark  dist.  . 
Ind.  &  ill.  district    .    .    . 
Missouri  district    .... 

100,000 

12(»,0()0 

15.01)0 

15,000 

115,000 
120,000 

r2,ooo 

18,00a 

80,000 
95,000 
10,000 
10,000 

85,000 

lOO.OltO 

12,000 

13,000 

65,000 
75,000 
10,000 
10,000 

60,01  0 
85,000 
10,000 
15,100 

Total 

250,000 

265,000 

195,000 

210,000 

160,000 

170,000 

AND    OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  31 


WR/qOSPORTHVIOD, 


It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  city  in  the  country  possesses  as  many  or  as  peculiar 
advantages  as  an  inkiud  center  of  commercial  exchanges  as  are  enjoyed  by 
Louisville.  She  literally  sits  upon  the  border,  the  olive  branch  of  peace  in  one 
hand,  the  cornucopia  of  plenty  in  the  other,  and  showers  blessings  upon  North 
and  South  alike,  for  at  her  door  the  richest  products  of  both  sections  meet  and 
pass  on  their  respective  ways  to  consumers  separated  by  distance  and  climate, 
each  eager  fur  the  other's  fruits  of  field  or  factory.  The  establishment  here  of  a 
grand  railway  center  whose  lines,  stretching  East,  West,  North  and  South, 
should  bring  together  and  pour  into  her  lap  the  wealth  of  the  continent  became 
long  ago  a  necessity  of  her  position — a  want  which  could  never  be  filled  by  the 
river  alone.  The  awakened  spirit  of  commerce  and  trade  demanded,  and  en- 
terprise and  capital  built  and  are  still  building,  new  lines  of  communication  in 
every  direction,  and  it  requires  no  prophet  to  foresee  that  ere  many  years 
Louisville  will  become  what  nature  designed  she  should  be,  the  great  central 
mercantile,  manufacturing,  and  railroad  metropolis  of  the  Ohio  valley. 

As  the  leading  factor  in  the  new  life  of  the  city — one  that  has  more  than  any 
other  contributed  to  her  prosperity  and  advancement — 

THE  LOUISVILLE  &  NASHVILLE  RAILROAD. 

Demands  first  place  in  consideration  because  of  its  importance.  This  now  great 
and  commanding  artery  of  commerce  is  the  fruition  of  a  plan  originating  with 
a  few  progi'essive  citizens  who  perceived  the  necessity  of  securing  a  direct  south- 
ern outlet  for  Louisville  manufacturers  and  merchants  that  would  secure  a  por- 
tion at  least  of  the  trade  of  South  Kentucky,  Middle  Tennessee,  North  Alabama 
and  North  Georgia.  Few  of  them,  indeed,  could  have  foreseen  the  present  vast 
development  of  the  system  of  which  they  were  the  projectors.  The  Louisville' 
&  Nashville  Railroad  Company  was  chartered  March  2,  1850,  and  the  first 
through  train  ran  tiie  entire  distance  to  Nashville  (185.28  miles)  in  Novcml)er, 
1859.  It  was  a  great  triumph,  and  one  of  wliich  Louisville — one  of  the  heav- 
iest stockholders — was  justly  proud. 

The  Knoxville  branch  was  opened  to  Livingston  in  September,  IHJO.  The 
Bardstown  branch  was  constructed  by  the  Bardstown  ct  Louisville  Kailroad 
Company,  and  came  into  the  possession  of  the  Louisville  it  Nashville  Railroad 


32 


THE    IXDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


Company  by  lease,  February  24,  1860,  and  by  purchase,  in  June,  1865.  The 
Richiuond  branch  was  opened  in  Kovember,  1868.  The  Cecilidn  branch  was 
purchased  January  19,  1877.  The  Glasgow  branch  (the  Barren  County  rail- 
road) is  operated  under  temporary  lease.  The  Memphis  branch  was  completed 
in  September,  1860,  and  was  operated  in  connection  with  the  Memphis,  Clarks- 
ville  &  Louisville  and  the  Memphis  &  Ohio  railroads;  the  first  leased  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1868,  and  purchased  October  2,  1871,  and  the  latter  leased  September 
1,  1867,  and  purchased  June  30,  1872.  The  lease  of  the  Nashville  &  Decatur 
railroad  is  dated  May  4,  1871,  and  became  operative  July  1,  1872.  The 
South  &  North  Alabama  railroad  was  built  in  the  interest,  and  is  under  the 
control,  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad  Company,  and  was  opened  Oc- 
tober 1,  1872.  This  company  also  acquired  the  middle  divi-ion  of  the  Cum- 
berland &  Ohio  railroad,  from  Lebanon  to  Greensburg,  31.4  miles,  and  com- 
pleted it  in  1879.  The  company  also  bought  the  Tennessee  Division  of  the  St. 
Louis  &  South-eastern  railroad,  47  miles,  iVpril  6th,  and  the  Kentucky  Divis- 
ion of  the  same,  98.25  miles,  May,  1879. 

Control  has  been  obtained,  through  purchase  of  the  majority  of  their  stocks, 
of  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis  raihvay  system,  508  miles  ;  the 
Owensboro  ct  Nashville  railroad,  35  miles,  and  the  Mobile  &  INIontgomery 
railway,  180  miles.  By  lease:  The  New  Orleans  &  Mobile  railroad,  141 
miles,  and  the  Pontchartrain  railroad,  5  miles.  Also,  by  lease :  The  Southern 
Division  of  the  Cumberland  &  Ohio  railroad,  30i  miles ;  and,  by  lease,  also, 
the  Indiana  and  Illinois  Divisions  of  the  St,  Louis  &  South-eastern  railroad, 
208  miles  ;  and,  by  lease,  with  the  right  of  purchase  of  one-half  of  the  Selma 
Division  of  the  AVestern  railroad  of  Alabama,  50  miles  ;  and  by  outright  pur- 
chase, the  Pensacola  railroad,  45  miles,  and  the  Peusacola  &  Selma  railroad, 
40  miles,  now  completed,  and  30  miles  in  process  of  construction. 

Miles  of  i-oad  owned  (main  liii(') 1,616.36 

Miles  of  road  leased  iind  operated 220.54 

North  &  South  Alnbama  Railroad  (controlled) 188.88 

Total 2,025.97 

Rolling  stock  operated  July  1,  1885  :  Freight  cars,  10,218  ;  passenger 
coaches,  32,0  ;  engines,  380. 

Number  of  passengers  forwarded  and  received  at  Louisville  stations  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1885  : 


station. 


Total. 


Maple  Street  . 
Water  Street  . 
East  Louisvillf! 
South   Louisvilli 

Total   .    .    . 


569,149 


AND    OF    NEW    AIJ'.ANY,    INDIANA. 


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36  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVnj.E' 


GROSS   EARNINGS 

FOR   FISCAL   YEARS    1860- 

61  to  1884-85 

INCLUSIVE. 

1860-61  ( 

10mos."),268mi 

iles  $      807.934  67 

1873-74, 

920  miles  . 

.    .  $  5,510,695  45 

1861-62, 

268  miles     . 

.    .         822,998  04 

1874-75, 

920     "      .    . 

.    .      4,863,873  80 

1862-63, 

268      " 

.    .      1,777,983  56 

1875-76, 

920     "      .    . 

.    .      4-.961,490  29 

1863-64, 

268      " 

.    .       3.261,689  90 

1876-77, 

966     "      .    , 

.    .      5,315,326  80 

1861-65, 

286-    " 

.    .      4,314,540  05 

1877-78, 

966     "      . 

,    .      5,607,598  48 

1865-66, 

333      " 

.    .      8.143,189  47 

1878-79, 

972     "      ..  . 

.      5,387,595  54 

1866-67, 

333      " 

.    .      2.158,874  57 

1879-80, 

1,839     "      . 

.    .       7,432.843  04 

1867-68, 

561      " 

.    .      2,228,609  44 

188(1-81, 

1,872     "      .    , 

.    .     10,911.650  63 

1868-69, 

594      " 

.    .      2.381.138  55 

1881-82, 

2,028     "      .    , 

,    .     11,987,744  56 

1869-70, 

594      " 

.    .      2,954,658  80 

1882-83, 

2,032     "      .    . 

.    .    13,234,916  28 

1870-71, 

615      " 

.    .       3,153,006  90  : 

1883-84, 

2,065     "      .    . 

,    .     14,351,092  81 

1871-72, 

615      " 

.    .      3,209,844  53 

1884-85, 

2,075     "      .    . 

,    .    13,936,346  47 

1872-73, 

920      " 

.    .      6,106,051  84  i 

LIST    OF    PRESIDENTS. 

L.  L.  Shreve — appointed  September  27,  1851,  resigned  October  2,  1854. 

Jno.  L.  Helm — appointed  October  2,  1854,  resigned  October  2,  1860. 

James  Guthrie — appointed  October  2,  1860,  resigned  June  11,  1868. 

Ru.ssell  Houston — appointed  June  11,  1868,  resigned  October  8,  1868. 

H.  D.  Newcomb — appointed  October  8,  1868,  resigned  August  18,1874. 

Thos.*J.  Martin — appointed  August  26,  1874,  resigned  October  6,  1875. 

E.  D.  Standiford — appointed  October  6,  1875,  resigned  March  24,  1880. 

H.  Victor  Newcomb — appointed  March  24, 1880,  resigned  December  1, 1880. 

E.  H.  Green — appointed  December  1,  1880,  resigned  February  26,  1881. 

C.  C.  Baldwin— appointed  February  26,  1881,  resigned  May  19,  1884. 

J.  S.  Rogers — appointed  May  19,  1884,  resigned  June  11,  1884. 

M.  H.  Smith — appointed  June  1,  1884. 

The  officers  of  the  company  at  present  are  :  President,  M.  H.  Smith  ;  Vice- 
President,  A.  M.  Quarrier ;  General  Manager,  John  T.  Harahan  ;  Secretary, 
Willis  Ranney  ;  Assistant  Secretary,  R.  K.  Warren  ;  Chief  Attorney,  Russell 
Houston  ;  General  Freight  Agent,  J.  M.  Gulp ;  General  Ticket  and  Passenger 
Agent,  C.  P.  Atmore ;  Comptroller  and  Auditor,  Cushman  (Quarrier  ;  Paymas- 
ter and  Cashier,  W.  W.  Thompson. 

The  Board  of  Directors  is  composed  of  the  following  well-known  and  capable 
business  men:  John  A.  Carter,  Frederick  W.  Foote,  John  A.  Horsey,  John  H. 
Inraan,  J.  H.  Lindenberger,  Arnold  Marcus,  Geo.  W.  Norton,  J.  D.  Protest, 
Thomas  Rutter,  J.  S.  Rogers,  Milton  H.  Smith,  John  D.  Taggart  and  James 
B.  AVilder. 

More  than  12,000  men  are  employed  by  the  company  in  various  capacities, 
and  the  payment  of  wages  averages  $416,000  a  month.  The  capital  stock  is 
stated  at  §30,000,000. 

Of  the  other  twenty-four  railroad  companies  in  the  State  the  following  enter 
Louisville  :  The  Cincinnati  Southern ;  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio,  and  Chesapeake, 
Ohio  &  South-western,  connecting  Louisville  with  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  and 
with  the  Great  Southern  Trans-Continental  Railroad  and  with  the  IMexican 
system ;  the  Louisville,  Evansville  &  St.  Louis ;  the  Louisville,  New  Albany 


i^NI)    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


37 


IKMl'LK    ADAS    ISRAEL, 
(r.v  oimrtc-v  ciT  Salfiij  Stuiie  i  Liiue  Culiipiinj-.] 

&  Chicago;  the  Jefferson ville,  Madison  &  Indianapolis;  the  Big  Four,  or 
Kan-Ka-Kee  line.  It  has  been  our  endeavor  to  obtain  from  all  of  these  com- 
panies the  statistics  of  their  operations,  but  for  various  reasons  they  have  failed 
to  respond  to  our  repeated  requests.  The  same  remark  applies  to  the  steamboat 
lines,  Avhich  are  as  follows  :  The  Henderson  Packet  line ;  the  United  States 
Mail  line,  and  the  Cincinnati.  Xew  Orlean.-*  &  Memphis  Packet  lines.  It  can  be 
seen  at  a  glance  that  Louisville's  advantages  for  receiving  raw  material  and 
distributing  freight  are  unsurpassed. 

LOUIS\  ILLK,  NKW  ALBANY  &  CHICAGO  RAILWAY.     • 

The  main  line  of  this  road,  running  north  a  few  degrees  west,  traverses  the 
State  of  Indiana  from  New  Albany  to  Michigan  City,  288.26  miles,  and  its 
branch,  Chicago  &  Indianapolis  Air-line,  striking  in  a  direct  line  from  Indian- 
apolis to  Chicago,  176  miles,  connects  the  two  cities  by  the  short  line  between 
these  points  and  the  conjunction  of  the  main  stem  and  its  branch,  at  Monon, 
Indiana,  forming  the  only  direct  line  from  Louisville  to  Chicago. 

The  company  was  organized  as  the  Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Chicago  Rail- 
road Company,  January  25,  1847,  and  the  road  opened  July  4,  1852.  It  was 
sold  December  27,  1872,  under  foreclosure,  and  pifrchnsed  in  behalf  of  the  first- 
mortgage  bondholders  for  the  sum  of  $3,000,000,  by  whom  it  was  reorganized 
under  its  present  title. 

The  freight  and  iiassengei'  traffic  in  and  out  of  Louisville  for  the  year  1885, 
and  the  revenue  derived  therefrom,  is  as  follows: 

TONS.  REVENUKS. 

Freight  received 120,396  $t2o3,04J.-Jl 

Freight  forwarded 78,303  1GG.02_'.41 

ItFVEXl'ES. 

Passengers  received 9.565  $4y.().'4.74 

Passengers  forwarded 8,519  85,738.06 


38  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVIIJ.E 


The  officers  of  the  company  are  :  Presitleut,  Wiu.  Dowd,  New  York  ;  Vice- 
President  and  General  Manager — John  B.  Carson,  Chicago  ;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer — W.  H.  Lewis,  Chicago ;  Assistant  Secretary  and  Assistant  Treas- 
urer— Wm.  Dulles,  Jr.,  New  York;  General  Superintendent — W.  R.  Wood- 
ard,  Chicago ;  General  Freight  Agent — W.  H.  McDoel,  Chicago  ;  General 
Passenger  Agent — Wm.  S.  Baldwin,  Chicago  ;  Auditor — Jos.  H.  Craig,  Chi- 
cago ;  General  Solicitor — Geo.  W.  Easley,  Chicago ;  Purchasing  Agent — H.  O. 
Nourse,  Chicago ;  Superintendent  of  Transportation — W.  H.  Adams,  Lafay- 
ette ;  Master  Mechanic— A.  F.  McCIatchey,  New  Albany  ;  Master  Car  Builder 
— Charles  Callad,  New  Albany  ;  Chief  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Road — 
J.  Howard  Pearson,  Chicago. 

JEFFERSON  Vrr^l^K,  3IADISON  &  INDIANAPOLIS  RAILROAD. 

The  Jeifersouville,  Madison  &  Indianapolis  railroad  runs  almost  north  from 
the  city;  crosses  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi  railway  at  Seymour,  Indiana;  forms  a 
junction  with  its  Madison  branch  at  Columbus,  and,  ptssing  thr  ugh  a  rich, 
densely-popuhited  and  productive  agricultural  country,  connects  the  city  with 
Indianapolis  by  110.28  miles  of  road — the  short  line.  Some  idea  of  the  great 
importance  of  this  road  may  be  gained  from  the  following  statement  of  its 
affairs,  compiled  from  the  books  of  the  Pennsylvania  Company,  lessees  : 

Indianapolis  to  Louisville 110.28  miles. 

Madison  Division 45.90       " 

Shelbyville  Branch— Shelbyville  to  Columbus 23  28       " 

New  Albany  Branch — Jetfersonville  to  iS'evv  Albany 6,44       " 

Total  length  of  line  leased  .    .    .    .- 18.j. 00  miles. 

The  Pennsylvania  Company  also  operate,  in  this  division,  the  Shelby  and 
Rush  railroad,  18.42  miles,  and  the  Cambridge  Extension,  20.80  miles,  making 
a  total  of  225.12  miles  operated. 

THE  OHIO  &  MISSISSIPPI  RATLAVAY. 

By  means  of  tliis  great  railway  system,  which,  though  not  terminating  at, 
or  being  controlled  by,  Louisville,  is  connected  with  this  city  by  a  branch 
which  reaches  the  main  line  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana,  we  are  placed  in  direct 
communication  with  St.  Louis  and  the  West.  The  policy  of  this  railroad  to- 
ward Louisville  has  been  such  as  to  win  for  it  the  respect. and  esteem  of  the 
traveling  and  commercial  community,  and  to  its  liberal  and  able  management 
we  owe  much  of  our  Western  trade.  The  road  is  thoroughly  equipped,  having, 
perhaps,  the  most  elegant  passenger  accommodations  in  the  West.  The  line 
and  branches  of  the  road  are  : 

Cincinnati  to  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois 340.48  miles. 

Louisville  Branch,  North  Vernon  to  Jeflfersonvillo 52.52       " 

Springfield  Division— Shawneetowii  to  Bardstown,  Illinois 222.U0       " 

Total  lengtli  of  all  lines  owned  and  operated ■ tilu.OO  miles. 


AND    OF    Ni:\V    All-.ANi,    IN)   iAnS 


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Gauge,  4  feet  9  inches.     Rail  (steel,  243  m.),  5H  and  GO  pounds. 

Chartered  in  Indiana,  Feln-uary  12,  1848;  in  Ohio,  March  15,  1849;  in  Illi- 
nois, February  12,  1851.  The  road  was  built  by  two  corporations;  completed 
in  1867,  and  since  operated  under  a  sole  management — the  portion  from  Cin- 
cinnati to  the  Illinois  State  line  as  the  Eastern  Division,  and  that  in  Illinois  as 
the  Western  Division.  It  had  originally  a  gauge  of  six  feet,  and,  in  connection 
with  the  Atlantic  &  Great  Western  and  Erie  lines,  made  a  wide-gauge  line  be- 
tween St.  Louis  and  New  York.  The  Eastern  Division  was  placed  in  the 
hands  of  a  receiver  in  April,  18(i()..  The  Western  Division  was  sold,  under 
foreclosure,  in  June,  1862,  and  reorganized  as  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi  Railway 
Company,  February  5,  1861. 


THE  CHESAPEAKE,  OHIO  &  SOUTH- WESTERN  RAILWAY. 

The  main  line,  s'arting  from  tidewater,  Richmond,  Virginia,  holds  a  gen- 
eral course  westward,  through  a  great  coal  and  iron  district,  to  Huntington, 
West  Virginia,  427.79  miles.  From  Huntington,  the  line  is  constructed  to 
Mt.  Sterling,  Kentucky,  where,  forming  a  junction  with  the  Louisville,  Cin- 
cinnati ct  Lexington  railroad,  it  runs  into  Louisville  over  the  latter  line.  The 
Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  South-western  railway,  completed  1881,  forms  the  most 
direct  line  between  the  seaboard  and  the  West,  and  ]ilaces  Louisville  within 
seven  hundred  miles  of  the  ocean.  The  grades  of  this  road  are  much  lower 
than  those  of  any  other  line  running  west  across  the  mountains,  and  the  supplies 
of  coal,  iron  and  timber  which  exist  along  its  course  are,  in  quantity  and 
<|uality,  e(|ual  to  the  best  on  the  continent.  The  proprietors  of  the  road  have 
purchased  the  Elizabetht^wn  &  Paducah  railroad,  which,  by  the  addition  of 
less  than  one  hundred  miles  of  rail,  establishes  a  connection  with  the  Iron 
Mountain  railroad,  at  Cairo,  Illinois.  By  this  connection,  the  entire  trade  of 
the  great  South-west  wil  flow  to  and  from  the  sea  through  the  city  of 
Louisville. 

The  proprietors  of  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  South-western  railroad  are  also 
proprietors  of  the  Western  Division  of  the  Southern  Pacific  railroad,  and  make 
the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  ct  South-western  railroad  the  Eastern  or  Atlantic  Divi- 
sion of  the  great  inter-oceanic  system  of  the  South.  This  arrangement  greatly 
increases  the  importance  of  Louisvdle  as  a  railroad  center. 


40  THK   IXDUSTRLES    OF   LOUISVIU.E 


The  Louisville,  New  Albany  &  Ht.  Louis  railway  afforJr<  the  most  direct  line 
from  this  city  to  the  West,  and  this  line,  in  conjunction  with  the  Missouri  Pa- 
cific, Union,  and  Central  Pacifies,  together  with  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  South- 
western, forms  the  shortest  existing  line  between  the  oceans. 

THE   LOUISVILLE   SOUTHERN   RAILROAD. 

This  projected  new  road  will,  when  completed,  give  Louisville  an  additional 
direct  Southern  outlet,  via  Danville  and  the  Cincinnati  Southern,  to  Chatta-. 
nooga,  thus  placing  the  city  in  immediate  connection  with  the  Southern  At- 
lantic coast  through  the  superb  railroad  system  centering  at,  and  extending 
eastward  and  southward  through,  Virginia,  Georgia  and  Alabama.  That  the 
road  will  contribute  vastly  to  Louisville's  future  growth  and  commercial  pros- 
perity there  is  no  room  for  doubt. 

The  project  owes  most  of  its  success,  so  far,  to  Colonel  Bennett  Young, 
whose  acknoAvledged  business  and  financial  ability  and  indomitable  energy  have 
conferred  so  many  benefits  upon  the  city,  and  who  also  carried  to  completion 
the  Indiana  and  Kentucky  cantilever  bridge,  illustrated  in  this  work. 

The  leading  merchants,  manufacturers,  bankers,  tobacco  men  and  capital- 
ists of  Louisville  recently  issued  an  address  to  the  public,  which,  after  recount- 
ing the  advantages  that  must  accrue  from  the  early  completion  of  the  road,  and 
appealing  for  subscriptions  to  the  capital  stock  of  $2,500,000,  concludes  as  fol- 
lows : 

"We  firmly  believe  the  material  interests  of  our  merchants,  manufacturers, 
and  property-holders  would  be  so  much  advanced  through  the  competition  it  is 
afforded  by  the  Louisville  Southern  railroad  that  we  could  well  aflTord  to  subscribe 
the  amount  of  $500,000  to  secure  the  same  if  we  never  got  back  one  d*  liar  of 
this  sum.  But  the  facts  are  very  different.  Upon  the  careful  and  conservative 
estimate  made  of  $2,000  net  earnings  per  mile,  which  really  is  absurdly  low,  we 
can  pay  §150,000  as  six  per  cent,  interest  on  the  bonds,  and  have  remaining 
$16,000  toward  a  dividend  upon  the  stock.  The  truth  is,  Avithin  one  year  after 
the  road  is  open  for  business  the  bonds  will  be  readily  salable  at  par,  and  the  stock 
will  have  a  considerable  value — how  much,  we  can  not  now  say.  Whatever 
that  value  may  be,  it  will  represent  a  clear  profit,  which  will  accuue  to  those  who 
subscribed  for  the  securities  of  the  road.  They  Avill  be,  at  the  same  time,  en- 
titled to  the  gratitude  of  their  fellow-citizens  for  thii  exhibition  of  their  enter- 
prise, by  means  of  which  our  city  will  keep  abreast  of  her  rivals,  and  the  hun- 
dreds of  vacant  houses  which  are  now  placai'ded  'for  rent'  will  be  occupied  by 
a  prosperous  people." 

The  officers  and  directors  ar*e  :  President,  J.  W.  Stine ;  Vice-President, 
Theodore  Harris.  Directors — J.  W.  Stine,  Theodore  Harris,  William  Corn- 
wall, jr.,  Vernon  D.  Price,  Charles  Goldsmith,  Thomas  W.  Bullitt,  Thomas 
H.  Sherley,  Bennett  H.  Young,  W.  H.  Dillingham,  St.  John  Boyle,  W.  B. 
Hoke,  R.  S.  Veech. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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Whs  FasLi  Wr.hds. 


l^ouisville  is  a  great  distrihutiiiir  point  for  S(tiith-l)oun(l  coal,  hotli  river  and 
rail  j)rovi(ling  cheap  transportation.  About  S;>,0()0,()00  worth  of  rittshuroh 
coal  is  ha;ulle<l  in  the  Louisville  harbor  annually,  of  whieh,  probably,  two- 
thirds  goes  on  down  stream.  The  river  rate  on  coal,  Pittsburgh  to  Louisville, 
is  one  and  one-half  to  two  cents  per  bushel  (forty  to  fifty -three  cents  per  ton), 
including  return  of  empty  bar^^es ;  from  here  to  New  Orleans,  1,400  miles,  not 
to  exceed  two  cents  per  bushel  (fifty-three  cents  per  ton),  exclusive  of  return  of 
craft.  The  capacity  of  coal  towboats  between  here  and  Pittsburgh  is  4,000  to 
10,000  tons;  between  here  and  New  Orleans,  from  15,000  to  25,000  tons.  This 
coal  is  distributed  all  along  the  Ohio  river  and  the  upper  and  lower  ^Mississippi, 
over  10,000,000  tons  annually  reaching  New  Orleans  and  the  lower  coast.  The 
coaling  of  out-bound  steamshii)s  at  New  Orleans  is  aij  extensive  business,  vessels 
being  supplied  there  with  fuel  brought  2,000  miles  by  river  as  cheaply  as  at  At- 
lantic coast  cities.  Railroad  rates  to  Louisville  from  the  mines,  115  to  200 
miles,  are  two  to  three  and  one  half  cents  per  bushel  (fifty-three  to  ninety-three 
cents  per  ton).  Such  rates  are  comparatively  low,  and,  with  good  coal  at  mod- 
erate prices,  there  is  reason  to  anticipate  a  vast  growth  of  the  trade. 

The  coal  and  coke  handled  here  in  1885  aggregated,  including  sales  by  local 
dealers,  actual  receipts  by  rail  and  river,  etc.,  as  follows: 

COAL. 

Rl-SHEI.g.  TONS. 

Pittsburgh  coal,  by  river 14,10'J.216         589,628 

Ohio  river  and  Kanawha,  by  river 2,270,952  86,848 

Total  by  river 16,463,168         625,976 

By  C.  O.  &  S.  AV.  railroad 2,714,212  108,202 

By  L.  &  N.  railroad,  .Jellico  mines      1,4(;h,014  55,742 

By  L.  &  N.  railroad.  Laurel  mines 2,597,125  98,750 

By  St.  Louis  Air  Line 1,269.395  48,266 

Total  by  rail 8,046,746         205,960 

COKK. 

Connellsville.  Pennsvlvania 675,817  18,506 

City  made      ....". 240,000  4.800 

Virginia                                                                                   doO.OOO  12,000 

Gas  works  fo'ke 500.000  10.000 

Total 2,015.317  40,306 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


MaDIGIPHLi. 


The  financial  condition  of  the  city  is  excellent.  A  vast  amount  of  street 
building,  sewer  construction,  repairs,  etc.,  was  done  in  1883-84,  the  result  be- 
ing the  vast  improvement  of  the  city  and  the  securing  of  thoroughfares  that  are 
the  pride  of  the  peoiile.  No  special  tax  was  levied  for  the  purpose,  which  ex- 
plains the  increase  of  the  city's  bonded  debt,  which  the  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 
sioners reported,  January  1st,  at  $9,016,000.     During  1885  bonds  representing 


CITY    HALL. 


$151,000  were  retired,  and  investment  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $166,000  pur- 
chased— a  total  of  $317,000.  The  contingent  bonded  debt  to  be  paid  by  the 
Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad  Company  amounted,  on  the  same  date,  to 
$1,396,000.  No  tax  for  street  purposes  w'as  levied  in  1883-84,  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  $1,500,000  being  issued  instead.  City  taxation  for  five  years,  1882 
to  1886,  is  as  follows  : 


Eastern  District. 

Western  District. 

Average. 

1882 

$2  35 
2  10 
2  10 
2  48 
2  30 

$2  35 
2  10 
2  10 
2  48 
2  30 

$2  35 
2  10 

1883 

1884 

2  10    • 

1885 

2  48 

1886 

2  30 

. e. 

AND   OF   NEW    ALUANY,    INDIANA.  53 

CITY  GOVERNMENT. 

Officers— :Mayor,  P.  Booker  Reed,  salary,  S4,000  ;  City  Attorney,  T.  L. 
Burnett,  salary,  $4,000  ;  City  Treasurer,  Henry  Wolford,  salary,  S2,000  ;  City 
Auditor,  Edward  Tierney,  salary,  $1,500;  City  Engineer,  K.  T.  Scowden,  sal- 
ar}'  $3,500  ;  City  Assessor,  A.  J.  Murphy,  salary,  $2,000;  City  Book  keeper, 
Wm.  Ingram,  salary,  $2,000  ;  Tax  Receiver,  H.  W.  Kohnhorst,  commission 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  police  department  consists  of  a  chief,  salary,  $3,000 ;  four  first-lieuten- 
ants, salaries,  $1,000  each;  eight  second-lieutenants,  salaries,  $800  each;  one 
secretary,  salary,  $800 ;  eight  sergeants,  pay,  $2  per  day  ;  six  station-house 
keepei'S,  at  $2  per  day,  and  one  hundred  and  forty  policemen,  at  $2  per  day. 
The  patrol  system,  said  to  be  perfect  in  all  respects,  employs  six  wagons  with 
two  men  to  each.  The  total  cost  of  the  police  department  is  about  $118,000  a 
year.  The  detective  force,  as  well  as  the  patrolmen,  are  selected  with  special 
reference  to  their  fitness  for  their  respective  positions.  The  present  Chief  of 
Police,  John  Whallen,  himself  an  expert  detective,  and  devoted  to  the  service, 
is  regarded  the  best  and  most  satisfactory  officer  who  ever  directed  the  police 
affiiirs  of  Louisville,  a  man  whose  resolute  courage,  untiring  vigilance,  and  cool 
judgment  may  be  depended  upon  in  any  emergency. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Fire  Department,  one  of  the  most  complete  in  organization  and  equip- 
ment in  the  world,  is  at  present  presided  over  by  Chief  Edward  Hughes,  salary 
$2,500  a  year.  He  has  two  assistant  chiefs — Ben  F.  Bache  and  David  G. 
Addis — and  a  secretary,  Emile  Bourlier.  The  apparatus  consists  of  twelve 
steam  fire  engines  of  the  most  approved  modern  pattern ;  twelve  first-class 
hose-reels  provided  with  an  abundance  of  hose  ;  two  hook-and-ladder  trucks  and 
all  necessary  appliances,  and  two  supply  wagons.  A  full  complement  of  trained 
and  efficient  firemen,  selected  for  courage,  skill,  and  common  sense,  and  offi- 
cered by  twelve  captains  of  approved  ability,  compose  the  force.  Everything 
connected  with  the  department  is  kept  in  superb  order  and  ready  for  instant 
use.  A  complete  fire-alarm  telegraph  system  is  also  maintained  in  connection 
with  the  service.  Salaries  ai'e  as  follows:  Engineers  of  steamers,  $1,000  per 
annum;  captains  and  pipemen,  $2.25  per  day;  stokers  drivers  and  firemen, 
$2  per  day  ;  telegraph  operators,  82.25  per  day;  linemen,  $2  per  day.  Sixty 
horses,  are  employed  and  a  hose  and  repair  shop  with  three  skilled  workmen 
connected  with  the  department.  In  all,  the  fire  brigade  consists  of  110  men 
and  officers. 

Major  Hughes,  who  assumed  charge  in  1879,  has  been  twice  re-elected,  his 
present  term  not  expiring  until  1889.  By  persistent  and  well-directed  effort  he 
has  brought  this  branch  of  the  service  up  to  a  degree  of  perfection  seldom  seen, 
and  made  it  the  equal  of  any  in  existence.  Personally,  Major  Hughes  is  popu- 
lar with  his  men  and  the  public  ;   never  shirks  any  duty,  however  arduous  or 


54 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OP  LOUISVILLE 


MASONIC    widows'    AND    ORPHANS'    HOME. 
[By  courtesy  of  Salem  Stone  and  Lime  Co.] 

dangerous,  and  sets  an  example  that  is  the  pride  and  erauhxtiou  of  every  fire- 
man. During  his  incumbency  every  approved  innovation  in  apparatus  and 
appliances  has  been  adopted,  including  stationary  steam  heaters  (which  enable 
the  engines  to  start  to  fires  with  twenty  pounds  pressure),  patent  swinging  har- 
ness, sliding  poles,  electric  devices  for  releasing  horses  from  their  stalls  and 
opening  doors,  and  other  improvements  which  permit  the  starting  of  engines  in 
five  or  six  seconds  instead  of,  as  formerly,  as  many  minutes.  The  fire-alarm  sys- 
tem now  in  use,  a  iopted  under  Major  Hughes'  administration,  is  perfection  it- 
self, unfailing  and  instant.  The  improved  Johnson  pump  has  also  been  attached 
to  all  hook-and-ladder  trucks,  thus  adding  vastly  to  their  value  and  usefulness 
at  fires. 

In  short,  Major  Hughes  has  given  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  the  im- 
provement and  advancement  of  his  trust,  and  no  serious  or  widespread  confla- 
gration has,  as  a  consequence,  afflicted  Louisville  since  his  induction  into  office. 
The  Board  of  Underwriters  not  long  ago  passed  and  presented  to  him  a  set  of 
resolutions  complimentary  to  his  department  and  to  himself.  He  is  a  generous- 
hearted  man,  a  noble  fireman,  and  fully  competent  to  fulfill  the  duties  of  his 
important  position. 


AXD    OF    NKW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


55 


Whs  I^ohrd  or  Wi^hd&. 


This  institution,  which  has  done  so  much  to  ad- 
\  ance  the  material  interests  of  Louisville,  was  organ- 
ized in  April  of  1879,  as  the  result  of  several  efforts 
to  combine  the  solid  business  element  for  that  pur- 
)se.  The  first  board  of  directors  was  composed  of 
ilie  following-named  leading  merchants,  manufact- 
urers, bankers  and  insurance  men :  Peter  R.  Stoy, 
New  xVlbany ;  W.  Horr,  Jeffei'sonville ;  J.  H.  Linden- 
herger,  John  B.  Castleman,  B.  DuPont,  G.  C.  Avery, 
J.  B.  Sneed,  J.  H.  Wramplemeier,  John  E.  Green, 
F.  D.  Carley,  D.  Frantz,  Stephen  E.  Jones,  J.  M. 
Atherton,  H.  C.  Payne,  Wm.  A.  Robinson,  H.  Ver- 
hoeff,  jr. ,  J.  S.  Phelps,  John  T.  Moore,  W.  R.  Belknap, 
( reorge  Gaulbei't,  John  B.  McFerran,  AV.  H.  Edinger, 

The  first  meeting  of 


BOARD   OF   TB.VC£. 

R.  J.  Thomas,  George  D.  Norton,  Levi  Bloom,  Louisville 

this  board  of  directors  was  held  on  April  30,  1879,  at  which  an  election  was  held 

for  the  officers  authorized  by  the  by-laws,  with  the  following  result : 

President,  Mr.  F.  D.  Carley;  vice-presidents,  John  B.  McFerran,  Wm.  A. 
Robinson,  H.  Verhoeff,  jr.,  B.  DuPont,  P.  R.  Stoy;  treasurer,  Mr.  J.  H.  Lin- 
denberger.  The  selection  of  a  superintendent  Avas  postponed.  At  a  meeting 
held  May  27,  1879,  the  following  executive  committee  was  elected :  J.  M. 
Atherton,  Wm.  A.  Robinson,  J.  B.  Speed,  John  B.  McFerran,  John  T.  Moore. 

The  charter  authorizes  the  issue  of  S300,000  capital  stock,  limited  by  by-law 
to  81,000,000,  and  over  S46,000  was  subscribed  in  a  few  days.  At  the  close  of 
1879  the  board  had  259  members,  and  represented  175  firms.  Its  committees, 
then,  as  now,  were  selected  from  the  best  material  in  the  organization.  Mr.  J. 
B.  ]\[cFerran  was  elected  president  January  12,  1880,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
John  E.  Green,  re-elected  in  1882,  1883,  1884,  and  1885,  being  succeded  the 
present  year  by  Mr.  Harry  Weissinger.  The  officers  for  the  current  year  are : 
President,  Harry  Weissinger ;  first  vice-president,  George  Gaulbert ;  second, 
Wm  Cornwall,  Jr.;  third,  John  E.  Green;  fourth,  Thomas  H.  Sherley ;  fifth, 
Andrew  Cowan;  treasurer,  J.  H.  Lindenberger ;  superintendent,  James  F. 
Buckner,  Jr.;  secretary,  H.  A.  Dudley;  secretary  of  transportation  committee, 


56  THE   INDUSTRIES    OP   LOUISVILLE 

A,  J.  Lafayette ;  directors,  Charles  T.  Ballard,  Julius  Barkhouse,  E.  H.  Bowen, 
J.  L.  Chilton,  George  Gaulbert,  John  E.  Green,  H,  T.  Hanford,  John  L.  Helm, 
W.  W.  Hite,  Stephen  E.  Jones,  R.  W.  Knott,  Louis  Leib,  L.  Leonard,  John  S. 
Long,  H.  V.  Loving,  George  H.  Moore,  Arthur  Peter,  W.  T.  Rolph,  T.  H.  Sher- 
ley,  W.  C.  Smith,  J.  L.  Smyser,  H.  VerhoefF,  Jr.,  Harry  Weissinger  and  S. 
Zorn. 

The  Board  of  Trade  has  proved  all  and  more  in  operation  than  its  advocates 
claimed  for  it.  By  a  complete  system  of  securing  information  on  all  subjects 
pertaining  to  the  business  mterests  of  the  city  and  the  issue  of  accurate  reports 
at  stated  times  the  questions  of  transportation  and  exchanges  have  been  greatly 
simplified,  while  the  representatives  of  leading  interests  have  been  brought  closer 
together  and  ma^e  to  feel  that  the  concern  of  one  is  the  concern  of  all.  Im- 
migration and  the  investm'ent  of  capital  here"  has  been  encouraged,  trade,  man- 
ufactures, railroad  building,  and  activity  in  all  departments  of  business  stimu- 
lated, and  thousands  of  buyers  and  sellers  won  to  this  market  who  formerly 
went  elsewhere. 

The  diffusion  of  accurate  information  and  statistics  is  a  special  office  of  the 
board,  and  letters  of  inquiry  invariably  evoke  satisfactory  replies. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  57 


WhG  sSouthGrri   Exposition 


The  Southern  Exposition  Company  is  a  cor^ioratiou  chartered  by  the  Legis- 
lature. Orjranized  Octoher  30,  1882,  its  affairs  are  managed  by  a  board  of 
directors  composed  of  a  president,  five  vice-presidents,  and  twenty-five  directors. 
The  cost  of  the  property  owned  by  the  company  is  as  follows :  Land,  $92,815  ; 
improvements,  S2ol, 646.32;  operating  machinery,  $45,041.42;  furniture, 
S7, 110.96  ;  making  a  total  of  $396,613.70.  The  company  has  other  land  antP 
|)roperty  under  lease  and  hire,  which  make  the  aggregate  value  of  property  un- 
der its  control  and  devoted  to  its  use  exceed  $500,000. 

The  exhibitions  of  the  Southern  Exposition  have  been,  by  far,  the  largest 
and  most  important  ever  held  in  the  world  without  the  aid  of  Government. 
Financially  it  has  been  more  successful  and  has  more  to  show  for  the  expendi- 
ture of  its  money  than  any  exposition  in  the  world.  To-day  it  has  beautiful  and 
convenient  exposition  buildings  and  grounds,  with  a  main  building  of  fifteen 
acres  area,  an  average  interior  height  of  forty  feet,  and  an  exhibit  space  therein 
of  677,400  square  feet.  The  company  owns  every  necessary  apj)liance  for  a 
great  exhibition,  and  in  one  week's  time  could  be  ready  for  the  reception  audi 
placing  of  any  number  of  exhibits. 

No  other  exposition  has  ever  offered  so  much  to  exhibitors  at  so  little  cost. 
No  charge  is  made  for  space,  and  no  exhibit-entry  fee  is  charged.  Exhibit 
freight  is  brought  by  rail,  without  transfer,  to  the  doors  of  the  main  buildings, 
where,  without  cost  to  the  exhibitor,  it  is  unloaded  and  conveyed  to  the  sjiace 
assigned  to  the  exhibitor,  and  when  the  goods  are  unpacked  the  company  car- 
ries away  the  boxes  and  cases,  stores  and  protects  them,  and  at  the  end  of  the 
exposition  delivers  them  to  the  exhibitor,  and  when  they  are  packed  conveys 
them  to  the  railroad  and  loads  them  on  the  cars.  In  addition  to  this  the  com- 
pany accommodates  its  exhibitors  by  advancing  the  freight  charges  on  goods 
brought  to  its  doors  by  rail.  The  Southern  Exposition  recognizes  the  fact  that 
the  exhibitor  is  a  part  of  the  expo.sition,  and  does  everything  in  its  power  to 
contribute  to  the  comfort,  pleasure,  and  profit  of  all  its  exhibitors. 

This  institution  presents  itself  as  independent,  self-sustaining  and  success- 
ful, and  it  invites  exhibits  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

In  1883  and  1884  the  famous  militaiy  bands  of  Gilmore  and  Cappa  were 
engaged.     In  order  to  diversify  the  musical  entertainment  and  to  meet  the. 

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58  THE   INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 

earnest  demand  for  both  orchestral  and  military  music,  Damrosch's  orchestra 
and  Caj^pa's  band  we;'e  engaged  in  1885. 

The  orchestral  music  met  with  so  much  success,  and  the  variety  thus  offered 
was  so  generally  approved,  that  for  1886  a  still  bolder  venture  was  made  in  this 
direction  and  Damrosch  was  again  engaged,  wath  his  organization  augmented  in 
force  to  the  full  number  of  his  Grand  Orchestra,  of  sixty-two  members,  from 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  of  New  York,  and  Cappa,  with  his  greatly- 
improved  and  strengthened  military  band,  was  re-engaged.  The  magnitude  of 
such  an  undertaking  as  an  incidental  part  of  the  attractions  of  a  great  exposition 
may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  the  Southern  Exposition,  during  its  several 
seasons,  has  devoted  the  aggregate  sum  of  $107,220  in  money  for  jiayment  of 
the  musicians  of  these  celebrated  musical  organizations.  At  the  Southern  Ex- 
position of  188G  Damrosch,  with  his  full  grand  orchestra,  gives  forty-eight  con- 
secutive concerts  free  to  every  visitor.  So  valuable  is  the  opportunity  thus 
afforded  considered  by  lovers  and  students  of  music,  resident  in  Louisville  or 
who  come  for  the  purpose  to  reside  in  Louisville  during  the  period,  that  hun- 
dreds of  persons  holding  Exposition  season  tickets  never  miss  a  single  concert. 
The  effect  of  these  long-continued  musical  treats  has  been  to  make  Louisville 
the  musical  center  of  the  West  and  South,  and  to  give  conspicuous  importance 
to  the  Southern  Exposition  spring  musical  festivals. 

The  Music  Hall  of  the  Southern  Exposition  is  one  of  the  most  convenient 
and  commodious  in  America.  Its  acoustic  properties  are  admirable,  and  at 
night  it  is  brilliantly  illuminated  by  electric  lights. 

No  large  exposition  had  ever  been  opened  at  night  until  the  Southern  Ex- 
position inaugurated  that  feature  at  its  first  exhibition  in  1883.  The  attempt  at  the 
World's  Exposition  at  New  Orleans  to  follow  this  example  was  not  successful, 
and  resulted  in  hardly  more  than  police  light  from  the  electric  light  systems 
there  tried.  The  Southern  Exposition  lights  up  all  its  grounds  and  buildings, 
and  in  brilliancy  of  light  as  well  as  attendance  the  evening  is  the  most  agi'ee- 
able  time  for  seeing  the  exhibition.  Visitors  who  come  in  during  the  day  are 
well  repaid  for  waiting  to  see  the  gradual  unfolding  of  the  hundreds  of  great 
lights  that  are  turned  on  as  the  night  approaches.  It  is  a  common  practice  for 
parties  to  go  to  the  Exposition  for  this  ])urpose,  arranging  to  take  their  supper 
at  one  of  the  places  for  refreshment  in  the  evening  sunlight,  and  thence  pass 
in  to  the  dusk  of  the  building  to  watch  the  expansion  of  the  electric  light. 

Fourth  street  is  the  great  retail  street  of  Louisville,  and  is  the  most  popular 
and  fashionable  promenade.  At  the  southern  end  of  the  customary  promenade, 
and  in  the  midst  of  the  most  feshionable  residence  part  of  the  city,  are  situated 
the  Southern  Exposition  grounds. 

These  grounds  are  accessible  by  horse-car  lines  from  every  part  of  the  city, 
but  their  convenient  location  makes  it  an  agreeable  walk  from  the  hotels  and 
many  residences.  The  Transfer  railway,  which  connects  all  the  many  railroads 
coming  into  Louisville,  runs  along  the  south  and  west  sides  of  the  grounds,  and 
has  a  switch  running  to  the  south  doors  of  the  main  building.     The  company 


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59 


also  has  a  passenger  railway  station  near  the  west  main  on  trance,  so  tliat  travel- 
ers from  any  j)()int  can  be  landed  at  the  Exposition  entrance. 

The  Exi)()sition  grounds  are  less  than  a  mile  south  of  Broadway,  i\ud  be- 
tween the  grounds  and  Broailway,  extending  east  and  west,  is  almost  the  entire 
residence  territory  of  the  city.  The  most  fashionable  quarter  of  the  city  is  the 
territory  adjacent  to  and  extending  nyrth  several  blocks  from  the  Exposition 
grounds.  As  the  electric  lights  are  turned  down  at  night  it  is  no  uncommon 
thing  to  see  thousands  of  persons  starting  away  on  foot  for  an  easy  walk  to  their 
homes.  Many  exhibitors  tind  homes  within  a  few  blocks  of  the  Exposition,  and 
seldom  make  use  of  the  horse-cars.  Fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  by  horse-cars 
takes  strangers  to  the  most  distant  hotels  on  the  most  crowded  nights.  No  city 
in  America  offers  more  convenient  ticccommodations  for  every  kind  of  visitors 
than  Louisville.  The  hotels  have  long  been  celebrated  and  gave  character  to  the 
town  among  tourists  before  Louisville  became  the  important  railroad,  commer- 
cial and  manufacturing  center  it  now  is. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


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THE    LOUISVILLE    COURIER- JOURNAL. 

This  fine  newspaper — the  legitimate  offspring  of  a  union  of  the  two  ante- 
belhun  leaders  of  Kentucky  journalism— has  no  rival  in  enterprise  and  ability 
at  the  8outh,  Energetic  and  intelligent  management  in  every  dej)artment, 
from  the  editor's  desk  through  all  intervening  steps  to  the  press-room,  is  evident 
to  any  one  who  will  scrutinize  its  columns  or  make  the  tour  of  its  home.  And 
it  is  magnificently  housed  indeed.  The  building,  an  engraving  of  which  we 
print,  gives  a  fair  idea  of  its  outward  appearance,  but  conveys  no  impression 
of  its  superbly-arranged  interior.  It  fronts  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  feet  on 
Fourth  avenue  and  eighty-six  and  one-half  feet  on  Green  street,  the  basement 
extending  under  the  sidewalks,  so  that  while  the  ground-floor  covers  an  area 
of  14,107  square  feet,  that  of  the  basement  covers  21,000  feet.  The  edifice  is 
five  stories  high,  finished  with  corner  pavilion  and  mansard  roof,  and  is  seventy 
feet  from  pavement  to  cornice ;  the  comb  of  the  roof  rising  nineteen  feet  four 
inches  higher,  and  the  pavilion  railing  towering  eleven  feet  above  that.  A 
life-size  statue  of  the  immortal  George  D.  Prentice  sits  regnant  above  the  cor- 
ner portal,  and  seems  to  watch  unceasingly,  as  in  life,  over  the  welfare  of  his 
beloved  Louisville,  for  whom  he  did  so  much  as  a  man,  a  citizen  and  a  jour- 
nalist. 

The  Courier-Journal  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Walter  N.  Haldeman  is  pres- 
ident, conferred  a  real  and  tangible  benefit  upon  the  Falls  City  in  the  erection 
of  this  splendid  pile — a  benefit  which  has  returned  to  them  in  the  ever-increas- 
ing popularity  of  their  great  newspaper,  whose  power,  influence  and  ability 
are  recognized  by  men  of  all  parties  and  all  shades  of  opinion.  Mr.  Halde- 
man's  ability  as  a  writer,  politician  and  man  of  business  is  acknowfedged  and, 
undeniable,  as  was  evidenced  by  his  successful  conduct  of  the  Courier,  both 
before  and  after  the  war.  But  the  most  fortunate  of  his  ventures  was  the 
securing  of  the  brilliant  Henry  AVatterson  as  editor  of  the  Courier-Journal — a 
selection  which  has  not  only  fully  justified  Mr.  Haldeman's  excellent  judgment, 
but  given  to  the  profession  one  of  its  best  and  most  celebrated  lights. 

The  status  of  the  Courier-Journal  is  assured.  Its  past  has  been  a  series  of 
triumphs,  and  its  future  promises  a  harvest  of  glories  in  the  service  of  the 
people. 


62  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVIIJ.E 


THE  LOUIS VILT^E  COMMERCIAL.. 

A  succession  of  hardships  incidental  to  the  establishment  of  newspapers 
abandoned  the  Louisville  Commercial  some  time  ago,  and  it  is  now  upon  easy 
terms  with  prosperity,  and  goes  along  with  the  first  of  the  low-priced  morning 
journals.  Its  editor-in-chief,  Colonel  Robert  M.  Kelly,  began  in  that  capacity 
in  its  inception,  sixteen  years  ago.  Sundry  changes  in  the  stockholders  and 
in  the  news  working-force  have  brought  about  no  further  change  in  its  policy 
than  its  conversion,  at  the  beginning  of  1883,  from  an  avowed  Repul)lican 
paper  to  a  position  of  independence  in  politics.  At  various  times  Colonel  John 
I.  Croxton,  General  John  W.  Finnell,  Judge  John  M.  Harlan,  General  Eli  H. 
Murray  and  W.  S.  Wilson  took  part  in  its  management,  and  passed  out.  It 
is  now  published  by  the  Louisville  Press  Company,  and  has  a  clearly-defined 
policy  of  publishing  everything  that  is  news,  takes  the  reasonable  side  of  public 
measures,  and  follows  principles  aggressively;  goes  into  the  thickest  of  the 
fight,  and  is  among  the  winners  when  the  fight  is  over. 

John  R.  DunlajD,  i^resident  of  the  Louisville  Press  Company,  is  general 
manager  of  the  Commercial.  With  Colonel  Kelly  in  the  editorial  rooms  are 
Hawthorne  Hill,  the  managing  editor;  George  A.  Jones,  telegraph  and  news 
editor;  Frank  W.  Gregory,  city  editor;  S.  H.  Friedlander,  dramatic  and  mu- 
sical critic,  and  Oliver  J.  Cromwell,  Will  A.  Stinchcomb,  Will  H.  Thompson, 
and  George  L.  Willis,  reporters. 

THE  LOUISVILLE  TIMES. 

No  newspaper  venture  in  the  history  of  Louisville  ever  developed  into  an 
established  success  with  such  rapid  and  unmistakable  strides  as  the  Louisville 
Times.  It  was  started  on  the  first  day  of  May,  1884,  and  the  very  first  num- 
ber bore  in  itself  the  signs  of  certain  progress.  The  editors  were  Messrs.  E.  G. 
Logan  and  E.  Polk  Johnson,  two  newspaper  men  of  established  reputation, 
and  both  gifted  with  brains,  character,  energy  and  judgment. 

The  primary  aim  of  the  Times  was  to  be  a  newspaper,  printing  all  matter 
which  a  judicious  journalist  would  admit  into  the  columns  of  his  paper  without 
fear  of  censure  or  hope  of  reward  other  than  such  encouragement  as  always 
follows  the  labors  of  a  high-minded  worker.  This  character  the  paper  has  fully 
sustained,  and  the  secure  hold  it  has  attained  on  the  public  attests  the  value 
of  the  course  pursued.  There  were  a  great  many  advantages  open  to  the  Times 
at  its  inception,  and  these  have  all  been  seized.  It  had  a  clear  field  to  begin 
with.  There  was  no  other  afternoon  paper  entering  the  territory  surrounding 
Louisville  which  contained  the  Associated  Press  dispatches.  It  had  the  mag- 
nificent facilities  aflTorded  by  the  mechanical  department  of  the  Courier-Journal, 
and  lastly  it  engaged  a  first-class  corps  of  employes,  who  strove  in  every  depart- 
ment to  make  each  issue  a  model  paper.  After  the  first  eighteen  months  Mr. 
Johnson  retired  to  become  the  managing  editor  of  the  Courier-Journal,  and 
Mr.  Logan  became  sole  editor.     Mr.  William  M.  Redman  was  also  succeeded  by 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  63 


Mr.  John  A.  Haldeman  as  business  manager.  Under  the  latter's  active  man- 
agement unij^ual  efforts  to  \niA\  the  paper  gave  it  an  extraordinary  impetus, 
and  the  Times  now  has  the  largest  circuhition  in  the  city  and  Joflbrson  county 
of  any  daily  published  in  Louisville. 

In  politics  the  paper  is  Democratic,  but  is  neither  blinded  by  prejudice  nor 
fettered  by  associations.  It  is  published  daily,  Sundays  excepted,  by  the  Louis- 
ville Times  Company,  and,  like  most  of  the  modern  journalistic  successes,  is 
sold  for  two  cents. 

THE  LOUISVILLE  EVENING  POST. 

The  history  of  the  Evening  Post  has  been  the  history  of  a  struggle  ;  its 
success  has  been  the  success  of  merit.  Previous  to  its  establishment  many  such 
ventures  had  been  launched  and  all  had  been  wrecked  upon  the  rocks  of  bank- 
ruptcy. It  was  a  by-word  among  the  older  newspaper  men  of  Louisville  that 
no  afternoon  paper  could  gain  a  livelihood  from  our  apathetic  public.  There 
seemed  to  be  little  disposition  on  the  part  of  the  advertisers  to  patronize  an 
evening  journal,  and  probably  less  desire  on  the  part  of  the  public  to  read  tlie 
news  before  it  was  twenty -four  hours  old. 

In  spite  of  this  state  of  affairs  in  the  spring  of  1878  four  venturesome 
journalists— R.  W.  Knott,  W.  S.  Bodley,  L.  S.  Howlett,  and  E.  T.  Halsey— 
determined  to  again  make  the  experiment.  Consequently,  on  the  first  day  of 
May,  1878,  tlie  Post  made  its  bow  to  the  public.  It  was  a  little  six-column 
affair,  and  its  editorial  page  was  its  only  merit.  The  policy  of  the  pai)er  was 
vigorous  and  antagonistic  from  the  start.  Every  job,  and  every  sham  that 
showed  its  head  was  a  target  for  the  Post  to  shoot,  at.  It  made  many  friends, 
but  very  few  substantial  supporters.  The  people  of  Louisville  were  willing 
enough  to  commend  the  pugnacious  youngsters,  but  were  slow  to  lend  it  that 
financial  aid  so  necessary  to  the  support  of  a  newspaper.  The  Evening  Ne^vs, 
which  was  published  under  the  auspices  of  George  Philip  Doern  and  the  Anzei- 
ger  Company,  was  a  formidable  rival,  and  the  struggle  for  existence  was  a 
hard  one.  The  Associated  Press  dispatches  were  purchased  from  the  Com  ier- 
Journal,  but  the  telegraphic  news  was  not  made  a  feature  of  the  paper. 

In  spite  of  the  utmost  economy,  -Mr.  Knott  and  his  companions  could  not 
make  the  paper  pay  its  expenses.  In  order,  therefore,  to  have  the  field  to 
themselves,  the  owners  of  the  Post  purchased  the  Evening  News,  and  in  April, 
1879,  the  latter  was  discontinued,  and  the  Evening  Post  became  the  "  Post  and 
News."  While  this  accpiisition  naturally  increased  the  subscription  list  of  the 
paper,  it  did  not  materially  benefit  its  business  prospects.  Both  ends  could  not 
be  made  to  meet,  and  the  running  expenses  of  the  publication  had  to  be  pad 
from  the  private  ])urses  of  its  owners.  The  situation  was  decidedly  discour- 
aging, and  the  ultimate  failure  of  the  paper  was  only  a  question  of  time.  The 
good  will  of  the  paper  and  a  few  valueless  chairs  and  desks,  with  a  small  (juan- 
tity  of  old  and  well-worn  type,  were  the  entire  assets  of  the  corporation.  The 
presswork  was  done  at  a  job  printing  company's,  and  it  owned  neither  building 


64  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE. 

nor  franchises.  In  this  condition  of  affairs  Messrs.  Knott,  Bodley  &  Co.  were 
eager  to  accept  the  offer  made  for  the  paper  by  Mr.  Charles  E.  Sears  and  Ed 
F.  Madden.  They  paid  $10,000  for  the  Post  in  April,  1880,  and  immediately 
struck  the  hyphenated  name  out  of  existence.  The  paper  then  became,  and 
has  since  continued,  "The  Louisville  Post." 

September  2,  1880,  a  consolidation  was  formed  with  the  Bowling  Green 
Intelligencer,  a  pretentious  tri-weekly  journal,  that  had  been  started  and  run 
without  financial  benefit,  by  Ex-Lieutenant-Governor  John  C.  I'nderwood. 
Governor  Underwood  became  business  manager  of  the  Post,  and  he  brought  to 
it  a  new  dress  of  type,  a  press,  and  more  or  less  complete  office  fixtures.  Gov- 
ernor Underwood's  stay  with  the  paper  was  not  long,  and  in  the  fall  of  1881 
he  disposed  of  his  stock  to  Messrs.  Sears  and  Madden.  The  paper  in  the 
meantime  had  been  made  eight  columns,  and  the  expenditure  for  news  had 
been  doubled. 

On  the  14th  of  November,  however,  the  pa])er  appeared  as  a  two-cent  daily. 
It  was  delivered  to  subscribers  at  twelve  cents  a  week,  and  sold  by  newsboys 
at  two  cents  a  copy.  The,  effect  was  instantaneous.  The  circulation  began 
to  jump  upward  with  such  bounds  that  even  the  hopeful  owners  were  dumb- 
founded. In  six  months  the  subscrijition  list  had  grown  from  fifteen  hundred 
to  seven  thousand,  and  the  newsboys'  sales  had  increased  from  three  hundred  to 
thirty-five  hundred.  Advertisers  began  to  awaken  to  the  advantages  of  the 
paper  as  a  medium,  and  prices  were  steadily  increased.  ^  Instead  of  the  weekly 
deficit,  there  Avas  a  handsome  balance  on  the  right  side  of  the  ledger.  The 
fortune  of  the  paper  and  of  its  plucky  owner — for  Mr.  Sears  was  now  the  sole 
owner — was  made. 

Prosperity  has  made  the  f)aper  more  independent  and  outspoken  than  ever 
before.  On  all  questions,  national,  State,  or  municipal,  it  takes  the  most  lib- 
eral and  advanced  position.  Democi'atic  in  politics,  it  is  not  a  party  organ, 
ancl  the  misdoings  of  the  Democracy  are  scored  as  mercilessly  as  those  of  the 
Republicans.  It  believes  in  the  rights  of  the  people  against  all  other  consid- 
erations, and  advocates  the  policy  of  judicious  ])rotection  against  the  theory  of 
free  trade. 

The  Post  has  a  capable  staff  of  editors,  almost  all  of  whom  have  grown  up 
with  the  paper  since  its  dark  days.  Mr.  C.  E.  Sears  still  owns  a  controlling 
interest  in  the  company,  and  is  the  editor-in-chief  of  the  paper.  His  assistants 
are  William  M.  Finley,  managing  editor;  Theodoi'e  F.  Bristol,  city  editor; 
J.  A.  Baird,  D.  W.  Baird,  H.  C.  Batts,  James  E.  Cowan,  J.  A.  Beard,  and 
Fred  Klumpp,  reporters.  Mr.  F.  B.  Stouffer  is  the  business  manager,  and  Mr. 
William  M.  Watson  the  foreman  of  the  composing-room. 

THK  LOUISVILLE  ANZEIGEK 

Is  the  only  daily  i)aper  ])ublished  in  the  German  language  in  the  city  of  Louis- 
ville and  south  of  the  ( )liio  river.  It  has,  besides  its  large  daily  edition,  a  wide- 
spread circulation  in  its  semi-weekly,  weekly  and  Sunday  issues.    The  Anzeiger 


AXD    OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


65 


was  origiually  published  in  1849  by  Messrs.  Doern  &  Schaefer,  the  latter  some 
years  afterward  retiring,  when  Mr.  (leorge  P.  Doern  became  sole  proprietor  of 
the  paper  and  coutinued  so  until  the  fall  of  1877,  when  he  sold  the  business  to 
a  stock  company,  who  are  now  the  owners  of  the  Anzeiger,  with  the  following 
officers:  ^1.  Borntraeger,  president;  George  S.  Schuhmann,  treasurer,  and 
Henry  S.  ("olm,  secretary.  Its  circulation  extends  throughout  the  States  of 
Iveutucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Tennessee,  (Jeorgia,  Alabama,  Mississippi  and 
Arkansas.  The  Anzeiger  is  the  official  advertising  medium  of  all  the  depart- 
ments of  the  United  States  Government,  as  also  of  the  State  of  Kentucky  and 
the  city  of  Louisville.  By  publishing  the  Associated  Press  dispatches  and  giv- 
ing due  attention  to  all  local  affairs  of  general  interest,  the  Anzeiger  ranks 
among  the  best  daily  newsj)apers  of  the  country,  while  special  correspondence, 
well-selected  miscellaneous  matter,  and  an  abundance  of  European  news  make 
it  a  newspaper  of  special  interest  to  the  Germans  everywhere.  The  market  re- 
ports are  a  special  feature  of  the  Anzeiger,  making  this  department  one  wt 
special  value  to  business  men  as  well  as  to  farmers  or  owners  and  traders  in  live 
stock.  A  glance  at  the  Anzeiger  shows  that  the  most  })rominent  business 
houses  not  only  of  Louisville,  but  also  in  many  other  parts  of  the  country, 
recognize  tlie  value  of  the  ])ai)er. 

THE  SUNDAY  ARGUS. 

In  the  spring  of  1876  three  young  men  who  had  been  thrown  out  of  em- 
ployment by  the  suspension  of  the  paper  on  which  they  were  engaged  conceived 
an  idea  which  soon  materialized  in  the  publication,  on  the  21st  day  of  May  of 
that  year,  of  the  first  number  of  the  Sunday  Argus.  The  paper  was  started 
without  capital,  the  firm  of  Lowe  ct  Stanley  doing  the  typographical  and  press 
work  by  contract.  The  names  of  the  projectors  were  Ottman  H.  Rothacker, 
William  H.  Gardner,  and  Thomas  D.  Osborne.  The  first  was  editor,  the 
second  a-ssociate  and  city  editor,  and  the  last-named  business  manager.  At  the 
end  of  four  or  five  weeks,  seeing  that  there  was  not  much  business  to  manage, 
Mr.  Osl^orne  was  about  to  effect  a  combination  with  another  pai)er,  to  which 
the  others  objected,  and  he  sold  his  interest  to  Lowe  A:  Stanley,  the  latter  be- 
coming business  manager.  At  the  expira,tion  of  about  a  year  Lowe  &  Sttinley 
disposed  of  their  interest  to  ^Ir.  Isaac  Diukelspiel,  who  in  turn  became  busi- 
ness manager.  'Slv.  Rothacker,  who  had  received  numerous  otters  from  various 
papers,  finally  decided  to  accept  one  from  the  Denver  Tribune,  and  sold  his  in- 
terest in  the  Argus,  now  well  establi.shed  on  a  paying  basis,  to  Gardner  i^:  Diu- 
kelspiel. Gardner  was  at  the  time  iu  delicate  health,  and  decided  to  try  New 
Mexico,  hoping  to  recover.  He  went,  but  returned  a  corpse,  having  died  at 
Socorro,  New  Mexico.  Mr.  Diukelspiel  then  purchased  from  Mrs.  Gardner 
her  husband's  interest,  and  the  paper  remained  in  his  hands.  He  also  pur- 
chased the  entire  printing  establishment  of  Lowe  ct  Stanley,  thus  giving  the 
Argus  its  own  plant.  Under  his  management  the  paper  prospered,  new  ma- 
chinery was  put  in,  new  outfit  bought,  and  the  concern  boomed. 


66  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


In  1883  Mr.  Edward  F.  Madden  purchased  a  half  interest,  Mr.  Dinkelspiel 
going  to  the  Commercial  and  Captain  D.  F.  C.  Weller  assuming  the  manage- 
ment. Mr.  Madden,  at  the  end  of  about  eight  months,  sold — or,  rather,  the 
Argus  Company  sold — to  Mr.  George  Baber  and  Mr.  JNf.  J.  Burke  the  entire 
stock,  conditionally.  The  views  of  these  gentlemen  not  being  the  same,  Mr. 
Burke  sold  out  his  shares,  Mr.  Baber  assuming  entire  control.  Not  being  sat- 
isfied Avith  his  management,  the  company  in  1884  (October)  deposed  Mr.  Bal)er,, 
got  out  an  injunction  against  him,  and  placed  Captain  Weller  in  charge,  which 
position  he  held  until  the  sale  of  the  entire  concern  to  Messrs.  Smith  &  Tracie, 
February,  1885.  Captain  Tracie  in  turn  sold  his  interest,  after  editing  the- 
paper  for  about  eight  months,  to  Mr.  James  B.  Camp,  Mr.  Smith  being  business 
manager.  Later,  Mr.  Charles  Francis  purchased  an  interest,  and  the  paper  at 
this  date  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Argus  Printing  and  Publishing  Company,  is 
doing  a  good  business,  and  has  a  large  and  rapidly-increasing  subscription  list,, 
the  result  of  ten  years  of  faithful  work  by  most  of  those  whose  names  have  been 
mentioned  in  this  sketch. 

Among  those  who  have  contributed  to  its  columns  may  be  mentioned  O.  II. 
Kothacker,  now  of  the  Washington  Hatchet;  W.  H.  Gardner,  now  dead; 
Isaac  Dinkelspiel,  late  of  the  Louisville  Commercial;  Marc  Klaw,  one  of  the 
best  and  most  successful  theatrical  managers  on  the  road ;  Ben  H.  Ridgely,. 
now  connected  with  Truth;  Colonel  E.  Polk  Johnson,  at  present  managing 
editor  of  the  Courier-Journal;  E.  E.  Ryan,  Bohemian;  Theodore  C.  Tracie,, 
now  with  a  Avholesale  whisky  house ;  George  Baber,  clerk  in  AVashingtou ; 
Michael  J.  Burke,  with  the  O.  &  M.  railway;  E.  F.  Madden,  correspondent 
for  several  papers ;  D.  F.  C.  Weller,  general  writer,  who  is  still  with  the  com- 
pany, besides  a  number  of  others  whose  connection  was  but  temporary. 

THE  CHKISTIAN  OBSERVER. 

To  Louisville  belongs  the  honor  of  issuing  the  oldest  religious  newspaper  in 
the  world.  Religious  tracts  and  books,  and  magazines  containing  essays  on 
religious  subjects,  were  published  from  the  time  that  printing  was  invented,  but 
the  idea  of  a  weekly  newspaper,  devoted  to  religious  matters,  dates  from  the 
year  1813.  On  the  4th  day  of  September,  1813,  the  first  number  of  the  Re- 
ligious Remembrancer  saw  the  light  in  the  city  of  Philadel2)hia.  It  was  the 
first  religious  newspaper  ever  issued.  The  next  year,  in  the  spring  of  1814,. 
another  paper  modeled  after  it,  the  Recorder,  was  started  in  Chillicpthe,  Ohio. 
A  little  later,  the  Boston  Recorder  appeared  ;  two  or  three  years  later,  the  New 
York  Obsei'ver,  and  since  then  hundreds  upon  hundreds  of  religious  papers 
have  been  started. 

The  Religious  Remembrancer,  the  patriarch  of  them  all,  passed  into  the 
hands  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  S.  Converse  in  1839.  He  changed  the  name  ta 
the  Christian  Observer,  and  continued  to  edit  and  publish  it  until  his  death,  in 
1872.  He  removed  it  to  this  city  in  1869,  where  it  has  commanded  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  public,  and  especially  of  Presbyterians,  to   an   extent 


ilXD   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  67 


unprecedented  in  the  history  of  Presbyterian  newspapers  in  the  South.  Since 
his  death  it  has  been  couducted  by  his  sons,  the  Rev.  F.  B.  Converse  aud  Rev. 
T.  E.  Converse,  and  has  continued  to  grow  steadily  in  popular  ftivor,  until  no 
other  religious  paper  in  Kentucky,  and  only  one  other  in  the  entire  South,  has 
80  large  a  circulation.  It  is  the  leading  paper  of  the  Southern  Presbyterian 
church,  and  is  taken  iu  nearly  all  the  congregations  in  that  branch  of  the 
church.  As  a  live  religious  paper,  ably  edited,  ])r()mi)t  in  obtaining  and  fur- 
nishing religious  news,  with  a  large  corps  of  wide-awake  cc^itributors,  who 
make  it  especially  attractive  as  a  family  religious  newspaper,  it  is  an  institution 
highly  creditable  to  the  city  of  Louisville. 

THE  CENTRAL  CATHOLIC  ADVOCATE. 

This  carefully-edited  and  conservatively-conducted  weekly  was  established 
in  1869,  in  the  interest  of  the  Catholics  of  Kentucky.  The  publisher  is  Mr. 
L.  H.  Bell,  No.  608  West  Market.  The  Advocate  has  a  general  circulation, 
and  much  influence  among  the  Catholic  reading  public  of  Kentucky,  Indiana, 
and  the  Southern  States. 

WESTEItX  RECORDEIl.' 

The  official  organ  of  the  Baptist  denomination  of  the  Christian  religion,  a 
six-column  folio,  eight-page  sheet,  published  weekly ;  circulation  7,000,  princi- 
pally in  Kentucky  and  the  South.  It  was  established  in  1825,  and  is  at  present, 
and  has  for  fifteen  years  past,  been  edited  by  Rev.  A.  C.  Caperton,  D.D.,  a 
gentleman  of  high  literary  attainments  aud  spotless  integrity. 

THE    LOUISVILLE    DEMOCRAT. 

The  Louisville  Democrat  was  established  some  sixteen  years  ago  by  W.  H. 
Munnell,  who  still  owns  and  edits  it.  The  paper  is  a  straight-out  Jeffersonian 
advocate,  and  a  welcome  visitor  in  the  best  homes  of  the  South,  because  of  its 
purity  of  tone  and  unswerving  devotion  to  principle.  The  circulation  is  stated 
to  be  5,000.     Oftice,  No.  331  Fifth  street. 

HO>lE  AND  FA  KM. 

This  agricultural  journal  was  established  some  ten  years  ago  by  B.  F.  Avery 
&  Sons,  large  plow  manufacturers.  The  first  purpose  was  simply  to  issue  a 
circular  at  stated  times  which  would  bring  a  knowledge  of  their  agricultural 
implements  into  more  general  notice.  With  this  idea,  this  circular  was  made 
to  include  extracts  from  leading  agricultural  journals,  and  sometimes  original 
matter.  The  demand  for  it  was  large,  and  grew  constantly,  and,  as  a  result, 
they  determined  to  enlai-ge  it  and  change  its  character  very  materially.  AVith 
this  purpose  they  organized  a  regular  agricultural  journal,  [)utting  the  sub- 
scription price  at  fifty  cents  a  year.  Year  by  year  the  demand  for  it  increased, 
and  the  publishers  were  liberal  in  their  expenditures.  To-day,  it  has  a  corps 
of  contributors  that  is  not  surpassed  by  that  of  any  agricultural  journal  iu  the 


68  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 

country,  including  writers  on  agriculture  from  all  sections  of  the  South  and 
West,  each  writer  having  special  features  of  the  situation  to  discuss  from  time 
to  time. 

The  circulation  of  this  journal  is  remarkable.  It  goes  into  every  one  of  the 
Southern  States,  and  largely  throughout  the  North  and  AVest.  For  years  the 
average  circulation  has  been  over  100,000,  and  varies  from  that  to  110,000, 
according  to  the  times. 

*  THE  SOUTHKKN  BIAOUAC. 

The  Southern  Bivouac  was  originally  published  by  the  Southern  Historical 
Society,  with  the  purpose  of  gathering  together  the  records  relating  to  the 
movements  of  the  Southern  armies.  It  met  with  considerable  local  support ; 
still,  it  was  found  impossible  to  put  it  upon  a  permanent  foundation.  In  the 
spring  of  1885,  B.  F.  Avery  &  Sons,  publishers  of  Home  and  Farm,  purchased 
the  magazine  from  Messrs.  McDonald  Brothers,  who  had  had  charge  of  it  for 
several  years,  and  placed  it  under  the  editorial  management  of  General  Basil 
W.  Duke  and  Eichard  AV.  Knott.  AVith  a  change  of  management  came  also 
a  change  in  the  character  of  the  magazine,  and,  in  addition  to  war  papers, 
great  attention  has  lieen  given  to  literary  matters,  and  to  the  illustration  of  the 
development  of  Southern  industries.  It  has  been  conducted  with  great  liberal- 
ity, and  has  already  reached  general  popularity  North  as  well  as  South,  the 
circulation  increasing  from  1,500  to  15,000,  and  the  outlook  for  the  magazine 
is  now  of  a  most  encouraging  character.  Indeed,  it  seems  very  well  settled 
that  the  time  has  come  when  the  South  can  and  will  support  a  magazine  con- 
ducted upon  the  same  principles  as  those  of  the  East. 

THE  FARMERS'  HOME  JOTJRI^AL. 

This  well-known  agricultural  paper  was  established  in  18(i5,  at  Lexington, 
Ky.  Under  the  management  of  Colonel  ]\Iiller,  its  founder,  the  paper  gained 
a  firm  footing,  not  only  in  the  Bluegrass  region,  but  all  over  the  West. 

In  1875  it  was  thought  best  to  remove  the  paper  to  Louisville,  where  its 
field  of  usefulness  could  be  further  extended. 

Here  it  successfully  passed  through  the  disastrous  times  which  followed  its 
removal,  and  has  gained  in  circulation  and  infiuence,  year  by  year,  until  it  is 
now  one  of  the  most  i)rosperous  papers  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 

The  Farmers'  Home  Journal  is  representative  of  the  great  live-stock,  grain, 
grass,  and  tobacco  interests  of  the  Oliio  valley.  It  is  the  organ  of  the  leading 
agriculturists,  horticulturists  and  gardeners. 

Its  field  is  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Southern  Indiana,  Southern  Illinois  and 
Northern  Alabama,  in  which  it  asserts  a  claim  to  circulation  above  all  others  of 
its  class. 

It  is  an  eight-page  journal,  carefully  edited  and  neatly  printed,  with  a  cir- 
culation of  12,000  and  on  the  increase. 

Ion  B,  Nail  is  editor  and  M.  W.  Neal  Imsiness  manager,  and  tlie  office  is 
at  No.  508  West  Main  street. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  09 


Our   iLiLiOSTR/^VIDDS. 


The"engraving!<  in  the  preceding  and  following  pages  illustrate  all,  or  nearly 
all,  "of  the  principal  public  buildings  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  New  Albany, 
Ind.  Among  them  will  be  noted  the  classic  Christian  Church,  the  beautiful 
Masonic  Widows'  and  Orphans'  Home,  and  the  splendid  Jewish  temple,  Adas 
Israel,  the  stone  employed  in  all  of  which,  as  well  as  in  the  City  Hall  and  many 
oth^'  fine  buildings,  is  from  the  quarries  of  the  Salem  Stone  and  Lime  Com- 
pany, Washington  county,  Indiana;  office,  No.  .")()1  ]\rain  street,  Louisville. 


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THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILIE 


BAMBERGER,  BLOOM  &,  CO.    (See  opposite  page.) 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA.  71 


KGprsssntatii/^  Houses. 


BRIEF  MENTION  OF  LOUISVILLE'S  LEADING  MERCHANTS, 
MANUFACTURERS  AND  FINANCIERS. 


It  has  been  our  earnest  endeavor  in  compiling  this  work  to  make  ai)i)roj)riate 
mention  and  commendation  of  all  important,  novel,  and  beneficent  industrial, 
commercial  and  financial  enterprises,  and  of  their  originators  and  prosecutors, 
whose  energy,  pluck  and  capital  have  aided  in  building  up  the  interests  of  the 
Falls  City.  We  have  specially  guarded  against  unfair  discrimination  or  bias, 
and,  so  far  as  we  are  concerned,  the  work  has  been  performed  as  thoroughly  as 
circumstances  would  permit.  If  any  concern  of  considerable  note  has  been 
overlooked  the  fault  lies  in  our  inability  to  secure  reliable  data. 

We  feel  that  Ave  can  commend  every  business  establishment  named  in  these 
pages  to  the  citizens  of  Louisville  and  to  the  people,  buyers  and  consumers,  of 
the  vast  territory  West,  South  and  South-west,  of  Avhich  Louisville  is  the 
natural  base  of  supplies.  Liberal,  enterprising  and  of  sterling  character,  they 
are  worthy  of  all  confidence. 

BAMBERGER,  BLOOM  &  CO. 


Wholesale  Dry  Goods.  Notions,  Furnishing  and  Fancy  Goods,  Etc.,  Nos.  644,  646,  648,  and  650  West   Main 
Street,  and  215  and  217  Seventh  Street,  Louisville— Nos.  115  and  117  Worth  Street,  New  York. 


Any  historical  sketch  or  review  of  the  commercial  interests  of  Louisville  would  be 
incomplete  without  prominent  mention  of  the  firm  of  Bamberger,  Bloom  <&  Co.,  who, 
since  1802,  have  occupied  a  very  important  and  influential  relation  in  respect  to  the  dcvcl- 
opqient  of  the  wholesale  trade  of  the  South.  Founded  in  the  early  period  mentioned  by 
the  late  E.  Bamberger  and  his  brother-in-law,  Nathan  Bloom — the  head  of  the  present 
house — the  business  was  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  Bamberger  &  Co.  until 
1865.  when  the  younger  partners  were  admitted  and  the  style  of  the  firm  changed  to 
Bamberger,  Bloom  &  Co.,  as  at  present. 

From  its  earliest  establishment  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods  business  the  firm  acquired  a 
reputation  for  upright  dealing  that  formed  a  valuable  as.set  in  its  subsequent  honorable 
career.  Originally  limited  in  its  sphere  of  operations  to  this  State  and  the  more  contigu- 
ous portions  of  Indiana,  tlic  enterprise  of  the  house  was  such  that  its  trade  continuously 
increased  and  extended  until  now  it  practically  comprehends  the  entire  South-west,  and  is 
especially  large  in  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Arkan- 
sas, Georgia  and  Texas.     This  uninterrupted  success  and  growth  of  the  firm,  ultimately 


72  •  THE    INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


making  the  house  the  largest  of  the  kind  south  of  the  Ohio  river,  bears  testimony  to  the 
sagacity,  enterprise,  energy,  vigor  and  practical  experience  ol  the  senior  of  the  firm,  Mr.. 
Nathan  Bloom,  and  like  qualities  in  his  partners. 

In  1872  the  increase  of  the  business  necessitated  the  erection  of  the  colossal  build- 
ing on  Main  and  Seventh  streets  now  occupied  by  the  firm  and  illustrated  on  page  70. 
It  permits  the  carrying  of  a  verj'  large  and  varied  stock,  but  the  firm  also  maintains 
a  house  in  New  York  city,  at  Nos  115  and  117  Worth  street,  in  charge  of  partners 
resident  in  the  metropolis.  The  house  is  a  large  direct  importer  of  foreiijn  linen  goods, 
white  goods,  fancy  goods,  etc.,  and  in  its  domestic  lines  handles  the  entire  product  of 
several  cotton  and  woolen  mills. 

Mr.  E.  Bamberger,  the  associate  founder  of  the  house,  having  died  some  years  since, 
Mr.  Nathan  Bloom  has  long  been  the  acknowledged  head  of  the  firm.  He  has,  through 
his  business  exertions,  amassed  large  wealth,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  high  standing  in  the 
commercial  world.  Always  public-spirited  and  willing  to  promote  the  intere.sts  of  public 
works,  he  has  been  connected  with  many  of  the  latter,  and  is  at  present  h  director  of  the 
Louisville  Gas  Company  and  also  a  member  of  the  directories  of  the  Falls  City  Bank,  the 
Falls  City  Insurance  Company,  the  Franklin  Insurance  Company,  the  Fidelity  Trust 
Company, and  other  enteiprises  honored  in  utilizing  his  exceptional  qualities  as  a  financier. 
His  son  Levi,  having  passed  his  life  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  the  business,  is  also  a 
member  of  the  firm.  His  other  partners  are  Levi  Bamberger,  son  of  the  founder.  J.  F. 
Bamberger,  who,  with  Levi,  resides  in  New  York,  and  manages  the  interests  of  the  firm 
there,  and  Julius  Bamberger,  who  has  grown  up  in  the  Louisville  house  and  was  admitted 
to  partnership  in  1873. 

The  Louisville  house  has  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  employes  in  its  several 
departments  to  share  the  burdens  of  the  large  and  jierpetually-increasing  business. 


THE  WESTERN  CEMENT  ASSOCIATION. 


Representing  the  Hulme  Mills,  Speed  Mills,  Queen  City  Mills  i  Star  Brand) :  Falls  City  Mills  (Anchor  Brand  i ;  Black 
Diamond  [RiverJ  MilU  iDiamond  Brand > :  Black  Diamond  tRailroadI  Mills  {Diamond  Brand i;  Silver  Creek 
Mills  (Acorn  Brand),  and  Ohio  Valley  Mills  iFern  Leat  Brand;  —  Office,  Norih-east  corner  Third  and  Main 
Streets. 


The  history  of  the  discovery,  first  utilization  and  development  of  the  vast  cement  de- 
posits around  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  makes  a  most  interesting  chapter  in  the  annals  of 
"Western  industry.  In  the  year  1829  John  Hulme  &  Co.  began  the  manufacture  of  the 
first  cement  produced  in  the  West  at  a  small  suburb  of  Louisville  called  Shippingport. 
The  locks  of  the  old  Louisville  and  Portland  canal  were  then  being  constructed,  and  most 
of  the  product  of  this  mill  was  used  in  that  work.  So  satisfactory  were  the  results  that  a 
further  demand  for  the  cement  was  made  in  the  improvements  made  by  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky on  the  Green,  Barren  and  Kentucky  rivers,  and  from  that  time  until  the  present 
the  demand  has  continued  to  grow  steadily  and  rapidly,  not  only  for  the  building  of  walls 
and  vaults  subjected  to  the  deleterious  action  of  water,  but  in  the  construction  of  the 
strongest  and  most  pretentious  hotels,  warehouses,  bridge  piers,  government  buildings, 
etc.,  throughout  the  country.  For  building  purposes,  whether  under  water  or  on  dry 
land,  Louisville  cement  has  stood  all  tests  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  and  for  gen- 
eral use  has  proven  vastly  cheaper,  more  durable,  and  more  convenient  to  obtain  than  any 
other  cement  in  the  market.  As  an  example  of  the  lasting  qualities  of  this  Western  prod- 
uct and  its  power  of  resisting  the  elements,  it  may  be  stated  that  when,  a  few  years  ago, 
it  became  necessary  in  the  operations  incident  to  the  enlargement  of  the  Louisville  and 
Portland  canal  to  remove  portions  of  the  old  walls,  they  were  found  intact,  the  stones 
firmly  bound  together  as  when  first  laid,  and  the  cement  firmer  and  more  substantial  than 
the  stone  itself.  Volumes  of  mere  words,  of  theoretical  deductions,  would  convey  no  such 
convincing  argument  of  the  value  of  this  cement  as  the  simple  fact  that  for  more  than 
forty  years,  under  the  most  trying  conditions,  this  superb  material  maintained  its  integ- 
rity un  in -paired. 

As  above  intimated,  Louisville  cement  has  no  rival  in  point  of  accessibility,  cheapness, 
and  general  excellence  as  a  practically  indestructible  building  material.  The  capacity  of 
the  mills  has  always  been  largely  in  excess  of  the  demands  of  trade.  The  warehouses  of 
the  mills  are  ample,  and  the  facilities  for  prompt  shipment  and  the  handling  of  large  or- 
ders unsurpassed.     Two  of  the  mills  are  in  Kentucky,  with  facilities  for  shipping  both  by 


AND    OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  73 

rail  anJ  water.  Five  are  on  the  litieof  the  Jeffersonville,  Madison  &  Iiidianupuiis  railroad 
within  frotn  ten  to  tiftCv^-ii  miles  of  Louisviilf^,  and  another  is  conveniently  located  on  the 
Ohio  &  Mississippi  railroad  within  twelve  miles  of  the  city. 

^,For  all  subterraneous  works,  as  vaults,  oelhirs,  ci-terns,  sewers,  concrete  pavements, 
itreet  foundations,  and  other  purposes  requiring  great  strength  and  impermeability  to 
moisture,  hiuI  combining  all  properties  of  excellence  with  readiness  of  access,  Louisville 
cement  is  beyond  all  question  the  best  material  in  use,  while,  owing  to  its  perfect  non-con- 
ductive qualities,  it  is  unrivaled  as  a  tilling  for  tire-proof  safes  and  walls.  In  this  latter 
phase  its  claims  to  supereminence  are  so  generally  recognized  that  all  the  leading  safe 
manufacturers  and  builders  ot  bank  vaults  employ  it  exclusively  in  their  work. 

Of  the  more  prominent  structures  erected  of  late  years  in  which  Louisville  cement  has 
been  largely  employed,  both  below  and  above  ground,  submerged  in  water  or  binding  to- 
gether the  bricks  and  stones  that  form  the  superstructures,  may  be  mentioned  the  Ohio 
suspension  bridge  at  Cincinnati;  the  Ohio  Falls  railrofid  b  idge;  the  Chicago  water-works 
tunnel;  the  St.  Louis  bridge,  all  the  bridges  crossing  the  Mississippi  above  St.  Louis;  the 
Yazoo  river  railroad  bridge;  the  various  bridges  throughout  the  Western  and  South-west- 
ern States;  Shillito's  great  Cincinn«ti  dry-goods  store;  the  Indiana  State-house;  Cin- 
cinnati, Louisville,  Memphis,  New  Orleans,  St.  Loms,  and  Chicago  custom-houses;  the 
Farwell  block,  Chicago;  all  of  the  mills  and  water-way  construction  at  Minneapolis  and 
St.  Paul,  and  thousands  of  t)ther  examp  es,  in  every  one  of  which  the  expectations  of  the 
builders  have  been  fully  met  and  unstinted  praise  bestowed  upon  this  peerless  cement.  It 
is  unqualitiedly  indorsed  by  all  the  leading  engineers,  architects,  and  other  experts  of  the 
country,  both  private  and  government,  without  a  dissenting  voice,  and  may  be  unhesitat- 
ingly accepted  as  superior  in  every  respect  to  any  other  obtainable  cement. 

As  an  indication  of  its  growing  popularity  it  may  be  stated  here  that  the  sales  have 
inf^reased  from  3'20,luO  barrels  in  1870  to  over  1,000,000  in  1885,  all  of  which  was  em- 
ployed in  the  construction  of  important  public  or  private  buildings,  bridges,  and  other 
improvements. 

The  Western  Cement  Association  of  this  city,  office  corner  Main  and  Third  streets, 
are  general  selling  agents  for  the  principal  manufacturers  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  and 
will  promptly  respond  to  orders  or  requests  for  information.  The  association  is  composed 
of  active,  enterprising  men,  and  is  thoroughly  responsible. 


MOORE,  BREMAKER  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Grocers,  Nos.  723  and  725  West  Main  Street. 


This  house  was  established  under  its  present  and  time-honored  firm  name  in  1861,  and 
during  its  career  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  business  usefulness  it  has  steadily  progressed 
in  commercial  magnitude  until  its  volume  of  trade  already  considerably  exceeds  $1,000,000 
a  year,  and  is  constantly  increasing,  and  it  supplies,  with  its  superior  wares,  a  large  area 
of  country  covering  the  Slates  of  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennessee,  and  portions  of  Illinois. 

Located  in  the  principal  wholesale  business  district  of  Louisville,  the  premises  of  the 
firm  form  a  center  of  commercial  activity  at  once  attractive  and  commodious.  The  build- 
ing is  five  stories  in  height,  3'2x210  feet,  and  contains  the  largest  and  most  varied  stock 
of  goods  adapted  to  the  wholesale  and  jobbing  grocery  trade  to  be  found  south  of  the 
Ohio  river. 

The  experience  and  extensive  business  connections  of  the  house  are  such  as  to  com- 
mend it  to  the  favor  of  dealers  in  the  interior  as  enabled  to  oflTer  trade  advantages  equaled 
by  few  and  excelled  by  no  establishment  in  the  South-west.  Twenty-four  experienced 
employes,  including  traveling  salesmen,  are  attached  to  the  house,  and  in  its  several  depart- 
ments are  experts. 

Of  the  firm,  whose  business  sagacity,  enterprise  and  honorable  dealing  have  given  the 
house  its  commanding  position  in  the  commercial  marts  of  the  country,  it  need  only  be 
said  that  the  personnel  is  John  T.  Moore,  C.  Bremaker,  D.  E.  Stark,  B.  M.  Creel  and  J.  J. 
Hayes.  The  senior  member,  Mr.  Moore,  is  president  of  the  Falls  City  Bank,  and  chief  ex- 
ecutive also  of  the  J  W.  Butler  Paper  Company,  of  Chicago  He  has  also  large  cattle 
interests,  and  in  this  industry  Mr.  Breniaker,  of  the  firm,  also  shares.  Mr.  B.  is  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Bremaker-Moore  Paper  Company,  and  a  director  in  the  Bank  of  Louisville. 
The  other  partners  are  also  public-spirited,  and  identitied  with  the  progress  of  Louisville 
toward  her  present  commanding  position  of  commercial  importance. 

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74 


THE   INDUSTRfES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


J.  G.  MATTIXaLY  &   S  OXS-ESTABLISHEl)  184:5-(SUCCESS. 
OKS  TO  J.  G.  MATTIN(?L.Y  &  BRO.), 


Distillers;  Sole  Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated  Brands  of  Mattingly  Whiskies.    Distillery  on  High  Avenue, 
Portland— Office,  No.  205  West  Main  Street. 


No  name  in  the  world  has  attained  greater  and  wider  celebrity,  in  connection  with 
the  production  of  fine  whiskie,«,  than  "  Matiinglj',"  a  name  everywhere  accepted  as  a 
trade-mark  attesting  the  purity  and  superiority  of  the  goods;  and  for  more  than  fifty 
years  this  favor  and  pre-eminence  has  been  maintained  and  recognized  throughout  the 
commercial  world. 

Established  in  1845,  by  J.  G.  Mattingly,  senior  of  the  present  firm,  the  founder  was 
subsequently  joined  in  the  then  small  enterprise  by  his  brother,  Mr.  B.  F.  Mattingly, 
who,  however,  in  1878,  sold  out  his  interest  in  the  concern,  receiving  a  large  bonus  for 
the  already  famous  brand  of  the  house,  the  use  of  which  now  vests  solely  in  the  present 
firm,  composed  of  the  honored  founder  and  his  sons,  who,  having  been  brought  up  in  the 
business  and  acquired  knowledge  in  every  detail,  were  admitted  to  partnership. 

The  inventive  genius  of  the  senior  found  practical  expression  in  a  device  in  the  form 
of  the  elongated,  boiler-shaped  copper  sti  1,  and  minor  iniprovements,  now  adopted  and 
used  by  all  the  larger  distilleries  in  the  country  ;  but  not  so  with  the  formula  for  the  mix- 
ing of  grain,  discovered  by  the  Mattinglys.  That  remains  a  secret  with  the  firm,  one  of 
the  sons  being  the  distiller  in  person,  and  to  that  exclusive  knowledge  is  ascribed  the  uni- 
versally-conceded superiority  ot  the  Mattingly  whi-ky. 

It  is  interesting  to  trace  the  history  and  development  and  growth  of  this  distillery. 
"When  founded,  in  Marion  county,  Ky.,  the  industry  had  a  productive  capacity  of  half  a 
barrel  per  day;  now  the  distillery  has  a  capacity  of  two  thousand  bushels  of  grain,  and 
can  turn  out  two  hundred  barrels  daily.  But,  seeing  the  fruits  of  the  late  over-production 
ill  this,  one  of  Kentucky's  leading  industries,  they  are  wisely  restricting  their  product  to 
a  very  conservative  basis,  in  face  of  Government  records  showing  that  a  larger  amount  of 
this  brand  has  been  used  than  any  other  in  the  State. 

The  first  removal  of  the  establishment  was  in  1860,  and  to  this  city,  or  near  it  rather, 
on  Beargrass  creek.  In  1867  the  distillery  was  at  Oakland,  and,  in  1874,  the  present 
establishment  was  erected  on  High  avenue,  Portland,  and  is  rightly  considered,  in 
mechanical  perfection  and  completeness,  as  well  as  in  size,  one  of  the  best  in  the  country, 
having  every  advantage  attainable. 

The  product  of  the  colossal  establishment  is  not  confined  in  its  sale  to  any  locality  or 
section;  it  goes  everywhere.  The  special  brand,  which,  for  over  forty  years,  has  been 
before  the  public,  is  the  recognized  standard  of  Kentucky  whisky. 

This  firm,  that  has  withstood  the  business  vicissitudes  of  the  past  forty  years — failures 
of  crops,  panics,  and  tlie  unjust,  arbitrary  rulings  of  the  Internal  Kevenue  Department 
(which  read  more  like  romance  than  like  business),  etc. — is  by  no  means  at  a  standstill, 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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ever  ready  and  on  the  alert  to  further  tlieir  interest  in  any  legitimate  way.  Mr.  Ben- 
net  D.  -Mattins^ly,  the  junior  head  ol  the  tirm,  although  yet  among  the  young  business 
men  ol  Loui-ville,  is  Pref^ident  of  the  Kentucky  Public  Elevator  Company,  an  institution 
the  outgrowth  of  the  \irgely-increasing  interest  in  their  line.  It  being  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  get  the  very  best  of  grain  the  country  affords,  it  gave  rise  to  that  enterprise,  an 
illustration  of  which  can  be  seen  on  another  page  of  this  work. 


TBE  MERCHANTS  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  LOUISVILLE. 


J.  H.  Lindenberger,  President;  W.  George  Anderson,  Vice-President;   William  R.  Johnson,  Cashier— No.  606 

West  Main  Street. 


For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  this  bank  has  occupied 
a  commanding  jxisition  in  respect  to  the  monetary  interests  of 

Ji M^j^^^^^^g'  Louisville,  and  exercised  large  influence  in  regard  to  the  trade 

I^Sta^^S^  ^'iid  commerce  of  this  section. 

Organized  under  the  title  of  the  Merchants  Bank  of  Ken- 
tucky, in  18(10  by  several  of  the  leading  capitalists  and  business 
men  of  the  city,  it  early  took  rank  anumg  the  leading  banking 
institutions  south  of  the  Ohio  river.  Its  first  president  was  Mr. 
H.  C.  Caruth,  still  a  member  of  the  directory,  and  its  first 
cashier  was  Mr.  J.  H.  Lindenberger,  who  since  July  1,  1881, 
has  been  the  executive  head  of  the  institution.  In  1874  the 
bank  organized  under  the  act  of  Congress  authorizing  and  gov- 
erning National  banics,  and  became  the  Merchants  National 
Bank  of  Louisville.  The  original  officers  continued  their  lunc- 
tions,  and  the  capital,  which  had  been  reduced  under  the  opera- 
tion of  a  legislative  enactment  while  the  bank  was  yet  a  fcJtate 
institution,  was  restored  to  tSOO.dOO. 

Meantime,  a  permanent  location  being  deemed  desirable,  the 
bank,  in  1865,  had  purchased  a  location  in  the  center  of  the 
wholesale  business  district  and  erected  the  commodious  and  con- 
venient structure  at  No.  506  West  Main  street,  shown  in  the 
accompanying  illustration.  Conducting  a  general  deposit,  dis- 
count, and  exchange  business,  the  Merchants  National  also 
gives  special  attention  to  commercial  collections  on  this  city, 
and,  by  reason  of  its  prompt  collections  and  remittance  of  the 
.'smie,  receives  many  drafts  from  metropolitan  and  interior 
binks  throughout  the  South  and  West.  A  most  sagacious  and 
profitable  method  of  increasing  the  available  capital  here  was  devised  by  the  management 
in  eneouraging  the  accounts  of  correspondents  to  this  city.  So  the  individual  and  general 
ledger  accounts  of  the  Merchants  are  very  numerous,  and  make  exhibit  of  current  bal- 
ances very  satisfactory  in  amount. 

Tiie  corresponding  banks  of  the  Merchants,  in  all  the  leading  trade  centers  of  the 
country,  are  carefully  selected,  and  in  this  behalf  it  may  be  mentioned  that  its  principal 
New  Yoik  correspondent  is  the  Bank  of  America,  and  its  reserve  agents,  under  the  Na- 
tional Bank  act,  are  the  Mercantile  National  and  the  United  States  National  banks. 

Always  reeognized  as  liberal  in  promoting  enterprises  tending  to  aid  and  develop  the 
industrial  and  commercial  interests  of  the  city,  the  management  of  the  bank  has  largely 
been  in  the  interest  of  manufacturers  and  of  the  mercantile  class,  and  its  principal  depos- 
itors, as  well  as  its  directors  and  stockholders,  are  chiefly  identified  with  the  business 
interests  of  the  city.  There  is  little  glitter  in  the  conduct  of  the  Merchants,  but  there 
is,  what  is  much  better,  prudent  management,  based  upon  solid,  substantial  wealth.  It  is 
this  conservatism,  and  its  logical  sequence,  success,  that  makes  the  shares  of  the  bank,  of 
par  value  «l()(t.OO,  now  worth  $139.00 

The  publishers  of  this  work,  who,  in  the  conduct  of  their  business,  have  had  banking 
relations  with  the  fiduciary  institutions  in  all  the  leading  trade  centers  of  this  country, 
feel  themselves  able  to  say  that  none  liave  proven  more  satisfactory  in  dealings  than  the 
Merchants  National  of  Louisville,  and  in  none  have  been  found  more  capable,  energetic, 
and  accommodating  executive  ofl5cers  and  clerical  attaches.  The  fiscal  condition  of  the 
bank  at  date  of  its  last  ofl5cial  report  to  the  comptroller  of  the  currency,  December  24, 


76  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 

1885,  was  a  very  satisfactory  exhibit;  and  its  condition  on  February  18th,  after  closing  the 
business  ot  the  past  year,  and  paying  a  four-per-cent.  semi-annual  dividend  to  stockhold- 
ers, appears  as  follows: 

Kesources — Notes  and  bills  discounted,  $1,274,079.04;  overdraft  loans  by  agreement, 
$3,810.92;  United  States  four-and-a-half-per-cent.  bonds,  par  value,  $50,0(i0.00;  other  stocks 
and  bonds,  129,129.25;  merchandise,  $40,908.69;  real  estate  for  banking  house,  $40,000.00; 
real  estate  fur  debt,  $12,811.59;  furniture  and  fi.vtures,  $3  544.60;  exj  enses  and  taxes  paid, 
$2,152.64;  premiums  paid,  $8,000.00;  due  from  approved  reserve  agents,  $109,932.39;  due 
from  other  National  and  State  banks,  >88,504.79;  due  from  United  States  Treasury  redemp- 
tion fund,  $2,247.50;  cash,  $128,858.19;  total,  $1,788,479.60.  Liabilities— Capi'tal  stock, 
$500,000.00;  surplus  fund,  $145,000.00;  undivided  profits,  $16,744.08;  circulation,  §44,- 
950.00;  deposits,  $1,081,785.52;  total,  $1,788,479.60. 

From  this  it  is  showji  that  its  surplus  and  undivided  profits  on  February  1st  amounted 
to  $161,744.08. 

At  the  last  annual  election  the  following  directors  were  chosen  for  the  ensuing  year: 
J.  H.  Linden herger,  W.  George  Anderson,  John  M.  Robinson,  P.  H.  Tapp,  George  W. 
Wicks,  W.  A.  Davis,  John  J.  Harbison,  John  C.  Russell,  H.  C.  Caruth.  Of  the  executive 
officers,  something  should  be  said  to  indicate  their  experience  in  and  knowledge  of  fiscal 
affairs  and  trusts.  Pre.-ident  J.  H.  Lindenberg<  r,  upon  whom  the  managenjent  chiefly 
depends,  is  recognized  in  the  business  community  as  of  great  soundness,  carefulness  and 
maturity  of  juduiment;  and  the  satisfactory  manner  in  which  he  executes  the  chief  exec- 
utive trust  vested  in  him  is  manife!^t  in  the  condition  of  the  bank,  and  in  his  unanimous 
re-election  to  the  presidency,  year  after  year.  A  native  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  he  has  resided 
in  Louisville  forty-seven  years,  and  no  man  in  the  community  is  better  known  or  more 
highly  esteemed.  Other  enterprises  have  claimed  a  share  of  his  public  spirit  and  financial 
skill.  He  is  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Southern  Mutunl  Life  Insurance  Company, 
direct  )r  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad  and  of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company;  vice- 
president  and  director  of  the  S(.)uthern  Expt)sition,  the  inauguration  t)f  which  grand 
enterprise  he  largely  aided;  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  treasurer  of  the  John 
N.  Norton  Memorial  Infirmary,  and  treasurer  ot  the  Louisville  Board  of  Trade. 

Vice-Pre>ident  W.  George  Anderson  is  the  son  of  Thomas  Anderson,  an  old  a^d  highly- 
esteemed  citizen  of  Louisville,  and  is  himself  a  successful  auction  and  commission  mer- 
chant. 

Cashier  William  R.  Johnson  was — as  used  to  be  said  of  Cashier  Worth,  of  the  National 
Park  Bank,  New  York — "bred  to  the  business."  He  entered  the  Merchaiits  as  messenger 
and  colleciion  clerk  in  1862,  and  passed  through  all  gradt-s  of  promotion  up  to  his  present 
rank,  becoming  assistant  cashier  in  1874,  and  cashier  in  July,  1881. 


W.  C.  PRIEST  &  CO., 


Real  Estate  and  House  Agents,  No.  207  Fifth  Street,  near  Main. 

Transactions  in  real  estate  are  necessarily  very  numerous,  as  are  also  the  rentings  ot 
houses,  in  a  growing  city  like  Loiusville,  and  such  transfers,  collections,  etc.,  are  best  at- 
tended to  by  men  who  make  a  business  of  it  and  are  consequently  better  posted  in  the 
matters  of  values,  desirable  tenants,  and  other  important  points  than  owners  usually 
can  be. 

The  real-estate  and  house-renting  agency  of  W.  C.  Priest  &  Co.,  No.  207  Fifth  street, 
near  Main,  is  the  principal  office  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  arid  is  prepared  to  undertakebus- 
iness  in  its  line  on  the  most  reasonable  terms  and  guarantee  satisfaction  in  all  cases. 

Mr.  Priest  established  this  agency  in  1869.  and  has  been  a  very  successful  man,  popular 
and  respected  in  all  circles,  business  and  social.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Southern  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company,  of  the  Merchants'  Insurance  Company,  and  of  the  Louisville 
Safety  Vault  and  Trust  Company  ;  also,  a  prominent  officer  and  promoter  of  the  Southern 
Exposition,  and  an  enterprising,  public-spirited  citizen,  devoted  to  the  advancement  of 
Louisville's  material  interests.  His  partner,  Mr  J.  T.  Frazier,  is  also  an  energetic,  ac- 
tive and  capable  as  well  as  an  experienced  real-H.*tatt'  num. 

The  firm,  organized  in  1882,  gives  special  attention  to  the  purchase  and  sale  of  real 
estate  in  the  cities  around  the  falls,  to  the  selling  and  care  of  jirivate  estates,  and  to  the 
renting  of  houses  and  lands,  and  making  collections  therefor  Business  committed  to 
their  hands  will  be  carefully,  faithfully  and  promptly  attended  to. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


77 


THE  GALT  HOUSE. 


Largest  and  Finest  Hotel  in  tlie  City— The  New  Gait  House  Company,  Proprietors:  A.  L.  Schmidt.  President 
A.  R.  Cooper,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  and  Manager. 


The  Gait  House,  as  a  work  of  architt'ctiire,  is  tlie  niobt  notable,  costlj',  and  elegant 
building  in  the  cit}'.  Other  cities  can  boast  of  larger  and  more  sho.wy  hotels,  but  no  hotel 
has  yet  been  built  that  surpasses  the  Gait  House,  if  there  are  any  that  equal  it,  as  an  ex- 
ample of  pure  classic  taste  and  noble  beauty  of  style.  The  building  does  great  honor  to 
its  ai'chitect,  Mr.  Henry  Whitestone,  whose  rare  and  high  abilities  in  his  art  are  further 
attested  by  a  number  of  other  buildings  in  the  city  which  attract  the  attention  and  are 
much  admired  on  account  of  the  simplicity  and  imposing  elegance  of  their  stj'le,  and  of 
the  substantial  and  permanent  fashit)n  in  which  they  are  built. 

As  a  hotel,  the  Gait  House  is  almost  too  widely  and  favorably  known  to  require  com- 
mendation. For  the  space  of  more  than  two  generations  it  has  been  celebrated  as  one  of 
the  liest  hotels  in  the  West,  and,  though  other  cities  have  vastly  outgrown  Louisville  in 
size  and  wealth  since  the  Gait  House  tirst  became  famous,  the  hotel  has  kept  its  place  in 
the  front  ranks  of  the  business. 

The  first  Gait  House  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  January,  1865.  The  present  building, 
which  is  a  much  finer  structure,  was  completed  and  opened  in  18U7,  at  a  cojt  of  about 
$1,100,000. 

Tlio  house  is  operated  by  a  stock  company,  is  doing  a  prosperous  and  increasing  busi- 
ness, and  every  etfort  is  made  to  maintain  it  as  a  ciedit  to  the  city,  and  to  keep  the  good 
will  and  receive  the  commendations  of  its  numerous  ])atrons. 


THE  GER]>IAN  SECURITY   IXSURA>CE   COMPANY. 


John  H.  Detchen,  President;  J.  S.  Barret,  Secretary.— Maritet  Street,  North-East  Corner  Preston. 


The  obligation  to  insure,  and  the  good  policy  of  insuring,  being  no  longer  debatable, 
the  only  question  remaining  to  determine  is  where  to  insure.  All  other  things  being 
equal,  it  is  certainly  good  policy  in  underwriting  to  select  a  home  company,  managed  by 
officers  of  acknowledged  ability  and  e.\perience,  and  which  possesses  all  the  merits  of  the 


78  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 

soundest  and  most  successful  foreign  companies,' with  the  added  advantage  of  beinj;  oper- 
ated "by  officers  known  to  the  policy-holder  as  of  skill  and  integrity  in  underwritiiii,',  and 
having  a  familiarity  with  the  locality  that  enables  them  to  be  especially  cautious  in  the 
selection  of  risks. 

Such  qualifications,  added  to  a  successful  career  in  underwriting,  are  possessed  in  an 
eminent  degree  by  the  German  Security  Insurance  Company,  a  resident  corporation, 
organized  in  1872,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000,  and  having  for  its  executive  officers  and 
directors  the  same  gentlemen  who  have  successfully  conducted  the  affairs  of  the  German 
Security  Bank,  as  fully  noted  below. 

The  affairs  of  the  company  are  so  managed  and  conducted  as  to  emphasize  the  solid 
business  principles  of  strict  integrity,  economy,  and  the  soundest  discretion.  The  under- 
writing is  strictly  confined  to  the  city,  and  this  method  enables  a  personal  inspection,  in 
all  cases,  of  the  premises  insured  before  the  policy  issues.  Thus  carefully  selected,  the 
risks  are  of  a  preferred  character  in  their  nature,  and  the  percentage  of  losses  by  fire  is 
comparatively  light.  In  the  adjustment  and  payment  of  these  the  company  has  achieved 
a  deservedly  high  reputation  for  equity  and  promptness.  The  aggregate  amount  of  risks 
at  present  held  by  the  companv  is  -Si, 471,000;  and  so  successfully  has  the  business  heen 
conducted  tliat,  after  paying  dividends  and  accrued  losses,  the  corporation  has  a  surplus 
of  $46,842.  This  is  in  the  highest  degree  ci*editable  to  President  Detchen,  Secretary  Barret, 
and  the  directors  of  the  company. 


THE  GERMAN^  SECURITY  BANK. 


John  H.  Delchen,  President;  J.  S.  Barret,  Cashier.— Market  Street,  North-East  Corner  Preston. 


This  fiduciary  institution,  which  bears  an  honored  name,  and  itself  honors  that  name, 
was  establislied  in  1807,  and  during  its  career  of  usefulness  to  the  commercial  community, 
covering  a  period  of  nearly  twenty  years,  has  always  been  under  the  management  of  its 
present  efficient  executive  officers.  President  John  H.  Detchen  and  Csishier  J.  S.  Barret. 

Originally  organized  as  a  savinsrs  institution,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000,  that 
sum  was  increased,  in  18G9,  to  $179,000,  its  present  figure,  and  the  bank  has  become  rather 
a  commercial  than  a  savings  bank  in  the  general  acceptation  of  the  term,  no  longer  ])ay- 
ing  interest  upon  deposits,  save  when  remaining  a  definite  term  and  under  other  restric- 
tions. The  bank  has  made  something  of  a  specialty  of  dealings  large  in  number  and  in 
the  aggregate,  rather  than  fewer  individual  transactions  of  perhaps  larger  bulk  and  vol- 
ume respectively,  and  this  would,  also,  seem  to  substantiate  the  claim  that  the  German 
Security  has  probably  a  larger  list  of  individual  depositors  than  any  bank  in  the  city. 

Included  in  the  enterprising  and  successful  methods  of  the  management  has  been  the 
extending  of  financial  support  to  industrial  and  commercial  enterprises  where  needed. 
Thus  the  bank,  in  the  past,  has  made  a  practice  of  advancing  reasonable  sums  upon  the 
paper  of  the  smaller  class  of  dealers  and  manufacturers,  and  in  that  manner  has  occupied 
a  field  of  great  usefulness  to  the  trades  and  one  of  profit  to  itself. 

Besides  its  general  hanking  business,  which  comprehends  receiving  deposits,  discount- 
ing paper,  etc.,  something  of  a  specialty  is  made  of  fon'ign  and  domestic  exchange  and  the 
making  of  collections  on  all  American  and  European  trade  centers.  In  this  behalf  the 
German  Security  has,  among  its  corps  of  corresponding  banks,  the  leading  fiduciary  insti- 
tutions in  all  the  larger  cities. 

An  exhibit  of  the  solvency  and  fiscal  strength  of  the  German  Security  is  found 
in  its  last  official  statement,  made  just  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  present  year.  From 
this  it  appears  that  the  bank  then  had  deposits  aggregating  $G')8,587."2;  its  loans  and  dis- 
counts amounted  to  $567, 572. S9,  and  its  total  resources  were  $928,225.52.  This  latter  in- 
cludes a  handsome  surplus  fund  of  $81,323.50.  Paying  ten  per  cent,  dividends  with 
regularity  (semi-annually),  the  stock  of  the  bank  is  rightly  held  to  be  a  first-class  invest- 
ment, and  though  in  demand  at  fifty-nine  per  cent,  premium  (•■?!. 59)  at  this  writing,  holders 
are  not  disposed  to  part  with  their  stock  even  at  that  high  figure. 

The  foregoing  presents  the  highest  tribute  to  the  management  of  the  bank,  and  this 
chiefly  devcdves  upon  Cashier  J.  S.  Barret,  whose  financial  ability  is  recognized  to  be  of 
the  very  highest  rank.  The  President,  John  H.  Detchen,  is  prominently  identified  with 
the  commerce  of  the  citv,  and  so,  also,  are  tlie  following  gentlemen,  who  are  co-directors 
with  the  President:  Messrs.  W.  F.  Rubel,  C.  Tafel,  Wm'.  Ehrmann,  and  J.  B.  Stoll.  The 
officers  of  the  bank  hold  similar  trusts  in  the  German  Security  Insurance  Company. 


AND    OK    M;\V    AIJiANV,     INDIVNA. 


THE  KENTUCKY  XATIONAl.  BANK  OF  LOUISVILLE. 


James  M.  Fetter,  President;  A.  M.  Quarrier.  Vice-President;  H.  C.  Truman.  Cashier—Corner  Fiftt)  Avenue  and 

West  Main  Street. 


The  career  of  this  Icad- 
iiijjj  fiduciary  institution  dur- 
lilt;  its  nearly  filtt-en  years' 
existence  lias  been  an  inter- 
estinj^  and  an  eventful  one. 

Orgnnized  under  the  act 
of  Congress  governing  Na- 
tional bunks,  in  Octol'cr, 
1871,  it  conmienced  business 
in  the  following  Deceinlier 
with  a  cai)ital  oif  #3C)0,<KlO— 
a  tew  months  afterward  in- 
creasi'd  to  $500,000.  To  this 
sum,  by  prudent  and  i-uc- 
cessful  nianagenient,  has 
been  added  a  surplus  of 
Sl'00,(tOO,  and  this  after  last 
year  paying  the  u.'ual  semi- 
annual dividends  of  four  j)er 
cent.  each. 

The  original  officei's  <>t 
tbe  bank  were  Hon,  Bland 
Kallard,  president;  A.  P. 
Cochran,  vice-president,  and 
Logan  C.  jNIurray,  cashier, 
while  the  oi-iginal  direct- 
ory, tliough  di tiering  in  its 
personalty  from  the  jiresent 
board,  \vas,  like  tke  latter, 
ctiniposed  of  l)usiness  men 
eminent  in  their  several 
lines  for  wealth  and  ability 
in  the  management  of  mon- 
etary aflairs.  Upon  th<'  de- 
mise of  President  Ballard 
Cashier  Murray  succeeded 
to  the  executive  office,  hut 
resigned  in  1881  to  accept 
the  cashu'rship  of  the  United 
.States  National  Bank  of 
New  York.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  prc.-idency  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Dulaney.  Meantime,  Mr. 
James  .M.  Fetter,  who  had  been  early  I'onneeted  with  the  bank  in  a  subordinate  capaeity, 
followed  ilr.  Alurray  as  cashier,  and  ultimately  reached  the  presidency,  a  trust  which  he 
fills  with  distinguished  ability  and  entire  acc(  ptance  to  all  having  business  relations  with 
the  bank. 

The  Kentucky  National  is  honored,  too,  by  the  Federal  Government  in  being  desig- 
nated as  a  United  States  depository.  It  has  very  large  resourct-s,  as  is  shown  by  the  follow- 
ing official  report  of  its  fiscal  coiidition  on  December  31, 1885,  as  made  to  the  Comptn  Her 
of  the  Currency : 

Kesources— Notes  and  bills  discounted.  :^],419,:j!17.01 ;  overdrafts.  $4,351.16;  United 
States  bcinds  t'j  secure  circulation,  f5U0.000.00;  United  States  bonds  to  secure  United 
States  deposits,  $300,000.00;  other  stocks  and  bonds  on  hand,  $8,!i00.00;  real  estate,  $38,- 
989.70;  merchandise,  $'22,002.27;  furniture  and  fixtures,  i'S.OOU  00;  current  exjicnsts  and 
taxes  paid,  $5.599. oti;  demand  ioan=,  $221,337.98;  exchange  for  ch  aring-house,  a^l  1.1 1:'>.27; 
checks  and  other  ca<h  items,  $2,930.79;  National  bank  m)tes  $](),O58.ti0;  frnctional  pajier 
currency,  nickels  and  pennies,  *278.05;  gold  coin,  $102,500.00;  silver  coin,  $2,10ti.OO; 
legal-tender  notes,  $55,000.00;  due  from  approved  reserve  agents.  $139,042  S9;  due  Irom 


80  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF  LOUISVILLE 


National  banks,  $48,470.29;  due  from  State  banks  and  bankers,  $18,335.17;  due  from  Treas- 
urer United  States,  five-per-cent.  redemption  fund,  $22,500.00;  total.  *2,944,766.14.  Lia- 
bilities—Capital stock,  $500,O00.C0;  surplus  fund,  $200,000.00;  undivided  profits,  $IS,- 
148.21;  circulation,  $450,000.00;  notes  and  bills  redi.>counted,  $249,288.01;  individual 
deposits  (subject  to  check),  §624,422.25;  demand  certificates  «>f  deposit,  ^$21, 213. 40;  United 
States  deposits,  $253,829.51;  due  to  National  banks,  $304,038.84;  due  to  State  banks  and 
bankers,  1328,825.92;  total,  $2,944,766.14. 

And  this  satisfactory  showing  is  even  improved  upon  since,  for  on  February  1st  it  had 
a  surplus  and  undivided  profits  aggregating  about  $235,000,  and  its  stock  was  held  at 
forty  per  cent,  above  par.  To  the  conservative  and  prudent  mana;:ement  of  aftairs  this 
prosperity  is  chiefly  due,  and,  recognizing  this  fact,  the  entire  directory  of  last  year  was 
continued  in  office  by  vote  of  the  current  annual  meeting;  these  director-:  being  J.  M. 
Fetter,  Julius  Winter,  A.  M.  Quarrier,  W.  H.  Thoma-s  A.  C.  Semple,  W.  W.  Kite,  W.  H. 
Coon,  J.  B.  Owsley  and  J.  S.  Grimes,  a  majority  of  whom  will  be  recognized  as  leading 
business  men  of  large  experience  and  public  spirit. 

Transacting  a  general  banking  and  exchange  business,  the  Kctucky  National  makes 
a  specialty  of  foreign  exchange,  and  its  correspondents  and  bank  cimnections  are  care- 
fully selected  from  among  the  best  in  the  country,  as  will  further  appear  from  this  list, 
viz:  Union  Bank  of  London,  Mechanics'  National,  United  States  National,  and  First 
National,  of  New  York  City;  Merchants'  National,  of  Chicago;  Louisiana  National  and 
"Whitney  National,  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  Union  National,  of  Cincinnati. 

Of  the  executive  officers,  who.>e  wise  management  has  chiefly  contributed  to  the  pros- 
perity of  the  bank,  some  mention  is  contained  in  the  foregoing  of  President  Fetter.  It 
may  be  added  that  he  is  also  a  director  in  the  Louisville,  New  Albanj'  &  Chicago  railroad, 
in  the  Louisville,  Evansville  &  St.  Louis  "Air  Line;"  is  treasurer  of  the  Merchants'  In- 
surance Company,  and  holds  other  trusts  in  large  public  enterprises.  Vice-president  A. 
M.  Quarrier,  who  has  resided  here  over  a  quarter  of  a  century,  is  second  vice-president  of 
the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad,  and  possessed  of  great  administrative  ability.  Cashfer 
Truman  has  also  been  identified  with  the  banking  interest  many  years,  and  discharges  his 
present  important  trust  with  conspicuous  ability. 


SAM^UEL  R.  CHA3IBERS, 


Wholesale  Dealer  in  Field  Seeds  and  Implements,  Nds.  230  and  232  West  Main  Street,  between  Second  and 

Third. 


The  demand  for  choice  field  and  garden  seeds,  and  for  improved  agricultural  imple- 
ments and  machinery,  is  one  which  grows  by  what  it  feeds  upon.  The  way  to  create  a 
market  for  good  goods  is  to  demonstrate  their  superiority  by  actual  te.sts,  and  this  has 
been  so  often  and  so  satisfactorily"  done  in  the  matter  of  seeds  and  farming  machinery  that 
now  none  but  the  non-progressive  ph)dder  is  content  to  lag  along  in  the  worn-out  ruts, 
doing  as  his  father  did  before  him,  and  employing  the  antiquated  tools  of  a  bygone  gene- 
ration to  coax  a  bare  subsistence  from  an  exhausted  soil.  Farming,  as  prosecut<  d  in  these 
days,  is  a  progressive  business,  requiring  the  exercise  of  brain  as  well  as  brawn,  and  the 
employment  of  modern  ingenuity  for  the  planting,  cultivation,  garnering,  and  marketing 
of  crops. 

The  first  requisite  in  order  to  successful  and  profitable  farming  is  the  obtaining  of 
sound  seeds  of  the  best  varieties;  the  second,  the  purchase  of  tln^  best  labor-saving  imple- 
ments for  its  planting  and  cultivation;  and  the  third,  the  employment  of  the  latest 
improved,  most  substantial,  and  reliable  machinery  for  harvesting.  There  are  plenty  to 
select  from.  Such  an  establishment  as  that  of  Mr.  Samuel  R.  Chambers,  Nos.  23(i  and 
232  West  Main  street,  offers  ample  scope  for  the  exercise  of  the  most  exacting  judgment 
in  each  of  these  departments — seeds,  implements,  and  machinery.  This  is  an  old  and 
responsible  house,  founded  in  1872  by  .Messrs.  S.  11.  Chambers  and  J.  E.  Watts,  the  latter 
retiring  in  1879,  since  when  Mr.  Chambers  has  continued  to  conduct  the  business  on  his 
own  account.  He  has  a  very  heavy  trade  throughout  the  United  States,  and  during  the 
spring  and  summer  months  deals  largely  with  Europe,  principally  in  exporting  orchard, 
bluegrass.  and  redtop  seeds.  He  is  also  agent  for  the  "  Empire  "  harvesting  machine, 
manufactured  at  Akron,  Ohio,  a  strong,  fjist,  clean,  and  altogi-ther  superior  machine  which, 
upon  its  merits  alone,  has  already  achieved  success  and  a  wide  and  increasing  sale. 

IMr.  Chambers'  store  and  warehouses  are  very  extensive  and  commodious,  and  are  at 
all  times  stocked  with  an  immense  line  of  carefully-selected  field  seeds,  farming  imple- 
ments and  machinery,  and  all  goods  pertaining  to  agriculture. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  81 


JOHN  P.  MORTON  &  CO., 


Publishers,  Booksellers,  Stationers.  Printers,  Binders  and  Blank-Book  Manufacturers. 
Nos.  440  to  446  West  Main  SIreet. 


This  house,  in  addition  to  the  repute  always  attaching  to  dealings  of  magnitude,  enjoys 
the  further  distinction  of  being  the  oldest  business  establishment  in  this  city  and  State, 
and  possibly  in  the  entire  United  States  as  well,  in  respect  to  maintaining  its  identity  and 
continuity  of  firm  membership. 

Founded  in  1825  by  Mr.  John  P.  Morton,  the  venerable  senior  of  the  house  still,  the 
establishment,  during  the  sixty  years  of  its  existence  as  such,  has  always  more  than  kept 
pace  with  the  industrial  and  commercial  growth  and  development  of  Louisville.  It  is 
still  the  largest  house  of  its  kind  south  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  its  patronage,  always  firmly 
established,  is  continually  expanding  territorially,  and  increasing  in  volume.  The  first 
change  in  firm  name  was  to  Morton  &  Smith,  then  to  Morton  &  Griswold,  and  since  1864 
the  present  style,  John  P.  Morton  &  Co.,  has  prevailed,  the  firm  associates  of  the  venera- 
ble founder  being  Alex.  Griswold  and  Howard  M.  Griswold,  both  of  whom  have  always 
been  identified  with  this  line  of  business.  The  latter  is  also  a  director  in  the  Bank  of 
Kentucky. 

The  imprint  of  the  house  of  John  P.  Morton  &  Co.  is  everywhere  recognized  in  the 
trade  as  attesting  literary  merit,  in  respect  to  its  publications  and  superior  workmanship 
in  typography,  binding,  etc.  Many  of  the  principal  publications  issued  in  Louisville  bear 
this  imprint,  and  the  house  also  publishes  school-books  in  great  variety  and  excellence. 
In  piinting  and  binding  a  very  large  business  is  transacted,  and  the  firm  makes  a  specialty 
of  the  manufacture  of  blank-books  and  wholesale  and  retail  dealing  in  stationery. 

The  trade  of  the  establishment,  in  all  its  branches  of  publishing,  book-selling,  sta- 
tionery, printing,  binding  and  blank-book  manufacturing,  is  very  extensive  throughout 
Kentuck}',  Indiana,  Tennessee,  Northern  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Alabama,  and  Georgia. 
Locally,  and  in  its  retail  departments,  the  house  is  held  in  high  esteem;  and  this  rejard 
attaches  also  to  the  members  of  the  firm,  whose  enterprise,  integrity  and  public  spirit  are 
awarded  the  fullest  recognition  and  appreciation. 

At  its  last  annual  meeting  the  Board  of  Trade  conferred  its  highest  distinction — hon- 
orary life  membership — upon  Mr.  Morton,  and  he  most  felicitously  responded  as  follows: 
"  This  honor,  coming  from  business  men,  eminently  respectable,  and  whose  object  is  to 
promote  the  best  interests  of  the  city  in  mercantile,  commercial,  manufacturing,  and  other 
matters  that  would  add  to  its  growth  and  prosperity,  is  a  compliment  that  I  deeply  feel 
and  appreciate." 


82 


THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


K.  A.  ROBINSON  &  CO. 


R.  A.  Robinson.  Chas.  H/Petit.  W.  A.  Robinson.  W.  Robin  on.  Proprietors— Wliolesale  Druggists  and  Manufact- 
urers 01  Pharmaceutical  Preparations— Nos. 528  to 532  West  Main  Street;  Laboratory,  No.  231  Sixtti  Street. 

This  old  and  wdl-known  houpe,  whether  regarded  in  its  character  as  a  vast  and  lead- 
ing commercial  enterprise  of  Louisville  and  the  South,  or  in  the  personnel  of  its  proprie- 
tors, has  a  most  interesting  history  almost  co-exten- 
sive with  the  trade  development  of  the  citj. 
•  Founded  in  1842  by  Mr.  K.  A.  Rubinson,  the 
senior  of  the  present  firm,  the  establishment  wa» 
at  first  a  comparatively  small  retail  drug-store  on 
Market  street;  then  added  a  small  jobbing  trade, 
and  in  1846  embarked  exclusively  in  the  wholesale 
drug  line,  the  better  to  accommodate  the  increasing 
trade  in  hand  and  prospective,  removing  to  the 
]iresent  admirable  and  spacious  location  on  West 
Main  street.  There  were  some  early  changes  in 
the  name  of  the  firm,  but  in  1855  the  present  desig- 
nation, R.  A.  Robinson  &  Co.,  was  cliosen  and  the 
]iartnership  now  consists  of  the  original  founder, 
Mr.  R.  A.  Robinson,  with  his  sjns,  W.  A.  and  W. 
Robinson,  and  Mr.  Charles  H.  Petit.  With  the 
experience  of  the  senior  and  the  vigor  and  enter- 
]3rise  of  the  younger  members,  the  business  ot  the 
iiouse  continued  to  grow.  Atpresentthe  firm  cov- 
ers, in  its  transactions  and  ]iatronage,  the  West, 
South-west,  and  South,  and  the  same  thrift,  energy 
and  progress]  veness  may  be  expected  to  still  further 
enlarge  the  sphere  of  operations  of  the  house, 
uidicalive  ui  ilm  uuuiuuiiauring  facilities  of  the  firm,  and  the  largene.ss  of  its 
stock,  it  may  be  added  th.it  the  main  store  is  52Jxl85  feet,  four  stones  and  cellars,  and  the 
laboratory  20x105  feet,  three  stories  high.  The  employes  number  thirty.  The  approved 
and  enduring  mercantile  principles  that  have  governed  the  conduct  of' the  hou-*e  during 
its  nearly  half  a  century  of  existence  will  continue  to  prevail,  and  the  house  maintain  its 
leadi'  g  position  among  the  commercial  enterprises  of  the  South,  distinguished  for  ample 
capital  and  resources,  large  facilities,  and  an  ever-increasing  business. 

On  account  of  his  intimate  connection  with  the  commercial  development  of  Louis- 
ville, the  senior  of  this  leading  and  representative  Southern  house  merits  more  than  inci- 
dental mention  in  a  work  like  this  devoted  to  the  industries  of  Louisville.  Born  in  Vir- 
ginia in  1817,  he  entered  a  business  apprenticeship  in  Shepherdstown,  in  that  State,  at  the 
earlv  age  of  fourteen.  In  1837  he  catiie  to  Louisville,  and  readily  obtained  clerical  em- 
ployment, afterward  engaging  in  the  dry  goods  business,  with  his  brothers,  who  had  joined 
him  here.  Later  still  he  founded  a  drug-store  establishment,  as  above  related,  the  same 
that  became  the  ])rogenitor  of  the  present  house.  He  abo  embarked,  in  late  years,  in 
other  business  enterprises,  elsewhere  referred  to,  more  especially  in  behalf  of  his  .sons  en- 
gaged in  the  wholesale  hardware  business  ;  and  he  is  al<o  the' founder  of  the  Louisville 
Woolen  Mills.  Of  unswerving  integrity  and  commercial  honor,  he  met  the  obligatums 
and  losses  encountered  by  the  civil  war  and  monetary  panics  promptly  and  in  full.  His 
wide  knowledge  of  commercial  aftairs  and  finance  made  his  service  and  advice  in  jniblic 
trusts  very  desirable,  and  he  has  held  position  in  the  directories  of  the  Louisville  &  Nash- 
ville railroad,  the  Louisville  Bridge  Company,  the  Falls  City  Bank,  and  other  enterprises, 
but  he  could  never  be  induced  to  accept  polit'ical  preferment,  although  he  would  have  con- 
ferred distinction  upon  the  highest  office.  Devoted  to  the  duties  of  his  burliness,  he  has 
yet  found  time  to  concern  himself  in  social  matters,  and  in  his  life  has  exemplified  the 
highest  type  of  Christian  manhood.  So  fully  have  the  business  men  of  Louisville  appre- 
ciated the  lite  and  commercial  services  of  Mr.  R.  A.  Robinson  that  they  voluntarilv  and 
unanimously  conferred  upon  liim  the  great  di.*tinction  of  honorary  life  membership  in  the 
Board  ot  Trade,  an  honor  never  before  bestowed.  The  letter  of  the  President  of  the 
Board,  announcing  the  fact,  was  a  most  felicitous  tribute  to  an  honored  citizen,  but  Mr. 
Robinson's  modest  and  grateful  reply  far  exceeded  it  as  a  tribute  to  the  business  commun- 
ity tliat  he  bad  served  with  such  acceptance  for  forty-five  years.  The  successful  life  of 
Mr.  Robinson,  and  the  business  success  of  his  firm,  present  considerations  for  the  en- 
couragement and  emulation  of  all. 


AND    OK    NKU     ALHANY,    INDIANA. 


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M'FERRAN,  SHALl.CKOSS  &  CO., 


Pork  Packers,  Provision  Dealers,  and  Curers  of  the  Celebrated  Magnolia  Ham— Packing-hous),  Thirteenth  and 
Maple  Streets :  Office.  South-west  Corner  of  Second  and  Main  Streets. 


No  single  iiulustry  in  Louisville  has  so  much  coiitrii)Uted  to  tho  comnicrcijil  ;nid  man- 
ufacturing  pre-eniiiience  of  this  section  as  that  under  present  consideration,  owned  and 
operated  by  the  long-established  firm  of  JIcFerran,  Shallcross  &  Co.,  who  for  nearly  a 
quarter  of  a  century  have  occupied  a  commanding  position  in  respect  to  the  industrial  af- 
fairs and  triide  and  commerce  of  this  section. 

The  character  of  their  productions,  and  the  near  relation  of  the  same  to  the  consumer 
— for  almost  everybody  can  manage  to  worry  down  a  piece  of  Magnolia  Ham,  with  eggs, 
with  neatness  and  dispatch — have  given  to  "thegi-eat  establishment  a  popular  acquaintance 
and  large  repute  far  beyond  the  limits  of  ordinary  trade  circles. 

Founded  in  1803  by  McFerran  &  Mene'ee,  the  house  cured  the  first  year  7,500  ^[af- 
nolia  Hams,  and  that  product  Avas  considered  large  at  that  period  of  commercial  develop- 
ment; but  the  figures  seem  small  when  compared  with  a  subsequent  year'A)Utput,  which 
airgregated  375,000  hams.  The  subsequent  changes  in  the  firm  nomenclature  were  to 
Mitchell.  Armstrong  &  Co.,  then  to  McFerran,  Armstrong  «&  C<>.,  and  in  187G  to  the  pres- 
ent style  of  firm,  ]\icFerran,  Shallcross  &  Co,  the  partners  being  J.  B.  McFerran  (for- 
merly president  of  the  Board  ot  Trade),  S.  H.  Shallcross,  R.  J.  Menefee,  and  W.  P.  Clancy. 

The  curing-house  of  the  firm  is  in  Louisville,  as  illustrated  above,  and  the  several 
massive  brick  warehouses,  and  other  buildings  appertaining  to  the  establishment,  have  a 
fronta'j-e  of  510  feet.  There  are  also  seven  large  three-story  smoke-houses,  with  a  capacity 
of  smoking  a  million  jwunds  of  meat.  As  shown  in  the  engraving,  railroad  tracks  and 
sidinsrs  adjoin  the  buildings,  and  these  terminal  facilities  are  so  extensive  that  seventeen 
cars  can  be  loaded  or  unloaded  at  once.  The  location  of  the  curing-house.  Thirteenth  .and 
Maple  streets,  is  unusually  favorable  for  a  further  extension  of  terminal  facilities,  should 
the  same  become  necessary  in  the  continuous  growth  and  development  of  the  firm's  busi- 
ness. 

The  house  also  maintains  slaughtering  and  packing  establishments  at  Peoria,  Illinois, 
and  Nashville,  Tennessee,  where  two  hundred  additional  hands  are  employed,  when  run- 
ning full,  and  their  facilities  for  distributing  the  meat  product  are  unsurpassed. 

Hut  the  specialty  of  the  firm  and  its  jiroduct,  which  is  sold  largely  on  both  sides  ot 
the  Atlantic,  is  the  Vlagnolia  Ham,  in  the  production  of  which  the  art  of  ham  curing  has 
so  fully  reached  perfection  that  the  firm  is  enabled  to  guarantee  the  excellence  ot  every 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


single  one  of  the  brand.  The  marvelous  success  evidenced  in  the  growth  of  the  demand 
for  this  toothsome  luxury  from  7,500  to  375,000  hams  a  year  is  a  tribute  to  the  method  of 
curing  it.  Only  the  best  and  purest  materials  enter  the  pickle,  a:'d  a  large  percentage  of 
pure  cane  sugar  is  used  in  the  caring.  The  Magnolia  has  been  for  years  the  largest  cure 
of  strictly  winter  sugar-cured  hams  made  in  the  world.  This  house  maintains,  as  the  re- 
sult of  many  years'  experience  in  handling  pork,  that  hams  cured  in  summer,when  the  hog 
flesh  is  soft,  can  not  possibly  be  as  good  as  those  curud  in  winter  when  the  meat  is  firm  and 
in  the  best  possible  condition  ;  and  in  this  opinion  the  whole  trade  will  and  does  concur. 
It  needs  but  to  be  added  that  the  firm  of  McFerran,  Shallcross  &  Co.  is  one  of  the 
largest  in  financial  ability  and  resources,  and  the  members  are  among  the  most  energetic, 
enterprising  and  public-spirited  business  men  of  this  section. 


BLOCK,  FRANCK  &  CO., 

Distillers  and  Dealers  in  Fine  Kentucky  Whiskies— Office,  No.  205  West  Main  Street. 


^XSTILL^^ 


This  house  was  originall}'  founded  hy  Joseph  Block  and  L. 
Franck,  who  had  formerly  been  engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry 
gnods  business.  On  the  1st  of  January,  1886,  a  new  copart- 
niTship  was  formed  by  the  above  parties  and  Mr.  Eniile 
Franck,  formerly  of  the  firm  of  Hellman,  Franck  &  Co.,  for 
many  years  in  tliis  line  of  business,  which  firm  expired  by  lim- 
itation on  that  day,  the  style  of  the  present  firm  remaining,  as 
K  retofore.  Block,  Fr'inck  &  Co.  This  house  was  one  of  the 
hrst  to  introduce  the  selling  of  fine  Kentucky  whiskies  in 
Xiiid  to  the  retail  trade,  and  have  been  very  successful  in  plac- 
ing their  well-known  brands  in  the  hands  of  the  best  class  of 
letail  dealers  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  They  have,  thus  far, 
sold  goods  in  twenty-nine  States,  from  Maine  to  California, 
and  tlieii  irade  i--  constantly  increasing.  The  specialty  of  the  old  fir-m  has  been  the 
brands  "  Kcntuckj'  Oaks  "  and  ''  Kentucky  Derby  "'  hand-made  sour-mash  Bourbon  and 
rye  whiskies,  and  since  the  formation  of  the  new  house,  they  have  added  the  "  Tremont  " 
and  "  Gold  Dust  "  hand-made  sour-mash  whiskies,  which,  like  the  other  brands,  have  been 
thoroughly  introduced  wherever  fine  whiskies  are  known. 

In  addition  to  their  own  brands,  they  carry  in  bond  a  number  of  the  other  popular 
brands  of  Kentucky  goods.  Thus  they  are  enabled  to  supply  the  trade  with  any  fine 
whisky  made  in  Kentucky. 

This  house  deals  only  in  goods  in  bond,  and  all  shipments  are  made  direct  from  bonded 
warehouse,  thus  insuring  to  the  trade  that  the  whiskies  are  perfectly  straight,  the  most 
desiral)le  feature  for  retailers  in  buying  their  goods. 

The  firm  is  composed  of  active,  energetic  young  men,  and  every  member  of  the  same 
travels  from  o^e  year's  end  to  the  other,  and  visits  the  trade  in  person.  Mr.  Block  has 
flfeen  a  resident  of  Louisville  since  childhood,  while  the  Messrs.  Franck  were  born  and 
raised  in  the  city,  and  all  are  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  mercantile  community. 

Pai'tie§  who  may  wish  to  favor  this  house  with  orders  direct  can  address  them  by 
mail,  and  all  such  correspondence  will  receive  prompt  attention. 


J.   W.  SAWYER, 


Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocer,  Nos.  334  and  356  East  Market  Street. 


The  beneficent  influence  of  the  wholesale  grocery  trade  upon  Louisville's  past,  present 
and  prospective  growth  is  so  generally  recognized  as  to  render  enlargement  upon  this 
theme  a  work  of  supererogation,  a  duty  more  honored  in  the  breach  than  in  the  observ- 
ance. SuflSce  it  to  say.  that  as  a  class  the  wholesale  grocers  of  the  Falls  City  occupy  a 
lofly  pi)sition  among  the  legitimate  and  honorable  pursuits  that  combine  to  render  her  a 
hive  of  industry  and  the  metropolis  of  this  se.'tion  o?  the  South-west. 

One  of  the  most  creditable  and  successlul  of  these  concerns  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  W. 
Sawyer,  located  in  the  convenient  two-story  building,  Nos.  354  and  35G  East  Market 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


85 


street,  fronting  forty  feet  on  that  street,  and  running  bade  eighty  feet.  In  all  respects 
this  is  a  first-class  establishment,  handling  annually  vast  quantities  of  the  goods  pertain- 
ing to  the  trade,  and  requiring  the  services  of  a  number  of  ctnployos.  The  aggregate 
sales  for  several  years  past  have  footed  up  $85,000  to  $100,000,  customers  being  fnund 
throughout  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  valleys,  from  West  Viririnia  to  Texas.  The  special- 
ties of  the  house  are,  the  renowned  "Diamond"  flour,  a  brand  which  has  no  superior  for 
either  domestic  or  bakers'  use,  "Diamond"  coffee  and  "Combination"  mixed  tea;  and 
Mr.  Sawyer's  success  may  be  traced  to  the  conscientious,  scrupulous  honor  with  which  he 
has  transacted  business,  and  the  uniform  courtesy  extended  alike  to  all  his  patrons. 

Mr.  Sawyer,  originally  educated  for  the  profession  of  medicine,  and  a  Kentuckian  by 
birth,  later  entered  the  grocery  trade  as  a  salesman,  and  previous  to  going  into  business 
for  himself  had  been  in  the  employ  of  five  of  the  leading  grocery  houses  here.  He  was, 
therefore,  well  fitted  by  experience  to  make  a  success  of  his  undertaking— a  result  which 
he  has  reached  by  close  application  to  business  and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  wants 
of  the  trade.  Notwithstanding  the  constant  attention  demanded  by  his  grocery  house, 
Mr.  Sawyer,  like  most  very  busy  men,  finds  time  to  devote  to  other  pursuits,  and  is  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  Franklin  Tobacco  Company,  a  flourishing  corporation  of  which 
his  tact,  energy  and  industry  arc  the  props  and  supports.  This  concern  is  largely  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  superior  brands  of  plug  tobacco,  the  sale  of  which  has  been 
sedulously  and  successfully  pushed  in  all  the  States  tributary  to  this  market. 


OTTER  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Grocers  and  Commission  Merchants— Nos.  214,  216,  218  and  220  Sixth  Street,  Between  Main  and 

Market. 


The  wholesale  grocery  and  commission  trade 
)f  this  city  is  of  tremendous  proportions  and 
importance,  not  only  to  those  directly  engaged 
therein  but  to  the  community  at  large.  Else- 
where in  these  pages  will  be  found  the  statistics 
of  this  brunch  of  business  for  the  past  and  some 
precediniT  years,  from  which  it  will  be  readily 
interred  that  no  small  share  of  the  Falls  City's 
prosperity  is  referable  to  the  energy,  enterprise, 
and  activity  of  her  grocery  and  commission  in- 
terest. 

A  great  leading  house  in  this  department  ot 
trade  and  commerce  is  that  of  Otter  &  Co., 
wholesale  grocers  and  commission  merchants, 
Nos.  214  to  1^20  Sixth  street,  between  Main  and 
Market.  The  concern  was  founded  in  1858  by 
Mr.  J.  D. Otter,  who,  for  many  years,  conducted  it 
upon  the  most  progressive  and  successful  meth- 
ods. On  his  decease,  in  1883,  the  present  firm, 
composed  of  W.  P.,  K.  H.  and  John  J.  Otter, 
sons  of  the  founder,  contiiuied  the  business  thus  established. 

Their  building,  the  first  two  flq^jrs  of  which,  with  basement,  is  occupied  by  Messrs. 
Otter  &  Co.,  is  a  very  handsome  four-story  brick,  fronting  100  feet  on  Sixth  street,  with  a 
deptli  of  150  feet.  The  stock  is  a  superb  one,  well  selected,  fresh,  and  embraces  all  staple 
goods  as  well  as  an  immense  assortment  of  fancy  groceries,  canned  goods,  salt  and  smoked 
nieat-^,  and,  in  a  word,  everything  related  to  the  trade  for  which  there  is  any  demand. 
The  in'<st  reasonable  prices  rule,  together  with  promptitude  and  an  accommodating  spirit 
that  adds  vastly  to  the  popularity  of  the  house. 

Oiler  &  Co.'s  customers  are  found  throughout  this  and  neighboring  States,  while  they 
command  an  immense  city  patronage,  and  claim  with  reason  the  largest  commission  busi- 
ness in  (•.>untry  produce,  etc.,  of  any  house  here. 

The  fiiiii  IS  a  solid  and  substantial  one,  prompt,  wide-awake  and  responsible,  and 
stands  in  the  front  rank  of  the  trade.  Buyers  and  consignors  will  find  it  to  their  interest 
to  call  upon  or  communicate  with  Otter  *«&  Co.,  and  look  into  the  inducements  they  offer. 


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THE  INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


THE  FKANKLTX  TOBACCO  COMPANY, 


Manufacturers  of  "Half  Dime,"  "Ginger  Bread,"  "Nip"  and  Other  Favorite  Brands  of  Cliewing  Tobacco— 
Nos/633  and  635  East  Main  Street. 


Louisville  is  emphatically  the  home  of  the  tobacco  trade,  both  leaf  and  manufactured. 
The  natural  outlet  of  the  great  tobacco-growing  counties  of  this  greatest  of  the  tobacco- 
growing  States,  unequaled  facilities  are  here  ofl'ered  lor  the  establi^^hraent  and  prosecution 
of  a  colossal  business  in  the  manufacture  of  the  raw  material  into  the  toothsome  chew  or 
the  solacing  smuke.  Owing  to  a  combination  of  circumstances,  a  rival  city  has  of  late 
years  made  rapid  strides  as  a  tobacco  market,  but  once  more  Louisville  is  in  the  lead,  and 
her  merchants  will  not  again  be  caught  napping.  Where  so  many  excellent  houses  en- 
gaged in  the  same  trade  are  congregated  it  might  be  considered  invidious  to  award  the 
meed  of  special  praise  to  any  one  for  general  excellence  of  product,  but  it  is  fair  to  call 
attention  to  and  give  due  credit  for  such  advances  in  methods  and  proce.-ses  as  add  to  the 
qualitv  of  the  manufactured  product  and  attract  an  increased  number  of  buyers  to  this 
market.  As  an  instance  of  the  advantage  which  must  accrue  to  the  operators  and  owners 
of  even  tobacco  factories  from  the  ability  to  command  inventive  genius,  Louisville  can 
justly  point  with  pride  to  the  Franklin  Tobacco  Company,  whose  finely-arranged  and 
equipped  works  are  heated  at  Nos.  633  and  635  East  Main  street.  The  company 
was  organized  and  commenced  operations  March  18,  1885,  the  incorporators  being  Messrs. 
J.  W.  Sawyer  and  K.  J.  Landrum,  the  first  a  popular  and  prominent  grocer  and  the  latter 
a  p'Mctical  tobacco  manufacturer  of  some  thirty  years'  experience.  The  capital  slock  is 
$10.0  JO.  At  first  the  company  established  itself  at  No.  2527  Rowan  street,  but  success  was 
so  quickly  achieved  that  it  became  necessary  to  remove,  to  the  present  location,  where  a  com- 
plete new  plant  of  improved  machinery  processes,  some  of  Mr.  Sawyer's  own  inven- 
tion, and  for  which  patents  are  now  pending,  was  introduced,  by  means  of  which  a  vastly 
incivased  output  is  obtained  at  less  expenditure  of  labor  and  money  than  by  the  old-style 
proce  st-s,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  with  a  force  of  sixty  operatives  the  product  aver- 
ages some  two  thousand  pounds  per  diem,  and  the  sales  for  the  past  year,  at  the  lowest 
estimate,  reaching  the  value  of  $150,000.     The  pay-roll  is  about  $300  weekly. 

Tlie  favorite  brands  manufactured  bj' the  Franklin  Tobacco  Companj- are  "Ginger 
Bread,"  "  Half  Dime  "  and  "  Nip'"  plug,  all  of  which  are  superior  tobaccos  and  rapidly 
growing  in  popularity,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  the  demand  is  fully  equal  to  the 
manufacturing  capacity,  notwithstanding  the  company  has  no  drummers  and  employs  no 
special  means  for  increasing  sales.  The  works  require  constant  enlargements  and  the 
putting  up  of  new  machinery  in  order  to  avoid  the  accumulation  of  orders.  So  it  will  be 
seen  that  it  is  a  flourishing  enterprise,  and  one  that  reflects  credit  upon  its  originators  and 
the  city  of  Louisville. 


THE  REMINGTON  STANDARD  TYPE-WRITER. 


Huber  &  Allison,  General  Agents  for  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Southern  Indiana,  No.  448  West  Main  Street. 

The  publishers  of  this  present  volume 
were  among  the  first  engaged  in  the 
preparation  of  commercial  books  to 
utilize  the  type-writer  in  preparing 
"copy"  for  the  press,  and  their  prefer- 
ence for  the  Remington  is  further  mani- 
fested in  the  fact  that  in  their  offices  in 
the  leading  trade  centers  of  the  country 
only  the  Standard  Remington  is  u.sed, 
although  trial  has  been  made  ot  other 
machines. 

The  editors  of  the  "Industries  of  St. 
Louis"  say  in  that  publicHtion,  that 
"every  manuscript  page  of  printer's  copy  for  the  book  was  run  off  on  the  Remington 
type-writer.  That  instrument  is  rapidh'  supplanting  many  of  the  ancient  methods  of 
book-making.     It  has  been  sold  in  St.  Louis  for  about  ten  years  and  has  stood  the  test 


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of  time  The  Remington  type-writer  is  manufactured  by  E.  Remington  &  Sons,  at  the 
Remington  Rifle  Worlis,  Ilion,  N.  Y.  The  Reniuigton  Standard  has  now  bei'n  before 
the  pulilic  over  ten  years;  it  has  been  subjected  to  every  coiu'eivable  test;  some  of  the 
machines  sold  over  ten  years  ago  are  still  in  use  and  doing  good  service,  and  wherever  it 
has  been  tried  as  an  experiment  it  has  been  retained  as  a  necessity. 

"A  vohime  greater  than  this  could  be  filled  with  indorsements  by  St.  Louis  patrons 
of  the  Remington.  Several  firms  here  are  now  using  as  many  as  twenty  of  these  ma- 
chines, after  having  given  other  machines  a  trial  and  found  them  unfitted  lor  rapid  and 
reliable  work.  It  will  pay  any  one  who  has  much  writing  to  do  t!>  investigMte  the  Stand- 
ard type-writer,  a  machine  that  absolutely'  takes  the  phice  of  the  pen,  doing  all  that  can 
be  done  by  it,  and  in  one-tliird  the  time." 

The  same  commendation  of  the  admirable  device  applies  in  Louisville,  where,  through 
the  well-managed  general  agency  of  Huber  &  Allison,  at  448  West  Main  street,  the  lead- 
ing cities  and  towns  of  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Southern  Indiana,  have  been  supplied 
with  the  Remington  Standard. 

Messrs.  AVyckoff,  Leamans  &  Benedict,  of  New  York,  who  have  the  sole  agency  for 
the  sale  of  the  machine  throughout  the  world,  are  fortunate  in  being  represented  here  by 
so  capable  and  energetic  a  firm  as  Messrs.  Huhei-  A:  Alhsmi.  The  iiuicliiiH',  in  all  its 
varieties,  and  with  all  the  supplies  used  in  con- 
nection with  it,  may  be  obtained  of  the  firm,  wlm 
also  so'.icit  correspondence  from  those  at  a  dis- 
tance, and  furnish  pamphlets  and  other  informa- 
tion upon  request. 

lluber  &  Allison  also  represent  and  deal  ex- 
tensively in  the  best  of  the  leading  styles  of 
bicycles  and  tricycles,  inclusive  of  the  popular 
"  V  ictor,"  "  Star,"  "  Facile,"  and  "  Rudge  "  makes. 
The  firm  are  always  pleased  to  furnish  informa- 
tion on  cycling  matters,  and  upon  request  will 
mail  special  catalogues  setting  forth  in  full  tli< 
various  advantages  of  the  machines  they  repre- 
sent. 

All  kinds  of  cycling  goods  are  supplied  at 
manufacturers'  prices,  and  careful  and  prompt 
attention  is  given  to  all  orders  or  communications  sent  to  the  firm. 


JULIUS  SUES, 


Dealer  in  Toys,  Rubber  Goods,  Baby  Carriages,  Children's  Furniture  and  Novelties  for  Little  People,  No.  230 

Fourtti  Avenue,  near  Main  Street. 


For  more  than  thirty  years  Julius  Sues  has  catered  to  the  innocent  pleasure  of  Lpuis- 
ville's  children,  and  many  a  bearded  father  and  matronly  mother  of  to-day  remembers 
with  a  reminiscent  thrill  the  bewildering  delights  of  Sue«'  bazar  in  holiday  times,  when 
Santa  Claus  consigned  shiploads  of  gay  wagons,  sleds,  hobby-horses,  dolls,  and  novelties 
to  the  amiable  Julius,  who  dispensed  them  with  unchanging  impartiality  and  kindness  to 
his  hosts  of  small  friends.  Never  was  there  so  popular  a  merchant,  and  if  the  means  of 
his  prattling  customers  during  his  long  career  had  been  equal  to  their  wants  and  desires, 
the  fortune  of  Vanderbilt  would  dwindle  into  insignificance  in  comparison  with  his. 

Mr.  Sues,  a  youthful  immigrant  from  Bremen,  received  his  business  training  in  a 
Louisville  notion  house,  and  opened  for  himself,  in  1855,  in  a  modest  and  unpretentious 
way.  Year  by  year  his  trade  has  grown,  until  now  his  establishment  is  the  most  extensive 
of  the  kind  in  the  South. 

Mr.  Sues'  store  fronts  25  feet  on  Fourth  avenue,  runs  back  85  feet,  and  is  five  stories  in 
height,  and  is  stocked  from  ground  floor  to  carret  with  an  endless  line  of  goods  pertain- 
ing to  the  toy  trade — baby  carriages,  children's  furniture,  toy  wagons,  velocipedes,  bicy- 
cles, sleds,  games,  hobby-horses,  dolls,  fancy  goods,  and  novelties  of  every  kind.  Parents, 
guardians,  friends  of  the  rising  generation  and  the  trade  will  find  here  everything  desirable 
in  these  goods,  at  moderate  prices,  with  prompt  and  polite  attention  and  perfect  lacilities 
for  selection. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILI.E 


MA.RIOX  COUNTY  D'STILLERY  COMPANY. 

B.  F.  Mattingly,  President;  Ben  D.  Elder,  Secretary;  Distillers  of  Pure  Fire-copper  Kentucky  Whiskies,  Thirty* 

first  Street  and  Rudd  Avenue. 


The  distilling  interests  of  Louisville  have  an  excellent  representative  in  the  ahove- 
named  conipiiny,  which  was  organized  in  1879,  Mr.  B.  F.  Alattinglj^  its  president,  having 
■withdrawn,  at  that  lime,  from  the  firm  of  J.  G.  Mattingly  &  Bro.,  of  which  firm  he  was 
one  of  the  original  members. 

Mr.  Mattin>ily  has  had  forty  years'  experience  in  the  dii-tilling  business,  and  built  and 
cperati-d  the  first  registered  distillery  in  Louisville.  Mr.  Hen  D.  Elder,  the  secretary,  is 
a  well-known  and  popular  business  man. 

The  Marion  di-tiilery  and  warehouses  are  advantageously  located  on  Thirty-first  street 
and  Rudd  avenue,  the  main  track  of  the  Kentucky  and  Indiana  railroad  bridge  connec- 
tion passing  directly  through  the  premises.  The  distillery  yards,  cattle  pens,  etc.,  cover 
four  acres  of  ground,  and.  while  the  distillery  has  the  capacity  for  making  30,000  barrels 
of  whisky  annually,  it  has  b<en  run  under  such  conservative  management  that  the 
product  for  1881  was  only  10,517  barrels;  1882,  9,070  barrels;  1883,  none  made,  because 
of  the  general  over-production  in  Kentucky  d  ring  the  years  of  1881  and  1882;  1884, 
2,270  barrels;  1885,  3,186  harre's,  and  the  product  for  188G  will  be  very  limited — not  a 
barrel  in  excess  of  the  trade  requirements. 

The  mash  of  which  the  Marion  whisky  is  made  is  composed  of  60  per  cent,  corn, 
80  per  cent.  rye.  and  10  per  cent,  barley  malt,  there  being  none  made  in  the  State 
richer  in  small  grain,  and  we  know  of  but  one  other  so  rich. 


JACOB  DAUTRICH, 


Steam  Cigar-box  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Labe's,  Ribbons  and  Trimmings,  No.  1,405  Shelby  Street. 


The  extraordinary  consumption  of  cigais  of  all  grades  in  this  country  has,  within  the 
past  fifteen  or  twenty  years,  developed  several  now  important  industries,  more  or  less  in- 
timately connected  with  the  trade.  Not  the  least  notable  of  these  is  the  manufacture 
of  boxes  and  other  accessories  to  the  proper  and  tasteful  ap|)e;irance  of  the  goods. 

As  a  great  tobacco  market,  it  is  but  natural  that  Loui-ville  should  also  become  a  con- 
siderable   cigar,   cigar-box,   label   and   trimmings  manufacturing  center.     The   leading 


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89 


establishmpnt  of  the  kind  here  is  that  of  Mr.  Jacob  Dautrich,  No.  1405  Shelby  street, 
established  in  1879.  Mr.  Dautrich,  a  practical  carpenter,  a  skillful  and  successful  business 
man,  seeing  the  growing  demand  for  this  cla.ss  of  goods,  went  into  the  enterprise  with 
vigor  and  determination  to  make  of  it  a  creditable  and  profitable  enterprise.  That  he  has 
carried  out  his  intention  goes  without  saying,  since  his  goods  are  as  well-known  and  pcip- 
ular  as  the  many  brands  of  excellent  cigars  produced  here.  Mr.  Dautrich's  factory  is  of 
suiRcicnt  dimensions  to  meet  present  recpiirements,  employs  nine  workmen,  is  fitted  up 
with  steam  power  and  all  necessary  nuichinery,  and  turns  out  immense  quantities  of  fin- 
ished goods  of  all  grades.  His  trade  is  chiefly  local,  and  he  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  fur 
any  quality  or  quantity  of  cigar-bo.xcs  desired,  and  at  low  prices  and  promptly. 


WANAMAKER  &  BltOWN. 


W.  H.  Wanamaker,  President:  John  F.  Hiilman,  VicE-Prssident  and  Treasurer;  William  Sidebotton.  Secretary; 

0.  L  Andersen,  Manager  of  Louisv  l:e  Branch;  Manufacturers  and  Dialers  In  Clothing, 

Furnishing  Goods,  etc..  N.  W.  corner  Fourth  Avenue  and  Jefferson  Street. 


The  subject  of  "  wherewithal  shall  we  be  clothed?"'  interests  every  Wass  and  condition 
of  civilized  men.  The  manufacture  of  clothing  for  the  masses  has  almost  passed  out  of 
the  hands  of  the  tailor  in  a  small  way,  and  into  those  of  the  wholesale  producer,  whose 
capital  enables  him  to  employ  battalions  of  workmen  and  workwomen,  and  place  upon 
the  market  immense  quantities  of  goods  ready  for  wear  at  figures  that  no  small  tailor  can 
rival.     Whatever  the  ancient  prejudice  against  ready-made  clothing,  it  is  fast  disappear- 


90  THE   INDUSTRIES    OP    LOUISVILLE 

ing  in  our  day.  Men  who  can  afford  to  dress  well  are  more  numerous  than  at  any  pre- 
yious  time,  for  the  reason  thut  good  clothing,  stylish,  neatly-fitting,  and  of  fine  grades  of 
cloth,  are  so  cheap  as  to  be  within  the  reach  of  all  who  wish  to  appear  well. 

The  great  clothing  firm  of  Wanamaker  &  Brown,  headquarters  in  Philadelphia,  long 
a^o  made  for  itsolf  a  reputation  in  this  branch  of  trade.  Several  branches  are  maintained 
in  leading  Western  cities,  all  of  which  are  prosperous  and  successful.  The  company  itself 
began  business  in  the  Quaker  City  in  1865,  and  has  a  capital  of  *1. 500,000  or  more.  The 
Louisville  branch,  north-east  corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Jefferson  street,  was  opened 
May  19,  1885,  and,  under  the  management  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Anderson,  has  achieved  great 
popularity.  Men  and  boys,  from  the  poorest  to  the  richest,  resort  thither  for  their  gar- 
ments, certain  at  all  times  of  a  polite  reception,  careful  attention,  a  good  fit,  and  the  full 
value  of  their  money.  The  volume  of  trade  of  this  branch  alone  for  the  past  year  approx- 
imated $150,000,  most  of  which  was,  of  course,  local,  but  many  mail  orders  were  filled  for 
distant  points  South  and  West,  this  being  a  specialty  of  the  house  in  which  it  excels. 
Nor  is  the  trade  in  ready-made  clothing  all  that  is  looked  after,  for  gentlemen  can  have 
the  nobbiest  and  most  fashionable  suits  made  to  order  at  short  notice,  in  the  best  style 
and  at  low  figures. 

Mr.  Anderson,  who  has  charge  of  the  branch  house  here,  has  been  with  the  firm  four- 
teen years,  during  much  of  which  time  he  was  manager  of  the  principal  store  at  Phila- 
delphia. The  premises  over  which  he  presides  front  forty-five  feet  on  Fourth  avenue  and 
sixty  feet  on  JeflPerson  street,  occupying  all  of  the  first  and  part  of  the  second  floors,  with 
an  immense  stock  of  fine  and  medium  suits  and  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods,  in  endless 
variety  of  pattern,  cut,  size  and  color,  as  well  as  quality. 

Mr.  John  Wanamaker,  one  of  Philadelphia's  noted  citizens,  originated  this  house 
twenty  years  ago.  The  principal  establishment,  located  there,  has  four  acres  of  floors,  and 
employs  thirty-seven  hundred  salesmen,  clerks,  etc.  In  all,  the  firm  employs  over  five 
thousand  people.  Purchasers  of  goods  in  their  line  can  not  make  any  mistake  in  visiting 
Wanamaker  &  Brown's  "Oak  Hall"  clothing  store.  Fourth  and  Jetferson  streets  is  one 
of  the  brightest  corners  in  the  city. 


MUTUAL  BENEFIT  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  NEWARK,  N.  J. 

K.  W.Smith  &  Co.,  State  Agents  for  Kentucky,  No.  642  West  Main  Street. 


The  resident  agency  for  this  leading  company  has  been  successfully  conducted  here  for 
upward  of  twenty  years,  Mr.  K.  W.  Smith  having  removed  here  from  Cinciniuxti  in  1865 
in  that  behalt.  The  company  itself  lias  an  honorable  business  history  and  record  cover- 
ing a  period  of  more  than  forty  years.  The  Mutual  Benefit  has  paid  out  to  policy-holders 
and  their  beneficiaries  during  1;hat  period  upward  of  •fSo, 000,000;  yet  its  assets  are  still 
over  $40,000,000,  and  it  has  a  surplus  in  excess  of  $(3,000,000.  The  company  has  some 
special  advantages,  and,  among  others,  oflTers  to  such  as  desire  insurance  with  the  least 
possible  outlay  of  cash  the  privilege  of  the  thirty-per-cent.  loan  plan.  Under  this  plan  the 
company  agrees  to  accept  a  uniform  cash  promium  of  seventy  per  cent,  of  the  full  rate, 
the  remaining  thirty  per  cent,  being  charged  against  the  policy  as  a  loan  to  be  met  by 
dividends,  or  to  be  deducted  from  the  face  of  the  policy  at  death,  if  it  should  not  pre- 
viously have  been  paid  off  in  cash  or  by  dividends.  There  are  no  stockholders,  and  all 
profits  are  divided  among  policy-holders.  The  company  is  conspicuous  for  economical 
management,  large  dividends,  liberality  of  its  policy  contracts,  and  fair  dealing  with  its 
members.  No  policy  can  be  forfeited  after  the  second  year,  so  long  as  any  value  re- 
mains to  continue  the  insurance.  The  full  reserve  value  of  a  lapsed  policy  is  applied  to 
keeping  the  insurance  in  force,  or  if  preferred,  to  the  purchase  of  a  paid-up  policy  at  the 
company's  regu'ar  published  rates.  Always  keeping  in  view  the  interest  of  its  members, 
it  makes  cash  loans  to  one-half  of  the  reserve  value  of  its  policies  when  satisfactory  assign- 
ments can  be  made  as  collateral  security.  It  has  removed  all  restrictions  as  to  travel,  oc- 
cupation and  residence  and  made  all  policies  incontestible  after  two  years,  except  for 
fraud  and  non-payment  of  premiums. 

The  agency  here  includes  the  entire  State  of  Kentucky,  and  its  business  is  the  largest 
in  the  State.  Mr.  Smith  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  business  circles,  and  is  a  director  of  the 
Third  National  Bank  of  this  city.  Mr.  Smith  has  taken  thus  over  $400,000,  and  expects 
to  do  over  $2,000,000  of  business  this  year. 


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LOLTlSVILr^E  PUBLIC  WAREHOUSE  COMPANY. 


Udolpho  Snead,  President;  James  P.  Helm,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  W.  G.  Coldewey,  Manager— Warehouse, 
Hamilton  Avenue;  Office,  No.  124  West  Main  Street— Cheap  and  Secure  Storage  at  Lowest  Rates  of  In- 
surance.   

The  Louisville  Public 
"Wari'hcmse    Company    offers 
umisually    well-pcrfeeted    ar- 
rangements for  the  accommo- 
dation of  tobacco  dealers,  dis- 
tillers, wholesale  handlers  o 
liquors,  importers  of  forcitii 
goods,  shippers  and  dealers  ii 
every  description  of  merclian 
disc  requiring;;  cheap,  carefu 
and  responsible  .«t(>rage     Thi.>- 
conipiiny,  pos.>=essed  of  a  paid- 
up  capital  of  $100,000,  owns 
and   controls   the  immense 
«even-story  brick  warehouse, 

350x410  feet  square,  erected  by  the  late  Newcomb-Bucbanan  Company  on  Hamilton  ave- 
nue. This  is  the  most  capacious  building  in  the  South  of  the  kind,  and  is  equipped  through- 
out in  the  couipletest  manner  with  power  elevators,  gas  engines,  scales,  and,  in  siiort, 
■every  requisite  lor  the  handling  of  any  and  all  kinds  of  goods.  There  are,  strictly  speak- 
ing, three  distinct  buildings  entirely'  disconnected,  all  doors  and  windows  protect'd  by 
iron  bars  and  shutters,  the  buildings  covered  with  standard  composition  roofs,  and  every 
possible  safeguard  provided  against  fire.  The  office  is  located  at  No.  124  Main  street,  be- 
tween First  and  Second,  where  interested  parties  will  at  all  times  receive  prompt  and 
courteous  attention. 

The  aggregate  business  of  this  great  company,  organized  in  1884,  already  exceeds  half 
a  million  dollars.  The  building  has  contained  at  various  times  during  the  past  year  10,000 
barrels  of  free  whisky,  5,000  barrels  of  bonded  whisky.  1,000  hogsheads  of  tobacco,  and 
"vast  quantities  of  miscellaneous  goqds,  the  leading  specialties  being  free  whisky  and 
bonded  goods  under  control  of  the  Government  customs  department.  This  is  a  regular 
United  States  bonded  warehouse,  and  the  only  one  outside  of  New  York  city  authorized 
to  return  direct-exported  whisky  and  imported  merchandise. 

This  superb  warehouse,  purchased  at  the  assignee's  sale  of  the  renowned  Newcomb- 
Buihanan  Company's  assets  in  1884,  by  whom  it  was  •'rected  at  a  cost  of  .$"210,000,  is  fitted 
up  with  a  complete  barrel-rack  system,  somewhat  modified  and  remodeled  by  the  present 
owners,  which  provides  vastly  increased  storage  capacity,  space  considered,  and  complete 
supervision  of  leakage,  etc.,  with  free  circulation  of  air  arnund  each  barrel,  over  any  other 
plan  ever  devised.  The  present  company  has  also  constructed  a  switch  at  a  cost  of  $7,000, 
■which  connects  the  warehouse  with  every  railroad  entering  the  city.  In  a  word,  all  has 
been  d()ne  that  was  possiMe  to  provide  every  necessary  convenience  to  all  classes  of  siiip- 
pcrs,  importers  and  merchants,  and  results  show  that  the  enterprise  is  appreciated  and 
patronized  in  a  generous  manner. 

Owing  to  the  character  of  the  building  and  its  management,  the  rate  of  insurance  of 
contents  is  very  low — eightj-  cents  per  one  hundred  dollars  of  value.  The  company  con- 
ducts its  business  in  conformity'with  the  laws  of  the  United  States  and  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  the  Louisville  Clearing-house  regulations;  has  always  present,  in  addition  to 
its  own  foreman  and  force  of  laborers,  a  detachment  of  Government  store-keepers  and 
gaug^rs,  and  the  utmost  vigilance  is  at  all  times  exercised. 

The  company  have  ampin  banking  facilities,  and  refer  to  any  or  all  of  the  Louisville 
financial  institutions.  Liberal  advances  (U  merchandise  stored  in  the  warehouses  of  the 
company  are  secured  at  lowest  bank  rates,  either  from  any  of  the  local  bank»  or  from  sev- 
eral of  the  largest  New  York  banks,  with  which  the  company  have  established  con- 
nections. 

The  city  of  Louisville  presents  great  advantages  as  a  distributing  point,  one-fourth  of 
the  population  of  the  United  States  being  within  a  radius  of  three  hundred  niih's  about 
the  city,  and  manufacturers  and  producers  desiring  to  avail  themselves  of  this  advantage, 
and  the  cheap  rates  of  a  special  freight  contract  for  large  lots  to  this  center,  for  further 
shipment  in  smaller  lots,  would  do  well  to  correspond  with  the  above  company. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OP   LOUISVILLE    . 


AND   OF  NEW  ALBANY,    INJ>IANA.  93 


THE  J.  M.  ATHERTON   C03IPANY. 


Office,  No.  125  West  Main  Street,  Louisville;  Distilleries,  near  New  Haven,  Ky.— J.  IM.  Atherton,  President;  Frank 
Miller,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  P.  L.  Atlierton,  General  Manager;  Wm.  Miller,  Superintendent. 


Tliis  Cdnipany,  incorporated  in  1881,  included  four  distilling  firms  of  fine  Kentucky 
whiskies  hereinafter  mentioned.  The  corporation  now  owns  and  operates  four  distilleries, 
and  is  known  to  the  liquor  trade  throughout  America  and  in  foreign  lands  as  well.  The 
chain  of  industrial  and  oonnnercial  eslahlishments  owned  and  operated  by  the  company 
are,  it  is  true,  located  elsewhere — near  New  Haven,  Ky. — but  they  are  nevertheless  Louis- 
ville institutions,  being  owned  here,  all  the  stockholders  living  in  or  near  Louisville,  and 
the  oflicers  all  residents  of  Louisville.  Mr.  J.  M.  Atherton,  of  this  city,  the  president  and 
principal  stockholder,  presides  over  the  Louisville  ofiSce,  through  which  ihe  product  of 
these  distilleries  is  sold,  and  also  through  which  the  greater  part  of  the  grain  consumed 
at  the  distilleries  referred  to  is  purchased. 

These  distilleries  are  known  as  the  "J.  M.  Atherton,"  the  "A.  Mayfield,"  the  "William 
ililler"  and  the  "  S.  O'Bryan;"  and  the  brands  there  made  Avith  such  uniform  care, 
excellence  and  purity  as  to  be  accepted  as  standard  in  the  trade  are  the  "Atherton," 
established  1867;  the  "Windsor,"  established  1880;  "Mayfield,"  established  1870;  and 
"Clifton,"  established  1880 — the  two  first  named  being  sweet-mash  whisky,  and  the  two 
latter  sour-mash.  The  two  older  brands  are  among  the  best  known  of  any  in  the  State. 
Of  the  two  sweet-mash  brands,  a  limited  quantity  of  pure  rye  whisky  is  made  yearly. 

The  buildings,  which  are  numerous,  and  attached  premises,  cover  an  area  of  about 
thirt}'  acres,  and  eniployment  is  furnished  to  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  operatives. 
Their  employes,  with  their  families,  populate  quite  a  thriving  little  town,  named  Ather- 
tonvillc,  adjacent  to  the  distilleries,  and  about  two  miles  from  New  Haven,  Ky.  The 
company  owns  two  miles  of  railroad,  connecting  the  distilleries  with  the  main  line,  and 
in  otiier  respects  the  establishment  enjoys  superior  facilities  in  the  way  of  modern  appli- 
ances for  whisivy  production,  so  that  the  claim  may  lie  maintained  that  these  are  among 
the  best-appointed  distilleries  in  the  State.  When  in  full  operation  they  consume  nhout 
eighteen  hundred  bushels  of  grain  a  day,  and  their  aggregate  production  is  from  eighteen 
thousand  to  twenty  thousand  barrels  of  whisky  annually.  'I'he  company  owns  the  only 
distillery  in  the  State  that  produces  exclusively  pure  rye  whisky,  and  is  the  first  to  make 
a  mo^'e  in  this  direction.' 

This  large  product  is  sold,  through  the  Louisville  office,  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

President  Atherton  is  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Kentucky,  and  distinguished  for 
the  largest  measure  of  enterprise  and  public  spirit.  His  eflforts  in  promoting  the  indus- 
trial and  commercial  growth  of  Louisville  are  well  known  and  recognized,  and  it  may 
be  mentioned  that  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Board  of  Trade. 

Nelson  county,  the  home  of  these  famous  brands  of  whisky,  is  one  of  the  most  famous 
whisky-producing  districts  in  the  State,  as  it  was  fir^t  made  there  in  all  its  purity  by 
farmers  in  tne  early  part  of  this  century.  It  is  the  boast  of  the  J.  M.  Atherton  Company 
that  in  point  of  quality  their  product  is  the  equal  of  that  made  bj"^  the  pioneers. 

The  cooperage  branch  of  this  company  is  verj'  extensive,  and  employs  from  twenty 
to  twenty-five  skilled  workmen  continually,  who  use  about  six  hundred  thousand  staves 
yearly'  for  making  packages  for  their  product. 


AVALNUT-STREET   BREWERY. 


Adam  Loeser,  Proprietor,  No.  732  East  Walnut  Street. 


The  reputation  of  Louisville  beer,  and  especially  of  its  brew  of  cream  beer,  is  at  once 
complimentary,  just,  and  extensive. 

Among  the  most  comjilete  and  best-known  of  the  establishments  engaged  in  this  im- 
portunt  and  profitable  industry  is  the  brewery  of  Adam  Loeser,  No.  782  East  Walnut  street, 
between  Shelby  and  Clay.  It  has  been  in  operation  .since  18')8,  under  the  same  enterpris- 
ing and  experienced  proprietor,  and  his  trade,  which  is  chiefiy  confined  to  the  city,  has 
grown  from  time  to  time  so  that  the  capacity  of  the  brewery,  which  is  (i.OOO  barrels  a  year, 
is  taxed  to  its  utmost  to  sujiply  the  constantlj'-incrcasing  demand  for  ^Ir.  Loeser's  make  of 
cream  beer.  This  healthful  and  nutritious  beverage  is  highly  recommended  by  physicians 
for  family  use,  and  its  purity  and  entire  freedom  from  adulteration  is  conceded  by  all. 


94  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


THE  MERCANTILE  AGENCY. 


R.G.  Dun  &  Co.,  Proprietors— Established,  1841— Principal    Office,  New  Yorl<  City;  Louisville  Office,  No.  44B 
West  Main  Street.— W.  T.  Rolph,  Manager. 


Whatever  be  the  merits  of  other  systems  or  establishments,  it  has  long  been  conceded 
by  those  conversant  with  its  methods  of  work  that  the  mercantile  agency  of  R.  G.  Dun 
&  Co.  is,  and  always  has  been,  without  a  rival  in  its  special  function  or  office  of  ascer- 
taining and  reporting  upon  the  credit  standing  of  those  engaged  in  business  throughout 
the  country. 

How  tliis  factor  in  the  regulation  of  commerce  obtained  its  present  large  sphere  of 
usefulness  it  would  be  interesting  to  recount  at  length,  did  space  permit.  This  brief 
re-ume,  contained  in  a  recent  publication  anent  this  agency,  may  serve  to  comprehen- 
sively present  its  eai'ly  history: 

"After  the  commercial  revulsion  of  1837  it  was  found  necessary  to  adopt  some  )ilan 
by  which  wholesale  dealers  could  promptly  and  correctly  post  theni.eelves  regarding  the 
standing  of  tlie  retail  dealer,  and  to  Judge  Lewis  Tappan,  of  New  York  City,  we  are 
indebted  for  the  admirable  syjtem  now  cari'ied  on  by  K,  G.  Dun  &  Co.  Commenced  by 
him  in  1841,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  it  has  been  carried  on  uninterruptedly  by  his  suc- 
cessor-! under  the  styles  of  Lewis  Tappan  &  Co.,  Tappan  &  Douglas,  B.  Douglas  &  Co., 
Dun,  Boyd  &  Co.,  Dun,  Barlow  &  Co.,  and  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.,  and  in  Canada  as  Dun, 
"Wiman  &  Co.,  the  changes  in  style  being  necessitated  simply  by  the  retirement  at  suc- 
cessive periods  of  members  of  the  firm." 

Moie  particularly  described,  the  function  of  the  agency,  as  already  known  to  the  great 
majority  of  bankers,  manufacturers,  jobbers  and  business  men  in  general,  is  to  photo- 
grapii  as  clearly  as  possible  the  local  impression  every  business  man  has  made  in  his  own 
commuiiity  as  to  clniracter,  capacity  and  capital,  and  to  put  the  information  thus  gained 
in  an  intelligible  and  accessible  shape  for  the  guidance  of  thi  se  who  dispense  credits.  It 
is  conceded  by  those  who  have  given  the  matter  considerable  research  that  the  Mercan- 
tile Agency  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  possesses  vast  stores  <»f  information,  constantly  dr  iwn 
upon  by  as  many  as  filty  thousand  subscribers  throughout  this  country  and  Canada,  and 
that  the  credits  of  the  commercial  world  are  largely  regulated  by  these  reports,  systemat- 
ically obtained  by  its  traveling  reporters  in  every  section,  and  otherwise;  the  work  of 
ascertaining,  verifying,  collating,  and  publishing  this  important  data  involving  an  agure- 
gate  annual  expenditure,  by  the  agency  and  its  hundred  and  odd  branches,  of  upward  of 
$3,00(1,000. 

The  Reference  book  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  is  issued,  in  comprehensive  and  convenient 
form,  four  times  a  year— in  January,  March,  July  and  September.  These  books  contain 
the  names  of  merchants  and  traders  of  every  description,  banks  and  bankers  ever3'where, 
and  ratings  which  at  a  glance  approximate  their  net  worth,  generMl  credit,  and  standing. 
It  contains  full  directions  as  to  shipping  goods,  and  has  just  added  the  feature  of  classilied 
trades  and  complete  maps  of  all  the  States.  These  two  latter  features  are  entirely  new 
and  original  with  them.  In  its  offices  are  on  record  detailed  reports  giving  the  past  his- 
tor}',  the  present  financiiil  and  moral  status  of  merchants,  bankers  and  traders,  which 
subscribers  can  obtain  upon  application.  The  daily  shuet  of  changes  contains  all  failures, 
dissolutions,  suits,  mortgages,  etc..  occurring  throughout  the  country;  and  this  featui'e  is 
alonn  worth  more  than  the  amount  charged  for  the  annual  subscription.     , 

Another  department  of  the  agency — and  of  this  the  publishers  of  the  Industrik.s  of 
Louisville  sp  ak  from  personal  knowledge — is  the  exceeding  facility  witii  wliich  R.  G. 
Dun  &  Co.  make  collections  of  overdue  accounts  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  This  feature 
is  especially  worthy  the  consideration  of  business  men  and  others  having  open  past-duo 
account*,  etc. 

Iliiving  thus  outlined,  as  briefly  as  may  be,  the  general  purpose  of  the  agency,  and 
recorded  \U  success,  it  remains  but  to  add  that  the  Louisville  braneh  has  a  record  of  great 
usefulness  and  profit  to  the  business  community.  It  was  established  herein  1851.  the 
eighth  in  the  great  cliain  of  branches — now  one  hundred  and  six— established  in  the  lead- 
ing trade  and  indu-^trial  centers  of  the  country.  It  has  more  than  kept  pace  with  the 
relative  growth  and  development  of  Louisville,  and  especially  so  since  the  management 
was  assumed,  about  twelve  years  since,  by  Mr.  W.  T.  Rolph.  Coming  here  with  an  expe- 
rience gained  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  subsecpiently  as  the  successful  manager  of  the 
Rochester  (N.  Y.)  office,  he  has  been  successful  in  developing  the  business  of  his  princi- 
pals in  Louisville  and  vicinity. 


AND   OF  NEW  ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


95 


W.  B.  BELKNAP   &   CO. 


W.  R.  Belknap,  President;  C.  J.F.  Allen.  Vice-President;  M.B.  Belknap,  Secretary.— Wholesale  Hardware,  Wire, 
Iron.  Wagon  Goods,  Etc.,  Nos.  115  to  121  West  Main  Street. 


The  house  of  W.  B.  Belknap  &  Co.  has  been  so 

lonsj  identified  with  the  pronrment  bus^iness  interests 
of  Louisville  that  it  seems  almost  superfluous  to  give 
it  any  extended  notice..  Founded  forty-six  years 
ago  by  Mr.  \V.  B.  Beli<nap,  it  was  for  years  the  only 
iron  house  in  the  city,  and  had  exclusive  control  in 
tiiis  market  of  the  nails,  bar  iron,  boiler  plate,  etc., 
whieli  were  manufactured  by  the  celebrated  Juniata 
mill  at  Pittsburgh.  The  wants  of  mankind  were 
then  comparatively  simple,  and  while  a  heavy  st'  ck 
was  necessary  to  tide  over  the  jVeriods  of  suspended 
navigation,  there  was  not  tinit  tiewildering  variety 
whicb  has  developed  of  late  years. 

Coincident  with  the  establishment  of  rolling-mills 
lower  down  in  the  Ohio  valley,  Mr.  Belknap  was 
closely  identified  with  the  Louisville  roliiiig-miii. 
With  the  subsequent  and  still  rapidly-growing  indus- 
trial interests  of  the  South,  the  firm,  always  quick 
to  recognize  the  propriety  of  carrying  a  much  larger 
variety  of  articles,  and  tiius  keeping  pace  with 
the  times,  has  now  the  most  comjilete  stock,  of  such 
goods  a»  tiit-y  pruuiiu.ii.  Keep  at  all,  of  any  house  in  this  part  of  the  country.  A  rapid 
glance  at  tiie  several  cia.s/es  covered  will  not  come  amiss. 

In  the  first  place  the'house  has  never  lost  its  interest  in  its  original  line  of  merchant 
iron,  and  to-day  carries  a.stock  of  over  two  thousand  tons  of  ordinary  bar,  Swedes  iron, 
sheet  iron  of  ail  gaug^'s  and  grades,  including  galvanized  ai  d  'planished,"  known  famil- 
iarly as  "American  Rus>ia,''  and  the  various  grades  and  kinds  of  steel  as  well.  This 
embraces  the  celebrated  brand  of  Crescent  cast-steel,  for  which  W.  B.  Belknap  &  Co.  are 
agents.  Their  sales  of  this  brand  have  steadily  increased  as  the  peculiar  and  uniform 
excellence  of  it  has  been  clearly  demonstrated  to  railroads,  machine  shops,  and  other  critical 
customers.  The  higher  grades  of  this  braiid  for  mill  picks,  drill  rods,  etc.,  have  met  with 
exceptional  favor. 

Foundry  supplies  may  be  mentioned,  including  nuts,  washers,  bolts  of  all  kinds,  lag 
screws,  b  It  ends,  Burden's  boiler  rivets,  tank  rivets,  anvils,  drills,  bellows,  portable  forges, 
tweer  irons,  and  everything  that  goes  to  fit  out  a  shop  complete  for  foundryman  or  black- 
smith. 

The  use  of  corrugated  iron  for  buildings  has  increased  of  late  years  to  enormous  pro- 
portions. '\V.  IS.  Ueiknap  &  Co.  carry  a  large  amount  of  this  in  stock,  together  with  wire 
nails  for  putting  the  same  up.  A  complete  stock  ot  sheet  iron  recnmmends  the  house  to 
tinners  and  manufacturers  of  that  kind  of  ware.  In  the  ordinary  grades  they  carry  froni 
the  thickest  plate  up  to  No.  oO  gauge  for  trunkmakers.  Besides  the  ordinary  grades, 
there  are  the  smooth  irons  for  pans  and  extra  work  where  double  seaming  is  required. 
Their  sales  for  both  ordinary  and  extra  grades  show  up  into  thousands  of  bales  every 
season.  Tinners'  rivets,  metals,  lead,  aritimony,  sheet  zinc,  solder  and  soldering  irons  are 
naturally  classed  with  tinners'  stock,  and  are  luuidled  by  the  firm  in  large  quantities. 

Along  with  metals,  it  might  not  be  out  of 
place  to  notice  the  full  stock  of  shot  and  amnm- 
nition.  viz:  Shells,  cartridges  of  all  sizes,  wads, 
<'aps,  etc.,  which  are  extremely  active  in  certain 
>ia.sons  of  the  year.  Though  this  is  a  new  line 
(aken  on  by  W.  B.  Belknap  &  Co.,  it  is  one 
A  hifli  lias  developed  to  considerable  propor- 
I  ions. 

Their  largest  increase,  however,  has  been  in 
ilie  way  of  builders'  hardware,  including  car- 
penters' tools,  etc.,  and  this  is  just  the  line  in 
which  the  most  imtable  ])rogress  has  been  made 
by  inventors  and  mamifacturers.    Not  only  have 


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THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


the  more  ordinary  grades  acquired  a  much  neater  finish  and  more  special  adaptability  to 
their  uses,  but  finer  designs  are  being  employed  every  year  on  bronze  and  bronze  goods. 
The  house  has  the  agency  for  this  part  of  the  country  lor  the  celebrated  "Geneva  bronze" 
goods,  including  knobs,  butts  and  sash  locks,  chain  bolts,  flush  bolts,  transom  catches,  cup- 
board turns,  door  pulls  and  drawer  pulls,  door  bells,  sash  lifts,  barrel  bolts,  shutter  bars, 
etc.  The  use  of  this  finer  hardware  is  calculatsd  to  beautify  the  interior,  and  with  its 
growing  popularity  may  be  expected  a  much  hirger  trade.  The  mere  tact  that  an  ample 
stock  of  this  bronze  is  carried  in  Louisville  will  be  an  inducement  for  buyers  to  investi- 
gate the  same  before  placing  orders  elsewhere.  The  Ives  improved  sash  lock  may  be 
mentioned  as  a  specialty  worth  the  attention  of  builders.  Besides  American  Screw  Com- 
pany's screws,  Ohio  Tool  ■  Company's  draw-knives,  "blood's"  and  "  Hunt's  "  hatchets, 
"  Black  Diamond,"  "Di^ston,"  and  '-Nicholson"  files,  the  house  carries  an  immense  line 
of  wire.  Among  the  barbed  wire  varie- 
ties alone  may  be  mentioned  the  Iowa, 
for  four-point  galvanized;  the  "Oliver" 
twist,  barbed  and  plain  ;  plain  wire,  gal- 
vanized and  annealed;  coppered  bed- 
spring  wire,  Nos.  9  and  10;  broom 
wire,  wire  clothes-line,  wire  rope,  brass, 
copper,  and  black  wire  on  spools.     This  latter  is  especially  adapted  for  retailing. 

In  connection  with  wire,  it  would  not  be  amiss  to  mention  the  agiicultural  tools  and 
implements  which  are  here  in  ample  supply — shovels,  spades,  forks,  rakes,  scythes,  wheel- 
barrows, picks,  mattocks,  etc.  Among  the  specialties  in  this  line  may 
be  mentioned  the  water  elevator  and  purifier,  in  the  sale  of  which  the 
finn  has  had  most  unqualified  success.  By  aerating  the  water  of  the 
cistern  the  germs  are  destroyed  and  the  water  kept  fresh  to  the  taste 
and  wholesome.     (See  illustration.) 

Their  sales  this  year  of  plow  material,  including  handles,  single- 
tiees,  clevises,  plates  and  shapes  have  been  tl>e  largest  in  their  his- 
toiy. 

"To  conclude,  we  can  only  sa}'  that  a  glance  at  their  second  story, 
where  a  large  wagon  and  carriage  stock  is  tarried,  would  coiivince  a 
j^  visitor  that  a  good-sized  business  was  represented   by  this  one  line 
__  j|—  alone.     Plotter's    enameled    cloths,  Joy's    rubber    ducks    and    drills, 

tef£.iJs}y;5s^R 'ixles,  springs,  seat  springs,  clips,  "  Skelly's  "  Norway  bolts,  and  all 
j&»=,*A?-.-. ";- J  (.|jg  tools  that  pertain  to  the  carriage-maker's  shop,  form  a  most  at- 
^  tractive  collection  of  goods.  The  woodwork  would  make  a  forest  of 
itself  if  rehabilitated  in  its  natural  growth.  It  includes  about  a  thousand  sets  of  felloes, 
both  bent  and  sawed,  shafts,  poles,  etc.  The  various  grades  required  by  the  trade  are  here 
in  abundance. 

The  house  of  itself  will  amply  repay  a  visit  from  the  buyer.  If  that  is  not  convenient 
correspondence  is  solicited,  with  the  assurance  that  the  same  will  receive  the  prompt 
and  careful  attention  of  Mr.  M.  B.  Belknap,  the  secretary  of  the  concern,  through  whose 
hands  all  of  the  correspondence  must  pass. 


THE    NOKTH-WESTERX    LIFE     IXSUKANCE    COMPANY,    OF 

MILWAUKEE,   WIS. 


J.  W.  Robinson.  State  Agent,  Nos.  449  and  451  West  Jefferson  Street. 


It  may  trulj'  be  said  of  this  company  that  since  its  organization,  in  1850,  it  has  proven 
a  substantial  encouragi'r  u}  industrial  and  commerc'ial  development  in  the  West,  North- 
west, and  South,  and  has  co::clusively  demonstrated  that  not  all  the  insurance  wisdom  of 
the  age  is  centered  in  New  England  or  New  York. 

Its  success  is  apparent  in  the  fiict  that,  commencing  in  1859  with  risks  aggregating 
less  than  $500,000,  it  now  has  over  $100,000,000  at  risk;  and  beginning  with  "^less  than 
$10,000  in  assets,  it  now  has  about  $25,000,000,  with  a  surplus  over  all  liabilities  of  over 
$4,000,000.  Its  loans,  distributed  through  fourteen  "Western  and  Southern  State?,  now 
aggregate  about  $'20,000,000  on  real-estate  security. 

Thus  demonstrated  to  be  a  success  in  its  general  sphere  of  usefulness  to  the  public,  it 
only  remains  to  add  that  under  the  prudent  numagement  of  .VI  r.  J.  W.  Robinson,  the 


AXD    OF    NKW    ALDA.W,    IMjIANA. 


97 


State  agent,  the  prosperity  of  the  North-western  Mutual  in  the  city  of  Louisville  and  the 
State  of  Kentucky  has  not  only  been  larii:!',  hut  has  shown  a  steady  increase  from  year  to 
year.  The  agency  was  established  in  ISlJ.j,  and  Air.  liohitison,  who  has  been  with  the 
■company  about  fourteen  years,  came  to  Louisville  from  Indianapolis  about  eis^ht  years 
ago  in  that  interest.  He  wrote  policies  aggregating  about  *»;(H),(K)0  last  year.'^and'^ con- 
fidently anticipates  reaching  fully  as  large  a^ figure  in  1880.  He  is  ably  seconded  in  his 
•efforts  by  Mr.  George  E.  Dilley,  the  prompt  and  capable  gentleman  who  for  the  past 
eight  years  has  officiated  in  the  capacity  of  cashier  of  Mr.  Robinson's  important  agency. 


BKIDGEFOKI)  &  CO. 


James  Bridgeford,  Presideit :  W.  L.  Bridgeford,  Vice-President:  A.  B.  W.  A!  en.  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Manu- 
facturers of  Stoves,  Ranges.  Tin  and  Sheet-Iron  and  Japanned  Ware- Sixth  Street,  between  Main  and  River. 


from  time  to  nine,  occn  suriiiount«.-ci  or  removed,  and  the  jiroscnt  state 
pects  of  the  stove  and  range  interest  are  very  strong  and  encouraging 


The  unexam- 
pled rapid  devel- 
opment of  the 
West  and  South, 
of  late  years,  lias 
given  a  tremend- 
ous impetus  to 
many  branches 
of  manufacture 
and  commerce 
which  were  for- 
merly controlled 
exclusively  by 
the  East  and 
North.  Promi- 
nent among  these 
is  the  trade  in 
stoves,  ranges,  tin 
a  id  sheet  -  ii'on 
ware.  Hitherto 
tile  distance  from 
tlie  seaboard,  dif- 
ficulties and  ex- 
pense of  trans- 
portation of  raw 
material,  scarci- 
ty of  specially- 
trained  mechan- 
ical skill,  and, 
above  all  other 
Co  n  si  derations, 
tlie  impossibility 
of  obtaining,  at  a 
reasonable  pi'ice, 
Mioldiiig  sand  of 
ilie  right  kind — 
ill  conspired  to 
■ripjile  this  in- 
lustry  and  heap 
'bstacles  in  the 
\ay  of  its  prog- 
ess  in  this  val- 
ley. Happily, 
most  of  these 
drawbacks  liave, 
and  future  ]iros- 
.     The  credit  for 


98  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 

much  of  this  is  due  to  Bridgeford  &  Co.,  of  Louisville,  who,  after  a  course  of  resolute  ex- 
periment, extending  over  a  series  of  years,  recently  discovered,  near  the  falls  of  the  Ohio, 
a  grade  of  molding  sand  in  all  essentials  superior  to  the  celebrated  sand  found  near  Al- 
bany, N.  Y.,  and  which,  up  to  the  past  year,  was  universally  employed  for  the  making  of 
fine  castings.  This  fortunate  hit  not  only  rendered  the  West  independent  of  the  Ea.et  in 
this  particular,  but  at  once  reduced  the  use  of  foundry  facings  seventy-five  per  ccnt.^ 
and  inaugurated  a  new  collateral  industry  in  the  mining  and  shipment  of  this  unrivsiled 
sand  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  for  use  in  the  making  of  all  kinds  ot  smooth  castinL^s. 
As  an  immediate  consequence,  the  manufacture  of  first-class  stoves  and  ranges  has  ttiken 
a  long  forward  stride,  Bridgeford  &  Co.  leading  the  way  with  a  line  of  these  goods  of  the 
highest  grade,  of  beautiful  finish  and  superior  workmanship,  while  the  prices  are  remark- 
ably low  as  compared  with  those  of  the  same  class  of  gnods  of  Eastern  make.  The  result 
is,  that  immense  sales  are  made  in  many  sections  hitherto  the  best  markets  of  the  favored 
Eastern  manufacturers.  Even  at  their  own  homes  the  range  and  stove  makers  of  Tr^y 
and  Albany  find  a  successful  rival  in  Bridgeford  &  Co.,  whose  goods  are  profitalily 
handled  by  such  reputable  houses  as  Fuller,  Warren  &  Co.,  Albany  and  Cleveland;  the 
Michigan  Stove  Company,  of  Detroit  and  Chicago;  the  Barstow  Stove  Company,  of  New 
York  and  Boston,  and  manj'  other  large  dealers  East,  West,  North  and  South. 

The  latest  and  greatest  triumph  of  Bridgeford  &  Co.  was  their  "Orient"  (Franklin 
open  fire)  heating  stove,  a  beauty  of  workmanship  and  a  model  of  usefulness  and  con- 
venience, patented  two  j^ears  ago,  which  is  of  superb  design  and  immensely  popular  with 
the  trade  and  with  the  public.  It  is  constructed  with  rich  and  elaborate  art  tile  columns 
and  nickel  trimmings,  and  the  house  refers  to  it  as  follows: 

"A  cheerful  fire,  perfect  combustion,  and  healthful  ventilation  are  secured  in  this 
stove.  It  will  be  readilj'  admitted  that  the  warmth  from  an  open  fire  is  the  most  genial 
and  desirable  of  any  form  of  artificial  heat.  In  the  Orient,  we  are  satisfied  we  have  the 
handsomest,  cheapest,  and  most  perfect-operating  open  stove  in  the  market.  By  regulat- 
ing the  ventilators  in  lower  blowers,  fires  may  be  kept  all  niirht.  This  stove  has  a  new 
and  novel  draw  blower  and  is  provided  with  an  automatic  catch,  so  that  the  blower  can 
be  both  raised  and  lowered  by  the  use  of  a  nickel-plated  handle  which  is  furnished  with 
each  stove.     Improved  cast  sectional  back." 

The  firm  of  Bridgeford  &  Co.  was  organized  in  1880,  with  a  capital,  paid  up,  of 
$200,000.  The  veteran  James  Bridgeford,  of  the  original  firm  ot  Wright  &  Bridgetord, 
established  in  1829,  is  president.  It  may  not  be  amiss  to  state  that  Bridgeford  &  Co.  suc- 
ceeded Wright  &  Bridgeford  in  1861,  and  successfully  conducted  the  concern  until  the 
organization  of  the  present  co'iipany.  Mr.  W.  L.  Bridgeford,  the  vice-president,  has 
been  in  the  same  line  of  business  since  boyhood,  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  for  the 
acquirement  of  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  l)usiness  in  all  its  branches.  A.  B.  W.  Al- 
len, the  capable  and  enterprising  secretary  and  treasurer,  has  also  been  in  the  same  trade 
for  many  years. 

The  foundry,  shops  and  warerooms  are  very  extensive.  In  the  former,  eighteen  to 
twenty  tons  of  pig  iron  and  other  material  are  daily  consumed.  Two  hundred  and  fifty 
men  are  employed.  $4,500  a  week  are  dispensed  in  wages  and  salaries,  and  the  yearly  sales 
average  from  .i!500,000  to  i$G(iO,0()0.  As  before  stated,  the  trade  of  the  house  covers  the 
entire  field  of  the  United  States  and  Territories,  and  the  goods  turned  out  are  unsurpassed 
if  rivaled,  in  all  desirable  qualities,  neatness,  durahility,  serviceableness,  cheapness  and 
economy  in  use.  The  gresit  specialties  are  hotel  and  family  ranges,  cooking  and  heating 
stoves,  of  modern  pattern  and  superior  make,  and  for  these  the  demand  grows  steadily 
and  rapidly. 


THEODORE   CIMIOTTI  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  of  Men's  Boots  and  Shoes,  Nos.  308,  310,  312  and  314  Seventh  Street. 


No  manufacturing  industry  in  Louisville  has  done  more  to  promote  the  commercial 
welfare  of  this  section  than  the  shoe  factory  under  consideration.  In  emancipating  the 
South  and  West  from  paying  tributes  to  New  England,  no  agency  has  been  more  potent 
than  the  bona  fide  shoe  factories  established  in  the  Mississippi  and  Ohio  valleys  during  the 
past  decade. 

With  considerable  e.xpericnee  in  this  [u-actical  industry,  Messrs.  Theodore  Cimiotti  and 
John  Ruby,  constituting  the  above-nanied  firm,  established  their  shoe  factory  in  1878;  and 


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99 


as  trade  developed,  and  the  pre-eminent  superiority  of  their  make  of  goods  became  recog- 
nized alike  by  dealers  and  wearer?,  they  ineroased  their  facilities  until  now  they  are  able 
to  turn  out  ttiree  thousaml  pairs  of  slioes  a  week.  They  employ  about  sixty  hands,  and 
their  constantly-augmenting  trade  is  due  to  tho^faet  that  their  make  of  -joods,  being  at  once 
stylish  and  durable,  are  especially  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  Southern  and  West- 
ern trade;  and  being  so  lavorably  situated  in  respect  to  the  consumptive  demand,  they 
are  able  to  sell  their  goods  upon  the  closest  margins,  thus  at  every  point  successfully  com- 
peting with  Eastern-made  footwear.  Their  goods  took  premiums  over  all  competitors  at 
the  Southern  Exposition. 

Messrs.  Theodore  Cimiotti  &  Co.  handle  their  own  make  of  shoes  exclusively,  and  by 
establishing  direct  relations  with  retailers  save  to  the  latter  the  jobbers'  or  midolemen'^ 
profit,  while  also  affording  them  the  advantage  of  a  ready  duplicating  of  their  orders  at 
the  middle  or  toward  the  close  of  each  season.  Their  trade  covers  all  the  more  important 
points  in  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Tennessee,  while  their  traveling  salesmen  and  the  mails 
bring  numerous  orders  also  from  more  distant  points. 


R.  B.  COTTER, 

Dealer  in  Pine  and  Manufacturer  of  Hardwood  Lumber.— Office,  No.  215  Sixth  Street,  near  Main ;  Yards,  corner 
Brook  and  Main  Streets,  and  also  on  Louisville  &  Nashville  and  Cliesa,,eake,  Oho  &  South-western  Railroads. 


Perhaps  of  the  many  industries  belonging  to  a 
great  city — industries  that  unite  in  swelling  her  com- 
merce, in  employing  her  labor,  in  niaUing  her  a  re- 
ceiving and  distributing  center  for  a  vast  tributary 
territoiy — none  occupies  a  wider  sphere  of  usefulness 
relating  to  the  wants  of  her  people  or  enters  more 
largely  into  the  att'airs  of  every-day  life  than  the  one 
aider  present  consideration. 

Of  those  engaged  in  such  business  most  worthy  of 
notice  in  this  history  of  a  city's  industries  is  the  house 
of  R  B.  Cotter,  No.  '215  Sixth  street,  near  Main. 
Established  in  1882,  and  with  therefore  a  business 
career  ot  but  little  more  than  four  years,  it  has  sup- 
plied a  want  long  felt,  and  opened  up  an  industry  that 
bids  fair  to  surpass  any  of  its  rivals. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of  Mr.  Cotti  r's 
business  is  hiswonuerful  sources  of  supply — owning  and  operating  mills  of  his  own  in  this 
and  adjoining  States,  one  being  located  at  Nelsonville,  one  twelve  miles  distant  from  this 
city,  on  the  Taylorsville  turnpike,  and  one  at  Boston  ;  also,  a  floating  mill — "Old  Hick- 
ory"— on  the  Ohio  and  tributary  rivers.  This  last  mentioned  forms  a  very  interesting 
part  in  the  season's  operations."'?  Drawing  less  than  two  feet  of  water,  it  is  enabled  to 
navigate  the  smaller  streams,  and  is  })erfectly  equipped  with  all  the  necessary  apparatus 
of  both  lu>tel  and  sawmill.  But,  with  all  tlie-e  sources  and  agencies  of  out|nit,  sawing 
several  million  feet  per  season  in  order  to  keep  pace  with  the  demand,  he  contracts  lor  the 
yearly  cuts  of  several  other  mills. 

At  his  yards,  situated  on  Brook  and  Main  streets,  also  on  the  Louisville  &  Nashville, 
and  at  various  points  on  the  Chesapeake,  Ohio  &  South-western  railroads,  can  be  found 
always  on  hand  a  full  supply  of  pine  and  hardwood  lu.mber,  embracing  both  niediuiu 
qualities  and. the  most  carelully-selected  stt)ck.  His  dealings  in  these  are  very  extensive, 
shipments  being  made  over  the  entire  countr}',  though  principally  in  the  North  and  Ea>t, 
his  home  patronage  also  being  very  large. 

Since  first  entering  this  line  of  business,  handling  the  commodity  from  which  is  made 
man's  cradle  and  cotRii,  ]Mr  Ccjtter's  success  has  bi.-en  eminently  a  deserved  one.  Receiv- 
ing and  shipping  vast  cargoes  of  lumber,  employing  a  large  force  of  hands,  with  a  pay- 
roll exceeding  $800  per  month,  possessed  of  the  most  ample  facilities,  with  sales  the  past 
yeiir  approximating  10,000,000  feet  and  the  prospect  for  the  present  seas(ui  seeming  to  assure 
twice  that  amount,  it  represents  a  leading  factt)r  in  Louisville's  industries  and  commerce. 
Although  still  a  young  man,  he  is  well  known  in  cnminercial  circles.  For  nine  years 
previous  to  his  starting  for  himself  he  was  actively  engaged  in  the  iron  indiwtry.  Push, 
enterprise,  integrity  and  close  attention  to  business  have  given  his  house  a  leading  place 
in  the  commercial  world. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


P.  J.  BOT  I'O  &  CO. 


Manufacturer  of  Trunks,  Traveling  Bags,  etc.,  No.  335  Market  Street. 


A  good  trunk  is  a  great  desideratum, 
and  a  traveling-bag  that  presents  a  neat 
appearance,  and  is  also  durable,  is  a  very 
handy  thing  to  have. 

Delectably  conjoining  these  desirable 
qualities  and  requirements,  the  trunks, 
traveling -bags,  etc.,  manufactured  by 
P.  J.  Botto  &  Co.  have  always  been  in 
large  demand  by  the  trade.  They  are 
most  extensively  sold  in  the  South  and 
West,  and  are  popular  among  those  who 
use  them 

Mr.  Botto  has  large  manufacturing 
facilities,  and  employs  none  but  skilled 
workmen.  Considerable  repairing  is  also 
done  at  the  factory,  and  Mr.  Botto,  by  his 
energetic  and  practical  business  eftorts, 
liMs  continually  increased  the  volume  of 
liis  trade,  and  is  assured  a  still  greater 
measure  of  prosperity  for  the  future. 
If  in  1879,  and  merits  the  success  that  has  at- 


His  establishment  was  founded  by 
tended  it. 


WOOD,  RICKMAX  &  ROY, 


Successors  to  Geo.  F.  Wood  &  Co.— Commission  Merchants,  Wlioiesale  Dealers  In  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  513  Main 

Street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth. 


The  boot  and  shoe  trade  of  the  South  and  West  is  colossal  in  proportions,  and  the 
Palls  City  enjoys  a  very  fair  share  of  its  advantages.  One  of  the  leading  representatives 
of  this  great  interest  at  this  point  is  the  splendid  new  house  of  Wood,  Rickman  &  Boy, 
No.  573  West  Main  street,  nortli  side,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  streets. 

This  firm  succeeded,  on  the  1st  of  last  January,  to  the  old  and  popular  house  of  Geo. 
P.  Wood  &  Co.  The  members  are  Mr.  Geo.  F.  Wood,  Captain  J.  N.  Rickman,  and  Mr. 
W.  D.  Roy.  Mr.  Wood  is  probably  the  oldest  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  man  in  Louisville, 
with  one  exception,  having  had  an  active  experience  of  thirty-three  years,  filling  every 
station  in  the  business  from  clerk  to  head  of  firm.  He  is  a  Hostonian  by  birth,  but  re- 
moved to  this  city  in  1853,  engaging  at  once  with  the  then  famous  house  of  L.  L.  Warren 
&  Co.,  as  clerk  and  salesman,  and  subsequently  as  partner.  In  1864,  he  engaged  in  business 
for  himself,  and  from  that  time  to  this  has  been  constantly  a  prominent  figure  in  the  whole- 
sale shoe  trade,  first  as  senior  partner  of  Wood  &  Spelger,  then  in  1867,  of  Geo.  F.  Wood 
&  Co.,  wholesale  boots  and  shoes,  changed  in  1874  to  auction  and  commission  boots  and 
shoes, and  the  business  style  of  firm  changed  to  Geo.  F.  Wood  &  Co.  While  at  the  head 
of  that  house  he  acted  in  the  capacity  of  aucti(meer,  crying  his  own  sales,  and  making  a 
success  in  that  branch  of  the  business.  In  1874  the  house  <Sf  Geo.  F.  Woods  &  Co.,  also 
Avholesale  dealers  in  boots  and  shoes.  No.  625  Main  street.  Mr.  Wood's  recollections  of 
Louisville's  past  are  very  interesting,  indeed.  He  has  witnessed  her  extension  south  from 
Broadway,  and  west  from  Twelfth  street,  and  the  growth  of  her  population  from  about 
45,000  to  nearly  160,000.  Naturally  of  a  robust  constitution,  he  so  severely  taxed  his  lungs 
while  acting  as  auctioneer  as  to  necessitate  rest  and  a  tedious  course  of  medical  treatment. 
To-daj'  he  is  the  picture  of  health,  a  hale,  hearty,  frank,  and  genial  man.  whom  it  is  a 
pleasure  to  know,  and  who  bids  fair  to  enjoy  many  additional  years  of  useful  and  honor- 
able business  life. 

Captain  J.  M.  Rickman  is  a  Tennessean,  ar.d  came  to  Louisville  in  1865,  since  which 
time  he  has  actively  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  on  Main  street.  His  natural  capacity, 
great  energy  and  large  experience  fit  him  in  an  eminent  degree  for  the  work  which  falls 
to  him  in  his  new  connection.     That  he  will  acquit  liimself  with  credit  to  himself  and  his 


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101 


house  goes  without  sayincj.  He  has  a  very  wide  and  valuable  acquaintance  with  Soutlieni 
morchiiiits,  is  popular  with  all  classes,  and  has  a  splendid  career  before  him. 

The  junior  partner,  Mr.  W.  D.  Roy,  is  a  Mississippian,  was  for  nine  years  book-keeper 
for  L  L.  Warren  &  Co.,  mentioned  above,  and  has  charuje  of  the  counting-room  i>f  the 
present  firm.  This  is  his  first  venture  as  a  proprietor,  but  with  his  advantage  of  exper- 
ience, fixed  business  habits  and  upright  character  he  can  not  fail  to  make  his  mark  in 
Louisville  mercantile  circles. 

The  building  occupied  by  Messrs.  Wood,  Rickman  &  Roy  is  a  very  convenient  and 
commodious  one,  2G  feet  front,  180  feet  deep,  and  three  well-lighted  floors  for  the  exhibition 
and  sale  of  goods.  The  house  handles  the  best  products  ot  Eastern  and  Northern  manu- 
facturers; also  interested  in  manufacturing  city-made  goods  of  tlie  finest  grades,  includ- 
ing coarse  and  tine  work  for  men,  ladies',  misses',  and  children's  fine  and  medium  goods, 
and  offers  unusually  liberal  inducements  to  the  Southern  trade. 


3ICCORIVITCK  HARV  ESTING  3IACHINE  CO. 


Robert  Newton.  Slate  Agent,  No.  208  and  210  First  Street. 


1  h     t  1 1     il  1    I  L        I      lit  1    il  I  1  I  ti  \    n  td    ui  c  l\   be  t  >ld 

that  the  .\lcCormick  iiarvestuig  Aiacnuie  (jompiiny,  oi  i^nicago,  wnose  extensive  works 
are  above  illustrated,  is,  in  respect  to  annual  output  and  sales,  the  largest  in  the  world. 
Upward  of  54,000  of  these  very  superior  machines  are  annually  made  by  the  company, 
and  the  branch  office  here  located,  and  under  the  experienced  management  of  Mr.  Robert 
Newton,  annually  disposes  of  about  3,000.  In  all,  seventy-five  branch  houses  are  main- 
tained by  the  company  in  various  parts  of  the  world,  and  upwards  of  2,000  skilled  hands 
are  employed  at  the  works. 

As  evidence  that  the  McCormick  Harvesting  Machine  and  its  makers  are  appreciated 
abroad,  as  well  as  throughout  America,  it  may  be  stated  that  to  the  extraordinary  dis- 
tinction of  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  awarded  Hon.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  at  the 


102  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 

Paris  Exposition  ot  1867,  was  added,  in  1878,  the  decoration  of  Officer  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  Mr.  McCormick  thus  obtaining  a  recognition  greater  than  thjit  accorded  any  in- 
ventor of  the  age,  and  it  may  he  further  stated  that  the  records  show  this  machine  to  have 
been  uniformly  successful  over  all  competitois,  whether  exhibited  at  world's  lairs,  exposi- 
tions, or  international  tield  trials,  as  is  evidenced  bj-  numerous  gold  and  silver  diplomas, 
and  other  awards  now  in  possession  ot  the  company. 

The  State  agency  in  Louisville,  which  has  been  remarkably  successful  and  prosper- 
ous, was  established  in  1874.  The  company,  during  the  past  year,  have  purchased  a  site 
at  208  and  lilO  First  street,  and  erected  their  own  warehouse,  and  have,  probably,  the 
best-arranged  implement  house  south  of  the  Ohio  river. 


GEO.  GET^FIUS, 


Dealer  in  Fancy  Groceries,  Swiss,  Limburg  and  Sap  Sago  Cheese,  Holland  Herrings  and  Salt  Sardells.— No.  302 
West  Market  Street,  between  Third  and  Fourth  Avenues. 


The  rapid  increase  of  the  foreign-born  population,  bringing  with  them  the  tastes,  man- 
ners and  customs  of  their  respective  countries,  necessitates  the  establishment  at  convenient 
business  centers  of  depots  of  supplies  devoted  to  gratifying  the  alimentary  preferences  im- 
bibed in  infancy  beyond  seas.  Hence,  the  great  impoi'ting  grocery  houses  of  the  seaboard 
cities  and  their  scarcely  less  extensive  representatives  in  the  interior.  The  great  house  of 
Geo.  Gelfius,  No.  802  West  Market  street,  is  a  case  in  point.  It  was  establi.-hed  on  a 
moderate  scale  in  1862,  and  met  with  immediate  favor,  gradually  increasing  its  importa- 
tions and  adding  to  its  facilities  until  now  it  is  the  largest  concern  of  the  kind  in  the  iiiland 
South. 

The  firm  was  originally  A.  &  G.  Gelfius,  but  is  now  in  the  hands  of  Geo.  Gelfius  alone, 
whose  energy  and  business  talents  are  fully  equal  to  its  management.  The  building,  oc- 
cupied exclusively  by  Mr.  Gelfius,  is  30  feet  front,  150  feet  deep,  and  three  stories  high,  and 
stocked  from  cellar  to  roof  with  a  varied  and  carefully-selected  line  of  American  and 
foreign  fancy  groceries,  embracing  extra  brands  of  Swiss,  Limlairg  and  Sap  Sago  cheese, 
Htilland  herrings,  salt  sardells,  Kussian  sardines,  pickled  eels.  Caviar,  French  aiid  German 
ii'ustard,  anchovies,  dried  pears  and  cherries,  oatmeal,  farina,  tapioca,  sago,  barley,  lentils, 
green  kern,whol(^  and  split  peas,  genuine  Lotzbach  snutf,  and,  in  sliort,  every  articlecalled 
lor  that  will  tickle  the  foreign  appetite  or  minister  to  the  imported  stomach's  cr.tvings. 

Mr.  Gelfius'  sales  average  about  .'¥40,000  a  yenr,  and  are  principally  made  in  Louisville, 
Jeftersonville  and  New  Albany,  though  he  ships  to  other  points  when  desired.  He  is  a 
stirring  business  man,  was  formerly  a  liquor  merchant,  and  is  a  native  of  Hesse-Darm- 
8tadt. 


WILLIAM  C.  CAYE  &  CO., 


Auctioneers  and  Commission  {Merchants  in  Boots,  Shoes,  Brogans  and  Slippers,  No.  623  West  IMain  Street. 


Louisville  may  rightfully  boast  of  the  character  and  extent  of  her  boot  and  shoe  trade. 
Probably  no  other  market  in  the  West — certainly  none  in  the  South — handles  so  great  a 
*  share  of  this  valuable  class  of  goods,  or  reaps  from  it  more  substantial  advantages.  Nor 
is  it  entirely  owing  to  her  geographical  position — though  that  doubtless  has  its  influence — 
that  this  is  so.  The  most  iinportiint  and  beneficent  factor  in  the  matter  is  the  ]iersonal 
and  business  standing  of  her  merchants — a  lofty  plane  of  good  repute  for  fair  dealing  and 
correct  representation  only  attained  by  a  steady  and  undeviating  pursuit  of  honomble 
methods  during  a  long  series  of  years,  and  in  the  face  of  many  obstacles  and  much 
rivalry. 

The  auction  and  commission  boot  and  shoe  house  of  W^illiam  C.  Caye  &  Co.,  No.  623 
"West  Main  street,  presents  an  excellent  illustration  of  how  a  good  reputation,  once  secured, 
clings  to  its  owners  and  rewards  with  success  all  after  efl'orts. 

Mr.  Caye  began  his  mercantile  career  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  when  he  became  a  clerk 
in  the  grocery  house  of  Gardner  &  Miller,  on  Main  ,«treet,  at  a  salary  of  five  dollars  per 
week.  The  possessor  of  native  tact,  ability  and  industry,  Mr.  Caye  availed  himself  of 
opportunities  as  they  presented,  husbanded  his  resources  of  health  and  means,  cultivated 
his  best  qualities,  and  eventually  found  himself  book-keeper  for,  and  later  a  partner  in,  the 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  103 


formerly  well-known  boot  and  shoe  house  of  George  F.  Wood  &  Co.,  where  he  mastered 
all  the  details  of  the  trade.  Upon  withdrawing  from  that  firm  he  established  himself  in 
tlu'  same  line  of  business  at  No.  6"JS  West  Mn\n  strei-t,  the  venture  proving  successful 
from  the  .^tiirt;  so  much  so  that  in  order  to  secure  proper  facilities  for  the  accommodation 
(if  iiis  rapidly-Hugmenting  trade,  he  was  forced  to  remove,  in  •luly,  1884,  to  his  present 
location,  No.  054  Main  street,  where  he  has  the  advantage  of  largely-increased  space, 
better  light,  more  storage  capacity,  more  convenient  salesrooms,  and,  in  short,  much  im- 
proved facilities  in  every  waj'. 

Mr.  Caye  is,  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word,  a  self-made  man,  and  he  has  made  a  good 
job  of  it.  His  standing  as  citizen  and  merchant  is  A  1,  and  in  every  transaction  his  word 
is  as  good  as  his  bond. 

The  pn-sent  house  of  William  C.  Caye  &  Co.  are  auctioneers  of  and  commission  mer- 
chants in  fine,  niedium,  and  coarse  boots  and  shoes,  brogans  and  slippers,  handling  immense 
■con?igninents  of  all  grades  suitable  for  this  market.  Monday  and  Thursday  of  each  week 
are  devoted  to  regular  auction  sales,  while  Tuesday,  Wednesday,  Friday  and  Saturday  are 
set  apart  for  private  sales  to  country  merchants,  who  on  those  days  crowd  the  estahlish- 
ment  in  search  of  bargains,  which  they  always  find.  The  entire  building,  eighteen  by 
■one  hundred  and  twenty-five  feet,  and  four  stories  high,  presents  a  scene  of  eager  activity 
■during  business  hours  ai  all  seasons.  The  sales  to  local  dealers,  and  to  the  trade  in  Ken- 
tucky, Tennessee  and  Indiana,  aggregate  $150,000  per  annum,  and  will  go  far  beyond 
those  figures  the  present  year.  The  house  is  a  creditable  one  to  Louisville  and  to  the 
■enterprise  of  its  originator,  and  deserves  the  increased  success  it  is  sure  to  win. 


D.  FRAXTZ  &  SOXS, 
Tanners  of  Oak  Sole-Leather,  Corner  of  Franklin  and  Buchanan  Streets. 


In  oak  sole-leather  tanning  Louisville  has  a  reputation  second  to  no  market  in  the 
world,  and  this  is  largely  due  to  the  energy  and  enterprise  of  leading  houses  here,  like 
that  of  D.  Frantz  &  Sons,  whose  efforts  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  centur}-  have  been  solely 
and  vigorously  directed  toward  the  development  of  that  interest. 

Yet  the  establishment  dates  even  further'baclv  in  its  commercial  and  industrial  history. 
It  was  founded  in  1848  as  a  branch  of  the  Cincinnati  house  of  A.  M.  Taylor  &  Co.,  and 
the  subsequent  firm  changes  were  to  Thomas  Peterman  &  Co.  and  H.  W.  Taylor  &  Co. 
In  1863  the  present  firm  acquired  the  proprietorship,  and  in  its  hands  it  has  enjoyed  a 
prosperous  career,  althouLch  at  times  the  tanning  trade  in  general  has  suflered  depre.'-sion 
from  over-production,  necessitating  at  times  a  curtailment  in  output.  In  its  perso>iHel, 
too,  the  eslabli-hment  has  quite  an  interesting  history.  The  honored  head  of  the  firm, 
Mr.  D.  Frantz,  who  has  now  nearly'  reached  the  limit  of  four-score  years,  and  is  yet  in 
vigorous  health  and  enabled  to  give  attention  to  business  afl^airs,  commenced  acquirin<' 
knowledge  of  tanning  as  early  as  in  his  sixteenth  year.  His  two  sons  and  partners,  D. 
Frantz,  jr.,  and  George  W.  Frantz,  learned  the  business  under  his  direction,  and  are 
admitted  to  bo  greatly  skilled  therein.  The  elder  of  the  two  was  prominently  identified 
with  the  organization  of  the  Natiotuil  Tanners'  Hide  and  Leather  Dealers'  Association, 
an  organization  of  great  usefulness  to  the  trade  at  large,  and  the  latter,  George  VV.,  was 
elected  Chief  of  the  Louisville  Fire  Department  in  1876,  and  served  so  efficiently  that 
nuich  popular  regret  was  expressed  when  the  cares  of  his  constantly-increasing  business 
necessitated  his  refusal  of  a  second  term. 

Messrs.  Frantz  &  Sons  manufacture  exclusively  oak-tanned  sole-leather,  and  their 
product  is  sold  throughout  the  country.  At  the  recent  World's  Exposition  at  New 
Orleans  its  excellent  qualities  were  so  clearly  demonstrated  that  it  took  the  first  premium 
over  vii^orous  competition  from  all  parts  of  the  coniinent.  The  firm  has  agencies  at  Chi- 
cago and  New  Orleans,  and  through  the  latter  market  imports  large  supplies  of  superior 
Texas  hides.  While  the  sales  of  the  firm  are  largely  in  the  South,  they  are  not  confined 
to  that  section,  customers  being  found  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  even  in  foiei;;n 
lands,  so  that  the  house  has  a  commercial  standing  and  a  repute  throughout  the  trade  at 
large  befitting  an  establishment  with  so  long  and  honorable  a  business  record.  The 
breadth  of  its  operations  entitles  it  t*  national  consideration. 

Of  the  manufacturing  facilities  and  the  tannery  it  rtiay  he  said  that  the  latter  is  run 
by  steam,  employs  twenty-five  operatives,  and  has  a  working  capicity  of  about  ten  thou- 
sand hides  yearly.     The  buildings  are  extensive,  and  fitted   up  with  all  the  appliances 


104  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 

adapted  to  the  production  of  first-class  leather.  The  ingenuity  and  mechanical  geniu'  of 
the  firm  is  further  evidenced  in  the  construction  and  use  of  a  furnace  for  spent  tan,  thus- 
largely  reducing  the  cost  of  fuel.  No  house  has  a  more  honorable  record  among  its  cus- 
tomers, and  none  enjoys  greater  popularity  than  the  extensive  establishment  of  D.  Fr^ntz. 
&  Sons. 


BANK  OF  KENTUCKY. 


Incorporated  1834— Capital,  $1,645,100— Thomas  L.  Barret,  President;  F.  0.  Anderson,  Casliier;  E.  W.  Hays,^ 
Assistant  Casliier— No.  241  West  IVIain  Street. 


In  all  the  history  of  Kentucky  banking  no  institution  presents  so  extended  a  record  of 
upright  and  honorable  dealing  as  the  Bank  of  Kentucky.  Chartered  in  1834  as  the  im- 
mediate and  legitimate  successor  of  the  Louisville  branch  of  the  United  States  Baiik^ 
occupying  the  handsome  building  erected  for  that  once-famous  bank,  and  assuming  ita 
mantle  of  prestige  and  popularity,  the  Bank  of  Kentucky  at  once  became  one  ot  the  most 
implicitly  trusted  and  most  generously  patronized  fiduciary  agents  in  the  South-west,, 
wielding  wisely  and  well  a  power  and  influence  in  monetary  aflfairs  second  to  that  of  few, 
if  any,  similar  institutions  on  this  continent. 

There  is  a  wfll-defined  feeling  of  satisfaction  among  the  citizens  of  Louisville  with  the 
past  and  present  of  this  great  bank,  which  for  more  than  half  a  century  has  been  a  bul- 
wark of  strength  and  security  to  the  commerce  and  industries  of  the  city,  meeting  and 
outriding  in  triumph  ever}-  vicissitude — panics,  business  depression,  even  civil  war  and 
the  revolution  of  financial  methods — unharmed  and  reinvigorated  by  trials  under  which 
the  former  banking  system  of  the  country  crumbled  and  fell  in  one  common  ruin.  The 
reason  is  not  far  to  seek  nor  difficult  to  find.  Under  no  circumstances  and  at  no  time  has 
the  Bank  of  Kentucky  embarked  in  dangerous  ventures  or  dabbled  in  doubtful  schemes. 
Not  a  breath  of  su'^picion  has  ever  tainted  its  methods.  It  has  stood  faithfullj',  first  and 
last,  the  firm  friend  and  munificent  backer  of  Louisville  enterprise,  Louisville  men,  and 
Louisville  interests.  From  the  first  its  officials  and  directory  have  been  selected  from  the 
most  active,  energetic,  and  patriotic  of  her  representative  citizens,  and  no  eflFort  has  been 
spared  to  cultivate  the  confmerce,  develop  the  resources,  and  extend  the  influence  of  city 
and  State.  The  assistance  rendered  in  the  matter  of  loans  to  public  enterprises,  the 
moral  and  personal  support  given  to  the  municipality  and  tlie  Commonwealth  in  times  of 
need,  can  never  be  estimated,  for  they  have  been  spread  over  along  and  eventful  series  of 
years,  the  records  and  annals  of  which,  their  trials,  troubles  and  triumphs,  have  been  lost. 

Yet  the  Bank  of  Kentucky  stands  to-da}-  more  powerful  than  ever,  a  monument  to  the 
public  spirit  and  executive  ability,  the  high  character  and  financial  talent  that  have  at 
all  times  stood  at  the  helm  and  directed  its  course.  The  latest  statement  of  its  aflTaiis, 
made  January  4, 1886,  shows  how  tlie  books  stood  December  31st  previous,  viz :  Resources 
—  Bills  of  exchange,  $2,881,581.29;  bonds,  stocks,  etc.,  173,415.76;  real  estate  for  debt, 
$79,030.05;  real  estate  for  banking  houses,  $35,000;  bank  balances  other  than  Eastern, 
$154,570.85;  cash,  $262,940.86;  ea.stern  exchange,  $222,563.11 ;  total,  $3,710,001.92.  Lia- 
bilities— Capital  stock,  $1,645,100;  contingent  lund,  *74,000;  fund  to  cover  lo.sses,  $538,- 
336.36;  profit  and  loss,  $218,121.36;  dividends  payable  on  demand,  $76,256.36;  due  de- 
positors, $753,058.71 ;  due  banks,  $369,649.13;  fund  to  redeem  circulation,  j-35,480;  total. 
$3,710,001.92.  These  figures  speak  for  themselves,  and  furnish  the  best  possible  proof 
of  the  old  Gibraltar's  continued  integrity  and  solidity. 

The  board  t>f  directors  embraces  the  subjoined  list  of  prominent  and  successful  busi- 
ness and  professional  men  :  Thomas  L.  Barret,  vice-president  of  the  Louisville  Gas 
Company,  director  of  the  Southern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  of  the  Frank- 
lin Insurance  Company;  J.  M.  Atherton,  of  the  J.  M.  Atherton  Company;  A.  H.  Bar- 
ret, engineer  of  the  Louisville  Gas  Company ;  John  A.  Carter,  of  Carter  Bros.  &  Co.;  W". 
H.  Dulaney,  capitalist;  H.  M.  Griswold,  of  John  P.  Morton  &  Co.;  J.  K.  Goodloe,  of 
Goodloe  &  Roberts,  attorneys;  George  W.  Morris,  president  of  Lovusville  Gas  Company, 
Indiana  Cotton  Mill  Company,  and  Franklin  Insurance  Company. 

As  before  stated,  the  building  occupied  was  originally  erected  for  the  branch  Bank  of 
the  United  States.  It  is  a  handsome  and  commodious  edifice,  fronting  85  feet  on  Main 
street  with  a  depth  of  190  feet,  and  is  fitted  up  in  the  most  elegant  and  substantial  man- 
ner, within  and  without.  The  Louisville  Clearing-house  occupies  the  directors'  room^ 
thus  affording  unusual  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  business. 


AND    OP   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


105 


KENTUCKY  LEA.I>  AND  OIL  COMPANY. 


L.  Leonard,  President;  R.  P.  Cane,  Secretary— Corroders  and  Manufacturers  of  Strictly  Pure  White  Uad,  Red 
Lead.  Lead  Pipe,  Ear  and  Sheet  Lead— Ninth  and  Water  Streets. 


Founded  more  than  twenty  years  ago,  this  corporation,  on  account  of  its  ample^re- 
sources,  the  magnitude  of  its  .manufacturing  facilities,  and  the  purity  of  its  productions, 
no  less  than  the  large  extent  of  their  sale,  has  always  commanded  a  leading  position 
among  the  industries  and  commercial  concerns  of  Louisville  and  the  South.  Its  trade  is 
conceded  to  be  far  larger  than  that  of  any  other  establishment  of  like  character  south  of 
the  Ohio  river,  whether  considered  in  respect  to  territorial  extent  of  trade  or  quantity  of 
production  and  sale.  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennessee  and  other  Southern  States^are  sup- 
plied from  these  works  with  white  lead,  red  lead,  litharge  (guaranteed  to  be  absolutely 
pure),  lead  pipe,  bar  and  sheet  lead.  Indeed,  the  company  officially  offers  to  pay  $100  per 
keg  and  the  cost  of  analj'sis  if  any  adulteration  be  found  in  its  productions.  The'products 
of  this  company  are  highly  commended  by  shot  manufiicturers  elsewhere.  \^*"'  \ 

President  Leonard  and  Secretary  Cane,  the  executive  officers  of  the  company,''are  old 
and  well-known  residents,  of  acknowledged  business  abilitj'  and  experience  in  this  line, 
and  further  distinguished  for  public  spirit  and  enterprise  in  the  greatest  degree. 


THE  GERMAN  BANK. 


P.  Viglinl,  President:  J.  L.  Deppen,  Vice-President:  H.  C.  Walbecl<,  Cashier— Capital  Stock,  $188,400— Corner 

Fifth  and  IVIarl<et  Streets. 


The  conservative  yet  enterprising  spirit  of  the  German  finds  no  more  congenial  field 
than  in  banking  and  insurance.  That  they  are  eminently  successful  as  well  as  safe  finan- 
ciers is  sufficiently  proven  by  the  fact  that  the  failure  of  an  institution  presided  over  and 
conducted  by  them  is  an  almost  unheard-of  event. 

The  German  Bank  of  Louisville  is  an  instance  in  point.  Operating  under  a  State 
charter  granted  in  1809  to  the  German  Bank  and  Insurance  Company  (since  made  distinct 
institutions),  with  a  capital  stock  of  $188,400,  held  by  the  leading  and  most  substantial 
German  business  men  in  the  city,  the  career  of  this  bank  has  been  one  of  unvarying  and 
marked  prosperity  under  all  conditions. 

The  German  Bank  does  a  regular  and  legitimate  banking  business  in  all  that  the  terni 
implies,  embracing  deposits,  loans,  collections,  exchange,  etc.  As  an  evidence  of  its  popu- 
larity and  the  confidence  reposed  in  the  management,  it  may  be  stated  here  that  the  av- 
erage annual  deposits  amount  to  $1,060,000,  loans  and  discounts  footing  up  $069,875.77. 
The  last  statement,  December  31,  1885,  shows:  Assets,  loans,  and  discounts,  $969,875.77; 
real  estate  and  office  fixtures,  $85,749.11;  bonds  and  stocks  (market  value,  $83,400), 
$75,849.88;  due  from  bank.s,  $12,945.67;  cash  on  hand,  $155,859.86.  Total,  $1,300,280.'29. 
Liabilities— Capital  stock,  $188,400;  deposits,  $1,068,842.20;  surplus  fund,  $35,294.03; 
dividends  unpaid,  $208;  dividend  No.  21,  four  per  cent.,  $7,530.  Total,  $1,300,280.29. 
This  is  a  showing  of  which  the  institution  has  good  reason  to  be  proud. 

The  directory  is  first-class  in  ever}'  respect,  the  gentlemen  composing  it  representing 
the  solid  and  responsible  element  of  the  business  community.  The  names  are  as  follows: 
P.  Viglini,  J.  L.  Deppen,  George  MuUikin,  George  Wolf,  L.  C.  Wolfolk,  John  Franz- 
mann,  and  Harry  Bishop.     The  German  Bank  has  a  magnificent  future  in  prospect. 

8 


lOG  THE   IXDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


DAVIS,  MALI^ORY  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Dealers  In  Dry  Goods,  Notions  and  Fancy  Goods,  Nos.  715  to  717  West  Main  Street. 


More  than  half  a  century  ago  this  house  began  its  business  career,  which  has  been  an 
honor  to  its  successive  proprietors  and  a  leading  factor  in  giving  standing  to  Louisville  as 
a  commercial  center. 

It  was  a  comparatively  small  beginning,  that  of  Robert  Jarvis,  James  Trabue  and 
Hayden  T.  Curd,  who  founded  the  establishment  in  1835,  but  Louisville  was  then  a  com- 
paratively small  Ohio  river  town,  and  the  growth  of  the  house  since  has  more  than  kept 
pace  with  the  city's  development  in  general.  The  junior  of  the  original  firm  retiring  in 
1811,  the  designation  was  changed  to  Jarvis  &  Trabue,  and  later  still  there  were  changes 
to  Jarvis,  Trabue  &  Co.,  and  James  Trabue  &  Co.  Mr.  W.  A.  Davis,  the  senior  of  the 
present  house,  was  a  member  of  the  firm  even  at  this  early  day,  and,  other  partners  also 
having  entered,  the  designation  became  Trabue,  Davis  «&  Co.  in  1868,  and  so  remained  up 
to  the  retirement  of  James  Trabue  in  1875,  when  the  firm  name  became  Davis,  Trabue  & 
Co.,  the  second  member  of  the  firm  being  Richard  Trabue,  and  the  third  S.  T.  Mallory. 
In  1882  the  present  style  was  adopted,  the  partners  then  and  at  present  being  AY.  A.  Davis 
and  S.  T.  Mallory. 

During  these  years  so  briefly  reviewed  the  facilities  of  the  house  and  its  trade  contin- 
uously increased.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  firm  at  715  and  717  West  Main  street  are 
at  once  spacious  and  convenient.  The  building  is  a  large  and  roomy  four-story  structure, 
and  is  at  all  times  filled  with  a  carefully-selected  and  exceedingly  varied  stock  of  dry 
goods,  notions  and  fancy  goods,  secured  from  first  hands  in  this  country  and  in  Europe. 

Realizing  the  advantages  offered  b}'  the  firm,  and  recognizing  its  ample  resources  and 
approved  business  methods,  leading  dealers  throughout  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Alabama, 
Mississippi,  Arkansas  and  other  Southern  States  so  largely  patronize  the  house  that  it 
keeps  the  experienced  oflSce  force,  consisting  of  fifteen,  quite  busy  in  handling  orders  and 
billing  goods. 

Having  the  prestige  of  age  and  large  trade  popularity,  and  recognized  as  being  con- 
ducted by  a  firm  of  great  enterprise  and  managing  ability,  the  house  must  continue  lo 
command  a  position  of  great  importance  to  the  trade  and  commerce  of  Louisville  and  the 
South. 


H.  F.  TISS3IAN  &  CO., 


Pork  and  Beef  Packers;  Manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  Sausage— Packing  House,  Story  Avenue  and  Buclianan 
Street— Stall  No.  18,  Second  Street  Market. 


In  these  days  of  deleterious  adulteration  in  food  products  it  is  more  than  incumbent 
upon  the  reviewer  of  a  city's  industries  and  commerce  to  note  the  presence,  in  Louisville, 
of  an  extensive  establishment  that,  commencing  by  carefully  selecting  and  slaughtering 
its  own  cattle  and  hogs,  maintains  the  same  standard  of  purity  and  excellence  through  all 
the  processes  of  curing  and  packing  beef  and  pork  and  manufacturing  sausage  meat. 

Such  an  establishment  is  that  of  H.  F.  Vissman  &  Co.,  which  was  founded  in  1871  by 
Louis  Bells,  and  passed  under  its  present  proprietary  control  four  years  later.  The  firm, 
which  is  composed  of  H.  F.  Vissman,  Henry  Vissmsui,  and  Win.  A.  Fritton,  is  greatly  to 
be  commended  for  the  honorable  character  and  completeness  of  its  business  methods.  Its 
works  ft)r  the  manufacture  of  sausages  are  situated  near  the  stock  yards,  and  the  firm 
si  lughters  its  own  hogs,  from  800  to  1,000  a  week  in  number.  In  like  manner  the  cattle, 
in  large  numbers,  are  dispo.sed  of,  the  slaughter-house  of  the  firm  being  quite  extensive. 
This  convincir.g  assurance  that  no  "down  cattle"  or  inferior  stock  are  utilized  is  a  strong 
point  with  dealers  and  consumers  in  favor  of  the  firm,  especially  as  the  same  care  is  exer- 
cised in  curing  and  packing  pork,  beef,  bacon,  lard,  etc.  About  forty  hands  are  con- 
stantly employed  in  the  work. 

The  specialty  of  the  house  is  the  curing,  of  the  celebrated  "  Derby  Ham."  a  toothsome 
luxury  known  the  world  over,  and  this  and  the  other  productions  of  the  firm  are  sold  all 
over  the  country,  the  home  trade  being  especially  large.  The  prosperity  of  H.  F.  Viss- 
man &  Co.  is  eminently  deserved. 


AND   OF  NEW  ALBANt,    INDIANA. 


107 


J.  L.  liOISFOKI)  A:  CO., 


111*""' 


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APPLES     POTATOES 8.  Etc 


1    1    I 


BUTTERano  CHEESE 


General   Produce  and  Fancy  Groceries,  No.  341  West  Main  St. 


For  twenty?  years,  iiearlj-,  this  firm  has  been  a 
li-ading  one  in  its  line  in  respect  to  the  produce 
trade  of  Louisville  and  the  entire  South.  It  was 
established  under  the  present  firm  name  in  1807,  by 
J.  L.  and  T.  G.  Botsford,  and  although  the  latter 
died  four  or  five  years  ago,  the  time-honored  trade 
designation  is  retained. 

The  house,  while  largely  handling  fancy  groceries, 
makes  a  specialtj-  of  butter  and  cheese,  and  also  de- 
votes considerable  attention  to  foreign  and  domestic 
fruit-s.  The  premises  of  the  firm  are  capacious  and 
well  adapted  to  the  business,  and  to  the  carrying  of 
a  large  stock,  whicli  is  promptly  received  from  pro- 
ducers direct.  Traveling  salesmen  are  employed  and 
assist  much  in  developing  additional  trade  through- 
out the  South  and  South-west.  The  management 
of  the  house  is  characterized  by  energj',  enterprise 
and  public  si)irit  of  the  highest  order,  and  the  firm 
is  a  favorite  one  in  trade  circles. 


A.  BOOTH  &  SONS, 


Packers  of  "  Oval  '  and 


Diamond  "   Brand  Oysters.  Wh3lesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Fish,  Game.  Poultry, 
Celery,  etc.,  Nos.  300  tj  310  Third  Street. 


A.  Booth  &  Sons,  of  Baltimore,  Chicago,  and  San  Francisco,  are  the  largest  packers 
of  oysters  and  fish  in  the  world.  Besides  the  three  main  supplj-  depots  mentioned,  they 
have  various  brancli  houses,  at  St.  Louis,  Minneapolis,  St.  Paul,  Indianapolis  and  Pitts- 
burgh; at  Astoria,  Oregon,  devoted  to  the  canning  of  salmon ;  at  Collinsville,  Cal.,  and 
Escanaba,  fruit;  at  Bayfield  and  Washburn,  fish. 

The  house  here,  employing  a  force  of  nearly  twenty  hands,  under  the  excellent  man- 
agement of  Mr.  James  K.  Davidson,  is  in  a  most  flourishing  condition,  and  occupies  the 
large  and  commodious  quarters  from  300  to  310  Third  street.  The  concern  was  originally 
established  as  long  ago  as  ISoO,  by  William  Sowders,  conducted  after  his  deathby  his 
widow,  and  bought  out  by  Messrs.' Booth  &  Sons  in  1883. 

The  "  Oval  "  and  "  Diamond '"  brands  of  oysters  packed  by  them  have  an  excellent 
reputation  in  this  vicinity,  and  the  annual  sales  of  all  goods  handled  by  the  firm  here 
aggregate  about  $150,000. 

In  addition  to  the  great  specialtj'^  of  oysters,  the  house  handles  immense  quantities  of 
fish,  game,  celery  and  other  dainties,  always  carrying  the  most  complete  stock  of  these 
in  their  season.  Their  sources  of  supply  being  unlimited,  and  under  the  supervision 
of  Mr.  David-son.  the  capable  and  energetic  manager,  who  has  been  engaged  in  this 
same  line  for  fifteen  years,  the  house  has  received  a  flattering  share  of  confidence  and 
patronage. 


108  THE  -INDlJ^TRIES    OF   LOUISVUJ-E 


AKTHUll  PETER  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Druggists  and  Importers,  Nos.  716  and  718  West  Main  Street— Established  1817. 

How  largely  the  wholesale  drug  business  has  contributed  to  the  commercial  rank  of 
Louisville  is  set  forth  in  that  portion  of  this  work  devoted  to  trade  statistics.  It  is 
therein  shown  how  vast  and  important  an  industry  this  is.  But  here  it  is  our  purpose 
to  set  forth  more  in  detail  the  elements  that  have  brought  about  the  satisfactory  showing 
referred  to. 

The  oldest  house  engaged  in  the  wholesale  drug  line  and  importing  is  that  of  Arthur 
Peter  &  Co.,  which  was  founded  as  far  back  as  1817,  by  Daniel  Wilson.  Its  early  history, 
and  the  business  methods  incident  to  pioneer  times,  would  be  interesting  to  recount,  but 
a  commercial  review  must  needs  deal  chiefly  with  the  present.  The  establishment  is 
probably  the  oldest  in  its  line  in  the  United  States.  In  the  lapse  of  time,  covering  con- 
siderably more  than  a  single  lifetime,  many  changes  in  the  firm  necessarily  took  place, 
but  the  present  energetic  proprietors  acquired  control  in  1870,  when  attention  was  exclu- 
sively devoted  to  wholesaling  and  importing. 

The  house  manufactures  extracts,  elixirs,  and  all  pharmaceutical  preparations.  Among 
its  specialties  is  the  "syrup  of  roborans,"  a  strengthening  preparation  for  consumptives, 
which  is  held  in  great  esteem  by  the  profession,  and  has  met  with  a  very  lai-ge  sale  in 
drug-stores  throughout  the  country.  The  trade  of  the  hou.se  extends  throughout  Ken- 
tucky, Indiana,  Illinois,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia,  Texas  and  Mississippi,  and  is  con- 
stantly increasing.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  active,  energetic  and  experienced,  and 
in  commercial  circles  the  house  is  one  of  eminent  distinction  and  deservedly  successful. 


A.  ENGELHARD, 


Wholesale  Grocer  and  Liquor  Dealer,  No.  213  West  Main  Street. 


The  head  of  this  well-known  house  emigrated  to  this  country,  from  Germany,  in  1849. 
Three  years  later  he  came  to  Louisville,  and  his  business  sagacity  speedily  determining 
the  advantages  of  this  city  as  a  trade  center,  he  embarked  in  the  wholesale  grocery  and 
liquor  trade  in  1855. 

Thus,  for  more  than  thirty  years,  Mr.  Engelhard  has  been  prominently  identified  with 
the  commercial  interests  of  Louisville,  and,  as  the  reward  of  his  enterprising  efforts,  his 
general  trade,  which  covers  not  only  the  city,  but  a  large  extent  of  tributary  territory  as 
well,  has  steadily  grown,  from  year  to  year,  in  volume  and  profit.  The  premises  occu- 
pied by  the  house,  in  the  very  center  of  the  leading  wholesale  thoroughfare  of  the  city, 
are  unusually  spacious  and  well  adapted  to  the  purpose,  comprising,  as  they  do,  a  four- 
story  building  200  feet  deep.  A  large  stock  of  first-class  goods  is  kept  constantly  on 
hand,  and  the  house  is  a  very  popular  one  with  customers. 


WM.  HOPKINS, 


Manufacturer  of  Linings,  Roans  and  Pad  Skins;  Dealer  in  Pulled  Wool— No.  12  Buchanan  Street. 

Nearly  half  a  century  ago  this  house  took  its  rise,  being  founded  as  early  as  1840  by 
Jonathan  Barnes.  In  1856  Wm.  Hopkins,  the  present  enterprising  proprietor,  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership,  the  firm  then  becoming  Barnes  &  Hopkins.  It  so  remained  up  to 
1872,  when  by  the  decease  of  the  founder  Mr.  Hopkins  became  the  sole  proprietor,  and 
has  since  conducted  the  business  in  his  own  name. 

The  house  has  a  standing  throughout  the  South  and  West  befitting  one  with  an  hon- 
Qrable  business  record  of  so  long  a  period.  With  a  capacity  for  tanning  125,000  sheep 
skins  yearly;  with  ample  manufacturing  facilities, and  experienced  operatives  numbering 
35;  with  wealth,  influence  and  trade  repute,  gained  by  honorable  business  methods,  and 
producing  excellent  goods  only,  Mr.  Hopkins'  establishment  is  deservedly  prosperous  and 
bids  fair  so  to  continue  without  limit.  In  his  specialty  for  morocco  and  sheep  skins,  and 
in  his  dealings  in  pulled  wool,  his  trade  is  very  extensive  in  volume  and  constantly  in- 
creasing in  territorial  extent. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


109 


E.  C.  GEORGE, 


Wholesale  Dealer  in  Kentucky  Whiskies,  No.  128  Second,  Main  and  Water  Streets. 


Perhaps  no  bouse  in  the  country  has  a  larger  and  wider  reputation  in  connection  with 
the  blending  of  whiskies  than  that  of  E.  C.  George,  a  three-story  building,  20x1*20  feet,  on 
Second,  Main  and  Water  streets. 

Mr.  George,  who  had  previously  cnjoj'^ed  large  business  experience  in  Eastern  trade 
centers — including  a  membership  in  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  for  twelve  years — 
catne  to  Louisville  in  1874,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  distilling  and  wholesaling  fine 
Kentucky  whiskies;  in  particular  maintaining  a  special  blending  department  for  the  re- 
haTidling  of  Bourbon  and  rye  whiskies. 

llis  special  brands  are  tlie  "  E.  C.  George  "  Bourbon  and  rye,  handled  in  the  Eastern 
market,  and  the  "  Argonaut,"  exclusively  west  of  the  llocky  mountains.  The  publishers 
of  this  present  work,  in  connection  with  their  commercial  reviews  of  the  Pacific  coast,  had 
tlic'ir  observation  drawn  to  the  extensive  sales  of  these  productions  in  that  section  ;  and 
this  trade,  as  well  as  the  business  of  the  house  in  general,  is  continuously  increasing  in 
volume  and  in  territorial  extent. 

Mr.  George  was  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  during  the  war,  and  prior  to  coming 
here  had  long  resided  in  New  Hampshire — his  native  State — and  in  New  York  and 
"Washington.  He  is  enterprising,  energetic,  capable  and  successful  in  the  prosecution  of 
his  business. 


THE  KENTUCKY  OAK  TANNING  COMPANY. 


Gotlleb  Layer,  President:  Adam  Schuster,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  L.  Ruthenburg,  Superintendent— No.  1413 

Calhoun  Street. 


No  tanner\^  establishment  in  the  country  enjoys  larger  reputation  for  the  excellence  of 
its  oak-tanned  product  thnn  that  of  this  corporation  which  was  organized  in  1879. 

With  a  large  building  and  other  facilities  for  the  purpose,  the  company  devotes  its  at- 
tention to  the  tanning  of  fine  harness  leather  practically  exclusively,  although  a  small 
quantity  of  sole  leather  is  occasionally  produced  in  order  to  work  up  stock.  The  tannery 
h^  a  capacity  equal  to  30,000  hides  a  year,  and  forty  hands  are  employed  in  the  produc- 
tion of  the  fine  harness  leather  which  has  given  to  the  company  its  pre-eminent  reputation 
throughout  the  trade. 

The  executive  officers  of  the  companj',  named  above,  are  of  large  practical  experience 
in  tanning,  and  tiiis,  with  ample  capital  and  facilities,  constitutes  a  reason  for  the  success 
of  the  enterprise. 


110 


THF3   INDUSTRIES    OF    I^OTriPVILI.E 


CHILTON,  GUTHRIE  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  of  Trunks,  Valises  and  Bags— Salesroom,  No.  522  West  Main  Street:  Branch  House,  No.  409 
Fourth  Avenue:  Factory, Twenty-fourth  and  Main  Streets. 


Perhaps  no  hoiife  in  Louisville  engaged  in  any  branch  ot  manufacture  is  so  well 
known  through  its  wares  to  the  general  public  as  that  which  heads  this  account  of  a 
profitable  industry.  The  trunks  and  valises  manufactured  by  Chilton,  Guthrie  &  Co.  are 
sold,  carried  and  borne  in  sixteen  States  of  the  Union,  and  in  the  Eepublic  of  Mexico. 

Founded  in  1869  by  Stratton,  Snodgrass  &  Co.,  the  firm  name  underwent  several 
changes  until  1874,  when  the  firm  became  Chilton,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  and  is  now  composed 
of  John  L.  Chilton,  a  member  of  the  original  firm,  Mrs.  D.  A.  Guthrie,  widow  of  A.  I. 
Guthrie,  who  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1883,  was  a  member  of  the  tirm,  and  her  son, 
James  G.  Guthrie.  The  practical  and  enterprising  character  of  the  active  members  of 
the  firm  has  greatly  advanced  the  interests  of  the  house  from  year  to  year,  until  it  now 
owns,  controfs  and  operates  the  largest  trunk  factory  south  of  the  Ohio.  In  this  a  hun- 
dred hands  are  constantly  employed,  and  the  f\icilities  include  every  modern  convenience 
for  turning  out  work  satisfactorily  and  well.  The  firm  manufactures  a  patent  three-ply 
4;runk-top,  which  is  in  great  favor\vith  the  trade,  and  handles  the  great  variety  of  goods  of 
its  own  make,  both  in  ils  extensive  salesrooms,  at  No.  522  Main  street,  and  at  the  Branch 
house,  No.  409  Fourth  avenue.  The  establishment  is  a  credit  to  Louisville  and  the  South, 
and  its  prosperity  is  due  to  vigorous,  enterprising  management,  and  such  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  as  results  in  the  manufacture  of  the  best  class  of  goods,  and  the  sale 
of  the  same  upon  the  closest  margin  of  profit. 


DUPONT  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Paper— Mills,  Tenth  and  Monroe  Streets ;  Office  and  Warehouse,  Nos.  224  and 

226  Sixth  Street. 


The  oldest,  and  perhaps  most  extensive,  house  here  in  the  paper  trade  is  that  of  Dupont 
&  Co.,  established  in  1846.  Geo.  D.  Prentice  was  interested  when  the  mills  were  first  put 
up,  since  when  there  have  been  several  changes  of  firm — first,  in  1844,  to  C.  I.  &  A.  V. 
DuPont,  then  in  1857,  to  A.  V.  DuPont  &  Co.,  and  later,  in  1872,  upon  the  retiracy  of  A. 
V.  DuPont  &  Brother,  the  present  firm  name,  DuPont  &  Co.,  was  adopted. 

The  mills,  located  at  Tentii  and  ]\Ionroe  streets,  are  three  stories  in  height,  cover  200  x 
200  feet  of  ground,  and  are  completely  equipped  with  every  convenience  and  a  fine  plant 
of  improved  machinery,  embracing  nine  steam  engines,  fourteen  rag  engines,  two  Jordan 
engines,  and  three  paper  machines  of  the  latest  pattern  and  large  capacity.     The  great 


iXD    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


Ill 


specialitj'  is  superior  news  paper,  and  the  trade  is  principally  West,  though  there  is  a  good 
local  marki-t  lor  their  goods.  These  are  among  the  oldest  paper  mills  in  the  Olii"  valley, 
and,  with  improvements  and  enlargements  recently  completed,  among  the  most  e>tensive. 

The  office  and  vvarerooms  are  located  in  the  handsome  live-story  stone  front  Iniilding  N<  s. 
224  and  220  Sixth  street,  between  Main  and  Market,  where  the  five  large  floors.  3G  x  180 
feet,  and  basement,  furnish  ample  accommodations  for  the  storage  of  an  immense  stock  of 
uaper  of  all  kinds,  and  the  shi|>ment  of  orders. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  Edgar  Hounsfield,  F.  Lammot,  and  V.  Dupont. 
With  large  experience,  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade  and  its  wants,  and  every  facil- 
ity for  the  saii-factory  filling  of  orders,  the  outlook  for  a  steady  and  healthy  increase  of 
business  is  excellent. 


LOUrSVlLLE    BANKING  COMPANY. 


Theodore  Harris.  President;  J.  E.  Sutcliffe.  Vice-President;  John  H.  Leathers,  Cashier-Capital,  $250,000 
Surplus.  $300,000  ;  Average  Deposits,  $1,000,000— North-east  Corner  of  Fifth  and  Warket  Streets. 


The  time  was  when  the  national  banking  system 
gave  great  advantages  over  the  State.  That  time 
has  passed.  The  advantage  is  now  with  the  State 
bank.  All  national  banks  are  required  by  law  to 
inve.<t  a  certain  amount  in  United  States  bonds;  but 
'  four-per-cent.  bonds  maturing  in  twenty-one  years, 
:uid  bought  at  twenty-six  per  cent,  above  their  par 
value,  can  not  be  a  desirable  investment.  In  this 
■  particular  the  State  bank  has  the  advantage.  Nor 
j)  do  its  advantages  end  there.  National  banks  are 
forbidden  to  lend  upon  real  estate  security,  State 
banks  not  being  thus  circumscribed — while,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  they,  like  the  Nationals,  do  not  lend 
upon  real  estate,  yet,  having  power  to  do  so,  they 
may  take  real  estate  as  an  underlying  security  for 
\  the" ordinary  commercial  paper  discounted  by  them 
%"  from  day  to  day.  Probably  this  is  not  olten  done, 
but  it  may  be,  and  sometimes  is;  and  thus  an  impor- 
tant additional  security  is  acquired  in  case  of  need. 
,„.,.™.i,  .  '^;  Whatever  the  reast>n  be,  whether  because  of  the 
if  1 1  i '  ''t^afeffi  advantages  that  thinking  people  see  the  State  sys- 
--g-r-^- — -^y^  tern  has  "over  the  National,  or  for  other  reasons,  cer- 
^£_ir~^^_  tain  it  is  the  State  banks  of  Louisville  have  a  full 
share  of  business  and  of  public  confidence.  Of  no 
one  of  them  is  this  more  true  than  of  the  Louisville  Banking  Company,  now  in  the  twen- 
tieth year  of  its  existence.  Beginning  a  small  institution,  Tittle  by  little  it  has  grown  in 
wealth  and  credit,  until  now  its  business  is  coextensive  with  the  Union,  and  its  stock  com- 
mands a  higher  price  than  that  of  any  other  bank,  State  or  National,  in  Kentucky.  Its 
board  of  directors  is  made  up  of  strong  and  sagacious  men.  Its  president  and  vice-presi- 
dent have  been  long  identified  with  it;  and  though  its  cashier  has  been  connected  with 
it  for  a  short  time  only,  he  is  widely  known  throughout  the  State  as  former  Grand  Master 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Mason-,  and  elsewhere  through  his  firm  of  Tapp,  Leathers  &  Co. 
The  Louisville  Banking  Company  makes  a  specialty  of  commercial  paper;  that  is,  of 
trade  paper,  paper  resulting  from  actual  sales  of  merchandise.  It  invites  the  business 
of  merchants  and  manufacUirers  who  wish  to  discount  that  kind  of  paper,  but  does  not 
invite  the  business  of  those  who  wish  to  borrow  upon  indorsements  only,  no  matter  how 
good  those  indorsements  may  be.  They  think  the  mission  of  the  bank  is  to  go  between 
the  buyer  and  the  seller,  and  give  the  s-eller  money  for  the  buyer's  notes,  thereby  helping 
him  to  buy  and  sell  again.  Upon  this  principle  the  smallest  manufacturer  may  keep  on 
making  and  selling,  supplied  by  them  with  money,  provided  only  he  obtains  notes  for 
what  is  sold,  while  the  richest  man  might  be  denied  the  smallest  loan  unless  he  held  col- 
lateral. It  is  said  that  on  this  principle  the  history  of  banking  since  ever  it  was  known 
reveals  no  instance  of  insolvency.     If  this  be  so,  the  principle  is  worth  adhering  to. 

What  this  little  giant,  the  Louisville  Banking  Company,  with  its  extensive  corre- 
spondence in  Europe  and  America,  may  ultimately  become  in  business  grandeur,  vo 
sometimes  wonder,  and  certainly  shall  look  to  see.  This  bank  issues  letters  of  credit  <  ii 
which  merchants  can  impi  rt  goods  from  any  part  of  Europe. 


112 


THE   INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


STEGE  &  KEir^ING, 

Wholesale  Groceries,  Provisions  and  Liquors,  Nos.  327  and  329  West  IVIain  Street. 


future.     It  is  a  staunch, 


Established  in  1858,  and  with  continuous  transactions 
since,  the  house  at  327  and  329  West  Main  street  has  ac- 
quired a  position  in  the  trade  not  easily  to  be  gainsaid.  From 
a  minor  position  respecting  the  wholesale  tratfic,  its  business 
has  expanded,  year  by  year,  until  it  is  now  rated  with  the 
most  substantial  in  this  great  center  ot  commerce.  Energy 
and  enterprise  are  well  illustrated  in  the  conduct  of  this 
house,  whose  premises  are  shown  in  the  illustration  on  this 
page. 

These  premises  are  the  same  that  have  been  occupied  by 
the  house  lor  many  years,  and  are  sufficient  to  accommodate 
a  stock  aggregating  in  value  $100,000  at  all  seasons.  The  an- 
nual business  of  the  house  reaches  the  sum  of  three-quarters 
f  a  million  annually,  occasionally  rising  to  a  million  dollars. 
These  figui-es  indicate  the  resources  and  patronage  of  the 
house  to  be  considerably  above  the  average.  The  best  busi- 
ness enjoyed  by  this  house  comes  to  it  from  Indiana,  Ken- 
tucky and  the  North  generally,  a  trade  exclusive  to  it  having 
been  formerly  established  during  its  twenty-seven  years  of 
operation  by  the  house. 

Messrs.  C.  Stege  and  H.  Belling,  than  whom  no  mer- 
chants of  Louisville  are  better  esteemed,  are  the  principals 
m  this  house.  They  are  most  noted  for  apiilication  and  assi- 
duit}'  in  the  management  of  their  own  and  their  custorr.ers' 
iflairs,  a  method  which  redounds  to  the  benefit  of  those  hav- 
ing dealings  with  them.  The  honorable  and  straightforward 
course  of  these  gentlemen  is  a  suffici'^nt  guarantee  for  the 
substantial  and  reliable  house  in  every  essential  and  particular. 


D.  H.  BALDWIN   &  CO., 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Pianos  and  Organs,  No.  236  Fourth  Avenue. 

The  above-named  leading  piano  and  organ  house  was  established  here  in  1877,  as  one 
of  the  two  branches  of  the  parent  concern,  D.  H.  Baldwin  &  Co.,  Fourth  and  Elm 
streets,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  The  first  manager  of  the  Louisville  branch  was  Mr.  K.  A. 
Johnston,  whose  superb  business  qualifications  at  once  secured  for  the  venture  a  large 
share  of  patronage,  not  only  local,  but  extending  throughout  adjoining  States.  Mr.  A. 
A.  Van  Buren,  also  of  the  firm,  succeeded  Mr.  Johnston,  and  has  added  much  to  its  popu- 
larity and  success.  At  the  present  time  the  entire  four  floors,  25x120  feet  each,  of  No. 
23G  Fourth  avenue,  and  three  floors  of  the  adjoining  building,  are  required  for  ware  and 
salesrooms,  and  are  literally  crowded  to  their  utmost  capacity  with  the  finest,  largest,  and 
most  varied  stock  of  standard  pianos  and  organs  ever  exhibited  south  of  the  Ohio.  The 
stores  and  warerooms  front  four  stories  on  Fourth  avenue,  and  three  on  Market  street, 
and  are  perfectly  lighted  and  ventilated. 

The  Louisville  house  alone  sells  an  average  of  one  hundred  instruments  per  month, 
embracing  choice  samples  of  pianos  from  the  celebrated  factories  of  Steinway  &  Sons, 
Decker  Brothers.  Haines,  Fischer,  and  D.  H.  Baldwin  &  Co.,  and  organs  from  Estey, 
Shoninger,  and  Hamilton.  Nine  clerks  and  salesmen  are  required  in  the  various  depart- 
ments and  in  all  the  services  of  ov^  two  hundred  employes  are  utilized. 

The  firm  of  D.  H.  Baldwin  is  the  oldest  and  the  most  successful,  as  well  as  the  best 
known  and  most  reputable,  west  of  New  York,  having  been  in  the  piano  and  organ  trade, 
wholesale  and  retail,  at  Cincinnati,  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The  house  was  founded 
by  Mr.  Baldwin,  who  still  survives  to  enjoj^  the  fruits  of  a  long  career  of  business  and 
personal  probity.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  D.  H.  Baldwin,  Lucien 
Wulsin,  George  W.  Armstrong,  jr.,  Clarence  Wulsin,  and  A.  A.  Van  Buren,  who,  as 
above  stated,  has  charge  of  the  Louisville  and  Southern  interests  of  this  great  house. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA, 


113 


IIUFER'S  HOTVAj  and  RESTAUR  VXT. 


Fifth  Street  between  Main  and  Market— John  C.  Rufer,  Manager. 


A  quiet  hotel,  present- 
ing home  comforts  at 
moderate  rates,  is  sure  to 
win  popularity  and  a 
good  share  of  patronage 
from  that  large  and  in- 
creasing class.the  steady- 
going  ]icople  who  love 
the  good  things  of  life 
while  averse  to  empty 
display.  For  many  years 
Kufer's  Hotel,  Fifth 
i-treet.  between  Main  and 
Market,  has  enjoyed  the 
ri'putation  of  furnishing 
tirst-class  entertainment 
tor  travelers  and  board- 
ei'S  at  figures  within  the 
reach  of  moderately  w^ell- 
to-do  men  and  women. 
During  the  life  of  the 
genial  "Charley"  Rufer 
it  was  his  aim  and  study 
to  make  his  house  a  home 
for  his  guests,  and  his 
greatest  pride  was  to 
have  succeeded  in  doing  so.  Since  his  decease  the  same  policy  has  bten  faithfully  adhered 
to  by  the  present  manager  of  the  estate,  Mr.  John  C.  Ruler,  who  for  ten  years  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  house,  and  through  whose  assistance  the  former  popular  proprietor  was 
enabled  to  add  much  to  the  pleasure  of  a  sojourn  under  his  roof.  The  house  was  opened 
to  public  patronage  in  1856,  and  for  thirty  years  has  held  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  the 
traveling  public — an  esteem  which  is  as  warm  to-day  as  at  any  previous  time.  The  death 
of  Charles  C.  Rufer,  which  occurred  in  1883,  had  no  effect  upon  the  fortunes  of  the  hotel, 
and,  save  that  many  old  patrons  sadly  missed  his  cordial  greeting  and  hospitable  face,  there 
has  been  no  alteration  in  the  conduct  of  the  place. 

A  splendid  restaurant  is  connected  with  Rufer's  Hotel,  where  guests  and  the  public 
generally  will  find  every  delicacy  served  up  in  faultless  style. 

This  elegant  and  delightful  hostelry  contains  forty  rooms  for  the  use  of  guests,  and  can 
shelter  from  eighty  to  one  hundred  people.  The  capacity  of  the  dining-room  and  res- 
taurant is  practically  limited  only  by  the  market  supplies  of  the  city.  The  bill  of  fare 
is  invariably  of  the  best  and  the  cookery  is  superb. 


CHARLES  RAUTERBERG, 


Successor  to  Jungblut'i  &  Co.,  Catnmission  Merchant,  Nos.  1B6  and  158  East  Main  Street. 


This  is  a  house  occupying  a  special  and  very  important  sphere  of  industry  and  com- 
merce. Its  establishment  dates  back  to  1874,  the  firm  then  being  Jungbluth  &  Co.,  the 
pre-ent  enterprising  proprietor,  Mr  Chas.  Rauterberg,  being  the  junior  partner  of  the  old 
house.     But  since  1882  he  has  owned  and  operated  the  establishment  himself. 

The  line  of  goods  kept  in  stock,  and  extensively  sold  throughout  Kentucky,  Ohio  and 
Missouri,  comprises  tob;icco  manufacturers'  supplies,  such  as  licorice,  glycerine  and  tin 
foil;  and  Mr.  Rauterberg  has  the  exclu-iive  agency  in  this  market  for  James  C.  McAn- 
drnw,  New  York,  manufacturers  of  licorice  paste;  W.J.  M.  Gordon,  of  Cincinnati,  gly- 
cerine; and  L'^hnuiier,  Schwartz  &  Co.,  New  York,  manufacturers  of  tin  foil.  This  is  the 
largest  house  in  this  line  south  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  the  Mc  Andrew  licorice  paste  is  made 


114 


Tn::  ;.\i>ii.sr.tii:.j  ov   i.oui.svilij>. 


at  Newark,  New  Jersey,  at  the  largest  manufactory'  of  the  kind  in  this  countrj',  there  being 
only  two  in  America.  Mr.  McAndrew  also  manufactures  the  same  staple  in  Turkey  and 
Spain. 

Mr.  Rauterberg  has  developed  a  very  large  and  eonstantly-increasmg  trade  in  these 
specialties,  and  is  thoroughly  experienced  and  very  energetic  in  the  prosecution  of  hi* 
business. 


JOHX  G.  ROACH, 


Proprietor  "  Old  Times  "  Hand-made  Sour-mash  Distillery  :  President  Bel  Air  Distillery  Company,  Louisville,  and 
the  Rich  Grain  Distilling  Company,  Uniontown.  Ky. -Office.  No.  104  East  Wain  Street. 


RICH   GRAIN  DISTILLERY  CO. 
UNIONTOWN.KY. 

The  accompanying  illustrations  present  views  of  the  largest  and  most  profitable  in- 
dustries of  Louisville  and  the  South.  They  are  the  di>tilleries  of  the  well-known  house  of 
John  G.  Roach,  sole  owner  of  the  "Eich  Grain"  distillery  and  president  of  the  "Bel 
Air"  Distilling  Company — the  former  at  Uniontown,  Ky.,  with  a  capacity  of  600  bushels, 
the  latter  in  the  Portland  suburbs,  with  a  capacity  of  '200  busliels. 

These  brands  of  whisky, 
wliich  command  the  higliest 
approval  of  the  trade,  are 
sold  all  over  the  United 
States,  and  are  favorite 
brands  with  consumers.  The 
house  imd  its  enterprising 
proprietor  are  equally  well 
known.  Founded  in  1869- 
by  Grovf,  Roach  &  Co.,  the 
tirm  was,  six  years  later, 
cliiinged  to  John  G.  Rt)ach 
ct  Co.,  and  in  1880  to  the 
pr-  sent  style.  Controlling  a 
producing  capacity  of  100 
barrels  a  day,  and  the  larg- 
est practical  knowledge  of 
how  to  turn  out  a  good  spir- 
it, with  unrivaled  facilities 
fur  placing  the  same  on  the 
market,  the  bu^int-^s  success  of  -Mr.  Roacli,  in  building  up  so  extensive  a  trade  in  his  pro- 
ductions, lb  a  natural  .>-e(iui'nce,  and  is  in  tlie  fullest  sense  deserved.  Mr.  Roach  came  here 
from  Green  county,  Ky.,  and  speedily  took  rank  among  our  leading  business  men.  He 
has  been  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  Commerce  and  in  other  ways  exhibited  his  public  spirit 
and  commercial  knowledge.  As  further  evidence  of  the  esteem  and  rej)ute  in  which  he 
is  held  by  his  fellow-citixt-ns,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  Mr.  Roach  is  a  commissioner  of 
the  Central  Insane  Asylum  and  for  the  past  ten  years  has  been  chairman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic Executive  Committee  of  tlie  City  of  Louisville. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


15 


C.  I».  MOOIOIAX  &  CO., 

Oeilers  in  J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon  Wliisky.  Nos.  131  and  133  East  Main  Street. 


BOURBON 


c.rmoorman&co. 
louisville,ky: 


No  lidust^  in  this  iiiu'  of  business  is  better 
known  in  Louisville  and  the  South-west,  and  in- 
iltHMl  throughout  the  country,  than  that  of  0. 
P.  . Moorman  A:  Co.,  at  i;'.l  and  183  Ea.-t  ]\Iain 
stn'ct.  ()riu;inally  founded  as  far  baek  as  lS4r>, 
hy  .\.  II.  Cutter,  whose  honored  name  is  still  as- 
sociated with  its  wares,  the  present  tirm  namo 
las  existed  more  than  a  qutirter  of  a  century, 
during  which  period  the  business  has  continued 
to  expand  in  volume  and  in  territorial  extent 
until  now  the  business  connections  of  the  house 
and  its  dealings  in  the  celebrated  brand  of  J.  H. 
Cutter  Old  Hourb(>n  whi>ky  extend  from  th(! 
Atlantic  to  the  Tacifie  coast.  Branch  otiiccs, 
where  sales  are  made  direct,  are  established  in 
Hoston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  San  Franci>c<', 
and  the  other  piincijjal  trade  centers  East  and 
West. 

C.  P  Moorman  &  Co.  also  keep  constantly 
on  hand  a  large  stock  of  fine  Kentucky  whis- 
kies, of  an  averaa'C  value  of  .$500,000.  Their  in- 
timate knowledge  of  the  whisky  busine.ss,  ex- 
liMiding  back  through  moie  than  a  quarter  of  a 
■enlury,  enables  tiiem  to  select  only  such  as  are- 
\Y>\  old-fiishioned,  hand-made  lire-copper  and 
<our-ni!ish  whiskies,  and  those  at  a  distance  send- 
ing their  orders  to  this  house,  or  any  of  its 
branches,  may  depend  upon  getting  the  very  best. 

Mr.  Moorman,  the  proprietor  of  the  hou.'e.  is 
a  well-known  business  man  and  capitalist,  dis- 
tinguislied  for  public  spirit  and  the  encourage- 
ment of  every  enterprise  calculated  to  promote 
the  industrial  and  commercial  advancement  of 
Louisville.  A  stockholder  in  the  woolen  mills, 
and  in  insurance  compaiiies,  he  is  also  largely 
interested  in  real  estate  holdings  and  buildings. 


A.  B.  BURN  HAM  &  CO. 


Wholesale  Tinners"  Slock,  Stoves,  Tinware,  Tin  Piate,  etc.,  No.  744  West  IMain  Street;  Warerooms.  Nos.  122  to 

126  Eighth  Street. 


A  very  large  and  important  industrial  establishment,  and  a  credit  to  its  enterprising 
proprietors  and  to  the  city  of  Louisville,  is  that  which  forms  the  subject  of  this  voluntary 
tribute  to  business  success. 

Founded  in  1870  by  A.  B.  Burnham,  the  senior  of  the  present  house,  he  was  subse- 
quently joined  by  H.  G.  Hall,  the  tirm  becoming,  as  at  present.  A.  B.  Burnham  «&  Co. 

Dealing  generally  in  tinners'  stock  and  stoves,  the  trade  of  the  house  extended 
throughout  the  South  and  North-west.  A  specialty  is  made  of  tinners'  stock,  and  this,  on 
account  of  its  superior  excellence,  is  in  very  large  trade  request.  The  manufactuiiiig 
facilities  of  the  tirm  are  very  extensive.  Well-stored  warerooms  are  maintained  at  Nos. 
122  to  126  Eighth  street,  and  the  premises  of  the  firm  at  No.  744  West  Main  street  com- 
prise three  stories  n:)x2lO  feet.  Thirty-tive  hands  are  employed  and  the  annual  business 
of  the  tirm  reaches  the  enormous  aggregate  of  $o50,000. 

Mr.  A.  B.  Burnham,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  is  interested  in  Carpenter,  Annear  &  Co.'s 
galvanized  iron  work  store  here,  and  has  a  store  at  Brownsville,  Tennessee;  also,  in  mines 
in  the  vicinity  of  Denver,  Colorado.  He  and  his  partner,  Mr.  H.  0.  Hall,  are  energetic 
business  men  and  their  house  commands  a  high  commercial  .standing. 


116 


THE  IXDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


GEORGE  CROSS, 

Manufacturer  of  Umbrellas  and  Parasols,  Dealer  In  Foster's  "  Tres  Bon  "  Kid  Gloves,  No.  413  Fourth  Avenue. 


Louisville  can  boast  one  very  complete  and  well-managed  umbrella  and  parasol  fac- 
tory— that  of  Mr.  George  Cross,  No.  413  Fourth  avenue,  one  of  the  most  convenient  and 
fashionable  localities  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Cross  has  been  in  the  same  place  since  1877,  and  has  built  up  a  first-clnss  trade, 
both  in  and  out  of  the  city,  filling  orders  for  points  all  over  adjoining  States,  North,  "West, 
and  South.  The  manufacture  of  these  goods' has  been  the  occupation  of  his  life,  and,  as  a 
consequence,  in  addition  to  a  cultivated  taste,  he  has  the  requisite  skill  and  knowledge 
of  the  wants  of  the  trade  and  the  public  to  make  a  still  greater  success  of  his  enter- 
prise. He  makes  and  deals  in  all  styles  and  grades  of  umbrellas  and  parasols,  from 
the  cheapest  to  the  most  elaborate  and  costly,  and  selling  at  first  hands  can  make  prices 
as  low  as  the  lowest.  He  handles  heavy  consignments  of  the  same  goods  from  celebrated 
Eastern  manufacturers  also,  and  can  offer  unusual  inducements  to  the  trade. 

Mr.  Cross  also  conducts,  in  connection  with  his  umbrella  and  parasol  establishment,  an 
extensive  kid  glove  department,  where  Foster's  celebrated  "Tres  Bon"  brand  of  extra 
fine  gloves  are  sold  exclusively,  this  being  the  only  Louisville  house  handling  these  goods. 


LEWIS  &  HANFORD, 


(Successors  to  Lewis.  Gage  &  Co. ,  Seeds  and  Agricultural  Implements,  Nos.  246  and  248  West  Main  Street. 


Established  in  1870,  by  F.  N.  Lewis,  H.  T.  Han- 
ford  and  O.  S.  Gage,  this  house  has  steadily  grown 
in  increase  of  trading  facilities  and  volume  and 
magnitude  of  business  operations.  As  earlj'  as 
1874  the  old  quarters  on  Main  street,  near  Fifth, 
were  lound  inadequate,  and  removal  "was  effected 
to  the  colossal  premises  now  occupied  at  Nos.  246 
and  248  West  Main  street,  which  comprise  the 
double  four-story  stone  front  buildings  here  illus- 
trated. 

Mr.  O.  S.  Gage  having  retired,  the  old  firm 
name  of  Lewis,  Gage  &  Co.  was  amended  to  its 
present  form,  Lewis  &  Hanford.  The  firm  is  recog- 
nized as  of  the  highest  commercial  standing  and 
of  undoubted  enterprise.  The  house  carries  one 
of  the  largest  stocks  of  field  seeds  and  agricultural 
implements  to  be  found  in  the  country,  and  its 
trade  in  the  former,  throughout  the  South  and 
West,  is  very  extensive.  The  firm  also  exports 
field  seeds  in  no  inconsiderable  quantity,  and  so  is 
well  known  in  trade  circles  in  Europe  as  well  as 
in  America.  Its  specialties  are  Kentucky  blue- 
grass  and  orchard  grass  seed,  and  agricultural  im- 
plements. 

These  latter,  too,  are  of  world- wide  celebrity, 
and  Lewis  &  Hanford  have  the  sole  agency  for  the 
Studebaker  wagon  and  the  Oliver  chilled  plow, 
of  the  latter  of  which  thej'  sell  and  deliver  eight 
"or  ten  thousand  yearly.  They  also  handle  exten- 
sively the  Thomas  hay  rake,  Belle  City  feed 
cutter,  Osborne  reaper  and  mower,  twine  binder, 
and  other  implements  and  farm  machinery  that  bear  the  stamp  of  approval  afiixed  by  all 
wlio  have  used  them. 

Mr.  Lewis,  of  the  firm,  has  resided  in  Louisville  twenty  years  and  has  always  been 
ideiitified  with  this  important  industry.  His  partner,  Mr.  Hanford,  has  like  experience 
and  knowledge  of  the  rcijuirements  of  trade,  so  that  the  past  success  of  the  firm  is  an 
eminently  deserved  one  and  assures  an  even  more  prosperous  future. 


AXD    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


17 


HEXRY  I>ISSTON  &  SONS. 


James  B.  Senior,  Manager— Saws,  Files,  Steel  and  Tools— No:.  860  and  852  West  Main  Street. 


^  &  SONS.  ^ 
PHILADELPHIA 

'^   Warranted  ^ 

%,  SUPERIOR.  ,<^ 

^ousi> 


pect  of  still  further  growth.     Tlie  usefulness  and 
it  needed  only  the  energetic  management  and  busi 
to  effect  their  introduction  through  the  wide  scope 


This  is  one  of  the  leading 
industries  of  Louisville,  and 
commatids  an  important  and 
responsible  position  in  respect 
to  Lhe  commerce  of  the  city 
also.  The  firm  is  well  known 
throughout  the  countr}'^,  and 
established  itself  here  in  18bi:^>, 
under  the  experienced  man- 
agement of  Mr.  James  B.  Sen- 
ior. 

Occupying  the  large  four- 
storv  building  at  850  and  8'y> 
We~t  Main  street,  '25.\125  f.et, 
the  premises  are  fitted  up  with 
an  upright  boiler  and  twenty- 
hi)rse-power  engine,  together 
with  the  necessary  machinery 
and  apparatus  to  carry  on  the 
business,  employing,  also,  a  full 
complement  of  skilled  arti- 
sans. 

The  trade  of  this  branch 
house  is  (juite  extensive  in  vol- 
ume, and  covers  the  States  of 
Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Ten- 
nessee, with  immediate  pros- 
uperiority  of  its  wares  being  admitted, 
ness  enterprise  of  the  resident  manager 
of  country  named. 


WILLIAM  E.  ALMSTEDT, 


Stocl(  and  Bond  Broker— No.  506  West  Main  Street,  Merchants  National  Bank  Building. 


The  function  of  the  stock  and  bond  broker  is  one  of  great  usefulness  to  those  desiring 
to  make  investments;  and  among  those  so  engaged  in  this  market  none  rank  higher  in 
judgment  and  perspicuity  than  Mr.  Wm.  E.  Almstedt,  whose  office  is  in  the  Merchants 
National  Bank  building — No.  500  West  Main  street. 

He  established  himself  in  this  line  of  business  last  year  and  speedily  took  rank  as  an 
active  and  intelligent  representative  of  large  financial  interests  upon  the  monc}'  and  stock 
market,  keeping  constantly  on  hand  and  buying  and  selling  to  order  a  full  line  of  invest- 
ment securities,  and  making  something  ot  a  specialty  of  executing  orders  for  stocks  and 
bonds  dealt  in  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  Thus,  in  general  terms,  theoflice  deals 
in  local  and  miscellaneous  securities  of  all  kinds,  and  especially  the  following  :  United 
States  bonds;  Kentucky  municipal  bonds;  Kentucky  State  and  county  bonds;  Kentucky 
county  bonds — defaulted;  United  States  land  warrants;  Southern  railroad  stocks  and 
bonds;  stocks  of  all  Louisville  banks;  insurance  stock;  Louisville  street-railroad  stocks; 
stocks  of  all  local  manufacturing  companies. 

Mr.  Almstedt  is  young,  active,  enterprising,  and  successful  in  the  prosecution  of  his 
business.  In  the  interest  of  his  numerous  patrons  he  issues  an  accurately  compiled 
monthly  investment-circular  and  price  list,  and  those  desirous  of  selling  stocks  or  bonds, 
or  extending  their  line  of  investment,  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  write  to  or  call  upon 
Mr.  Almstedt.  His  integrity  and  financial  ability  are  commended  by  the  Kentucky  Na- 
tional Bank,  German  Bank,  and  Louisville  Safety  Vault  and  Trust  Company,  to  whom 
he  refers. 


118 


THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


GERMAN  NATION  A  r^  BANK. 


Adolph  Reutlinger,  President;  H.  W.  Bohmer,  Cashier;  Capital,  $251,500 ;  North-west  Corner  First  and  Market 

Streets. 


The  above-named  sound  and  prosperous  financial  institution  was  chartered  in  1872, 
and  has  proved  a  valuable  acquisition  and  aid  to  the  business  interests  of  the  city.  The 
president,  Mr.  Adolph  Keutlinger,  is  a  business  man  of  irreproachable  character  and 
great  ability,  and  is  well  supported  by  Vice-President  Gottlieb  Layer  and  Cashier  H.  W. 
Bohmer.  The  capital  stock  (paid  up)  is  $251,-500;  the  surplus  fund'and  undivided  profits, 
$83,575,  and  the  bank  in  a  flourishing  condition.  It  is  a  designated  United  States  depos- 
itory and  financial  agent  of  the  government.  Has  correspondents  all  over  the  world; 
deals  in  European  exchange,  receives  deposits,  makes  collections;  also  agent  for  ocean- 
passage  tickets  by  favorite  steamers. 

The  board  of  directors  is  an  excellent  one,  composed  of  such  capable  and  enterprising 
men  as  Adolph  Keutlinger,  Gottlieb  Layer,  Adam  Schuster,  C.  Henry  Dorn,  Charles  Wet- 
stein,  J.  N.  Struck,  H.  H.  Kademaker,  F.  W.  Schwenk,  and  Adam  Gottbreath.  The  pros- 
pect for  the  future  of  this  bank,  like  its  record  in  the  past,  is  very  good  indeed. 


THE  PrCTET  ARTIFICIAL  ICE  COMPANY— (Limited). 


Manufacturers  of  Ice  and  Machines  for  the  Production  of  Cold  Air  and  Ice— Floyd  Street,  Between  Kentucky 
and  Caldwell  Streets— J.  0.  Powlis,  Manager;  Henry  Dexter,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


The  manufacture  of  ice  has  long  passed  the  experimental  stage  and  is  now  one  of  the 
recognized  industries  whose  beneficent  eflPects  are  realized  by  all.  The  anhydrou.s-sul- 
phurous-oxide  system  of  Raoul  Pictet,  of  Geneva,  Switzerland,  is,  we  believe,  regarded  as 
the  most  perfect  in  its  operation  and  certain  in  its  results  of  any  so  far  devised,  and  is  al- 
ready introduced  in  every  civilized  country  on  the  globe.  The  absolute  and  incompar- 
able purity  and  wholesoineness  of  artificial  ice,  manufactured  from  distilled  water,  its 
uniform  density  and  greater  resistance  to  melting  infiuences,  its  beauty  and  convenience 
of  handling,  its  actual  economy,  and  other  advantages  over  the  natural  product,  have 


AND    OF   NEW    AL15ANY,    INJ)IANA. 


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made  it  popular  with  all  classes  and  secured  for  it  a  sale  never  found  for  the  pond  and 
lake  ice  from  which  so  many  fortunes  were  formerly  made. 

The  Louisville  branch  of  the  Pictct  Artificial  Ice  C'DUipany,  of  which  Mr.  J.  O. 
Powlis  is  manager,  lias  a  fine  factory  and  warehouse  on  Floyd  street,  between  Caldwell 
and  Kentucky,  where  the  whole  process  can  be  observed  by  those  interested,  and  ample 
explanations  given  to  anj'  who,  from  motives  other  than  mere  idle  curiosity,  desire  to  in- 
vestigate. 

The  president  is  Robert  AVhitehill;  vice-president,  Peter  Marie;  Henry  Dexter,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  The  company  was  incorporated  in  1877,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $300,- 
000,  and  has  done  a  flourishing  business  from  the  start,  the  sales  averaging  10,000  t(ms 
per  annum,  principally  among  the  families  and  hotels,  the  butchers,  grocers  and  confec- 
tioners of  the  city.  From  twenty-five  to  thirty  hands  and  seven  wagons  are  usually  em- 
ployed. There  are  five  large  buildings,  covering  a  space  144x250  feet,  and  the  machinery 
contained  in  them  is  of  the  costliest  and  most  massive  description. 


J.  W.  RECCIUS  &  BROTHER. 


Headquarters  f}r  Base  Bill  Supplies,  Athletic  and  Sporting  Goods,  Toys,  etc.,  No.  304  West  Market  Street. 

The  national  game  gains  a  largely  increased 
army  of  votaries  with  each  recurring  season 
-  not  professional  players,  but  young  men 
and  boys  recognize  in  it  a  healthful,  muscle- 
expaiuling  exercise,  full  of  attractions,  and, 
when  conducted  in  the  proper  spirit  of  hon- 
esty and  good  humor  that  should  characterize 
all  manly  out-door  sports,  a  truly  noble  game. 
The  trade  in  base  ball  and  kindred  goods  is, 
cons('quentlv,steadilvon  the  increase.  Messrs. 
J.  W.  Eeccfus  &  Bro.,  No.  304  West  Market 
street,  recently  removed  from  No.  34'2  Third 
avenue,  carry  an  immense  stock  of  base  ball 
supplies,  being  the  most  extensive  dealers 
South  in  this  line  of  specialties.  They  are, 
also,  headquarters  for  the  best  makes  of  Indian 
clubs,  dumb  bells,  boxing  gloves,  foot-balls, 
croquet,  skates  (ice  and  roller),  hammocks, 
fishing  tackle,  and,  in  short,  every  description 
of  athletic  and  sporting  goods.  They  have 
two    fine   stores,  the   one   referred  toj   three 

stories  in  height  ami  \o  iVet  iVunt  by  100  feet  deep,  and  another  at  No.  1,703  West  Market 

street,  18x120  feet.     Their  trade  extends  all  over  this  and  adjoining  Southern  States,  and 

averages  some  ■'Bio, 000  a  year. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Reccius  is  a  machinist  and  practical  mechanic,  and  opened  in  his  present 

business  in  1873. 


GEORGE  S.  3IOORE, 


Commission  Dea!er  In  Pig  Iron,  Corner  Bullitt  and  Main  Streets. 


The  handling  of  pig  iron  on  commission  is  an  old  and  well-established  branch  of  busi- 
ness here,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  Mr.  George  S.  Moore,  having  been  actively  engaged 
in  it  since  1853.  A  few  years  later — 1858 — a  Mr.  Donegan  was  admitted  to  a  partnership, 
but  after  a  short  experience  withdrew,  the  house  resuming  the  former  name  and  style  of 
George  S.  Moore,  under  which  it  has  lived  and  prosjiered  during  the  intervening  years. 
Mr.  Moore  does  an  extensive  business  with  the  East,  North  and  North-west,  and  lias  an 
enviable  reputation  for  integrity  and  reliability,  lie  is  prepared  to  handle  consignments 
on  commission  promptly  and  on  reasonable  terms. 


120  THE   LNDUSTRIE3    OF   LOUISVILI.E 


SI  EIN  &  KURKAMP, 


Wholesale  Grocerc— Dealers  in  Liquors,  Tobaccos,  etc.,  No.  315  West  Main  Street. 


Of  the  varied  commercial  interests  uf  this  city,  none  have  a  more  important  bearing 
upon  its  progress  and  general  welfare  than  the  wholesale  trade  in  staple  and  fancy 
groceries,  liquors,  tobaccos  and  kindred  goods.  Seldom,  indeed,  is  so  pronounced  a  suc- 
cess achieved  in  the  face  of  powerful  and  honorable  rivalry,  particularly  in  this  line  of 
trade,  as  that  upon  which  Messrs.  Stein  &  Kurkamp,  of  No.  315  West  Main  street,  can 
congratulate  themselves.  These  gentlemen,  as  their  names  indicate,  are  of  German  birth- 
Mr.  Victor  Stein,  a  native  of  Hanover,  and  Mr.  E.  H.  Kurkamp,  of  Prussia.  The  former 
emigrated  when  but  fifteen  years  of  age — in  1855 — and  settled  in  Louisville.  Mr.  Kur- 
kamp landed  at  New  Orleans  1851,  when  but  eighteen  years  old,  and  the  next  year  came 
to  Louisville.  Both  were  for  some  years  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  A.  Engelhard,  Mr.  Stein  as 
book-keeper,  and  Mr.  Kurkamp  as  traveling  salesman. 

The  present  firm  was  organized  and  went  into  business  in  1883,  less  than  three  years 
ago,  and  has  already  built  up  an  astonishingly  wide  connection,  considering  the  short 
period  of  its  existence.  Their  success,  partly  due  to  the  extensive  acquaintance  and  per- 
sonal popularity  of  both  members  of  the  tirm,  is,  to  an  equal  or  greater  extent,  referable 
to  their  strict  business  habits,  square  and  liberal  dealings,  prompt  attention  to  all  custom- 
ers and  unwavering  integrity  in  every  transaction. 

The  firm  occupy  a  very  large  and  conveniently-arranged  building,  four  stories  high, 
with  ample  cellars  for  storage,  and  carry  an  immense  stock  of  carefully-selected  grccerie.'^, 
fine  old  whiskies  and  sundries,  to  which  the  attention  of  the  trade  is  invited. 


CHARLES  T.  DEARING, 


Bookseller  and  Stationer,  Printer  and  Binder,  North-west  Corner  Third  and  Jefferson  Streets. 


The  trade  in  books,  stationery  and  the  multitude  of  goods  that  come  under  these 
heads  cuts  a  more  important  figure  in  the  life  of  the  people  than  is  realized  by  the  super- 
ficial observer.  It  is  a  trade  in  which  everybody,  from  the  little  tot  learning  its  A,  B, 
Cs  to  the  aged  grandparent,  is  more  or  less  interested;  a  trade  that  ministers  more 
than  any  other  to  the  intellectual  necessities  of  the  human  family,  and  concerns  all  ages, 
all  classes  and  conditions.  Louisville,  as  the  home  and  center  of  a  cultivated  people,  is 
naturally  a  very  liberal  patron  of  whatever  tends  to  the  elevation  of  the  mind,  and  as  a 
consequence  the  stationer,  the  bookseller,  the  printer  and  all  engaged  in  kindred  avoca- 
tions, are  appreciated  and  generously  supported. 

A  general  favorite  of  the  Falls  City  people  is  Mr.  Charles  T.  Dearing,  whose  well- 
known  and  superbly-conducted  magazin  du  belles-leitres  is  located  at  the  north-west  cor- 
ner of  Third  avenue  and  Jefferson  street.  Mr.  Deering  has  had  a  remarkably  successful 
career,  having  entered  the  trade  when  a  boy  of  nine,  mastering  all  its  details  and  build- 
ing up  a  very  large  and  constantly-growing  business.  He  carries  a  splendid  assortment 
of  standard  books  of  all  kinds,  light  reading,  all  of  the  best  weekl}%  monthly  and  quar- 
terly publications,  the  daily  newspapers  of  Louisville,  Cincinnati,  New  York  and  other 
cities,  and  the  largest,  most  varied  and  choicest  stock  of  stationery  of  every  description 
around  the  falls,  embracing  every  valuable  novelty  as  fast  as  brought  out. 

Connected  with  this  elegant  store  is  a  complete  and  very  handsome  job  printing  house, 
also  Mr.  Dearing's  ente' prise,  and  occupying  a  portion  of  his  fine  building;  the  latter 
three  stories  high  and  covering  an  area  of  thirty-five  by  fifty-seven  feet.  Parties  in  want 
of  any  description  of  mercantile,  ball,  party,  society  or  other  light  printing  will  find 
Mr.  Dearing  prepared  with  first-class  facilities  to  meet  their  wishes  promptly  and  in  the 
best  style  of  material  and  workmanship.  "With  an  active  experience  of  twenty-four 
years,  the  services  of  skillful  and  tasteful  workmen,  and  access  to  unlimited  stock,  he  will 
render  satisfaction  in  filling  orders  if  any  one  can. 

Mr.  Dearing's  business  last  year  aggregated  $100,000,  and  he  fully  expects  to  pass  that 
figure  in  1866.  His  branch  house  on  Fourth  avenue,  near  Jefferson  street,  is  also  a  flour- 
ishing and  promising  venture. 


AND   OF  NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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J.  S.  CLAKK  &  CO., 

Marble  and  Granite  Works.  Green  Street,  between  Second  and  Third. 


For  nearly  twenty  years  this  establisliment  delectably  conjoining  the  arts  and  indus- 
tries has  existed  here,  a  credit  no  less  to  Louisville  than  to  its  enterprising  proprietor,  Mr. 
J.  S.  Clark. 

The  establishment  has  a  history  no  less  interesting  from  a  personal  than  from  a  busi- 
ness standpoint.  When  Mr.  Clark  founded  it  in  18G8  he  was  but  twenty  years  of  age, 
yet  had  already  by  unremitting  industry  and  natural  skill  acquired  a  thoroughly  artistic 
and  practical  knowledge  of  the  business  in  all  its  details.  Moreover,  his  sagacity  dictated 
a  new  departure  from  the  old-fashioned  idea  that  an  establishment  of  this  kind  must 
necessarily  be  an  uninviting  place  to  a  visitor,  and  erected  a  massive  and  magnificent 
establishment,  covering  five  numbers  on  Green  street,  an  architectual  inonument  in  its 
exterior,  and  in  its  interior  as  neat  and  artistic  as  a  studio  devoted  to  the  exhibition  of 
immumental  art  ought  to  be,  and  is  now  erecting  an  elevated  railroad  with  traveling  crane 
for  erecting  monuments  in  the  mammoth  wareroom  which,  in  connection  with  the  tram 
rail  to  the  various  departments,  reiiders  this  establishment  second  tp  none  in  point  of 
competing  exhibitions  of  monuments. 

The  manufacturing  department  here  alone  utilizes  the  services  of  from  thirty  to  fifty 
skilled  artists  and  workmen.  This  establishment  handles  every  kind  of  the  best  granites 
that  are  practicable  or  advisable  for  monumental  purposes,  also  having  an  interest  in  two 
of  the  finest  granite  quarries  in  the  New  England  States;  and  being  direct  importers  of  the 
finest  Italian  marble  and  statuary  from  Carrara,  Italy,  undoubtedly  gives  this  house 
superior  advantages  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the  finest  monumcntiil  work.  Hence 
this  house  is  known  as  a  leading  and  representative  one  of  this  country  making  a  specialty 
of  strictly  first-class  work  in  the  way  of  fine  monuments,  and  receives  large  and  numerous 
orders  not  only  from  this  city  but  also  from  the  entire  Southern  and  Western  territory, 
and  as  far  East  as  New  York  State,  so  that  the  business  is  continually  expanding  in  aggre- 
gate volume.  The  house  recently  cut  and  erected  the  largest  granite  monument  in  this 
section,  the  same  requiring  seven  cars  for  its  transportation. 

An  examination  of  choice  works  of  memorial  art  in  Cave  Hill  and  other  cemeteries, 
discloses  that  much  of  the  finest  work  emanates  from  this  extensive  establishment  of  J.  S^ 
Clark  &  Co. 

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122 


THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


HKXRY  U.  FRANK  EL, 


Sole  Agent  in  United  States  and  Canada  for  Puetz'  "  Peerless  "  Plug  Tobacco  Machine,  Maffrand  Patent  Float, 
"  Sanford  "  Licorice  Paste,  Tobacco  Sugar,  Licorice  Powder  and  Flavorings,  Branding  Colors,  Tin  Foil  and 
Strips,  Vaseline,  Glycerine,  Gums,  etc.,  No.  151  Third  Street. 


Owing  to  the  expensive  character,  wa^stefulness  of  operation,  danger  of  accident,  and 
other  drawbacks  incident  to  the  eniplojmient  of  ordinary  plug  tobacco  machiner3%  it  has 
long  been  desii'ed  that  some  inventive  genius  might  devise  means  of  avoiding  the  worst 
of  these  disadvantages — a  desire  which  seems  to  have  been  fully  met  in  the  new  but  al- 
ready famous  Puetz  plug  tobacco  machine,  brought  out  and  patented  by  Tillman  Puetz, 
jr.,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  a  practical  mechanic  of  an  investigating  and  inventive  turn. 
It  is  claimed  for  this  machine  that  it  saves  labor,  provides  security  against  accidents  to 
operatives,  finishes  its  work  perfectly,  increases  the  output  and  profits,  delivers  the  lumps 
automatically  on  the  wrapper  table,  is  adapted  to  any  kind  of  work,  large  or  small,  thick 
or  thin,  and  is  easily  and  quickly  adjusted  to  all  classes  of  work.  From  the  foregoing  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  merits  of  the  "  Peerless  "  are  of  no  ordinary  order. 

The  Maffrand  patent  float  is  especially  adapted  for  use  in  factories  where  large  quanti- 
ties of  leaf  are  sweetened,  saves  labor,  is  constantly  ready  for  work,  is  thoroughly  reliable, 
and  cleanly  in  manipulating  stock. 

Mr.  Henry  U.  Frankel,  No.  151  Third  street,  Louisville,  is  sole  agent  for  these  ma- 
chines in  the  United  States  and  Canadas.  He  also  carries  a  large  stock  of  tobacco  manu- 
facturers' supplies  of  all  kinds,  which  are  furnished  the  trade  at  lowest  quotations,  and  in 
quantities  to  suit.  Mr.  Frankel  represents  the  Stamford  Manufacturing  Company  of  New 
York,  producers  of  "  Sanford  "  licorice  paste;  Havemeyer  &  Elder,  New  York,  manufact- 
urers of  "tobacco"  sugar;  Weaver  &  Sterry,  New  York,  manufacturers  of  licorice  pow- 
der and  flavorings  ;  the  "  Holdfast  "  Color  Works  of  Louisville,  branding  colors  ;  John  J. 
Crooke  &  Co.,  New  York  and  Chicago,  tin  foil  and  strips;  Chesebrough  Manufacturing 
Company,  NewYork,  vaseline:  Laist  &  Hochstetter,  Cincinnati,  glycerine;  and  Thurston 
&  Braidich,  New  York,  gums. 

Prompt  personal  or  epistolary  attention  is  given  to  all  inquiries  concerning  the  ma- 
chinery and  goods  referred  to.  Mr.  Frankel  is  an  experienced  dealer  of  long  standing 
in  all  merchandise  connected  with  the  manufacture  of  tobacco,  and  will  render  satis- 
faction in  all  cases. 


SCOGGAN  BROTHERS, 

Wholesale  Dealers  in  Horses  and  Mules,  Corner  Sixteenth  and  Main  Streets. 


Louisville  continues  to  be  a  leading  horse  and 
mule  market  and  is  becoming  a  source  of  supply, 
to  a  much  greater  extent  than  formerly,  to  buyers 
for  the  Southern  plantations  and  the  Western 
plains. 

Among  those  especially  prominent  in  develop- 
ing this  important  branch  of  commerce  is  the 
house  of  Scoggan  Bros.,  who  have  extensive  stables 
and  j'ardage  room  at  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and 
Main  streets,  for  their  fair  dealing  and  business- 
like methods  have  built  up  a  trade  that  requires, 
for  its  accommodation,  extraordinary  room.  The 
firm  buys  and  sells  direct  Western,  Southern  and 
Canadian  horses  and  the  hardy  Kentucky  mule, 
which  is  regarded  as  so  serviceable  for  city  and 
country  use.  And  the  house  pays  especial  heed  to 
the  requirements  ot  the  trade  in  general  and  to  the  demands  of  special  customers. 

The  house  originated  in  1878,  the  firm  then  being  Roach  &  Scoggan.  Subsequently 
and  successively  the  business  was  carried  on  by  Scoggan,  Martin  &  Co.,  and  Scoggan, 
Hudson  &  Co.,  which  latter  firm  was,  last  year,  succeeded  by  Scoggan  Bros.,  the  partners 
being  G.  W.  and  H.  J.  Scoggan,  both  energetic  and  experienced  men,  whose  prosperity  is 
the  reward  of  earnest  endeavor  to  effect  that  end. 


AND   OF   KEW   ALHANY,    IXinANA. 


123 


CHAS.  F.  ItETLLY, 


Wood  Engraver.  South-west  Corner  Fifth  and  Main  Streets. 


Tlii.<  leiidiiig  hou.*f,  as  an 
I'xponeiit  of  artistic  wood 
t-nijraving,  was  established 
ill  1873  by  E.  H.Thomas  & 
Co.,  and  the  firm  so  remained 
up  to  the  latter  part  of  1884, 
wlien,  by  the  decease  of  Mr. 
Thomas,  a  reorganization 
became  necessary  in  order 
to  continue  operation  of  an 
interest  firmly  established, 
widely  known,  and  as  widely 
successful  in  art  designing 
and  wood  engraving. 

Mr.  Chas.'F.  Eeilly,  who 
succeeded  to  the  business  in 
June,  1884,  is  a  practical  and 
artistic  engraver,  and  was 
for  many  years  engaged  here 
in  the  same  line  prior  to  as- 
suming entire  control  of  the 
present  extensive  establish- 
ment, which  he  in  fact  built 
u))  under  the  former  admin- 
isi ration,  and  which  is  the 
largest  in  this  important  av- 
enue of  industry  south  of 
Cincinnati.  Mr.  Reilly  is  a 
very  expert  draughtsman, 
and  designs  the  work  turned 
outby  the  bouse.  The  above 
illustration  is  a  specimen  of 
his  handiwork. 

The  trade  of  the  house  is 
not  confined  to  Louisville, 
although  very  large  here, 
but  orders  are  also  filled  for 
commercial  work-in  the 
leading  trade  centers  in  Ken- 
tucky, Tennessee,   Georgia, 


tinually  expanding,  territorially 


MAS  OX  MAURY, 


Architect  and  Superintendent.  No.  203  West  Main  Street. 


The  professional  renown  of  Mr.  Mason  Maury,  as  an  architect,  long  since  passed  be- 
yond the  confines  of  this  city  and  State,  and  the  architectural  beauty  of  many  of  the 
public  buildings  and  more  elegant  private  residences  that  adorn  Louisville  and  its  envi- 
rons is  chiefly  due  to  the  cultivation  of  an  improved  taste  in  architecture,  of  which  he  is 
a  leading  exponent  in  this  section. 

A  few  of  the  more  noteworthy  buildings  designed  by  and  erected  under  the  super- 
vision of  Mr.  Maury  may  be  mentioned.  Thej'  are:  The  residences  here  of  Mr.  Suttield 
and  Mr.  Woods,  C.  P.  Moorman,  Stanford  Strothers  and  W.  S.  Matthews.  The  Com- 
mercial Bank  of  Paris,  Tenn.,  was  also  designed  by  him  and  erected  under  his  super- 
vision, as  well  as  many  other  public  and  private  structures  in  that  and  other  adjoining 
States.  So  it  is  that  he  is  held  in  great  professional  and  popular  esteem,  and  merits  that 
evidence  of  prosperity. 


124  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


K.  Jf.  EWELJL  &  CO. 


Proprietors  Louisville  Cigar  Factory— Manufacturers  of  Cigars,  No.  129  Third  Street. 


It  is  no  disparagement  to  others  in  the  same  line  of  business  to  say  that  the  entire 
South  and  West  does  not  possess  a  more  enterprising  firm  than  R.  N.  Ewell  &  Co.,  pro- 
prietors of  the  Louisville  Cigar  Factory,  No.  129  Third  street. 

This  well-known  industrial  and  commercial  establishment  was  founded  in  1877,  by 
E.  N.  Ewell,  and  John  Cartmell,  his  partner,  joined  him  one  year  ago.  They  are  shrewd 
business  men,  who  have  built  up  a  trade  almost  co-extensive  with  the  country.  In  proof 
of  this  assertion,  let  a  few  fiiiures  attest :  Their  factory  is  the  largest  south  of  the  Ohio 
river.  They  give  employment  to  more  than  200  hands.  They  keep  on  the  road  ten 
traveling  salesmen,  whose  routes  include  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ten- 
nessee, Georgia,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Missouri  and  Texas.  In  all 
these  States,  and  others,  R.  N.  Ewell  &  Co's.  cigars  are  in  active  and  continuous  demand 
by  dealers,  and  great  favorites  with  consumers. 

Selling  so  largely,  the  firm  is  enabled  to  purchase  stock  in  first  hands  in  large  quanti- 
ties and  upon  the  closest  margins.  These  advantages  are  given  the  customers  of  the 
house,  who  are  thus  assured  the  finest  quality  of  goods  at  most  reasonable  prices. 

The  firm  are  the  sole  manufacturers  of  the  universally  popular  five-cent  cigar,  "Bull 
of  the  Woods,"  and  also  make  those  well-known  brands,  '  Golden  Slipper,"  "  Kentucky's 
Pride,"  "Speckled  Trout,"  "  Kitty,"  etc.  For  all  these  orders  by  mail,  from  all  sections 
of  the  country,  are  invited,  with  assurance  that  they  will  have  the  promptest  attention. 

Messrs.  R.  N.  Ewell  &  Co.  are  men,  too,  who  do  not  hide  their  light  under  a  bushel. 
They  thoroughly  believe  in  advertising,  and  devise  novel  methods  of  attracting  public 
attention  to  their  wares.  Thus,  on  November  25th  last,  they  indulged  in  a  street  parade, 
which  proved  quite  a  commercial  pageant.  Concerning  this  exhibition  of  trade  enter- 
prise the  Courier- Journal  felicitously  remarked  : 

"Yesterday  afternoon  the  cigar-manufacturing  firm  of  R.  N.  Ewell  &  Co.,  No.  129 
Third  street,  gave  a  large  parade,  which  passed  throuu;h  the  principal  streets  of  the  city, 
advertising  particularly  their  brand  of  cigars  called  Bull  of  the  Woods.  The  pro- 
cession was  headed  by  a  brass  band,  drawn  in  a  handsome  band  wagon  by  four  white 
horses.  Following  were  three  flats,  on  each  of  which  were  several  live  bulls,  significant 
of  the  brand  of  cigars.  After  these,  in  ten  furniture  cars,  were  the  employes  of  the  firm, 
fully  200  in  number  The  procession  moved  about  the  city  until  dark,  when  it  broke  up 
at  the  City  Hall.     The  display  was  verj^  pleasing  and  successful." 

Mr.  Ewell,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  was  formerly  a  salesman  for  Birdwhistle,  Matthews 
&  Co.,  and  his  partner,  Mr.  Cartmell,  is  from  the  tobacco-growing  region  of  Uniontown, 
Ky.  Both  are  held  in  high  esteem  in  commercial  circles,  and  their  public  spirit  has  ac- 
complished much  in  the  direction  of  advancing  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of 
Louisville  and  the  South. 

J.  M.  CLARK  &  CO., 

Sole  Proprietors  of  Hyman's  Sweet  Picldes,  Ketchups,  etc.,  No.  122  Second  Street. 


The  above  firm  make  a  specialty  of  very  fine  goods,  consisting  chiefly  of  all  kinds  ol 
sweet  pickles,  gherkins,  fancy  mixed,  stuffed  mangoes  of  all  kinds,  and  cabbage  pickle. 
They  have  recently  put  upon  the  market  something  entirely  new  in  the  pickle  line — an 
orange  mango — which  is  considered  by  epicures  to  be  the  perfection  of  pickle.  They  are 
also  the  proprietors  of  the  celebrated  Hyman  tomato  ketchup,  than  which  there  is  none 
finer.  As  an  evidence  of  the  popularity  of  these  goods,  they  have  orders  for  them  from 
all  sections  of  the  country,  as  far  north  as  New  York  City,  and  south  as  far  as  San  An- 
tonio, Texas.  In  fact,  there  is  not  a  Southern  city  of  3,000  inhabitants  in  which  the  Hy- 
man pickle  can  not  be  found.  Their  popularity  is  owing  to  the  fact  that  they  are  just  like 
a  good  old-fashioned  home-made  pickle,  and  can  be  bought  just  as  cheaply  as  a  lady  can 
make  them  herself.  These  two  prominent  features  make  them  distinct  from  all  other 
pickles  on  the  market. 

Recently  the  house  has  offered  flue  cider  vinegar  for  sale,  and  in  its  price  list  says  upon 
this  point:  "As  we  are  constantly  getting  orders  from  our  customers  for  pure  cider  vin- 
egar (vinegar  made  from  apples),  same  as  we  use  in  making  our  finest  pickles,  we  have 


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concluded  to  put  it  on  our  price  list.  As  fine  pickles  can  not  be  made  with  poor  vinegar, 
the  best  recommendation  we  can  give  this  vinegar  is  that  we  use  it  ourselves  in  making 
our  finest  sweet  j^ickles.  If  j'ou  want  to  try  it,  sentl  for  a  barrel,  and  if  not  just  as  repre- 
sented, send  it  back  at  our  expense.  Having  recently  fitted  up  our  pickling  rooms,  No.  122 
Second  street,  with  all  modern  conveniences,  such  as  porcelain  kettles,  steam  jackets,  etc., 
we  can  assure  our  friends  that  no  pains  or  expense  will  be  sjiared  to  make  these  goods  just 
what  they  have  alwaj-s  claimed  to  be- — the  finest,  home-like  sweet  pickle  on  the  market. 
Being  made  from  the  recipes  of  the  most  celebrated  pickle-maker  in  Kentucky,  they 
justly  deserve  the  great  reputation  they  have  attained.  Only  the  purest  cider  vinegar  and 
the  finest  spices  used  in  their  preparation.  A  trial  of  our  goods  is  all  that  is  necessary  to 
prove  the  truth  of  what  we  say." 

Prior  to  eui^aging  in  this  line  Mr.  Clark  was  with  J.  M.  Robinson  &  Co.  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  on  leaving  them  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Standard  vinegar 
works  of  this  city,  where,  by  experiment  and  practical  appliciition,  he  mastered  the  details 
of  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  young  business  man  of  great 
enterprise  and  energy,  and  the  public  at  large  appreciate  his  crtbrts  to  give  them  the  finest 
pickles  to  be  had  anywhere  in  this  country,  by  making  liberal  purchases  of  his  goods. 
They  are  the  only  concern  in  this  country  that  make  a  specialty  only  of  fine  sweet  pickles, 
hence  the  great  range  of  their  business. 


HOLLENBACH  &  ABETTER, 


^DlSTILLERv^  ; 
m^  V,  KENTUCKY 


Proprietors  of  the  Glencoe  Distillery— Whisky  Merchants  and  Importers,  No.  234  Second  Street. 

Oue-half  the  whisky  made  in  Kentucky  is 
produced  m  this  (the  Fifth)  revenue  district. 
The  taxes  monthly  paid  into  the  ofiice  of  the 
collector  in  this  city  amount  to  a  million  and 
a  quarter  to  a  million  and  a  half  dollars. 
These  figures  furnish  some  index  to  the  vast 
importance  of  the  wholesale  trade  in  this 
class  of  goods  and  indicates  its  overwhelming 
volume  as  compared  to  all  others.  The 
Louisville  whisky  trade  has  always  been  in 
the  hands  of  high-toned,  honorable  men, 
however,  which  accounts  for  its  extraordinary 
development.  None  but  men  of  unexcep- 
tionable reputation  can  obtain  recognition  or 
a  foothold  in  the  trade,  and  the  first  indication 
of  crookedness  insures  expulsion. 

Of  the  prominent  distillers  and  wholesale 
whisky  houses  here  none  are  more  deserving  of  favorable  mention  than  Messrs.  Hollen- 
bach  &  Vetter,  No.  234  Second  street,  established  December,  1877.  Proprietors  of  the 
famous  "Glencoe"  distillery,  operated  by  the  noted  Stitzel  brothers,  and  extensive  im- 
porters of  fine  foreign  wines  and  licjuors,  handling  all  leading  brands  of  Kentucky  whis- 
kies, which  they  sell  free  or  in  bond  as  desired,  the  house  has  unusual  facilities  for  meeting 
the  wants  of  buyers  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner.  The  "Glencoe"  is  guaranteed  a 
strictly  hand-made  sour-mash  whisky  of  highest  grade,  distilled  from  select  grain  by  the 
well-known  Stitzel  Bros.,  who  take  rank  witli  the  best  Kentucky  distillers.  A  comparison 
is  challenged  with  the  most  celebrated  brands  made  in  the  State. 

Their  building,  four  stories  in  height,  fronts  24  feet  on  Second  street,  with  a  depth  of 
100  feet,  has  ample  cellar  accommodations,  and  is  stocked  to  repletion  with  an  immense 
line  of  choice  goods  of  all  kinds  and  ages,  in  barrels  and  cases,  which  will  be  supplied  to 
customers  in  (juantities  to  suit,  promptly  and  at  lowest  figures. 

Mr.  llollenbach  has  been  in  this  business  since  1871.  Mr.  Yetter,  formerly  city  mar- 
shal, has  been  in  the  firm  since  January* last,  and  is  an  excellent  and  popular  business 
man  and  a  valuable  ac(|uisition. 

Mr.  Louis  llollenbach.  late  of  the  firm  of  Hollenbach  Bros.,  has  recently  associated 
himself  with  Mr.  Ch.  Stubenrauch  in  the  purchase  of  the  wholesale  and  retail  wine  and 
liquor  business  of  Val.  Haas,  No.  128  La  Salle  street,  near  Madison,  Chicago,  and  will 
continue  it  under  the  style  of  Louis  Hollenbach  &  Co.  They  are  sole  agents  for  Chicago 
and  the  We.stern  States  for  the  "Glencoe"  whisky  above  referred  to. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


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Capacity  of  Hotel,  600  Guests. 


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127 


CRAB  OKCHAKD  SPKINCIS. 


Kentucky's  Great  Health  and  Pleasure  Resort— The  most  Fashionable,  Attractive  and  Delightful  Summering 

Place  South  of  the  Ohio. 


AVhile  not  in  the  strictest  sense  partaking  of  the  nature  of  an  industry,  and  not  a  dis- 
tinctive Louisville  institution,  yet,  as  the  principal  otficers  of  the  Cr«h  Orchard  Springs 
Company  make  their  iionies  here,  where  they  are  prominent  citizens  and  leading  husiness 
men,  it  may  not  he  considered  altogether  inappropriate  to  make  some  reference  in  these 
pages  to  an  institution  so  famous  and  so  attractive. 

The  Crab  Orchard  Springs  are  beautifully  and  romantically  situated  in  Lincoln  county, 
on  the  Knoxville  branch  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad,  one  hundred  and  fifteen 
miles  south-east  of  Louisville,  and  are  readily  accessible  from  all  portions  of  the  country. 
The  many  wonderful  cures  of  troublesome  complaints  accomjilishcd,  and  the  peculiar  ad- 
vantages of  the  springs  as  a  pleasure-resort,  spread  their  fame  until  the  medicinal  value 
of  the  water  itself,  and  the  salts  obtained  therefrum,  became  recognized  everywhere — so 
much  so  that  unprincipled  persons  went  regularly  into  the  disreputable  business  of  pre- 
paring a  specious  and  worthless  imitation  of  the  salts,  which  met  with  ready  sale  to  thou- 
sands who  were  easily  made  the  dupes  of  conscienceless  speculators. 

"Within  the  past  score  or  so  of  years,  the  Crab  Orchard  Springs  Company  has  vastly 
improved  the  grounds  and  hotel  accommodations  at  the  springs,  expending  thereon  over 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  and  have  now  the  largest,  best  equipped, 
and  in  all  respects  nio.st  valuable  and  delightful  summer  resort  in  the  South-west,  capable 
of  accommodating  over  six  hundred  guests  in  first-class  style  during  the  season  (June  Lst 
to  October  1st).  The  charges  are  moderate,  the  table  and  sleeping  arrangements  sumptu- 
ous, and  everj'  opportunity  is  afforded  for  rational  enjoyment. 

W.  T.  Gi"ant,  of  W.  T.  Grant  &  Co.,  leaf-tobacco  dealers,  Louisville  and  Henderson  — 
a  trade  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  for  nineteen  years  past,  successfully  and  profit- 
ably— is  president  of  the  company.  The  directory  is  composed  of  "Walter  N.  Haldeman, 
Esq.,  president  of  the  Courier- Journal  Company,  and  Colonel  Bennett  H.  Young,  one  of 
the  Falls  City's  most  active,  astute,  and  enterprising  citizens.  That  the  Crab  Orchard 
Springs  Companj',  under  such  auspices,  will  continue  to  develop  and  popularize  its  mag- 
nificent property,  to  its  own  advantage  and  the  benefit  of  the  public  in  search  of  health 
or  pleasure,  there  can  be  no  question. 


G.  KLINE  &  SON, 


Doors.  Sash.  Blinds.  Flooring.  Siding.  Shingles.  Paints,  Oils,  Glass,  and  Building  Materials  Generally— Cffice  and 
Warerooms.  North-west  Corner  Eighteenth  and  Market  Streets— Yards,  Main  Street,  between  Eighteenth 
and  Nineteenth. 


The  building  interests,  which  for  some 
years  have  been  very  active  throughout  the 
border  and  central  Southern  States,  as  well  as 
in  the  city  of  Louisville  itself,  find  nn  active 
and  capable  coadjutor  in  the  firm  of  G.  Kline 
tV-  Son,  the  prominent  dealers  in  every  descrip- 
tion of  building  material,  whose  extensive 
warerooms  and  liandsome  office  are  located  at 
the  north-west  corner  of  Eighteenth  and  3Iar- 
ket^trects.  The  firm  was  organized  in  1S71, 
and  is  composed  of  Messrs.  G.  Kline  and  D.  B. 
Kline,  both  Pennsylvanians  by  birth.  Mr. 
Kline,  sr.,  ha--  hcxu  iji:^.>:,*:'i  ii.  iln'  manu.acture  and  sale  of  buildmg  materials  for  the  past 
forty-eight  years,  and  was  formerly  in  the  lumber  business  at  New  Albany,  Ind.,  aban- 
doning it  to  join  his  son  in  the  present  enterprise,  which  has  been  very  successful  from 
the  start,  meeting  an  urgent  want  of  builders  and  all  others  interested  in  building  and 
commanding  a  heavy  trade  at  all  times. 

Messrs.  G.  Kline  &  Son's  office  and  warerooms  are  90x200  feet  deep,  the  yards  00x200 
feet,  and  the  stock  of  materials,  rough  and  finished,  is  always  kept  up  to  the  requirements 


128  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 

of  the  trade,  embracing  every  description  of  plain  and  ornamental  doors,  sash,  blinds,  etc., 
together  with  a  well-selected  line  of  builders'  hardware  from  the  most  celebrated  makers; 
window  glass,  paints,  oils,  and,  in  short,  every  item  entering  into  the  construction,  comple- 
tion, and  finishing  of  houses,  save  brick,  stone,  lime,  sand,  heavy  timbers  and  iron  roofing. 
This  was  the  first  house  in  Louisville  to  introduce  finished  Northern  work,  an  example  which 
its  rivals  were  not  slow  to  follow,  though  G.  Kline  «t  Son  continue  in  the  lead,  carrjnng  a 
stock  three  times  larger  than  that  of  any  other  similar  concern  ar.mnd  the  falls.  They 
sell  largely  throughout  this  State,  Tennessee,  Alabama  and  Mississippi,  their  splendid- 
finished  work  in  clear  Michigan  and  Wisconsin  pine  attracting  attention  and  securing 
orders  from  those  who  know  and  appreciate  a  good  thing  when  they  see  it.  Mr.  D.  B. 
Kline  attends  principally  to  the  active  business  of  the  firm,  and  from  his  personal  expe- 
rience in  the  handling  of  these  goods  can  guarantee  prompt  attention,  complete  satisfac- 
tion, and  prices  to  suit  the  most  exacting.  This  is  the  only  Louisville  firm  in  this  branch 
of  business  that  issues  an  illustrated  catalogue,  a  copy  of  which  will  be  forwarded  to  any 
applicant  on  request.  The  shipping  trade  is  the  principal  point  to  which  attention  is 
given,  though  numerous  large  orders  are  constantly  filled  for  city  buyers.  They  have 
ever  sought  to  make  the  interests  of  their  patrons  specifically  their  own,  and  aim  to  fur- 
nish the  latest  and  most  approved  designs  of  manufactured  work,  inside  finish,  styles  of 
citj'  and  country  architecture,  so  as  to  fully  aid  the  builder  or  owner  in  selecting  that  which 
will  give  him  the  greatest  satisfaction,  and  to  this  end  their  price  list  contains  many  beau- 
tiful and  tasty  designs,  suited  for  practical  application.  Their  motto  is,  "  A  No.  1  goods, 
low  prices,  honest  deals,  and  prompt  shipments,"  the  result  of  which  has  been  to  gain  a 
reputation  second  to  none  in  the  business  world.  Write  them  if  needing  anything  in 
their  line. 

W.  S.  MATHEWS  &  SONS, 

Exporters  and  Dealers  In  Leaf  Tobacco,  Nos.  1,608  to  1,614  Rowan  Street. 

That  Louisville  is  the  largest  leaf-tobacco  market  in  the  world  is  convincingly  dem- 
onstrated in  the  historical  review  and  statistics  of  that  interest  presented  in  the  opening 
chapter  of  this  volume.  But  while  the  warehouse  interest  is  entitled  to  prominence  as  a 
factor  in  develojiing  the  trade,  it  is,  after  all,  chiefly  a  local  interest,  and  to  those  repre- 
senting the  buying  interest,  and  especially  the  export  trade,  is  principally  due  the  vast 
volume  of  business  done  in  this  market,  and  the  fame  that  Kentuckj^  tobacco  has  acquired 
the  world  over. 

Most  prominent  in  this  latter  connection  is  the  house  of  W.  S.  Mathews  »&  Sons, 
which  was  established  by  the  senior  of  that  enterprising  firm  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago,  and  before  Louisville  had  acquired  her  present  pre-eminence  in  leaf  tobacco.  In 
connection  with  its  special  edition,  exhaustively  reviewing  the  tobacco  trade  last  Septem- 
ber, and  describing  the  great  commercial  pageant  of  the  previous  day,  the  Courier-Jour- 
nal truly  said  of  this  house,  that  the  firm  of  W.  S.  Mathews  &  Sons,  exporters  and  dealers 
in  leaf  tobacco,  has  probably  the  most  extended  foreign  correspondence  of  any  firm  out- 
side of  New  York,  if  not,  indeed,  the  most  extended  in  the  United  States,  embracing,  as 
it  does,  every  country  where  Western  Tobacco  is  known,  and  travelers  who  penetrate  to 
the  furthest  countries  in  search  of  trade  for  their  specialties.  We  may  here  add  that  the 
firm  are  the  largest  repackers  of  leaf  tobacco  in  the  world.  The^y  sell  to  foreign  mer- 
chants entirely,  having  business  connections  and  agencies  established  in  the  West  Indies, 
South  America  and  Europe.  Handling  all  kinds  of  leaf  tobacco,  specialties  are  made  of 
English  strips,  English  dry  leaf,  African  tobacco.  South  American  leaf.  West  Indian 
smokers,  Mexican  balers,  black  wrappers,  cigar  leaf,  and  tobacco  for  sheep  wash. 

Since  1862,  when  it  was  established  upon  a  moderate  scale,  the  house  has  grown  to 
such  proporti  'US,  by  well-directed  energy,  that  the  handling  of  the  factory  last  year  was 
about  8,000,000  pounds.  Besides  most  extensive  machinery,  such  as  screw  and  lever-pow- 
er compresses,  250  hands  are  employed  in  handling  and  preparing  the  staple  for  export. 
It  may  be  added  t^iat  the  factory  presents  a  model  of  system  in  every  feature  of  its  man- 
agement, a«,  indeed,  is  necessary  in  so  extensive  an  undertaking. 

With  the  growth  of  the  business  came  the  admi-sion  to  partnership,  in  1877,  of  Will- 
iam, James  and  Charles  Mathews,  sons  of  the  founder  and  senior  of  the  firm.  Brought 
up  in  the  business,  their  experience  is  of  much  avail  in  the  management.  The  firm,  one 
ot  whose  members  has  occupied  the  Presidency  of  the  Tobacco  Board  of  Trade  for  some 
time,  is  of  the  highest  commercial  repute  and  standing. 

In  connection  with  their  interests  here,  they  also  have  branch  houses  and  agencies 
establi-hed  througliout  this  Statti,  Tennessee,  and  the  tobacco-growing  region  generally. 


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129 


PEOPLE'S  BANK  OP  KENTUCKY. 


G.  H.  Moore,  President;  J.  H.  Huber.  Cashier— North-west  Corner  IVIain  and  Second  Streets. 


An  eminent  writer  upon 
banks  and  banking  lias  said 
tliat  a  bank  is  less  to  be 
commended  for  its  success 
in  times  of  prosperity  tban 
for  its  couraae  in  meeting 
adversity.  Judged  by  this 
standard, tbe People's  Bank 
of  Kentucky  is  entitled  to 
preeminence  anion  <;  tbe 
banking  institutions  of  the 
eity  for  having,  with  great 
courage  and  success, weath- 
ered financial  storms  of 
great  portent  and  danger, 
and  in  having  so  thorough- 
ly demonstrated  integrity 
as  to  render  possible  the 
reorganization  of  the  bank 
upon  the  firmest  basis. 

Established  in  1856,  in 
Bowling  Green,  Kentucky, 
tbe  bank  was  favored  with 
a  fair  degree  of  prosperity 
in  its  provincial  location 
up  to  the  time  when  tbe  great  xVmerican  conflict  was  ushered  in,  and  the  proximity 
of  the  contending  forces  and  conservative  influences  of  shells  with  fuses  in  a  state  of 
active  combustion  dictated  a  prudential  retreat  to  Louisville.  This  removal  being  author- 
ized by  special  act  of  tbe  Legislature,  tbe  bank  accordingly  established  itself  in  Louisville 
in  1862,  with  W.  B.  Hamilton  as  president  and  J.  H.  Hube'r  as  cashier,  which  trust  the  lat- 
.ter  still  (Jischarges  with  signal  ability  and  acceptability. 

In  1876,  when  so  many  banking'institutions  throughout  the  country  were  obliged  to 
suspend,  the  People's,  through  the  failure  of  others,  went  into  voluntary  liquidation,  and  its 
affairs  were  wound  up  by  Mr.  Huber  in  such  manner  as  to  present  a  rare  instance  of  com- 
mercial integrity,  and  to  greatly  facilitate  the  reorganization  which  was  eft'ected  in  June, 
1881,  with  an  authorized  stock  capital  of  SI, 000,000,  of  which  $150,000  is  jiaid  in,  the 
present  stockholders  being  among  the  principal  merchants  and  manufacturers  nf  this  city 
and  vicinity.  The  directors  are  Geo.  H.  Moore,  Bennett  D.  Mattingly,  John  B.  Pirtle, 
John  A.  Lee,  S.  P.  Myer,  B.  P.  Scally,  Reuben  Wells,  Horace  Bashaw  and  Wni.  C.  Ken- 
drick. 

The  management  of  the  bank  has  been  characterized  by  tbe  largest  liberality  consistent 
with  sound  banking,  and  this  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  a  surplus  of  $o6,000.00  has 
laeen  accumulated ;  six  per  cent,  dividends  annually  have  been  regularly  paid,  and  the 
stock  of  the  People's  has  appreciated  to  six  per  cent,  above  par. 

Tbe  la.st  official  report  of  resources  and  liabilities,  with  which  tbe  present  year  com- 
n)enced,  makes  the  following  satisfactory  exhibit:  Resources— Loans  and  discounts,  $305,- 
229.15;  real  estate— bank  building,  $-27,.500.OO;  fixtures,  safes,  etc.,  $3,:i00.00i  sundry 
stocks  and  bonds,  $10,!»25. 00;  notes  in  suit  and  susjiended  debt,  $2,006.50;  protests  and 
court  costs,  .'$38.H7;  cash,  $28,896.84;  sight  exchange,  $20,039.84;  total,  $397,936.20. 
Liabilities— Capital  stock,  $150,000.00;  "surplus.  $36,000.00;  balance  left  to  credit 
of  earnings  account,  $223.40;  dividends  uncalled  for,  $922.26;  dividend  No.  37.  just 
declared,  three  per  cent.,  $4,500.00  ;  deposits,  .$206,290.54  ;  total,  $397,936.20.  Increase  of 
surplus  fund  during  six  months  ended  December  31,  1885,  $1,500.00.  Result  of  operations 
since  re-organization,  July,  1881— Dividends  paid  to  stockholders,  $36,000.00 ;  surplus-ac- 
cumulated, *36,00().00;   net  earnings  in  four  and  a  half  {4\)  years,  $72,000.00. 

Of  the  executive  officers.  President  Geo.  H.  Moore  is  of  the  firm  of  Jesse  Moore  &  Co. 
and  Moore  &  Selliger,  and  a  leading  representative  of  the  distillery  and  wholesale  liquor 


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I'UE  INDUSTRIES   OP  LOUISVILLE 


trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  the  bank  also  holds  membership  in 
that  important  body. 

Cashier  Huber  is  the  same  who,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  has  been  identified 
with  the  People's  Bank  in  the  discharge  of  that  trust,  and  his  fin:incial  ability  is  every- 
where recognized  as  established  beyond  cavil.  He  is  also  very  poi)ular  among  the  patrons 
of  the  bank.  » 

The  People's  owns  the  commodious  and  well-appointed  building  here  illustrated,  in 
which  it  does  business,  and  the  bank  is  very  centrally  located. 


LOUISVILLE  TENT  ANI>  AWNING  COMPANY, 


Successors  fo  Woolfolk  &  Co.;  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Tarpaulins,  Horse  and  Wagon  Covers,  Gum  Cloth- 
ing, etc.,  No.  172  Fourtli  Street. 


A  most  important  industry  is  this,  and  while  a  comparatively 
recently  established  business  enterprise,  it  has  within  the  past  year 
developed  a  great  field-  of  usefulness  and  profit  to  Louisville  and 
the  South.  The  Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  is  an  in- 
corporated institution  with  a  capital  stock  of  4-5,000,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  increasing  same  to  $50,000  if  found  necessary.  It  was  so 
organized  on  January  8,  1885,  the  house  succeeding  the  firm  of 
Woolfolk  ct  Co.  The  especial  industry'  conducted  by  the  enterpris- 
ing company  is  manufacturing  and  dealing  in  awnings,  tents  and 
tarpaulins,  horse  and  wagon  covers,  dealing  in  oiled  clothing,  yellow 
and  black.  Tarpaulins  and  tents  are  rented,  bought  and  sold ';  awn- 
ings are  taken  down  and  put  up;  woolen  boxes  are  made  a  specialty, 
and  all  kinds  of  cotton  duck  are  kept  in  stock.  Free  storage  is 
afforded  customers.  With  so  large  and  comprehensive  a  line  of  business,  and  the  atlairs 
of  the  company  so  well  managed  by  Mr.  John  J.  Orr,  the  secretary  and  treasurer  and  resi- 
dent manager,  it  is  little  marvel  that  the  business  has  so  developed  as  to  embrace  not  only 
Louisville  and  thisjmmediate  section,  but  the  South  generally  as  far  as  Georgia. 

In  its  commodious  sales  and  warerooms  at  172  Fourth  street  the  comp'any  employs 
twenty-five  skilled  hands.  Mr.  Orr,  the  affable  and  enterprising  resident  manager,  came 
to  Loiiisyille  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  expressly  in  this  interest.  He  had  formerly  been  foreman  , 
of  a  similar  industry  in  Toledo  conducted  by  Mr.  M.  I.  W  ilcox,  who  is  associated  in  inter- ' 
est  with  him  in  the  enterprise  here.  Mr.  Wilcox  is  also  a  leading  and  wealthy  ship 
chandler  at  Toledo,  and  is  there  doing  a  business  in  excess  of  $300,000  a  year.  The  pros- 
pects of  the  Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Co.  are  flattering  in  the  extreme,  and  it  is  al- 
ready rated  among  the  leading  industrial  and  commercial  enterprises  of  the  city. 


HEWETT,  FIELD  &  CO., 


Wliolesale  Dealers  in  Field  Seeds  and  Implements,  Nos.  416  and  418  West  Main  Street. 

This  house,  now  nearly  twenty  years  old,  was  founded  by  Hewett,  Hardy  &  Co.,  and 
the  change  to  the  present  style  of  firm  took  place  in  1871.  The  establishment  has  always 
been  the  largest  in  its  line  in  Louisville,  and  does  an  extensive  business  in  all  varieties 
of  field  seeds  and  in  farm  implements  throughout  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Arkansas.  The 
firm  ships  native  seeds  to  the  principal  cities  East  and  West— as  lar  West  as  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

In  the  line  of  fsirm  implements,  the  house  holds  the  State  agency  for  South  Bend 
chilled  plows,  Avery  plows,  Brinly  plows,  Vandiver  corn  planters,  Hamilton  cultivators, 
Hamilton  sulky  rakes,  Hoosier  drills,  Dederick  hay  press.  Baling  ties  and  Jackson  wagons. 
These  are  all  highly  commended  by  scientific  and  practical  agriculturists. 

Mr.  Dexter  Hewett,  senior  of  the  firm,  has  lived  here  since  1857  and  always  been  en- 
gaged in  the  line.  Mr.  H.  P.  Field  joined  the  firm  in  1871,  coming  here  from  Tennessee, 
though  originally  from  New  York,  as  is  also  his  partner,  Mr.  Hewett. 


\SI>   OF    NF.W    AI.r.ANY,    INDIANA. 


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THE  KENTUCKY  FURNITURE  MA.NUFACTUR1NG  CO. 


J.  L.  Eschmann.  President:  Otis  Hidden.  Vice-President;  H.J.  Eschmann,  Secretary— Corner  Fifteenth.  Portland 

Avenue  and  Duncan  Streets. 


Established  as  tar  back  as  1853,  by  Greve,  Bubrlage  &  Co. — which  firm  included  names 
yet  identified  with*the  management — the  Kentucky  Furniture  Manufacturing  Company 
began  its  existem-e  as  a  corporation  in  1878,  and  one  of  the  original  founders,  Mr.  J.  L. 
Eschmann,  was  its  first  president. 

The  name  «ho>en  for  tlie  corporation  was  not  a  misnomer,  for  the  e.stablishment  is 
large  enough  to  bear  the  name  of  a  great  Commonwealth,  especially  as  its  trade  extends 
to  practically  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  premises  occupied  by  the  conipany  comprise 
a  large  four-story  brick  factory  on  the  corner  of  Fifteenth  and  Duncan  streets  and  a  large 
wareroom,  40x1*26  feet,  on  the  corner  of  Portland  avenue,  the  establishment  thus  taking  up 
the  entire  block  or  square.  The  machinery  utilized  in  the  factory  is  of  the  most  com- 
plete character  and  the  labor  of  a  hundred  skilleil  artisans  is  also  employed.  The  trade 
of  the  Kentucky  Furniture  Manufacturing  Company  is  especiallj'  large  throughout  the 
South-west,  exceeding  $150,000  a  year.  Manufacturing  a  general  line  of  furniture,  the 
house  devotes  special  attention  to  chamber,  hall  and  dining-room  furnishings,  and  have 
also  furnished  some  of  the  largest  and  most  palatial  steamers  plying  upon  "Western 
waters,  as,  for  instance,  the  "James  HoAvard  "  and  the  "Katie."  So,  having  large  capi- 
tal, extensive  manufacturing  facilities,  and  much  skill  and  experience  in  this  line  of  in- 
dustry, it  is  apparent  that  this  company  can  offer  superior  inducements  to  customers. 


ROSENBAU3I  BROTHERS, 


Distillers  of  Kentucky  Whiskies,  No.  651  West  Market  Street. 


No  hou.«e  engaged  in  this  important  commercial  industry  in  Louisville  is  better  known 
throughout  the  entire  South  and  South-west  than  that  of  Rosenbaum  Bros.,  of  No.  G5I 
"West  -Market  street,  and  this,  not  only  on  account  of  the  extended  reputation  of  the  firm 
for  great  enterprise  and  fair  and  honorable  business  dealings,  but  also  on  account  of  the 
universally  recognized  excellence  of  the  goods  of  the  firm,  and  in  particular  its  choice 
brands  of  whisky  known  as  "Kentucky  Home  "  and  "  Glee  Club."  Samples  of  all  their 
famous  brands  are  cheerfully  furnished  on  application. 

The  house  was  established  in  187'',  by  its  present  enterprising  propriett>rs,  Messrs.  L. 
S.  &  S.  Rosenbaum,  and  has  enjoyed  an  uninterrupted  career  of  prosperity — of  which  it 
has  been  most  deserving — for  nearly  seven  j-ears.  The  brothers  are  of  large  business  ex- 
perience and  ample  resources. 


132  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILU: 


LOUISVILLE   CITY  NATIONAL  BANK. 


James  S.  Pirtle,  President;  George  S.  McKiernan,  First  Vice-President;  IMarvin  R.  Wheat,  Second  Vice-PresI 
dent;  James|A.  Leech,  Cashier;  William  S.  Partner,  Assistant  Cashier— Capital,  $400,000;  Surplus,  $90, 
000— No.  426  West  Main  Street. 


This  bank  was  organized  in  1865,  and  its  charter  renewed  in  1885.  The  cashier  is 
the  executive  officer,  ably  seconded  by  the  assistant  cashier.  The  president  of  the  bank 
is  a  practicing  lawyer.  The  first  vice-president  is  the  former  auditor  of  the  Jeffersonville, 
Madison  &  Indianapolis  Kailroad  Company.  The  second  vice-president  is  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Scheffel  &  Wheat,  wholesale  dealers  in  groceries.  The  other  members  of  the 
board  are  A.  L.  Schmidt,  who  is  president  of  the  Pirst  National  Bank  of  Louisville; 
•George  W.  Anderson,  a  retired  merchant;  James  A.  Leech,  the  cashier,  and  William 
Patterson,  jr.,  wholesale  dealer  in  Kentucky  whiskies.  The  cashier  is  a  banker  of  many 
years'  experience,  having  risen  from  the  place  of  a  runner  to  the  head  of  this  strong  bank 
by  the  force  of  his  talents  and  energy.  The  assistant  cashier  is  one  of  the  most  skillful, 
accurate,  and  well-informed  men  in  the  business  of  banking  in  the  city.  The  popularity 
of  the  officers  of  the  Louisville  City  National  Bank  is  attested  by  the  large  number  of 
depositors  and  customers  which  the  bank  has. 

The  following  statement  of  its  condition  on  December  31,  1885,  made  in  response  to 
the  general  call  of  the  comptroller,  shows  better  than  words  the  strength  and  standing  of 
this  bank: 

RESOURCES. 

Loans  and  discounts $J  830,0-19  77 

Overdrafts , ]C,tiU3  17 

V.  S.  bonds  to  secure  circulation 400,000  00 

Other  stoclis,  bonds,  and  mortgages 500  00 

Call  loans 63,106  33 

Due  from  approved  reserve  agents 46,265  86 

Due  from  other  national  banks 17,812  58 

Due  from  State  banks  and  bankers 6,861  90 

Beal  estate,  furniture,  and  fixtures 1,500  00 

Current  expenses  and  taxes  paid 7,306  23 

Premiums  paid 29,000  00 

Checks  and  other  cash  items 5,286  14 

Bills  of  other  banks 5,481  00 

Fractional  paper  currency,  nickels,  ami  pennies 29  72 

Specie " 12,900  00 

Legal  tender  notes 55,000  00 

Redemption  fund  with  U.  i*^.  Treasurer  (5  per  cent,  of  circulation) 18,000  00 

Merchandise 29,857  57 

Total $1,542,460  47 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital  stock  paid  in $  400,000  00 

Surplus  fund 90,000  00 

Undivided  profits 22,485  80 

National  bank  notes  outstanding 359,880  00 

Dividends  unpaid 12  00 

Individual  deposits  subject  to  check 337,042  48 

Demand  certificates  of  deposit 30,952  13 

Due  to  other  national  banks 175,041  39 

Due  to  State  banks  and  bankers 62,710  21 

Notes  and  bills  rediscounted 38,111  44 

Clearing-house 26,225  02 

Total $1,542,460  47 


THE  KENTUCKY  TOBACCO  AVAREHOUSE. 


S.  Caye,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  Proprietors,.Nos.  803,  805  and  807  West  Main  Street. 


This  extensive  and  commodious  tobacco  warehouse,  situated  nearer  the  center  of  the 
wholesale  business  dstrictthan  any  of  the  others,  was  established  in  1871  by  the  Kentucky 
Tobacco  Association,  of  which  S.  Caye,  Jr.,  senior  of  the  present  firm,  was  secretarj\  The 
old  warehouse  was  on  the  ejist  side  of  Eleventh  street,  and  the  removal  to  the  present  far 
more  eligible  location  was  effected  a  year  or  more  ago. 

The  corporation  named  was  succeeded,  in  1883,  by  S.  Caye,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  the  partners, 
besides  the  senior,  being  O.  B.  Wheeler  and  B.  S.  Caye.     All  are  practical   men,  thor- 


AND   OF   NEW  ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


133 


ougbly  familiar  with  every  department  of  the  great  commercial  industry  they  and  others 
represent  and  have  developed  to  such  extent  that — as  noted  and  verified  by  statistics  in 
another  part  of  this  work — Louisville  leads  the  world  in  the  handling  of  leaf  tobacco  and 
is  not  far  behind  in  the  manufacture  of  the  staple. 

The  Kentucky  Tobacco  Warehouse  has  a  storage  capacity  of  about  1,000  hogsheads, 
and  its  annual  business,  which  chiefly  extends  throughout  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Ohio — 
though  sales  are  frequently  made  on  European  account  also — aggregate  about  five  thou- 
sand hogsheads. 

Mr.  S.  Caye,  Jr.,  the  senior  of  the  house,  is  also  president  of  the  board  of  warehouse- 
men, and  has  been  for  some  years.  To  his  admini.-^trative  ability  is  largely  due  the  suc- 
cessful conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  board.  Mr.  Wheeler  was  formerly  engaged  in  farming, 
and  B.  S.  Caye  has  an  experience  often  years  in  the  warehouse  line.  Thus  it  will  be  seen 
that  the  partners  are  all  young,  energetic  and  vigorous  in  the  prosecution  of  business,  and 
the  warehouse  is  very  popular  among  tobacco  growers  and  shippers  in  the  interior  as  well 
as  with  the  buying  interest  here;  hence  the  constant  increase  in  the  amount  of  the  handling 
of  the  staple  bj^  S.  Caye,  Jr.,  &  Co. 


BRETXEY,    BEELER  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  of  and  Wholesale  Dealers  In 
Saddlery  and  Saddlery  Hardware,  Nos.  747 
and  749  West  Main  Street. 


The  South  and  West  have  always 
more  than  held  their  own,  as  respects 
Eastern  competition,  in  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  saddlery  and  saddlery  hard- 
ware.   It  is  an  important  industry  in  Louisville 
and  largely  developed. 

Among  the  leading  houses  so  engaged  is  that 
of  Bretney,  Beeler  &  Co.,  the  members  of  the 
firm  being  E.  V.  Bretney,  of  Lebanon,  Kentucky, 
and  L.  Beeler,  H.  B.  Wintersmith  and  J.  L. 
Kreiger,  of  this  city.  They  succeeded  the  firm  o{ 
Bretney  &  Wright,  who  had  established  the  house 
in  1875.  Always  a  leading  house  in  its  line,  it 
has  been  especially  so  since  1883,  in  the  hands  of 
the  present  enterprising  proprietors,  so  that  the 
trade  covers  in  extent  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  and 
the  Southern  States  generally,  and  is  still  increas- 
ing in  volume. 

The  goods  manufactured  by  the  firm  are  de- 
^^ervedly  held  in  high  repute  by  the  trade  every- 
where and  among  those  who  use  them.     Some  of 
their  brands  or  makes  have  attained  deserved  ce- 
lebrity throughout   the    country.     The   senior   of 
the  firm,  Mr.  E.  V.  Bretney,  is  the  proprietor  and 
operator   of    a   tannery   at   Lebanon,    Kentucky, 
which,  under  his  experienced   supervision,  turns 
out  a  very  superior  article  of  saddle  leather.    The  other  members 
of  the  firm  are  also  experienced  in  their  line,  and,to  their  energy 
HI  and  enterprise  in  pushing  business  is  due  the  commanding  posi- 
tion occupied  by  the  house  in  respect  to  the  industries  and  com 
merce  of  Louisville  and  the  South 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OP   LOUISVILLE 


W.  H.  EDINGER  &  BRO., 

General  Commission  IVIerchants,  Wholesale  Flour  Dealers— Nos.  135  and  137  East  Main  Street. 

This  leading  house  was  founded  in  1870  by  Geo.  Dreisbach  &  Co.,  the  junior  partner 
then  being  W.  H.  Edinger, head  of  the  present  firm.  His  brother  and  present  partner  is 
Andrew  Edinger,  formerly  of  Cromie,  Edinger  &  Co.,  large  dealers  in  ice. 

Messrs.  W.  H.  Edinger  &  Bro.  have  won  deserved  prominence  in  their  present  line, 
through  indefatigable  industry  and  the  application  of  business  abilities  and  enterprise  of 
the  highest  order.  They  are  general  commission  merchants,  but  devote  special  attention 
to  the  handling  of  flour,  their  leading  brands,  which  are  especial  favorites  in  the  trade 
and  with  consumers,  being  the  "  Eureka,"  "  Camellia,"  "  Belle  of  Georgia,"  and  "  Madi- 
son Southern  Mills."  Their  trade  is  chiefly  with  city  patrons,  and  so  extensive  that  they 
use,  as  business  premises,  the  large  six-story  building,  covering  25x204  feet,  at  Nos.  135  and 
137  East  Main  street.  This  large  trade,  too,  is  constantly  increasing,  showing  that  even 
the  full  measure  of  prosperity  so  far  vouchsafed  the  firm  will  be  surpassed  ni  its  future 
business  career. 

BRADLEY  CARRIAGE  COMPANY. 


J.  J.  Burkholder  and  J.  Breitbeil,  Proprietors  (Successors  to  C.  Bradley  &  Son)— Coach  and  Carriage  Manufact- 
urers, Nos.  126  and  128  West  Main  Street. 


"In  the  business  designation  of  this  important  and  leading  industrial  establishment  is 
perpetuated  the  name  of  one  of  the  pioneers  in  carriage-making  in  Louisville  and  the 
South.  Founded  nearly  half  a  century  ago  by  Stine  &  Bradley,  the  firm  was  changed  in 
1845  to  C.  Bradley,  and  subsequently  to  C.  Bradley  &  Son.  In  January,  1885,  Messrs.  J.  J. 
Burkholder,  who  is  a  practical  carriage  painter  of  large  experience  here,  and  J.  Breitbeil,  of 
equal  experience  as  a  practical  carriage  wood-worker,  acquired  ownership  and  control  of 
the  time-honored  and  extensive  establishment,  and,  retaining  Mr.  C.  Bradley  as  manager, 
also  perpetuated  the  old  name  in  choosing  the  Bradley  Carriage  Companj'  as  a  business 
designation. 

Thoroughly  posted  in  every  possible  detail  of  the  business,  the  enterprising  proprietors 
fully  keep  pace  with  the  remarkable  progress  of  this  important  industrial  interest,  and  turn 
out,  in  large  quantities,  all  the  modern  styles  of  carriages,  buggies,  phaetons,  etc.,  occasionally 
making  somewfcat  of  a  specialty  also  of  wagons.  Fifteen  hands  are  employed  in  this  work, 
and  the  trade  of  the  house  extends  throughout  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  and  the 
South  generally.  Special  attention  is  also  given  repairing  of  all  kinds,  with  the  guaranty 
that  it  will  be  done  promptly  and  at  moderate  prices.  The  old  patrons  of  the  house  and 
many  new  ones  attest  the  popularity  and  good  work  of  the  establishment. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


135 


TALMAGE  LAKE  ICE  COMPANY. 

Samuel  L.  Avery,  President:  J.  Smith  Speed,  Treasurer;  W.  H.  McBride,  Secretary— Office,  No.  505  Third  Street. 

The  greatest  of  summer  comforts  is 
ice,  and  those  who  make  it  their  busi- 
ness to  supply  the  jniblic  with  an 
iibundaiice  of  ice  are  benefactors  of 
I  lie  race,  deserving  of  gratitude  in  sub- 
stantial form — the  form  of  a 'generous 
})atronage. 

The  principal  supply  of  ice  for  the 
Louisville  market  comes  from  Clear 
Lake,  near  Laporte,  Indiana,  and  is 
delivered  to  customers  by  tlieTaluiage 
Lake  Ice  Company,  of  which  Sanuiel 
L.  Avery  is  president,  J.  Smith  Speed 
treasurer,  and  W.  H.  McBride  secre- 
tary. The  ice  furnished  by  this  com- 
pany is  taken  from  Clear  Lake,  a 
beautiful  sheet  of  water  near  Laporte, 
Indiana,  distant  thirteen  miles  south  trom  Lake  Michigan,  above  which  it  has  an  eleva 
tion  of  175  feet.  The  city  of  Laporte  obtains  an  abundance  of  clear,  soft,  pure  water 
from  the  same  source. 

The  c  )mpany  own  nineteen  large  ice  houses  at  Laporte,  and  one  in  Louisville,  and 
handle  vast  quantities  of  solidified  coolness,  much  to  the  relief  and  pleasure  of  perspiring 
humanity,  urban,  suburban,  and  bucolic. 

The  company  was  organized  and  incorporated  in  December,  1874,  with  a  cash  capital 
of  $45,000,  and  has  ample  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  an  immense  business.  Their 
trade  extends  throughout  the  neighboring  States  of  Indiana,  Tennessee  and  Alabama, 
all  over  Western  and  Southern  Kentucky,  and  is  the  largest  of  any  similar  company  in 
the  city  of  Louisville. 


LOUISVILLE  MANUFACTURING  C03IPANY. 


Wm.  Bennett,Superintendent— Specialties  in  Furniture— Factory  Twenty-ninth  and  Chestnut  Streets ;  Warerooms 

Nos.  619  and  621  West  Market  Street. 


The  manufacture  of  furniture  is  another  leading  industrj-  in  which  Louisville  excels, 
owing  not  only  to  the  convenience  of  its  location  to  the  great  hardwood  lumber  regions, 
which  are  easily,  cheaply  and  expeditiously  reached  by  rail  and  river,  but  to  the  tact,  energy 
and  enterprise  displayed  by  the  owners  and  managers  of  the  various  establishments  de- 
voted to  this  branch  of  business.  As  an  example  of  the  spirit  manifested  in  this  direction 
the  Louisville  Manufacturing  Company  supplies  an  excellent  illustration.  Established  in 
1875,  the  company  lias  twice  been  compelled  to  change  its  location  in  order  to  find  room 
for  increased  force  of  men  and  machinery  to  meet  its  constantly-augmenting  trade.  At 
present  the  works  are  situated  on  Twenty-ninth  and  Chestnut  streets,  are  one  and  two 
stories  high  and  cover  an  area  of  50x340  feet,  employ  fifty  men  and  a  large  collection  of 
fine  new  machinery,  pay  $750  a  week  in  wages,  and  turn  out  over  $100,000  worth  of  goods 
per  annum. 

The  ware  and  salesrooms  occupy  the  four-story  building  Nos.  619  and  621  "West  Mar- 
ket street,  with  a  frontage  of  35  feet  and  depth  of  120  feet,  well  lighted  throughout  and 
stocked  with  an  immense  line  of  furniture  of  the  company's  own  make.  The  leading 
specialty  is  low-priced  bed-room  suits,  of  which  many  handsome  and  substantial  patterns 
are  exhibited. 

Orders  for  these  excellent  goods  are  constantly  filled  for  shipment  to  all  parts  of  the 
"West,  South  and  South-west,  and  the  connection  of  the  house  with  the  trade  tributary  to 
Louisville  continues  to  expand  rapidly.  Mr.  Wm.  Bennett,  the  superintendent,  is  a  skill- 
ful and  attentive  business  man,  eminently  practical  in  his  nature,  and  thoroughly  master 
of  every  detail  of  his  business. 

The  present  company  succeeded  Barnet  Bros.,  who  transferred  the  business  to  the 
Louisville  Manufacturing  Company  in  1875. 


136 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OP  LOUISVILLE 


FRED  AV.  KEISKER, 

Dealer  in  Furniture  and  Mattresses:  Agent  for  Plimpton  Lounge  and  Sofa  Beds,  412  and  414  West  Main 

Street! 

This  extensive  whole- 
sale and  retail  furniture 
establishment  is  a  credit 
to  its  founder,  who  is  also 
its  present  proprietor,  and 
to  the  commercial  and  in- 
dustrial  enterprise  of 
Louisville.  Since  1878, 
when  it  was  established 
by  Mr.  Fred  W.  Keisker, 
the  business  has  continued 
to  expand  territorially 
and  in  the  amount  of 
sales,  and  to  supplant,  in 
favor  with  dealers  in  the 
interior,  the  Eastern  man- 
ufacturers and  jobbers, 
who,  erstwhile,  practically 
monopolized  the  trade  in 
parts  of  the  South  and 
West.  Mr.  Keisker's 
wholesale  trade  extends  through  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  Georgia, 
Alabama,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ohio,  Wisconsin  and  other  States.  His  retail  trade  is  also  very 
large,  and  the  stock  exhibited  at  his  extensive  warerooms,  Nos.  412  and  414  Main  street, 
presents  an  unusually  large  variety  of  handsome  office  and  household  furniture,  of  the 
latest  patterns  and  styles.  The  house  has  also  the  sole  agency  for  the  celebrated  Plimp- 
ton lounge  and  sofa  beds,  and  keeps  a  large  and  varied  assortment  of  mattresses. 

Mr.  Keisker  has  lived  here  35  years,  "and,  in  his  earlier  days,  was  engaged  in  steam- 
boating  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers.  He  next  was  of  the  firm  of  Wrampelmeier, 
Keisker  &  Co.,  furnitu'-e  dealers,  and,  in  1878,  embarked  in  the  same  line  for  himself,  and 
with  great  success.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Western  Bank  and  Western  Insurance 
Company. 


WALL,  SMITH  &  CO., 


Cotton  and  Tobacco  Factors— Gilbert  Tobacco  Warehouse,  Nos.  219  221v  229  and  231  Eighth  Street,  between 

Main  and  Market. 


The  above-named  energetic  and  popular  firm  has  been  very  successful  in  bringing  to 
this  market  largely  increased  consignments  of  cotton  and  tobacco  from  the  productive  re- 
gion embraced  in  Southern  Kentucky  and  West  Tennessee.  Their  experience  and  skill 
in  the  handling  of  these  products  give  them  advantages  which,  re-enforced  by  their  wide 
and  favorable  personal  acquaintance  in  the  sections  named,  render  the  firm  formidable  ri- 
vals on  the  market,  as  a  proof  of  which  they  last  year  did  a  business  of  three-quarters  of  a 
million  dollars,  rendering  satisfaction  to  buyer  and  seller  in  every  transaction.  Their  fine 
warehouse — the  well-known  "  Gilbert" — two  stories  high  and  300x305  feet  in  area,  enables 
them  to  ofl^er  inducements  seldom  found,  among  others  that  of  four  months'  free  storage 
of  all  cotton  and  tobacco  passing  through  their  hands.  They  employ  a  force  of  seventeen 
men  and  pay  out  some  $12,0C0  a  year  in  salaries  and  wages. 

Messrs.  Wall,  Smith  and  Harris  were  members  of  the  former  house  of  Gilbert  & 
Hudson,  succeeded  by  Wall,  Smith  &  Co.  in  1882.  Mr.  Harris  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Bank  of  Henry  County,  Paris,  Tenn.  Mr.  Wall  is  also  a  Tennesseean,  while  Messrs.  H. 
P.  Smith  and  J.  S.  Bethel  are  Kentuckians. 

The  house  has,  as  before  stated,  earned  a  fine  reputation  among  producers  and  ship- 
pers, giving  prompt  attention  to  alTbusiness  entrusted  to  it. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    IX]>IANA 


187 


SHERIVIAX  &  CO., 


Established  1858 -Wholesale  Seed  Merchants.  Nos.  234  and 
236  Sixth  Street. 


This  is  a  house  having  the  valuable  asset  of 
age  and  a  business  record  and  career  always  en- 
titling it  to  the  fullest  confidence  of  the  trade 
and  the  public. 

Founded  in  1858  bj'  Howard  Middlcton,  it 
two  years  later  came  under  control  of  its  present 
senior,  B.  W.  Sherman,  who  had  been  associated 
with  the  old  firm.  Through  his  large  expe- 
rience, ample  capital,  and  extensive  busine.-s 
connections,  the  dealings  of  the  firm  in  field  seeds 
have  been  extended,  from  time  to  time,  until 
now  practically  the  entire  South  is  embraced  in 
its  scope  of  usefulness  to  the  trade  and  to  the 
great  agricultural  interests  of  the  country. 
"While  making  a  decided  specialty  of  field  seeds, 
the  firm  also  handles  fertilizers  to  a  considerable 
extent.  The  spacious  premises  of  the  house  en- 
able the  carrying  of  a  large  and  varied  stock  at 
all  seasons,  and  buj'ers  are  assured  of  the  excel- 
lence and  growing  qualities  of  the  seeds. 


THOMAS    3IITCHELL, 


Manufacturer  of  Boilers  and  Tanks  and  Sheet-Ton  Worker— Nos.  1711  to  1717  West  Main  Street. 


This  industrial  establishment  is  one  of  con- 
siderable importance  to  the  man ufjictu ring  in- 
terests of  Louisville  and  vicinity.  It  dates 
back  in  its  history  to  1860,  when  it  was  estab- 
lished by  J.  Pearce.  In  1875  Mr.  Thomas 
Mitchell,  the  present  enterprising  proprietor, 
who  had  previously'  been  actively  identified 
with  the  "  Joseph  Mitchell  Boiler  Yard,"  of 
much  celebrity  in  its  day,  succeeded  to  the 
M'oprietorship  of  the  Pearce  establishment. 
He  was  successful  from  the  first  in  developing 
a  large  business,  now  extending  throughout 
the  South-west,  anti  supplied  the  leading  man- 
ufacturing establishments  here  with  boilers  and 
tanks,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  the 
Bremaker-iloore  paper  mill ;  Ainslie,  Cochran 
&  Go's,  foundry;  the  Du  Pont  P.iper  Mill 
Company;  The  Chess-Carley  Co.,  and  others. 
With  the  increase  of  business  larger  facil- 
became  necessary,  and  removal  was  eflfected  to  the  present  commodious  quarters, 
171)  to  1717  West  Main  street,  where  twenty  skilled  hands  are  employed  in  the  boiler, 
and  sheet-iron  work  of  the  prosperous  establishment,  and    in   repairing   to  order. 


ities 
Nos. 
tank 
Mr.  Mitchell  is  himself  a  fine  workman 


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138 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILI.E 


PLANTERS'  TOBACCO  WAREHOUSE. 


J.  S.  Phelps  &  Co..  Proprietors— Norfh-east  Corner  Eleventh  and  Main  Streets. 


It  is  generally  admitted  that 
the  Planters'  is  the  large.'t  and 
most  commodious  of  all  the 
tobacco  warehouses  in  this  city. 
The  enterprise  was  founded  in 
1863  by  Phelps,  Caldwell  & 
Co ,  and  the  warehouse  re- 
opened in  its  present  spacious 
eiitiretv  in  1874. 

President  J.  S.  Phelps,  the 
head  of  the  corporation  now 
operating  the  Planter.^',  has 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury's experience  in  the  trade, 
but  did  not  commence  opera- 
tions in  this  cit}-  until  1862, 
when  he  built  the  Louisville 
House,  a  few  years  subsequent- 
"y  erecting  the  Planters',  now 
perhaps  the  best  known  in  the 
city,  anddoing  a  business  aggre- 
gating over  half  a  million  dol- 
lars a  year,  handling  upward  of  eiglit  tiiou-aiid  hogsheads. 

In  1881  the  present  corporation  was  formed,  composed  of  J.  S.  Phelps,  president; 
J.  H.  Phelps,  vice-president;  and  J.  S.  Phelps,  jr.,  secretary.  The  latter  are  the  sons 
of  the  executive  head,  and  very  energetic  business  men.  His  long  experience,  added  to 
their  youthful  vigor  and  enterprise,  contribute  to  the  success  of  the  company,  the  trans- 
actions of  which,  although  already  very  large,  are  constantly  increasing,  and  include 
receipts  of  the  staple  from  the  most  famous  tobacco-producing  counties  of  this  State. 


H.  G.  VAN  SEGGERN, 


Manufacturer  of  Doors.  Sash,  Blinds,  etc..  and  Dealer  in  Lumber— Franklin  Street,  near  Clay. 


Louisville  is,  and  for  many  years  has  been,  one  of  the  best  market*  in  the  country  for 
every  description  ot  building  material,  not  only  because  of  the  advantages  she  enjoys  as  a 
grand  .depot  <>f  supplies  for  the  prosperous  and  rapidly-developing  regions  lying  to  the 
south,  west  and  north,  but  by  reason  of  the  great  and  increasing  activity  that  prevails 
in  building  interests  within  her  own  boundaries. 

A  ver}'  prominent  man  in  building  circles  here  is  Mr.  H.  G.  Van  Seggern,  who,  for 
more  than  thirtj'  years,  has  been  identified  with  the  trade  in  lumber,  sash,  doors,  blinds, 
and  builders"  material  generally,  and  has  acquired  the  reputation  of  a  skillful,  conscien- 
tious, liberal,  and  reliable  business  man  and  manufacturer.  He  is  a  native  of  Germany,  a 
prac^tical  carpenter  and  builder,  and  btis  had  the  experience  of  a  lifetime  in  his  present 
calling.  He  established  himself  on  Walnut  street,  near  Clay,  in  1858,  but  his  factory  was 
burned  in  1861.  Later,  he  entered  the  tirm  of  Hall  &  Eddy,  on  Madison  street,  near 
Clay,  removing,  in  1870,  to  Green  street,  and,  in  1885,  to  his  present  location,  where,  with 
largely-increased  facilities,  he  is  prepared  to  execute  all  orders  for  either  lumber  or  fin- 
ished work,  pronij)tly.  in  the  best  style,  and  at  lowest  rates.  His  yards  are  roomy  and 
convenient,  the  mill  U.jxlOO  feet,  three  floors,  fitted  up  with  improved  modern  machinery, 
and  employing  thirt^'-tive  to  forty  men  at  all  seasons,  the  wages  paid  averaging  $400  a 
week,  and  the  output  reaching  $70,000  to  $75,000  a  year.  Mr.  Van  Seggern  makes  a 
specialty  of  stair  building,  and  the  many  tine  samples  of  his  handiwork  in  and  around 
the  city  attest  his  skill  and  taste.  It  is  gratifying  to  note  the  success  and  prosperity  of 
such  men  in  the  face  of  ditRculties  and  disasters. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


139 


HACKETT  Jt  SMITH, 


Manufacturers  of  Hackett's  "  Imperial  "  Improved  Self-Sealing  Metallic  Casket:  Cloth  Covered  Metallic  Caskets 
a  Specialty— Nos.  117, 119  and  121  Third  Avenue. 


The  burial  of  the  dead  is  not  a  pleasant  topic  to  contemplate  or  discuss,  but  in  its  uni- 
versal relation  to  the  human  family  the  subject  of  the  interment  of  departed  loved  ones 
is  full  of  sorrowful  interest.  In  former  years  exception  was  taken  to  metallic  caskets  as 
too  expensive  to  be  within  the  means  of  a  majority  of  surviving  relatives,  and  their  use 
was  largely  confined  to  opulent  families.  But  the  inventive  genius  of  America  proved 
adequate  to  the  production  of  a  metallic  casket  of  very  superior  merit,  fully  within  the 
means  of  people  in  moderate  circumstances.  Such  an  article  is  the  Hackett  "Imperial" 
improved  self-sealing  metallic  casket,  patented  in  May,  1879,  by  Hackett  &  Smith,  and 
since  that  year  manufactured  in  large  quantities  by  that  firm  and  sold  throughout  the 
Southern  S'tates,  in  some  of  the  Eastern,  and  in  considerable  numbers  in  Canada.  These 
caskets  are  offered  dealers  at  such  margins  as  to  enable  them  to  supply  purchasers  at  rates 
reHsonable  enough  to  justify  adequate  funeral  display  and  compatible  with  the  circum- 
stances of  the  family. 

Mr.  Joseph  Hackett,  of  the  firm,  died  a  short  time  ago,  but  his  interest  is  maintained 
in  the  house  by  his  widow,  Jtrs.  M.  H.  Hackett.  Mr.  T.  P.  Smith,  jr.,  is  the  active 
partner,  and  the  firm  remains,  as  before,  Hackett  &  Smith. 


JOHN  G.  BAXTER, 


Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  In  Cooking  and  Heating  Stoves,  HoHowware,  Mantels  and  Grates— Office  and 
Foundry,  Corner  Thirteenth  and  Main  Streets. 


In  the  firm  name  of  this  industrial  and  commercial  establishment  is  perpetuated  the 
memory  of  its  distinguished  founder,  John  G.  Baxter,  in  his  lifetime  mayor  of  the  city 
and  the  occupant  of  several  other  important  public  trusts.  A  native  Kentuckian,  and  at 
an  earlv  age  losing  his  father,  he  entered  a  trade  apprenticeship  in  early  youth,  and  sub- 
sequently, with  his  savings,  established  himself  in  the  stove  and  tinware  business.  Orig- 
inally the  firm  was  Baxter,  Kyle  &  Co.,  then  Baxter,  Fisher  &  Co.,  then  J.  G.  Baxter, 
and  after  a  brief  cessation,  consequent  upon  his  death,  operations  were  resumed  under 
the  name  of  J.  G.  Baxter,  by  his  estate.  In  all,  the  history  of  the  old  and  leading  house 
covers  a  period  of  al)()ut  forty  years. 

The  establishment  has  always  occupied  a  prominent  relation  in  respect  to  the  manu- 
facturing and  commercial  development  of  Louisville  and  the  South.  The  foundry,  which 
has  very  extensive  manufacturing  facilities  and  employs  a  large  force  of  skilled  artisans, 
devotes  attention  to  the  manufacture  of  and  dealing  in  cooking  and  heating  stoves,  hol- 
lowware,  mantels  and  grates,  but  its  specialty  is  the  Eureka  cook  stove,  an  article  in  high 
favor  in  households  and  in  great  demand  by  the  trade.  This  superior  stove  is  shipped  to 
all  parts  of  the  country,  and  the  trade  of  the  house,  in  respect  to  its  other  commodities,  is 
not  only  local,  but  extends  pretty  generally  throughout  the  South  The  industry  is  well 
managed  by  those  representing  the  estate,  and  the  business  is  accordingly  prosperous. 


140  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUIS VILIJJ 


GERNERT    BROS.  &  KCEHLER. 


Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  In  All  Kinds  of  Lumber,  South-west  Corner  of  Jackson  Street  and  Broadway; 

Yard  and  Mill.  Sixth  and  A  Streets. 


The  trade  in  building  materials  of  all 
kinds  is  a  iiourishing  one  here,  owing  to  the 
vast  aggregate  of  improvements  annually 
undertaken,  not  only  in  the  matter  of  new 
buildings,  but  in  the  repair  and  enlargement 
of  old  ones.  There  is  consetjuently  a  con- 
stant and  heavy  demand  fur  IuiiiIjlt,  dressed  and  rough,  doors,  sash,  blinds,  moldings, 
dimension  stuff,  and  every  item  pertaining  to  the  carpenters'  and  joiners'  craft. 

A  pi>pular  and  prosperous  house  in  this  line  is  that  of  Gernert  Bros,  ct  Koehler,  with 
office  at  Jackson  and  Broadway,  and  yard  and  mill  at  Sixth  and  A  streets.  The  enter- 
prise was  founded  by  Messrs.  Gernert  &  Stoinacker  in  1879,  and  has  been  a  very  success- 
ful one  throughout.  Mr.  Steinacker  withdrew  later,  and  established  himself  on  Preston 
street;  the  present  firm  of  Gernert  Bros.  &  Kcchler  being  organized  in  1884,  and  com- 
posed of  Fred  Gernert,  jr.,  John  W.  Gernert  and  Henry  Ka-hler,  experienced,  capable 
and  industrious  men.  Their  trade  is  princij>al]y  with  local  builders,  but  orders  from  out- 
side points  v.re  promptly  and  faithfully  filled  at  the  lowest  market  quotations. 

Messrs.  Gernert  Bros.  &  Kcehler  have  ample  facilities  for  manufacturing  and  carry- 
ing a  very  large  stock  of  rough  and  dressed  lumber  and  finished  work  of  every  descrip- 
tion. In  connection  with  their  office,  at  Jackson  street  and  Broadway,  is  a  fine  and  well- 
stocked  lumber-j-ard,  lOOxltJO  feet,  while  the  mill  premises  at  Sixth  and  A.  streets  are 
300  feet  square,  and  have  a  switch  and  track  connecting  with  the  railroads  entering  the 
city.  The  mill  itself  is  equipped  in  the  best  manner  K)r  the  work  recjuired.  A  force  of 
fifteen  skilled  mechanics  is  Constantly  employed,  and  a  vast  amount  of  pi'ofitable  busi- 
ness is  done.  The  firm  also  own  some  fifteen  hundred  acres  of  fine  oak  and  poplar  f'oi-est 
lands  near  Birdseye.  Indiana,  from  which  they  cut  large  supplies  of  lumber  for  their 
trade.  Their  specialties,  as  before  stated,  are  door.s,  sash,  blinds,  and  moldings  of  which 
they  manufacture  vast  quantities,  of  every  size  and  design,  from  superior  materials.  The 
firm  is  composed  of  young,  active  and  progressive  men,  who  buy  close  for  cash,  sell 
cheap,  and  are  at  all  times  reliable.  Their  transactions  for  1884  amounted  to  $53,000; 
1885,  $65,000;  and  they  confidently  expect  to  reach  the  $100,0(-:0  mark  tliis  season. 


NINTH-STREKT  TOBACCO  WAREHOUSE. 

Meguiar.  Helm  &  Co..  Proprietors— Corner  Main  and  Ninth  Streets. 

As  Louisville  is  the  largest  leaf  tobacco  market  in  the  world,  and  as  the  sales  of  the 
Ninth-street  Warehouse  are  the  largest  of  any  house  in  the  city,  it  logically  follows  that 
the  proprietors,  Meguiar,  Ilclm  &  Co.,  do  a  larger  business  than  any  firm  in  the  world 
similarly  engaged. 

The  historj'  of  this  house,  which  bears  so  important  a  relation  to  the  leading  and 
largest  industry  in  Louisville,  is  a  most  interesting  one,  both  from  a  commercial  and  a 
business  stand]ioint.  It  was  established  in  1855  liy  Konald  A:  Brent,  afterward  F.  S.  J. 
Ronald  &  Co.,  then  changed  to  Konald,  Webb  »fc  Co.,  and  in  1877  to  its  present  name, 
Meguiar,  Helm  &  Co.,  composed  of  Presley  Meguiar,  of  Louisville;  John  L.  Helm,  of 
Hardin  county,  Kentucky;  John  H.Yancey,  of  Barren  county;  John  G.  Harris,  of  Trous- 
dale county,  Tennessee,  and  T.  A.  Meguiar,  of  Simpson  county,  Kentucky.  It  is  since 
these  energetic  and  experienced  gentlemen  tot)k  charge  of  the  warehouse  that  it  achieved 
its  prominence  and  rank  as  having  the  largest  dealings  in  this  great  leaf-tobacco  center. 
The  warehouses  of  Meguiar,  Helm  &  Co. — for  they  have  two — have  a  storage  capacity  of 
8,000  hogsheads,  and  the  transactions  of  the  firm  last  year  aggregated  20,000  hogsheads. 
For  a  .single  firm,  this  is  an  immense  quantity,  as  must  furtlier  ajipear  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  the  great  commercial  pageant  la.-^t  Seiitember  grew  out  of  the  fact  that  the  ag- 
gregate transactions  of  all  the  warehouses  in  Loui.-ville  reached  100.000  hogsheads.  The 
thirty  employes  of  the  firm  are  kept  (piite  busy  handling  these  millions  of  ilollars'  worth 
of  property.     The  consignments  are  chiefiy  from  the  tobacco-growing  distrii-ts  vf  Ken- 


^ND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


141 


tucky  and  Tennessee,  and  comprise  very  superioi-  varieties  of  the  staple,  and  the  pur- 
chases at  auction  and  private  sale  at  the  Nmth-strect  Warehouse  are  shipped  not  only  to 
all  tobacco-consuming  districts  of  America,  but  to  Europe  as  well. 

A  brief  sketch  of  the  business  men  who  have  so  largelj-  developed  this  industry, 
chiefly  contributing  to  the  commercial  prosperity  and  ])r()minence  of  Louisville,  \v'\\l  be 
of  interest. 

Mr.  Presley  Jleguiar,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  located  in  Louisville  nearly  twenty  years 
since  as  a  tobacco-buj^er,  and  subsequently  became  interested  in  the  warehouse.  He  has 
been  a  farmer  and  business  man  in  the  interior  ot  the  State,  and  possesses  a  large  and 
practical  knowledge  of  tobacco-growing.  The  civil  war,  in  which  he  served  on  the  Con- 
lederate  side,  left  him  in  comparative  poverty,  but  his  genius  and  business  ability  speedily 
enabled  him  to  recoup,  and  since  18G7  he  has  been  a  leading  business  man  of  Louisville. 
He  organized  the  firm  of  which  he  is  the  senior  member,  but  public  enterprises  have  de- 
manded a  share  of  his  advice,  know^ledge  of  trade,  public  s]>irit  and  business  capacity. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Falls  City  Bank,  the  Fidelity  Trust  and  Safety  Vault  Company, 
Union  Insurance  Company,  Falls  City  Insurance  Companj',  and  occupies  other  positions 
of  public  trust. 

Mr.  John  L.  Helm,  the  second  partner,  also  possesses  large  knowledge  of  the  trade, 
having  been  constantlj'  engaged  tiierein  about  seventeen  years.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  and  of  the  Exposition. 

JMr.  Yancey,  who  came  here  from  Barren  cour.ty,  K,y.,  about  six  years  ago,  was  a  mer- 
chant at  Glasgow,  and  acquired  his  knowledge  of  business  as  an  employe  of  this  firm,  and 
■was  admitted  to  partnership  therein  in  September,  1884. 

About  the  same  time,  JMr.  Harris,  who  had  come  from  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  entered  the 
firm,  as  did  also  Mr.  T.  A.  Meguiar,  a  nephew  of  the  senior  member.  The  junior  had 
lived  here  twelve  years,  and  his  faithful  services  as  an  employe  were  deservedly  rewarded 
with  a  partnership. 

CEXTKAL  ELEVATOR  AND  WAREHOUSE. 

Callahan  &  Sons,  Proprietors— Storage  and  Commission;  Dealers  in  Hay.  Grain.  Mill  Feed  and  Flour.  Corner 

Fourteenth  and  Magazine  Streets. 


It  is  sometimes 
asserted  by  rival 
trade  centers  that 
Louisville  is  not 
fully  provided  with 
terminal  facilities, 
etc.  Doubtless, 
arger  and  more  of 
tliese  adjuncts  of 
luuimerce  wouM 
a  convenience 
to  our  rapidly- 
growing  trade,  but 
Louisville  does 
possess  verj'  supe- 
rior elevators  and 
warehouses,  and 
among  the  best  is 
the    "  Central,"  at 

the  corner  of  Fourteenth  and  Magazine  streets,  which  Callahan  &  Sons  own  and  operate. 
This  enterprising  firm  was  founded  in  1880,  and  is  composed  of  J.  Callahan,  senior, 
and  his  two  sons,  J.  E.  and  C.  H.  Callahan.  They  do  a  general  storage  and  commission 
business,  and  deal  extensively  in  hay,  grain,  mill  feed  and  flour.  These  latter  staples  are 
received  on  commission  from  all  agricultural  and  trading  points  tributary  to  this  market, 
and  the  storage  capacity  of  the  elevator  being  equal  to  WO  car-loads,  the  firm  can  conven- 
iently hold  the  consignments  when  the  market  is  a  falling  one  and  a  forced  sale  would 
be  sacrifice.  This  advantage  is  one  so  highly  appreciated  by  shippers  in  the  interior,  iuid 
Callahan  «fc  Sons  so  fully  care  for  the  interests  of  consignors,  that  their  business  is  a  large 
and  growing  one.  The  storage  charges  are  light,  railway  tracks  adjoining  the  elevator, 
and  handling  being  thus  rendered  easj\ 


142  THi:  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


FALLS  CITY  MA.LT  HOUSE. 


John  Bauer.  Proprietor— Barley.  Malt.  Hops;  Dealer  in  Brewers  and  Distillers'  Supplies— Office.  No.  941  Franklin 

Street. 


Few  there  are  who  recoj^nize  the  rapid  growth  and  development  of  the  malt  interest 
in  the  South  and  West.  Here  and  there  in  the  larger  commercial  centers  are  located 
capacious  malt  houses,  and  Louisville  forms  no  exception. 

A  leading  establishment  in  this  line  is  that  founded  in  18G4  by  the  late  John  Bauer, 
who  died  about  eight  years  since,  and  now  owned  and  operated  by  his  enterprising  son  of 
the  same  name.  Possessing  a  complete  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  busines.«,  with 
ample  resources  and  adequate  producing  fiicilities  and  capacity,  Mr.  Bauer  has  succeeded 
in  building  up  a  very  large  trade,  chiefly  local.  Especially  is  this  true  of  his  specialty  — 
brewers  and  distillers'  supplies — and  for  the  host  display  in  this  line  he  was  awarded  the 
premium  at  the  great  Southern  E.xposition.  Mr.  Bauer's  business  talents  and  public  spirit 
are  fully  recognized  in  the  highest  commercial  circles.  He  is  a  working  meinberof  the  Louis- 
ville Board  of  Trade,  and  highly  regarded  by  his  confreres  in  that  body.  The  brewery 
connected  with  Mr.  Bauer's  malt-house  has  an  extended  reputation,  in  this  section,  for  the 
flavor  and  purity  of  its  production,  its  cream  beer  being  regarded  as  of  the  highest  rank 
of  excellence.     The  output  of  the  establishment  is  about  o.OOO  barrels  a  year. 


ARTHUR  JONES, 


Novelty  Brass  Foundry— Brass,  Copper  and  White-Metal  Castings  Made  to  Order;  Copper  Brands  a  Specialty- 
Mo.  146  Fifth  Avenue. 


This  industrial  establishment,  which  is  called  "Old  Kelia- 
ble,'"  and  has  for  a  distinguishing  trade-mark  a  red  bell  sign, 
was  founded  in  1873  by  Arthur  Jones,  a  skilled  mechanic  and 
excellent  business  man,  who  is  still  its  successful  proprietor. 
He  came  here  from  Cincinnati,  and  at  once  took  rank  among 
the  leading  and  representative  industrial  and  commercial  es- 
tablishments. 

The  copper  brands,  which  are  made  a  specialty  of  the  house, 
are  sent  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  Thej'  are  uniformly  of  the 
highest  order  of  excellence,  and  in  large  request  in  trade  circles 
'everywhere.  At  the  "Old  Reliable,"  brass,  copper  and  white- 
metal  castings  are  made  to  order  on  the  shortest  notice,  and  a 
supply  of  Babbitt  metal  is  always  kept  on  hand.  In  its  line  the  Novelty  brass  foundry 
is  the  leading  establishment  in  Louisville,  and  perhaps  in  the  entire  South.  Its  trade  is 
constantly  increasing,  and  its  proprietor,  in  bending  his  energies  to  that  end,  is  exhibiting 
a  degree  of  enterprise  at  once  commendable  and  profitable  to  him. 


JOSEPH   HAXTHAUSEN, 

Wholesale  Grocer  and  Liquor  Dealer,  No.  311  West  Main  Street. 

This  well-established  house,  the  trade  of  which  is  so  extensive  as  to  require  for  its  bus- 
iness operations  the  large  three-story  premises,  22.] x  180  feet  at  311  West  Main  street,  in 
the  leading  wholesale  district,  was  founded  in  18G7  by  Joseph  Haxthausen  and  John  H. 
Ropke,  and  the  present  enterprising  proprietor,  Mr.  Haxthausen.  who  came  hither  from 
Germany  in  1853,  has  conducted  the  business  alone  since  last  year,  his  partnei-.  Mr. 
Ropke,  having  died.  His  administration  of  affairs  has  been  characterized  by  great  energy 
and  ability,  insomuch  that  he  has  greatly  increased  the  volume  of  trade  of  the  house 
while  maintaining  its  already  excellent  reputation  for  dealing  in  first-class  jjoods.  The 
territorial  limits  of  the  trade  have  also  been  enlarged,  with  promise  of  even  greater  ex- 
pansion and  larger  prosperity  in  the  near  future,  and  Mr.  Haxthausen's  prosperity  is  a 
tribute  to  his  eminent  worth  and  business  capacity. 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


143 


COLGAN  &  McAFEE, 


Manufacturers  of  Colgan's  Taffy  Tolu  and  Druggists,  Corner  Tenth  and  Walnut  Streets. 

For  more  tlian  ten  years  from  the 
well-known  drug-store  on  the  corner  of 
Tenth  and  Walnut  streets  has  emanated 
that  pt)pular  chewing  gum  universally 
known  as  "Colgan's  Taffy  Tolu."  Its 
pleasant  qualities  as  a  chewing  gum, 
supplemented  by  its  admitted  medical 
qualities,  making  it  a  perfect  tobacco 
substitute  and  relief  for  indigestion,  have 
made  it  popular  in  city  and  country,  me- 
tropolis, village  and  hamlet  Irom  Maine 
to  California  and  the  lakes  to  the  gulf,' 
and  its  sales  are  so  large  as  to  tax  to 
the  utmost  the  extensive  manufacturing 
facilities  of  Messrs.  John  Colgan  and  J. 
A.  McAfee,  the  proprietors. 

The  admitted  purity  of  the  compound 
has  also  promoted  its  extensive  and  ever- 
increa'^ing  sale  throughout  the  country. 
The  enterprising  firm  is  a  ver}'  popular 
one  locally,  and  maintains  an  excellent 
drug-store  at  Tenth  and  Walnut  streets, 
where  physicians'  prescriptions  are  carefully  compounded,  and  drugs  and  medicines  kept 
in  large  stock. 

So  many  having  endeavored  to  imitate  and  to  sell  inferuir  compounos  as  the  genuine 
Colgan's  Taffv  Tolu,  the  proprietors  make  this  timely  announcement:  "We  are  the  origi- 
nators and  sole  proprietors  of  tliis  brand  of  chewing  gum,  and  have  our  trade-mark  regis- 
tered in  the  United  States  patent  office.     Beware  of  imitations!" 


TODD    TOBACCO    WAREHOUSE. 


Paul  F.  Semonin,  Manager— Office,  South-west  Corner  Ninth  and  Main  Streets. 

^  

This  establishment  perpetuates  the  honored  name  of  the  Todd  warehouse,  founded 
half  a  century  ago,  and  the  progenitor  of  all  others  in  this  section.  * 

Yet  the  present  corporation,  organized  alwut  two  years  ago  with  an  authorized  capi- 
tal of  $100,(iOO,  utilizes  its  great  experience  and  large  resources  rather  in  selling  tobacco 
on  commission  from  other  warehouses  than  in  warehousing  itself. 

Mr.  Paul  F.  Semonin,  the  manager  of  the  company,  possesses  large  knowlege  and 
experience  in  this  line,  and  his  sales  to  manufacturers  and  shippers  in  all  parts  of  the 
country,  at  auction  and  by  private  sale,  are  already  quite  extensive  and  constantly  in- 
creasing. Large  quantities  of  the  staple  are  consigned  to  the  company  from  the  richest 
tobacco-growing  sections,  and  all  are  handled  with  satisfaction  and  profit  to  the  grower 
or  consignor.  Not  being  charged  with  the  multifarious  cares  incident  to  keeping  a  large 
warehouse,  the  manager  of  the  company  has  ample  time  to  devote  to  the  movement  and 
fluctuations  of  the  market,  and  the  advantages  to  shippers  of  this  freedom  are  many  and 
obvious. 

In  the  grand  tobacco  jubilee  and  parade  of  September  last  the  Todd  warehouse  made 
a  superb  display.  In  addition  to  a  large  flat  loaded  with  hogsheads  marked  as  shipped 
from  the  several  States  of  Missouri,  Illinois,  Indiana,  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  the 
Farmers' Home  Journal  made  note  as  follows;  "The  display  by  the  Todd  AVarehouse 
Company  made  what  was  the  most  interesting  of  any  special  feature  of  the  tobacco 
parade.  It  was  a  hogshead  of  tobacco  drawn  by  a  yoke  of  oxen  in  the  manner  of  sixty 
years  ago,  when  tobacco  was  marketed  in  this  way  in  Richmond,  Virginia.  There  was 
no  wagon,  but  a  tongue  was  fitted  to  the  heads  of  the  hogshead,  and  it  rolled  as  a  wheel. 
The  planters  of  Virginia  rolled  their  crops  in  this  way  hundreds  of  miles  l)efore  wagons 
were  cheap  and  plentiful."  The  Evening  Post  adds  that  it  was  the  most  unicpie  feature 
of  the  parade. 


144  THE    iXDUSTRIES    OF    LOUIS VILI.E 


ARLINGTON  HOTEL. 


J.  H.  McCleary.  Proprietor— Corner  Main  and  Twelfth  Streets— A  New.  Nea-t  and  Convenient  House. 


The  establishment  of  a  first-class  hotel  in  the  imme(Jiate  vicinity  of  the  Union  depot, 
at  the  tobacco  warehou.-e>,  has  for  many  years  been  a  much-needed  convenience,  and  one 
which,  properly  conducted,  could  not  fail  to  secure  large  patronage  and  yield  handsome  re- 
turns. Yet  no  one  seemed  disposed  to  make  the  venture  until  about  two  years  ago,  when  Mr. 
J.  H.  McClear}',  the  popular  bonitace  of  the  Pha-iiix  Hotel,  took  the  matter  in  hand  after  his 
vigorous  fashion,  and,  after  a  heavy  outlay  in  ground  and  building,  furniture  and  appurte- 
nances, threw  open  to  the  public  tlie  new  and  elegant  Arlington  Hotel.  Tlie  house  is  new, 
clean  and  complete  througiiout;  has  all  modern  conveniences,  maintains  a  superb  table 
and  pleasant  sleeping  accommodations,  and  is  in  all  respects  a  credit  and  an  orna7nent  to 
that  portion  of  the  city.  Mr.  ^IcClearyhas  had  an  experience  of  twenty  years  as  a  ca- 
terer to  the  traveling  public,  and  very  decidedly  "  knows  how  to  keep  a  hotel."  'His  pa- 
trons at  the  Arlington  are  principally  connected  with  the  tobacco  trade,  commercial 
travelers,  etc.,  but  tlie  pu])lic  generally  will  find  it  a  home-like  and  delightful  place  to 
stop,  with  moderate  charges  and  excellent  service. 


FARMERS'  SUPPLY  COMPANY. 


R.  H.  Hosl<ins,  Manager— Dealer  in  Barb  Fence  Wire.  Farming  Implements,  Field  and  Garden  Seeds.  Fertilizers, 
Grain,  Feed.  Fancy  Poultry  and  Yorkshire  Hogs,  No.  127  W.  Main  Street. 


The  steady  improvement  that  for  some  years  has  appeared  in  the  yield  and  quality  of 
farm  crops,  the  grade,  weight  and  beauty  of  jioultry  and  swine,  and  the  increased  profits 
that  have  accrued  from  these  conditions,  are  to  a  great  extent  referable  to  the  enterprise 
and  industry  of  the  importers  and  dealers  in  seeds,  .stock,  etc.,  and  to  them  both  farmers 
and  consumers  owe  a  debt  of  obligation  for  the  benefits  conferred. 

Of  the  more  pro'ninent  houses  concerned  in  this  branch  of  trade  at  the  South  the 
Farmers'  Supply  Company,  established  in  1874,  at  No.  127  West  Main  street,  Louisville, 
and  of  which  Mr.  E.  H.  Hoskins  is  manager,  stands  in  the  front  rank.  The  entire  five 
floors,  oOxl'OO  feet,  are  stored  with  goods  pertaining  to  agriculture,  stock  and  poultry  rais- 
ing. The  assortment  of  farming  implements,  n>achinery,  fertilizers,  etc.,  is  endless,  em- 
bracing everytliing  desirable. 

In  the  poultiy  and  live-stock  department  all  of  the  most  popular  strains  of  fine  poul- 
try are  represented,  as  are  the  famovis  Yorkshire  hogs. 

Mr.  Hoskins  has  had  charge  of  the  Farmers'  Supply  Company's  store  since  187C,  and 
has  been  very  successful  in  bringing  it  to  a  high  point  of  excellence. 


ADAMS  BROTHERS  &  CO., 

(Successors  to  John  G.  Baxten.  Wholesale  Dealers  in.  and  Manufacturers  of.  Stoves.  Grates.  Mantels. 
Pieced.  Pressed  and  Japanned  Tin  Ware,  Hollowware  and  Tinners'  Stock— Office  and  Salesrooms.  No.  736 
West  Main  Street.  

This  establishment,  now  owned  and  ojjerated  by  J.  B.  and  C.  AV.  Adams,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Adams  Brothers  &  Co.,  was  founded  in  1850  by  the  late  John  G.  Baxter,  as  a 
department  of  his  extensive  foundi-y,  now  operated  by  his  estate,  as  elsewhere  noted  in 
this  volume.  The  present  firm  succeeded  to  the  down-town  store.  at73C  West  Main  street, 
in  1885.  These  extensive  premises  occupy  a  space  of  25x190  feet,  four  stories  in  height, 
and  employ  thirty-five  men  in  the  important  indu.stry. 

As  manufacturers  of  and  wholesale  dealers  in  stoves,  grates,  mantels  and  the  other 
superior  wares  named  in  the  civption  of  this  article,  Messrs.  Adams  Brothci's  &  Co.  have 
an  extensive  trade  throughout  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennessee,  Alabama  and  Georgia,  and 
the  vt)lume  of  their  transactions,  iis  well  as  the  territorial  e.\tent  of  their  trade,  is  contin- 
ually increasing.  The  members  of  the  firm  are  practical  workmen,  and  energetic  and 
enterprising  in  the  conduct  of  their  business. 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


145 


JOHN  MITCHELL, 


Manufacturer  of  Steam  Boilers,  etc..  Nos.  312,  314,  315  and  317  Eleventh  Sireet. 


The  city  of  Louisxille  lias  long  been  noted  for  its  supciior  Lt)iler  work,  and  it  is  tilting 
that  the  oldest  and  largest  establishment  here  engaged  in  this  important  industry  should 
tiiid  ample  mention  in  a  vohmie  setting  fortb  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of 
Louiss'ille  and  vicinity. 

Mr.  John  Mitchell,  the  enterprising  proprietor  of  the  establishment,  founded  it  in  1871, 
but  ]irior  to  that  time  had  been  for  twenty  years  engaged  in  the  same  industry  in  connec- 
tion witb  his  uncle,  so  that  he  has  devoted  practically  all  his  life  to  this  branch  of  business, 
becoming  a  most  expert  and  practical  mechanic  and  thoroughly  acquainted  with  every 
detail  of  the  business  and  with  the  requirements  of  the  trade. 

His  extensive  establishment  covers  halt  a  block  of  space,  and  comprises  all  the  modern 
machinery  and  appliances  necessary  to  the  turning  oui  of  the  first-class  work  for  which 
the  house  is  noted.  Twenty-tive  skilled  artisans  are  also  employed,  and  the  trade  of  the 
establishment  extends  throughout  the  South  and  South-west.  A  specialty  is  made  of  steam- 
boat, mill,  portable  and  upriiiht  Ijoilers  of  every  description,  and  these  are  found  in  the 
leading  industrial  concerns  throughout  the  large  extent  of  country  named.  Considerable 
repairing  of  boilers  is  also  done,  the  facilities  of  the  establishment  ft>r  doing  tlial  class  of 
work  on  the  shortest  notice  and  in  the  best  manner  being  unsurpassed. 


J.  B.  M'lLVAIN  &  SON, 


Wholesale  Whiskies   No.  115  Second  Street. 


This  well-known  house  can  point  with  pride  to  an  honorable  business  record  and 
career,  covering  a  period  of  over  thirty-five  years,  nearly  all  of  which  time  it  has  com- 
manded great  trade  prominence  throughout  the  country  in  connection  with  the  extensive 
sale  of  its  specialty,  the  J.  G.  IMattingly  &  Sons  celebrated  whiskies. 

The  establishment  of  J.  B.  Mcllvain  &  Son,  both  partners  being  of  the  same  initials, 
was  founded  by  the  senior  in  1850,  and  has  always  occupied  its  present  commodious  quar- 
ters. No.  115  Second  street,  the  center  of  the  wholesale  whisky  trade.  From  year  to  year 
the  enterprise  of  the  firm  has  been  rewarded  by  the  increase  of  its  business,  in  volume 
and  in  territorial  expansion,  so  that  its  dealings  now  extend  from  Maine  to  California, 
and  the  house  has  a  well-earned  reputation  for  dealing  only  in  first-class  goods,  while  its 
numerous  customers  attest  that  the  establishment  has  great  repute  in  the  trade. 


146  THE    INDUSTRIES    OP    LOUISVILLE 


W.  BENSTXGER  &  SONS, 


Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Furniture,  No.  231  West  IMarlcet  Street. 


The  senior  of  this  well-known  and  enterprising  firm  established  his  present  laisiness- 
here  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  and  his  sons,  having  heen  brought  up  in  the  busi- 
ness, and  acquired  full  knowledge  of  its  every  detail,  were  admitted  to  partnership  in 
1883;  so  that  the  present  firm  consist-s  of  W.  Bensinger,  founder  of  the  house  in  1860, 
and  his  two  sons,  Charles  W.  and  Alfred  Bensinger. 

The  house  has  always  been  distinguished  for  the  attractive  appearance  and  artistic 
quality  of  its  goods,  yet  these  elements  of  beauty  have  not  been  advanced  at  the  expense 
of  durability,  which  is  an  essential  quality  in  furniture.  The  house  also  deals  very  exten- 
sively in  to\'s  of  all  descriptions.  Nor  are  the  cheaper  and  most  serviceable  goods  lacking 
in  the  largo  and  varied  stock  kept  by  the  firm;  on  the  contrary,  its  motto  has  ever  been  to 
supply  the  best  goods  at  the  most  reasonable  prices.  Hence  the  large  trade  of  the  house, 
which  is  not  only  most  extensive  locall}%  but  extends  to  the  better  portions  of  Kentucky 
and  Indiana;  and  hence,  too,  the  deserved  esteem  in  which  the  enterprising  firm  is  held 
by  the  trade  and  the  public. 

TORBITT  &  CASTLE3IAN. 


Whoiesaie  Grocers,  Nos.  207  to  211  West  IMain  Street. 


Undergoing,  since  it  was  first  established  in  1858,  but  one  or  two  changes  in  firm 
name,  ihis  house  has  for  nearly  thirty  years  maintained  a  position  among  the  leaders  in 
its  line  in  the  South  and  South-west, 

Founded  in  the  year  stated,  by  Castleman  &  Torbitt,  the  firm  subsequently  became 
Castleman,  Murrell  &  Co..  and  the  present  firm  name  has  characterized  the  ownership 
and  control  since  1868.  With  most  extensive  premises,  covering  three  numbers  and  six 
floors,  the  firm  at  all  times  cari'ies  a  large  stock  of  syrups,  molasses,  sugar,  coflee  and  rice, 
making  a  specialty  of  Louisiana  products,  handling  many  thousand  barrels  of  molasses 
annuallj',  and  a  corresponding  quantity  of  the  other  goods. 

The  trade  of  the  house,  although  chiefly  in  Kentucky  and  Indiana,  extends  also 
North  and  North-west  generallj'. 

Both  members  of  the  firm  were  formerly  from  Woodford  county,  Kentucky,  but 
have  long  been  resident  here,  and  among  the  toremost  in  contributing  to  the  commercial 
success  of  Louisville  and  the  South. 


GEOROE  W.  WICKS  &  CO., 


Tobacco  and  Cotton  Factors,  Generai  Commission  IVIercliants,  Manufacturers'  Agents  for  ttie  saie  of  Virginia 
and  Nortii  Carolina  Tobacco.  No.  529  West  (Main  Street. 


Age  and  stability  ha]ipily  conjoineil  with  youthful  energy  and  vigor  characterize  the 
conduct  of  this  well-known  house,  which  was  established  in  1853  by  Nock,  Wicks  &  Co., 
and  subsequently  was  conducted  under  the  jiresent  firm  name  of  George  W.  Wicks  &  Co. 

The  senior  of  the  house  has  for  upward  of  thirty  years  been  prominently  identified 
with  the  commercial  interests  of  Louisville  and  the  South,  while  his  son  and  junior  part- 
ner, George  W.  Wicks,  jr.,  has  been  brought  up  in  the  business,  and  acquired  knowledge 
of  every  deUiil.  The  firm  are  cotton  factors,  general  commission  merchants,  and  maim- 
facturers"  agents  for  the  sale  of  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  tobacco,  deal  in  Maj'sville 
and  Southern  cotton  goods,  and  are  Southern  agents  for  the  celebrated  Blue  Lick  water. 
Their  trade  in  the  tobacco  and  cotton  staples  is  very  extensive  throughout  Kentucky  and 
in  the  West  and  South,  and  on  the  increase.  To  the  development  of  Louisville  as  a  pro- 
ductive and  manufacturing  center  the  senior  of  this  house  has  contributed  of  his  ample 
resources,  and  his  practical  energy  and  )>ubli('  spirit  have  given  direction  to  many  success- 
ful efforts  in  behalf  of  enterprises  conducive  to  the  public  good.  Mr.  George  W.  Wicks 
is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of  Louisville. 


AND   OF   NEAV   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


147 


SCHWABACHER  &  CO., 

Kentucky  Whiskies.  No.  105  West  Main  Street. 


This  house,  though  dating  back  but  eight  years  in  its  present  connection,  has  for  its 
proprietors  business  men  of  long  experience  in  this  line,  who  are  thon  ughly  conversant 
with  its  every  detail.  The  house  was  founded  by  Schw^bacher  &  Mayer  in  1879,  and  a 
j'ear  later  assumed  its  present  linn  name,  the  partners  being  A.  and  H.  Schwahacher. 
The  former  used  to  he  in  business  in  Bowling  Gr^  en,  Ky..  and  ihe  latter  was  for  some 
years  connected  with  the  well-known  house  of  Bamberger,  Bloom  &  Co. 

Their  specialty  is  Kentucky  whiskies,  and  they  sell  not  only  ihe  leading  brands  that 
are  favorites  throughout  the  country,  but  are  also  sole  proprietors  of  the  celebrated  brand 
called  the  "  Keiitucky  C<iaching  Club,"  which  tl  ey  bottle  tor  sale,  and  which  has  attained 
great  favor  thro  ghout  the  country  for  its  popularity  and  gener.il  excellence.  Their  other 
leading  brands  are  :  "  McBrayer,"  "  T.  H.  KipJ^""  Kentuckv  Club,"  "NeAv  Hope,"  "  Maj'- 
•  field,"  "E.  L.  Miles,"  "Atherton,"  "Nelson,"  '-Mellvvood,"  •' J.  G.  Mattingly "  and 
"Anderson."  Most  of  these  goods  are  sold  in  bond.  Bottled  whisky  is  also  made  a 
specialty. 

In  meeting  the  demands  of  their  already  very  extensive  and  constnntly-increasing 
trade  throughout  the  West,  North-west,  and  East,  the  firm  employs  an  efficient  corps  of 
expert  traveling  salesmen,  and  the  house  is  rated  among  the  most  enterprising  and  reliable 
in  Louisville  and  the  South. 


THE  OTIS  HIDDEN  COMPANY. 


Otis  Hidden,  President:    E.  D.  Upliam.  Secretary  and  Treasurer;    A.  E.  Knopf,  Manager- Cabinet  Hardware, 
Upliolslery  Goods,  Window  Shades  and  Supplies— No.  317  West  Market  Street. 


This  establishment,  which  is  the  only  one  of 
its  kind  south  of  the  Ohio  river,  dates  its  existence 
back  to  1881,  and  in  this  comparatively  short  time 
has  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  trade,  prac- 
tically covering  the  entire  territory  of  the  South 
and  S<iutii-west. 

The  ]irincipal  business  of  the  corporation  is 
supjilying  furniture  and  chair  factories  with  every 
conceivable  Vfiriety  of  cabinet  hardware,  and  its 
list  of  customers  contains  every  large  concern  of 
the  kind  in  its  territory,  not  to  mention  the  host 
of  small  fiictories  and  retail  dealers.  Among 
other  specisilties  it  is  the  Southern  agent  for  the 
Corbin  Cabinet  Lock  Company,  for  the  sale  of 
their  pateiit  locks  which  are  let  in  by  machinery, 
and  which  are  rapidly  taking  the  place  of  the  old- 
style  furniture  locks. 

It  also  supplies  the  upholstery  trade  with 
everything  needed  in  that  business,  including  not 
only  springs,  glue,  sand  paper,  etc  ,  but  also  a 
complete  line  of  covoi'ing  goods  and  trimmings, 
from  the  cheapest  to  the  most  expensive,  embrac- 
ing both  foreign  and  domestic  fabrics. 

Upholsterers'  tools  and  every  kind  of  supplies 
used  by  mattress  makers  are  also  important 
branches  of  the  business. 

This  company  are  also  jobbers  of  window 
shades  and  l\li  y  Naricty  of  curtain  material  and  shade  supplies;  and  thus  form  a  depot 
of  supplies  of  ali  kinds  for  the  entire  turi:iture  and  upholstering  trade  in  this  section. 

The  otficers  of  the  company  have  extensive  experience  in  tliis  line,  and  enjoy  the  sup- 
port and  confidence  of  the  trade  at  large,  as  progressive  and  energetic  bus'ness  men.  as  is 
evidenced  by  their  large  and  increasing  trade.  President  Hidden  is  also  vice-president  of 
the  Kentucky  Furniture  Manufac'uiing  Company  of  this  city. 


148 


niE   IXDUSTRIES    01-'   LOUISVLLl.E 


GKEEX  UIVEi:  TOBACCO  WAREHOUSE. 


Dr.  D.  P.  White.  John  W.  BroAn  and  R.  A.  White.  Pro.-retors— IVIa  n  Street,  tetween  Ninth  and  Tenth. 


In'the  expressive  language  of  the  senior  ot  this  house,  as  noted  by  a  Courier  Journal 
reporter,  the  leaf-tobacco  interest  in  Louisville  has  grown,  since  his  early  connection  with 
it,  "from  a  mole  hill  to  a  mountain."  Dr.  White  began  shipping  here  when  there  was 
but  a  single  warehouse  in  Louisville  and  very  primitive  methods  of  conducting  business 
generally  obtained.  Buyers  and  sellers  kept  their  offices  in  their  hats  or  heads  for  the  most 
part,  and  the  funds  to  purchase  with  found  place  in  the  pockets  of  the  buj'er. 

In  1867,  upon  coming  to  this  city,  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Glover,  White 
&  Co.,  at  the  old  Boone  warehouse,  and  eleven  years  later  founded  the  Green  River  House 
in  connection  with  Captain  Edwards.  The  firm  so  remained  until  September,  1885,  when 
it  became  White,  Brown  A:  White. 

With  a  warehouse  80x170  feet,  and  extensive  patronage  from  the  tobacco-growing 
districts,  the  firm  has  so  increased  its  business  tiiat  its  transactions  the  present  year  aggre- 
gate the  handsome  sum  of  #300,000.  Dr.  White  was  in  earlier  years  a  physician  of  large 
practice,  but  engaged  in  farming  and  raising  tobacco  on  a  large  scale  in  Green  county, 
irom  which  the  warehouse  takes  its  name.  He  has  been  Speaker  of  the  Kentucky  House 
of  Representatives,  was  a  member  <!f  the  Confederate  Congress,  and  has  held  various  other 
political  trusts  and  distinctions.  Though  as  aged  as  he  is  experienced,  the  doctor  still 
evinces  much  interest  in  the  ))rosecution  of  the  business,  and  is  fortunate  in  being  aided 
in  the  management  of  the  vast  interests  of  the  warehouse  by  active  and  energetic  young 
partners  in  the  persons  of  John  W.  Brov/n  and  R.  A.  White. 


COWLES  &  GLAZEBKOOK, 


Wholesale  Grocers  an  j  Commission  Merchants— No.  635  West  Main  Street. 


This  well-known  house,  doing  a  large  and  ))rospcrous  and  continually-increasing  busi- 
ness, and,  in  respect  to  its  transactions,  t'overing  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Indiana  and 
Tennessee,  was  founded  in  1881,  and  three  years  later,  by  the  admission  of  James  Glaze- 
brook  t'  partnership,  the  firm  became,  as  at  present,  Cowles  &  Ghizebrook,  and  is  com- 
posed of  J.  1*.  Cowles  and  James  Glazebrook. 

In  addition  to  the  wholesale  giMcery  line,  the  firm  does  a  large  commission  business  in 
merchandi-e  and  devotes  special  attention  to  the  handling  of  country  produce,  receiving 
the  sauKi  in'choice  (jualities  and  large  quantities  from  the  i)roducing  districts  tributary  to 
Louisville. 

]VIr.  J.  P.  Cowles,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  came  here  from  Smith's  Grove,  where  he  had 
been  engaged  in  general  merchandising,  to  embark  in  this  enterprise.  His  partner,  James 
Glazebrook,  is  the  son  of  Austin  Gla/.ebrook,  who  founded  and  was  the  senior  member  of 
the  old  grocery  establishment  of  (ilazfbrnok.  Grinstead  &  Co.,  now  carried  on  by  Grin- 
stead  &  Co.  The  success  of  Cowles  &  (Jlazebr.iok  in  coniparatively  so  short  a  time  sup- 
plies convincing  ]ir<>(if  of  the  business  ability  of  tin;  enterprising  jiartners. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


149 


Some  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  this  extensive  establishment  may  be  gained  from  the 
accbmpanying  representation  vf  tlie  works,  which  cover  half  a  block  or  more  of  valuable 
space  on  the  principal  and  busiest  wholesale  thoroughfare  in  Louisville. 

In  the  largest  sense  Mr.  \V.  T.  Pyne's  is  an  industrial  establishment,  nearly  allied 
also  to  the  commercial  interests  of  the  city,  and  alike  creditable  to  its  enterprising  pro- 
prietor and  to  the  city,  which  more  than  fifteen  years  ago  he  chose  as  the  field  of  his 
operations.  Coming  here  in  1870,  with  a  practical  exi^erience  of  years  gained  at  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  and  at  Columbus,  Ind.,  he  has  developed  a  trade  in  his  useful  line  that  now 
extends  throughout  the  St)uth  and  South-v.'cst,  and  is  very  lai-ge  in  volume.  A  practical 
millwright,  an  expert  draughtsman  and  mechanical  engineer,  Mr.  Pyne  supplements  this 
knowledge  and  usefulness  to  tlie  trade  with  ample  capital  Mnd  most  extensive  facilities  for 
the  manufacture  and  storage  of  machinery.     In  this  manner  he  has  been  enabled,  with 


150 


THE  INDUSTRIES  OP  LOUISVILLE 


his  large  force  of  liaiids  — sometimes  numbering  one  hundred — to  keep  up  with  his  great 
increase  of  orders  from  time  to  time.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  portable  wheat  and  corn- 
mills,  and  in  this  branch  of  his  business  he  is  so  eminently  successful  as  to  be  practically 
without  a  rival  in  this  section  of  country.  As  a  millwright  and  mill-furnisher,  he  fur- 
nishes estimates  and  does  mill-work  all  over  the  South  and  South-west,  executing  his  work 
promptly  and  upon  most  reasonable  terms. 

In  his  extensive  premises  a  department  is  also  allotted  to  second-hand  machinerj',  and 
in  this  Mr.  Pyne  deals  quite  lariCf-ly,  receiving  and  selling  the  same  on  commission  when 
desired.  Not  only  has  the  establishment  supplied  machinery  for  glass-works,  mills  and 
distilleries  thi-oughout  a  wide  scope  of  country,  but  being  especially  public-spirited  and 
progressive,  Mr.  Pyne's  business  success  is  fully  merited,  and  is  therefore  the  more  grati- 
fying- "  - 

TAYLOR  &  WILLIAMS, 


Distillers  and  Wholesale  Liquor  DeaL-rs,  No.  133  Third  Street. 


The  illustration  herewith  presented 
pertains  to  three  well-known  brands  of 
whisky  in  large  trade  and  popular  de- 
mand. The  branding  upon  the  barrels 
also  includes  the  name  of  the  distillers 
and  wholesale  dealers  in  these  choice 
goods — Taylor  &  Williams,  proprietors 
of  th-^  extensive  establishment  at  133 
Third  street  in  this  city,  and  of  an 
equally  well-known  and  well-appointed 
distiller}'  in  Nelson  county. 

The  leading  house  in  question  was 
founded  in  1871  by  D.  H.  Taylor  ct  Co., 
and  five  years  thereafter  Mr.  J.  T.  Will- 
iams became  associated  with  the  firm, 
which  he  and  Mr.  D.  H.  Taylor,  the 
founder,  still  compose.  The  senior  is  an 
old  resident  of  Lo\iisville,  and  has  always  been  engaged  in  this  line  of  business,  while  his 
partner  is  originallj^  from  Tennessee,  and  was  formerly  connected  with  a  leading  shoe 
house  in  Nashville. 

The  firm  employs  twenty  hands,  and  its  trade  extends  throughout  the  Southern  and 
Western  States,  and  to  some  extent  in  Illinois,  Michigan  and  New  York  also.  The  job- 
bing of  the  brands  named  has  continuously  grown  in  the  volume  of  trade  and  in  territo- 
rial extent. 

The  commercial  standing  of  the  house  is  the  highest,  and  it  is  in  the  fullest  sense  enti- 
tled to  be  rankid  here  among  the  leading  industrial  and  commercial  establishments  of 
Louisville  and  the  South. 


S.  GRABFELDER  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Dealers  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  Whiskies,  Wines  and  Brandies— No.  228  Second  Street. 


This  old  and  well-known  house  was  established  here  in  1867,  l)y  S.  Grabfelder,  then, 
and  lor  many  years  ]irior  thereto,  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  Louisville. 

Not  only  has  the  enter|)rising  proprietor  an  extensive  trade  acquaintance  and  connec- 
tion throughout  the  West  and  South-west — and  especially  in  Kentucky,  Ohio,  Indiana 
and  Illinois— rbut  his  leading  lirands  of  whiskj-  (Southern  Pride,  Kentucky  Belle  and 
Rose  Valley)  are  known  and  distinguished  for  purity  and  excellence  throughout  the  coun- 
try ;  while  the  general  stock  of  the  house,  including  a  wide  range  of  Kentucky  and  Ten- 
nessee whiskies,  wines  and  brandies,  is  admittedly  not  only  large,  but  superior  in  quality, 
and  especially  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  Western  and  Southern  trade.  They 
have  also  the  additional  brands  of  Elk  Horn,  private  stock  of  Rose  Valley,  and  Old  Mc- 
Brayer.  These  brands  they  case.  In  point  of  territorial  extent  and  aggregate  volume, 
the  dealings  of  this  enterprising  firm  are  second  to  very  few  engaged  in  this  line  in  this 
section  of  country. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


151 


THE  NELSON  COUNTY  DISTILLERY  COMPANY. 


N.  Miller,  President ;  John  W.  Shallcross.  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Distillers  of  the  "  Coon  Hollow "'  Hand  made 
Sour-Mash  and  "  Big  Spring  "  Fire-Copper  Whiskies— Distillery  at  Coon  Hollow.  Nelson  County.  Ky.— Office, 
No.  256  West  Main  Street. 


This  establishment,  well   and   favorably   known 

tliroughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  was 

^         ,  ^^^,  ^  -  *  .4  /  I  /       \     ''^""ded  in  1880  by  A.  T.  Smith  A:  Co.  and  R.  Cnm- 

/0-sV  • — "* ^  Vy^\\,  ''^'"*  *^  CIo.,  and  two  years  later  the  present  corpora- 

v/^y'pjp.p  nnnnrn  \^    /     ^  ""  ^^'"*  formed,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000,  and 

^  icceeded  to  the  busine.ss  and  property  of  the  two 
leading  firms  mentioned.  The  distilleries  of  the 
corporation  are  located  on  the  Knoxville  branch  ot 
the  L.  &  N.  railway  in  Nelson  county.  The  first — 
devoted  to  the  sour-mash  product — has  a  capacity  to 
work  two  hundred  bushels  a  day,  and  the  sweet- 
mash  distillery  four  hundred  bushels  daily.  The 
employes  number  thirty.  The  leading  brands  are 
^^ ^  the  well-known  "  Coon  Hollow  "  hand-made  sour- 

mash  and  the  "Big  Spring "  fire-copper  sweet-mash.  These  are  sold  throughout  the 
United  States  and  exported  as  well.  The}-  are  favor- 
ites in  trade  circles  and  among  consumers,  and  the 
sales  of  these  whiskies  aggregate  millions  annually. 
The  executive  otHcers  of  the  company  are  well- 
known  citizens,  distinguished  in  business  and  social 
life.  President  Miller  was  formerly  in  the  whole- 
sale grocery  line  here,  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Gardner  cS:  Miller.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Masonic 
Bank  and  holds  other  positions  of  trust,  having 
also  been  formerly  a  member  of  the  School  Board 
here. 

Mr.  Shallcross.  the  secretary  and  treasurer,  has 
resided  here  all  his  life.  He  is  also  connected  with 
tlie  insurance  interest. 


MEHLER  &  ECKSTENKEMPER, 


Dealers  in  Allegheny  Pine.  Poplar  and   Hemlock   Lumber,  Laths,  Shingles  and  Cedar  Posts,  No.  901   East 

Green  Street. 


For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  alwaj^s  under  the  management  of  its 
present  enterprising  and  successful  proprietors,  this  representative  establishment  has 
commanded  a  leading  position  in  respect  to  the  lumber  trade  of  Louisville,  and  the  South- 
west. 

The  firm,  which  is  composed  of  C.  Mehler  and  L.  Eckstenkemper,  was  organized  on 
January  1,  1861.  Both  partners  already  had  large  business  experience,  the  former  hav- 
ing been  identified  with  the  Hulings'  lumber  yard,  while  the  latter  was  engaged  in  the 
grocery  trade. 

The  yards  of  the  firm,  on  East  Green  and  Campbell  streets,  are  most  extensive  and 
conveniently  arranged,  with  facilities  for  storing  many  millions  of  feet  of  lumber.  While 
dealing  in  all  kinds  of  lumber,  the  firm  have  especially  large  transactions  in  Allegheny 
pine,  poplar  and  hemlock,  which  they  have  sawn  expressly  for  their  use  by  Allegheny 
mills.  They  also  buy  largely  in  rafi  lots  in  Pittsburgh,  and  are  thus  enabled  to  otfer 
superior  inducements  to  their  customers,  and  bu'ilders  find  it  greatly  to  their  interest  to 
seek  estimates  from  Mehler  &  Eckstenkemper,  who  fill  orders  promptly,  always  shipping 
on  the  shortest  notice.  Inclusive  of  dealings  in  laths,  shingles,  cedar  posts,  etc.,  the  ag- 
gregate transactions  of  the  firm  exceed  $100,000  a  year,  and,  while  the  trade  is  largely 
local,  it  is  continually  expanding  territorially  and  in  volume. 


152  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


GEORGE  31.  ROGERS,  AGENT, 


Dealer  in  Lumber  and  Shingles— Office.  No.  236  Third  Street. 


The  lumber  trade  of  Louisville  is  in  a  veiy  prosperous  condition,  the  industry, 
promptitude  and  fair  dealing  of  the  men  engaged  in  it  at  this  point  having  built  up  a 
market  of  surprising  magnitude  for  the  product  of  Northern  mills.  And  right  here  we 
we  will  state  tliat,  notwithstanding  the  vast  yellow  pine  forests  and  rapidly-developing 
lumber  business  of  the  Southern  States,  one  of  the  best  markets  for  Northern  pine,  par- 
ticularly for  finishing  purposes,  doors,  sash,  blinds,  etc.,  is  found  in  the  South.  The 
reason  is  apparent;  Northern  pine  is  soft,  straight  in  grain,  beautiful  and  uniform  in 
texture,  takes  paint  well,  and  is  not  liable  to  weather-crack  under  exposure. 

A  leading  house  here  in  the  Northern  pine  lumber  trade  is  that  of  Mr.  George  M. 
Eogers,  agent  for  the  great  Grand  Rapids  lumber  and  shingle  manufacturers,  Osterhout, 
Fox  &  Co.  Mr.  Eogers  is  prepared  to  fill  orders  to  any  required  extent  with  the  best 
material,  promptly  and  on  satisfactory  terms,  either  in  white  or  yellow  pine.  With 
twenty-five  years'  constant  experience  and  a  fixed  determination  to  please,  as  well  as 
unlimited  resources  to  draw  upon,  buyers  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  inspect  his  facili- 
ties before  placing  orders. 

WM.  ROBBERT, 


Wholesale  Whisky,  Wines  and  Groceries.  Tobacco  and  Cigars— Kentucky  Sour-Mash  Whisky  a  Specialty- 

Nos.  842  and  844  West  Main  Street. 


This  establishment,  founded  nearly 
twenty  years  ago  by  Buschman  & 
Robbert,  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
present  proprietor,  Wm.  Robbert,  in 
1871,  and  has  ulwaj'S  occupied  a  lead- 
ing position  in  respect  to  the  trade 
and  commerce  of  Louisville. 

Handling  a  choice  and  very  com- 
plete line  of  whiskies,  wines  and  gro- 
ceries, loliai CO  ami  cigars,  Kentucky  whislvies  and  wines  are  made  a  specialty,  and  a  very 
large  trade  done  tiierein  throughout  Kentucky  and  Indiana.  The  trade  of  the  house  is 
continually  extending  territorially  and  in  the  volume  of  business  transactions,  Avhicli 
already  aggregate  over  $75,000. 

Mr.  Robbert  is  an  old  and  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Louisville,  having  resided  here 
about  thirty-five  years.  From  18G3  to  18G7  he  was  engaged  in  the  wholesale  tobacco  bus- 
iness, and  has  been  identified  with  other  enterprises  of  commercial  importance. 


AVILLIAM  KOPP, 

Designer  and  Carver— Ornamental  Woodwork  and  Furniture  Factory— Main  Street,  North-east  Corner  of 

Twenty-first. 


Although  but  a  few  years  engaged  in  his  present  department  of  art  and  industry,  Mr. 
William  Kopp  has  greatly  promoted  the  artistic  taste  and  culture  of  the  people  of  Louis- 
ville through  his  handiwork  in  ornamental  designing  and  carving  woodwork.  His  wal- 
nut rosettes  and  escutcheons,  and,  in  fact,  all  his  woodwork  ornamentations,  are  models  of 
art,  and  his  fancy  figures  which  he  designs  and  carves  for  the  trade  and  for  sale  generally 
adorn  many  of  the  finest  mansions  of  the  city  and  its  environs,  for  he  enjoys/a  large  local 
patronage  for  his  fine  handiwork  in  poplar,  oak,  walnut  and  cherry,  which  is  also  being 
extensively  called  for  from  other  parts  of  the  State.  He  makes  designs  from  patterns 
and  drawings  to  suit  customers. 

Mr.  Kopp  also  operates  a  furniture  factory,  in  which  the  cheap  grades  of  furniture  are 
made  a  specialty,  forty  men  being  employed  in  that  industry.  The  trade  of  the  house  in 
this  department  is  large  and  constantly  increasing  in  volume. 


AND    OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


153 


J.  O.  CAMPBELL  &  SON. 


Established  1852— Machinists  and  Machinery  Brol<ers— Nos.  216.  218  and  220  First  Street. 


Estal)lislu!d  as  far  liack  as  1852  by  the  enterprising  senior  of  ttio  present  drm,  this 
house  in  tlie  fullest  sense  is  representative  of  the  industries  of  Louisville.  It  is  at  once 
large  in  the  area  and  capacious  character  of  its  buildings,  large  in  its  manufacturing  fa- 
cilities, large  in  the  variety  of  the  machinery  made  and  dealt  in,  and  large  in  the  extent 
and  volume  of  its  trade. 

For  nearly  thirty-five  j^ears  the  establishment  has  been  one  of  the  institutions  of 
Louisville.  Mr.  J.  O.  Campbell,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  has  been  all  his  life  so  engaged, 
and  his  son  and  partner,  C.  A.  Campbell,  has  been  brought  up  in  this  department  of  in- 
dustry, acquiring  knowledge  of  every  detail.  At  the  foundry  and  sales-room  may  be 
found  a  full  line  of  machinists'  and  planing-mill  supplies  and  the  following  extensive  va- 
riety of  specialties,  viz :  Lathes,  saw-mills,  engines,  planers,  surfacers,  boilers,  shapers, 
matchers,  pulleys,  drill  presses,  jointers,  shafting,  gear-cutters,  scroll  and  band  saws, 
hangers,  calipers,  twist  drills,  set  screws,  taps,  etc. 

Large  alread3%  the  trade  of  the  house  is  continuously  increasing,  as  the  result  of  prac- 
tical business  effort  to  that  end. 


PICKETT  TOBACCO  WAREHOUSE. 


Chas.  A.  Bridges  &  Co.,  Proprietors,  Corner  Eighth  and  Main  Streets. 


The  i'ickett  is  the  oldest  tobacco  warehouse  in  the  West,  and  its  senior  proprietor,  Mr. 
Chas.  A.  Bridges,  has  been  longer  engaged  in  the  warehouse  business  than  any  man  in 
Louisville.  The  warehouse  itself  was  established  nearly  thirty-five  years  ago  by  a  joint 
stock  company,  and  Mr.  Bridges'  connection  with  it  dates  back  to  1857,  when  he  entered 
the  establishment  as  an  employe.  Four  years  later  he  became  a  partner,  the  firm  name 
being  G.  Spratt  &  Co.,  which  designation  was  retained — although  additional  partners  were 
meantime  admitted — until  1880,  when  ^Mr.  Spratt,  who  had  been  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
century  the  head  of  the  firm,  died.  The  present  firm,  consisting  of  Charles  A.  and  W. 
G.  Bridges,  was  then  formed. 

The  Pickett  Warehouse  enjoys  the  record  of  having  made  the  largest  sales  of  any  one 
house  in  the  world  in  a  single  year — 24,048  hogsheads.  This  was  during  the  memorable 
year  of  1864,  and  even  during  the  past  year,  when  the  aggregate  sales  of  leaf  tobacco  in 
Louisville  approximated  130,000  hogsheads,  no  other  house  has  nearly  approached  this  mar- 
velous record.  It  was  deemed  worthy  of  conspicuous  mention  and  acclaim  during  the 
memorable  commercial  pageant  last  September,  advertising  Louisville's  standing  as  the 
largest  leaf-tobacco  marlcet  in  the  world.  In  the  statistical  portion  of  this  volume  due 
mention  is  made  of  the  pre-emineiu*e  of  this  market  in  this  regard,  but  it  is  due  the  pioneer 
warehouseman  and  his  energetic  partner  here  to  say  that  the  grand  result  of  which  the- 

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154 


•SHE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLK 


city  is  entitled  to  boast  is  largely  due  to  the  enterprise  and  business  sagacity  of  C.  A. 
Bridges  &  Co. 

The  Pickett  "Warehouse  has  a  storage  capacity  of  about  2,100  hogsheads,  and  at  this 
writing,  as  generally  throughout  the  season,  it  has  that  large  amount  housed.  The  trade 
of  the  firm  may  be  said  to  be  world-wide,  for  sales  are  made  for  shipment  to  Europe  as 
well  as  to  all  parts  of  this  country.  To  this  oldest,  as  well  as  one  of  the  largest  houses  in 
the  West,  consignments  come  from  all  tobaoco-growing  districts  tributary  to  this  market, 
for  no  house  is  more  generally  and  more  favorably  known  for  upri-jht  dealings  with  cus- 
tomers. The  senior  of  the  firm  is  a  native  Kentuckian  and  has  all  his  life  been  identified 
with  this  important  interest.  His  partner  also  is  thoroughly  experienced,  afi"able,  and 
popular  in  trade  circles. 


VANDIVER  &  HITE, 


Commission  iVIercliants  for  the  Sale  of  Tan  Bark.  Staves,  Hoop  Poles,  Lumber  and  Produce;   Manufacturers 
of  Pure  Apple  Vinegar  and  Cider,  PiCI<las.  Table  Sauce  and  Tomato  Catsup— No.  119  Second  Street. 


TRADE   MARK. 

As  will  be  seen  from  the  above  caption,  this  firm 
controls  a  wide  range  of  business,  its  operations  in 
each  line  being  most  extensive.  As  commission 
merchants  for  the  sale  of  tan  bark,  staves,  hoop  poles, 
lumber,  and  all  kinds  of  produce,  and  as  wholesale 
dealers  in  bacon,  lard,  flour,  hay  and  grain,  a  very 
large  business  is  transacted,  and  Messrs.  Vandiver  & 
Hite  make  a  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  pure 
apple  vinegar  and  cider,  pickles,  table- sauce  and 
tomato  catsup,  the  vinegar  being  certified  by  a  lead- 
ing analytical  chemist  to  be  strictly  pure.  A  spark- 
ling berry  juice,  the  product  of  ihe  firm,  is  regarded 
amung  the  nicest  drinks  in  the  world. 

The  house  is  an  old  one,  with  the  highest  commer- 
cial standing,  ani]ile  capital,  and  exceptional  manu- 
facturing facilities.  It  was  founded  in  1869,  by 
Leiter  &  Co.,  and  the  present  firni  was  formed  in  1884.  Mr.  J.  A.  Vandiver,  the  senior 
of  the  firm,  is  an  old  resident,  and  has  been  engaged  in  this  line  about  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  His  partner,  Mr.  W.  K.  Hite,  is  also  a  gentleman  of  much  business  ability  and 
energy. 


BUCHTER  CHAIR  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


John  A.  Armstrong  and  Allan  P.  Houston,  Proprietors— Nos.  831.  833  and  835  Green  Street. 


In  the  commercial  designation  of  this  extensive  industrial  establishment  is  perpetuated 
the  name  of  the  pioneer,  in  this  section,  in  the  important  interest  of  chair  making.  The 
establishment  was  founded  in  the  historic  year  of  1849  by  Mr.  H.  Buchter,  and,  the  pres- 
ent firm,  composed  of  John  A.  Armstrong  and  Allan  P.  Houston,  acquired  proprietary  con- 
trol scarcely  five  years  ago,  although  both  had  prior  and  long  experience  in  this  branch  of 
manufacture. 

How  large  an  industry  chair  making  has  become  here,  as  elsewhere,  in  late  years  may 
be  judged  by  the  extensive  buildings  of  the  establishment  at  the  location  above  given, 
which  comprehend  the  factory  proper,  dry  house,  etc,  and  iqost  complete  manufacturing 
facilities,  appliances  and  apparatus.  Skilled  workmen  to  the  number  of  125  are  em- 
ployed, and  the  greatest  care  is  taken  in  the  selection  of  the  best  seasoned  wood  and  in 
perfectly  finishing  the  furniture.  The  specialty  of  the  factory  is  the  making  of  walnut, 
cane-seated,  and  fancy  chairs,  and  these  are  so  popular  with  dealers  that  the  establishment 
has  extended  its  trade  immensely  in  volume,  and  in  res]>ect  to  territory  ships  its  wares  to 
all  parts  of  this  country,  and  to  Canada,  South  America  and  Mexico. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  both  long-time  residents  and  honored  business  men  of 
Jiouisville,  and  their  prosperity  is  an  eminently  deserved  one. 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


155 


LOUISVILLE  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 


Theodore  Harris.  President:  James  B.  Wilder.  Vice-President;  M.  A.  Huston.  Secretary— Capital  Stock, $100,- 
000 :  Net  Surplus.  $80,122.68— Office,  No.  291  Fifth  Avenue. 


This  company  is  an  anomaly  in  insurance  his- 
tory.     It  may  be  said,  without'  fear  of  contradic- 
tion, no  other  company  in  the  State  can  show  such  a 
record.     Indeed,  it  is  rather  a  curiosity  in  financial 
\   success:     Commencing  business  on  May  1,  1872,  it 
J  ileclared  its  first  dividend  on  the  following  January 
1st.     That  being  eight  months,  the  dividend   was 
I  made  ten  per  cent.     Since  then,  as  each  six  months 
';  rolled  by,  an  eight-per-cent.  dividend  has  rolled  into 
'::^  the  pockets  of  the  stockholders. 

A  synoptical  report  of  the  company,  as  gained 
from  the  published  reports  of  the  Insurance  Com- 
missioner of  the  State,  shows  the  following  interest- 
ing result  of  thirteen  years  and  eight  months' busi- 
ness, ending  with  January  1,  1886. 

Keceipts  and  expenditures  from  Maj^  1,  1872,  to 
January  1,  1886: 

Keceipts — From  premiums  on  policies,  $458,009.- 

52;  from  interest  on  investments,  $177,082.11;  total, 

K  -5635,001.63.     Expenditures— Lo.sses  paid,  $200,066.- 

19 ;    commission,   expenses  and  taxes,  |103,577.o9 ; 

■*»  total,  $:]03,644.08;  profit,  $331,447.55;   grand  total, 

.^^   $635,091.63. 

How  this  profit  was  disposed  of— Dividends  to 
stockholders,  $210,OUU.OU;  laid  aside  to  reinsure  all  existing  risks,  $33,508.75;  laid  aside 
to  pay  losses  in  process  of  adjustment,  $7,816.12;  net  surplus  over  all  liabilities,  includino- 
capital  .stock,  $80,122.68;  total,  $331,447.55. 

Thus  this  company  could  have  reinsured  all  outstanding  risks,  and  retired  from  ])usi- 
ness  on  January  1,  1886,  and  pay  to  its  stockholders  $180  per  share  in  liquidation.  And 
the  man  who  invested  $100  in  the  company's  stock  in  May,  1872,  and  still  holds  it,  has 
received  thereupon  up  to  January  1,  1886,  in  dividends,  $210 — add  present  worth  of  stock, 
$180;  total,  $390.  Making  three  hundred  and  ninety  dollars  returns  for  one  hundred 
invested,  without  trouble  to  him.  We  asked  if  such  results  could  be  relied  upon  in  the 
business  of  insurance,  and  were  answered,  "No;  insurance  companies,  like  other  financial 
institutions,  are  sometimes  unsuccessful." 

We  asked  an  otficer  of  this  company,  "  What  is  the  secret  of  success  in  the  business 
of  insurance?"     His  answer  was,  "  Saying  no  at  the  right  time — that  is  all  there  is  in  it." 


E.  H.  CHASE  &  CO. 


E.  H.  Cliase.  President;  A.  S.  Jerome,  Treasurer;  Chas.  E.  Chase.  Secretary— Distillers  and  Wholesale  Dealers 
in  Kentucky  Whiskies— Office,  No.  103  West  Main  Street. 


This  well-known  house  was  established  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  by  the  execu- 
tive otficers  of  the  present  corporation  and  has  always  been  prominent  in  connection  with 
the  manufacturing  and  wholesale  whisky  interest,  maintaining  and  operating  one  of  the 
best  distilleries  in  the  State,  in  Garrard  county,  with  a  capacity  of  3,5li0  bushels  annually, 
with  all  modern  improvements. 

Ill  July,  1882,  the  better  to  further  the  wholesaling  interest,  the  establishment  was  in- 
corporated with  a  capital  stock  of  $120,000,  and  the  executive  officers  above  named.  The 
trade  of  the  company  extends  to  every  State  and  Territory  in  the  Union,  their  brands  of 
sour  mash  commanding  the  highest  degree  of  trade  and  popular  favor  and  sale  every- 
where. The  officers  of  the  corporation  are  energetic  in  developing  trade,  posses.sed  of 
ample  capital  and  the  largest  experience.  Hence  the  continued  and  deserved  prosperity 
oi  the  establishment. 


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THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


LOUISVILLE  COFFIN  C03IPA]^Y. 

R.  Glover,  President:  W.  H.  May,  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Manufacturers  of  Caffins  and  Caskets,  Robes, 
Linings  and  Undertakers"  Supplies  Generally— Offxe  and  Manufactory,  Nj.  627  Fcurlti  Avenue;  Yards, 
Eleventh  and  Magazine  Streets  


The  great  expense  of  interment,  concerning  whicli  tlio  press  and  public  have  had 
much  to  say,  in  former  years,  in  censure  of  extravagjint  di.-play,  is  enlircly  obviated  by 
modern  ingenuity  and  mechanism,  which  permits  the  manufucture  of  caslcets  of  cedar, 
pophir,  and  bUick  walnut,  presenting  all  the  advantages  of  the  others  at  such  reasonable 
prices  as  to  be  entirely  compatible  with  the  circumstances  of  surviving  families. 

The  manufacture  of  such  caskets  and  coffins  has  become  a  large  industry,  of  late  years, 
throughout  the  South  and  West,  and  among  the  leading  establishments  so  engaged  is  tlie 
Louisville  Coffin  Company.  This  was  organized  in  1872  by  the  present  enterprising  pro- 
prietors, and,  during  its  nearly  fifteen  years  of  usefulness,  presents  an  unbroken  record  of 
business  prosperity,  both  extensive  and  fully  merited. 

In  the  processof  manufacture  125  skilled  laborers  are  employed,  and  the  trade  of  the 
company  is  very  large,  extending  throughout  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennes- 
see, Georgia,  Alabama,  Louisiana,  North  and  South  Carolina,  Virginia  and  West  Vir- 
ginia, and  the  South  generally.  The  enterprise  of  the  Louisville  Coffin  Company  is 
further  evidenced  in  the  maintenance  of  a  branch  house  at  Dallas,  Texas. 

At  the  factory,  which  is  quite  extensive  in  area  and  in  the  largeness  and  completeness 
of  the  buildings  and  machinery,  may  be  seen  wood  burial  cases  and  caskets  of  the  finest 
designs  and  workmanship,  attractive  in  appearance  and  durable. 

Tlie  energy  of  the  Louisville  Coffin  Company  has  been  well  directed,  and  affords  a 
field  of  much  usefulness  to  the  trade  and  commerce  of  this  city. 


JOHN  W.  CAltUlNGTON  &  CO., 


Tobacco  Commission  (Merchants,  No.  805  West  Main  Street. 

In  the  many  branches  of  the  tobacco  trade,  all  have  their  relative  importance  to,  and 
connection  with,  that  paramount  interest  of  this  market.  As  commission  merchants  in 
this  staple  the  house  of  John  W.  Carrington  &  Co.,  on  the  corner  of  Eighth  and  West 
Main  streets,  is  pre-eminent  on  account  of  the  largeness  of  its  dealings,  not  only  in  vol 
ume  of  transactions,  but  in  their  territorial  extent. 

The  firm  was  organized  in  1881,  and  is  composed  of  John  W.  Carrington  and  Charles 
H.  Conrad,  both  of  whom  are  practical  business  men,  expert  judges  of  leaf  tobacco,  and, 
in  the  fullest  sense,  familiar  with  all  the  requirements  of  the  trade. 

Since  its  first  organization  the  house  of  John  W.  Carrington  &  Co.  has  assumed  a 
leading  interest  and  position  in  the  Louisville  market.  With  ample  capital  and  resources, 
the  trade  of  the  house  has  kept  constantly  increasing,  and  ))ractically  covers  the  Eastern, 
Southern,  and  Western  States,  a  ])Posperous  condition  of  affairs  entirely  due  to  Mr,  Car- 
rington's  personal  energy  and  business  experience. 

The  specialty  of  the  firm  is  in  handling  bright  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  wrap- 
pers, and  in  these  fine  products  its  dealings  are  very  extensive.  Of  life-long  experience  in 
this  branch  of  industry,  the  firm  is  pre-eminently  prosperous,  and  argues  even  a  greater 
field  of  usefulness  and  profit  in  the  future. 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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H.  VEKHOEFF  &  CO., 


Proprietors  of  Louisville  Elevator,  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in  Grain— Office,  No.  220  West  Main 
Street;  Elevator  and  Warehouse,  Eleventh  and  Maple  Streets. 

This  old  established  firm,  now  com- 
posed of  the  founder,  II.  Vorhoeflf,  jr., 
and  F.  N.  Hartwell  and  W.  L.  Ver- 
hoeff,  own  and  control  the  Louis- 
ville Elevator  at  Eleventh  and  IVlaple 
stn  ets,  contiguous  to  the  Louisville 
and  Nashville  depot,  with  a  capacity 
of  250,000  bushels  of  grain,  and  enjoy 
tlie  further  distinction  of  being  the 
largest  grain  firm  in  this  section  of 
the  country. 

Their  supplies  of  grain,  as  receiv- 
ers, conic  chietly  from  the  West,  and 
shipments  are  made  South,  to  the 
South-cM>t,  and  East.  The  specialty 
of  the  firm  is  dealing  in  grain,  and 
as  commiss-ion  merchants,  they  have 
very  extensive  business  connections 
in  all  trade  channels,  and  are  leading 
representatives  of  the  commercial  in- 
terests of  Louisville,  all  being  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  TraiU',  and  Mv.  11.  Verlioefl^,  jr.,  a  vice-president  and  director  of  the 
Board,  as  also  a  member  ot  the  committee  on  grain. 

]Mr.  F.  N.  Hartwell,  his  partner,  is  a  native  of  Louisville,  and  was  with  the  Western 
Financial  Corjioration  lor  ten  yeais,  the  same  now  known  as  the  Bank  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  W.  L.  Yerhoefi',  the  junior  of  the  firm,  is  the  son  of  the  senior  member,  and  was 
brought  up  to  commercial  life  in  this  house. 


THEASHTON  DTSTILILERY  COMPANY. 


Distilleries  at  Eiizabethtown,  Ky.— Louisville  Office,  No.  120  East  Main  Street— "Ashton ' 
Hill"  Hand-made  Sour-Mash  Kentucl(y  Whisky. 


and  "  Muldraugh's 


The  Ashton  Distillery  Company,  of  Eiizabethtown,  owners  of  the 
brand  presented  here,  recently  reorganized  and  took  a  new  start  in 
the  race  for  supremwcy  in  the  manufacture  of  fine  Kentucky  whis- 
kies, with  the  especial  view  of  producing  quality  rather  than  quantity. 
The  standard  of  their  goods  has  always  been  of  the  highest,  but  hith- 
erto the  demand  has  been  steadily  in  excess  of  the  production.  The 
brands,  "Ashton  "  and  "  Muldraugh's  Hill,"  are  so  well  and  favorably 
known  to  the  trade  as  to  need  no  commendation,  and  the  goods  are 
strictly  straight  hand-made  sour-mash  whiskies  of  the  highest  grade. 
Pure  water,  which  has  contributed  so  much  to  popularize  Kentucky 
distillery  products,  is  one  of  the  chief  advantages  claimed  ft)r  the  Ash- 
ton distillery.  Muldraugh's  Hill  Springs  supplies  this  distillery  with  water  which  for 
purity  and  clearness  is  unsurpassed  anywhere  in  the  State.  This,  together  with  using 
only  the  choicest  grain,  the  most  approved  appliances,  and  employing  the  best  and  most 
experienced  skilled  labor,  justifies  the  assurance  that  the  fame  which  the  Ashtt)n  has 
gained  during  the  short  period  of  less  than  five  years  will  be  fully  sustained  in  the  future. 
The  "Muldraugh's  Hill"  brand  is  also  a  strictly  hand-made  sour-mash  whisky  manu- 
factured under  the  same  management,  and  at  the  same  distillery. 

The  Asliton  Distillery  Company  have  also  erected  iron-clad  warehouses  provided  with 
patent  racks,  thus  securing  a  more  rapid  and  satisfactory  maturing  of  goods  than  by  the 
■old  system,  and  stocks  are  daily  inspected  to  prevent  leakage  and  waste.  To  the  end  of 
securing  prompt  delivery  and  low  freights  they  have  also  constructed  side-tracks  from  the 
two  railroads  between  which  the  distillery  stands,  thus  obtaining  the  best  possible  facili- 
ties for  the  receipt  of  raw  material  and  the  shipment  of  goods.  This  distillery  is  a  com- 
paratively new  one,  but  has  already  exhibited  a  degree  ot  enterprise  that  augurs  well  for 
the  luture. 


158  .       THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVUJ^ 


P.  SCHANZENBACHEl?, 


Kentucky  Leaf  Tobacco  Broker  and  Dealer  in  Seed  Leaf^No.  1217  Market  Street. 


The  marvelous  growth  of  that  interest  in  this  largest  leaf  tobacco  market  in  the  world 
is  elsewhere  in  this  volume  set  forth  with  some  statistical  array;  but  in  this  detiiiled  de- 
lineation of  the  cardinal  causes  that  have  led  to  the  prosperity  and  development  of  Louis- 
ville as  a  leaf  tobacco  market,  it  is  fitting  that  those  agencies  chiefly  contributing  to  this 
commercial  pre-eminence  should  be  duly  recognized. 

The  brokers  and  buyers  Imve  been  prime  factors  in  achieving  the  satisfactory  result 
referred  to,  and  no  individual  more  so  than  the  subject  of  this  voluntary  tribute,  Mr.  P. 
Schanzenbacher,  the  well-known  tobacco  broker  doing  business  at  1217  West  Mai'ket 
street.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  has  been  so  engaged,  with  great  usefulness  to  this 
tobacco  market  and  profit  to  himself.  His  purchases  and  dealings  are  wholly  on  forcigi* 
account,  and  he  ships  leaf  tobacco  to  Scotland,  Ireland,  and  Canada,  utilizing  his  .Vlarket- 
street  premises  for  sorting  tobacco  only.  The  volume  of  his  trade  has  augmented  from 
year  to  year,  and  expanded  territorially  until  now  it  has  reached  very  handsome  and 
profitable  jiroportions,  and  gives  assurance  of  still  further  increasing  in  the  future,  as  the 
due  reward  of  the  energy  and  enterprise  always  characterizing  the  conduct  of  the  house. 


H.  DARLINGHAUS  &  CO., 

Wholesale  Manufacturers  of  All  Kinds  of  Ladies'  and  Misses'  Fine  Shoes:  Also,  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  J. 
Mundell  &  Co.  Solar  Tip  Shoes— No.  315  West  Market  Street. 


In  the  introductory  portion  of  this  volume  we  have  set  forth  in  some  detail  the  growth 
and  development  of  the  shoe  manufacturing  interest  of  Louisville.  It  is  a  large  and  im- 
portant industry,  and  among  its  leading  representative  houses  here  is  that  of  H.  Datling- 
haus  &  Co.  This  enterprising  and  successful  establishment  was  founded  in  1873  by  the 
present  progressive  and  practical  firm,  composed  of  H.  Darlinghaus,  C.  II.  Naber,  and  J. 
H.  Hinkebein.  Increasing  their  manufacturing  facilities  as  the  requirements  of  their 
constantly-increasing  trade  necessitated,  they  are  to-day  possessed  of  one  of  the  mf)st 
complete  shoe  factories  south  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  their  make  of  ladies'  and  misses'  line 
shoes  has  attained  trade  celebritj'  by  reason  of  manifest  superiority,  as  well  as  commurd- 
ing  ready  and  most  extensive  sale  not  only  in  the  South  and  South-west,  but  in  the  North- 
west as  well,  being  ihere  preferred  to  the  productions  of  other  manufacturers  more  nearly 
allied  by  trade  lines  to  that  section.  In  their  factory,  H.  Darlinghaus  &  Co.  employ  about 
seventy-five  hands  in  turning  oi^t  their  specialties,  and  the  house  also  has  the  agency  here' 
for  the  celebrated  Solar  Tip  shoes  inade  by  John  Mundell  &  Co  ,  of  Philadelphia. 


ABNER  HARRIS, 


Leaf  Tobacco  Buyer— No.  926  West  Main  Street. 


The  buying  interest,  which  has  so  largely  contributed  to  the  marked  development  and 
present  pre-eminence  of  the  leaf  tobacco  market  in  Louisville,  is  represented  by  numer- 
ous capable  and  energetic  buyers,  among  the  most  prominent  of  whom  may  be  classed 
Mr.  Abner  Harris. 

He  has  filled  this  position  of  usefulness  and  profit  in  the  market  for  upwards  of  eight 
years,  and  his  extensive  purchases  are  made  on  various  accounts,  most  of  the  goods  being 
shipped  East,  and  in  fact  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  while  some  is  exported  to  Europe 
also,  the  re})utation  of  this  market  abroad  having  been  well  established  through  the 
agency  of  buyers  and  shippers  resident  here.  Nt)  higher  trade  tribute  can  be  paid  to  Mr. 
Harris  and  other  enterprising  buyers  here,  than  to  say  that  he  and  they  have  labored  to 
bring  Kentucky  tobacco  and  the  Louisville  market  uji  to  their  j)resent  high  position  in  the 
eves  of  the  commercial  world. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA 


159 


NATHAN  BENSIXGER, 


Manufacturer  of  All  K'nds  of  Furniture,  Upholstery  and  Mattresses,  Nos.  3141West  Main  Street  and  228  Third 

Avenue. 


'^  This  house,  established  by  Mr.  Na- 
than Bensinger  in  1867  and  still  owned 
and  conducted  by  him  upon  an  exten- 
sive scale,  is  one  of  the  leading  indus- 
tries of  Louisville  and  bears  important 
relation  also  to  the  commercial  pros- 
perity of  the  city.  He  has  been  con- 
tinuousl}'^  in  this  line  since  coming  to- 
Louisville,  and  liis  energy  and  enter- 
]irise  have  been  successfully  directed 
tnward  the  up-building  of  his  business, 
which  now  includes  trade  throughout 
Kentuckj',  Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Ar- 
Ivunsas,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Texas,  and 
]>ouisiana. 

Mr.  Bensinger's  warerooms  carry  an 
extensive  stock  of  all  kinds  of  furni- 
ture, upholstery,  and  mattresses,  and  he 
manufactures  bed-room  suits  of  great 
elegance  and  durability.  The  first  floor 
(if  the  salesrooms  is  devoted  to  chairs, 
bedsteads,  bed  springs,  baby  carriages 
and  bureaus;  the  second,  to  bed-room  sets;  the  third,  to  parlor  furniture,  lounges,  and 
fancy  cabinet  ware;  the  iourlh,  to  office  furniture,  and  the  fifth,  to  folding  lounges  and 
camp  chairs,  including  thn  celebrated  Plimpton  lounge  and  sofa  bed.  To  dealers  in  the 
interior  and  to  the  city  retail  trade  Mr.  Bensinger's  establishment  presents  cogent  reasons 
for  dealing  with  him  ;'  his  goods  being  stylish  and  durable,  and  always  offered  at  reason- 
able prices. 


WILLIAM  BABB. 


Established  1862— Wholesale  Produce  Merchant— No.  122  Second  Street. 

Dating  back  in  its  establishment  to  18G2,  the  house  of  William  Babb  has,  during  its 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  of  existence  in  Louisville,  always  been  distinguished  for  an 
energy  characteristic  of  the  New  England  origin  of  its  proprietor,  and  has  commanded 
trade  and  popular  recognition  not  only  as  the  oldest  produce  house  in  the  city,  but  also  as 
the  most  enterprising. 

Mr.  Babb  receives  produce  for  sale  on  commission  not  only  from  Kentucky,  Indiana, 
and  the  South  and  West  generally,  but  also  from  large  portions  of  the  North,  and,  in 
fact,  from  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union.  Hence,  his  trade  is  large  in  volume  and 
very  extensive  in  territory.  His  ample  capital  and  large  experience  necessarily  contribute 
to  this  satisfactory,  result,  but  much  is  due  to  his  progressive  character  and  the  rare  energy 
with  which  he  dispatches  business.  His  promptness  in  making  sales  and  returns  especially 
commends  him  to  consignors  of  produce. 


FALLS  CITY  PLANING-MILL— J.  P.  WILL. 


Manufacturer  of  Doors,  Sash,  Blinds,  Etc.,  and  Dealer  In  Building  Lumber  and  Hardware— Nineteenth  Street, 
Between  Portland  Avenue  and  High,  and  Portland  Avenue  Below  Nineteenth  Street. 


The  west  end  of  Louisville  has  been  growing  rajtidly  for  some  years,  and  is  being 
built  with  a  superior  class  of  residences  and  business  houses.  The  long-headed  men  who 
established  themselves  in  business  in  this  vicinity  ten,  twelve,  and  fifteen  years  ago  have 
occasion  to  congratulate  themselves  upon  their  foresight.     Among  those  who  have  sue- 


160  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 

ceeded  best  is  Mr.  J.  P.  AVill,  who  in  1872  opened  yards  and  erected  a  planing-mill  on 
Nineteenth  street,  between  Portland  avenue  and  High  and  on  Portland  avenue  below 
Nineteenth  street.  Mr.  Will's  business  is  that  of  manufacturing  doors,  sash,  blinds,  and 
other  tinishwl  work  and  supplying  the  trade  with  every  description  of  building  material, 
including  rough  and  dressed  lumber  and  hardware  for  building  purposes.  He  also  makes 
a  specialty  of  counters  and  store  fixtures  and  stair  work,  manufacturing  expressly  to 
order,  the  same  being  set  up  when  desired.  He  has  a  fine  mill  and  commodious  sheds, 
and  makes  large  quantities  of  goods  in  his  line,  a  heavy  stock  of  which  is  kept  constantly 
on  hand  for  the  convenience  of  buyers.  He  employs  forty  men  and  turns  out  from 
$75,000  to  $100,000  worth  of  finished  work  per  annum. 


THE  WESTERN  BANK. 


A.  F.  Coldewey,  President ;  Henry  Hunter,  Cashier— No.  ;309  West  Market  Street. 

This  banking  institution  can  point  with  pride  to  an  honorable  and  successful  business 
career  covering  a  period  of  more  than  twenty  years.  It  was  established  in  1865,  under  a 
State  charter,  with  an  authorized  capital  of  half  a  million  dollars,  one-half  being  paid  in, 
and  $250,000  remains  as  its  actual  paid-up  capital. 

Original  1  J'  located  on  Third  street,  near  Main,  it  next  removed  to  the  north  side  of 
Main,  between  Second  and  Third,  and  in  18G8  permanently  established  itself  in  its  own 
handsome  and  commodious  building  at  300  West  Market  street,  a  very  desirable  and 
convenient  location. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Finck  was  the  original  president  of  the  W^estern,  and  upon  the  resignation 
of  ^Ir.  Finck,  necessitated  by  a  pressure  of  other  duties,  the  important  trust  was  con- 
ferred upon  Mr.  A.  F.  Coldewey,  who  has  since  discharged  the  functions  of  the  presidency 
witli  marked  ability  and  success.  Jlr.  Henry  Hunter,  the  present  cashier,  has  occupied 
that  position  since  1870. 

The  policy  of  the  bank  has  always  been  conservative,  with  as  large  a  degree  of 
liberality  as  is  consistent  with  safe  banking.  Thus  confining  its  operations  to  legitimate 
business,  it  receives  deposits,  makes  collections  here  and  elsewhere,  discounts  good  com- 
mercial paper,  solicits  business  principally  from  merchants  and  manufacturers,  and  deals 
largely  in  foreign  and  domestic  exchange.  The  entire  success  of  the  Western  is  demon- 
strated by  the  fact  that  after  regularU'  paying  semi-annual  dividends  it  still  has  an 
accumulated  surplus  amounting  to  the  handsome  sum  of  $35,000,  and  its  stock  is  at  this 
writing  in  strong  hands,  scarcely  ever  being  on  the  market. 

In  further  tribute  to  the  wisdom,  sagacity  and  success  of  the  management,  the  fol- 
lowing figures,  comprising  its  most  recent  official  fiscal  statement,  speak  volumes. 
Loans  and  discounts,  $533,545.00;  cash  on  hand,  bonds  and  stocks,  and  due  from  banks, 
$341,688.97.  Total  assets,  .•?884,577.37.  The  deposits  of  the  bank  on  the  same  date 
(December  31, 1885)  aggregated  $591,857.74. 

The  directors  of  the  bank  arc  among  the  most  enterprising  and  public-spirited  of  the 
business  men  of  the  city,  and  some  in  the  following  list  will  be  found  mentioned  more  at 
length  in  other  portions  of  this  volume,  in  connection  with  the  industrial  and  commercial 
establishments  they  suci'essfully  conduct.  The  board  is  thus  composed  of  Messrs.  A.  F. 
Coldewey,  W.  Krippenstapel,  J.  Dolfinger,  W.  Springer,  C.  Stege,  H.  Dunekake,  C.  J. 
Eaible,  C.  Jenne,  and  Fred  W.  Keisker. 


R.  P.  GREGORY, 


Manufacturer  of  Cigars,  and  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Fine  Teas— No.  300  West  Main  Street. 


As  is  natural  in  a  great  tobacco  trade  center,  Louisville  is  the  seat  of  an  (>xtensive 
and  growing  cigar  mamifacturing  interest.  Among  the  manufiicturers  here  most  worthy 
of  notice  is  the  establishment  of  Mr.  R.  P.  Gregory,  No.  300  West  Main  street.  A  prac- 
tical man  of  experience,  and  possessing  a  ripe  knowledge-  of  the  requirements  of  the 
trade,  his  efforts  thus  far  have  been  very  successful  and  his  dealings  large.  His  customers 
are  the  city  dealers,  with  whom  his  goods  arc  held  in  high  favor.  His  special  brands  are 
the  "  Louisville  Board  of  Trade,"  a  ten-cent  cigar,  and  the  "  Klimax,"  a  five-cent.  He 
also  manufactures  other  brands  to  order. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


16] 


G.  F.  BARTH  &  SOX, 


Manufaclurers  of  and  Dealers  in  Furniture,  Mattresses  and  Upholstery  and   Patent  Wasli-Stands— Nos.  623 

and  625  East  Green  Street. 


Louisville  is  the  home  of  many  manufacturing 
establishments  of  modest  pretensions  which  never- 
theless add  very  largely  to  the  grand  aggregate 
of  her  productions  and  help  to  swell  the  tide  ot 
her  prosperit}'.  Of  these,  we  know  of  none  more 
worthy  of  notice  in  a  work  of  this  kind  than  the 
furniture,  mattress,  upholstery  and  patent  wash- 
stand  foctory  of  G.  F.  Barth  *fc  Son,  Nos.  (323  and 
625  East  Green  street.  JNIr.  Gottlieb  F.  Barth, 
the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  established  him- 
self here  as  a  cabinet-maker  and  upholsterer  in 
1848,  having  emigrated  from  Wurtemburg,  Ger- 
many, the  previous  j'ear.  Like  most  j'oung  Ger- 
mans, he  was  already  master  of  his  trade  on  his 
arrival,  and  set  at  once  to  work  to  carve  out  his 
fortune  with  his  own  hands  in  the  New  World — 
an  undertaking  upon  the  success  of  which  he 
now  has  ample  cause  for  self-gratulation.  George 
F.  Barth,  jr.,  was  admitted  to  a  partnership  in 
1885  and  to  the  management  of  the  establishment 
where  he  had  learned  all  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness. The  building  is  three  stories  high,  35  feet 
front  and  200  feet  deep,  well  equipped  in  all  its 
•departments  for  the  manufacture  of  superior 
hand-made  furniture,  and  turns  out  some  $16,000 
to  $18,000  worth  of  goods  per  annum.  All  of  the 
work  is  performed  within  the  factory  walls- 
framing,  fitting,  upholstering,  finishing  and  var- 
nishing. A  specialty  of  the  house  is  an  ingenious  portable  wash-stand,  supplied  with  sta- 
tionary marble  bowl,  water  tank,  mirror,  etc.,  capable  of  being  closed  and  changed  into  a 
handsome  table,  all  of  the  appurtenances  of  the  wash-stand  being  put  out  of  siglit  at  will. 
Besides  this  leader,  the  hou-e  manufactures  and  carries  at  all  times  a  very  large  stock  of 
fine  and  medium  parlor  and  bed-room  furniture. 

Mr.  G.  F.  Barth,  sr.,  is  also  connected  with  several  other  business  enterprises,  and  is 
regarded  as  a  solid  and  responsible  citizen,  his  son  conducting  the  furniture  house.  The 
latter  is  a  skillful  and  conscientious  workman,  a  good  business  man  and  a  worthy  citizen. 


McCLURE  &  RYAN, 


Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Lumber,  Doors,  Sash  and  Blinds,  Turning  and  Scroll-Sawing— Main  Street 

between  Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth. 


This  enterprising  firm  was  organized  and  commenced  business  in  1882,  as  such,  but 
both  partners— David  McClure  and  John  J.  Ryan^had  in  prior  years  been  identified 
with  the  lumber  business,  and  acquired  large  familiarity  with  the  requirements  of  the 
trade  in  all  its  varied  branches.  Hence,  in  the  large  stock  of  lumber  and  builders'  sup- 
plies kept  constantly  on  hand  by  the  firm,  all  these  interests  are  considered. 

Their  planing  mill  is  a  model  of  mechanical  ingenuity  and  usefulness,  employing 
also  a  large  force  of  skilled  hands;  and  Messrs.  McClure  &  Ryan  make  a  specialty  of 
the  manufacture  of  doors,  sash  and  blinds,  and  also  do  a  considerable  amount  of  turning 
and  scroll-sawing  for  builders  here  and  elsewhere,  extensively  supplying  them  as  well 
with  moldings,  flooring  and  sidings. 

ftThe  trade  of  the  firm  is  large  and  constantly  increasing  throughout  the  city  and  its 
tributary  territory. 


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LOUIS Vir^tE  FOUNDRY  AND  MACHINE  SHOT. 


Ainslie.  Cochran  &  Co.— A.  P.  Cochran,  President:  G.  E.  Thurman,  Vice-President  and  Manager;  Albert 
Ainslie.  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Builders  of  Steam  Engines.  Flouring-IVIill  and  Rolllng-IVIill  Machinery. 
Blast  Furnace  Machinery,  Cotton  and  Tobacco  Presses— Manufacturers  of  Chilled  Car  Wheels  and 
Axles,  Stevens'  Patent  Steam  Packing,  Etc.— Main  and  Tenth  Streets. 


For  nearly  thirty  years  this  splendid  industrial  concern  lias  led  the  van  of  Louisville's 
manufacturing  progress — has  been  the  most  extensive  and  has  conferred  more  substantial 
benefits  upon  the  city  than  any  other  personal  enterprise,  and  any  pretended  resume  of  the 
city's  business  advancement  that  should  ignore  tlie  great  house  ol  Ainslie,  Cochran  &  Co., 
proprietors  of  the  Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop,  would  indeed  be  the  play  of 
"  Hamlet"  with  the  prince  left  out;  yet  the  story  has  been  so  often  told  and  is  so  familiar 
to  all  acquainted  with  the  history  of  Louisville  that  to  attempt  its  amplification  were  in- 
deed a  work  of  supererogation;  consequently  we  shall  content  ourselves  in  this  place 
with  the  simple  recapitulation  of  the  more  salient  points. 

The  house  was  founded  by  Messrs.  Ainslie  &  Cochran  in  1857,  and  carried  on  by  them 
at  first  in  a  modest  and  unpretentious  way,  the  building  of  stationary  and  marine  engines 
and  boilers,  etc.,  being  their  leading  specialties,  to  which  they  added  the  manufacture  of 
tobacco  and  cott' ii  presses  to  order.  As  their  fame  and  popularity  grew,  one  after  an- 
other a  long  line  of  machinery  and  kindred  commodities  were  incorporated  among  their 
productions,  and  the  wtirks  became  noted  all  over  the  West,  South  and  South-west  for  the 
superiority,  finish  and  generally  desirable  qualities  of  its  manufactures.  New  facilities 
were  multiplied  and  improved  processes  were  introduced  from  time  to  time,  the  best  in- 
ventive talent  and  mechanical  skill  that  money  could  procure  were  employed,  and  no 
effort  was  spared  to  render  every  device  turned  out  of  the  shops  as  near  perfect  as  human 
ingenuity  and  conscientious  honesty  could  make  it.  The  result  of  such  a  course,  faith- 
fully piwsued,  could  not  be  doubtful,  and  is  before  us  to-day  in  the  vast  and  prosperous 
foundry  and  machine  shops  of  the  concern,  fronting  157.>  feet  on  Main  street  by  4lU  feet 
on  Tenth,  a  general  view  of  which  is  presented«on  the  preceding  page. 

It  is  a  busy  place  year  in  and  year  out.  Every  department — foundry,  machine  and 
finishing  shops,  boiler  yard,  brass  works,  warerooms  and  office — is  under  the  direction  of 
a  competent  head,  and  is  a  scene  of  bustling  activity  at  all  seasons,  all  working  to  the 
same  end  and  in  harmony  each  with  the  others.  Order  and  system  reign  throughout,  and 
the  work  accomplished  is  astonishing,  the  annual  output  aggregating  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars  in  value  and  being  shipped  to  every  county,  city,  town  and  plantation  in 
the  vast  region  of  which  Louisville  is  the  source  of  supply. 

Besides  filling  orders  for  thousands  of  odds  a7id  ends  of  tools,  machinery  and  kindred 
goods,  the  Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  make  leading  specialties  ol  steam 
engines,  marine,  stationary  and  pumping  engines;  steam  boilers,  tanks,  flouring-mill, 
rolling-mill  i;nd  blast  furnace  machinery;  shafting,  pulleys,  hangers,  cotton  and  tobacco 
presses  and  screws,  chilled  car  wheels  and  axles,  Stevens'. unrivaled  patent  steam  pack- 
ing, etc.,  and  are  prepared  to  respond  promptly  and  in  the  best  manner  to  all  demands 
upon  their  splendid  resources. 

The  officers  ot  the  company  are  named  above.  They  need  no  introduction  at  our 
hands,  for  their  reputations  as  business  men  and  gentlemen  are  coextensive  with  the 
broad  territory  whose  people  ihey  have  served  so  long  and  well. 


HENLE  &  WOLF, 

Wholesale  Hats  and  Caps— Nos.  614  to  618  West  Main  Street. 


It  was  the  distinguished  British  statesman  DTsraeli  (Lord  Beaconsfield)  who  con- 
tended, with  much  force,  that  the  commonly-accepted  saying  that  "  the  tailor  makes  the 
man,"  is  a  grievous  error  Kightly  insisting  that  decoration  of  the  most  intellectual  part 
of  the  human  organism  was  to  be  preferred,  he  urged  that  the  hatter  gives  to  the  nnin  his 
distinguishing  mark  in  respect  to  appai'cl.  Our  own  t)l)servation  confirming  this  testi- 
mony, we  the  more  readily  present  to  trade  and  popular  favor  the  claims  of  the  whole- 
sale hat  and  cap  interest  as  conjoining  in  the  largest  degree  the  industr}^  and  commercial 
importance  of  the  trade  center. 

The  well-known  and  popular  house  of  Henle  &  Wolf,  here  under  coiisideration,  was 
founded  eleven  years  ago.     During  these  years  the  trade  has  continuously  increased  until 


164 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


now  it  includes  extensive  dealings  throughout  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennessee,  Alabama 
Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  and  the  house  is  recognized  in  trade  circles  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ers in  the  hat  and  cap  trade  of  America.  No  house  carries  a  finer  and  more  complete 
stock,  and  none  more  fully  commands  the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  it  has  dealino-s. 
This  gratifying  result  has  been  accomplished  by  studious  attention  on  the  part  of  the  firm 
to  the  requirements  of  the  trade.  The  location  ot  the  house  is  admirably  adapted  to  its 
extensive  business,  and  the  firm  is  represented  among  its  customers  by  a  corps  of  intelli- 
gent and  reliable  salesmen,  resident  and  traveling.  Mr.  Henle,  the  senior  of  the  firm, 
came  hither  from  Cincinnati  in  1873,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  representative  of  Louis- 
ville trade.  Mr.  Wolf  joined  him  in  1880.  Both  are  good  business  men  and  enter- 
prising. 


J.  B.  WATHEN   &  BUO.  COMPANY. 

J.B.  Wathen,  President:  Dr.  W.  H,  Wathen,  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Distillery,  Twenty-sixth  and  Broadway; 

Office,  No.  HI  West  IMain  Street. 


No  commercial 
establishment  i  n 
the  South  or  West 
is  better  known 
than  that  under 
present  considera- 
tion, and  nobrands 
of  whis  ley  meet 
with  larger  trade 
and  more  popular 
acceptance  than 
the  "  Old  Fashion 
Fire  Copper  Pure 
Kye,"  and  the  "Old 
Fashion  Fire  Cop- 
per   Standard" 

Bourbon,  made  by  the  J.  B.  Wathen  &  Bro.  Company,  at  its  distillery  here  illustrated, 
and  located  at  Twenty-sixth  street  and  Broadway,  Louisville. 

The  establishment  was  founded  in  1880,  so  tar  as  this  city  is  concerned,  but  the  firm, 
as  it  then  was,  had  existed  in  Lebanon,  Kentucky,  for  five  years  previously,  and  repre- 
sented the  same  interest.  Upon  removal  to  this  larger  field  of  commercial  usefulness  and 
profit  J.  B.  Wathen  &  Bro.  erected  a  very  expensive  and  most  completely-appointed 
distiller3\  The  buildings,  as  appear  from  the  illustration  here  given,  are  most  commo- 
dious, and  the  careful  methods  emploj^ed  in  the  production,  in  choice  of  material  and 
nidde  of  manufacture,  are  most  systematic  and  jierfect.  as  might  be  expected  when  it  is 
added  that  Mr.  J.  B.  Wathen  exercises  personal  supervision  over  the  entire  process,  and 
he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  capable  and  experienced  distillers  in  the  State.  The 
capacit}^  of  the  works  is  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  barrels  a  day,  and  there  are 
large  w;irehouses  and  cattle-feeding  sheds,  so  that  the  entire  establishment  covers  about 
five  acres  of  ground  at  the  location  named. 

Alwaj's  large,  the  trade  of  the  house  of  late  years  so  increased  that  on  January  1, 
1885,  it  was  deemed  best  to  incorporate,  which  was  effected  under  the  name  of  the  "J.  B. 
Wathen  &  Bro.  Company,"  with  a  capital  stock  of  S100,000.  Not  only  is  the  trade  of 
the  company  large  territorially,  covering,  as  it  does  practically,  the  entire  United  States, 
Canada  and  Mexico,  but  it  is  also  very  larsje  in  volume,  reaching  about  half  a  million 
dollars  annually.  With  such  extensive  facilities,  large  resources  and  thorough  expe- 
rience and  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  the  trade,  the  continued  success  of  the 
enterprising  corporation  is  most  thoroughly  assured. 

President  J.  B.  Wathen  has  already  been  spoken  of  as  an  experienced  distiller.  His 
public  spirit  is  equally  conspicuous,  as  is  evidt-nced  by  his  connection  with  other  public 
enterprises,  among  which  may  be  noted  the  Wathen  «&  Mason  Manufacturing  Company, 
and  the  J.  B.  Wathen  Vinegar  Works,  of  this  city. 

The  large  distillery  was  burned  to  the  ground  on  December  15,  1885,  but  was  quickly 
rebuilt,  and  by  February  1,  1886,  was  in  full  operation  at  an  increased  capacity. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,    INDIANA.. 


165 


K.  O.  GATHKIGHT  &  CO. 


Roller  Mills— Manufacturers  of  Flour- 


Mills  at  Jeffersonville,  Ind. 
ville,  Ky. 


-Office,  No.  114  West  Main  Street,  Louis- 


No  volume  de- 
scriptive of  the  in- 
dustries   of    Louis- 
ville   and    environs 
would   be  complete 
without  mention  of 
the  flour-mills  which      i 
in  their  operzition    ^ 
give  employment  to  ^ 
many  skillci  hands  ^ 
and  furnish  the  chiet  B' 
food  product  to  the 
households    of    this 
section. 

The  mill  operated 
by  Pv.  0.  Gathright 
&  Co.  is  located 
across  the  river  at 
Jeftersonvillc,  Ind., 

but  owned  by  the  Louisville  tirni  luniud.  It  (■liiniuriict^Mi  WMik  in  18ii4,  under  the  man- 
agement of  Smyser  &  Milton,  and  in  1878  11.  C).  Gathright  ct  Co. — the  firm  being  com- 
posed of  R.  O.  Gathright.  J.  B.  Gathright  and  John  Milton — acquired  the  proprietorship 
and  have  operated  the  mill  since  with  great  success.  The  capacity  of  the  establishment 
is  four  hundred  barrels  a  day,  and  is  operated  by  the  favorite  patent-roller  process.  The 
product  is  so  highly  regarded  that  the  copyrighted  brands  of  the  mill  are  everywhere 
sought  for,  and  stand  the  highest  test  in  having  the  approval  of  every  household  where 
used. 

The  trade  of  the  firm  is  chiefly  local  and  in  the  South  and  East,  and  is  very  large  in 
volume,  especially  for  the  leading  brands  of  the  mill — "  Daisy,"  "  Best  Patent,"  "  Ban- 
quet," "Hungarian"  and  "Silver  Lake." 

The  senior  of  the  firm,  Mr.  R.  0.  Gathright,  came  here  in  1878  from  Shelby  ville,  Ken- 
tucky, and  speedily  attained  a  leading  position  in  connection  with  the  milling  interest 
Mr.  J.  B.  Gathright  is  of  the  well-i<nown  saddlery  house  of  Harbison  &  Gathright,  while 
Mr.  »John  Milton,  the  remaining  member  of  the  firm,  is  of  large  experience  here  as  a 
practical  miller. 


DICKINSON  FURNITURE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


John  A.  Dickinson,  President  and  Treasurer:  J.  A.  Dickinson.  Jr.,  Secretary;  Lewis  R.  Dickinson,  Superin- 
tendent—Manufacturers of  Furniture— Office,  No.  840  West  Main  Street;  Factory,  Nos.  267  and  269  Jacob 
Street;  Finisliing  Rooms,  No.  153  Fifth  Street. 


As  is  indicated  by  the  foregoing  caption,  the  house  herein  spoken  of  is  a  leading  rep- 
resentative of  the  arts,  industries  and  commerce  of  Louisville  and  its  tributary  teri-itory. 
Founded  in  1853  by  John  A.  Dickinson,  the  executive  head  of  the  present  enterprising 
corporation  bearing  his  honored  name,  the  establishment  has  always  commanded  a  lead- 
ing position  in  respect  to  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  interests  of  this  section. 

It  has  more  than  kept  pace  with  the  city,  too,  in  its  growth  and  development  from 
year  to  year,  and  now  practically  covers  the  larger  portion  of  the  Southern  and  Western 
States  in  respect  to  territory,  and  in  volume  has  largely  increased  and  expanded.  The 
specialty  of  the  company  is  the  manufacture  of  cheap  and  medium  grades  of  furniture, 
and  for  this  it  has  most  extensive  facilities.  The  steam  factory  on  Jacob  street  comprises 
well  and  substantially-built  three-story  buildings,  covering  large  space  ai.d  fitted  up  with 
all  the  latest  improved  machinery  adapted  to  the  purpose.  Fine  finishing  rooms  are  also 
maintained  at  No.  153  Fifth  street.     In  the  several  departments  a  large  force  of  skilled  me- 


166 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


chaiiics  are  employed,  whose  average  pay-roll  approximates  $25,000  a  year,  and  the  furni- 
ture turned  out  is  not  only  large  in  quantity  but  unexcelled  in  quality.  As  a  whole,  the 
establishment  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  South-west.  President  John 
A.  Dickinson  is  an  old-time  resident,  whose  industry,  energy  and  public  spirit  have  con- 
tributed much  to  the  commercial  growth  of  Louisville.  His  associate  executive  oflScers 
are  also  enterprising  and  indefatigable  in  their  business  exertions. 


EMRICH  &  ANI>RIOT, 


Manufacturers  of  Buggies  and  Spring  Wagons— Nos.  207-209  Green  Street,  Between  Second  and  Third. 


"The  world  goes  on  wheels,"  and  whether 
those  wheels  propel  the  colossal  ocean  steam- 
ship or  form  an  unconsidered  portion  of  a 
child's  toy,  their  value  depends  upon  the  skill 
of  the  mechanic  who  constructs  them  and  the 
materials  of  which  they  are  composed.  Even 
in  the  ordinary  vehicles  which  traverse  our 
streets  tliere  are  "  wheels  and  wheels,"  and  it 
depends  entirely  upon  the  maker  whether  the}' 
siiall  serve  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  in- 
tended or  incontinently  succumb  to  unusual 
pressure  when  most  needed.  It  is,  therefore,  a  pleasure  to  find  a  sturdy  builder  of 
whee'ed  carriages  who  takes  an  honest  pride  in  his  calling  and  studies  to  render  a  fair  and 
honest  equivalent  for  the  purchaser's  money.  In  these  days  of  shoddy  such  men  are  not 
as  plentitul  as  blackberries  in  August,  yet  they  still  exist  at  intervals — bright  oases  in  the 
desert  of  sham.  One  of  the  most  creditable  firms  in  Louisville,  so  fai' as  refer?  to  their 
C')nscientious  workmanship,  is  that  of  Emrich  &  Andriot — the  former  a  Kentuckian,  the 
latter  a  native  of  France — whose  place  of  business  is  conveniently  located  at  Nos.  207 
and  20Si  Green  street,  between  Second  and  Third.  They  are  manufacturers  of  buggies 
ifnd  spi'ing  wagons  to  order  for  local  customers,  and  have,  by  strict  integrity  and  skillful 
work,  made  for  themselves  a  splendid  reputation.  Mr.  Fred  Fleider  established  the  fac- 
tory in  18G8,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1882.  They  do  from  $8,000  to 
$10,000  woith  of  first-class  hand  work  per  annum,  and  are  prosperous  and  satisfied.  Mr. 
Andriot  has  had  twenty  years'  practical  experience  in  his  calling  and  Mr.  Emrich  nearh'- 
as  nuicli.  They  employ  only  superior  workmen,  do  only  A  1  work,  and  deserve  well  at 
the  hands  of  the  public. 


F.  RUEFF  &  CO., 


Steam  Bottling  Wori<s— Bottles  of  Lager  Beer,  Ale.  Sweet  Cider  and  Mineral  Waters— Nos.  143  and  145  East 

Jefferson  Street. 


The  introduction  of  bottling  beer  for  export  on  an  extensive  scale  created  a  new  and 
important  American  industry,  a  source  of  national  and  sectional  wealth,  and  an  incentive 
to  American  genius  in  devising  bottling  machinery. 

Among  the  earliest  enterprises  in  that  line  in  Louisville  and  the  South  was  the  steam 
bottling  works  now  owned  and  operated  by  Frank  Kueff  and  George  Kubsch,  composing 
the  firm  of  F.  Kueflf  &  Co.,  who  in  1882  succeeded  to  the  control  of  the  old  house  of  A. 
Tempieton,  which  was  established  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  Of  course,  since 
its  early  founding,  the  works  have  been  greatly  increased  in  capacity  and  in  machinery 
from  time  to  time  devised  and  adapted  to  lurther  tl'.is  great  industry,  and  F.  Reuff  &  Co. 
are  very  energetic  in  prosecuting  their  trade,  which  is  not  only  large  locally,  but  extends 
throughout  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  adjoining  States.  The  principal  product  of  the 
works  is  the  bottling  of  the  excellent  beer  of  the  Southern  Brewery,  Louisville,  for  export, 
and  ale,  sweet  cider  and  mineral  waters  are  also  bottled. 

The  growth  of  this  industry  in  the  South  and  West  has  been  almost  marvelous,  and 
in  this  industrial  and  commercial  development  F.  Kueff  &  Co.  have  fully  shared,  as  they 
deserved  to,  their  business  fully  keeping  pace  with  the  constantly-increasing  requirements 
of  the  trade  here  and  elsewhere. 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


167 


SOUTHERIs"  OFFICE  AND  WAREHOUSE. 


George  Spalding,  Manager:  Agricultural  Implements— Ninth  Street  and  Magnolia  Avenue. 


This  is  ail  establishment  of  great  usefahiess  to  the  agricultural  implement  industry. 
The  object  of  the  enterprise,  which  was  established  in  1883,  and  has  always  been  under 
the  experienced  management  of  Mr.  George  Spalding,  comprehends  a  combination  of 
agricultural  implement  manufacturers  and  companies  to  sell,  store  and  transfer  agricult- 
ural implements  and  farm  machinery.  The  manufactories  so  represented  are  at  present 
principally  the  Keystone  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Sterling,  Illinois;  the  J.  I.  Case 
Plow  Works,  of  Kacine,  Wisconsin ;  the  Olds  Wagon 'Works,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana, 
and  others. 

The  establishment  also  stores  and  transfers  farm  machinery  for  other  companies,  and 
sells  these  goods  throughout  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  principally,  in  large  quantity, 
further  extending  its  trade  to  other  Southern  points,  and  even  North,  as  circumstances 
may  justify  or  require. 

So  extensive  is  the  business  that  the  building  utilized  for  storage  covers  a  space  of 
225x160  feet,  with  a  platform  125  feet  long  by  twenty-five  feet  in  width.  The  specialties 
handled  include  skid,  portable  and  traction  engines,  threshers^  saw-mills,  riding  and 
walking  plows,  cultivators  and  harrows,  farm  freight,  cane  and  cotton  wagons,  corn- 
planters,  cider  mills,  feed  cutters,  sulky  rakes,  hay  loaders,  disc  harrows,  hand  and  power 
corn-shellers,  grain  drills,  road  scrapers  and  the  like.  The  concern  is  in  a  most  flourish- 
ing condition. 


HERMAN  MARCUS, 


Dealer  in  Paints,  Oils,  Varnishes.  Brushes,  French  and  American  Window  Glass,  Etc.,  Nos.  239  and  241  East 

Market  Street. 


This  is  an  old  house,  having  been  established  in  1853  by  its  present  enterprising  pro- 
prietors, and  during  its  over  thirty  years  existence  it  has  always  occupied  a  commanding 
position  in  respect  to  the  trade  and  commerce  of  Louisville  and  tributary  territory. 

However,  so  large  and  constantly-increasing  has  been  the  local  demand  for  the  supe- 
rior wares  kept  by  Mr.  Marcus,  that  he  has  found  little  time,  heretofore,  to  solicit  outside 
trade,  or  to  do  more  in  that  regard  than  to  fill  the  orders  which  the  fame  of  his  goods 
has  brought  to  him  unsolicited.  His  paints,  oils,  varnishes,  brushes,  and  French  and 
American  window-glass  are  accepted  by  the  trade  as  a  standard  of  excellence.  Mr. 
Marcus  is  an  old  resident  of  Louisville,  and  his  experience  in  this  line  of  business  covers 
the  larger  portion  of  his  life.  Hence  his  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  the  trade, 
and  hence,  also,  his  success  in  this  important  branch  of  commerce. 


168  THE  INDUSTRIES    OP   LOUIS VlLlJi; 


THE  BANK  OF  COMMERCE. 


John  B.  Smith,  PresiJent;    H.  M.  Burford,  Cashier— A  Splendid  Institution— North-east  Corner  of  Second  and 

Main  Streets. 


It  has  been  noted  in  another  portion  of  this  work  that  Louisville  is  unusually  well  sup- 
plied with  excellent  banking  facilities.  Indeed,  it  is  doubtful  if  any  American  city  of  like 
population  nnd  business  interests  can  boast  of  more  or  better  institutions  of  this  kind. 
And  it  is  also  noteworthy  that  there  is  an  apparent  emulation  among  the  banks  to  encour- 
age legitimate  enterprise  in  every  direction,  and  extend  aid  and  comfort  to  those  who 
embark  therein. 

One  of  the  oldest,  most  liberal  and  popular  of  the  Louisville  banks  is  the  Bank^f 
Commerce,  that  for  twenty  years  has  handled  the  funds  and  looked  faithfully  after  the 
interests  of  thousands  of  depositors  and  regular  customers,  with  never  a  breath  of  sus- 
picion against  its  management.  The  officers  are  men  of  the  highest  standing  in  every 
relation  of  life,  and,  whether  as  bankers  or  citizens,  have  earned  and  seem  likely  to  enjoy 
for  many  years  the  confidence,  respect  and  kindest  regard  of  the  communitj'.  Mr.  John 
B.  Smith  is  president,  and  Mr.  H.  M.  Burford  cashier,  both  able  financiers  and  popular 
gentlemen.  The  board  of  directors  is  composed  of  the  following-named  prominent  mer- 
chants, manufacturers,  professional  men  and  capitalists:  John  B.  Smith,  Silas  F.  Miller, 
B.  F.  Guthrie,  John  White,  Fred  Leib,  Jacob  F.  Weller,  W.  O.  Dodd,  John  D.  Taggart 
and  H.  M.  Burford. 

The  statement  for  the  six  months  ending  December  31,  1885,  shows  a  capital  of 
$800,000;  sur]ihis  fund,  $88,073.75;  deposits,  $902,665.07.  A  dividend  of  three  per  cent, 
was  also  declared,  which  attests  the  flourishing  condition  of  the  bank.  The  deposits 
throughout  the  year  vary  from  $850,000  to  $900,000. 

The  building  occupied  by  the  Bank  of  Commerce  is  a  very  convenient  and  elegant 
structure,  the  bank  itself  requiring  the  first  floor,  25x125  feet,  fitted  up  in  the  best  style, 
and  the  basement. 

A  general  banking  business  is  done,  embracing  all  the  legitimate  branches,  such  as 
loans,  deposits,  collections,  etc.  Correspondents  of  this  bank  are:  The  United  States 
National,  of  New  York;  L.  Alexander  &  Co.,  New  York;  Union  National  of  Chicago; 
and  First  National  of  Cincinnati. 


JOSEPH  HALL, 


Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  All  Kinds  of  Building  and  Furniture  Lumber,  Laths.  Pickets,  Bed  Slats,  Saw- 
dust and  Kindling  Wood— Office,  No.  1000  Fulton  Street. 


The  name  of  Joseph  Hall  has  been  identified  with  the  Louisville  lumber  trade  for 
many  years,  and  for  sixteen  of  them  with  his  present  mill  and  yards,  on  Fulton  street, 
between  Cabel  and  Wenzel.  He  entered  the  lumbering  industry  forty -two  years  ago  in 
Warren  count\%  Pennsylvania,  later  embarked  in  the  oil  business,  then  came  to  Ken- 
tucky, invested  heavilj'  in  timber  and  mineral  lands,  and  subsequently,  in  connection  with 
Chapin  Hall,  purchased  the  Matt  Ferguson  mill  and  lumber-j'ard.  In  1870  he  became 
sole  owner,  and  since  then  has  conducted  the  concern  on  his  individual  account.  The 
yards  were  originally  opened  by  Mr.  Matt  Ferguson  in  1829,  and,  with  the  mill,  comprise 
the  oldest  lumber  plant  in  Louisville  now  in  existence.  It  embraces  sixteen  and  a  half 
acres  of  ground  lying  between  Fulton  street  and  the  river,  of  which  646  feet  belong  to 
Mr.  Hall  and  104  feet  are  leased  from  others.  The  business  requires  the  services  of  from 
thirty-five  to  sixty  men,  as  the  season  may  demand,  and  the  running  expenses  average 
$100  per  diem.  The  trade  is  chiefly  with  local  builders,  and  varies  with  the  activity  or 
dullness  of  building  operations  from  $110,000  to  $202,000  a  year,  the  latter  figure  having 
been  reached  in  1885,  the  most  prosperous  season  ever  known  in  Louisville. 

•  Mr.  Hall's  stock  of  all  kinds,  grades  and  qualities  of  building  and  furniture  lumber  is 
beyond  question  the  largest  in  this  market,  and  comprises  everything  in  that  line  that 
is  salable,  including  a  wide  range  of  fine  and  medium  hardwoods,  Northern  white  and 
yellow  pine.  Southern  yellow  pine  and  poplar  of  all  kinds  and  dimensions.  Particular 
attention  is  given  to  orders  for  laths,  pickets,  bed-slats,  sawdust  and  kindling-wood,  of 
which  immense  quantities  are  kept  in  stock. 


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THE  ANDERSON  AND  NEI^SON  DISTILLERIES  COMPANY. 


Distillers  of  Fine  Kentucky  Bourbon.  Rye  and  Malt  Whiskies— Office.  No.  116  East  Main  Street- 
Herman  Beckurts,  President:  Frederic  W.  Adams.  Secretary 


This  corporation  was  organized  May  1,  ISS').  with  an  authorized  cajiital  of  $100,000, 
since  increased  to  $6()0,UtiO,  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  and  operating  the  extensive 
distillery  property  lately  owned  by  the  Newcomb-Buchanan  Company,  which  is  generally 
admitted  to  be  the  finest  and  most  valuable  property  of  the  itind  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky. This  property  consists  of  three  distilleries,  known  as  the  Anderson,  Nelson  and 
Buchanan.  located  at  Hamilton  avenue  and  Gregory  street,  in  the  suburbs  of  Louisville, 
and  which  are  fitted  up,  regardless  of  cost,  with  all  the  most  modern  improvements  for 
the  manufacture  of  the  celebrated  old-fashioned  Kentucky  Bourbon  and  rye  whiskies. 
The  distillenies  have  a  combined  mashing  capacity  of  4,855  bushels  of  grain  per  day, 
capable  of  producing  nearly  five  hundred  barre's  of  whisky  every  twenty-four  hours. 
The  warehi'uses  attached  to  the  distilleries  have  a  capacity  for  storing  over  seventy-five 
thousand  barrtds  of  whisky,  and  are  all  heated  by  steam  during  the  winter  months,  in 
order  to  insure  an  even  temperature  throughout  the  year,  whicli  is  most  desirable  for 
rapidly  maturing  and  developing  whiskies.  The  several  departments  of  the  works,  com- 
prising grain  elevators,  malt  l<ilns,  cattle  stables,  and  all  other  conveniences  necessary  to 
make  up  a  pt'rfect  distillery  plant,  cover  about  nine  acres  of  ground. 

Alter  numerous  costly  experiments  for  the  purpose  of  securing  a  supply  of  water  of 
the  quality  most  desirable  for  distilling  purposes,  a  site  was  selected  about  half  a  mile 
from  tlie  distillery  premises,  from  which  the  water  is  pumped  direct  to  the  distilleries 
thi-uugli  an  eight-inch  main,  the  pumps  having  a  capacity  to  supply  1,500,000  gallons  of 
water  every  twenty-four  hours. 

The  Anderson,  Nelson  and  Buchanan  brands  of  whisky  have  a  national  reputation, 
and  are  sold  hy  every  leading  house  throughout  the  country.  Some  idea  of  the  immense 
consumption  of  these  whiskies,  and  of  the  extent  of  the  business  done  by  the  Anderson 
and  Nelson  Distilleries  Company  may  be  derived  from  the  fact  that  during  the  six  months 
ending  81st  of  December,  1885,  this  company  paid  to  the  government  $499,004  60  in  taxes, 
which  is  about  one-sixth  of  the  entire  collection  of  the  Fifth  District  of  Kentucky. 

The  executive  officers  ot  the  company  are  well-known  business  men  of  the  largest 
experience  and  highest  commercial  standing. 

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170  THF  INDUSTRIES    OP   LOUISVILLE 


THE  MASOXIC  SAVINGS  BAXK. 


Jacob  Krieger,  Sr.,  President;  J.  H.  Egelhoff,  Cashier— No.  304  West  IVIain  Street. 


In  its  full  history  this  establishment  can  claim  to  be  of  age,  having  reached  its  major- 
ity last  January.  But  when  tirst  establ  shed,  in  186G,  it  was  as  '-The  3Iasonic  Savings 
Institution,"  with  a  capital  ot  but  S-")G,000.  Tliis  was  at  a  time  when  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity had  recently  erected  a  temple  and  deemed  it  wise  also  to  establish  a  savings  insti- 
tution ;  but  the  enterpri>e  in  that  direction  did  not  prove  a  success,  so  in  1868  Mr.  Jacob 
Krieger,  sr.,  took  charge  as  cashier,  and  the  name  being  changed  to  the  "  Masonic  Sav- 
ings Bank."  the  capital  was  increased  to  $250,000.  From  that  time  dates  the  continual 
prosperity  of  the  bank. 

In  1872  Cashier  Krieger  was  promoted  to  the  presidency  of  the  bank,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded in  the  cashiership  by  Mr.  Wi  liam  Egelhott',  formerly  the  teller,  who  resigned  in 
Feliruary,  1882,  and  was  succeeded  by  J.  H.  Kgelholf.  In  the  hands  of  these  faithful, 
efficient  and  experienced  executive  officers  a  career  o)  prosperity,  which  still  obtains,  wjis 
entered  upon,  and  in  1875,  when  the  pressure  for  ready  money  was  generally  lelt  in  bank- 
ing circles  and  the  monetary  depression  of  1873  had  yet  hardly  passed  away,  the  Masonic 
Savings  Jiaiik  had  its  cotlers  so  lull  that  it  was  enabled  to  extend  financial  support  to 
many  industrial  and  commercial  enterprises,  and  its  deposits  continued  to  increase.  It 
was  at  this  period  too,  that  the  bank  increasedits  active  capital  from  >250,000  to  .-JSCO,- 
000;  but  the  old  figure  was  again  restored  in  1880,  when,  deposits  having  so  increased  as 
to  accumulate  unnecessarily  large  reserves,  the  management  bought  in  and  canceled  $50,- 
000  of  its  stock,  thus 'reducing  the  capital  to  its  present  figure — '■250,000. 

Tne  MmsouIc  adds  to  its  commercial  and  general  banking  business — which  compre- 
hends receiving  deposits,  dealing  in  domestic  exchange,  making  loans  and  collections — 
a  savings  dej)artment,  as  its  name  implies,  and  here  pays  three  per  cent,  interest  on  depos- 
its in  sums  of  one  dollar  or  more,  if  remaining  over  a  month. 

The  last  official  statement  of  the  bank,  under  date  of  December  31,  1885,  shows  it  to 
have  comm(!nced  the  present  vear  with  the  followinir  irratifving  exhibit  of  resources: 
Eesources— Office  furniture, -^1, 000;  bills  discounted,  $^'J,4(il. 80;  real  estate.  $41,028.1  (!; 
bonds  and  stock,  S12G  755.65;  call  loans,  $65,947.57  ;  cash.  .$77,979.59;  due  bv  banks,  $49,- 
694.61;  total,  $1,302,467.38.  Liabilities— Capital  stock,  $25i'.000;  surplus,' *80.000;  un- 
divided profits,  54.486.44;  deposits,  $882,714.01;  dividend  No.  35,  $10,000;  dividends 
unclainiel.  t736;  due  to  banks,  $74,530.03;  total,  -1.302,467.38. 

At  this  writing  the  bank  has  a  surplus  of  $80,000.  alter  paying  its  usual  semi-annual 
dividend — which  it  has  never  but  once  missed  uiubr  President  Krieger's  administration — 
last  January.  As  further  and  most  potent  evidence  of  successful  management,  it  may  be 
stated  that  while  the  par  value  of  the  shares  of  stock  is  but  "25  they  have  appreciated  to 
$34  each,  or  thirty -six  per  cent,  premium,  and  holders  have  declined  to  sell  at  Si  35. 

Some  personal  mention  is  due  the  executive  officers  whose  management  has  brought 
about  this  large  mea-ure  of  prosperity.  President  Krieger,  from  some  years'  experience 
clerking  in  wholesale  houses,  passed  to  a  desk  in  the  Merchants'  National  Bank.  This  in 
1862.  Three  years  later  he  was  cashier  of  the  Western  Insurance  Company  up  to  the 
ti  ne  he  took  charge  of  this  bank  he  has  so  successfullv  directed.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  Gait  House  Company,  and  of  the  Maysville  Water  Companj-,  of  Maj-sville,  Ky.,  and 
identified  with  other  public  enterprises. 

Cashier  Egelhoft"  has  grown  up  in  the  service  of  this  bank,  earning  his  promotion  to 
his  present  trust,  and  he  ha-*  proven  a  worthy  coadjutor  to  its  executive  head. 

The  directors  are  business  men  of  large  experience  and  ability,  the  present  board  being 
composed  of  Messrs.  W.  McKnight,  N.  Miller,  Henry  Peter,  E.  G.  Hall,  and  President 
Krieger. 


H.  COLLINGS  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Dealers  in  Seeds  and  Agricultural  Implements— No.  224  West  Main  Street. 


This  house  was  established  in  October,  1881,  by  Huft'aker,  Collings  &  Co..  but  changed 
to  the  present  style  vi  firm  the  succeeding  year.  The  senior,  Mr.  Hardin  Collings,  is  a 
native  of  Louisville,  and  was  formerly  engaged  in  leading  houses  here  as  a  book-keeper. 
Since  his  establishment  in  this  line  he  has  built  up  a  very  large  business  in  seeds,  extend- 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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ins:  not  only  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada,  but  reaching  Europe  as  well. 
Handling  all  kinds  of  field  seeds,  he  has  a  largo  and  efficient  corps  of  salesmen,  who  travel 
in  the  interest  of  the  house  throughout  the  coiuitry. 

In  the  way  of  agricultural  implements  the  firm  handles  all  the  approved  kinds  as 
transfer  agents,  and  does  a  large  business  in  this  behalf  also.  Mr.  Collings  is  active  and 
energetic  in  the  prosecution  of  trade,  enterprising,  and  public  spirited.  His  present  sue 
cess  augurs  well  for  an  even  larger  degree  of  commercial  prosperity  in  the  future. 


APPLEGATE  &  SONS, 


Distillers  of  the  Rasebud  and  Beecliwood  Whisl<ies  and  Whole>ale  Dealers  in  Wliisl<y— Distilleries  at  Yelving- 
ton,  Daviess  County,  Ky.:  Office,  No.  122  East  Main  Street,  Louisville,  Ky. 


The  trade-mark,  here  reproduced,  of  this  house  is  well 
known  thrdughout  the  United  States  as  guaranteeing  a 
strictly  pure  hand-made  sour-mash,  distilled  from  care- 
fully-selected grain  and  believed  to  be  iul'erior  to  none 
made  in  this  entii-e  country.  The  firm  also  guarantees 
that  the  "  Rosebud  "  and  "  Beechwood  "  v/hiskies  are  well 
matured,  fragrant,  mellow,  and  have  a  delicious  flavor. 
They  are  recommended  for  family  and  medicinal  pur- 
poses. The  house  was  established  in  18G9,  and  the  time- 
honored  firm  name  is  still 


retained,  although  the 
senior  died  in  I880,  since 
which  time  his  sons,  William  E.  and  C.  G.  Applegate, 
have  conducted  the  business  with  an  even  larger  degree 
of  success  than  characterized  its  earlier  years.  The  house 
owns  and  operates  two  distilleries  in  Yelvington,  Daviess 
county,  Kentucky,  having  a  joint  producing  capacity  of 
twenty-five  barrels  daily.  Phis  product  is  very  highly 
regarded  in  trade  circles  and  by  consumers,  and  the  lead- 
ing brands,  "Rosebud"  and  "Beechwood,"  command 
very  ready  sale  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 


W.  ORMSBY  WATTS, 


Blank  Book  Manufacturer,  Binder,  etc.— No.  247  Fifth  Avenue. 


The  demands  of  literature  and  of  the  commercial  counting-room  would  not  be  fully 
supplied  without  the  binder  and  blank  book  manufactunr.  His  office  and  function  form 
a  most  important  industrial  interest,  also  very  closely  allit-d  to  all  avenues  of  commerce. 

Louisville  is  not  lacking  in  respect  to  this  important  adjunct,  and  among  the  leading 
binders  and  blank  book  manufacturers  south  of  the  Ohio  river  is  W.  Ormsby  Watts,  having 
extt^n-ive  manuiacturing  facilitie<  at  No.  247  Fifth  avenue.  Mr.  Watts  served  an  appren- 
ticeiship  at  this  trade,  by  his  skill  and  dexterity  won  the  position  of  foreman,  and  finally, 
in  1879,  attained  the  eminence  of  becoming  proprietor  of  his  presf-nt  establishment.  His 
knowledge  and  experience  being  supplemented  by  business  energy,  he  bus  found  no  diffi- 
culty in  developing  a  large  run  of  custom,  and  in  the  manufacture  of  blank  books  has 
attained  considerable  and  dest-rved  distinction  for  the  completeness  and  general  excellence 
of  his  work.  In  the  binding  of  music  books,  magazines,  etc.,  his  trade  is  also  large,  for 
the  establishment  does  this  class  of  work  in  the  neatest  style  and  with  desirable  prompt- 
ness.    iSo  Mr.  Watts'  business  success  is  fully  merited. 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE  173 


NANZ  &  NEUNER, 


Florists,  Seedsmen  and  Nurserymen— Nursery  and  Greenhouse  at  St.  Matthews,  Ky.;  Floral  Bazar  and  Seed 

Store,  No.  582  Fourth  Avenue. 


Few  visitors  to  the  city,  and,  indeed,  fewer  still  of  residents  of  Louisville,  fail  to  appre- 
ciate tlie  attractions  of  Fourth  avenue  as  a  popular  promenade.  Among  the  prineijtal  of 
these  attractions  to  the  sight-seer  is  the  floral  bazar,  seed-store  and  greenhouse  of  iSanz 
»&  Neuner,  at  No.  582,  near  Walnut  street. 

Since  18jO  this  enterprising  tirni,  representing  the  cut  flower,  plant  and  seed  interest, 
has  been  connected  with  these,  nature's  voiceless,  beauteous  gems  of  tender  life,  yet  tresh 
and  fair,  and  no  florists  in  this  section  of  country  have  done  more  to  promote  a  cultured 
taste  in  respect  to  floral  decoration  for  public  and  private  purposes. 

Messrs.  Naiiz  &  Neuner,  commencing  their  work  of  uselulness  upon  a  comparatively 
small  scale,  have,  from  time  to  time,  developed  the  floral  interest  tiiey  represent,  until  now 
it  is  recognized  as  a  large  business  industry,  and  continues  to  enlarge  as  culture  and  a  de- 
sire for  natural  ornamentation  increase.  They  have  a  nursery  and  thirty  greenhouses  at 
St.  Matthews — the  third  station  out  on  the  L.  &  N.  railroad — and  these  are  u-ed  in  which 
to  grow  lilies,  rosebuds,  hyacinths,  lilies  of  the  valey,  caila  lilies,  camellias,  and  many  other 
vai'ieties  of  choic^e  plants,  from  Avhich  buds  and  flowers  are  cut  daily  and  sold  fresh  at  the 
down-town  floral  b  zar  of  the  flrn'i.  This  store  or  depot  is  especially  lai'ge  una  in  its  ap- 
pointmei  ts  w^ell  adapted  to  tlie  jnirposes  of  floral  display.  All  kinds  of  appropriate 
designs  are  kept  on  hand  and  made  to  order  for  weddings  receptions,  funerals  and  other 
occasions,  public  and  private,  where  flowers  may  be  so  utilized.  Besides  being  largely 
sold  in  the  citj-,  the  Arm  ships  a  considerable  portion  of  these  products  of  art  and  nature 
to  various  tributary  points,  where  they  adorn  church  fe-tivals,  and  schools,  and  scholastic 
occasions,  everywhere  bringing  fragrance  and  evoking  tribute  to  the  God  of  nature,  and 
to  the  adept  in  arranging  these  exotics  so  as  to  present,  in  harmonious  blending,  their 
greatest  beauties. 

The  better  to  insure  the  fresh  condition  of  these  flowers,  the  firm  keeps  on  hand  a  large 
stock  of  neat  devces  in  the  way  o  ornamental  baskets  tor  shipping  in,  and  so  well 
arranges  and  packs  the  same  as  to  be  able  to  guarantee  the  fresh  condition  of  the  flowers 
upon  reaching  their  destination.  All  orders  from  city  or  country  are  tilled  upon  their  re- 
ceipt. 

An  illustrated  price  catalogue  of  one  hundred  pages,  printed  on  fine  paper,  is  issued 
the  first  of  every  j'ear,  and  mailed  free  to  all  applicants.  It  is  the  only  complete  ctta- 
logue  in  this  line  printed  and  published  hi  the  South,  and  contains  many  useiul  hints  to  the 
cultivator  of  flowers,  plants,  and  iVuits. 

It  may  be  added  that  at  their  Fourth  avenue  floral  bazar — which  is  at  all  times  a 
bower  of  beauty — Messrs.  Nanz  &  Neuner  also  keep  gold  fl>h,  imported  artificial  ])lants, 
fish  globes,  fine  pottery,  etc.,  in  large  variety  and  beauty,  for  sale.  The  house  also  impoits 
bulbs  and  seeds  direct  from  Europe,  and  no  establishment  c;in  afford  greater  inducements 
to  city  and  country  buj^ers. 

W.  L.  MARTIX  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  of  Brooms  and  Brushes,  and  Dealers  In  Broom  Material,  Wooden  Ware,  etc.— Wholesale  State 
Agents  for  the  Thurston  Silver  Polish,  171  Fourth  Avenue. 


This  important  industry,  although  comparatively  recently  established,  is  one  of  large 
promise  for  the  future,  and  has  already  developed  an  extensive  trade  in  the  city.  In  the 
latter  interest  a  full  line  of  wooden  ware  ha^  recently  been  added  and  finds  ready  sale. 
Brooms  and  brushes  of  a  very  superior  character  are  manufactured  by  the  firm,  and  the 
house  also  deals  extensively  in  broom  materials.  The  wliolesale  State  agency  for  the  re- 
nowned Thurston  Silver  Polish  is  aiso  held  by  AV.  L.  Martin  &  Co.,  who  sell  large  quan- 
tities to  retail  dealers  in  the  interior  of  the  ^tate,  as  well  as  supplying  the  city  trade. 

Mr.  W.  L.  Martin,  the  senior  of  the  firm,  was,  prior  to  joining  this  enterprise  in  1884, 
engaged  with  the  firm  of  J.  B.  Wathen  cV:  Co.  for  eight  years,  and  his  partner,  Mr.  A. 
M.  Adams,  was  a  member  ot  that  firm.  Thus,  it  will  be  seen,  that  both  partners  are  gen- 
tlemen are  of  large  business  experience;  and  this,  added  to  ample  capital  ami  manutactur- 
ing  facilities,  together  with  the  well-known  enei'gy  and  enterprise  of  the  house  lias  con- 
tributed to  the  large  success  of  W.  L.  Martin  &  Co.  the  past  year,  and  gives  assurance  of 
an  even  greater  success  in  the  future. 


174  THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


R.  KNOTT  &  SONS. 


Louisville's  Fashionable  Dry  Goods  Emporium  and  Dress-Making   Establishment— Removed  to  tlie  Thomas 
Block,  Nos.  551  to  557  Fourth  Avenue. 


In  'March  Messrs.  K.  Knott  &  Sons  removed  their  great  dry 
goods  and  dress-making  establishment  to  the  Thomos  Blocl<. 
Nos.  551  to  557  Fourth  avenue,  where,  on  the  3Uth  of  Maroli. 
occurred  such  an  "opening"  as  is  seldom  recorded  twice  in  tin 
hi!?tory  of  any  mercantile  concern. 

The  ground  floor,  formerly  three  business  houses,  had  for  sonu 
time  been  undergoing  a  course  of  remodeling  and  alteration,  h\ 
mea'.s  of  which  it  was  thrown  into  one  large  and  admirably-ar 
ranged  room,  64x140  feet  in  extent,  lighted  by  two  handsomi 
windows  from  the  front,  five  large  sky-lights,  and  rows  of  win- 
dows on  the  east  and  south.  The  two  show-windows  attract  tin 
attention  of  every  passer-by. 

The  second  and  third  floors  are  occupied  by  the  dress-making  department,  at  tiie  head 
of  which  is  Madame  Reimer,  whose  taste,  skill  and  polite  attention  have  won  lor  her  and 
for  this  firm  wide  popularity.  .  On  the  second  floor  is  a  ladies'  reception-r.'om,  in  charge 
of  a  maid,  whose  duty  it  is  to  see  that  all  visitors  have  every  per-onal  attention.  Fashion 
and  literary  journals  are  there  in  abundance,  letter  and  note  paper,  ink  and  pens,  and 
messenger  boys  to  receive  or  deliver  messages.  All  this  service  is  rendered  free  of 
charge,  the  purpose  being  to  make  it  a  recoi^nized  rendezvous  for  friends  who  are  on  a 
shopping  excursion,  or  for  visitors  from  a  distance  who  wish  some  central  headquarters 
where  packages  or  hand-bags  can  be  left  or  sent  and  all  the  prizes  of  a  day's  shopping 
gathered  together.  Adjoining  this  parlor  are  the  rooms  of  Madame  lieimer,  where 
measures  are  taken,  costumes  designed  and  dresses  fitted.  On  the  third  floor,  light  and 
well  ventilated,  are  the  sewing-rooms,  capable  of  accommodating  *200  girls  comfortably. 
The  career  of  the  firm  is  worthy  of  more  than  passing  notice.  Mr.  R.  Knott,  the 
senior  member  and  founder,  launched  into  business  life  at  Frankfort  forty-six  years  ago,, 
having  been  engaged  in  river  improvements  previous  to  that  time.  After  fourteen  years' 
experience  there  he  removed  to  Louisville,  where  he  entered  the  dry  goods  trade.  Of  his 
six  sons,  four— J.  R.,  W.  T.,  T.  M.  and  E.  Q.— are  associated  in  the' firm;  R.  W.  is  on  the 
Courier-Journal  staff  and  S.  R.  Knott  is  assistant  to  President  Smith,  of  the  L.  &  N.  rail- 
road. The  lour  first  named  are  practicial  dry  goods  men,  bred  to  the  business,  polite, 
obliging  and  popular. 

"This  is  an  establishment  of  which  Louisville  has  a  right  to  boast,  and  one  which  can 
not  but  prove  of  great  value  to  the  city. 


H.  F.  KRIEGER, 


Sole  Bottler  of  Phoenix  Brewing  Company's  Lager,  Madison  and  Cincinnati  Ales  and  Porter— Nos.  135  and  f  37 

Fourth  Avenue. 

The  bottling  of  lager  beer,  undertaken  in  this  country  comparatively  a  few  years  ago. 
upon  a  large  scale,  created  a  new  and  important  American  industry,  a  source  of  national 
wealth,  and  was  the  chief  means  of  supplanting  European  bottled  beer  in  this  country 
with  the  native  product. 

As  early  as  18G2  the  house  which  Mr.  H.  F.  Krieger  succeeded,  after  twelve  years' 
service  therein,  was  founded  by  Louis  Weber,  and  engaged  in  the  bottling  of  lager  beer. 
But  it  was  not  until  Mr.  H.  F"  Kreiger  himself  assumed  the  management,  in  1881,  that 
the  business  assumed  anything  like  its  present  dimensions,  and  he  has  put  it  upon  such  a 
footing  that  it  is  continually  increasing  in  extent.  Mr.  Kreiger  is  the  sole  bottler  of  the 
Phcenix  Brewing  Company's  beer,  Madison  and  Cincinnati  ales  and  porter.  His  bottling 
works  are  quite  extensive,  and  the  product  bottled  is  excellent  in  quality  and  keeps  well. 
The  premises  occupied  are  well  adapted  for  the  transaction  of  the  business,  and  contain 
all  the  appliances  and  machinery  required  in  the  systematic  and  successful  jirosecution  of 
the  trade.     A  specialty  is  made  of  bottling  the  Fhosnix   Brewing  Company's  beer;  and 


AND    OF   >'EW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


175 


for  the  convenience  of  his  city  customers  in  ordering,  Mr.  Krieger  has  telephone  con- 
nection at  his  otRce,  Nos.  135  and  137  Fourth  avenue.  "WHiile  tlie  trade  is  largi-ly  local, 
the  house  furnishes  employment  to  four  assistants,  and  distrihutes  its  goods  throughout 
Northern  Indiana,  Southern  Kentucky,  and  the  South  generally. 

llegarding  the  quality  ot  the  goods  handled  by  this  house,  it  is  needless  here  to  speak, 
„s  their  reputation  tor  general  excellence  is  almost  national. 

JMr.  Krieger  is  a  young  and  enterprising  business  man,  of  much  ))romise  and,  heing 
in  the  morning  of  his  commercial  usefulness,  the  future  prospect  of  his  house  is  exceed- 
ingly bright. 


M.  SCHWARTZ  &  BRO., 


Distillers  and  Wholesalers  of  Whisky— Office,  No.  126  East  Main  Street;  Warehouse,  No.  212  Brook  Street. 


The  senior  proprietor  of  this  well-established 
house,  which  has  an  honorable  and  extensive  busi- 
ness rec(.)rd  covering  a  peiiod  of  more  than  ten 
years  past,  is  also  the  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Parkland  Distillery  Company,  of  this  city  (else- 
where described  in  this  volume),  a  director  in  the 
German  National  Insurance  Company,  and  identi- 
fied in  advisory  and  other  capacities  with  other  pub- 
lic enterprises  of  much  moment. 

Last  January,  the  business  of  the  house  having 
meantime  grown  so  as  to  require  additional  super- 
vision, Mr.  J.  Schwartz,  a  brother  of  the  senior,  Wiis 
admitted  to  partnership  and  the  firm  name  changed 
to  the  present  form— M.  Schwartz  &  Hro.  The  new 
partner  is  vigorous,  energetic  and  enterprising,  and 
has  alwaj's  been  remarl<ably  successlul  as  a  sales- 
man. 

The  leading  brands  handled  by  Schwartz  &  Bro. 
and  sold  by  them  throughout  the  United  States  are 
the  "Jefferson  Club,"  "Boot  Jack,"  "Schwartz  Pri- 
vate Stock,"  and  the}'  are  very  highly  regarded  in 
liquor  trade  circles  and  among  consumers,  who  rec- 
ognize and  appreciate  pure  goods.  The  trade  of  the 
house,  too,  is  continually  increasing  in  A'olume  and 
in  territorial  extent.  The  firm  has  a  very  extensive  ,-^ 
commercial  acquaintance  all  over  the  United  States. 


STRATER  BROS.,  SOUTHERN  ELEVATOR. 


Henry  and  Charles  G.  Strater,  Proprietors— Fourteenth  Street,  Corner  Maple— Office,  No.  205  West  Main  Street. 


In  the  earlier  portions  of  this  historical  and  statistical  review  of  the  industries  and 
trade  and  commerce  of  Louisville  some  mention  is  made  of  the  terminal  facilities  of  this 
market,  and  among  the  principal  establishments  operated  in  the  interest  of  the  grain 
trade  is  the  Southern  Elevator,  on  Fourteenth  street,  between  Maple  and  Broadway,  ot 
which  Messrs.  Strater  Bros,  are  the  enterprising  proprietors. 

This  elevator,  which  is  amply  provided  with  sidings,  special  bins  and  other  facilities 
necessary  to  the  speedy  and  effective  handling  of  cereals,  was  established  in  1882,  and  has 
a  capacity  equal  to  150,000  bushels.  The  receipts  of  wheat,  corn,  rye  and  oats  are  chiefly 
from  the  "West  and  North-west,  and  the  firm  buys  and  sells  the  staple  direct,  doing  very 
little  on  commission.  Shipments  are  made  East  and  South,  and  a  very  large  local  patron- 
age also  rewards  the  efforts  of  the  firm  in  that  direction.  Strater  Bros.'  past  success 
augurs  even  greater  prosperity  in  future. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


THE  PARKLAND  DISTILLERY  COMPANY. 


M.Schwartz,  President  and  Treasurer:   Philip  Stitzel,  Superintendent;  Jacob  Stitzel,  Secretary— Distillery  at 
Twenty-sixth  and  Maple  Streets ;  Office.  No.  126  East  Mlain  Street. 


The  executive  offieers  of  the  above-named  corporation  are  among  the  oldest  distillers 
in  this  section  of  country,  and  the  product  of  the  Parkland  Distillery  is  of  such  uniform 
excellence  and  purity  as  to  be  held  in  the  largest  degree  of  trade  and  popular  favor 
thrt)ughout  the  United  States. 

The  present  corporation  was  formed  in  January,  1885,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000, 
and  its  distillery  at  Twenty-sixth  and  Maple  streets,  which  is  a  well-appointed  establish- 
ment, with  all  the  modern  improvements  and  apparatus,  has  a  capacity  of  four  hundred 
bushels  a  day.  The  leading  brands  manufixctured  are  "  Fred  Stitzel's  Bourbon  "  and 
"  Glencoe"  sour-mash. 

President  M.  Schwartz  has  been  engaged  in  the  wholesale  liquor  business  here  about 
ten  years.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  German  National  Insurance  Company.  Messrs. 
Philip  and  Jacob  Stitzel  have  spent  a  lifetime  in  this  important  industry,  and  are  thor- 
oughly experienced  therein.  All  are  enterprising  and  public-spirited,  and  popular  in 
trade  circles. 


WELLER  &  PAYNE, 

Wholesale  Cash  Jobbers— Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers— No.  235  Sixth  Street. 


This  house  was  established  in  1880  by  the  same  enterprising  firm  as  now  conducts  it, 
and  which  is  composed  of  Ben  S.  Weller  and  Edward  H.  Payne,  both  eminently  practical 
men  and  experts  in  this  important  department  of  trade. 

The  interest  has  been  a  growing  one  for  some  years  in  Louisville,  and  Messrs.  Weller 
&  Payne,  by  energetic  business  methods  and  keeping  a  fine  line  of  goods,  have  contributed 
much  toward  turning  the  tide  of  trade  that  formerly  flowed  eastward  in  this  direction. 
Interior  dealers  are  now  iissured  of  obtaining  footwear  adajited  to  the  requiren^ents  of  the 
trade  upon  as  favorable  terms  as  any  jobbing  house  or  manufacturer  in  the  country  can 
su[)))ly  them.  Weller  &  Payne  make  a  specialty  of  children's  fine  shoes  and  rubbers,  and 
their  trade  is  nmst  extensive  throughout  this  city  and  State,  as  well  as  in  Indiana,  and  is 
continually  increasing  in  volume.  They  sell  wholly  for  cash,  and  are  thus  enabled  to 
offer  supeiior  inducements  to  buyers. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


177 


FALLS  CITY  SEWEK-PIPE  AND  TERRA-COTTA  WORKS. 


Established  1852— P.  Bannon,  Proprietor— Factory,  Thirteenth  and  Lexington  Streets:  Office,  No. 548  Fifth 

Street. 

As  would  naturally  be  inferred  from 
the  extent  of  the  vvorki^  and  the  char- 
acter of  the  ])roductions  liere  illustra- 
ted, the  establishment  above  named  is 
one  of  the  most  important  industries  of 
Louisville  and  the  South,  and  is  there- 
fore given  considerable  space  in  this 
volume.  Established  as  far  back  as 
1852  by  their  present  enterprising  pro- 
prietor, Mr.  P.  Bannon,  the  works  have 
steadily  advanced,  in  their  nearly  thir- 
ty-five years'  industrial  and  commercial 
career,  until  now  their  output  compares 
favorably  with  that  of  any  similar  es- 
tablishment in  the  country,  and  Mr. 
Ban  noil's  trade  covers  the  entire  South 
and  West. 

At  the  works,  which  cover  more  than 
lialf  of  a  block  between  Thirteenth  and 
Fourteenth  near  Lexington  streets,  a 
force  of  fifty  men  is  employed  when 
the  establishment  is  running  full,  and 
there  is  also  a  full  complement  of  ma- 
chinery ordinarily  utilized  in  such  ex- 
tensive enterprises.  Sewer  pipe  here 
made  is  regarded  with  much  favor  by 
those  using  such  wares,  and  the  product 
of  the  works  in  this  regard  is  very  va- 
ried and  superior,  including  salt-glazed 
sewer-pipe,  well-tubing,  fire-clay,  chim- 
ney flues,  flue  linings,  hot-air  flues,  d  rain 
and  boiler  tile.  In  the  way  of  terra-cotta 
wares,  which  in  an  eminent  degree  con- 
join utility  with  the  highest  taste  in  or- 
namentation, the  productions  of  the 
works  include  statuary,  garden  vases, 
chimney  tops,  window  caps,  capitals  for 
•columns,  flower-pots,  grale-backs,  fire-brick,  stucco  work,  etc. 

j..}  The  oifice  of  the  establishment  is  at  No.  548  Fifth  street,  and  Mr.  Bannon,  the  propri- 
etor, himself  supervises  the  management  of  the  business.  His  industrious  efforts  in  this 
Tjehalf  have  amassed  him  a  competency,  and  he  is  public-spirited  in  the  largest  degree. 


H.  C.  ANDERSON  &  CO., 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Oils,  Axle  Grease,  Fertilizers,  etc.— No.  137  Bullitt  Street. 

Although  this  house  has  been  established  scarcely  two  years,  yet  the  senior  proprietor 
Mr.  H.  C.  Anders  Ml,  liad  been  engaged  in  the  same  line  for  others — part  of  the  time  with 
"William  Skene  &  Co. — for  eighteen  years  before  establishing  his  present  enterprise. 

The  house  wholesales  and  retails  all  kinds  of  oil,  including  coal,  lard,  engine,  cylinder, 
West  Virginia  lubricating,  parafiine,  spindle,  wool,  benzine  and  gasoline,  and  axle  grease 
and  fertilizers,  making  specialties  of  high-tnst  water-white  oils  for  family  use,  the  favorite 
brand,  "Florine,"  having  no  superior  for  illuminating  qualities  and  perfect  safety  in  use. 

From  the  start  his  business  has  continually  increased,  and  now  is  most  extensive  lo- 
cally, as  well  as  comprehending  the  better  portions  of  this  State  and  Indiana.  With  the 
experience  of  the  firm,  its  ample  resources,  extensive  business  connections  and  energy  in 
securing  trade,  the  future  success  of  H.  C.  Anderson  &  Co.  is  assured. 


178 


THE  INDUSTRISS   OF  LOTJISVILI^ 


THE  KENTUCKY  PUBLIC  ELEVATOR  COMPANY. 


Established  1882— J.  W.  Brigman,  Secretary  and  Treasurer ;  Bennet  D.  Matlingly.  of  J.  G.  Mattingly  &  Son.  Presi- 
dent--Elevator,  Fourteenth  and  Kentucky  Streets  Capacity,  500,000  Bushels, ;  Office,  No.  205  West  Main 
Street 


This,  although  a  very  important  concomi 
tant  to  the  business  interests  ol  any  city,  is 
comparatively  new,  and  not  much  known 
outside  of  grain-users,  and  many  of  them 
would  be  surprised  to  see  the  extent  ot  the 
facilities  for  handling,  storing,  and  shipping 
all  kinds  of  grain. 

For  the  benitit  of  those  who  may  not  be 
aware  ot  this  important  institution,  a  few 
words  of  explanation  may  prove  of  interest. 
The  property  of  the  Kentucky  PuMic  Ele- 
\ator  Company  consists  ol  about  a  block  of 
ground  situated  on  Fourteenth  street,  on  th& 
line  of  the  Ciiesapeake,  Ohio  &  South-western 
M5^  railroad,  which  point  is  connected  with  every 
^^  line  of  railroad  coming  to  Louisvijle.  On 
these  grounds  is  built  the  largest,  latest  im- 
proved grain  elevator  south  of  the  Ohio  river, 
consisting  of  a  series  of  bins  arranged  in  sys- 
tematic order,  pi (>\  ided  with  Loine}ors  and  such  other  appliances  as  to  render  it  easy 
to  store  and  load  out  grain  and  keep  it  in  condition  under  any  circumstances.  Several 
miles  of  side-track  connect  with  the  elevator,  the  entire  plant  costing  the  snug  sum  of 
$250,000.  To  appreciate  this  building  it  is  nect-ssarj-  to  inspect  it,  inside  and  out,  and 
a  trip  well  paj's  the  visitor,  as  it  atlords  a  view  of  the  city  to  be  obtained  from  no  other 
point  save  the  church  steeples,  since  it  towers  lar  above  every  edifice  in  the  vicinity  of 
Louisville. 

The  stock  of  the  company  is  held  by  prominent  business  men,  who  are  also  directors; 
and,  as  an  example  of  the  manner  in  which  its  affairs  have  been  conducted,  there  has 
never  been  a  bushel  of  grain  allowed  to  get  out  of  condition  in  this  elevator. 

Any  information  concerning  this  enterprise  is  promptly  furnished  on  application,  and 
the  company  confidently  refers  to  rny  Louisville  bank  as  to  standing  and  responsibility. 


TKABUE  &  CO., 


Cotton  Factors,  Commission  Merchants,  and  Dealers  in  Bagging, Twine  and  Iron  Ties— Nos.  156  and  158  Fourth^ 

Street. 


Louisville  has  extraordinary  natural  and  acquired  advantages  for  the  jirofitable  arid 
convenient  handling  of  Southern  products  of  all  kinds— cotton,  suirar,  tobacco,  lumber 
and,  in  fact,  all  and  every  kind  of  manufactured  goods,  the  yield  of  field,  farm  and  forest 
of  that  wondrously  fertile  region  extending  from  the  sea  to  the  great  valley,  and  from 
the  Virginias  to  the  Rio  Grande  and  the  Gulf.  The  advantages  of  Louisville  consist 
not  merely  in  her  geographical  position,  her  river  and  rsiilroad  communications,  and  the 
business  enterprise  of  her  mercantile  and  manufacturing  community — though  these  are 
mighty  agencies  in  working  out  the  grand  result — but  also  in  jmlitical  and  personal  affini- 
ties wiiicii  have  existed  frt)m  the  founding  of  the  original  settlement  here,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  flourish  and  grow  stronger  when  this  generation  shall  have  followed  its  fathers 
to  the  tomb. 

It  is  in  consequence  of  these  advantages  that  of  late  years  a  heavy  trade  has  been 
established  here  in  cotton,  the  South's  great  staple,  which  has  been  well  named  the  king 
of  the  commercial  world.  The  leading  house  here,  the  house  which  has  more  than  any 
other  contributed  to  this  result,  is  that  of  Trabiie  &  Co.,  successors  tn  Trahiie,  Davis  & 
Co.,  founded  by  the  late  James  Trabue  in  1&4IJ.  At  the  denii.-^e  of  Mr.  James  Trabiie  his 
son  Richard,  reared  in  the  house,  succeeded  to  the  vacancy,  and,  with  Mr.  Trabue  Barks- 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


179 


dale  as  junior  partner,  will  continue  the  business  at  Nos.  156  and  158  Fourth  street,  be- 
tween Main  and  tlie  river.  Mr.  Trabue  directs  the  general  operatitms  of  the  house,  while 
Mr.  Barksdale  has  charge  of  the  finances  and  counting-room.  The  premises  comprise 
three  immense  stores,  with  a  frontage  of  forty  feet  and  a  depth  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
feet,  four  floors  and  cellars,  and  st'  eked  in  every  department  with  a  heavy  line  of  bag- 
ging, twine,  iron  cotton  ties,  and  kindred  goods  for  the  planter's  use,  and  equipjied  with 
every  convenience  for  the  quick  dispatch  of  business,  ample  storage,  steam  elevators,  etc. 
The  transactions  have  footed  up  from  $500,000  to  $700,000,  consignments  being  constantly 
received  from  and  forwarded  to  iill  parts  of  the  South  iind  East.  Liberal  cash  advances 
upon  shipments  to  this  house  are  habitually  made,  and  promptitude  and  fair  dealing  is 
guaranteed. 

The  late  Mr.  James  Trabue  was  a  vtry  prominent  citizen,  noted  for  strength  of  char- 
acter, lofty  principle  and  strict  integrity.  At  various  times  he  filled  with  acceptability 
and  honor  a  number  of  public  trusts,  including  tiie  oflices  of  vice-president  of  the  Bank 
of  Kentucky,  chairman  of  the  city  Sinking  Fund  Board,  president  of  the  Franklin  In- 
surance Company,  etc. 

X  M.  ROBINSON  &  CO., 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  etc.— Nos.  537,  539  and  u4i  Main  Slreei,  Corner  Sixth :  New  York 

Office.  No   41  Thomas  btreet. 

Louisville  has,  ever  since 
its  first  settlemeiit,  been  the 
great  drj-  goods  emporium 
of  the  lower  Ohio  valley, 
and  since  the  completion  ol 
the  railroad  system  con- 
necting her  with  the  inte- 
rior of  Kentucky  and  ad- 
joining States  has  extended 
her  interests  in  this  dejiart- 
ment  of  commerce  with 
remarkable  vigor  and  suc- 
cess, nio.*t  country  mer- 
chants preferring  to  tradi 
here  rather  thnn  send  their 
oi'ders  East  or  North,  where 
whatever  advantages  may 
be  presented  in  the  way  ot 
first  cost  are  swallowed 
up  in  incidental  charges, 
freights,  damages,  delay- 
and  other  drawbacks  too 
numerous  to  mention. 

One  of  the  oldest,  if  not 
the  very  oldest  established 
and  most  successful  dry  goods  ana  iiuiion  houses  here,  is  that  of  J.  M.  Robinson  &  Co., 
Nos.  5o7,  539  and  541  Main  street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth,  originally  opened  in  1850 
by  Robinson  Bros.,  and  the  style  changed  in  January,  1858,  to  J.  M.  R^'binson  &  Co.,  the 
partners  being  at  present  Messrs.  J.  M.  Robinson,  George  C.  Norton  and  G.  H.  Mourning. 
The  house  also  maintains  an  office  at  No.  41  Thomas  street.  New  York,  where  their 
representative  may  be  found  during  business  hours.  The  Louisville  concern  occupies 
one  of  the  most  commodious,  convt-niently-arranged  and  sumptuous  buildings  on  Main 
street,  with  52i  feet  front  on  that  thoroughfare,  a  depth  of  175  feet,  and  live  lofty  stories 
in  height,  with  ample  basement.  A  force  of  clerks,  salesmen  and  travelers,  to  the  num- 
ber of  eighty  or  eighty-five,  are  constantly  employed,  their  trade  extending  all  over  the 
South,  South-east  and  South-west,  and  aggregating  about  $2,000,000  annually.  From  its 
inception  this  house  has  met  with  pronounced  favor  at  the  hands  of  retailers,  and  has 
achieved  a  measure  of  success  commensurate  with  the  tact,  talents,  enterprise,  industry 
and  capital  invested. 

The  firm  are  direct  importers  and  jobbers  of  dry  goods,  notions  and  kindred  goods, 
carrying  at  all  seasons  a  complete  and  superb  stock  of  all  goods  coming  under  this 
head,  jind  embracing  everv  grade  and  fabric  from  the  richest  silks,  satins,  velvets,  etc.,  down 
to  the  cheapest  prints.  Fair  <{uotations  and  liberal  treatment  of  buvers  is  a  special 
feature  of  the  house. 


180 


THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


FIDELITY  TRUST  AND  SAFETY  VAULT  COMPANY. 


Capital,  $25n.000-Nos.  206,  208  and  210  Fifth  Street,  near  Main— John  G.Taggart,  President;  John  H.Ward, 
Vice-President;  Edmund  T.  Halsey  Manager  and  Secretary;  Charles  Meriwether.  Superintendent  of  Vault. 


The  modern  safe  deposit 
and  vault  sj  stem  is  the 
niitural  outgrowth  of  the 
conflict  between  honestand 
dishonest  methods  of  lile — • 
between  thecullivated  wits 
of  the  thief  and  bur^^hir  on 
the  one  hand  and  the 
trained  skill  and  inventive 
genius  of  the  meclianic  on 
theotner.  The  safety  vault 
is,  in  short,  the  practical 
application  of  science  in 
the  interposition  of  pre- 
ventives of  crime  and  the 
secure  protectinn  of  valu- 
aules  from  the  raids  of  the 
cracksman  and  the  destroy- 
ing breath  of  the  flames, 
and  wherever  adopted  has 
proved  unfailingly  success- 
lul. 

The  Fidelity  Trust  and 
Safely  Vault  Company, 
which  was  organized  in 
1882,  is  the  result  of  a 
union  of  the  former  Fidel- 
ity Trust  Company  and 
tie  Louisville  Safety  Vault 
Company,  March  4,  1884, 
and  combines  under  one 
management  all  the  ad- 
vantages and  facilities  possessed  by  both  of  its  predece>sors.  In  its  corporate  capacity  it 
fills  every  position  of  trust  that  could  be  held  by  a  natural  person — becoming  executor, 
administrator,  guardian,  receiver,  trustee  of  corporations,  or  individuals  alone,  or  jointly 
with  others;  it  acts  as  agent  or  assistant  to  persons  flUing  such  trusts  as  register  or  trans- 
fer agent  of  stocks  and  bonds,  as  trustee  for  railroad  and  other  mortgages,  as  financial 
agent,  and  attorney-in-fact  for  the  collection  ot  rents  and  income,  and  the  management  of 
estates  ot  married  women  ;  it  deals  in  real-estate  paper,  negotiates  loans,  n-ceives  money 
on  deposit,  and  allows  interest  thereon.  When  it  is  prelerred,  the  coujpnny  receives 
securities  of  every  kind  on  deposit,  and  guarantees  their  safety.  The  aftairs  of  the  com- 
pany' and  every  trust  in  its  hands  are  under  contn)l  of  the  courts,  and  by  its  charter  itis 
required  to  make  annual  reports  to  the  Louisville  Chancery  Court.  All  books,  deposits 
and  vouchers  are  examined  quarterly  by  two  direct(  rs  and  a  stockholder,  and  twice  each 
year  they  employ  an  expert  accountant  to  assist  in  such  examination.  The  company  has 
heretofore  declared  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  three  per  cent. 

Kecent  additions  and  improvements  render  the  company's  vaults  equal  in  extent,  con- 
venience and  security  to  those  of  any  similar  institution;  they  are,  in  short,  absolutely 
fire  and  burglar  proof,  and  aflbrd  perfect  protection  to  all  deposits — money,  stocks,  bonds, 
note-;,  wills,  jewelry  and  every  descriptitm  of  portable  valuables.  Armed  men  are  on 
guard  day  and  night,  and  tlieir  vigilance  never  relaxes — a  written  record  being  kept  of 
every  entrance  to  the  vault,  its  object,  and  what  transi>ires.  Evpry  ofiicer  and  employe  is 
cho.'cn  for  his  actual  fltness  for  the  place  and  knowledL,eof  its  duties.  The  ofticers  are  all 
prominent  business  men  and  good  citizens  and  under  heavy  bond.  President  Taggart  is 
actively  engaged  in  several  important  local  enterprises.  Vice-President  "Ward  was  for- 
merly register  in  bankruptcy.  Mr.  Halsey,  the  manager,  has  had  fifteen  years' experience 
in  this  character  of  business.     The  executive  committee  is  composed  of  Messrs.  John  D. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


181 


Tag:gart,  chairman;  John  H.Ward,  Thos.  L.  Barret,  Thomas  W.  Bullitt  and  Geo.  H. 
Moore. 

The  old  "  Louisville  Safety  Vault  CompHny  "  was  organized  in  1880.  The  handsome 
building  above  referred  to  had  been  previously  built  by  Mr.  Henry  WLitestone,  arehitect. 
with  the  most  powerful  and  perfect  vaults  that  money  c«'uld  obtain  or  the  ingenuity  of 
man  devise,  divided  into  a  multitude  ot  neat  and  roomy  compartments  for  the  use  of  de- 
positors (each  of  whom  during  the  term  of  his  rental  owns  and  holds  the  only  key.*).  The 
outside  d.iors  of  the  vault>;,  through  which  alone  access  can  be  liad  to  the  inti'rior,  are  pro- 
vided with  the  latest  itnproved  time  locks  which  not  ev^  ii  ihe  ever-present  watchman, 
though  armed  with  every  possible  appliance,  can  force.  The  vault-keeper  alone  has  the 
key  to  the  inside  door,  while  another  official  liolds  the  key  lo  the  outside  door.  The 
boxes  holding  securities  belonging  to  the  company  and  the  trust  estates  in  its  charge  can 
only  be  opened  by  one  of  the  officers,  a  director,  and  the  vault-keeper.  Tele<;-raphic,  tele- 
phonic and  electrical  alarm  sipparalus  of  the  best  kind  are  at  hand,  communicating  with 
th')  police  and  tire  departments  mul  with  tlu'  hotels  and  le-idences  of  the  officials,  so  that 
any  assault  up(m  this  stronghold  would  automatically  sound  a  series  of  calls  and  precipi- 
tate upon  the  daring  raiders  an  overwhelming  force  of  armed  men,  or  an  incipient  tire 
bring  instant  and  unfailing  relief.  The  buikiine;  itself  is  tire-proof  throughout.  It  is 
thereoie  scarcely  necessary  to  state  that  during  the  entire  cour>eot  its  existence  the  com- 
pany has  never  b  'en  called  upon  to  make  i^ood  a  penny'.-  loss  to  any  depositor. 

The  Fidelity  Trust  and  Sal'ety  Vault  Company,  whose  tine  building  fronts  59  feet  on 
Fifth  str.-et  above  Main,  e'ubrac'ing  Nos.  "iOe,  -'08  and  "JIO,  and  with  a  depth  of  I'Oo  'eet, 
is  the  pioneer  institution  of  this  kiid  in  Louisville  and  the  South,  and  has  established  a  high 
reputation  for  reliability,  responsibility  and  devotion  to  the  interests  of  its  patrons. 


BOURQUIN  &  CO., 

Wholesale  Jewelry,  Novelties,  Fancy  Goods,  etc.,  No.  638  Weit  Main  Street,  Adjoining  Louisville  Hotel. 


The  trade  throughout  the  South  and  South-west  naturally  turn  to  Louisville  for  their 
supplies  of  fashioiiiible  novelties  in  jewelry,  fancy  goods,  etc.  The  iir'ncipjil  house  here 
hiindling  pi  pular  goods 
ot  this  kind  is  that  of 
Buurquin  &  Co..  who  oc- 
cupy the  vcy  extensive 
md  de.sirable  store  No. 
\H  West  Ma'ii.  street, 
djoining  the  Loui.-ville 
Hotel.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  Messrs.  F. 
J.  Bourquin  and  A.  Po-| 
marantz,  experienced, ' 
energetic  and  pleasant 
gentlemen  who  in  the 
one  year  of  their  eateer 

__.,.„.....      ,  here  have  established  an 

excelfent  reput;it"ion  and  a  splendid  connection  in  the  States  West  and  South,  their  sales 
ranging  from  $4,(itO  to  *5,000  per  month. 

The  specialties  to  which  the  house  gives  closest  at 
tention  are  medium  grades  of  jewelry  and  the  i-e- 
nowned  American  Lever  cuft  and  colhi'-  buttons,  the 
trade-Ti  ark  of  which  superb  good.* — a  four-leaved 
clover  surrounded  by  a  horse-hoe— we  pies«nt  at  the 
beginning  of  this  no' ice.  These  are  the  most  inge- 
ni  us  and  cnvenient  as  well  as  handsomest  sleeve 
and  collar  buttons  cm  the  market,  and  sell  at  sight. 

Mes-rs.  Bourquin  &  Co.  have  been  eiit;aged  in  the 
same  business  at  New  Albany,  Ind.,  for  six  or  seven 
years.     Mr.  Pomarantz  previous  to  1870  conducted  a 
large  jewelry  establishment  in  Europe.     Mr.  B-urquin  was  engaeed  in  the  same  business 
in  Ohio  previous  to  coming  here,  and  has  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  its  de  ails. 


182 


THE   IMDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


KENTUCKY  MALTING  COMPANY. 


E.  W.  Herman.  President;  J.  H.  Pank.  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Brewers'  and  Distillers'  IMalt— Office,  Malt 
House  and  Elevator,  Corner  Thirteenth  and  Maple  Streets. 


■  ilie  baildint;;s  .'shown  in  the  at'Conipanyiiit^  enjfrfivine;  Mre  the  iniilt-hoiise  and  elevator 
of  the  Kentucky  Malting  Company.  This  extensive  establishment,  which  occupies  com- 
manding rank  in  respect  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  development  of  Louisville,  was 
founded  in  ISGOhy  J.  Engeln  &  Co.,  and  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  present  enterpri:<ing 
corporation  in  1876.  During  the  past  ten  years  it  has  greatly  increased  its  capacity  and 
sphere  of  usefulness  to  commerce  in  general.  As  appears  from  the  accompanying  illus- 
tration, the  buildings  are  very  large,  the  malt  kiln  rising  to  the  height  of  five  stories. 
The  capacity  of  the  establishment  in  its  specialty — the  production  of  malt  from  barley, 
rye  and  corn — is  equal  to  400.000  bu.shels  annually,  and  the  storage  capacity  of  the  ele- 
vator is  150,000  bushels.  Thirty  hands  are  constantly  employed.  The  terminal  facilities 
of  the  company  include  switches  and  siiiings  from  all  the  railroads  running  into  the 
yards,  thus  greatly  facilitating  shipping  in  car-load  lots  to  the  South-west. 

The  principal  trade  of  the  corporation  is  with  resident  brewers  and  distillers  in  sup- 
plying them  malt,  but  a  considerable  portion  of  the  product  is  also  shipped  to  the  South- 
west, and  this  portion  of  the  business  is  constantly  increasing  territorially  and  in  aggre- 
gate volume.  President  Herman  and  Secretary  Pank  are  experienced  in  this  line,  and 
very  energetic  in  the  prosecution  of  their  business. 


ZAHNER  &  BE  RLE, 


Wholesale  Manufacturers  of  Ladies',  Misses'  and  Children's  Fine  Shoes— No.  222  Seventh  Street. 


The  shoe  manufacturinsr  industry  is  a  very  important  interest  to  Louisville,  as  it  is  to 
all  trade  centers,  and  among  th*^  leading  representatives  here  of  that  branch  of  manufact- 
ure is  the  firm  of  Zahner  &  Berle,  composed  of  Louis  F.  Zahner  and  Charles  Rerle,  both 
enterprising  and  practical  workmen  and  busin*  ss  men.  The  firm  was  organized  in  1882, 
and  has  since  been  successfully  engaged  in  the  whole-ale  manufacture  of  ladies',  misses' 
and  children's  fine  shoes,  employing  forty  skilled  hands  in  that  behalf  and  all  the  modern 
improved  apparatus  adapted  to  the  purpose.  Careful  in  the  selection  of  material  and  in 
its  making  up,  Messrs.  Zahner  &  lierle  have  acquired  a  most  extensive  trade  reputation 
for  the  general  excellence  of  their  goods.  The-^e  are  in  such  demand  that  the  facilities 
of  the  firm  are  already  tully  taxed  to  supply  the  wants  ot  their  numerous  customers  in 
the  city  and  country,  and  yet  their  trade  is  continually  increasing,  so  that  an  enlargement 
of  their  facilities  is  in  contemplation. 


AXD    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


183 


FRED  J.  FACHMAN, 


Manufacturer  of  Wire  Signs  and  Wire  Goods  Generally,  No.  ♦I?  Walnut  Street.  Between  Fourth  and  Fifth. 

Never  before  was  tlie  employment 
of  wire  so  general  in  mamifactures 
as  at  present, nor  the  fsicilities  for  its 
use  so  a;reat.  We  find  it  substituted 
for  a  thousmid  purposes  where  wood, 
cordage,  leather  or  iron  bars  were  for- 
merly regarded  indispensable,  and  in 
every  case  it  gives  greater  satisfaction 
than  did  the  material  it  supplants. 
This  industry  has,  of  late  years,  re- 
ceived a  wiindertul  impetus, and  many 
of  the  little  shops  we  once  knew  to 
be  dragging  out  a  mere  hand-to- 
mouth  existence  have  suddenly  de- 
veloped into  great  factories  employ- 
ing thousands  of  skilled  workmen, 
while  others  are  preparing  to  emerge 
from  iheir  chrysalis  state  and  don  the 
plumage  of  prosperity  in  preparation 
for  lofty  flight. 

Of  tiie  latter  class  is  the  venture 
of  Mr.  Fr-d  J.  Fachman,  No.  417 
Walnut  street,  b'tween  Fourth  and 
Fifth.  Mr.  F.  is  one  of  the  most  ac- 
t/y^"'^  complished  mechanics  in  Louisville, 
'^  and  has  made  for  himself  a  fine  rep- 
utation in  his  line.  Hitherto  he  has 
labored  undt^r  the  disadvantage  of 
limited  capital,  but  a  recent  invention 
of  his  own  bids  fair  to  place  him  in 
a  position  to  vastly  increase  his  facil- 
ities and  more  fully  meet  the  demands 
upon  his  resources.  This,  in  brief,  is 
an  improvement  upon  the  old-sty  e  wire-corrugating  machine  whereby  twelve  sets  of 
rollers  are  attached  to  one  spindle,  thus  multiplying  its  capacity  for  work  at  no  greater  ex- 
penditure I  if  power.  It  is  renuirkably  simple  in  construction,  and  a  boy  can  operate  it 
perfectly,  while  the  work  is  equal  in  all  respects  to  any  performed  by  the  old  plan. 

Mr.  Fachman  has  been  established  at  his  present  place  since  1883.  He  makes  a  specialty 
of  wire  signs,  counter  railinirs,  burglar  guards  and  rustic  work,  wire  goods  for  milliners, 
dressmakers  ^nodistes,  clothing  manufacturers  and  dealers,  florists,  and  others  requiring 
goods  in  his  line.  That  he  will  augment  his  trade  with  his  increased  facilities  there  can  be 
no  doubt. 


HEXKY  S.  COOLING. 


Wholesale  and  Retail  Lumber  Dealer— Office  and  Yard.  North-west  Corner  Broadway  and  Twelfth  Street. 

The  lumber  interest  of  Louisville  is  an  extensive  and  profitable  avenue  of  commerce; 
and  among  the  leading  dealers  here  engaged  in  this  industry  is  Mr.  Henry  S.  Cooling,  do- 
ing business  at  his  extensive  yards  on  Broadway  and  Twelfth  street,  and  large  shipping 
yards  at  Fourteenth  and  Delaware  streets. 

Commencinu:  business  in  a  comparatively  small  way  in  "1868  his  house  has  steadily  in- 
creased its  sphere  of  usefulness  until  now  its  dealings  in  the  city  and  surrounding  country 
are  quite  extensive,  and  numerous  and  frequent  shipments  of  carload  lots  of  lumber  are 
made  to  the  Eastern  markets  bj"^  Mr.  Cooling.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  dry  walnut  and 
poplar,  though  dealing,  also,  in  ash,  oak  and  gum,  and  has  special  sources  of  supply,  the 
varieties  mentioned  being  expressly  cut  and  sawed  for  him  at  mills  in  Kentucky.  Indiana 
and  Tennessee  as  well  as  pine  lumber  in  Alabama.  He  also  handles  considerable  on 
commissiim,  and  his  large  experience  and  energy  make  him  very  poplar  among  customers 
everywhere. 


LS4 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


EXCELSIOR  PRESERVING  COMPANY, 


Manufacturers  of   Fruit  Butters,  Jellies,  Preserves  and  Mince  Meat— Nos.  942  and  944  East  Market  Street, 

Between  Campbell  and  Wenzel. 


The  wants  of  Louisville  lovers  of  sweet  thing*  for  the 
table  are  faithfully  looked  after  by  the  above-naine<l  firm, 
whose  fine  estal'lishnient  at  Nos.  94'2  and  944  East  Market 
street,  between  Campbell  and  Wenzel,  is  quite  a  feature  of 
that  vicinity.  The  house  has  been  in  existence  since 
September,  1884,  under  the  manatrement  of  >tcpsrs. 
"VVm.  S.  Roberts  and  John  S  Bircks,  both  Pbiladflpbians 
of  push,  energy  and  sagacity,  who  are  making  of  the  Ex- 
celsior Preserving  Company  a  pronounced  and  unusual 
success.  The  fruit  butters,  jellies,  preserves  and  mince 
meat  here  manufactured  are  pronounced  equal  to  any  found 
in  the  Eastern  or  Northern  markets,  and,  owing  to  the  su- 
perior facilities  enjoyed  here,  are  offered  at  remark:ibly 
Ijw  figures.  The  factory  proper  is  40x45  feet  s(|uare,  three 
stories  highland  elegantly  equipped  throughout  for  the 
prosecution  of  a  large  and  growing  ])usiiie>s.  The  trade 
is  principally  local,  thoUL-^h  orders  Irom  a  distance  will  be 
promptly  and  carefully  filled.  Mr.  Roberts  h:is  the  ad- 
vantage of  many  years'  experience  in  the  manufacture  ot 
this  class  of  goods,  and  has  persoyal  supervision  of  the 
works,  Mr.  Bitcks  was  formerly  a  book-binder,  but  con- 
cluded that  it  was  more  profitable  to  cater  to  the  inner 
man  and  womar.  rather  than  to  minister  to  their  literary 
tastes,  and  seems  well  content  with  the  change. 


LONG  &   BRO.  3IANUFACTURING  COMPANY. 


Charles  R.  Long,  President:  Frank  A.Cannon,  Vice-President;  J.  L.  La  Vielle.  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  D.  B. 
McMullen,  Superintendent— Manufacturers  of  Chairs,  etc. , 'Washington  Street,  corner  Wei)s{er. 


No  industrial  establishment  is  better  known  throughout  the  South  and  "West,  or  held 
in  higher  trade  and  popular  repute  than  that  extensive  and  enterprising  house  forming- 
the  subject  of  this  article. 

Founded  in  1855,  by  Long&  Bro. — the  present  executive  head  beirig  one  of  the  found- 
ers— the  firm  name  has  since  undergone  some  changes,  and  five  years  ago  the  estaljlish- 
ment  was  incorporated  as  the  Long  &  Hvo.  Chair  Company,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$50,000.  In  June,  1885,  the  style  was  changed  to  the  present,  with  the  executive  officers 
named  above. 

How  extensive  the  establishment  is  may  be  judged  by  the  large  dimensions  of  the 
factory,  three  stories  high,  and  covering  50x125  feet.  There  are  also  other  buildings, 
inclusive  of  a  large  two-story  dry-house.  About  one  hundred  and  filty  hands  are  now 
employed,  but  even  this  large  number  is  being  increased,  as  the  eonipany  now  also  handle 
buggy  W(trk  and  material.  The  factory  is  supplied  with  all  the  latest  improved  iiim- 
chinery,  including  some  devices  patented  by  President  Charles  R.  Long  himself,  nnd 
utilized  in  the  manufacture  of  the  double-seated  (rattan  and  cane)  <'hairs  bearirig  his  name, 
and  tor  many  years  recognized  gi'eat  merit  and  durability.  The  company  al.-o  manufact- 
ure all  descriptions  ot  cane,  rattan,  split  and  wood-seat  chairs,  and  its  d  lini  to  offer  the 
trade  the  best  chair  in  the  market  is  conceded  throui^hout  the  South  and  West,  where  it 
is  sold,  as  also  to  a  coiisiderable  extent  in  the  East,  the  aggregate  trade  of  the  house 
exceeding  $150,000  annually. 

The  executive  oflBcers  of  the  corporation  are  all  leading,  progressive  and  public- 
spirited  business  men.  President  Long — who  is  also  chief  executive  of  the  Water  Com- 
pany— was  president  of  the  municipal  council  for  four  terms,  an  I  oner  especially  note- 
worthy, as  it  was  a  distinction  never  before  or  since  conferred  upon  a  citizen  here.  The 
other  officers  of  the  chair  company  also  possess  large  business  experience  and  prominence 


AND  OF  NEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


185 


THE   BIRMINGHAM  ROLLING   MILL  COMPANY. 


James  G.  Caldwell.  President;  B.  DuPont,  Secretary— Manufacturers  of  Bar,  Band  and  Hoop  Iron,  Plate,  Tank 
and  Sheet  Iron,  Tram  and  T  Rails— Mills  at  Birmingham  Ala. :  Office,  No.  349  West  Main  Street,  Louisville, 
Kentucky. 


Although  its  works  are  located  at  Birmingham,  in  the  center  of  the  great  iron  and 
coal  fields  of  Alabama,  this  is,  in  its  executive  dtRcers  and  ownership,  a  Louisville  com- 
mercial and  industrial  corporation. 

And  to  Louisville,  too,  is  primarily  due  the  remarkable  development  since  1870  ot  the 
entire  Birmingham  district,  about  equidistant  from  the  mountain  of  red  hematite  iron  ore 
on  the  south,  and  the  extensive  and  practically  inexhaustible  Warrior  coal-heds  on  the 
north.  The  productive  capacity  of  this  great  mineral  valley  so  bounded  is  practically 
illimitable,  and  these  great  natural  advantages  are  so  fully  utilized  by  the  Birmingham 
Rolling  Mill  Com]iany  thjit  no  mills  in  the  countrj-  possess  greater  manufacturing  facili- 
ties than  these.  The  Birmingham  mill  employs  upward  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  hands, 
has  several  sets  of  rollers  for  the  procfuction  of  merchant-bar,  band  and  hoop  iron,  and 
tram  and  T  rails,  sheet,  tank  and  plate  iron.  Through  the  excellence  of  the  transportation 
facilities  at  Birmingham  afforded  by  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  railroad,  Cincinnati,  New 
Orleans  &  Texas  Pacific  railroad,  and  Georgia  Pacific  railroad,  and  their  connections,. 
the  mill  companj'  is  enabled  to  supply  a  trade  which  extends  throughout  the  South  and 
West,  and  into  the  neighboring  republic  of  Mexico.  A  large  number  of  the  leading 
manufacturing  establishments  of  this  city  and  vicinity  receive  their  supply  of  iron  from 
this  enterprising  company. 

The  executive  officers  of  the  corporation  are  all  leading  and  public-spirited  business 
men  of  Louisville,  a  majority  of  them  being  also  identified  with  other  leading  industrial 
enterprises  here.  In  short.  President  James  G.  Caldwell  and  Secretary  B.  DuPont  are 
among  the  best  known  and  most  experienced  of  business  men  in  the  entire  South  and 
West. 


JEFFERSON  &  CO., 


Commission  Merchants^Agents  and  Dealers  in  Kanawha  and   Ohio  River  Salt— Wholesale  Dealers  In  Flour, 
Meal,  Starch  and  Hominy— No.  101  North-west  Corner  Main  and  First  Streets. 


More  than  twenty  years  ago  this  house,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the 
State,  was  founded  by  the  brother  of  the  head  of  the  present  firm.  T.  L.  Jeflferson  & 
Bros,  was  the  trade  designation  of  the  original  establishment,  and  to  its  good  will  and 
business  the  present  firm  succi^eded  in  1878. 

Quite  extensive  throughout  the  South-west  and  South  are  the  dealings  of  Jefferson  & 
Co. — Henry  T.  Jefferson  and  J.  W".  Day — and  especially  so  in  flour  and  salt.  One  of 
their  specialties,  "  Pillsbury's  Best "  flour,  the  publishers  of  this  volume  have  had  occasion  to 
commeyd  in  their  recent  work,  the  -'Industries  of  Minneapolis,'"  and  frequent  opportunity 

13 


186  THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILI^ 

has  presented  itself  to  set  forth  tlie  excellences  and  superiority  of  Kanawha  and  Ohio 
river  salt,  also  dealt  in  hy  this  firm.  For  the  hrand  of  flour  named  and  others,  including 
the  "  Famous,"  "  Pacilic  Mills,"  etc.,  the  house  holds  the  sole  agency  here  and  does  an 
extensive  commission  business  as  well,  making  liberal  cash  advances  on  consignments 
which  are  received  from  a  wide  extent  of  country,  thus  at  once  ensuring  great  variety 
and  excellence  of  these  staple  products.  They  are  exclusive  agents  also  foi-  the  famous 
Palmetto  starch  and  Hudnut's  hominy  and  grits,  which  they  sell  verj'  largely. 

The  members  of  the  firm  are  active,  enterprising  and  capable  in  the  successful  prose- 
cution of  their  business,  which  is  continually  expanding  in  volume  and  extending  terri- 
torially. 

S.  P.  GRAHAM, 


Successor  to  John  Graham— Established  1854— Dealer  In  Lumber,  Doors.  Sash.  Blinds,  etc.— No.  810  Magazine 

Street.  Between   Eighth  and  Ninth. 


For  more  than  thirty  years  this  house  has  occupied  a 
leading  position  in  respect  to  supplying  building  material 
not  only  to  the  trade  in  this  city,  but  to  a  large  extent  of 
tributary  territory  and  the  South  in  general  as  well. 

Established   in   1S54  by   John   Graham,  the  house  was 

conducted  m  that  honored  name  up  to  1863,  when  changed 

to  John  Graham  &  Son,  and  by  the  decease  of  the  senior 

his  son,  S.   P.  Graham,  who  had  been  brought  up  in  the 

^J  business  and  possesses  practical  knowledge  ol  every  detail, 

acquired  the  proprietorship. 
lU  The  house  maintains  a  most  extensive  lumber  yard  at  810 
Magazine  street,  where  a  large  and  varied  stock  of  rough 
lumber,  dimension  lumber,  common  boards,  iencings,  floor- 
ings, lath,  shingles,  moldings,  doors,  sash  and  blinds,  is  con- 
stantly kept  on  hand,  sometliing  of  a  specialty  being  made  of  rough  lumber,  in  which 
this  house  decidedly  leads  its  competitors  in  the  volume  and  territorial  extent  of  its  busi- 
ness, shipping  chiefly  in  car-load  lots  to  all  parts  of  tlie  South. 

Mr.  Graham  supplies  estimates  as  to  the  cost  of  building,  and  among  resident  build- 
ers his  standard  of  lumber  grades  is  generally  recogniz  d  and  approved.  His  customers 
are  already  very  numerous,  and  those  not  recorded  in  that  array  will  find  it  to  their  inter- 
est to  communicate  with  Mr.  (4raham  and  to  establish  business  relations  with  that  live, 
enterprising  house. 

WILLIAM  CORNWALL, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Dealer  and  Jobber  in  Ladies'  and  Gents'  Furnishing  Goods,  Hosiery,  etc.,  No.  607  West 

IVIain  Street. 


Though  in  its  present  competent  hands  little  over  a  year,  the  house  above  named  dates 
back  to  1870,  when  it  was  established  by  Van  Pelt  &  Kaye.  Under  its  present  operation 
and  control,  however,  the  establishment  has  more  largely  developed  in  its  volume  of 
trade  and  its  energetic  pushing  of  business,  so  that  its  range  of  dealings  now  includes 
Kentucky,  Indiana,  Tennessee,  Arkansas,  Alabama  and  Mississippi.  The  line  of  goods 
imported  and  wholesaled  by  Mr.  Cornwall  is  very  extensive,  and  includes  all  varieties  of 
ladies'  and  gents'  furnishing  goods,  foreign  and  domestic.  The  stock  of  these  wares 
is  so  large  that  the  entire  building  at  GOT  West  Main  street,  five  stories  in  all,  is  occupied, 
and  thirty  skilled  employes  and  office  attaches  are  employed  in  the  house,  under  the  per- 
sonal supervision  of  Mr.  E.  E.  Hill,  who  represents  the  proprietor  in  the  active  manage- 
ment of  the  house,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  large  experience  and  ability  in  this  line  of 
business.  An  expert  corps  of  traveling  salesmen  is  also  emploj'ed  to  care  for  the  busi- 
ness of  the  house  in  the  South  and  South-west. 

Mr.  William  Cornwall,  the  j)roprietor  of  the  estrtblishmcnt,  came  here  from  Belfast, 
Ireland,  when  about  eleven  years  of  age,  and  has  resided  in  Louisville  about  fifty  years. 
He  has  long  been  identified  with  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of  the  cyty. 


AND   OF  NEW   ALBANY,    INJUANA 


187 


ETHERIDGE  &  CO. 


Manufacturers  of    Mattresses,  Parlor  Suits.  Lounges,  etc..  and  Dealers  In  Fine.  Meflium  and  Common  Fur- 
niture—Warerooms,  North-east  Corner  Sixteenth  and  Market  Streets ;  Factory.  No.  1,913  West  Market. 


previous  experience  of  some  years  as  a  trav- 
eler for  Hariff,  Koop  &  Co.  of  Louisville, 
and  Conrey,  Wallar  &  Deprez,  of  Shelb}^- 
ville  (Ind.)  furniture  manufacturers.  He 
continues  to  travel  in  the  interest  of  his 
own  and  the  Indiana  concern,  and  is  rap- 
idly building  up  a  very  large  business  South 
and  South-west,  his  sales  for  the  past  three 
or  four  years  ranging  from  $75,000  to  $100,- 
000  per  annum. 

He  makes  specialties  of  improved  mat- 
tresses, stj'lish  parlor  furniture,  etc.,  but  is 
])repared  to  fill  orders  for  any  grade  or  de- 
scription of  household  furniture  at  lowest 
prices,  with  promptitude  and  on  reasonabli;^ 
terms. 

The  cuts  herewith  presented  are  fac 
si^niles  of  the  obverse  and  reverse  sides  ot 
the  medal  awarded  him  for  best  exhibit  of 
furniture  at  the  Southern  Exposition,  Louis- 
ville, 1883. 


Few  industries  are  more  intimately  con- 
nected with  the  domestic  happiness,  health, 
comfort,  and  well-being  of  the  people  at 
large  than  is  the  manufacture  of  the  beds 
we  sleep  on,  the  furniture  that  adorns  and 
renders  haliitable  our  homes.  He,  there- 
fore, who  plac(;s  superior  goods  of  this  kind 
within  reach  of  men  and  women  of  moder- 
ate means,  is  a  practical  philanthropist  in 
no  slight  degree.  Such  a  one  is  Mr.  J.  A. 
Etheridge,  of  Etheridge  &  Co.,  whose  sales- 
rooms occupy  the  two-storj' building  north- 
west corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Market 
streets,  the  store  covering  two  floors  25x1 25 
feet  each  in  extent.  The  factory.  No.  1913 
West  Market  street,  is  also  two  stories  high, 
and  40x75  feet  in  extent,  completely  equip- 
ped with  labor-saving  machinery,  and  em- 
ploying some  dozen  or  more  skilled  me- 
clianics.  Mr.  Etheridge  established  this 
industrial  enterprise  in  1880,  having  had  a 


EISENMAN   BROS.  &  CO. 


Established  1851;  Incorporated  1885— J.  C.  Eisenman,  President;  0.  M.Truman,  Secretary  and  Treasurer- 
Corn  Millers  and  Grain  Dealers— Office,  Nos.  124  and  126  Second  Street;  Mill  on  Portland  Avenue,  between 
Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth  Streets.  

This  industry  is  quite  an  important  one  to  its  owners  and  to  the  city  of  Louisville  and 
the  surrounding  country.  Founded  as  far  back  as  1851  by  L.  Eisenman,  the  enterprise 
continued  to  grow  in  importance  and  extent  of  its  product  and  trade  from  year  to  year. 
Last  September,  to  still  further  promote  the  interests  of  the  rapidly-increasing  business, 
the  establishment  was  incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000,  and  with  ,J.  C.  Elsen- 
nuin  as  president  and  O.  M.  Truman  as  secretary  and  treasurer,  both  experienced  corn- 
millers  and  grain  dealers,  and  possessed  of  the  largest  measure  of  executive  ability. 

The  mill,  which  is  fitted  up  with  all  modern  apparatus  and  machinery  adapted  to  the 
purpose,  employs  seventeen  hands.     It  is  located  on  Portland  avenue,  between  Fourteenth 


188 


THE   INDUSTRIES   OP  LOUISVILLE 


and  Fifteenth  streets.  Its  specialties  are  the  manufacture  of  hominy  and  grits,  and  pearl, 
bolted,  and  feed  meal;  and  while  the  local  demand  consumes  a  large  portion  of  the  prod- 
uct, there  is  also  considerable  shipped  to  various  points  in  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Ten- 
nessee, where  it  is  regarded  with  high  lavor  in  the  trade  and  by  consumers.  The  company 
also  does  an  extensive  business  as  general  commission  merchants. 

Mr.  Eisenman,  the  president,  is  a  native  of  Louisville,  and  before  engaging  in  this 
line  was  in  the  grocery  and  feed  business.  Secretarj'^  Truman  has  been  engaged  in  this 
kind  of  milling  about  eight  years.  With  ample  resources  and  energy  and  activity  of 
management  such  as  characterize  the  present  executive  officers,  the  continued  i)rosperity 
of  the  company  is  assured. 


THE  J.  W.  DAVIS  FURNITURE  MANUFACTURING  C03IPANY. 


J.  W.  Davis,  President;  Adam  Beuther,  Superintendent:  F.  H.  Pope.  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Corner  Preston, 

Lampton  and  College  Streets. 


The  above  house  succeeded,  in  1875,  the  pi-ominent  and  successful  lirm  of  J.  AV.  Davis 
&  Co.,  the  last  named  having  been  established  in  1868.  The  company  is  composed  of 
excellent  men  of  high  standing,  viz:  J.  W.  Davis,  president;  Adam  Beuther,  superin- 
tendent; F.  H.  Pope,  secretary  and  treasurer;  and  L.  E.  Dnvall,  salesman,  with  a  splen- 
did list  of  stockholders  and  directors.  The  paid-up  capital  stock  is  $120,000,  and  the 
factory  proper  comprises  two  substantial  four-story  brick  buildings,  covering  an  area  of 
180x293i  feet,  with  three  lumber-yards,  warehouses,  etc.,  located  in  a  very  convenient 
and  accessible  portion  of  the  city,  on  the  Freston-street  car  line.  The  aggregate  annual 
output  varies  from  $150,000  to  $200,000,  and  is  on  the  increase  the  superior  quality  of 
goods  produced  attracting  the  attention  and  orders  of  the  trade  wherever  introduced.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  fine  and  medium  grades  of  chamber  suits,  for  which  there  is  a  steady 
and  constantly-growing  demand,  principally  from  the  East  and  North-west,  though  the 
company's  trade  is  general.  From  120  to  175  skilled  workmen  and  a  complete  plant  of 
new  and  improved  machinery  of  great  value  are  emploj'ed,  and  the  furniture  turned  out  is 
of  the  latest  patterns,  which  they  change  once  a  year,  so  as  to  have  something  new  every 
season. 

President  Davis  is  an  old  and  experienced  business  man,  having  engaged  in  a  variety 
of  vocations  in  the  course  of  his  more  than  usually  eventful  life.  He  is  quite  popular 
with  all  who  know  him.  Secretary  Pope,  a  former  school  trustee,  has  been  connected 
with  the  furniture  trade  since  boyhood,  and  is  perfect  master  of  its  details.  Superintend- 
ent Ueuther  is  a  practical  furniture-maker,  master  of  his  department,  and  a  most  valuable 
auxiliary  to  the  house.     As  to  Mr.  L.  E.  Dnvall — why,  everybody  knows  him. 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


189 


W.  J.  HUGHES  &  SON, 

Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Doors,  Sash,  Blinds  and  Lumber,  No.  243  Market  Street,  between  Brook  and 
Floyd— Lumber  Yard  and  Sheds,  Nos.  407  to  413  Floyd  Street. 


The  above  prosperous  concern,  founded  in  1877  by 
Mr.  C.  S.  Cline,  who  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  W.  J. 
Hughes  &  Son  in  1882,  has  an  excellent  reputation  with 
builders  and  others  for  the  superior  workmanship  and 
materials  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  its  products. 
The  senior  of  the  firm  is  also  senior  of  W.  J.  Hughes  & 
Co.,  of  Frankfort,  Ky.,  where  che  saw,  planing  and 
building  material  mills  are  situated  from  which  the 
Louisville  house  draws  its  supplies.  The  warehouse 
here  is  20x1-50  feet  square,  and  three  stories  high;  the 
lumber  j'ard  and  sheds,  Nos.  107  to  413  Floj'd  street, 
cover  200x200  feet  of  ground.  In  rear  of  the  store  is  a 
convenient  warehouse,  oOxlOO  feet  in  size.  A  very  large 
and  skillfully-selected  stock  of  doors,  sash,  blinds,  rough 
and  dressed  lumber  and  builders'  hardware  is  carried  at 
all  seasons  and  orders  filled  at  sliort  notice  and  on  reas- 
onable terms.  A  considerable  trade  is  maintained  with 
Southern  points  as  well  as  with  city  customers,  sales 
averaging  $50,000  a  year. 

The  younger  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  C.  L.  Hughes, 
has  personal  charge  of  the  firm's  interests  here,  and  is  a 
capable  and  experienced  handler  of  this  class  of  goods. 


BREAVER  &  E3IMIT  PRINTIXG  HOUSE. 


No.  236  Fifth  Avenue. 


Originally  the  firm  of  Sraead  &  Brewer,  this  establishment  will  be  recollected  by  old 
residents  of  the  city  as  founded  in  1873.  That  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  in  1876 
the  concern  was  reorganized  and  equipped  anew,  so  as  to  be  able  to  compete,  not  alone 
with  the  first-class  establishments  ot  Louisville,  but  with  those  of  other  cities  as  well. 
Mr.  William  F.  Brewer  was  proprietor  up  to  November  18,  1885,  at  which  time,  the 
business  showing  such  a  gratifying  increase.  Mr.  Guy  N.  Emmitt  became  a  partner. 
Compared  with  the  general  run  of  business  men  he  is  young,  but  his  length  of  experi- 
ence and  service  have  given  him  qualifications  beyond  the  average.  His  partner,  Mr. 
Emniit,  lias  experience  equal  to  his  own,  so  that  the  house  is  noted  for  the  precise  and 
systematic  conduct  that  has  been  impressed  upon  all  its  afl'airs.  Accuracy  and  style, 
which  in  the  printer's  art  are  the  chief  virtues,  are  characteristics  of  this  establish- 
ment. The  machinery  and  appliances  are  all  recent  and  modern  and  the  employes  skill- 
ful, so  that  patrons  can  be  satisfied  in  all  particulars.  The  firm  will  be  pleased  to  treat 
with  all  parties  who  may  make  business  proffers,  and  to  make  estimates  on  printing 
and  book  work  of  every  sort. 


HERMANN  BROTHERS, 


Importers  of  Fine  Wines  and  Liquors.  Distillers  and  Dealers  in  Fine  Kentucky  Whiskies— No.  531  West  Market 

Street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth. 


The  Louisville  connois!<eur  need  never  sufl^er  for  a  glass  of  fine  wine  or  brandy  or  a  bottle 
of  pure  old  Kentucky  whisky  while  the  above  reliable  house  is  in  existence.  They  Lave 
a  handsome  establishment  at  No.  531  "West  Market  street,  lUxlOO  feet  and  two  spacious 
cellars,  stocked  at  all  times  with  a  line  of  the  purest  and  best  goods  in  the  way  ot  wines 
and  liquors  that  skill  can  produce  or  money  purchase,  embracing  many  ot  the  most  cele- 
brated brands  of  French  and  German  vintage,  and  Scotch,  Irish  and  American  distillation, 


190 


THE    INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILI>E 


in  cases  and  barrels  for  the  convenience  of  the  trade  and  consumers.  Of  wines  and  whis- 
kies in  particular  the  firm  makes  a  specialty,  importinu;  the  former  from  the  famous  conti- 
nental wine  districts  and  handling  the  product  of  some  of  Kentucky's  most  celebrated 
distdlerics.  They  are  also  distillers  on  their  own  account,  and  their  velvety  old  "  Pearl  of 
Nelson"  has  no  superior  for  l)ody,  Ha\'or  and  general  good  qualities.  Their  importations 
of  wines  and  brandies  thnniiih  the  Louisville  custom-house  are  sti'aight  goods  Irom  first 
hands  and  equal  to  any  brought  to  this  country. 

jMr.  M.  Hermann,  formerly  a  wine-grower,  is  a  perfect  judge  of  the  goods  he  handles, 
having  had  an  experience  of  fourteen  years  in  the  trade.  Mr.  F.  J.  Hermann,  the  junior 
partner,  was  formerly  in  the  grocery  trade. 


HARRIS'  MAMMOTH  MUSEU3I. 


Fourth  Avenue,  between  Green  and  Walnut— P.  Harris.  Sole  Proprietor:  Richard  L.  Briflon.  Manager. 


The  career  of  ]\Ir.  1'.  Harris  as  an  anniscment  caterer  has  been  a  wonderful  oiu;.  Be- 
ginning a  few  years  ag(j  with  a  small  show,  he  has  succeeded,  liy  dint  of  jiluck,  industry 
and  good  management,  in  establishing  first-class  museums  in  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati,  Louis- 
ville, Baltimore  and  Washington  City,  besides  owning  and  conducting  in  the  latter  place 
a  beautiful  and  successful  little  theater,  the  "  Bijou,'"  one  of  his  most  promising  ventures. 

The  Mammoth  Museum  of  Louisville  was  opened  in  August,  1883,  and  was  popular 
and  successful  from  the  start.  Besides  exhibiting  an  endless  variety  of  novelties,  curios, 
relics,  human  monstrosities,  freaks  of  nature,  etc.,  a  first-class  performance,  tragedy  or 
comedy,  is  given  every  afternoon  and  night  in  the  theater  connected,  and  all  lor  one 
price  of  admission — a  ridiculously  small  sum  to  pay  for  so  much  amusement. 

Mr.  Richard  L.  Britton,  recently  ajipointed  manager,  is  an  active,  enterprising  young 
man  ol  large  business  capacity,  formerly  g(;neral  treasurer  of  Mr.  Harris'  combitied  inter- 


&.ND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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ests.     It  is  needless  to  say  that  in  his  present  position  he  gives  entire  satisfaction  to  both 
emploj-er  and  public. 

In  conclusion,  the  citizen  or  visitor  to  Louisville  can  find  no  more  instructive  or  enter- 
tainino;  resort  for  an  afternoon  or  evenine;  than  is  found  in  Harris'  Mammoth  Museum. 


THE- LOUISVILLE  HOTEL, 


Louisville  Hotel  Company,  Proprietors— Adelbert  Soule,  Manager— Fifty-fourth  Year— West  Main  Street,  between 

Sixtli  and  Seventh  Streets. 


This  popular  caravansary,  the  oldest  hotel  in  Louisville,  is  a  historic  establishment, 
and,  in  all  the  features  necessary  to  constitute  a  first-class  house,  is  not  surpassed  any- 
where in  the  West  or  South. 

Established  in  1832  by  Drake  &  Haskell,  it  has  for  more  than  half  a  century  pursued 
an  uninterrupted  career  of  prosperity. 

Situated  in  the  center  of  the  wholesale  business  district  and  upon  the  principal  thor- 
oughfare of  the  city,  the  Louisville  has  extensive  accommodations,  and  its  efficient  man- 
agement and  unrivaled  cuisine  make  the  house  a  great  favorite  with  travelers  in  general, 
commercial  bodies  and  business  men  in  particular.  The  200  rooms  of  the  house  are  well 
furnished  and  convenient  of  access,  and  500  guests  can  be  most  comfortably  entertained. 

Mr.  Adelbert  Soule  assumed  the  management  of  the  Louisville  Hotel  May  1st,  at  the 
invitation  of  the  company's  directors.  Mr.  Soule  has  had  long,  varied  and  valuable  hotel 
experience,  beginning  as  steward  of  a  leading  down-town  New  York  restaurant.  Later 
he  became  steward  of  the  Brighton  Beach  Hotel,  then  of  the  Maxwell  House,  Nashville. 
Subsequently  he  managed  the  University  Hotel,  Princeton,  N.  J.;  the  Montfort  Springs 
Hotel,  Middleton,'  Conn.;  and,  previous  to  coming  here,  the  Stillman,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Himself  a  genial,  hospitable  and  popular  host,  whose  highest  ambition  it  is  to  make  his 
guests  happy,  be  is  assisted  in  the  management  by  afiable  chief  clerks  in  the  persons  of 
Mr.  C.  F.  Topping  and  Mr.  L.  S.  McHenrj'.  Both  have  been  with  the  hotel  many  years 
and  are  well  known  to  the  traveling  public. 


192  THE  INDUSTRIES    Oy  LOUIS YIU.E 


KENTUCKY  CIDER  AN1>  VINEGAR  WORKS. 


Owen  &  Hughes,  Manufacturers  of  Pure  Ciders  and  Vinegars,  Worcestershire  Sauce.  Pepper  Sauce,  Catsup  ana 
IMustard— Office  and  Warerooms,  No.  923  West  Broadway. 


The  use  of  prepared  condiments  is  almost  universal  among  civilized  peoples  the  world 
over.  It  is  not  necessary  to  inquire  why  this  is  so,  or  if  a  necessity  exists  in  our  condi- 
tions of  life,  as  contrasted  with  that  of  harharians,  requiring  the  high  seasoning  of  our 
food  in  order  to  its  proper  assimilation.  The  fact  remains  that  we  all  affect  sauce?,  mus- 
tard, pepper,  etc.,  and  the  only  point  upon  wliich  we  need  trouble  ourselves  involves  the 
purity  of  the  ingredients,  the  cleanliness  of  the  processes,  and  the  palatableness  of  the 
goods  when  set  upon  our  tables.  Cider  and  vinegar  naturally  come  under  the  same  head, 
and  the  same  remarks  apply  to  them. 

The  Kentucky  Cider  and  Vinegar  "Works  of  Messrs.  Owen  &  Hughes,  No.  923  West 
Broadway,  is  one  of  the  most,  complete  and  extensive  of  the  kind  in  the  South  or  "West. 
The  factory  was  established  in  1882  by  Hughes  &  Bros.;  a  year  later  the  style  became 
Shannon  &  Hughes,  and  in  1884  Owen  cS;  Hughes,  consisting  of  H.  S.  Owen  and  R.  M. 
Hughes.  The  present  factory  is  located  at  Thirty-third  street  and  Portland  avenue,  and 
is  a  large  and  well-arranged  concern,  provided  with  presses  and  storage  sufficient  for  all 
practical  purposes,  and  employing  a  full  force  of  skilled  operatives.  The  office  and  ware- 
rooms.  No.  923  "West  Broadway,  are  convenient  and  capacious,  occupying  three  floors, 
thirty-five  by  ninety  feet.  The  sales  for  1885  reached  about  ten  thousand  barrels,  and 
will  "be  largely  exceeded  the  present  j-ear. 

All  of  the  goods  manufactured  and  sold  by  this  house  are  of  the  very  best  quality  and 
marketed  on  their  merits.  Their  cider  is  pressed  from  sound  selected  fruit  at  the  proj)er 
season,  and  carefully  stored  for  use  in  cellars  kept  at  an  even  temperature,  which  prevents 
fermentation  and  acidulation,  and  the  beverage  is  as  fresh,  sweet,  and  fruity  after  six 
months  as  when  fir.st  made,  though  perfectly  clear  and  more  palatable,  if  anything.  Their 
great  specialty  is  the  celebrated  "Monogram"  pure  fruit  vinegar  a  grade  that  needs  only 
to  be  tried  to  "be  appreciated.  It  is  in  univcr-al  demand  by  the  best  hou-ekeepers  in  this 
and  surrounding  cities,  and  deservedly  popular  with  the  trade  in  general. 

The  firm  also  manufactures  immense  quantities  of  superior  "VVorcester  sauce,  pepper 
sauce,  catsup  and  mustard,  for  which  they  find  ready  demand  at  remunerative  prices. 


L..  HEINIG, 


Manufacturer  of  Novelties  and  Patent  Specialties  in  Sheet  Metal.  No.  643  West  Main  Street. 


Sheet  metal — copper,  zinc,  brass,  iron,  tin,  lead,  etc. — is  employed  for  a  multitude  of 
purposes,  and  new  uses  are  found  for  it  continuall}'.  The  establishment  of  works  for  its' 
manipulation  is,  therefore,  the  natural  result  of  a  pressing  demand  for  skilled  labor  in  a 
department  of  manufacture  which,  in  the  hands  of  the  novice,  could  result  only  in 
disappointment  and  waste.  Louisville  has  a  first-class  house  of  this  kind  where  every- 
thing of  sheet  met^l  can  be  nuide  at  short  notice  and  in  the  best  style.  "We  refer  to  the 
sheet  metal  works  ot  IMr.  L.  Heinig,  No.  G43  West  Main  .street,  where  every  facility  in 
the  way  of  special  machinery,  tools  and  skilled  workmen  in  this  industry  can  be  found 
and  entire  satisfaction  guaranteed  in  every  instance. 

Mr.  Heinig,  though  only  located  here  two  or  three  years,  has  already  secured  a  generous 
support  and  is  doing  well.  He  is  an  inventor  of  rare  ability,  a  machinist,  and  was  for- 
anerly  in  the  stamping  business,  but  abandoned  it  for  his  })resent  pursuit. 

Our  reporter  was  permitted  to  inspect  several  ingenious  devices  in  the  way  of  sheet 
metal  working  machinery,  the  product  of  Mr,  Heinig's  brain  and  hand,  which  indicate 
inventive  talent  of  a  high  order  and  are  certain  to  revolutionize  the  trade  in  some  of  its 
departments.  Patents  are  pending  on  these,  and  it  would,  therefore,  be  out  of  place  to 
particularize,  but  it  would  be  well  for  those  interested  to  make  a  note  of  Mr.  H.'s  estab- 
lishment and  await  developments. 

The  works  form  an  important  feature  of  Louisville  enterprise,  a  feature  that  will  grow 
in  pojHilarity  and  value  to  the  city's  interest.  Some  eighteen  or  twenty  hands  are  already 
(■mi)loyed,  and  when  improvements  now  contemplated  are  completed  the  number  and  the 
output  will  be  vii-^tly  increased. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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JOHN  J.  SCHULTEN  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Boots  and  Shoes— No.  507  West  Main  Street. 


For  nearly  twenty  years  this  house  has  contributed  to  the  eminence  that  Louisville  has 
obtained — and  is  still  obtaining  in  a  larger  degree  — as  a  center  of  manufacturing  industry 
and  of  commercial  importance  in  the  marts  of  the  world. 

When  this  establishment  was  founded,  by  Quast  &  Schulten,  in  18G7,  this  city  and 
tributary  territory  was  still  being  largely  supplied  with  footwear  direct  by  New  England 
manufacturers  and  jobbers,  but  enterprising  wholesale  dealers  like  John  J.  Schulten  & 
Co. — who  succeeded  to  the  business  in  1881 — have  enabled  the  country  merchant  of  the 
interior  and  the  city  dealer  to  make  his  purchases  in  Louisville,  and  are  further  able  to 
offer  the  additional  inducement  of  very  superior  makes  of  boots  and  shoes,  especially 
adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  Southern  and  Western  trade.  The  trade  of  the  house 
is  not  only  large  in  the  city  and  surroundings,  but  practically  extends  throughout  Kcn- 
tuckj^  and  Indiana,  and  is  still  increasing,  every  season,  in  aggregate  volume  and  in  the 
■extent  of  territory  supplied. 

Mr.  Schulten  is  an  old  and  highly-esteemed  resident  and  business  man  of  Louisville. 
He  was,  prior  to  1867,  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  here.  His  commercial 
standing  is  of  the  highest;  his  trade  facilities  of  the  best,  and  the  long  and  successful 
career  ot  the  house  establishes  his  familiarity  with  every  requirement  of  the  trade. 


NEW  YORK  STEAM  LAUNDRY. 


Beaume  &  Syers.  Proprietors— Nos.  644  and  646  West  Jefferson   Street,  Louisville,  and  72  and  74  South 

Illinois  Street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


"  Cleanliness  is  next  to  godliness,"  says  the  inspired  writer,  and  everything  that  con- 
duces to  purity  of  life,  whether  physical  or  spiritual,  is  worthy  of  commendation.  The 
public  laundry,  though  a  decidedly  modern  idea  in  this  country,  is  already  the  recipient 
of  great  favor  at  the  hands  of  decent  people  of  both  sexes  from  the  men  because  they 
•can  have  their  linen  purified,  .starched  and  ironed  by  those  whose  vocation  it  is  to  perform 
such  work  better  than  it  ever  was  done  by  the  most  careful  of  domestic  servants;  the 


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•I'lliS  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


women  because  it  alike  relieve.?  maid  and  mistress  of  a  most  laborious,  disagreeable  and 
thankless  portion  of  the  household  drudgery. 

Notwithstanding  the  existence  here  of  several  more  or  less  extensive  laundries,  the- 
growing  population  and  needs  of  the  city  seemed  to  require  additional  facilities  of  the 
kind,  and  in  onler  to  meet  the  want  Messrs.  Reaume  &  Syers  have  erected  the  spacious 
stores  Nos.  644  and  G4G  AVest  Jefferson  street,  between  Sixth  and  Seventh,  south  si<ie, 
thoroughly  renovated  and  fitted  up  the  premises,  introduced  the  latest  improved  machin- 
ery, and  are  prepared  in  the  best  possible  manner  to  execute  all  orders  in  the  laundry  line 
at  short  notice,  in  superior  style  and  at  reasonable  prices. 

The  building  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  city  for  the  business,  being  58x210  feet  in  area, 
with  lofty  and  handsome  office  and  storerooms. 

Mr.  Eeaume  is  an  experienced  lauiidryman,  owning  and  operating  a  similar  extensive 
concern  in  Indianapolis  and  carrying  on  a  gentlempn's  furnishing  store.  Mr.  Syers,  also 
an  experienced  lauiidryman,  resides  here,  and  will  have  ]iersonal  supervision  of  the  New 
York  Steam  Laundry.     Drop  the  almond-eyed  Chinee  and  patroni/.e  honest  white  men. 


H.   McKENNA, 


Distiller  of  Nelson  County  Pure  Old-Line  Sour-Mash  Whisky:  Dealer  in  Wines.  Brandies  and  Liquors;  No.  245 
Fourth  Avenue— Distillery  at  Fairfield,  Nelson  County.  Ky. 


This  establishment,  as  far  as  the  Louisville  house  is  concerned,  commenced  business 
here  in  1880,  on  Market  street,  and  two  years  later,  the  rapid  growth  of  its  business  de- 
manding more  commodious  quarters,  moved  to  the  present  spacious  apartments,  at  245 
Fourth  avenue,  near  Main. 

Mr.  H.  McKenna,  whose  enterprise  is  very  generally  known  and  recognized  in  com- 
mercial circles,  has  had  a  lite-long  experience  as  a  distiller,  and  his  justly-famous  brand. 
Nelson  County  Pure  Old-line  Sour-mash  Whisky,  is  known  throughout  the  entire  United 
States,  and  held  in  liigh  trade  favor  and  popular  demand  for  its  excellence  and  undoubted 
purity. 

Established  in  1855,  at  Fairfield,  Nelson  countj',  Ky.,  with  a  record  of  over  thirty 
years,  and  during  wliich  long  period  Mr.  McKenna's  aim  has  been  directed  to  the  quality 
rather  than  the  largeness  of  his  output,  this  valuable  asset  of  age  alone  would  seem  to  be 
a  guarantee  of  thoroughness  and  square  dealing.  He  uses  no  patent  yeast  or  lime,  or 
other  compounds  to  produce  a  large  (juantity  at  the  expense  of  quality,  nothing  but  corn, 
rye  and. bailey  malt. 

In  his  distilling,  for  thirty-one  years,  the  various  United  States  storekeepers  and 
gaugers,  more  than  a  dozen  in  number,  who  liave  been  stationed  at  his  distillery,  certify 


AND  OF  XEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


195 


that  he  a#es  no  patent  yeast  or  lime,  that  all  the  grain  used  is  carefully  selected,  that  he 
mashes  in  the  small  tubs  by  hand,  thus  making  ^tricily  oKl-laii-hioned  hand-made  sour- 
mash,  and  tliat  his  whisky  is  absolutely  pure  and  free  from  all  adulterations. 

From  the  medical  fraternity  come  many  flattering  t-slimonials  attesting  the  excellence 
of  his  famous  product,  and  Dudley  8.  Keynoids,  M.  D.,  says:  "  H.  Mclvcnmi's  whisky  is 
the  purest  and  best  I  have  ever  seen." 

At  his  warerooms,  on  Fourth  streei,  can  be  always  found  this  choice  and  favorite  brand, 
and  he  also  puts  up  whi.-ky  from  live  U>  twelve  years  of  age  in  cases  expressly  for  family. use. 

He  also  keeps  on  hand  a  variety  of  the  ehoicest  brands  of  wines,  brandies  and  liquors, 
both  domestic  and  imported. 


LOUISVILLE  AND  EVAXSVILLE  MAIL  COMPANY. 

W.  W.  Hi  e.  Piesident;  J.  G.  McCulloch.  Vice-Presidtnl;  J.  L.  Sfa'b.  Superintendent:  B.  C.  Levi.  Freight  Agent; 
Louis  niie,  Sdcretary— uffice,  ivos.  i4b  and  148  Fourtli  Street.  Between  iVlam  and  River. 


The  Louisville  &  Evansville  Alail  Company,  nri-anized  in  1800  l)y  Captains  W.  C. 
Hite  and  Z.  M.  Shei-ley,  experienced  and  popular  steamboatmen  of  the  old  school,  has 
proved  a  most  sut-fessful  venture.  The  ca|)ital  stock,  $:20d.OOO,  enabled  the  company  to  at 
once  put  upon  the  line  several  costly  and  elegant  side-wheel  steamers  of  the  finest  class, 
which  as  fast  as  worn  out  or  disabled  have  been  re]ilaced  fron^  time  to  time  with  new  and 
equally  fine  boats.  The  line  at  present  employs  five  splendid  craft,  viz  :  The"Rainbow." 
"  City  of  Owensboro,"'  "James  Guthrie,"  •'  \Iattie  Hays,"  and"  Fashion."  Trips  extend  to 
Henderson,  Kentucky,  fifteen  miles  below  Evansville.  from  and  to  which  port,  notwithstand- 
ing railroad  com]ietition,  there  is  a  heavy  aiul  profitable  freight  and  passenger  traffic.  All 
along  the  river  this  line  is  pojiular  with  the  pi'ople,  who.  when  travelingor  makingshipments 
of  any  kind,  give  the  Louisville  and  Evansville  Mail  Company's  boats  the  preference 
over  all  others,  thus  sustaining  the  company  and  at  the  same  time  adding  value  to  their 
property  by  having  regular  communication  and  a  daily  mail  both  ways. 

The  dc'ith  of  Captains  Sherley  and  Hite  some  year->  ago  left  the  management  of  the 
line  in  the  hands  of  the  present,  ofiicers  named  at  the  head  of  this  article,  and  they  have, 
if  possible,  increased  the  popularity  and  patronage  always  so  liberally  bestowed.  One  of 
these  boautiful  ami  elegantly  appointe:l  steamers  leaves  the  foot  of  Fourth  street  every 
day  for  Owensboro,  Kvansville.  Henderson,  and  all  intermediate  points,  carrying  the 
United  .State-;  mail  and  all  freight  and  passengers  for  the  lower  river.  Keasonable  rates 
are  afforded,  ruid  quicker  delivery  of  freight  than  by  any  other  route  ;  the  best  accotnmo- 
dations  provided,  equipment  first-class  and  unequaled.  The  ofiicers  of  these  boats  are- 
among  the  mo-^t  experienced  and  cautious  on  the  river.  In  the  tweiity-six  years  of  the- 
company's  existence  no  passengers  have  ever  been  lost  or  in  any  way  injured. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


FERDINAND  F.  LUTZ, 

Proprietor  of  City  IVIalt-House— Manufacturer  of  Barley,  Rye  and  Corn   Malt— Dealer  in  Barley.  Brewers'  and 
Distillers'  Supplies— Monroe  and  Twelfth  Streets. 


The  manufacture  of  malt  long  ago  became  a  distinct 
ndustry,  experience  having  shown  that  in  order  to  reach 
the  best  results  special  training  and  exclusive  attention 
to  this  branch  of  the  brewing  and  distilling  business  was 
necessary'.  Hence,  almost  every  large  city  in  the  coun- 
try counts  among  its  manufiicturing  establishments  one 
or  more  large  malting-houses.  Tlie  leader  here  in  this 
specialty  is  Mr.  Ferdinand  F.  Lutz,  whose  fine  three- 1 
story  nialt-liouse,  100x190  feet,  at  the  corner  of  Monroe 
and  Twelfth  streets,  is  a  feature  of  that  portion  of  the 
city.  This  establishment  is  completely  equipped  in 
every  department,  and  turns  out  from  150,000  to  200,000 
bushels  of  superior  malt  annuall}'.  It  was  erected  in 
1879,  and  has  proved  a  successful  venture  from  the  start. 
At  present  Mr.  Lutz's  business  extends  throughout  this 
city  and  the  States  of  Kentucky,  (Jhio,  Virginia,  Tennes- 
see and  Pennsylvania,  and  continues  to  increase,  the  first 
year's  sales  footing  up  50,000  bushels,  the  second  125,- 
000,  and  so  on  up  to  1885,  when  200,C0l)  bushels  were 
disposed  of  to  the  trade.  Distillers'  orders  for  choice 
yeast,  as  well  as  other  malts,  receive  prompt  attention,  and 
satisfaction  is  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  This  is  a 
home  enterprise  and  deserves  well  at  the  hands  of  home  brewers  and  distillers  in  the 
■State, 


CHOICEHQP^j 

FROM 


W.  W.  HITE  &  CO., 


Dealers  in  Steamboat  and  Railroad  |Supplies:  Manufacturers  of  Tarpaulins,  and  Dealers  in  Cotton  Duck- 
Nos.  146  and  H8  Fourt'n  Avenue,  between  Main  and  River. 


Although  the  trade  in  naval  stores  and  supplies  is  not  now  what  it  was  in  the  palmy 
daj's  of  steamboating,  when  five  or  six,  or  a  dozen  or  more  palatial  craft  backed  out  from 
the  Louisville  and  i*ortland  wharves  dailj%  loaded  to  the  guards  with  freight  and  people, 
nevertheless  there  is  still  a  considerable  traffic  in  all  commodities  pertaining  to  naviga- 
tion, and,  by  adding  to  these  a  general  stock  of  railroad  supplies,  the  handler  of  boat 
stores  manages  to  keep  the  wolf  from  the  door  and  show  a  handsome  aggregate  of  trans- 
actions in  his  December  balance  sheet. 

The  most  extensive  and  prosperous  concern  of  this  kind  now  in  existence  here  is  the 
•old-established  house  of  W.  W.  Hite  &  Co.,  Nos.  146  and  148  Fourth  avenue,  between 
Main  and  the  river,  founded  some  twelve  or  fifteen  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Gilmore  &  Co., 
succeeded  later  bj'  Gilmore,  Hite  &  Co.,  and,  in  1885,  by  the  present  firm,  with  a  capital 
of  $50,000.  and  now  doing  a  yearly  business  of  $100,000. 

"\V.  W.  Hite  &  Co.  have  a  verj'  convenient  and  commodious  building,  35  feet  front 
by  100  feet  deep,  and  three  stories  high,  fully  stocked  with  a  complete  line  of  steamboat, 
railroad  and  mill  supplies  of  all  kinds,  embracing  ship  chandlery,  cordage,  oakum,  naval 
stores  generally,  etc.  The  firm  are  also  extensive  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  tarpaulins 
and  cotton  duck  of  all  widths  and  weights,  and  of  superior  quality. 

'I'iiis  firm  is  an  incorporated  company,  of  which  Mr.  W.  W.  Hite  is  president;  J.  G. 
McCulloch  vice-president;  Louis  Hite  secretary,  and  E.  S.  Brewster  treasurer.  The 
president  has  been  connected  with  tlie  hou«c  for  many  years,  Mr.  McCulloch  and  Mr. 
Brewster  about  four  years  each,  and  Mr.  Louis  Hite  since  1885.  Messrs.  W.  "\V.  and 
Louis  Hite  and  Mr.  AlcCullocii  are  also  connected  with  the  Louisville  «.t  Evansville  Mail 
Company,  whose  boats  ply  upon  the  lower  Ohio. 


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THE  BREMAKER-MOORE  PAPER  COMPANY. 


Charles  Bremaker    President;  J.  J.  Hayes,  Secretary  and  Treasurer— Manufacturers  of  Fine  Book  and  Print 
Paper— Corner  First  and  Washington  Streets 

The  manufact- 
ure of  printing 
paper,  both  book 
and  news,  is  a 
<i;rowing  industry 
at  most  centers  of 
population  and 
commerce,  keep- 
ing pace  with  and 
being  ono  of  the 
most  reliable  indi- 
ces of  public  prog- 
ress in  education^ 
in  tell igence  and 
general  refine- 
ment. The  dis- 
co vnry  of  means  of 
utilizing  wood 
pulp  in  the  produc- 
tion of  superior  paper  gave  this  branch  ot  business  a  powerful  impetus  from  the  fact  that 
it  reduced  the  cost  of  material  verj'  considerably  and  made  possible  the  successful  publica- 
tion of  penny  newspapers  and  cheap  editions  of  standard  books  of  all  kinds,  thus  encour- 
aging and  fostering  a  taste  for  reading  which,  formerly,  by  reason  of  the  high  price  of 
books,  could  be  only  partially  satiated.  Anything  that  tends  to  humanize  and  elevate  the 
masses  is  a  public  blessing,  and  consequently  the  modern  paper-maker,  in  view  of  the  aid 
he  renders  to  this  cause,  is  a  benefactor  of  his  kind. 

The  Bremaker-Moore  Paper  Company,  of  Louisville,  is  one  of  the  city's  prosperous- 
and  substantial  concerns.  It  was  organized  in  1864  by  Messrs.  Charles  Bremaker,  John 
T.  Moore  and  D.  E.  Stark,  the  foi'mer  two  of  the  firm  of  Moore,  Bremaker  &  Co.,  wbolesalfr 
grocers.  Later  Messrs.  Josepb  J.  Hayes  and  Buckner  M.  Creel  were  admitted,  and  in 
1875  the  corr.pany  was  chartered  as  a  stock  company  with  a  capital  of  $300,000.  The 
mill,  located  at  the  corner  of  First  and  Washington  streets,  is  one  of  the  most  complete 
and  thoroughly  equipped  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  contains  a  superb  complement  of 
improved  machinery  of  the  best  make,  and  employs  125  hands,  whose  wages  average 
$1,200  a  week.  A  vast  quantity  of  paper  is  turned  out  every  year,  for  which  a  ready  sale- 
is  found  throughout  the  West,  North-west  and  South.  The  leading  specialty  is  tine  quality 
machine-finished  super-calendered  book  paper  of  different  weights  and  all  tints,  for  which 
the  demand  is  steadily  on  the  increase.  The  trade  will  find  this  hovise  one  of  the  most 
liberal  and  prompt  in  existence. 


HUGH  STAFFORD, 

Manufacturer  of  Whisky,  Pork  and  Lard  Barrels,  Bacon  Casks,  Ham  Tierces,  etc.,  and  Dealer  in  Staves,  Head- 
ings and  Hoops,  Reservoir  Avenue,  between  Spring  and  Stone  Streets. 


While  the  cooperage  interest  of  Louisville  is  not  what  it  formerly  was,  owing  to  a 
variety  of  causes,  yet  there  continues  to  be  an  injmense  business  done  here  in  both  finished 
work  and  rough  and  dressed  materials.  The  most  extensive  concern  in  Louisville  repre- 
senting this  branch  of  manufactures  and  trade  is  that  of  Mr.  Hugh  Stafford,  located  on 
Reservoir  street,  extending  some  700  feet  along  that  thoroughfare  and  with  a  depth  of  200' 
feet.  Several  large  shops  are  embraced  in  the  premises,  equipped  with  steam  power  and 
all  necessary  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  rough,  jointed  and  bucked  staves,  rough, 
bucked  and  circled  headings,  hoops,  and  coopers'  material  generally,  as  well  as  whisky, 
pork  and  lard  barrels,  bacon  casks,  ham  tierces,  and  every  description  of  cooperage.  The 
establishment  employs  from  150  to  200  men  at  this  point  and  many  more  at  Caneyville, 
Grayson  Springs,  Harton  and  other  points,  where  timber  is  got  out  and  shipped.  All  the 
staves,  heading,  etc.,  used  by  the  concern  are  dressed  at  Caneyville,  where  an  extensive 
factory  is  maintained.     Large  quantities  of  superior  oak  timber  are  also  handled  and 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   L,OUISVILLE 


¥:hippcd  to  order.  Twelve  to  tiltfcn  liuiuired  dollars  per  week  is  disbursed  in  wages,  and 
tlie  annual  output  in  material  and  packages  aggregate  ^200,000  to  |400,000  according  to 
the  slate  of  the  market. 

Mr.  Staflord  ships  largely  of  barrels,  etc.,  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  vast 
<'argoes  of  sliooks  to  Cuba  aiid  other  West  India  islands  and  to  Europe.  His  great  spe- 
cialty, however,  is  the  manufacture  of  lard  and  whisky  barrels,  in  which  he  excels.  He  is 
a  practical  cooper  and  has  been  connected  with  the  trade  since  boyhood.  From  1858  to 
1872  he  was  employed  as  cooper  for  some  of  the  most  noted  Kentucky'distillery  houses, 
after  which  time  he  embarked  in  his  present  big  enterprise.  He  has  every  facility  for 
doing  a  largely  increased  business,  and  for  convenience  of  shipping  has  a  switch  and  side- 
track connecting  with  the  Louisville  &  Na.«hville  railroad. 


COMPANY-    plHIIIISI 

iMjl  iiBiisiailsiSiiRfKI';; 


THE  GIANT  TOBACCO  COMPANY, 

Successors  to  Dick,  Middleton  &  Co.,  Manufacturers  of  Plug  Tobacco :  Corner  Jefferson  and  Nint»»  Streets— John 

IV<iddleton,  President. 

Of  the  industries 
that  cluster  about  the 
Ohio  Falls  the  most 
important  in  mone- 
tary results,  in  the 
number  of  people  de- 
pendent upon  it,  and 
in  its  influence  upon 
business  interests  gen- 
erally, and  the  pros- 
perity of  the  city,  the 
handling  of  tobacco  in 
its  various  stages,  from 
its  receipt  by  rail  or 
river  uj)  through  the 
factory  and  the  hands 
of  the  jobber  and  re- 
tailer to  the  customer, 
is  by  long  odds  the 
most  important.  It  is 
safe  to  say  that  the  re- 
" "  -    ':i:<=iS--lj---'^^'''  '"   ■  suits    of  the    present 

year's  operations  will  tind  Louisville  far  in  the  lead  of  any  other  tobacco  market  in  the 
'world — an  obiect  well  worth  striving  for,  and  that  when  achieved  will  reflect  honor  upon 
all  who  exert  themselves  for  its  attainment.  One  of  the  principal  factors  conducing  to  the 
pre-eminence  of  Louisville  as  a  tobacco  center  is  the  already  famous  Giant  Tobacco  Com- 
pany, successors  to  the  old  and  noted  firm  of  Dick,  Middlet(^n  &  Co.,  Mr.  John  Middleton 
being  president  of  the  present  association;  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Brown,  of  Brown,  Thompson  & 
Co.,  wholesale  liquor  dealers,  vice-jiresident ;  Hugh  L.  Barret  treasurer,  and  \V.  li.  Dick 
secretary.  The  organization  of  this  company  dates  from  January  1st  of  the  present  year  ; 
the  paid'-U])  <*tj)itol  stock  is  $120,000,  and,  with  the  well-earned  ])restige  of  the  old  firm, 
and  the  co-operation  of  its  ]irinci)ial  members,  the  outlook  for  the  Giant  Tobacco  Com- 
pany is  very  flattering  indeed. 

The  works  front  210  feet  on  Ninth  street,  105  feet  on  Jefferson  street,  and  105  feet  on 
Green,  are  four  stories  high,  and  have  a  basement  story  extending  under  the  entire  build- 
ing, wherein  are  located  the  powerful  hydraulic  presses  employed  in  the  business.  All 
the  machinery  used  is  of  the  most  approved  description,  very  costly,  and.  on  the  whole, 
constitutes  one  of  the  most  valuable  plants  of  the  kind  in  the  country.  From  lo5  to  140 
hands  are  regularly  employed  ;  the  pay-rolls  reach  *800  to  $1,000  a  week,  and  the  aver- 
age yearly  j)roductive  cajjacity  is  $(500,000  worth  of  finished  goods  of  high  grade.  The 
favorite  brands  are  the  well-known  "Acorn  "  and  "  Checkmate  "  ]dug  clicwing  tobacco, 
for  which,  owing  to  excellence  of  stock,  flavor,  and  suj)erior  lasting  qualities,  the  demand 
is  rapidlv  growing.  Other  brands  are  manufactured  to  order  for  the  trade,  but  those 
named  are  the  standard  goods  of  the  Giant  Tobacco  Company,  upon  which  its  reputation 
especially  rests. 


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GERMAN  INSURANCE  COMPANY. 


Reidhar,  President;  J.  J.  Fischer.  Secretary;  H.  Rehkopf.  Assistant  Secretary    George  A.  Ehrman.  Solicitor  3 
Paid-up  Capital  Stock.  $200,000  -No.  237  West  Market  Street. 


The  German  FiVf  Insurance  Company  of  Louisville  is  one 
t>f  those  solid  and  substantial  institutions  which,  founded  in 
he  good  old  times,  has  stuck  closelj^  to  the  line  of  policy 
originally  adopted  and  made  itself  the  repository,  year  by 
year,  of  the  increased  confidence  of  the  people,  whose  trust 
i  11  its  integrity,  never  shaken  by  doubtful  methods,  is  stronger 
to-day  than  at  any  previous  time. 

This  fine  old  company  was  chartered  in  1854,  and  in  all 
the  years  of  its  existence  has  never  failed  to  meet  promptly 
•and  fully  its  engagements.  It  has  issued  many  millions  of 
risks  and  saved  many  a  man  from  penury,  and  not  a  single 
crooked  or  doubtful  transaction  can  be  justly  charged  to  its 
account.  As  an  evidence  of  its  still-growing  popularity,  its 
outstanding  policies  at  this  time  aggregate  fully  $3,000,000. 

The  company  does  a  strictly  legitimate  fire  insurance 
business,  well  distributed  in  the  city  and  surrounding  coun- 
try. The  otticers'  names  appear  above.  The  directors  are 
F.  Reidhar,  Esq.,  president  of  the  German  Insurance  Rank; 
J.  J.  Fischer,  cashier  of  same;  W.  H.  Edinger,  Joseph 
Hauxhausen,  Charles  "VVinkler,  Louis  Eckstenkemper  and 
H.  "Wellenvoss. 


GERMAN  INSURANCE  BANK. 


F.  Reidliar.  President:  Jos.  J.  Fischer.  Cashier— Capital,  $250,000:  Surplus    $100,000;   Average 
Deposits,  $1,161,404,  027-No.  237  W.  Market  Street. 


The  above-named  first-class  financial  institution,  organized  and  chartered  by  the  Leg- 
islature in  1872,  is  a  promising  and  growing  child  of  the  sound  and  prosperous  old  Ger- 
man Insurance  Company.  The  same  officers  and  directors  control  the  operations  of  both 
in.stitutions  ;  consequently  no  confusion  or  clashing  of  interests  can  arise.  They  also  oc- 
cupy the  same  building,  which  further  faciliates  the  transaction  of  business — the  fine  busi- 
ness house  No.  237  West  Market  street. 

The  German  Insurance  Bank  conducts  a  conservative  and  legitimate  local  and  general 
banking  business  in  all  departments,  embracing  loans,  dqjosits,  collections,  the  buying  and 
selling  of  foreign  and  domestic  exchange,  etc.  The  bank  has  reliable  correspondents  at 
leading  monetary  centers,  as  follows  :  National  Park  and  Chemical  National,  of  New 
York;  Bank  of  the  Commonwealth,  Boston;  Merchants'  National,  of  Cincinnati;  Com- 
mercial National  ot  Chicago,  and  Fourth  National  of  St.  Louis.  The  following  official 
statement  shows  the  condition  of  the  German  Insurance  Bank  at  the  close  of  business 
December  31,  1885,  a  most  favorable  and  encouraging  showing  indeed;  Real  estate, 
bonds,  and  stocks.  Cash  and  other  assets,  $1,550,032.94  ;  Liabilities — capital  stock,  .$249,500; 
profit  and  loss,  $105,760.87;  dividend  No.  27,  $9,980;  previous  dividends,  unpaid,  $343; 
deposits,  $1,161,404.27;  due  banks  and  bankers,  $23,044.80;  total,  $1,550,032.94.  The  av- 
erage annual  dividend  for  the  last  tv/o  years  has  been  eight  per  cent,  on  paid-up  cap- 
ital. 

Mr.  Reidhar,  the  president,  has  occupied  his  present  position  for  fourteen  years,  as  has 
also  Cashier  Jos.  J.  Fischer.  The  directors  are:  F.  Reidhar,  J.  J.  Fischer,  W.  H.  Ed- 
inger, Jos.  Hauxhausen,  Charles  Winkler,  Louis  Eckstenkemper,  and  H.  Wellenvoss,  capa- 
ble and  responsible  citizens  and  prominent  business  men. 


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THE    INDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


C.  C.  KOE  &  CO. 


Engraving  on  Wood  and  Patent  Solicitors— Rooms  Nos.  8  toll.  North-east  Corner  Fourth  and  Main  Streets. 

This  well-known  house  was  established  in  1872,  and 
has  always  occupied  a  commanding  position  in  respect  to 
the  commercial  development  of  Lcuisville  and  vicinity. 
In  his  wood  engraving,  which  is  at  once  artistically  done 
and  faithful  in  reprod'uction,  Mr.  Roe  has  been  singularly 
successful  in  fully  satisfying  his  patrons,  and  in  develop- 
ing a  very  large  "local  trade,  as  well  as  in  reaching  more 
distant  points  in  the  interior  ot  the  State  and  the  South 
generally. 

As  puhlishers,  we  may  claim  a  somewhat  extensive 
knowledge  of  the  relative"  faithfulness  to  the  original  of 
artistically-fashioned  wood  engravings,  like  those  of  Mr. 
Eoe,  comjjared  with  the  cheaper  processes  somewhat  util- 
ized in  inferior  work,  and  business  men  in  general  familiar  with  his  work  award  the  palm 
to  the  wood  engraving  and  designing  executed  by  this  house. 

Mr.  Roe  is  a  graduate  of  the  Chicago  Athenieum,  which  has  always  su.stained  a  pre- 
eminent reputation  throughout  the  country  for  the  comprehensiveness  and  thoroughness 
ol  its  instruction  in  art-designing  and  drawing.  Cuts  presented  elsewhere  in  this  work 
serve  also  to  illustrate  the  excellence,  artistic  character  and  tine  finish  of  his  work.  He 
has  engravings  and  electrotypes  of  nearly  all  the  principal  public  and  commercial  build- 
ings in  Louisville,  made  by  himself. 

"  C.  C.  Roe  «&  Co.  are  afso  prominent  in  business  circles  as  patent  solicitors,  and  in  this 
behalf  have  filled  a  sphere  of  great  usefulness  and  profit  to  resident  inventors  and  others. 


BRENNAN  &  CO.,  SOUTH-WESTERN  AGRICULTURAL  WORKS 

A.G.Vunn.  President;  Thomas  Brennan.  Vice-President:  W.  Garnett  Munn,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  Tom  W. 
Weller,  General  Manager  -Manufacturers  of  Agricultural  Implements,  Farm  Machinery,  etc.— Office  and 
Warerooms,  Corner  Eighth  and  Green  Streets. 

The  engraving  here  repro- 
duced illustrates  one  of  the 
largest  manufacturing  indus- 
tries of  Louisville  and  the 
Sou  th- west,  the  Soutlv-western 
Agricultural  Works,  owned 
and  operated  by  Brennan  & 
Co.,  a  corporation  organized 
January  1,  1882,  with  a  cap- 
ital stock  of  $160,000,  to  suc- 
ceed to  the  old  established 
business,  in  the  same  line,  of 
Munn  &  Co.,  a  house  founded 
here  more  than  thirty  years 
ago,  and  perpetuated  in  the 
new  company,  through  the 
executive  officers  of  the  lat- 
ter. The  establishment  occupies  most  extensive  premises,  as  shown  in  the  accompanying 
illustration,  for  manufacturing  and  warehouse  purposes,  on  Eighth"  and  Green  streets, 
fronting  on  the  Litter,  and  the  opposite  corner  as  well  for  factory  and  yardage  purposes. 
The  line  of  manufactures  is  unusually  extensive  and  varied,  embracing  many  various 
kinds  of  agricultural  implements  and  farm  machinery,  inclusive,  too,  of  saw  mills,  shingle 
and  lath  machines,  circular  saws,  etc.,  and  a  variety  of  specialties  of  this  character.  It 
is  said  by  those  who  have  long  used  the  implements  and  machinery  made  at  these  works 
that  they  are  especially  ingenious,  yet  simple  in  construction'and  very  durable,  as  more 
clearly  appears  when  the  fact  is  taken  into  account  that  the  manufacturers  themselves  are 
practical  workmen  of  great  skill  and  large  experience.  So  large  is  the  range  of  manu- 
facture and  so  extensive  the  business  of  the  company,  that  one  hundred  and  fifty  skilled 


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hands  are  constantly  employed  in  tlie  ft>rmer,  and  tlie  aggregate  volume  of  trade  last  year 
exceeded  $"200,000,  and  gives  promise  in  188G  <>l  reaching  a  round  quarter  of  a  million 
dollars.  In  territorial  extent  the  trade  of  the  company  already  embraces  the  entire  South 
and  St)uth-\vest,  and  is  continually  widening  in  its  scope  of  usefulness  and  profit. 

Mr.  A.  G.  Munn,  the  president  of  the  coqmration,  -vfas  the  original  founder  of  the 
house,  and  has  always  been  actively  identifii-d  with  its  management,  being  a  business  man 
of  great  energy  and  experience.  He  is  originaily  from  New  Jersey,  but  in  this  and  other 
capacities  has  been  connected  with  the  industrial  development  of  Louisville  almost  fifty 
years.  Vice-President  Thomas  Brennan  joined  the  enterprise  during  the  depressing 
period  incident  to  the  war,  and  has  since  been  connected  with  tlie  success  of  the  concern. 
He  is  a  native  of  I.ouisville,  as  is  also  Mr.  W.  Garnett  ^Funn,  the  energetic  secretary  and 
treasurer.  Jklr.  AVeller,  tlie  general  manager  of  the  establishment,  hails  from  Nashville, 
Tenn.  The  company  has  the  highest  commercial  standing,  and  making  a  practice  of 
buying  wholly  for  ca>h,  is  at  all  times  without  indebtedness. 


THE  BVXK  OF  I.OUtSVILLE. 


Samuel  Russell.  President:  E.  A.  Hewitt.  Cashier— No.  324  West  Main  Street. 

The  Bank  of  Louisville  was  char- 
tered in  1833,  with  a  paid-up  capital 
of  .$1,000,000,  subscribed  in  three 
hours.  By  the  terms  of  the  legislative 
act  authority  was  given  to  increase 
the  capital  stock  to  $2,000,000.  Its 
first  president  was  John  S.  Snead, 
who  died  in  1840.  Three  branches — 
one  at  Paducah  and  two  at  interior 
pointo — were  forced  into  liquidation 
during  or  at  the  close  of  the  civil 
war,  and  the  parent  institution  was 
left  alone,  vigorous  and  atHuent,  even 
under  such  difficulties  as  beset  all  of 
the  State  banks  in  those  times  of 
trial,  to  continue  the  battle  and  enjoy 
the  triumph  that  followed.  Under 
all  circumstances  and  at  all  times 
this  hank  has  met  all  of  its  obliga- 
tions to  the  penny,  and  as  a  conse- 
quence commands  the  unbounded 
confidence  of  the  public. 

It  is  unnecessary,  as  it  would  be 
wearying,  to  follow  the  fortunes  of 
the  bank  in  detail  and  give  a  history 
of  each  administration  that  has  pre- 
sided over  its  operations.  The  insti- 
tution has  been  rechartered  several 
times,  its  present  authority  dating  from  1880.  The  capital  stock,  paid  up,  is  $694,100, 
and  the  surplus  fund  $19,800.  The  regular  line  of  deposits  averages  over  $1,000,000,  its 
patrons  in  this  department  embracing  many  of  the  best,  wealthiest  and  most  conservative 
people  of  the  city  and  State.  The  institution  does  a  regular  banking,  deposit  and  collec- 
tion business,  and  is  prepared  to  meet  all  reasonable  demands  for  loans  ft>r  legitimate  pur- 
poses; in  fact,  the  liberality  which  has  always  characterized  its  attitude  toward  public 
improvements  has  gained  for  it  the  highest  honor  and  respect  of  enterprising  citizens. 

The  officers  of  the  Bank  of  Louisville  are  named  above.  They  are  too  well  known  to 
require  introduction  at  our  hands.  The  board  of  directors,  composed  of  equally  noted  men, 
is  as  follows:  J.  B.  Wilder,  D.  G.  Parr,  Hamilton  Pope,  K.  J.  Browne,  Charles  Bremaker, 
H.  G.  Phillips,  J.  E.  Caldwell,  T.  L.  Jefferson,  jr.,  and  Samuel  Russell.  Sound  to  the 
core,  safe,  reliable  and  devoid  of  pretense,  this  grand  old  bank  forms  one  of  the  noblest 
bulwarks  of  Louisville  enterprise  and  financial  integrity,  and  bids  fair  to  survive  many 
younger  rivals. 

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KENTUCKY  AND  I^OUISVILLE  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  CO. 


Thomas  P.Jacob.  President;  James  B.  Cocke.  Secretary:  Samuel  L.  Nock.  Solicitor  and  Surveyor— Capital 
$375,000— Organized.  1839-Office.  No.  208  Fifth  Street. 


This  fine  old  company, 
forty-seven  years  in  exist- 
ence, has  demonstrated  to 
a  certainty  that  the  mutual 
plan  of  fire  insurance  can 
be  successfully  and  profit- 
ably carried  out  when  the 
management  is  vested  in 
competent  and  faithful 
hands.  The  charter,  grant- 
ed by  the  Legislature  in 
1839,  authorizes  the  peti- 
tioners to  organize  the 
Kentucky  and  Luuisville 
Mutual  Insurance  Com- 
pany, for  the  purpose  of 
insuring  their  respective 
dwelling-houses,  stores, 
shops,  and  other  buildings, 
and  household  furniture, 
against  loss  or  damage  by 
fire,  "to  secure  relief  to  its 
members,  and  their  legal 
heirs  and  assignees,  by 
mutually  associating  per- 
sons in  order  to  equaiizf 
the  risk  of  fire."  It  seems 
that  these  men  were 
prompted  to  take  this  stop 
by  a  realization  of  the  fact 
that,  while  the  laboring 
masses  were  most  in  need 

of  the  benefits  of  fire  insurance,  the  rates  at  which  these  can  be  secured  of  the  stock 
companies  were  so  oppressively  high  that  but  few,  if  any,  of  the  people  of  moderate 
means  could  avail  themselves  of  them.  Having  secured  their  charter,  they  organized, 
adopted  a  system  of  by-laws,  and  commenced  to  solicit  members.  System  is  as  follows: 
All  policies  are  issued  for  a  period  of  six  years;  on  issue  of  the  policy,  the  party  insuring 
is  required  to  give  a  note  for  what  the  premium  would  amount  to  in  the  six  years,  and  to 
pay  in  cash  ten  per  cent,  of  said  note.  For  example:  A  policy  for  $5,00C,  at  one  per 
cent,  per  annum,  would  be  fifty  dollars,  and  for  the  six  j'ears  six  times  that  amount,  $300. 
So  you  see  the  note  would  be  $300,  and  ten  ])er  cent,  of  said  note,  the  cash  payment,  thirty 
dollars.  This  ten  per  cent,  does  not  have  to  be  paid  any  more  during  the  term  of  the 
policy  (six  years),  and  no  other  payments,  unless  a  call  is  made,  in  which  case  a  pro  rata 
call  is  made  on  all  premium  notes.  The  premium  note  is  not  negotiable,  but  merely  a 
conditional  obligation,  without  interest.  In  endeavoring  to  introduce  their  system,  the 
projectors  of  this  reform  in  fire  insurance  encountered  untold  opposition,  principally  from 
the  believers  in  and  employes  of  old-line  or  high-rate  insurance  companies.  These  de- 
clared that  the  "  scheme  "  was  a  swindle  ;  that  its  plans  defied  common  sense,  and  that  in 
a  few  years,  or  when  a  big  fire  ha]ipened,  their  declaration  would  be  verified  by  the  inglo- 
rious collapse  of  the  concern.  The  contrary  has  proved  true.  The  average  fire  losses 
have  been  $7,204.58  per  annum  ;  average  annual  expense,  including  salaries,  office  rent, 
printing,  etc.,  $3,795.43;  total  losses  and  expenses,  $11,000.01  per  annum,  or  about  thir- 
teen cents  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  of  insurance— one-eighth  of  one  per  cent.;  this 
cost  covering  every  class  of  property  insured.  Seventy-five  cents  on  the  one  hundred 
dollars  is  considered  remarkably  cheap  insurance  in  the  regular  stock  companies.  Policy- 
holders may  expect  their  insurance  in  future  as  in  the  past,  at  cost. 

We  do  not  entertain  uny  doubt  that  the  mutual  plan  can  and  will  be  developed  in  the 
near  future,  so  as  to  take  the  place  of  stock  insurance,  and  afford  indemnity  at  cost. 
This  mutual  company  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  forty-seven  years.     It  has  been 


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doing  a  very  large  and  successful  local  business,  taking  only  the  saler  class  of  risks.  Iti 
managers  are  gentlemen  whose  names  are  sufficient  gutrantfc  to  the  public  that  its  man- 
agement will  be  conducted  with  prudence  and  skill.  The  company  is  purely  mutual,  not 
having  a  dollar  of  stock.  Its  policy-holders  are  the  only  members  of  the  corporation. 
It  is  therefore,  in  effect,  a  simple  partnership  of  persons  for  insuring  each  other's  property. 
Its  affairs  remain  perpetually  in  the  entire  control  of  the  members  themselves,  to  elect  a 
board  of  directors  to  directly'supervise  all  the  business  of  the  company.  It  does  no  busi- 
ness outside  of  this  State,  and  employs  no  agents ;  has  been  in  successful  operation  for 
the  last  forty-seven  years,  taking  only  the  safer  class  of  risks  offered. 

Persons  desirous  of  procuring  insurance  at  actual  cost  can  do  so  by  addressing  or  call- 
ing on  Samuel  L.  Nock,  solicitor  and  surveyor,  or  James  B.  Cocke,  secretary,  at  the 
company's  office,  No.  208  Fifth  street,  over  the  Fidelity  Trust  and  Safety  Vault  Com- 
pany. 


SALEM  STONE  AN1>  LIME  COMPANY. 


R.A.Robinson,  President;  Jolin  A.  Carter.  Vice-President;  James  G.  Carter,  Treasurer;  John  L.  Wlieat.  Secre- 
tary; D.  Bell<nap,  General  Superintendent— Quarries.  Salem,  Ind.— Office,  No.  501  West  Main  Street, 
Louisville. 


GEORGIA    STATE-HOUSE. 

The  oolitic  (commonly  known  as  Bedford)  limestone  of  Indiana  has  become  so  famous 
for  its  element-defying  qualities,  ease  of  manipulation,  abundance,  beauty  and  cheapness, 
as  to  require  little  in  the  way  of  commendation  in  these  pages.  Its  practical  employment  in 
the  construction  of  the  Indiana,  Georgia  and  Illinois  state-houses,  the  new  Cincinnati  court- 
house, and  many  other  immense  and  costly  public  and  private  buildings  in  the  pi-incipal 
cities  of  the  Union,  has  demonstrated  the  value  of  this  material  over  all  others  as  yet  de- 
veloped for  construction  purposes  where  strength,  lasting  qualities,  economy  and  architect- 
ural effects  are  to  be  consulted.  For  thirty  years  this  superb  stone  has  been  employed 
upon  a  constantly-increasing  scale,  and  in  all  respects  has  come  up  to  the  most  ardent  ex- 
pectations and  hopes  of  its  advocates.  At  this  time  there  is' an  immense  and  rapidly  aug- 
menting call  for  this  stone  in  all  leading  American  cities,  the  product  of  the  quarries  being 
taken  in  increased  quantities  year  after  year. 

The  Salem  Stone  and  Lime  Company,  office  No.  501  West  Main  street,  this  city, 
owns  and  operates  very  extensive  oolitic  quarries  at  Salem,  Washington  county,  Ind., 
which  they  confidently  claim  and  seem  prepared  to  prove  beyond  question,  is  superior  in 


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important  particulars  to  that  from  any  other  quarries  of  the  so-called  Bedford  stone.  In 
uniformity  of  color  and  texture  Saleni  far  surpasses  otlier  quarries  of  like  character.  The 
company  has  built  large  mills  for  stonecutting  by  steam,  the  quarrying  being  performed 
in  great  part  by  the  same  means,  while  all  modern  improvements  for  rapid  handling, 
working  and  shipping,  including  tramways,  side  tracks,  etc.,  are  provided.  Over  a  hundred 
operatives  are  employed,  and  the  output  is  enormous.  This  company  also  manufactures 
vast  quantities  of  sujperior  building  lime,  and  can  fill  orders  for  the  same  to  any  extent, 
promptlj-  and  in  the  best  style. 

Of  the  Salem  oolitic  stone  R.  T.  Scowden,  Esq.,  city  engineer  of  Louisville,  says  : 

"  The  Salwii  stone  has  been  largely  used  in  this  city  for  many  years  past,  many  of  the 
more  important  public  and  private  buildings  and  other  structures,  including  the  City  Hall, 
Gait  House,  various  churches,  etc.,  being  built  of  the  same. 

"  It  is  a  popular  stone  with  architects,  engineers,  builders,  etc.,  because  of  its  well- 
known  superior  qualities,  thoroughly  proven  by  long  usage  under  every  degree  of  test  and 
exposure. 

"  In  the  City  Hall  and  other  buildings  its  color  is  uniform  and  well  preserved,  while 
the  sharp  angles  and  delicate  carvings  remain  clear  and  perfect,  showing  no  signs  of  in- 
jury from  age  or  exposure.  I  have  never  known  any  injury  to  come  to  this  stone  from 
the  weather  or  atmospheric  influences,  frequent  and  severe  freezing  showing  no  visible 
eflect  in  the  most  trying  positions.  Its  uniform  color  and  texture,  its  strength  and  power 
of  endurance,  commend  it  to  all  for  purposes  where  these  qualifications  are  deemed 
essential. 

'*  I  deem  the  Indiana  oolitic  limestone,  of  which  the  Salem  quarries  are  equal  to^any  in 
existence,  unexcelled  for  all  general  purposes." 

Mr  Jno.  Collett,  State  Geologist  of  Indiana :  "  The  striaj  and  erosions  of  the  glacial  age 
are  seen,  dating  back  to  the  beginning  of  quarternary  time.  This  stone  has  withstood  the 
elements  and  their  disintegrating  action  during  these  long  periods,  and  can  be  confidently 
recommended  for  the  erection  of  extensive  and  permanent  structures." 

Professor  E.  T.  Cox,  his  predecessor  in  office,  says:  "Examined  along  the  crop,  this 
stone  shows  a  wonderful  resistance  to  weathering.  As  a  durable  building  stone,  it  has 
withstood  the  ravages  of  time  in  buildings  for  upward  of  fifty  years,  and  still  retains  the 
hammer  and  chisel  marks,  almost  as  sharp  as  jvhen  cut." 

Indiana  Geological  Report  of  1882 :  "  In  natural  outcrop  it  presents  bold,  perpendicu- 
lar faces  to  the  elements,  showing  every  scratch  and  mark,  unaffected  after  the  exposure 
of  thousands  of  years,  as  no  other  stone  or  rock  does.  Here  there  is  presented  to  the 
builder  and  architect  a  new  and  wondrous  element,  in  an  elastic  stone,  a  potent  quality, 
which,  united  with  its  other  sterling  exfellencies  of  strength  and  beauty,  makes  Indiana 
oolitic  limestone  the  best  in  the  world  for  exposed  work  in  buildings  in  localities  subject 
to  great  climatic  changes." 


NEWHOUSE  &  CO., 


Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggists— Nos.  700  and  702  Market  Street.  Soutii-west  Corner  Seventh— Robert  A. 

Newhouse,  Proprietor. 


This  old-established  and  conservative  drug  hou.se,  with  a  reputation  honestly  earned 
by  thirty  years  of  upright  dealings  and  legitinuite  enterprise,  is  a  landmark  of  Louisville, 
firm  as  a  rock,  sound  to  the  core,  and  reliable  as  it  is  unpretentious.  The  well-remem- 
bered and  respected  Dr.  Sargent  was  the  founder,  succeeded  by  Alford.  Newhouse  &  Co., 
and  he  in  1874  by  the  present  proprietor,  jMr.  Rolxjrt  A.  Newhouse,  formerly  a  heavy  salt 
operator  for  some  ten  years.  He  is  a  native  of  Louisville,  and  it  is  stated  as  a  singular 
coincidence  that  the  site  of  hie  great  drug  house  was  also  the  spot  of  bis  birth.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Louisville  Insurance  Company  and  an  upright  citizen,  respected  and  pop- 
ular with  all  who  know  him. 

The  fine  four-story  building  occupied  by  Newhouse  &  Co.  fronts  26  feet  on  Market 
street  and  130  feet  on  Seventh  street,  is  provided  with  commodious  cellars  and  all  modern 
conveniences,  and  is  one  of  the  completest  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city.  An 
immense  stock  of  pure  drugs,  chemicals,  proprietary  medicines,  paints,  oils,  varnishes, 
painters'  supplies,  toil«t  articles  and  kindred  goods  ame  at  all  times  kept  on  hand,  and  the 


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trade  will  find  as  fine  goods,  as  reasonable  terms  and  as  prompt  and  satisfactory  attention 
given  to  orders  bere  as  elsewbere  in  the  South  or  West,  or,  indeed,  anywhere. 

The  retail  drug  trade  are  also  invited  to  inspect  Newhouse  &  Co.'s  facilities  and  terms 
before  replenishing  stocks.  The  goods  oflered  are  always  of  the  best  quality,  pure  and 
reliable. 

In  the  retail  and  prescription  departments  this  establishment  is  perfection  itself.  With 
vast  stores  of  standard  drugs,  etc.,  to  draw  upon,  and  skilUul  and  experienced  pharmacists 
constantly  in  attendance,  the  facilities  for  supplying  any  and  every  article  i<nown  to  the 
materia  medlca  are  unsurpassed,  while  few  establishments  can  boast  the  same  facilities  for 
compounding  rare  and  critical  prescriptions  requiring  great  accuracy  and  knowledge  of 
the  art. 


MACAULEY'S  THEATER. 


John  T.  Macauley,  Proprietor— Walnut  Street,  near  Fourth. 


This  splendid  dramatic  temple,  the  finest  if  not 
the  most  spacious  in  the  South,  was  erected  by  the 
late  Barney  Macauley  in  1873,  and  was  the  crown- 
ing triumph  of  his  lite.  Business  reverses  overtook 
the  great  actor  and  manager,  however,  and,  in 
1879,  this  beautiful  dramatic  temple  passed  into 
the  hands  of  Mr.  John  T.  Macauley,  who  had  had 
previous  experience  as  manager  and  proprietor  at 
Indiannpolis,  Cincinnati  and  Toledo.  Under  his 
administration  Macauley's  Theater  has  proved 
very  prosperous,  and  is  to-day  regarded  as  one  of 
the  most  valuable  and  successful  properties  of  the 
kind  in  the  West  or  South. 

Season  after  season  the  bc'^t  attractions  on  the 
road  are  presented,  and,  at  various  times,  the  mo.st 
eminent  actors  and  actresses  of  the  day  have  trod 
its  boards — Booth,  McCullough,  Irving,  Keene, 
Raj'mond,  Mary  Anderson,  Bernhardt,  Judic  and 
hundreds  of  others  whose  names  are  synonymous 
with  genius  and  dramatic  power.  It  is  the  policy 
of  the  management,  at  all  times,  to  cater  to  culti- 
vated taste,  and  in  this  it  has  been  unqualifiedly 
successful,  as  the  crowds  who  enter  its  doors  even- 
ing after  evening,  season  in  and  season  out,  attest. 
The  capacitj^  of  the  house  is  some  1900  auditors, 
600  or  700  more  than  any  other  Louisville  theater 
will  accommodate.  During  the  past  two  years  many  important  improvements  have  been 
introduced,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that,  in  point  of  furnishings  and  decorations,  the  house  is 
unsurpassed  anywhere. 


HINZEX  &  SPELGEK, 


Manufacturers  of  Shirts  and  Dealers  in  Gents"  Furnishing  Goods— No.  446  West  Jefferson  Street,  Telephone 

Exchange  Building. 


Every  man  and  youth  who  makes  any  pretensions  to  respectability  is  solicitous  con- 
cerning the  quality  and  purity  of  his  linen,  as  well  as  its  make  and  fit.  There  is  no  other 
garment  in  habitual  wear  that  carries  in  its  folds  so  much  of  happiness  or  misery  as  the 
shirt,  and  none  which  is  so  commonly  a  trial  to  its  owner.  In  order  to  enjoy  life,  men 
must  have  clean  and  comfortable  shirts,  and  Louisville  presents  no  better  opportunities 
for  the  acquiring  of  these  indispensable  adjuncts  of  decency  and  civilization  than  are 
offered  by  Messrs.  Hinzen  &  Spelger,  the  energetic,  industrious  and  affjible  proprietors  of 
the  elegant  gents'  furnishing  goods  emporium  at  No.  446  West  Jefferson  street,  near 
Fifth,  Telephone   Exchange  building.     The  firm  manufacture  every  description  of  fine 


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ihirts  to  order,  in  the  best  manner,  guaranteeing  fit  and  satisfaction  as  regards  material 
and  workmanship.  The  house  also  carries  a  superb  stock  of  gentlemen's  furnishings  of 
all  kinds,  fine  neckwear,  underwear  in  silk,  wool  and  cotton  ;  collars,  cufi's,  gloves,  sus- 
penders, and,  in  short,  every  item  entering  into  the  intimate  outfit  of  a  gentleman; 
umbrellas,  canes,  etc.,  in  limitless  variety,  of  all  grades  and  of  the  most  popular  manu- 
facture. They  also  take  orders  for  laundry  work,  which  is  done  in  the  best  style  and  at 
low  prices. 

Messrs.  Hinzen  &  Spelger  havp  one  of  the  handsomest  and  most  tastefullj'-arranged 
stores  in  the  city,  and  do  a  large  and  growing  business.  The  firm  was  organized  by  Otto 
H.  Hinzen  and  Ed  F.  Spelger,  the  first  a  former  member  of  Hinzen  &  Rosen,  piano 
manufacturers,  the  latter,  an  experienced  merchant,  who  has  hitherto  successfully  con- 
ducted furnishing  goods  houses  in  Memphis  and  Nashville,  and  a  dry  goods  house  here. 
Both  are  popular  and  successful  men,  and  will  build  up  a  big  trade  in  their  present  line. 


PROGRESS  PAINT  AND  COLOR  WORKS. 


John  H.  Bates  &  Son,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Paints,  Oils,  Colors,  Window  Glass,  Red  Oxide  of  Iron, 
Ready-made  Paints.  Brushes,  etc.— Factory,  No.  629  Eait  Marl<et  Street;  Office  and  Wareroom,  No.  235 
IVIarket  Street,  near  Third. 


—  READY  MIXED  PAINTS.— 1 
ftRTISTS  "  CILDERS  MATERIALS,  | 


The  vast  growth'^f  the  building  interest  which  of  late 
years  has  marked  the  progress  of  the  West  and  South  has 
brought  with  it  corresponding  development  of  the  allied 
trades,  notably  that  of  painting  and  the  handling  and  man- 
ufacture of  paints  and  painters'  supplies.  Of  the  reputable 
old  firms  here  connected  with  this  branch  of  business  none 
stand  higher  than  Messrs.  John  H.  Bates  &  Son,  whose 
popular  establishment  was  founded  by  the  senior  member 
in  1850 — thirty-six  years  ago.  Their  large  and  well- 
e(|uipped  factory,  75x30  feet,  is  situated  at  No.  629  East 
Market  street.  The  office  and  salesrooms.  No.  235  "West 
Market,  near  Third  street,  is  25x150  feet,  and  three  .stories 
in  height.  Thirteen  men  and  all  necessary  machinerj- are 
employed,  and  the  annual  production  and  sales  foot  uj)  an 
average  of  about  $45,000. 

The  leading  specialty  of  the  house  comprises  a  superior 
grade  of  car, bridge  and  roofing  paints;  also  black  asphal- 
tum  varnish,  red  oxide  of  iron,  and  ready-mixed  paints, 
of  which  they  manufacture  large  quantities  for  the 
trade.  They  also  carry  a  heavy  stock  of  all  kinds  of 
paints,  oils,  colors,  window  glass,  brushes,  and  painters'  and 
glaziers'  goods  generally,  and  are  prepared  to  give  low 
prices  and  liberal  terms  to  buyers  at  any  time. 


ERNEST  F.  SAUERMANN. 


Planing  Mill  and  Box  Factory,  Nos.  611  and  613  East  Market  Street. 


The  lumber  business  is  one  of  the  most  essential  to  the  industrial  and  commercial  pros- 
perity of  any  community,  and  Louisville  is  well  represented  in  this  regard. 

Among  the  leading  establi.shments  engaged  in  the  sale  and  varied  working  up  of  this 
commodity  none  is  better  known  popularly  or  commands  a  larger  degree  of  trade  favor 
than  that  of  Ernest  F.  Sauermann,  whose  trade,  though  chieily  local,  is  quite  extensive  in 
volume.  His  is  an  establishment  having  the  prestige  of  age  and  a  career  of  business  suc- 
cess. The  manufacturing  facilities  include  a  well-equipped  planing  mill  and  box  factory  in 
•which  twenty  hands  are  employed,  turning  out  a  class  of  wares  confessedly  of  a  very  superior 


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quality.     Mr.  Sauermann  also  deals  extensively  in  lumber,  laths  and  shingles,  and  his 
trade  is  not  only  large,  as  already  st>ited,  but  is  constantly  increasing  from  year  to  year. 

Mr.  Sauermann  will  soon  commence  the  manufacture  of  a  patent  ventilated  barrel 
especially  designed  for  the  shipment  of  fruit.  This  barrel  is  thoroughly  arranged  for  fruit 
shipments,  where  long  distance  is  concerned,  and  is  provided  with  ventilations  from  top 
to  bottom  between  every  stave. 


ALEXANDER'S  HOTEL. 


Jo.  B.  Alexander  &  Co.,  Proprietors— South-east  Corner  of  Jefferson  and  Center  Streets— Alex.  W.  Jones,  W. 
Robert  Logan  and  John  J.  Sullivan,  Clerks. 


The  large  and  well- 
conducted  Alexander's 
Hotel  is  centrally  locat- 
ed, convenient  to  the 
business  streets  and  to 
the  various  places  of 
amusement,  the  church- 
es, the  railroad  depots, 
and  the  steamboat  land- 
ings. The  proprietor  is 
the  beau  ideal  of  a  jovial, 
genial,  old-time  South- 
ern landlord,  while  all 
connected  with  the  man- 
agement partake  of  his 
hospitable  nature.  Night- 
ly a  tine  string  band  dis- 
courses sweet  music  for 
the  entertainment  of  the 
lady  guests  and  all  who 
desire  to  listen. 

Alexander's  Hotel  is  a  luuidbouiu  live-stury  brick  building;  is  well  arranged  through- 
out with  an  eye  single  to  the  comfort  and  saletj'  of  its  guests,  and  is  provided  with  every 
modern  convenience  ai.d  a  corps  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-live  trained  and  attentive 
servants.  The  house  has  entertained  as  many  as  five  hundred  guests  at  one  time,  and  did 
it  well. 

Mr.  Alexander  directs  the  affairs  of  the  house  in  all  its  departments,  a  task  for  which 
he  is  specially  well  fitted  by  an  experience  of  twenty  years  as  host.  For  three  years  he 
was  proprietor  of  the  Alexander  House,  corner  of  Seventh  and  Market  streets,  but  was 
burned  out;  for  the  next  four  years  of  the  National  Hotel,  Fourth  and  Main ;  for  five  years 
of  the  Alexander  Hotel,  Eighth  and  Main;  later  reopened  the  Alexander  House,  Seventh 
and  Market,  which  had  been  rebuilt  and  enlarged,  and  subsequently  removed  to  the  pres- 
ent location,  formerly  the  Willard,  which  he  has  since  conducted  with  ability  and  success. 


DUCKWALL,  TROXELL  &  CO., 


Wholesale  Dealers  In  Hay,  Corn,  Wheat,  Oats,  Straw,  Potatoes,  Apples,  etc.— Nos.  143  and  145  Fourth 
Street,  Between  Main  and  the  River. 


Louisville's  wholesale  trade  in  grain,  produce,  fruits  and  food  supplies  generally  is 
immense  in  extent  and  value,  for  two  reasons :  First,  she  is  the  center  and  outlet  of  a 
rich  and  growing  agricultural  region  ;  and  second,  she  is  the  grand  depot  of  supplies  to 
which  both  North  and  South  must  turn  for  the  earliest  and  clioicest  products,  each  ot  the 
others'  peculiarities  of  soil,  climate  and  cultivation.  It  is  therefore  no  unusual  thing  to 
find  in  this  market,  at  certain  seasons,  vast  shipments  of  Northern  and  Southern  fruits, 
vegetables  and  grain  in  transit,  hurrying  forward,  each  upon  its  mission  of  comfort  and 
pleasure  and  reciprocatory  benefits  to  widely  separated  peoples. 

The  old,  responsible  and  famous  house  of  Duckwall,  Troxell  &  Co.,  Nos.  143  and  145 
Fourth  street,  between  Main  and  the  river,  has  since  1841  been  a  leading  factor  in  the 


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THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVniE 


matter  of  these  exchanges,  and  has  steadily  progressed  with  the  times,  developing  new 
fields  of  enterprise,  and  under  all  conditions  meeting  in  the  fullest  and  most  satisfactory 
manner  every  legitimate  demand  made  upon  their  resources. 

As  before  intimated,  the  house  was  established  forty-five  years  ago  the  original  part- 
ners being  Messrs.  VV.  A.  and  D.  Duck  wall  and  W.  H.  Troxell.  ^Ir.  W.  H.  Troxell 
died  in  1883,  since  which  time  the  enterprise  has  been  conducted  by  the  surviving  part- 
ners. The  house  did  a  business  in  grain,  feed  and  produce  of  $lG-5,().'()  last  year,  and  has 
fine  prospects  of  exceeding  that  total  in  1886,  their  trade  being  geiural  in  the  city  and 
throughout  the  Southern  States. 

Mr.  David  Duck  wall,  a  hale  and  well-preserved  old-time  merchant,  remains  at  the 
head  of  the  house.  Mr.  G.  K.  Troxell  succeeded  to  the  interest  of  W.  H.  Troxell  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  was  connected  with  the  establishment  for  six  years,  and  is  a  capa- 
ble, energetic,  polite  and  carelul  young  business  man.  Mr.  Casler  was  for  sixteen  years 
book-keeper  of  the  firm  previous  to  acquiring  a  partnership,  and  knows  the  whole  system 
from  the  ground  up.  The  Du(,-kwalls  are  Virginians,  as  is  also  Mr.  Casler,  while  the 
Troxells  are  of  Maryland  stock  seasoned  by  a  generation  or  so  of  Louisiana  life. 

The  house  is  a  superb  one,  and  will  achieve  greater  triumphs  in  the  future  than  in  the 


past. 


ORIENTAL  STEAM  LA  UXOR  Y. 


W.  A.  Haas,  Superintendent— E.  Jennings  &  Co.,  Proprietors- No.  1407  Fifth  Street,  near  Oal<. 


The  establishment  of 
steam  laundries  at  all 
leading  centers  of  pop- 
ulation has  proved  a 
blessing  to  all  classes — 
to  men  because  they 
can  have  their  linen 
done  up  in  such  style 
as  no  family  laundress 
can  possibly  approach, 
and  to  women — house- 
keepers and  servants — 
because  it  relieves  them 
of  the  most  trying,  the 
most  toilsome  and  the 
least  appreciated  of 
their  labors,  the  prepar- 
ing in  a  presentable 
manner  of  the  shirts, 
collars  and  cuffs  of  the 
fathers,  husbands  and  brothers  of  the  household. 

The  Oriental  Steam  Laundry,  located  at  No.  1407  Fifth  street,  with  branch  offices 
throughout  the  city,  is  a  branch  of  E.  Jennings  &  Co. "s  great  Chicago  Oriental  Steam 
Laundry,  and  was  established  in  1872.  It  has  a  very  large  and  constantly-increasing 
patronage  from  the  best  classes  of  the  community,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  more 
dainty  and  particular  grades  of  work  in  its  line. 

Mr.  W.  A.  Haas,  the  superintendent,  is  an  energetic,  thoroughgoing  business  man, 
who  conducts  this  branch  of  the  enterprise  on  business  principles  and  successfully.  The 
Oriental  has  charge  of  the  laundry  work  of  all  sleepii;g-car  lines  entering  Louisville.  The 
establishment  is  40x100  leet  and  two  storiis  high,  fitted  up  with  improved  modern  ma- 
chinery, and  employs  a  large  force  of  skilled  labor,  the  annual  aggregate  of  receipts  foot- 
ing up  an  average  of  $25,000.  Since  last  July  the  run  of  custom  has  been  trebled  in 
volume. 

E.  Jennings  &  Co.  carry  on  a  very  extensive  business  in  sleeping-car  furnishings  at 
Chicago,  in  addition  to  their  great  laundry,  and  maintain  a  branch  of  the  same  business 
nt  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

In  addition  to  the  large  drying-room,  they  have  a  broad  yard  60x50  feet,  with  wire 
racks  arranged  for  sun  bleaching,  thus  doing  away  with  the  u.sc  of  chemicals  for  bleaching 
purposes. 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


209 


THE  COURlE^l- JOURNAL  JOB  PRINTING  COMPANY. 

iL.  T.  Davidson,  President ;  August  Straus,  Vice-President ;  John  A.  Haldeman,  Secretary  aud  Treasurer— South 
east  Corner  Fourth  Avenue  and  Green  Street. 

It  is  a  difficult  matter  to  write  a  satisfactory  de- 
scription of  the  facilities  of  such  an  establishment  as 
the  Courier-Journal  Job  Priming  Company  control — 
not  because  of  lack  of  material,  but  because  of  its 
over-abundance  and  the  uncertainty  regarding  the 
proper  place  to  begin,  every  department,  from  the 
officers'  sanctum  to  the  press-room  and  bindery,  being  ^^.,^.,^ 
complete  and  each  a  separate  and  thoroughly-equipped 
industry,  yet  combined  under  one  management  to 
form  a  harmonious  and  mutually  dependent  whole, 
running  smoothly  and  without  jar  under  a  perfect 
system  that  insures  the  best  results  with  the  least  fric- 
tion and  loss  of  time,  labor  and  money. 

The  Courier-Journal  job  rooms  were  opened  for 
business  in  1868  by  E.  W.  Meredith  &  Co.,  Mr.  Mer- 
edith having  previously  been  foreman  of  the  news 
composing-room.  This  firm  conducted  the  business  '}] 
with  varying  success  until  April  of  1883,  when  the 
Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Company  took  posses-  ^ 
sion.  Mr.  L.  T.  Davidson,  the  president,  and  Mr.  '' 
August  Straus,  the  vice-president,  are  practical  and 
.skillful  mechanics — the  former  in  all  departments,  the 
latter  a  printer.  Mr.  John  A.  Haldeman,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  a  son  of  President  Haldeman,  of  the  Courier-Journal  Company,  was 
literall}'  bred  to  the  newspaper  and  printing  profession,  and  has  inherited  talent  and 
acquire-d  advantages  of  a  high  order.  He  is  also  the  energetic  business  manager  of  the 
Evening  Times.  These  three  gentlemen  form  a  combination  that  for  ability,  enterprise, 
skill  and  aggressiveness  has  no  rival  in  the  ranks  of  Southern  printing  houses  and  no  su- 
perior anywhere. 

Recognizing  the  fact  that  printing  is  indeed  the  art  preservative  of  arts,  without 
whose  aid  the  phenomenal  progress  of  our  time  would  have  been  impossible,  and  that  the 
•Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Company  furnishes  the  best  illustration  of  development  in 
that  art  to  be  found  in  the  South,  the  editor  of  this  volume  recently  made  a  tour  of  the 
•establishment  in  company  with  Vice-President  Straus.  A  printer  of  large  experience 
himself,  the  aforesaid  editor  found  a  pleasant  surprise  at  every  step,  and  herewith  submits 
a  detailed  account  of  what  he  saw,  though  it  is,  for  lack  of  space  and  other  reasons,  neces- 
sarily incomplete,  yet  gives  in  succinct  form  a  general  outline  of  the  concern  and  an  ink- 
ling of  its  facilities  and  capabilities  in  connection  with  job,  book,  newspaper  and  fancy 
printing,  stereotj'ping,  electrotyping,  engraving,  binding  and  publishing 

The  accompanying  engraving  gives  a  general  view  of  the  Courier-Journal  building, 
the  finest  business  edifice  in  the  city.  The  entire  fourth  floor  of  this  superb  pile,  fronting 
165  feet  on  Fourth  avenue  and  86i  feet  on  Green  street,  is  occupied  by  the  Courier- 
Journal  Job  Printing  Company  as  composing-rooms,  bindery,  engraving-room,  cut  and 
plate  store-room  and  private  office.  Two-thirds  of  the  vast  cellar  is  devoted  to  the* 
presses,  the  storage  of  heavy  stock,  and  other  purposes  incident  to  the  company's  busi- 
ness. The  electrotyping  and  stereotyping  department  is  located  in  the  north-east  corner 
•of  the  fifth  floor. 

To  begin  at  the  richly-furnished  and  Brussels-carpeted  sanctum,  we  find  here  at  their 
respective  desks  President  Davidson  and  Vice-President  Straus;  the  former  tall,  slender, 
fair  and  somewhat  delicate  in  appearance,  but  with  that  indescribable  something  in  his 
face  and  manner  that  bespeaks  responsibility,  authority  and  capacity ;  the  latter,  below 
the  medium  height,  a  decided  brunette,  alert,  active,  healthy,  urbane  and  unassuming. 
Mr.  Haldeman  confines  himself  to  the  counting-room,  on  Fourth  avenue,  usually,  though 
on  the  occasion  of  our  visit  we  found  him  hard  at  work  assisting  in  making  the  stereo- 
type plates  for  the  Times,  and  later  in  supplying  the  multitude  of  screamingly-impatient 
newsboys  with  bundles  of  that  wonderfully  successful  and  very  popular  journal.  Adjoin- 
ing the  executive  sanctum  is  the  proof-room,  where  half-a-dozen  pretty  young  ladies, 
•■smart  as  steel-traps,  were  busily  engaged  in  the  work  of  vigilantly  searching  out  and 


210  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 

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marking,  with  neatness  and  dispatch,  the  errors  of  the  unfortunate  compositors  in  the 
next  room,  whither  we  proceeded. 

The  job  and  book  composing-room  is  one  of  the  most  spacious,  lofty,  best  arranged, 
best  lighted,  best  regulated  and  pleasantest  ever  prorided  to  mitigate  the  misery  of  the- 
printer.  The  equipment  of  material  of  all  kinds — types,  frames,  cabinets,  furniture, 
imposing-stones,  and  all  the  paraphernalia  of  a  first-class  establishment  of  the  kind — is 
complete,  and  embraces  every  style  of  new  faces  and  every  modern  improvement  that 
can  add  to  the  efficiency  of  the  force,  the  attractiveness  of  the  work  done,  or  to  the  econ- 
omy of  time  and  labor.  The  same  remarks  apply  to  the  book-bindery,  on  the  same  floor- 
adjoining  on  the  south.  Mr.  C.  B.  Humphrej's,  a  veteran  typo  and  skillful  job  printer,, 
assisted  by  the  capable  Mr.  T.  B.  Hubbell,  presides  over  the  composing-room,  while  Mr. 
Charles  Cutter  is  foreman  of  the  bindery,  assisted  by  Mr.  Charles  C.  Fletcher. 

Ketracing  our  steps  through  the  composing-room  and  across  the  central  hall,  we  visit 
the  poster  composing-room,  where  the  large  bills  are  gotten  up  that  have  spread  the  fame- 
of  the  company  all  over  the  West  and  South;  then  the  Home  and  Farm  and  periodical 
composing-room ;  then  back  to  the  North-west  corner,  where  we  find  the  artists  and  en- 
gravers, eight  in  number,  hard  at  work  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  W.  F.  Clarke,  an  ac- 
complished knight  of  the  pencil  and  graver. 

Up  one  flight  of  stairs  and  in  the  north-east  corner  of  the  building  we  enter  the- 
electrotyping  department  and  are  introduced  to  Mr.  A.  Coquard,  the  skillful  and  ingenious 
foreman,  and  Mr.  AV.  E.  Whitehouse,  the  finisher.  Here,  as  elsewhere,  improvement  in 
processes,  superior  workmanship  and  economy  of  time  obtain,  and  the  seven  employes- 
tUrn  out,  with  perfected  appliances,  a  powerful  dynamo  run  by  steam,  and  the  exercise  of 
trained  judgment,  as  much  work  daily  as  was  formerly  done  by  four  times  the  number  of 
workmen. 

Bidding  adieu  to  this  home  of  molten  metal,  electric  baths  and  precipitated  copper,  we 
enter  the  elevator  and  in  a  few  seconds  step  out  into  the  press-room,  in  the  basement. 
Few,  indeed,  of  those  who  tread  securely  along  the  sidewalks  of  Fourth  and  Green  streets 
have  any  adequate  notion  of  the  work  that  is  going  on  almost  beneath  their  very  feet. 
Here  are  located  the  boilers  and  engines,  the  lightning  web  presses  upon  which  are  printed 
those  great  newspapers,  the  Courier-Journal  and  the  Evening  Times,  the  newspaper 
stereotyping  apparatus,  and  the  seventeen  cylinder  and  nine  small  job  presses  of  the 
Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Company,  together  with  the  immense  vaults  wherein  are 
stored  the  tons  upon  tons  of  book,  news  and  poster  paper  of  all  grades  required  to  feed 
those  monsters  of  iron  and  steel  that  toil  throughout  the  long  hours  (tf  the  day  and  night  for 
the  pleasure  and  profit  of  the  waiting  world  above.  This  department — the  book  and  job 
press-room — is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Henry  Gathof,  a  good-natured  but  energetic 
and  excellent  workman,  and  is  illuminated  throughout  by  a  complete  system  of  electric 
lights. 

Mounting  to  the  floor  above,  we  find  ourselves  in  the  warerooms  where  are  kept  the- 
light  grades  of  stock,  such  as  writing,  cover  and  fancy  paper,  envelopes,  cards,  etc,  and 
the  counting  room,  and,  alter  a  pleasant  word  with  the  obliging  cashier,  Mr.  James  W. 
Wigginton,  step  into  the  street,  and — our  tour  of  inspection  is  over. 

A  brief  resume  of  matters  pertinent  to  the  Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Co.  will  not 
be  out  of  place  here.  The  capital  stock  is  $100,000,  all  of  which  is  actively  employed. 
The  average  annual  value  of  work  done  is  nearly,  if  not  (juite,  $250,000.  The  average- 
number  of  employes  in  all  departments  is  about  170,  and  the  weekly  wages  paid  approxi- 
mate $1,500.  The  company  have  unsurj)assed  facilities  for  the  execution  of  every 
description  of  book,  job  and  newspaper  printing,  binding,  blank-book  manufacturing, 
engraving,  electrotj'ping,  stereotyping,  etc.,  employing  the  most  skillful  artisans  in  each 
branch,  and  turning  out  the  finest  possible  work.  It  is  the  most  extensive  and  most  per- 
fectly-managed concern  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States,  outside  of  New  York,  Boston, 
Philadelphia  and  Chicago,  and  additional  facilities  are  being  constantly  introduced,  the 
Cottrell  Printing  Press  Company  now  having  in  process  of  construction  a  splendid  new 
front-delivery  machine  for  the  press  room,  and  other  accessories  coming  f<rward  as  re- 
quired. Colored  railroad  and  show  ])rinting,  hitherto  done  only  at  the  East,  is  made  a 
specialty,  and  heavy  orders  are  executed  for  all  portions  of  the  South  and  West. 

President  Walter  N.  Huldeman,  of  the  Courier- Journal  Company,  is  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal stockholders,  and  is  extremely  proud  of  the  success  already  achieved  by,  and  in  store- 
for,  this  great  and  growing  enteri)rise,  managed  b}'  the  "  boys  "  entirely. 

We  can  not  close  this  notice  without  congratulating  the  Courier-Journal  Job  Printing 
Company  upon  the  excellent  work,  fine  taste  and  clean  composition  of  The  Indu.stries- 
OF  LouisviLLK  AND  New  Alhany,  printed  in  their  establishment.  We  can  conscien- 
tiously commend  all  who  want  good  book  work  at  reasonable  prices,  and  on  short  notice,, 
to  this  company. 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


211 


SIMON  SHUr^HAFEK, 


Plumber  and  Sanitary  Engineer— Gas  Goods  of  Every  Description— Nos.  519  and  612  Fiflh  Avenue. 

Law  Temple. 

Sanitary  science  has,  of  late  j-ears,  re- 
ceived greatly-increased  attention  from  the- 
fact  that  investigation  has  shown  the  de- 
fective and  often  fatal  results  arising  from 
mere  mechanical  drainage  and  ignorant 
plumbing.  How  mUny  lives  were  lost  and 
how  much  of  wasting  disease  was  caused 
before  intelligent  efforts  were  made  to  ar- 
rest the  evil  can  never  be  known;  suffice 
it  to  say  that  the  snide  plumber  has  had 
his  day  and  wrought  his  share  of  michief, 
and  brains,  skill,  and  a  humane  desire 
to  do  good,  safe  work  after  scientific  prin- 
ciples now  has  the  floor  and  is  developing 
a  public  sentiment  that,  in  the  future,  will 
place  the  "skin"  plumber  in  the  same  cate- 
gory with  the  cheap,  ignorant  and  reck- 
less steam  engineer.  In  short,  it  is  no  longer  sufficient  to  constitute  a  workman  that 
a  man  can  kiss  the  cook  and  make  a  sort  of  wiped  joint,  but  he  must  be  a  thorough 
mechanic  and  a  student  as  well,  capable  of  discovering  faults  of  plan  or  construction 
that  endanger  the  health  of  those  whom  they  are  likely  to  affect,  firm  enough  to  insist 
upon  their  correction,  and  honest  enough 
to  refuse  compliance  with  the  orders  of 
ignorant  builders  and  conscienceless  prop- 
erty-owners when  those  orders  threaten 
disaster  to  innocent  victims  of  cupidity  or 

f«"y- ... 

Louisville  is  fortunate  in  the  possession  of 
at  least  one  skillful  plumber  who  can  hon- 
estly claim  the  title  of  sanitary  engineer — 
Mr.  Simon  Shulhafer,  whose  fine  plumbing 
and  gas-fitting  establishment,  Nos.  510  and 
512  Fifth  avenue.  Law  Temple  building,  is 
headquarters  for  everything  useful  and 
ornamental  in  his  art.  A  member  of  the 
American  Public  Health  Association  of  the 
U.  S..  an  earnest,  cautious,  upright  man  and 
thoroughly  competent  workman,  employ- 
ing none  but  first-class  artisans,  and  holdeV 
of  the  only  medal  awarded  at  the  Southern 
Exposition  for  plumbing  and  gas  fixtures, 
he  occupies  an  enviable  position  before  the 
public  whom  he  serves  so  well.  Mr.  Shulhafer  embarked  in  the  above  business  here  in 
1872,  and  has  made  for  himself  a  singularly  fine  reputation  besides  building  up  a  large  and 
flourishing  trade.  His  establishment  occupies  two  floors  of  the  Law  Temple,  each  40x100- 
feet,  and  employs  some  twenty  men,  to  whom  he  pays  good  wages,  and  whom  he  can  depend 
upon  to  exercise  their  best  .skill  whenever  and  wherever  called  upon.  He  does  a  business 
of  some  $60,000  a  year  in  the  city  and  the  South,  to  which  trade  he  gives  special  attention, 
his  establishment  being  headquarters  for  chandeliers  and  gas  goods  for  Kentucky,  Tennes- 
see, Alabama,  Georgia  and  other  Southern  States.  He  handles  immense  quantities  of  gas- 
fitters'  and  plumbers'  goods  of  all  kinds,  gives  personal  attention  to  all  orders  for  work  or- 
goods,  is  a  practical  plumber  and  gas-fitter  himself,  keeps  posted  in  all  improvements,  and 
renders  unvarying  satisfaction  to  customers. 


212 


THE   INDUSTRIES    O^   LOUISVnj.E 


THOMAS  MEIKLE  &  CO., 


Manufacturers  of  Plows,  Cultivators,  etc.-  Works,  Tenth  and   Monroe  Streets ;  Office  and  Warehouse.  Mon- 
roe, between  Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Streets. 


Louisville  was  already  the 
"  Plow  City,"  manufacturing 
more  plows  than  any  other  place 
in  the  country,  and  sending 
them  all  over  the  world,  to  Rus- 
sia, to  Australia,  to  South  Amer- 
ica and  New  Zealand,  when  the 
firm  of  Thomas  Meikle  &  Co. 
entered  the  lists.  This  was  but 
a  brief  decade  ago,  and  in  that 
period  the  cost  of  production 
has  been  cheapened,  and  sharp 
competition  has  depressed  prices 
until  manufacturers  to-day  are 
glad  to  take  for  a  cast  plow  or 
double  shovel  less  than  the  net 
profit  on  it  formerly  was. 
Among  these  great  factories 
that  of  Thomas  Meikle  «&  Co. 
has  risen  as  rapidly  as  any  to 
the  front.  Mr.  Thomas  Meikle, 
who  is  general  superintendent, 
meikle's  "  bluegrass  "  SULKY  PLOW.  began,  in  a  small  way.  in  ]8()9, 

-with  a  bolt  factory  and  jobbing  shop.  In  1870  he  began  the  manufacture  of  double- 
shovel  plows  and  patent  wrought-iron  clevises  of  his  invention,  and,  shortly  after  that,  of 
steam  engines  and  of  steam  and  hydraulic  elevators.  This  was  a  success,  but  the  plow- 
manufacturing  branch  of  the  business,  from  the  construction  of  a  limited  number  ol  turn- 
ing plows  in  1876,  grew  so  rapidly  as  finally  to  crowd  other  industries  out  of  the  works, 
and  the  manufacture  of  bolts,  engines,  elevators  and  other  machinery  not  immediately 
related  to  agriculture  was  finally  abandoned  in  the  year  1882. 

Assisted  by  the  capital  of  the  well-known  hardware  house  of  Messrs.  W.  B.  Belknap 
&  Co.,  who  earlj^  recognized  the  genius  and  energy  of  Mr.  Meikle  and  became  associated 
with  him  in  the  business,  the  corporation  of  Thomas  Meikle  »&  Co.  has  grown  to  large 
proportions,  employing  from  250  to  SOU  hands  according  to  the  season,  with  a  paj'  roll  of 
$1,500  to  $2,500  per  week.  It  is  financially  among  the  most  solid  of  Louisville's  numer- 
ous manufacturing  establishments.  The  offices  and  warehouse,  100  by  204  feet  in  extent, 
are  located  on  Monroe  street,  between  Eleventh  and  Twelfth.  The  shops  occupy  the 
square  above  between  Tenth  and  Eleventh  streets,  covering  an  area  of  three  acres,  the 
entrance  to  the  works  being  at  Tentti  and  Monroe  streets.  A  railroad  switch,  connecting 
the  yards  with  the  main  track,  insures  the  convenient  handling  of  supplies  of  material 
and  shipment  of  goods  in  car  loads.  The  expansion  of  the  business  is  largely  due  to  a  res- 
olute keeping  up  with  the  times  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Meikle  and  his  associates.  A  rapid 
evolution  has  been  going  on  for  a  few  years  past  in  what  are  called  "improved  imple- 
ments," such  as  sulky  plows  .«nd  walking  and  riding  cultivators.  While  improving  his 
hand  plows,  and  putting  on  the  market  several  new  series  of  unexcelled  beauty  and  finish, 
such  as  the  "  Bluegrass"  series  for  sandy  land,  and  the  "Black  Prince"  series  for  black 
land,  Mr.  Meikle  has  given  his  special  attention  for  two  years  past  to  the  improvement  of 
riding  plows  and  cultivators.  He  claims  now  to  have  in  the  "Bluegrass"  sulky  (of 
which  a  cut  is  given  with  this  notice)  the  lightest,  simplest  and  best  riding  plow  in  the 
Avorld.  while  his  new  walking  cultivator,  the  "  Thistle,"  and  riding  cultivator,  the  "  Mag- 
nolia," have  received,  this  season,  some  finishing  touches,  suggested  by  close  personal 
■experiment  in  the  field. 

The  operations  of  Thomas  Meikle  &  Co.  have,  thus  far,  been  confined  principally  to 
the  Southern  States,  although  their  superb  exhibition  at  the  World's  Fair  in  New  Orleans 
led  to  orders  from  abroad,  and  to  a  large  shipment  in  particular,  amounting  to  several 
«ar  loads,  to  Santiago,  Chili.  Their  greatest  sales,  especially  of  high-grade  plows  and  of 
sulky  plows  and  cultivators,  are  in  Texas,  precisely  the  section  of  the  entire  South  where 
the  very  best  implements  and  labor-saving  improvements  are  most  in  demand.  To  win 
the  "blue  ribbon"  in  the  progressive  State  ot  Texas  is  equivalent  to  victory  anywhere. 


I  N  D  EX 


LOUISVILLE  REPRESENTATIVE  HOUSES. 


Agricultural  Implements — Mmiufaf Hirers. 

Brennaii  &  Co 

Agricultural  luiplpnioii ts     Dealers 

Southern  Office  and  Warehouse 

Agricultural  Implements — Wholesale. 

CoUings.  H.  &  i!o 

Hewitt,  Field  &  Co 

Ale  and  Porter — Bottlers. 

Kreiger,  H.  F 

Rueff,  F. &  Co 

Amusements. 

Harris'  Mammoth  Museum 

Macauley's  Theater 

Architect. 

Maury,  Mason     

Awnings,  Tents  and  Covers — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  .  .  .  . 
Bagging,  Twine,  Etc. — Dealers. 

Trabue  &  Co 

Banks — National. 

German  National  Bank 

Kentucky  National  Bank    ...       

Louisville  City  National  Bank 

Merchants'  National  Bank 

Banks — Savings. 

Masonic  Savings  Bank  (The)      

Banks — State. 

Bank  of  Commerce  (The) 

Bank  of  Kentucky 

Bank  of  Louisville  (The) 

fiemian  Bank  (The) 

German  Insurance  Bank      

German  Security  Bank 

Louisville  Banking  ('omiiany 

People's  Bank  of  Kentucky 

Weslern  Bank  (The)      .    .  ' 

Barb  Fence  Wire— Dealers. 

Farmers'  Supply  Company 

Barley,  Malt  ami  Hope — Dealers. 

Falifi  City  JIalt  House 

Base  Hall  Suiiplies — Dealers. 

Reccius,  J.  W.  &  Bro 

Beer— Bottler. 

Kreiger,  H.  F 

Bicycles. 

Huber  &  Allison 

Binders  and  Blnnk  Book  Manufacturers. 

Morton,  John  1'.  &  Co 

Watts,  W.  Ormsby 

Blast  Furnace  Machinery — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Foundry  ancl  Machine  Shop  .... 
Boilers  and  Tanks — Manufucturer. 

Mitchell,  Thomas 

Mitchell,  Johu 

Books  and  Stationery. 

Bearing,  Charles  T 

Morton,  John  P.  &  Co 

Bookbinding. 

Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Company  .  209- 

Dearing,  Charles  T 

Watts,  W.  Ormsby 


•200 
167 


170 
130 


174 
166 

190 
203 

123 

130 

178 

118 
79 
182 

75 

170 

168 
104 
201 
105 
199 
78 
111 
129 
160 

144 

142 
119 
174 

86 

81 
171 

163 

137 
145 

120 

81 

-210 
120 
171 


Boots  and  Shoes — .Auctioneers. 

Caye,  Wm.  C.  &  Co 102' 

Boots  and  Shoes — Commissioj  . 

Caye,  Wm.  C.  &  Co 102: 

Boots  and  Shoes — Manufacturers. 

Cimiotti,  Theo  &  Co 98 

Boots  and  Shoes — Wliolc^sab'. 

Schulten,  .John  J.  &  Co 19.3. 

Waller  &  Payne 176 

Wood,  Rickman  &  Roy      100' 

Box  Factory. 

Sauernian.  Ernest  F 206 

Branding  Colore. 

Frankel,  Henry  U 122 

Brass,  Cojiper  and  White  Metal  Castings. 

Jones.  Arthur 142 

B  rass — Fou  ml  ry . 

Jones,  .\rthur 142 

Brewer — Cream  Beer. 

Loeser,  Adam 93 

Brewers'  Supplies — Dealer. 

Lut-/.,  Ferdinand  F 196. 

Brewers'  and  Distillers'  Supplies — Dealers. 

Falls  City  IMalt  House 142- 

Brooms  and  Brushes — Manufacturers. 

Martin,  W    L.  &  Co 173. 

Buggies — Manufacturers. 

Emrich  &  Andriot 166. 

Builders'  Hard  ware— Dealers. 

Kline,  G.  &  Son 127 

Cabinet  Hardware. 

Otis-Hidden  Company  (The) 147 

Canvas  Work — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  ...  130 
Carriage  IManufacturers. 

Braiiley  Carriage  Company 134 

Car  Wheel  and  Axle — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Foundiy  and  Machine  Shop  ....  163 
Cedar  Posts — Dealers. 

Mehler  &  Ecksteukemper 151 

Cement — Hydraulic. 

Western  Cement  Association,  Agents  ....  72 
Chairs — Manufacturers. 

Buchter  Chair  Manufacturing  Company  .    .    .    154 

Long  &  Bro.  Manufacturing  Company  ....  184 
Cider  and  Vinegar — Manufacturers. 

Kentucky  Cider  and  Vinegar  Works 192 

Cider  (sweet) — Bottlers. 

Rueff,  F.  &  Co 166 

Cider — IManufacturers. 

Vandiver  &  Hite 154 

Cigar  Box  Labels  and  Trimmings. 

Dautrich,  Jacol 88 

Cigar  Box — Manufacturer. 

Dautrich,  Jacob 88 

Cigars— Mnnufacturere. 

Ewell,  B.  N.  &  Co 124 

Gregory,  U.  P 160 

Clothing — Manufacturers  and  Dealers. 

Wanamaker  &  Brown 89 


(213) 


214 


THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


Coffins  and  Caskets — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Coffin  Company 156 

Commission  Merchants. 

Cowleg  &  Glazebrook 148 

Duckwall,  Troxell  &  Co 207 

Kdinger.W.  H.A  Brv ISA 

.lefl'ersou  A  Co 185 

Otter  &  Co 85 

Rauterberg,  Charles 113 

Trabue  &  Co 178 

Wicks,  George  W.  &  Co.  .    .        146 

Wood,  Kicknian  &  Uoy 100 

•Cooperage — Manufacturer. 

Stafford,  Hugh 197 

Copper  Brands — Manufacturer. 

Jones,  Arthur 14'2 

Cordage,  Twines  and  Oakum — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  .    .    .   .    laO 
Corn  Millers. 
Eisenman   Bros.  &  Co 187 

■Cotton — Factors. 

Trabue  &  Co •    •    .    .    178 

Wall,  Smith  &  Co 136 

Wicks.  Geo.  W.  &  Co 146 

Cotton  Duck. 

Hite,  W.  W.  &  Co 196 

Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  ....    130 

Cotton  Presses — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  ....    163 

Designer  and  Carver. 
Kopp,  Wm 152 

Distillers'  Supplies — Dealer. 

Lutz,    Ferdinand   V , 196 

Doors,  Sash  and  Blinds — Dealers. 

Hughes,  W.J.  a  Son 189 

Kline,  G.  &  Son 127 

Doors,  Sash  and  Blinds — Manufacturers. 

Falls  City  Planing  Mill 159 

Hughes,   W.J.  &  Son 1S9 

Kline,  G.  &  Son 127 

A'an  Seggern,  H.  G 138 

Drugs — Ketail. 

Colgan  &   McAfee 143 

Xewhonse   &  Co 204 

Drugs — Wholesale. 

Newhouse  &   Co  ....  • 204 

Koliinson,  K.  A.  &  Co 82 

Drugs — Wholesale  and  Importers. 

Peter,  Arthur  &  Co 108 

I)rv  Goods — Importers. 
Robinson,  J.  M.  *  Co 179 

Drv  Goods — Ketail. 
Knott,  R.  &  Sons 174 

Dry  Goods — Wholesale. 

Uambi-rger,  Bloom  A  Co 71 

Davis,  Mallorv  &  '"o 106 

Robinson,  J.  M.  &  Co 179 

Engraving — Wood. 

('ourier-.lournal  Job  Printing  Company   .  209-210 

Reillv,  Chas.  F 123 

Roe,  C.  i;.  &  Co 200 

Electrotyjiing. 

Courier-Journal  Job  I'riuting  Company  .   209-210 

Fancy  (ioods — Wholesale. 

Boiirquin   &  Co 181 

Fancy  Groceries — Wholesale. 

Botsford,  J.  L.  &  Co 107 

Fancy  Poultry — Dealers. 

Farmers'   Supply   Company 144 

Farm  Blachinery — Manufacturers. 
Brennan  &  Co 200 

Farming  Implements — Dealers. 

Farmers'  Supply  Company 144 

Fertilizers — Dealers. 
Farmers'   Supply   Company 144 

Fertilizers — Wholesale. 

Anderson,  H.  C.  &  Co 177 

Field  and  Garden  Soeds^Dealcrs. 

Farmers'  Supply  Company 144 

Files  and  Tools — Manufacturers. 

Disston,  Henry  &  Sons 117 

Fish  and  Game — Wholesale  and  Retail. 
Booth,  A.  &  Sons 107 

Flags,  Tents  and  Awnings — Manufacturers. 
Louisville  Tent  and  Awning  Company  ....    130 


Florists. 

Nauz  &  Xeuner 173 

Flour — Dealers. 

Central  Elevator  and  Warehouse 141 

Jefferson  &  Co 185 

Flour — Manufacturers. 

Gathright,  R.  0.  &  Co .165 

Flour — Wholesale. 

Edinger,  W.Ii.  &  Bro 134 

Fruit  Butters — Manufacturers. 

Excelsior  Preserving   Company 184 

Furnishing  Goods — Importers. 

Cornwali,   William 186 

Furnishing  Goods — Wholesale. 

Cornwall,   AVilliam 186 

Furnishing  Goods — Retail. 

Hinzen  &  Spelger 205 

Wanamaker  &  Brown 89 

Furniture — Dealers. 

Bensiiiger,  W.  &  Sons 146 

Etheridge  &  Co 187 

Furniture — Manufacturers. 

Barth,  G.  F.  &  Son 161 

Bensinger,   Nathan 159 

Bensinger,  W.&Sons 146 

Davis    Furniture    Manufacturing   Com])anv, 

(The  J.  W.) ".188 

Dickinson  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.  .  .  .  165 
Kentucky  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.  ('i^he)  131 
Louisville  Manufacturing  Company 135 

Furniture — Retail. 

Keisker,    Fred.  W 136 

Furniture — Wholesale. 
Keisker,  Fred.  W 136 

Gent's  Furnishing  Goods— Dealer. 

Uiuzon  &  Spelger 205 

Grain — Commission. 
Verhoeff,  H.  &  Co 157 

Grain — Dealers. 

Eisenman  Bros.  &  Co 187 

Farmers'   Supply   Company 144 

Strater  Bros 175 

Verhoeff,  H.  &  Co 157 

Grain — Elevator. 

Kentucky  Public  Elevator  Company  (The)  .  178 
Louisville  Elevator 157 

Groceries — Fancy. 

Gellius,  Geo 102 

Grocers — AVholesale. 

Cowles   &  Glazebrook 148' 

Engelhard,  A 108 

Haxthausen,  Joseph  .   .    .    ■    ■    • 142 

Moore,  Bremaker  &   Co 73 

Otter  &  Co 85 

Robbort,  Wm 152 

Sawyer,  J.  W 84 

Stege  &  Reiling 112 

Stein  &  Kurkamp 120 

TorbitttSiCastlenian 146 

Hurdwari'— Wholesale. 

Belknap,  W.  B.  &  Co 95 

Hardware  (Builders') — Dealer. 

Falls  City  Planing  Mill 159 

Harvesting  Machinery — Manufacturers. 
McCorniick    Harvesting    Machine   Company, 
Robert  Newton,  Agent 101 

Hats  and  Caps — ^\■holesalc. 

Henle  .^  Wolf 163 

Hay,  Grain  and  Mill  Feed — Dealers. 

Central  Elevator  and  Warehouse ;    141 

Health  Resort, 
(fab  Orchard  Springs 127 

Hogs,  Yorkshire — Dealers. 
Farmers'   Supiily   ('ipiii])any 144 

Hollow  ware — Rlanufacturers. 

.\dams  Brothers  &  Co 144 

Hollow  ware — Wholesale. 
Adams  Brotlu'rs  &  Co 144 

Horses  and  Mules — Wholesale. 

Scoggan    Brothers 122 

Hosiery — Wholesale. 
Cornwall,  William 186 

Hotels. 

Alexander's  Hotel 207 

Arlington  Hotel 144 

Gait  House 77 


.A.ND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


215 


Hotels. 

Louisville  Hotel  (The) 191 

Kufer's  Hotel 113 

Ice — Manufacturers. 

Pictet  Artificial  Ice  Company  (The)  (Liinitedi    118 

Ice— Retail. 
Talinage  Lake  Ice  Company 135 

Ice — Wholesale. 
Talmage  Lake  Ice  Company 135 

Ice  Machines — Manufacturers. 

Pictet  Artificial  Ice  Company  (.The)  (Limited)  118 

Insurance  (Fire)  Companies. 

German  Insurance  Company 199 

German  Security  Insurance  Company    ....     77 
Kentucky  and  Louisville  Mutual  Insurance 

Company 202 

Louisville  Iniurance  Company 155 

Insurance  (Life)  Agencies. 
Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Newark,  N.  J.,  K.  W.  Smith  &  Co.,  Agents  .     90 

Insurance  (fjife). 

North-western  Life  Insurance  Company  (The) 
of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  J.  W.  Kohinson,  Agent,     96 

Iron,  Bar,  Baud  and  Hoop — Manufacturers. 
Birmingham  Rolling  Mill  Company  (Tlie)  .    .   185 

Iron,  Plate,  Tank  and  Sheet — Manufacturers. 

Birmingham  Rolling  Mill  Company  (The)  .    .    185 

Iron  and  Steel — Wholesale. 

Belknap,  W.  B.  &  Co 95 

Jellies — Manufacturers. 

Excelsior  Preserving  Company 181 

Jewelers — Wholesale. 

Bouniuin  &  Co 181 

Kid  Gloves — Dealer. 

Cross,  George 116 

Jjagir  Beer — Bottlers. 
Rueff,  F.  &  Co 166 

Lathe,  Pickets,  etc. — Manufacturers. 

Hall.  Joseph 168 

Laths  and  Shingles — Dealers. 
Mehler  &  Eckstenkemper 151 

Laundries. 

New  York  Steam  Laundry 193 

Oriental  Steam  Laundry 208 

Le  d  and  Oil — Manufacturers. 

Kentucky  Le»d  and  Oil  Company 105 

Lead  Pipe  and  Bar  and  Sheet  Lead — Manufact- 
urers. 
Kentucky  Lead  and  Oil  Company 105 

Leaf  Tohacco — Dealers. 

Mathews,  W.  S.  Oi  Sons 128 

Licorice  Paste  and  Powder. 

Frankel,  Henry  U 122 

Lime — Manufacturers. 
Salem  Stone  and  Lime  Company 203 

Linings  and  Skins — Manutacturers. 

Hopkins,  William 108 

Lii|Uor.s — Importers. 

Hermann  Brothers 189 

Hollenbach  &  Vetter 125 

3jii|Uors — Wholesale. 

Engelhard,  A ...    108 

Grabfelder,  S.  &  Co ?  .    .    150 

Haxthausen,  Joseph 142 

McKenua,  H 194 

Stege  &  ReiUng 112 

Stein  &  Kurkamp 120 

Taylor  &  Williams     150 

Lounges — Manufacturers. 

Etheridge  &  Co 187 

Lumber — Dealers. 

Cotter,  R.B 99 

Falls  City  Planing  Mill 159 

Gr»ham,  S.  P 186 

Hall,  Joseph 168 

Hughes,  W.  J.  &  Son 189 

Itline,  6.  &  Son 127 

McClure  &  Ryan 161 

Mehler  &  Eckstenkemper 151 

Rogers,  George  M 1.52 

Vandiver  &  Hite 154 

Van  Seggern,  H.  G 188 

Ij  umber — Retail. 

Cooling,  Henry  S 183 

Gernert  Bros.  &  Koehler 140 


Lumber — Wholesale. 

Cooling,  Henry  S " 183 

Gernert  Bros.  &  Koehler 140 

L  u  mber —  M  an  u  fac  t  urers . 

Hall,  Joseph      168 

McClure  &  Ryan KJl 

Cotter,  R.B 99 

Machinery — Brokers. 

Campbell,  J.  0.  &  Sou .153 

Machinists. 

Campbell,  J.  0.  &  Son 153 

Pyne,  W.T 149 

Malt— Manufacturers. 

Kentucky  MaltiKg  Company 182 

Lutz,  Ferdinand  F 196 

Mantels  and  Grates — Manufacturers. 

Adams  Bros.  &  Co I44 

Baxter,  John  G 139 

Mantels  and  Grates — Wholesale. 

Adams  Bros.  &  Co 144 

Manufacturers'  and  Millers'  Supplies. 

Pyne,  W.T .149 

Mattresses — Manufacturers. 

Barth,  G.  F.  &  Son 161 

ISensinger,  Nathan 159 

Etheridge  A  Co 187 

Marble  and  Granite — Dealers. 

Clark,  J.  S.  &  Co 121 

Mercantile  Agency. 

Mercantile  Agency  (The),  R.  G,  Dun  &  Co.  .  .  94 
Metallic  ('askets — Manufacturers. 

Hackett  &  Smith 139 

Mill  Furnisher. 

Pyne,  W.T 149 

Mill  Machinery — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  .  .  .  .  163 
Millwright. 

Pyne.  W.  T 149 

Mincemeat — Manufacturer. 

Excelsior  Preserving  Company 184 

Mineral  Waters — Bottlers. 

Rueff,  F.  tk  Co 166 

Monuments. 

Clark,  J.  S.  S:  Co 121 

Kovelties  in  Sheet  Metal — Maniilucturer. 

Heinig,  L 192 

Nurserymt-n. 

Nanz  &  Neuner 173 

Oak  Leather — Manufacturers. 

Kentucky  Oak  Tanning  Company  (Thej  .  .  .  109 
Oak  Sole  Leathers — Tanners. 

Fr»ntz,  D.  &  Sons 103 

Oils  and  Axle  Grease — Wholesale. 

Anderson,  H.  C.  &  Co 177 

Oysters — Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Booth,  A.  &  Sons 107 

Paints  and  Oils — Dealers. 

Kline,  G.  &  Son 127 

Paints,  Oils  and  Brushes — Dealers. 

Marcus,  Herman ]67 

Paints,  Oils  and  Colors — Manufacturers. 

Progress  Paint  and  Color  Works 206 

Paper — Dealers. 

Bremaker  Moore  Paper  Company  (The)    .    .    .   197 

DuPont  &  Co 110 

Paper — Manufacturers. 

Bremaker-Moore  Paper  Company  (The)    .   .       197 

DuPont  &  Co 110 

Parasols  and  Umbrellas — Manufacturer. 

Cross,  Geo ng 

Parlor  Suits— Manufacturers. 

Etheridge  &  Co 187 

Patent  Solicitors. 

Roe,  C.  C.  &  Co 200 

Pianos  and  Organs — Retail. 

Baldwin,  D.  H.  &  Co 112 

Pianos  and  Organs — Wholesale. 

Baldwin,  D.  H.  &  Co 112 

Pickles  and  Catsups. 

Clark,  J.  M.  &  Co 124 

Pickles,  Sauces,  etc. 

Vandiver  &  Hite 154 

Pig  Iron — Commission. 

Moore,  George  S 119 

Planing  Mills. 

Falls  City  Planing  Mill 159 


216 


THE  INDUSTRIES   OF   LOUISVILLE 


Planing  Mill. 

Sauermjin,  Ernest  F 2J6 

Plows  and  (hiltivators— Manut'actur,.-r8. 

Meikle,  Thomas  &  Co 212 

PI  nm  tier — i^anitarv. 

Slmlhafer.  S 211 

Pork  Packers. 

BIcKerran.  iSliallcrciss  &  Co 88 

Pork  and  Beef— Packt-rs. 

Vissman,  H.  F.  &  Co 106 

Poultry — Wholesale  and  Ketail. 

Booth,  A.  &  Sons       107 

Printers. 

Brewer  &  Emniit  Printing  House 189 

Courier-Journal  Job  Printing  Company  .  209 — 210 

Bearing,  Charles  T 120 

Morton,  John  P.  &  Co 81 

Produce — Wholesale. 

Bahb,  William 159 

Botsford,J.  L.&Co 107 

Provisions — Wholesale. 

Stege  &  Reiling 112 

Public  Warehouses. 

Louisville  Public  W'areliouse  Company  ...  91 
Publishers  and  Booksellers. 

Morton,  Jolin  P.  &  Co 81 

Railroad  Supplies — Dealers. 

Hite,  W.  W.  &  Co 190 

Rails,  Tram  and  T — Manufacturers. 

Birmingham  Kolling  Mill  Company  (The)  .  .  185 
Real  Estate— Agents. 

Priest,  W.  C.  &  Co 76 

Restaurant. 

Bufer's  Hotel  and  Restaurant 113 

Saddlery — Manufacturers. 

Bretney,  Beeler  &  Co 133 

Saddlery— Wholesale. 

Bretner,  Beeler  &  Co 133 

Safety  Vault. 

Fidelity  Trust  and  Safety  Vault  Company  .  .  180 
Salt— Dealers. 

Jefferson  &  Cn 185 

Sash,  Doors  and  Blinds — Dealer. 

Graham,  S.  P 186 

Sash,  Doors  and  Blinds — Manufacturers. 

McClure  and  Ryan 161 

Sauces — Manufacturers. 

Kentucky  Cider  and  Vinegar  Works 192 

Sausage — Manufacturers. 

Vissman,  H.  F.&Co 106 

Saw  Dust  and  Kindling  Wood— Dealer. 

Hull,  Joseph 168 

Saws — Manufacturers. 

Disston,  Henry  &  Sons 117 

Seeds — Wliolesale. 

Collings,  H.&  Co 170 

Hewett,  Field  &  Co 130 

Nanz  &  Neuner 173 

Sherman  &  Co 137 

Seeds  and  Implements — Wholesale. 

Chambers,  Samuel  R 80 

Seeds  and  Im|)lements— Wholesale  and  Retail. 

Lewis  &  Hanford 110 

Sewer  Pipe— Manufacturer" 

Falls  City  Sewer  Pipe  and  '>••  -"  Cotta  Works  177 
Sheet  Iron  Worker. 

Mitchell,  Thomas 137 

Shingles— Dealer. 

Rogers,  George  M 152 

Shirt  Manufacturers. 

Hinzen  &  Spelger 205 

Shoes — Manufacturers. 

Cimiotti,  Tlieo  &  Co 98 

Darlingliaus,  H.  &  Co 158 

Zahner  &  Berle 182 

Specialties  in  Sheet  Metal— Manufacturer. 

Heinig,  L 192 

Sporting  Goods— Dealer. 

Reccius,  J.  W.&  Bro 119 

Spring  Wagons. 

Enirich  &  Andriot 166 

Staves  and  Heading — Dealer. 

Stafforil,  Hugh 197 

Staves  and  Hoop  Poles — Dealers. 

Vandivor&  Hite 151 

Steamboats. 

Louisville  &  Evansville  Mail  Company    .    .    .    195 


Steanib»)at  Supidie.s — Dealers. 

Hite,  W  W.  &  Co 196. 

Steam  Boilers — Manufacturer. 

Mitchell,  John 14.> 

Steam  Engines — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  .    .    .        163- 
Stocks  and  Bonds— iSroker. 

Almstedt,  William  E 117 

Stone  Building. 

Salem  .Stone  and  Lime  Company 203- 

Storage  and  Commission. 

Central  Elevator  and  Warehouse 141 

Stoves — Manufacturers. 

Adams  Brothers  &  Co H-} 

Stoves — Wholesale. 

Adams  Brothers  &(  o 1-1-1 

Burnham,  A.  B.  &  Co ll.> 

Stoves  and  Hollowware — Manufacturers. 

Ba.\ter,  John  G 13» 

Stoves  and  Ranges — Manufacturers. 

Brid^eford  &  Co 97 

Superintendents — Building. 

Slaury,  Mason • 123 

Taffy  Tolu- -Manufacturers. 

Colgan  &  McAfee 143 

Tan  Bark— Dealers. 

Vandiver&  Hite 154 

Tarpaulins- -Mrtnufacturers. 

Hite,  W.  W.  &  Co 196. 

Lo\iisville  Tent  and  .\wning  Co 130 

Teas— Wholesale. 

Gregory,  R.P 160 

Tinner's  Stock — Wholesale. 

Burnham,  A.  B.&  Co 115 

Tin  Plate— Wholesale. 

Burnham,  A.  B.  &  Co 115 

Tin  and  Sheet  Iron  Works — Slanufacturers. 

Bridgeford  &  Co 97 

Tinware — Wholesale. 

Burnham,  A    B.  &  Co 115 

Tinware  and  Tinner's  Stock— Manufacturers. 

Adams  Brothers  &  Co 144 

Tinware  and  Tinner's  Stock — Wholesale. 

Adams  Brothers  &  Co 141 

Tobacco — Broker 

SclianzenblJ-her,  P 158. 

Tobacco — Buyer. 

Harris,  Abner 158 

Tobacco — Commission. 

Carrington,  John  W.  &  Co 156 

Tobacco — Dealer. 

Schanzenbacher,  P 158 

Tobacco — Factors. 

Wall,  Smith  &  Co 136 

Wicks,  George  W.  &  Co 146 

Tobacco — Manufacturers. 

Franklin  Tobacco  Co  (The) 86 

Giant  Tobacco  Co.  (The) 198 

Tobacco —  W  a  reh  ou  ses . 

Gilbert  Tobacco  W'arehouse 136 

Green  River  Tobacco  Wareliouse      148 

Kentucl^' Tobacco  Warehouse  (The) 132 

Ninth  Street  Tobacco  Warehouse 140 

Pickett  Tobacco  Warehouse 153 

Planter's  Tobacco  Warehouse 138 

Todd  Tobacco  Warehouse 143 

Kobbert,  Wni 152 

Tobacco — Machiner\ . 

Frankel,  Henry  V 122 

Tobacco  Jlanufactnrer's  Supplies 

Frankel,  Henry  V 122 

Tobacco  Presses — Manufacturer. 

Louisville  Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  .    .    .    .    163 
Tobacco  Sugar  and  Flavorings. 

Frankel,  Henry  U 122 

Toys  and  Children's  Novelties. 

Sues,  Julius 87 

Trunks,  etc. — Manufacturers. 

Botto,  P.  J.&Co 100 

Trunks — INIanufacturers. 

Chilton,  Guthrie  &  Co 110 

Type  Writers. 
"Remington  Type  Writers  (The) 86 

Huber  &  .\lli8on.  Agents 8) 

Undertakers'  Suiiplies — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Coffin  Co 156 


AND  OF  XEW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


217 


Upholstery  Goods. 

Otis-Hidilon  Company  (Tliel 147 

Vpbolsterv — Jlanufactiiiei>. 

Bartb,  0.  V.  &  Son lUl 

Beiisiuger,  Natlian 1.">U 

Valises  and  Baf;f< — Slanul'actmer. 

Chilton,  (J iithrie&  to lit) 

V  i  nega  r — 51  a  n  ufac  t  u  re  re . 

Vandiver&  Hite l.Vl 

Wagon  and  Carriage  Works — WiioU'sale. 

Belknap,  W.  B.  iS:  <o 9.") 

Wluat  ami  Corn  SlillB — Jraimlaetnier. 

Pyiie,  W.  T Hi) 

Whiskies — Dealers. 

Applegate  &  Sons 171 

Hermann  Brothers                    . IM* 

Hollenbaeh  &  Vetter lij 

Whiskies— Pistillers. 

-Vnderson  &  Nelson  DistilUries  Company  (Tliei  KiO 

Applegate  &  Sons 171 

Ashton  Distillery  Company  (Tliei    .    .            .    .  \o7 

Atherton,  The  . I.  M.  Company il:! 

Block,  Franck  &  Co S4 

Chase,  E.  H.  &  Co 155 

Hermann  Brothers 189 

Hollenbaeh  &  Vetter 12o 

Marion  County  Distilling  Company  (The)    .    .  SS 

Mattingly,  J.  ti.  &  Sons " 74 

MeKenua,  H 194 


Whiskies— Distillers. 

Nelson  County  Distillery  Company  (The)     .    .  151 

Parkland  Distillery  Comjianv  ^Tlll■) 17(j 

Koacb,  John  G.    ." " 114 

Kosenbanni  Brothers 131 

Schwartz,  M.&Bro 175 

Taylor  &  Williams 150 

Wathen,  .1.  B.  &  Bro.  Comianv IW 

Whiskies— Wholesale. 

Chase,  E.  11.  &  Co 155 

George,  E.  C 109 

BIcIlvain,  J.  B.  &  Son 145 

Jloormhn,  C.  P.  it  Co 115 

Bdbbert,  Wm 152 

Sebwabacher  &  Co 147 

Sell  wart/.,  M.  &  liro 175 

Window  Glass — Dealers. 

Marcus,  Herman 1()7 

Progress  Paint  and  Color  Works 20G 

Wines — Dealer. 

McKenna,  II 194 

Wines — Importers. 

Hermann  Brothers 189 

Wire  Works — Manufacturer. 

Facbman.Fred  J 183 

Wooden  Ware — Dealers. 

Martin,  W.  L.  &  Co 173 

Wool — Dealer. 

Hopkins,  Wm 108 


ADVERTISERS'   INDEX. 


ISox  Factory. 

Bell  &  Coggeshall  Company   The 2r)4 

Brass  Foundry. 

Fowler  &  Co 259 

.lones,  Arthur 255 

Carriages — Manufacturers. 

Euders,  .1.  &  Co 256 

Ciaars  and  Tobacco — Dealer. 

Starr,  I.  E 254 

Cigars  and  Tobacco — Wholesale 

Starr,  I.  E 254 

Coffins — Blanufactnrers. 

Louisyille  Cottin  Company 257 

Commission. 

Tamplet  &  Wa^hbu^ne 

Distillers'  Agents. 

Tamplet  &  Washburue 

Doors,  Sash  and  Blinds^Dealers. 

Hughes.  W.  J.  ^S:  Son 

Doors,  Sash  ami  Blinds — Manufacturers. 

Hughes,  W.  J.  &  Son 

Elevators — Manufacturers. 

Hair,  J.  J 

Fertilizers — Manufacturer^. 

Duck\yall,  David 

Firearms — Dealers. 

Griffith,  Joseph  &  Sons 

Flour — Manufacturers. 

Gripp,  E.  &  Son 

Furniture — Manufactureis. 

Wrampelmeier   Furniture    Manufacturing 

Company 2-5() 

Insurance  (Fire). 

Hunter,  Howard  \V 256 

Liquors — Importers. 

Schimpeler,  F.  X.  &  Son 258 

Lithographers. 

Cast,  Aug.  &  Co Back  rover,  inside 

Lumber — Dealers. 

Bell  &  Coggeshall  Comi)any  (The) 254 

Hughes,  W.  J.  &  Son 2.53 

Machinery — Dealers. 

Barbaroux  &  Co 255 


25(> 
256 
253 
253 
256 
253 
256 
2.56 


Marble  Works. 

Blat/.&Krebs 259 

Metallic  Caskets — Manufacturers. 

Louisville  Coffin  <'ompany 257 

Mill  Furnisher. 

Kirker,  Jabez  G 2.55 

Millwright. 

Kirker,  Jabez  G 255 

Mustard — Manufacturers. 

Thornton,  K.  J.  &  Co 258 

Paper- Wholesale. 

Mver,  Bridges  &  Co 255 

Planing  Mill. 

Bell  &  Coggeshall  Company  (The) 254 

Produce — Wholesale. 

Frederick,  W.  P 256 

Publishers. 

Elstner  Publishing  Company  (The) 260 

Ref  ri  gera  tors — 51  a  n  ufac  t  urers. 

Cosgrove,  H.  T 259 

Spire — Slanufact  urers. 

Thornton,  E.  J.  &  Co 258 

Sp   rting  Goods — Dealers. 

Griffith,  Joseph  &  Sons 256 

Stone  Works. 

Blatz&Krebs .259 

Whiskies — Commission. 

Sherley,  T.  H.  &  Co 257 

Whiskies — Dealer. 

Dnnekake,  H 256 

Whiskies — Distillers. 

Marion  County  Distillery  Co.  .  Front  cover,  inside 

Mattingly,  J.  G.  &  Sons   .    .   .  Back  cover,  outside 
Wliiskies — Wholesale. 

Schimpeler,  F.  X.  &  Son 258 

Willow  ware — Wholesale. 

Myer,  Bridges  &  Co 255 

Wood  Engraver. 

ISeilly,  Charles  F 254 

Roe,  C.  C.  &  Co 260 

AVoodenwan^ — Wholesale. 

Myer.  Bridges  iS;  Co 255 


15 


WlWm  :4lB4NY,  InT)I4N4^ 


Dsw  /^LiR^nv,  InniRDH 


NEW  Albany  is  the  county  seat  of  Floyd  county,  Indiana.  It  is  located  in 
the  center  of  the  Ohio  Valley,  two  miles  below  the  falls  of  the  Ohio  river, 
opposite  the  city  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  latitude  38°  18'  north,  and  longi- 
tude 8°  49'  west.  It  is  laid  out  upon  an  elevated  plateau  upon  two  benches  or 
plains,  one  twenty  feet  higher  than  the  other,  and  sweeping  northward  and  west- 
ward to  a  range  of  hills  that  bear  from  the  Indians  the  poetic  name  of  the 
"  Silver  Hills,"  and  which  are  from  three  hundred  to  five  hundred  feet  in  height. 
These  hills,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  city,  are  covered  with  charming  suburban  res- 
idences, many  of  them  of  beautiful  architecture  in  design  and  adornment.  The 
city  was  Uiid  out  in  1818  by  Joel,  Abner  and  Nathaniel  Scribner,  the  original 
plat  embracing  but  826  acres,  the  land  being  entered  at  the  Government  land 
office  at  Viucennes,  when  that  town  was  the  capital  of  the  territory  of  Indiana, 
and  purchased  by  the  Scribners.  The  lots  were  dis])Osed  of  by  public  auction 
on  the  first  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  of  November,  1813,  and  the  proprietors  of 
the  town  stipulated  that  "  one-fourth  part  of  each  payment  upon  lots  sold  shall 
be  paid  into  the  hands  of  trustees,  to  be  chosen  by  the  purchasers,  until  such 
payments  shall  amount  to  five  thousand  dollars,  the  interest  of  which  to  be  ap- 
plied to  the  support  of  schools  in  the  town  for  the  use  of  its  inhabitants  forever." 
This  was  the  foundation  of  the  free  school  system  of  New  Albany,  and  from  the 
funds  thus  derived  the  Scribner  High  School,  at  the  corner  of  West  First  and 
Spring  streets,  now  the  High  School  of  the  colored  people,  was  built,  and  has 
ever  since  been  in  part  supported,  a  period  of  sixty-nine  years. 

In  1814  a  large  number  of  families  from  New  York  and  New  Jersey  removed 
to  New  Albany,  making,  virtually,  the  first  permanent  settlement  here.  The 
new  town  enjoyed  a  prosperous  growth,  and,  being  distinguished  for  its  healthy 
location,  attracted  more  people  than  the  surrounding  towns  ;  for  several  year^ 
even  rivaling  Louisville  on  account  of  the  unhealthy  condition  of  that  town. 

July  14,  1839,  New  Albany  was  incorporated  as  a  city,  having  a  jiopulation 
of  4,200,  with  a  valuation  for  taxation  of  $1,760,735,  the  rate  of  taxation  being 
65  cents  on  the  SI 00  of  valuation.  The  first  city  officers  were  P.  M.  Dorsey, 
mayor ;  Henry  Collins,  recorder ;  John  S.  Davis,  city  clerk  ;  Edward  Brown, 
sr.,  treasurer  ;  David  Wilkinson,  collector  of  taxes  and  city  marshal.  Not  one 
of  these  survive,  and  of  the  wives  of  all  of  them  but  one — Mrs.  Wilkinson — 
is  now  alive.  The  first  councilmeu  were  Patrick  Crowley,  James  Crowley,  Israel 
C.  Crane,  Edward  Brown,  sr.,  Hezekiah  Beeler,  Samuel  Bolin,  Henry  W. 
Smith,  Randall  Crawford,  Absalom  Cox,  William  Underbill,  Preston  F.  Tuley, 
E.  W.  Benton.  All  these  long  ago  passed  awav.  The  poi>ulation  of  the  city 
in  1850  was  8,181 ;  in  1860  it  was  12,000  ;  in  1870  it  was  15,000;  and  at  pres- 
ent it  is  estimated  at  25,000,  and  will  not  fall  under  that  estimate. 

(221) 


222 


THE   IXDUSTRIKS   OF   I.OUfSVILLE 


FLOYD    COUNTY  COURT-HOUSK. 


There  were  no  stirring  incidents  of  importance  in  the  early  history  of  New 
Albany.  The  city  has  had  a  quiet  growth,  and  has  ever  been  more  celebrated 
for  its  moral,  religious  and  educational  advantages,  fine  climate  and  good  health 
than  as  a  "fast  town,"  where  vice  predominates  and  the  temptations  to  youth 
are  numerous  and  alluring.  In  its  religious,  benevolent  and  educational  enter- 
prises it  has  long  held  rank  as  the  first  city  and  the  most  desirable  as  a  place  of 
residence  in  Indiana.  It  is  also  the  leading  city  of  the  State  in  the  extent  and 
variety  of  its  manufactories. 

The  scenery,  from  the  views  afforded  from  the  range  of  hills  west  and  north- 
west of  the  city,  is  grand  and  beautiful  beyond  description — a  panorama  that 
the  most  skilled  artist's  brush  can  not  copy,  and  can  not  fail  to  enrapture  the 
stranger,  as  it  does  all  who  look  upon  it.  The  wide  expanse  of  country  dotted 
over  with  white  farm-houses,  grazing  herds,  shady  groves  and  green  fields ;  the 
bright  Ohio,  viewed  in  its  sparkling  course  for  ten  miles  up  the  stream  and  an 
equal  distance  down  its  tortuous  windings ;  the  falls,  with  their  never-ceasing 
yet  musical  roar,  Jeffersonville  and  Louisville  at  their  head;  broad  fields 
crowned  with  the  growing  grain  and  forests  with  their  emerald  foliage;  the 
"  Silver  Hills,"  stretching  away  to  the  north-east,  and  intervening  slopes  and 
densely-wooded  glens,  with  the  river  hills  towering  from  four  to  six  hundred 
feet  skyward  to  the  west  and  in  the  distance  in  Kentucky,  form  a  scene  of 


AND   OF   NEW   ALHANY,    INICANA.. 


223 


grandeur  and  beauty  such  as  is  nowhere  else  to  be  witnessed  aud  enjoyed  in  In- 
diana. 

The  city  has  the  finest  water-Avorks  in  the  State,  affording  an  incomparable 
fire  service.  It  is  lighted  with  gas,  has  fifty  miles  of  paved  streets,  sidewalks 
aud  alleys,  many  fine  public  buildings,  churches,  benevolent  institutions,  school- 
houses  and  private  residences,  a  complete  system  of  railroads,  river  navigation 
to  all  points  west,  south  and  north-west,  street  railroads  and  most  of  the  other 
conveniences  of  a  prosperous  city.  It  has  an  elegant  court-house,  costing  $150,- 
000  ;  a  fine  city  hall ;  a  lar^re  appropriation  for  the  erection  of  a  Government 
building  for  post-office  and  custom-house ;  fifty-four  public  free  schools,  taught 
in  thirteen  fine  buildings ;  a  first  class  college  for  the  higher  education  of  young 
women ;  elegant  buildings  for  parochial  Catholic  schools  and  seminaries;  twenty- 
three  churches;  two  large  brick  market-houses,  owned  by  the  city  and  paying 
a  good  revenue;  a  first-class  opera-house  and  a  number  of  public  halls;  eight 
hotels;  one  hundred  and  sixty-one  stores  for  the  sale  of  dry  goods,  groceries, 
boots  and  shoes,  hats  and  caps,  clothing,  variety  and  fancy  goods,  millinery,  etc. ; 
a  large  number  of  mechanical  establishments,  in  which  the  trades  are  carried 
on ;   four  National  and  one  independent  banks,  with  an  aggregate  capital  of 


NEAV  ALBANY  WATER-WORKS. 


224  THE   INDUSTRIES    Of   LOUIS V7L1.K 


81,300,000  and  total  resources  of  $2,984,397.  New  Albany  i^  distinguished 
for  the  number  and  extent  of  its  industrial  establishments.  These  aggregate  in 
number  129.  They  have  invested  a  total  capital  of  $6,479,740,  employ  3,750 
Operatives,  paving  out  annually  in  wages  $1,772,384,  turning  out  an  annual 
product  valued  at  §20,648,457."^ 

The  principal  manufactories  are  the  DePauw  American  Plate  Glass  Works, 
covering  sixteen  acres  and  turning  out  the  finest  quality  of  plate  glass,  window, 
skylight  and  flooring  glass  and  fruit  jars,  and  in  these  works  over  $2,000,000 
have  been  invested  ;  the  New  Albany  Woolen  Mills ;  the  New  Albany  Cotton 
Mills;  the  New  Albany  Hosiery  Mills;  the  New  Albany  Cotton  Batting  Fac- 
tory; the  Ohio  Falls  Iron  Works  (merchant  and  bridge  iron);  New  Albany 
Rail  Mills  (railroad  rails,  fish  bars  and  cable  road  outfits  complete);  the  New 
Albany  Steam  Forge  AVorks;  three  extensive  bent-wood  and  spoke  works; 
four  large  flour  mills;  New  Albany  Stove  Works  (largest  in  Indiana);  two  ex- 
tensive furniture  factories ;  seven  large  tanneries ;  four  extensive  breweries ; 
large  boot  and  shoe  factory  ;  large  glue  and  fertilizer  factory  ;  four  large  foun- 
dries and  machine  shops ;  ten  extensive  cigar  factories ;  thi*ee  carriage  and 
wagon  factories.  The  great  iron  and  steel  bridge  over  the  Ohio  river,  witli 
street  car,  vehicle  and  railroad  tracks,  which  is  rapidly  nearing  completion,  at 
a  cost  of  $1,500,000,  will  unite  the  two  cities  of  New  Albany  and  Louisville. 
Little  doubt  is  entertained  that  during  the  year  1886  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi 
railroad  will  be  extended  to  this  city,  a  link  of  but  seven  miles  only  being 
necessary  to  accomplish  this. 

The  above  facts  and  figures  briefly  represent  the  material  resources  of  New 
Albany.  It  may  be  added  that  the  city  has  been  growing  rapidly  for  the  last 
four  years,  and  a  much  more  rapid  growth  is  confidently  anticipated  by  its  citizens 
in  the  future.  The  peo])le  are  public-spirited,  enterprising  and  liberal  to  en- 
gage in  such  enterprises  as  promise  successful  results.  They  pay  their  taxes 
with  the  same  liberal  spirit.  Capital  has  been  liberally  invested  in  the  search 
for  natural  ga^  as  an  aid  to  the  further  development  and  encouragement  of 
manufacturing,  though  fuel  supply  in  coal  is  abundant,  near  at  hand  and  very 
cheap.  Public  free  libraries,  gymnasiums  and  similar  institutions  will  show  the 
liberality  of  the  peoj)le. 


Wh&>  Ghdviia^u^r  I^Ridgs. 


On  Saturday  afternoon,  April  10,  1885,  an  immense  throng  of  Louisville 
and  New  Albany  people,  including  many  of  the  most  prominent  residents  of 
both  cities,  witnessed  the  driving  of  the  last  steel  connecting  pin  in  the  longest 
cantilever  system  in  the  woi-ld — the  Indiana  and  Kentucky  bridge.  At  4:35 
o'clock,  all  things  being  in  readiness,  Ool.  Bennett  H.  Young,  projector  of  this 
vast  interstate  improvement  and  president  of  the  company,  advanced  to  the 
great  oaken  rammer  suspended  in  position  for  the  purpose,  and,  aided  by  Vice- 
President  Culbertson,  Messrs.  Directors  Grant,  Goldsmith,  Stine,  Brown  and 
Bloom,  drove  home  the  pin,  the  work,  with  resting  sjjells,  requiring  some  ten 
minutes.  At  its  conclusion  Colonel  Young  addressed  the  assembled  spectators 
as  follows: 

"  Ladies  and  Gextle.men  :  In  life  there  is  always  a  struggle  for  excellence, 
and  to  accomplish  tasks  hitherto  never  undertaken  is  pleasing  and  gratifying  to 


A>'J>    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  225 

people  in  every  station.  Wc  have  now  driven  the  last  pin  in  the  lonojest  canti- 
lever span  in  the  world.  This  is  something  to  the  credit  of  Lonisville  and  New 
Albany,  whose  citizens  have  been  prominent  in  the  erection  of  this  splendid 
structure,  but  we  also  now  stand  in  the  center  of  the  only  combination  of  canti- 
lever spans  so  far  constructed.  Within  twenty  years  a  convention  of  engineers 
was  called  to  determine  whether  a  five-hundred-foot  span  was  safe  and  could  be 
used  for  heavy  railway  traffic.  They  decided  that  such  a  span  could  not  be 
erected.  Yet  the  Henderson  bridge  has  a  five-hundred-and-twenty-five-foot 
span,  and  this  bridge  has  substantially  two  five-hundred-foot  S])ans.  You  can 
now  understand,  as  you  view  this  bridge  from  the  present  point,  what  an 
immense  work  it  has  been.  Backed  by  no  corporation,  a  few  of  your  fellow- 
citizens  conceived  it  and  carried  it  to  a  successful  completion.  This  great  river, 
flowing  beneath  us  with  its  rapid  and  apparently  irresistible  current,  can  not 
stay  the  march  of  commercial  life  or  check  the  physical  triumphs  of  man.  By 
this  cantilever  system,  which  is  nothing  more  than  the  science  of  balancing 
spans,  these  engineers  now  before  you  have  bid  defiance  to  the  rage  of  the 
storm,  and  though  these  seething  waters  might  have  washed  away  any  support 
placed  in  its  bed,  their  genius  has  built  this  great  span  without  any  ground  sup- 
port, and  by  skillful  calculating  as  to  weiglits  they  have  projected  this  span 
across  this  channel  and  have  placed  the  hundreds  and  thousands  of  pounds  of 
metal  required  in  this  bridge  from  pier  to  pier,  and  made  each  part  hold  the 
other  in  position  over  the  water  until  the  cords  are  now,  by  this  pin  we  have 
driven,  forever  united,  and  sufficiently  strong  to  carry  any  burden  which  can  be 
p'aced  upon  it.  We  thank  you  for  your  attendance.  We  shall  hereafter  ask 
your  patronage.  Louisville  and  New  Albany  are  now  practically  one,  and  in 
sixty  days  the  travel  and  trade  between  will  pass  along  this  highway  independ- 
ent of  all  the  vicissitudes  of  wind  or  water." 

As  before  intimated,  C'olonel  Bennett  H.  Young,  of  Louisville,  was  the 
originator  of  this  bridge  project.  In  the  face  of  many  obstacles  and  discourage- 
ments he  organized  the  company,  obtaining  charters  from  the  Kentucky  Legis- 
lature April  1,  1880,  and  nnder  the  laws  of  Indiana  in  March,  1881,  the  capital 
stock  being  $1,500,000.  The  work  was  actually  begun  in  the  latter  year,  but 
for  reasons  not  necessary  to  state  was  suspended  until  1884.  The  chief  engineer 
Avas  Mr.  John  McLeod,  assisted  by  Messrs.  M.  jNIoulton  and  C'.  A.  Bradley. 
Mr.  Edward  Hemberle,  of  the  I^nion  Bridge  Company,  prepared  the  plans 
finally  approved  and  adopted  in  the  year  last  named.  The  stone  and  founda- 
tion work  was  performed  by  Alexander  &  LeDuke;  the  superstructure  of  iron 
and  steel  built  by  the  Union  Bridge  Company,  and  the  approaches  constructed 
by  Messrs.  T.  H.  Hamilton  and  Coulter — the  entire  force  of  men  employed 
from  first  to  last  averaged  400.  The  work  will  be  completed  in  its  entirety  and 
in  full  operation  on  the  first  of  June,  though  railroad  trains  have  been  using 
the  structure  for  regular  traffic  since  the  middle  of  May.  The  traffic  facilities 
•consist  of  double  railroad  track  and  wagon  way  and  double  footway,  and  will 
accommodate  all  demands  of  travel  likely  to  arise  for  many  years  to  come. 

The  total  cost  of  the  bridge  and  appurtenances  was  $1,500,000,  and  it  is, 
beyond  all  question,  the  finest,  most  complete  and  most  substantial  structure 
ever  thrown  across  the  Ohio,  providing  for  river  navigation  by  means  of  a  grand 
steel  draw  span  resting  upon  pier  No.  8,  and  reaching,  when  in  position,  from 
No.  2  to  No.  4 — a  splendid  triumph  of  engineering  and  mechanical  skill  un- 
■equaled  on  this  continent,  if  in  the  Avorld.  The  two  longest  connecting  canti- 
lever spans  in  existence — 483  and  485  feet  respectively — also  form  parts  of  this 
mighty  work.  All  other  cantilever  bridges  consist  of  a  single  span,  whereas 
here  is  a  system  of  them  reaching  from  shore  to  shore.     This  bridge  is  also  the 


226  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


loftiest  ever  built  in  the  west^across  a  navigable  river,  and  at  no  stage  of  water 
will  it  interfere  with  steamboating. 

The  direct  advantages  resulting  from  the  completion  of  this  enterprise  are 
many  and  of  incalculable  value,  and  particularly  to  New  Albany,  which  is  thus 
brought  within  a  few  minutes'  ride  of  the  business  center  of  Louisville  and  be- 
comes the  most  attractive  of  that  city's  suburbs.  Already  tolls  have  been  re- 
duced in  the  ratio  of  S300,000  per  annum,  and  the  prices  of  real  estate  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  bridge— and  for  that  matter  all  over  the  city — have  advanced  and 
population  has  increased  at  a  hitherto  unheard-of  pace  since  this  great  artery  of 
commerce  and  travel  became  a  fixed  and  substantial  fact.  Long  may  the  public- 
spirited  and  indefatigable  projector  and  his  associates  live  to  enjoy  the  fruits 
of  their  magnificent  work. 


"^RHDSPORVjqVIOD. 


Besides  her  favorable  location  below  the  falls  for  river  traffic,  New  Albany 
has  direct  railroad  communications  as  follows  :  Louisville,  New  Albany  & 
Chicago  railroad ;  Jefllersonville,  Madison  &  Indianapolis  railroad  ;  Louisville, 
Evansville  &  St.  Louis  railroad ;  Ohio  &  Mississippi  railroad  (connecting 
branch  nearly  completed).  Via  the  two  bridges  she  also  has  immediate  connec- 
tion with  all  the  railroads  centering  at  Louisville.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that 
her  facilities  for  the  shipment  of  manufactured  commodities  and  the  receipt 
of  material,  fuel,  etc.,  are  unsurpassed. 


&TJ(AGnWlGVf{lA. 


Besides  the  ten  large  and  handsome  free  schools — two  of  which  are  set  aside 
for  male  and  female  high  schools — there  are  several  excellent  private  schools, 
one  German  Protestant  parochial  school,  and  one  German  INIethodist  parochial 
school.  In  the  higher  grades,  the  DePauw  College  for  Young  Ladies  comes  first 
in  importance.  It  belongs  to  the  Indiana  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  to  which  body  it  was  presented  by  Washington  C.  DePauw,  Esq., 
alter  complete  renovation  and  remodeling.  A  full  faculty  of  experienced 
teachers  is  in  charge,  the  curriculum  embracing  all  the  usual  branches,  with 
vocal  and  instrumental  music,  French  and  German. 

St.  Mary's  Female  Academy,  in  charge  of  the  sisters  of  St.  Francis,  is  one 
of  the  finest  schools  in  the  State,  occujiying  a  large,  elegant  and  perfectly-ap- 
pointed building.  The  course  is  quite  thorough,  including  modern  languages, 
needle-work,  painting  and  other  polite  arts. 

The  Morse  Academy  is  a  first-class  school,  supi)lie(l  with  complete  apparatus, 
and  presents  attractions  to  those  desiring  the  advantages  without  the  drawbacks^ 
of  the  usual  college  course. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALIiANY,    INDIANA. 


227 


NEW  ALBANY   OPKKA    HOUsK. 


The  finances  of  the  city  are  in  exemplary  shape.  The  municipal  debt  is 
light,  taxes  moderate,  and  every  condition  favorable  for  the  growth  of  the  city 
in  wealth  and  importance. 

The  banks  are  five  in  number:  The  New  Albany  National,  capital  S200,- 
000  ;  Merchants'  National,  capital  $100,000  ;  First  National,  capital  $300,000  ; 
Second  National,  capital  $100,000  ;  and  New  Albany  Banking  Company,  a 
State  institution,  capital  $100,000.  All  of  these  fiduciary  trusts  are  in  the 
hands  of  careful,  yet  public-spirited,  men,  are  sound  aad  strong,  and  may,  at 
all  times,  be  depended  upon  to  extend  all  proper  aid  to  every  enterprise  giving 
assurance  of  solidity  and  ultimate  benefit  to  the  city. 


MnnauHc^wa-RG: 


No  city  in  the  country  is  better  slcuated  Avith  reference  to  certain  manufact- 
ures than  is  New  Albany,  and  particularly  for  the  production  of  glass  of  all 
kinds,  and  glassware,  iron  and  steel,  machinery  and  iron  and  steel  goods  gen- 


228 


THE   INDUSTRIES   OF   LOIJISVIIJ.E 


erally,  woodenware,  furniture,  leather  and  leather  goods,  woolen  and  cotton 
goods,  etc.  More  extended  notice  of  these  interests  will  be  found  under  the 
proper  headings  further  along. 

In  the  matter  of  fuel  New  Albany  is  specially  favored  by  reason  of  her 
propinquity  to,  and  cheapness  of,  railroad  rates  from  the  renowned  Southern 
Indiana  block  coal  mines. 


I^SDSUDIaSDV  iDSVlVaVIDDS. 


THE  OLD  LADIES'  HOME. 

This  fine  example  of  practical  philanthropy,  erected  and  endowed  by  Wm. 
S.  Culbertsou,  Esq.,  in  1873,  illustrates  the  generous  founder's  substantial  char- 
acter, and  it  is  an  ornament  to  the  city  as  well  as  a  noble  benefaction.  It  stands 
in  the  fashionable  quarter  of  East  Main  street,  is  constructed  of  the  best  mate- 
rials and  by  the  l)est  workmen  throughout,  contains  some  sixteen  rooms,  besides 
parlor,  dining-room,  kitchen,  etc.,  and  will  comfortably  shelter  and  accommodate 
thirty  inmates.  The  only  qualifications  demanded  are  homelessness,  good  moral 
character,  an  age  of  not  less  than  sixty  years,  and  actual  residence  in  Indiana. 
The  rules  are  extremely  liberal,  nothing  being  required  of  the  beneficiaries  be- 
yond what  will  insure  order  and  quiet.  The  government  is  absolutely  nonsec- 
tarian,  and  the  inmates  mav  attend  any  church  they  prefer,  but  they  are  not  per- 
mitted to  indulge  in  religious  or  other  controversies.  Perfect  neatness  and 
cleanliness,  calm  and  content,  with  peace  and  plenty,  reign  and  bless  the  declin- 
ing years  of  these  mothers  in  Israel,  who,  bereft  of  friends  and  homes  of  then- 
own,  are  thus  j)rovided  for. 


AND    OF    XKW    ALBANY,    IXJiJANA. 


21  {> 


CORNELIA  MEMOKIAL  ORPHANS'  H03IE. 

This  is  another  of  Mr.  Culbertson's  noble 
benefactions,  erected  and  dedicated  in  1882,  as 
a  memorial  to  his  deceased  wife — a  Cliristian 
hidy  of  the  loftiest  and  most  charitable  charac- 
ter, whom  to  know  was  to  love.  ( )ur  engrav- 
ing gives  a  very  good  view  of  the  bnilcling, 
which,  standing  upon  an  elevated  site  on  the 
north  side  of  Poplar  street,  in  the  eastern  sub- 
urbs, commands  delightful  views  of  natural 
scenery,  of  the  broad  Ohio,  of  the  falls  and 
of  Louisville. 

No  more  healthful  or  inviting  spot  could  have  been  selected.  The  edifice  is  of 
brick,  two-and-a-half  stories  in  height,  of  modern  style,  attractive  in  appear- 
ance and  beautifully  finished  within  and  without.  The  interior  arrangements 
are  perfect,  embracing  sixteen  large,  lofty,  well-ventilated  and  amply-lighted 
rooms,  reception  room,  model  kitchen,  halls,  bath-rooms,  stairs,  cellar,  water- 
closets,  outbuildings  and,  in  short,  every  appliance  and  convenience,  including 
gas  and  water  in  every  room.  The  accommodations  are  sufficient  for  fifty 
children,  matron  and  servants,  without  crowding.  The  grounds  embrace  two 
acres,  a  part  of  which  is  set  in  bluegrass  and  the  remainder  utilized  as  a  gar- 
den. The  smaller  children  are  taught  in  the  house,  the  larger  ones  attending 
school. 

Mr.  Culhertson  is  recognized  as  a  father  by  these  otherwise  friendless  mites, 
and  his  frequent  visits  hailed  with  delight. 


Wh&    G>H0.R(ZH&: 


The  facilities  for  public  worship  are  ample,  and,  to  the  credit  of  the  city  be 
it  said,  most  of  the  churches  are  well  attended.  They  are  as  follows  :  Presby- 
terian— three  and  two  missions;  Methodist — seven  white,  two  colored,  one  Ger- 
man, one  mission  ;  Protestant  Episcopal — one  and  one  mission  ;  Lutheran — 
two  ;  Catholic — two.  one  German,  one  Irish  ;  Christian — one  ;  United  Breth- 
ren— one  ;  Universalist — one.  There  are  also  congregations  of  Southern  Meth- 
odists, Spiritualists  and  Second  Adventists.  Every  church  has  its  Sunday- 
school. 


"^HS  IPt^&s>s>. 


THE  NEW  ALBANY  DAILY  AND  WEEKLY  LEDGER. 

In  1847  Messrs.  Theodore  Bosworth  and  John  B.  Norman  commenced  the 
publication  of  the  New  Albany  Tri-weekly  Democrat,  and  at  the  close  of  that 
year  Mr.  Norman  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Bosworth  and  established  the 
New  Albany  Daily  Democrat,  continuing  its  publication  until  September,  1849, 
when  he  disposed  of  one-half  interest  in  the  office  to  Hon.  Phineas  M.  Kent. 


■230  THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


Messrs.  Norman  &  Kent  changed  the  name  of  the  paper  to  the  New  Albany 
Daily  Ledger,  and  also  established  the  Weekly  Ledger.  Mr.  Kent,  in  1851, 
disposed  of  his  interest  to  Mr.  Norman,  who  continued  the  Ledger  as  sole  pro- 
prietor until  1856,  when  he  sold  a  one-third  interest  to  James  M.  Morrison  and 
another  third  to  Lucien  G.  Matthews.  The  firm  of  Norman,  Morrison  &  ]Mat- 
thews  continued  the  Ledger  until  December  1,  1855,  when  Mr.  Norman  re- 
tired and  purchased  one-half  interest  in  the  Indianapolis  Sentinel,  but  in  the 
spring  of  1856  retired  from  the  Sentinel  and  resumed  his  former  interest  in  the 
Ledger.  Mr.  Morrison  died  in  January,  1862,  and  Norman  &  Matthews  pur- 
chased his  interest  and  continued  the  publication  of  the  paper  until  Mr.  Nor- 
man's death  on  the  30th  of  October,  1869,  Mr.  Matthews  purchasing  his  inter- 
est and  continuing  the  Daily  and  Weekly  Ledger  until  1872,  when  he  sold  the 
office  to  Messrs.  Merrill  &  Moter.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  a  stock 
company  was  organized  and  purchased  the  Ledger  of  the  last-named  firm,  with 
Jonathan  Peters  as  president  and  James  P.  Applegate  as  secretary,  who  still 
hold  these  positions,  with  John  B.  Mitchell  as  treasurer.  Jonathan  Peters  is  the 
business  manager  and  James  P.  Applegate  the  editor.  The  Daily  and  U'eekly 
Ledger  have  been  published  for  thirty-seven  years,  and  are  among  the  most 
widely-circulated  newspapers  in  Indiana,  having  attached  to  them  an  extensive 
job  printing  office,  book  bindery  and  blank-book  manufactory,  and  paj^er  box 
factory,  all  of  which  are  enjoying  a  large  patronage. 

The  publishers  of  this  work  take  pleasure  in  acknowledging  their  obligations 
to  President  Peters,  of  the  Ledger  Publishing  Company,  for  many  valued  favors, 
and  to  Mr.  C.  W.  Cottom,  of  the  editorial  staff,  lor  timely  and  indispensable  assist- 
ance in  the  compilation  of  matter  for  this  department.  JM  r.  Cottom  is  an  able  yet 
modest  and  retiring  gentleman,  who  has  made  a  study  of  New  Albany,  her  his- 
tory, her  advantages  and  her  prospects,  all  of  which  are  treated  at  length  in  an 
exhaustive  pamphlet  from  his  pen,  published  in  1873,  "  New  Albany  :  Its 
Material  Interests  and  Manufacturing  and  Commercial  Advantages."  It  is  a 
privilege  to  know  such  men  as  Messrs.  Peters  and  Cottom,  and  to  recognize  their 
worth. 

THE  SATURDAY  HERALD— WEEKLY. 

The  ninth  volume  of  this  interesting  hebdomadal  closes  in  June.  The 
Herald,  therefore,  while  not  a  new  venture,  marks  a  new  era  of  the  journal  of 
free  circulation.  Hitherto  all  such  papers  have  been  issued  with  more  or  less 
irregularity,  depending  upon  the  amount  and  value  of  the  advertising  patron- 
age, usually  lying  dormant  during  the  busy  season  and  being  published  spas- 
modically at  other  times.  The  Herald,  on  the  contrary,  turns  out  an  edition  of 
4,000  copies  every  Saturday  the  year  round,  which  are  distributed  gratis  all 
over  New  Albany  and  in  eighteen  surrounding  villages  in  the  county.  Mr. 
James  W.  Conner,  the  enterprising  publisher,  claims  that  by  this  plan  more 
actual  readers  are  reached  in  the  immediate  vicinity  than  by  any  other,  and 
that  consequently  money  invested  in  the  advertising  columns  of  the  Herald 
must  make  better  proportionate  returns  than  from  any  similar  medium.  The 
office  is  located  at  No.  126  Pearl  street. 


AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA 


231 


SANDERSON    KIRE    ENGINE    HOUSE. 


New  Albany's  Fire  Department  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  most  effi- 
cient in  the  West,  size  of  city  considered.  It  consists  of  three  first-class 
steamers,  one  hand-engine,  one  hook  and  ladder  truck,  a  plentiful  supply  of 
reels  and  hose,  three  brick  and  one  frame  engine-houses,  and  a  complement  of 
paid  firemen,  under  the  direction  of  an  experienced  chief  engineer.  One  of 
the  ferry-boats  also  is  provided  with  a  powerful  pump,  that  affords  protection 
to  the  shipping,  and  to  the  mills,  factories,  etc.,  on  the  river  front. 


AXl)    OF   "SKW    ALBANY,    INDIANA,  233 


RGprGs^ntatiuG   Housss. 


This  coucluding  chajjter  of  our  work  will  be  devoted  to  a  faithful  preseuta- 
tion  of  the  claims  of  New  Albany's  leadinjr  mauufacturiug,  couiiuercial  and 
financial  concerns  upon  the  consideration  of  the  country,  to  a  delineation  of 
their  advantages  and  a  description  of  their  facilities.  This  work  has  been  per- 
formed conscientiously  and  with  entire  fairness,  and,  we  l)elieve,  gives  an  outline 
of  the  origin,  history,  extent  and  prospects  of  nearly  if  not  ([uite  every  house 
of  more  than  local  fame  in  the  city. 

A3IER1CAN  PLATE  GLASS  WORKS. 


DePauw's  American  Plate  Glass  Works    Polished  and  Obscured  Plite  Glass.  Window  Glass.  Skylight  Glass, 
Flooririg  Glass.  Ground  Glass.  Fruit  Jars.  Che.nicals,  etc.— New  Albany  and  Louisville. 


The  manufacture  of  plate  glas>,  though  one  of  the  most  important  of  the  great  indus- 
tries, is  necessarily  surrounded  with  considerable  mystery — in  Europe  because  of  that 
jealousy  among  men  so  natural  in  a  calling  that  has  required  liundrtHls  of  years'  experience 
and  the  expenditure  of  vast  fortvuies  to  perfect;  in  this  country  because,  besides  the  im- 
mense cost  of  plant  and  the  bitter  competition,  particularly  Irom  foreign  sources,  the 
machinery  and  processes  arc  entirely  new  and  in  all  respects  superior  to  those  hitherto 
employed,  enabling  our  domestic  producers,  despite  the  difference  in  wages,  first  cost  of 
some  materials,  etc.,  to  put  upon  the  market  a  superior  grade  of  glass  at  a  greatly-reduced 
price,  and  the  consequent  necessity  of  guarding  the  secrets  of  manufacture  trom  those  Avho 
would  employ  them  only  to  the  injury  of  the  originators. 

The  history  of  this  industry  in  the'United  States,  up  to  1872,  was  a  monotonous  record 
of  failure  and  bankruptcy.  Previous  to  that  time  a  Louisville  company  had  made  the 
experiment,  and  met  with  disaster  after  sinking  half  a  million  dollars  in  the  enterprise. 
It  was  then  that  the  now  famous  Washington  C.  DePauw,  of  New  Albany,  took  the 
matter  in  band  and  bent  his  energies  to  "plucking  from  the  bitter  husk  of  defeat  the 
sweet  kernel  of  victory."  That  lie  succeeded  where  all  his  predecessors  had  failed  is  due 
no  less  to  the  pluck  and  determination  of  the  man  than  to  the  vast  fund  of  intelligence 
and  pecuniary  resources  at  his  command.  It  is  stated  as  a  fact  that  his  actual  losses  in  the 
contest  with  European  rivals  during  the  first  eight  years — 1872  to  1880— were  fully  |600,000. 
It  was  a  costly  triumph,  but  a  triumph  nevertheless,  and  one  calculated  to  cause  his  patriotic 
heart  to  swell  with  noble  emotions — a  triumph  that  lias  already  revolutionized  the  plate 
glass  trade  of  the  world,  r^'duced  the  price  of  an  indispensable  commodity  fifty  to  seventy 
per  cent.,  and  permanently  established  under  the'  American  flag  an  industry  which  both 
friend  and  foe  confidently  pronounced  chimerical  so  far  as  this  continent  was  concerned. 

The  DePauw  American  Plate  Glass  Works  cost  in  cash,  first  and  last — including 
foundry,  machine-shoiis  and  other  adjuncts  necessary  to  their  complete  equipment — about 
two  millions  of  dollars.  Thirty  acres  of  valuable  ground,  lying  between  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad  and  the  river,  are  devoted  to  their  occupancy,  and  covered  with  buildings 
pertaining  to  the  establishment,  filled  with  furnaces,  machinery,  raw  material,  finished 
goods,  and  hundreds  of  busy,  contented  workmen. 

The  leading  specialty  of  the  works  is,  of  course,  high-grade  plate  glass,  of  all  sizes  and 
weights.  Superior  qualities  of  window-glass  of  all  standard  dimensions— 5,000  boxes  be- 
ing the  average  weekly  output  and  this  department  employing  the  completest  glass-flatten- 

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234  riJK  INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


ing  oven  in  the  world;  obscured  or  ground  glass  for  windows,  skylights,  half-doors,  side- 
lights, transoms,  etc.;  and  the  popular  self-sealing  "  Mason's"  and  "Standard  "  fruit  jars, 
forming  a  list  of  auxiliary  manufactures  for  which  there  is  a  constantly-growing  demand 
all  over  the  United  States — in  brief,  wherever  excellence  of  quality  and  reasonable  prices 
•;an  find  a  market. 

From  a  recently-published  review  of  this  great  enterprise  we  extract  the  subjoined 
points:  "The  capai;ity  is  1,500,000  feet  of  plate  ghi-s,  150  000  boxes  window-glass  and 
'20,000  gross  of  fruit  jars  per  anfum.  They  have  shipped  glass  in  the  same  week  to  New 
York,  New  Orleans,  St.  Paul  and  San  Francisco.  The  works  employ  from  1,000  to  1,500 
men;  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  cost  of  plate  glass  is  directly  or  indirectly  wages.  The 
amount  of  material  used  is  immense.  Of  coal  nearly  '2,000,000  bushels  are  used  annually; 
3,<l00,00')  to  4,000,000  feet  of  lumber,  25,000  tons  of  grinding  sand,  12,000  tons  mixing 
sand,  4,000  tons  of  soda  ash  and  as  much  quick  lime.  They  import,  also,  emery,  arsenic, 
fire-brick,  and  other  materials  amounting  to  $200,000  annually.  They  make  cylin- 
iers  of  pure  white  double  thick  window  glass  eighty  inches  long  and  fifty-eight  inches 
\n  circumference,  and  cast  plates  l;>5  by  215  inches  in  dimensions.  A  casting  table 
has  been  introduced  for  the  production  of  sheets  of  polished  plate  gla.«s  150  by  220  inches  in 
size.  The  New  Albany  woiks  have  a  capacity  of  116  pots;  the  Louisville  works  32  pots 
— making  a  total  capacity  of  148  pots  when  in  full  blnst.  This  is  about  three  times  the 
number  of  pots  in  any  other  works,  eitiier  plate  or  window  glass,  in  this  country. 

"Over  thc^e  immens'^  glass  works — both  at  New  Albany  and  Louisville — there  is  one 
oresiding  genius,  Mr.  AV.  C.  DePauw,  the  proprietor.  Interested,  as  he  is,  in  woolen 
mills,  cotton  mills,  merchant  iron  and  bridge  iron,  steel  and  iron  rail  mills,  foundries,  half 
a  dozen  or  more  banks,  and  other  business  enterprises  of  vast  importance,  he  gives  to  the 
DePauw  American  Plate  Glass  Works  the  closest  attention  and  the  special  benefit  of  his 
remarkable  genius  as  a  manufacturer  and  the  founder  and  successful  promoter  of  indus- 
trial enteri">rises. 

"The  labor  and  responsibility  of  the  management  of  these  great  glass  works  are 
shared  with  Mr.  DePauw  by  his  son,  Mr.  N.  T.  DePauw,  who  is  the  business  manager 
and  general  superintendent  of  the  works,  a  man  of  great  business  sagacity  and  of  the 
most  enlightened  and  liV)eral  business  principles.  His  entire  time  ir,  devoted  to  the  office 
and  the  management  of  the  works,  in  which  he  is  ably  assisted  in  the  plate  department 
by  Mr.  W.  D.  Keys,  and  in  the  window  glass  and  fruit  jar  departments  by  Colonel  G.  F. 
Penn." 


CHARLES  L.  HOOVER, 


Wholesale  Druggist— Manufacturer  of  Fluid  Extracts,  Elixirs,  etc.,  and  Jobber  in  Genuine  American  and  Foreign 
Drugs,  IMedlcines,  Oils,  Chemicals,  Paints,  Varnishes.  Perfumery,  etc.,  Nos.  4  and  6  West  IVIain  Street. 


Mr.  Charles  L.  Hoover  is  the  oldest  and  most  extensive  wholesale  druggist  in  South- 
ern Indiana.  He  established  himself  on  State  street  in  1851,  and  year  by  year  has  added 
to  his  facilities  and  trade  connections  until  for  the  past  twelve  months  his  sales  a<rgregate 
fully  $75,000,  with  excellent  prospects  of  largely  increasing  them  for  the  ensuing  year. 
He  removed  to  his  present  location,  Nos.  4  and  6  West  Main  street,  in  April,  1881,  secur- 
ing thereby  a  commodious  and  convenient  building,  50  feet  front,  75  feet  deep,  three  floors 
and  cellar,  affording  superior  advantages  for  both  storage  and  shipment  of  goods.  His 
trade  extends  all  over  Southern  and  Western  Indiana  and  Northern  Kentucky  among  the 
better  class  of  retail  druggists  and  physicians  who  require  pure  drugs  and  genuine  goods 
in  all  lines  connected  with  the  drug  and  tancy-goods  trade. 

Formerly  a  practicing  physician  himself,  Mr.  Hoover  fully  appreciates  the  value  of 
standard  medicines  in  the  treatment  of  disease,  and  spares  neither  effort  nor  expense  in 
meeting  the  demand  for  such  imported  and  domestic  drugs  as  are  beyond  the  suspicion  of 
adulteration. 

Mr.  Hoover  is  proprietor  of  AVard's  English  balsam  of  wild  cherry,  compound  santo- 
nine  worm  lozenges,  and  French  horse  and  cattle  powder,  all  of  which  are  manufactured 
o;i  the  premisses.  The  distillation  of  flavoring  extracts  is  also  a  specialty  of  the  house.  In 
addition  Mr.  Hoover  is  wholesale  agent  for  the  celebrated  Averill  mixed  paints,  for  the 
sale  of  which  he  has  the  exclusive  right  in  Southern  Indiana. 

He  has  with  him,  in  charge  of  the  various  departments  of  the  establishment,  five  sons, 
all  of  whom  were  trained  to  the  profession  of  pharmacy  from  boyhood.  The  house  is  one 
of  New  Albany's  most  creditable  institutions. 


A.ND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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SECOND  NATIONAL  BANK. 

L   Bracley,  Pr(sident;  I.  P.  Leyden,  Vice-President;  E  B.  Lapping,  Cashier— No.  12  Main  Street. 


The  city  of  New  Albiuiy  enjoys  excellent 
ban  kins;  facilities,  which  atl'ord  great  apsi.<tance 
to  all  kinds  of  legitimate  enterprise,  public  and 
private.  One  of  these  banks,  popular  with  all 
classes,  and  of  growing  imjiortance  to  tlie  busi- 
ne^^s  interests  of  city  and  country,  is  the  Second 
National,  conveniently  located  at  No.  12  West 
Main  street.     This  fine  bank  was  organized  and 

S' "   m  :    —     —~^     '=^    ■ —    1111111  ij  "'hartered  in  1874,  and  is  doing  a  heavy  business 

■l|i  i        J        "^     /^  'A    fflii     i  '"    '^*^'P*^'-'^'ts,  discounts,   loans,   collections,    etc. 

jiiy  -A.  ^^  ms  'Ms  liyi'il'  'J  -  The  capital  stock,  all  paid  up,  is  $100,000;  sur- 
plus fund,  $20,000;  undivided  profits,  $12,924..57. 
Its  correspondents  are  the  United  States  Na- 
tional of  New  York,  the  Cincinnati  National  of 
Cincinnati,  and  the  Kentucky  National  of  Louis- 
ville. 

The  officers  we  have  already  named.  The 
board  ot  directors  is  ct)mposed  of  live,  pushing 
business  men,  as  follows:  L.  Bradley,  the  presi- 
dent, who  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
New  Albany  Cotton  Batting  Mills  Company; 
1.  P.  Leyden,  the  vice-president,  is  engaged  in 
the  milling  business;  R.  G.  McCord,  of  McCord 
Florida  orange-grower;  R.  P.  Main,  farmer;  J. 
Good  bub,  wholesale  (confectioner;  John  Shriider,  furniture  manufacturer. 

Liberal  and  well-managed,  the  Second  Natic)nal  is  a  financial  institution  of  which  anj 
city  might  well  feel  proud. 


&  Avdelotte,  Louisvil 


S.  "W.  Walts 


W.  H.  PADGETT  &  SONS, 


Manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  Furniture,  Office  Desks,  Counters,  Store  Fixtures,  etc.— No.  171  State  Street, 

between  Elm  and  Oak. 


Mankind  can  never  pay  in  full  the  debt  tliey  owe  to  the  cabinet-maker  and  the  fur- 
niture manufacturer.  From  earliest  infancj-  to  tottering  age  he  ministers  to  our  ease  and 
comfort — provides  the  cradle  that  rocks  the  prattling  babe  to  seraphic  slumber,  the  bed 
that  refreshes  the  wearied  man  and  woman,  and  the  casket  that  contains  all  that  is  mortal 
of  us  when  "life's  fitlul  fever"  ends  in  "  the  sleep  that  knows  no  waking."  The  cabinet- 
maker is,  therefore,  a  most  important  factor  in  smoothing  over  the  rough  places  in  this 
vale  of  tears,  softening  our  woes,  beautifying  our  homes,  and  fulfilling  to  the  full  his  mis- 
sion in  the  grand  pioneer  corps  of  civilization's  ever-advancing  forces. 

The  firm  of  W.  H.  Padgett  &  Sons,  No.  171  State  street.  New  Albany,  established  in 
April  of  last  year,  is  contributing  its  quota  to  the  ease  and  pleasure  of  this  generation  in 
manufacturing  a  long  line  of  fine,  medium  and  common  furniture,  for  which  a  ri  ady  mar- 
ket is  found  at  home.  Their  commodious  factory,  fitted  up  with  steam  power  and  a  com- 
plete equipment  of  improved  machinery,  employing  a  force  of  skilled  workmen,  and  using 
none  but  the  best  materials — for  the  securing  of  which  they  have  unusual  facilities — is 
quite  an  acquisition  to  the  city's  industries,  and  can  not  fail  to  develop  an  immense  trade, 
eventually.  The  specialty  of  the  house  is  medium-grade  house  furniture,  though  fine 
goods  are  made  when  re()uired.  Special  attention  is  also  given  to  the  manufacture  of 
store  fixtures^counters,  shelving,  desks,  etc. — and  no  establishment  around  the  falls  is 
better  prepared  to  do  elegant  work  or  render  better  satisfaction  in  thi.«  line. 

Mr.  Wm.  H.  Padgett,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  is  an  accomplished  cabinet- 
maker, having  learned  his  trade  with  the  famous  old  firm  of  Johnson,  Meader  &  Richard, 
Cincinnati,  and  has  been  in  the  same  branch  of  business  for  thirty  years.  The  sons, 
George  H.  and  E.  H.,  are  also  skillful  practical  workmen,  the  former  having  long  been 
with  John  Shrader's  furniture  house,  this  citv. 


230 


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AM)    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  237 


NEW  ALBANY  RAIL  MILL  COMPANY. 


W.  C.  DePauw,  President:  C.  W.  DePauw,  Vice-President:  Albert  Trinler,  Manager— IVIanufacturers  of  Iron 
and  Steel  Ralls  of  All  Kinds.  Fish  Plates,  Track  Bolts,  Spikes,  Castings,  Steam  Engines,  Grate  Bars,  etc. 


The  above  splendid  mill,  established  by  Josliiia  Brydeii  and  J.  B.  Ford  in  1864,  came 
into  possession  of  the  eonipany  wlio  now  own  and  operate  it  in  187H.  Witii  ample  cap- 
ital and  business  talent,  experience  in  the  management  of  extensive  industrial  enterprises, 
popularitj'  and  a  lixed  det<!rmination  to  succeed,  they  have  enlarged  and  improved  the 
plant  until  now  it  is  tlie  largest  and  most  valuable  of  the  kind  in  the  State.  The  company 
Avas  incorporated  in  1876,  with  the  otflcers  named  at  the  head  of  this  article.  The  plant  is 
valued  at  $oOO,OUO,  and  the  average  annual  output  is  near  $1, "200,000,  varying  with  the 
activity  or  dullness  of  railroad  building  and  the  demand  for  rails  find  other  products.  The 
ground  occupied  is  two  by  three  blocks  in  area,  and  contains  an  immense  outfit  of  fur- 
naces, rolls,  hammers,  boilers,  engines,  and  all  necessary  inachinery  employed  in  the  man- 
ufacture ot  the  specialties  to  which  attention  is  given.  Powei'  is  supplied  by  eleven  large 
boilers  and  twenty  engines  of  all  classes. 

The  leading  specialty  of  the  New  Albany  I'ail  Mill  Company  is  the  manufacture  of 
iron  and  steel  rails  for  railroads,  coal  mines,  cenient  mills,  saw  mills  and  all  other  enter- 
prises in  which  railway  tracks  are  utilized.  They  also  produce  immense  quantities  offish 
bars,  fish  plates,  track  bolts,  spikes  and  miscellaneous  castings  for  railway  purposes,  steam 
engines,  grate  bars,  etc.,  and  give  skillful  attention  to  repairs  of  every  description  of 
machinerj-,  rolling-mill  work,  brass  work  and  other  heavy  metal  work. 

The  capacity  of  the  mill  is  30,000  tons  of  st^-el  and  iron  rails  per  annum,  besides  the 
other  ile  us  mentioned  in  such  quantities  as  are  required.  This  company  last  year  had 
the  contract  for  and  built  the  St.  Louis  cable  street  railway  complete — a  piece  of  work 
that  demanded  vast  capital,  unusual  skill  and  practically-unlimited  facilities.  The  works 
are  at  present  busily  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  material  for  other  cable  roads. 

It  is  useless  to  go  into  any  extended  nutice  of  the  officers  of  the  company.  W.  C. 
DePauw,  Esq.,  the  president,  is  famous  throughout  the  continent  for  his  enterprise  and 
benefactions.  Mr.  C.  VV.  DePauw,  his  son,  partakes,  in  a  marked  degree,  of  the  eminent 
characteristics  of  his  sire. 


J.  M.  HAINS  &  CO., 

Manufacturers  of  anj  Dealers  in  Best  Grades  Flour,  Cracked  Wheat,  Graham  Flour,  Feed,  etc.— Mills,  Nos 
104  and  106  State  Street  and  41  and  43  Main  Street. 


The  milling  industry  about  the  falls  is  a  great  and  growing  one,  upon  the  extent  and 
character  of  which  the  sister  cities  have  good  reason  to  congratulate  themselves.  Above 
all  others,  the  grower  and  shipper  of  grain,  the  miller  and  the  dealer  in  mill  products,  are 
the  purveyors  to  man's  most  pres-sing  pliyficai  \sants  and  benetaetors  of  the  race,  regard- 
less of  caste,  color  or  condition. 

New  Albany's  principal  milling  firm,  and  one  which  reflects  credit  alike  upon  the  ad- 
vantages presented  here  for  the  establishment  of  kindred  institutions  and  upon  the  enter- 
prise, sagacity  tmd  public  spirit  ot  the  members,  is  that  ol  J.  M.  Hains  &  Co.,  whose  tine 
mills  are  Ine.-ited,  one  ("A')  at  Nos.  41  and  43  East  Main  strreet,  the  other  (•'  B "')  at  Nos. 
104  and  106  State  street.  The  first  was  established  by  J.  M.  Hains,  the  second  by  Peter 
Mann.  Both  are  fitted  up  with  improved  roller-process  machinery  and  are  of  200  and  100 
barrels  dail}'  capacity,  respectively.  All  grades  of  flour  are  manufactured  by  these  mills, 
together  with  immense  quantities  of  Graham  flour,  cracked  wheat,  feed,  etc.  They  em- 
ploy a  force  of  fourteen  men  and  produce  $165,000  worth  of  breadstufts  and  feed  per 
annum,  nearly  one-half  of  which  is  disposed  of  in  the  Louisville  market,  heavy  shipments 
being  made  to  Georgia  and  Florida,  and  New  Albany  and  vicinity  consuming  the  re- 
mainder. 

The  firm  bei^an  operntions  in  the  "A"  or  Main-street  mill,  erected  in  1854,  but  met 
with  such  success  that  a  year  later  they  purchased,  refitteil  and  started  the  "  B  "  mill  on 
State  street.  Their  leading  brand-,  all  of  which  are  excellent  and  very  popular,  are 
"Manna,"  "Patent,"  '-Tuberose,''  Snxwdrop,"  "Silver  Leaf"  and  "Southern." 

The  firm  is  ccMuposed  of  enterprising  men,  .Mr.  .1.  M.  Hains  being  president  of  the 
New  Albanv  National  Bank. 


THE   IJfDUSTRIES    OF    LOUISVILLE 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  239 

OHIO  FALLS  IRON  WORKS. 


W      C.  DePauw,  President;   P.  R.  Stoy,  Vice-Presiden    and  Treasurer;   John  McCullough— Manufacturers  of 
Merchant,  Bar  and  Bridje  Iron,  Locomotive,  Car,  Wagon,  Plow  and  Other  Dimension  Irons. 


This  £;reat  iiidustry  had  its  inception  in  18(j7,  with  the  same  eminentbiisincssmcn  who 
now  control  it,  and  whose  names  are  given  above.  Of  them,  it  is  onlj-  necessary  to  say  that 
Mr.  DePauw  is  the  same  who  made  the  American  PhUe  Glass  Works  a  success  in  the  face 
of  discouragements  that  would  have  crushed  an  ordinary  man  ;  that  Mr.  P»  ter  E.  Stoy  is 
one  of  New  Albany's  oldest  and  most  substantial  citizens,  who  for  forty-five  years  has 
conducted  the  leading  hardware  house  here;  and  that  ^Ir.  McCullough  is  a  progressive 
farmer  and  capitalist  of  enterprise  and  sagacity. 

The  company  as  it  now  stands  was  incorporated  in  the  same  year  noted — 1867 — with 
a  paid-up  capital  of  $'200,00C.  The  works  are  among  the  largest  in  the  West,  covering 
260x400  feet  of  ground,  tiie  buildings  the  best  of  their  class,  and  equipped  throughout 
with  steam  power  and  a  full  complement  of  massive  machinery  of  the  best  make  and 
latest  approved  design.  The  capacity  is  8,000  to  10,000  tons  per  annum  of  finished  goods, 
embracing  every  description  of  merchant,  bar,  bridge,  car,  wagon,  plow  and  dimensioti 
irons  generallv.  Some  225  skilled  iron-workers,  laborers,  etc.,  are  employed,  the  pav-rolls 
footing  up  from  .$1,800  to  .f 2,000  per  week. 

The  works,  of  course,  have  an  immense  trade,  extending  all  over  the  continent,  their 
products  ranking  with  those  of  the  most  celebrated  manufacturers.  In  a  recent  circular 
to  the  trade  the  company  say: 

"Established  in  1867,  we  have  gone  on  from  year  to  year  adding  facility  to  facility, 
enabling  us  to  more  fully  meet  the  wants  of  our  customers,  and  now  think  we  can  as 
promptly  and  satisfactorilj-  fill  your  valued  orders  as  anv  iron  manufactory  in  the  coun- 
try. 

"We  make  a  specialty  of  extra  quality  iron  for  bridges,  locomotives  and  other  ma- 
chinery when  such  is  needed,  and  have  special  facilities  for  getting  out  promptly  dimen- 
sion iron  for  car,  plow  and  wagon  works. 

"We  carry  at  all  seasons  from  600  to  1,000  tons  manufactured  iron,  from  which  to 
draw  in  filling  hurried  orders.  Eeferring  you  to  the  pa.et  as  a  guarantee  for  the  future, 
we  respectfullj'  ask  a  continuance  of  your  patronage." 


MERCHANTS'  NATIONAL.  BANK. 

i.  H.  Butler,  President;  C.  H.  Fawcett,  Vice-President;  E.  C.  Hangary,  Cashier— Main  Street. 


While  not  an  excessively  pretentious  institution,  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  of 
New  Albany  is  a  sound  and  responsible  one.  Originally  chartered  January  6,  1865,  this 
fine  bank  has  pursued  a  conservative  yet  liberal  policy,  extending  such  encouragement  as 
was  safe  and  advisable  to  all  public  enterprises  of  «  legitimate  cbaract<'r,  and  has  conse- 
quently grown  in  popularity  and  the  confidence  of  the  public  generally.  As  an  indica- 
tion of  the  success  which  has  attended  the  Merchants'  National  we  nay  state  that  during 
the  first  twenty  years  ol  its  existence  the  sum  of  $368,000  was  paid  to  the  stockholders 
in  dividends. 

It  was  re-chartered  January  6,  1885,  as  a  non-dividend-paying  bank,  with  a  capital  of 
$100,000;  surplus,  147,000;  undivided  profits,  f  12,474,  and  has  begun  its  second  lease  of 
life  under  very  favorable  and  promising  auspices.  This  institution  does  a  regular  banking 
business  in  all  branches,  including  deposits,  loans,  collections,  exchange,  etc.  Tl;e  de- 
posits average  considerably  more  than  the  capital  stock  of  $100,000.  The  surplus  is  $50,- 
000,  and  undivided  profits,  $30,000.  All  doubtful  paper  has  been  charged  off,  and  depreci- 
ation on  building  reduced  from  $24,000  to  f  10,000.  The  stock  is  now  the  most  valuable 
in  New  Albany,  and  economy  reigns  throughout. 

President  J.  H.  Butler  is  an  accomplished  financier,  as  are  his  assistants,  Vice-President 
Fawcett  and  Cashier  Hangary. 

The  Merchants' National  has  regular  correspondents  as  follows :  United  States  Na- 
tional of  New  York;  Bank  of  Commerce,  Indianapolis;  Kentucky  National  Bank  of 
Louisville;  Second  National  Bank  of  Louisville. 

The  Board  of  Directors  is  composed  of  such  prominent  leading  citizens  as  Washington 
C.  DePauw,  Esq.,  N.  T.  DePauw,  J.  K.  Woodward,  jr.,  G.  V.  Howk,  C.  H.  Fawcett  E.  C. 
Hangary,  and  J.  H.  Butler,  the  president. 


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TilE    INDL'STKIKS    OK    I.OUISVLLLK 


NEW  ALBANY  BANKING  COMPANY. 


F.  B.  Winstandley,  President;  C.  J.  Frederick,  Cashier— South-east  Corner  Pearl  and  Market  Streets. 


The  New  Albany  Banking  Company  operates  under  a  State  charter  c^ranted  in  1838, 
and  is  the  oldest  bank  in  the  city  and  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  State.  Originally  it  was 
the  New  Albany  Insurance  Company,  but  the  name  was  changed  by  order  ol  the  Circuit 
Court  to  New  Albany  Banking  Company. 

The  New  Albany  Banking  Company"^  with  a  cash  capital  of  $100,000  and  a  surplus  of 
$13,000,  is  a  sound,  conservative  and  reliable,  yet  public-spirited  and  liberal,  corporation, 
lending  its  influence  and  substantial  aid  to  such  public  improvements  and  enterprises  as 
recommend  themselves  to  the  directory  as  deserving  and  of  general  utility  to  the  com- 
munity. The  officers,  I.  S.  AVinstandK-y,  president,  and  C.  J.  Frederick,  cashier,  and  the 
board  of  directors  are  selected  from  the  best  class  of  New  Albany's  substantial  business 
men.  The  board  embraces  the  names  ol  such  men  as  W.  W.  Tuley,  G.  C.  Cannon,  Paul 
Reising,  W.  L.  Breyfoiile,  I.  S.  Winstandley,  J.  H.  Stotsenberg  and  L.  Vernia,  than 
whom  it  is  safe  to  say  none  more  fitted  for  the  position  of  advisers  could  be  found. 

This  company  tninsacts  only  a  general  banking  business,  paying  special  attention  to 
collecting.  In  all  other  particulars  the  same  facilities  are  afforded  as  in  other  banking 
institutions. 


CHARLES  HEGEWALD  &  CO., 


Founders  and  Machinists— Manufacturers  of  Marine  and  Stationary  Engines.  Boilers,  Sheet  Iron  Work,  Glass 
Works  Machinery,  Fire  Fronts.  Grate  Bars,  Mill  Gearing,  Pulleys.  Hangers.  Rolling-Mill  and  Blast  Furnace 
Castings,  Faulkner's  Turbine  Water  Wheel.  Air  Grates,  Sash  Weights,  Every  Description  of  Light  and 
Heavy  Machinery,  etc.— 0!fice  and  Shopi,  Water  Street,  Bstween  Pearl  and  Bank;  Warehouses,  Bank 
Street,  Between  Main  and  Water. 


The  firm  of  Charles  Ilegewakl  &  Co.  was  organized  in  1874  by  Messrs.  Charles  Hege- 
wald,  an  e.xperienced  iron  founder  and  machinist,  and  N.  T.  Del'auw,  business  manager 
of  the  American  Plate  Glass  Works.  The  concern  occupies  an  acre  of  ground  bounded 
by  Main,  Water,  Pearl  and  Hank  streets,  convenient  to  both  river  and  railroad.  The 
buildings  comprise  the  workshops,  three  stories  in  height,  and  the  warehouses,  two  stories. 
A  complete  outfit  of  machinery  and  facilities  for  niaiuifacturing  forms  the  most  valuable 
j)ortion  of  the  plant.  A  force  of  fifty  or  sixty  skilled  workmen  is  employed,  wages  ag- 
gregating .$25,000  to  $30,000  a  year,  and  the  average  annual  value  of  output  is  about 
*r25,000  to  $150,000,  orders  being  filled  and  machinery  and  material  shipped  to  everj' 
section  of  the  country  South,  West  and  Nortli,  while  the  local  patronage  is  large  and 
steadily  increasing. 

The  leading  sji£cialties  of  the  firm  are  steamboat  and  stationary  engines,  marine  and 
glass-works  machitiery,  boilers,  rolling-mill  and  blast  furnace  castings,  though  a  long  line 


AND  OF  NKW  ALBANY,  INDIANA. 


>A\ 


of  machinery  and  fittings  of  all  kinds  is  Imilt  to  order  in  the  be.^t  style  aiid  of  unsur- 
passed material.  Of  the  miscellaneous  goods  made  oi-  handled  by  the  firm  the  following 
is  a  partial  list,  viz:  Gas  pipe  and  fittinscs,  brass  castings,  steam  and  water  gauges,  iron 
and  brass  valves,  Hancock  inspirators,  J]berman  injectors,  Babbitt  metal,  hemp  and  gum 
packing,  hose,  cast  and  malleable  fittings,  fire  brick,  tile  and  clay,  bolts  and  nuts,  Dayton 
cam  steam  pumps,  Judson  governors,  pig  and  sheet  lead,  copper,  tin,  asbestos  packing, 
rubber  belting,  etc.,  all  of  the  best  makes  and  at  as  reasonable  quotations  as  can  be  ob- 
tained anywhere. 

Mr.  Hegewald  is  also  connected  with  ISF.  Zier  &  Co.'s  boiler  works,  and  the  firm  offers 
special  figures  on  this  kind  of  work.     Send  (or  catalogue  and  price  list. 


CRESCENT  CIGAR  FACTORY— S  IE  VERS  &  SCHLOSSER,  PRO- 
PRIETORS. 

Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  In  Cigars  and  Smoking  Tobacco— No.  66  State  Street. 


There  is  so  much  deception  and  humbug  in  the  cigar  trade  that  it  is  refreshing  to  find 
exceptions  to  the  rule — to  discover  cigar  manufacturers  who  recognize  the  principle  of 
"  live  and  let  live"  and  decline  to  join  in  flooding  the  market  with  cheap  and  trashy  imi- 
tations of  famous  brands  or  grind  the  faces  of  thi-ir  operatives  in  the  name  of  business. 
Such  a  house  is  that  of  Sievers  &  Schlosser,  No.  66  State  street.  New  Albany,  who  have 
built  up  a  flourishing  and  growing  trade  upon  the  principle  laid  down  in  the  Golden 
Kule. 

This  prosperous  concern,  establi-shed  in  1884,  handles  none  but  the  finest  selected  leaf 
of  dome-tic  and  Cuban  gr  'wth,  employs  none  but  skilled  union  workmen,  and  puts  upon 
the  market  none  but  the  highest  grades  of  cigars.  Consequently,  when  smoking  a  weed 
from  a  box  bearing  their  brand,  one  knows  that  he  is  neither  contracting  leprosy  from 
Chinese-made  goods  nor  contributing  to  the  ill-gotten  gains  of  some  grasping  employer 
of  cheap  tenement-house  labor.  Beginning  in  a  small  way,  the  firm  soon  made  for  their 
goods  a  ready  market  by  dint  of  merit  alone,  and  found  themselves  obliged  to  remove,  in 
October  last,  to  their  presi'ut  location,  where  they  have  two  floors  20x60  feet,  where  some 
ten  or  a  dozen  first-class  hands  find  steady  and  renuinerative  employment. 

The  firm's  leading  brands  are  "Crescent,"  "  Old  Tom,"  "  S.  and  S.,"  "  Pink  of  Perfec- 
tion "  and  '•  Estelle"  cigars,  and  choice  smoking  tobacco  of  \arious  brands. 

Mr.  Christian  J.  Sievers  is  a  German,  twenty  yenrs  in  New  Albany,  twelve  of  which 
have  been  devoted  to  the  cigar  trade.  Mr.  Schlosser  has  been  in  the  same  kind  of  business 
for  the  past  fifteen  years. 

The  house  does  a  heavy  wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  cigars,  both  of  their  own  manu- 
facture and  imported,  and  connt)isseurs  will  do  well  to  call  and  investigate. 


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AND    OF    NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA.  243 


XEW  ALBANY  WOOT^EN  AND  COTTON  MILLS. 

W.  C.  DePauw.  President:  J.  F.  Gebhart,  Superintendent:  E.  P.  Croxall.  Book-l<eeper  and  Treasurer:  S.  W. 
Vance,  Secretary— IVIanufacturer  of  leans.  Flannels,  Blankets,  Kerseys,  etc.— Factory,  Upper  Vincennes 
Street ;  Office.  Nos.  15, 17  and  19  West  Main  Street. 


The  above  splendid  enterprise  has  been  of  immense  benefit  to  New  Albany  in  tbe 
past,  and  bids  fair  to  multiply  in  usefulness  and  importance  in  the  future.  Oriijinally 
establ  shed  in  1861,  the  company  now  owning  and  operating  the  mills  was  incorporat(d 
in  18t34,  since  which  time  the  history  of  the  concern  has  been  one  of  constant  develop- 
ment, improvement  and  enlargement,  so  that  at  this  date  the  mills  are  among  the  largest 
of  the  kind  in  the  country,  with  a  high  ri'putatiun  for  the  character  of  their  goods,  and  a 
ready  market  all  over  the  continent  for  all  they  can  produce. 

The  cut  printed  herewith  gives  a  general  view  of  the  mills  as  they  appeared  up  to 
the  present  spring.  Extensive  improvements  have  since  considerably  aUeretl  the  general 
aspect  of  aflairs;  but  as  they  are  not  yet  completed,  we  regret  the  necessity  which  com- 
pels us  t"  forego  presenting  an  accurate  picture.  The  buildings  are  five  in  number,  viz: 
first,  57x180  feet,  three  stories,  with  L;  second,  48x250  feet,  two  stories,  with  L;  third, 
28xo40  feet,  two  stories;  fourth,  57x4!i5  feet,  two-and-a-half  stories  and  basement;  tilth, 
picker  house,  40x140  feet,  one  story.  No.  'z  is  tlic  cotton  mill  proi^r.  running  six  thou- 
sand spindles,  while  No.  4  is  devoted  to  woolen  manufactures  exclusively,  rur.ning  sixteen 
sets  of  sixty-inch  cards.  Seven  steam-engines  and  eleven  boilers  furnish  the  power  for  a 
complete  equipment  of  machinery  of  modern  design  and  of  the  best  and  most  efl'ective 
description.  A  force  of  six  hundred  operatives  is  employed,  and  wages  are  paid  weekly 
to  the  amount  of  $4,500.  The  entire  establishment  is  illuminated  with  Bru.-h  incandes- 
cent lights.  The  capital  stock,  only  $65,000  at  the  time  of  incorporation,  has  be»n  in- 
creased to  $400,000;  the  sales  foot  up  $1,000,000  a  yeai-,  and  everything  goes  to  show  that 
this  IS  one  ot  the  most  successful  and  flourishing  industrial  ventures  ever  inaugurated  in 
this  section  of  the  country. 

Besides  the  buildings  above  enumerated,  the  company  have  on  their  piemises  a  com- 
modious carpenter,  blacksmith  and  machine-shop,  where  all  necessary  repairs  to  buildings 
and  equipment  are  made  economically  and  wth  dispatch.  They  also  occupy  as  otfice  and 
warerooms  the  fine  four-stor}-  business  house  Nos.  15,  17  and  19  West  Main  street,  where  a 
heavy  stock  of  manufactured  goods  from  their  own  mills,  consisting  of  jeans,  flannels, 
blankets,  kerseys,  cotton  warp,  cotton  yarns,  etc.,  is  kept  constantly  on  hand  for  the  con- 
venience and  inspection  of  buyers — the  trade  being  with  jobbers  exclusively.  Of  cotton 
jeans  warp  they  manufacture  all  that  they  can  use,  and  sell  largely  to  other  mills 

The  demand  for  these  goods  is  so  large  as  to  have  induced  the  company  to  establish 
agencies  for  their  sale  at  several  leading  W'  stern  mercantile  centers;  viz:  Record  Bros., 
Chicago;  John  A.  Scott,  St.  Louis;  L.  Liebenstin,  Citicinnati,  and  J.  A.  Harbison,  Louis- 
ville. Full  lines  of  samples  will  be  carried  by  each  of  these  houses,  and  the  trade  will 
secure  as  good  terms  and  as  good  goods  from  them  as  at  headquarters.  The  quartermas- 
ter's department  of  the  United  States  army  is  a  heavy  customer  of  these  mills. 

Of  the  company  itself  it  is  not  necessary  to  say  much.  The  famous  business  man  and 
philanthropist,  Washington  C.  DePauw,  is  president;  J.  F.  Gebhart,  superintendent;  31  r. 
N.  T.  DePauw,  manager  of  the  American  Plate  Glass  Works;  Dr.  Newland,  retired  capi- 
talist, and  E.  Benjamin,  of  the  Louisville  Machine  Company,  are  directors — a  combina- 
tion of  experience,  uprightness  and  business  capacity  seldom  equaled. 


JAMES  PEACOCK, 


Produce  Dealer  and  General  Commission  Merchant,  Nos.  100  and  102  State  Street. 

Of  New  Albany's  commission  merchants  none  occupy  a  more  enviable  position  in 
relation  to  the  trade  and  commerce  of  the  city  than  Mr.  James  Peacock,  successor  to  the 
firm  of  J.  Peacock  &  Co.,  established  in  1880.  Mr.  Frank  Belvey,  the  junior  partner, 
withdrew  in  1&84.  since  which  time  the  house  has  been  successfully  conducted  by  ]Mr. 
Peacock  alone.  He  occupies  three  floors  of  the  fine  building,  30x60  feet,  Nos.  1-UO  and 
102  State  street,  and  has  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  prosecution  of  an  extensive  bus- 
iness—  ample  storage  capacity  and  all  requisite  conveniences  for  the  handling  of  consign- 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


ments — receiving  Iroiii,  and  shipping  to,  all  points  North,  East  and  South,  and  making 
specialties  of  New  York  apples,  pears,  plums,  small  fruits  generally,  particularly  straw- 
berries and  raspberries,  and  vegetables  of  all  kinds.  He  is  also  agent  for  Straus'  cele- 
brated patent-njller  flour,  of  which  he  handles  large  quantities,  together  with  every 
description  of  country  produce. 

Mr  Peacock  does  a  strictly  commission  business.  He  has  one  of  the  best-located  and 
most  completel\--equip]ied  houses  of  the  kind  in  the  West,  and  is  prepared  to  handle,  in 
the  most  satisfactory  manner,  any  quantitj^  of  goods  in  his  line,  especially  inviting  con- 
signments of  berries  and  other  fruits  in  season. 


NEW  ALBANY  HOSIERY  3IILL. 

W.  A.  Hedden  &  Co.,  Proprietors— Manufacturers  ot  Woolbn  Hosiery  of  Every  Description— Ekin  Avenue,  near 

Vincennes  Street. 


The  New  Albany  Hosiery  Mill  began  operations  in  1879  as  a  branch  of  the  New 
Albany  Woolen  Mills,  under  the  control  of  Mr.  K.  Gruener.  The  present  firm,  consist- 
ing of  Messrs.  W.  A.  Hedden  and  R.  Gruener,  took  possession  and  started  the  mills  as  an 
independent  enterprise  in  1881,  and  have  made  of  it  one  of  the  most  important  and  suc- 
cessful of  New  Albany's  manufacturing  establishments,  with  a  trade  extending  through- 
out th(!  East,  West  and  North-west  amounting  during  the  past  year  to  $150,000.  One 
hundred  and  twenty-tive  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  operatives  find  employment  in  the 
mills,  and  over  $40,000  per  annum  is  paid  in  wages — a  very  considerable  sum  added  to 
the  aggregate  expended  among  the  merchants  and  property  owners  of  the  city  for  food, 
raiment  and  slielter 

The  leading  specialties  are  fine  gauge  hose,  ribbed  and  fashioned  hose.  Shaker  socks, 
fulled  goods,  mittens  and  stocking  yarns,  all  of  the  jiroducts  being  popular  with  consumers 
and  the  trade  and  finding  a  ready  market,  the  demand  steadily  increasing  as  the  goods 
become  better  known. 

As  before  intimated,  this  venture  was  oriuinally  an  oflfshoot  of  the  New  Albany 
Woolen  Mills.  The  |)resent  firm  located  first  at  State  and  West  Main  streets,  but  removed 
to  the  present  location  in  order  to  secure  more  room  and  better  facilities.  The  mills  em- 
brace one  fin(!  building  of  three  stories,  T^OxloS  feet,  filled  with  intricate  and  costly  ma- 
chinery of  approved  iiaitern,  and  several  other  buildings,  25x185  feet,  t)nc  story  in  height. 
A  spacious  and  handsomely-appointed  salesroom  recently  erected  adjoining  the  factory 
buii'lings  affords  greatly-increased  facilities  for  both  storage  and  the  convenience  of  buy- 
er-, who  will  have  here  the  best  opportunities  of  selection,  comparison  and  inspection.  A 
splendid  line  of  the  compaiu's  goods  is  at  all  times  on  exhibition,  and  all  interested  either 
in  the  hosiery  trade  or  the  industries  of  the  city  will  be  well  repaid  for  the  time  and 
trouble  of  making  a  visit  to  this  superb  establishment. 


A>D    OF    >'j;W    ALliANV.    INDIANA. 


Ma 


CITY  BREWl{:UV, 


Paul  Reising  &  Co..  Proprietors-Paul  Reising  and  Fred  C.  Kistner,  Maltsters  and  Brewers  of  Superior  Lager 
Beer— Corner  West  Fourth  and  Spring  Streets. 


The  City  Brewerj'^  is  one  of  New  Albany's  old-time  enterprises,  opened  by  Bottomly 
&  Ainsley  tifty  years  ago.  A  Mr.  Kueler  succeeded  that  firm  ;  then  came  John  Jager, 
whose  management  was  such  that  the  sheriff  administered  on  the  property  and  sold  it  to 
Mr.  Paul  Reising  some  tM'enty-six  years  ago,  who  for  several  years  previously  had  been 
engaged  in  the  brewing  of  common  beer  on  Main  street — an  industry  which  he  continued 
at  his  present  place  for  eleven  years,  then  going  into  the  manufacture  of  lager  beer  and 
malt. 

The  City  Brewery  makes  a  specialty  of  extra  lager  beer,  for  which  tliere  is  a  generous 
and  steadily-increasing  demand  in  New  Albany  and  the  adjacent  country  towns.  Ten 
men  are  employed,  and  last  year's  sales  of  lager  beer  footed  up  over  0,000  barrels,  the  ca- 
pacity being  ample,  besides,  to  supply  15,000  bushels  of  malt,  all  of  which  is  made  from 
selected  barley. 

Mr.  Reising  is  an  enterprising  and  public-spirited  citizen,  and  a  prominent  man  in 
business  circles,  occupying,  among  other  positions,  a  place  on  the  directory  of  the  New 
Albany  Banking  Company. 

Mr.  Fred  C.  Kistner,  son-in-law  of  Mr.  Reising,  is  a  partner  in  and  principal  manager 
of  the  establishment.  He  is  to  the  full  as  energetic  and  popular  as  his  senior,  and  the  two 
will  undoubtedly  keep  the  City  Brewery  in  the  front  rank. 

An  immense  ice  machine  of  appi'oved  make  supplies  the  breweiy  with  abundance  of 
ice  and  at  the  same  time  forces  great  currents  of  cold  air  through  the  vaults,  keeping  them 
at  a  uniform  temperature  at  all  seasons. 


NEW  ALBANY  NATIONAL  BANK. 


J.  M.  Mains,  President;  M.  A.  Weir,  Cashier— No.  13  Main  Street. 


This  prosperous  banking  institution,  chartered  in  1864,  stands  very  high  in  the  estima- 
tion of  the  business  community  of  New  Albany',  not  only  because  of  the  lolty  character 
.and  upright  methods  of  its  officers  and  directors,  but  because  of  the  assistance  it  has  ren- 
dered in  the  j)ast  and  present  to  tiie  material  interests  of  the  city.  Cautious  yet  liberal, 
whatever  enterprise  proves  sound  and  for  the  general  good  is  certain  of  recognition  and 
aid  from  the  New  Albany  National  Bank.  The  officers  are  named  above.  The  board  of 
directors  embraces  the  names  of  some  of  New  Albany's  most  public-spirited  men,  engaged 
in  other  leading  manufiicturing,  commercial  and  fiiuuicial  ventures — men  who  build  up 


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THE   INDUSTRIES   OP   LOUISVILLE 


the  material  intere>t  nf  and  are  an  honor  to  any  community  with  which  they  may  cast 
their  lot.  Amons  them  are  W.  C.  DePauw  and  his  son,  N.  T.  DePauw,  of  the  American 
Plate  Glass  AVorks,  New  Albany  Woolen  and  Cotton  Mills,  etc.;  Moses  Irwin,  ferry 
owner;  M.  A.  Weir,  cashier  of  the  bank;  John  McCulloch,  farmer;  J.  M.  Hains,  miller 
and  president;  Silas  C.  Day,  deceased,  and  Peter  Pi.  Stoy,  vice-president  of  the  Ohio  Falls 
Iron  Works,  one  of  New  Albany's  oldest  and  most  respected  merchants  and  citizens. 

Thi;  New  Albany  National  is  twenty-two  years  old,  and  has  the  entire  confidence  of 
the  t^eneral  public.  The  capital  stock'is  $200,000;  surplus,  $80,000;  undivided  profits, 
$32,000;  average  deposits,  $1 60,000.  The  last  report  of  the  bank's  condition,  made  to  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Currency,  presents  the  following  very  favorable  showing :  Assets- 
Deposited  with  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  to  secure  circulation,  $50,IH)0;  reserve 
account,  $2,250;  cash,  $28,901.74;  N  —  D  — ,  tSlS,?!  3.31  ;  building  and  fixtures,  15,000; 
woolen-mill  bonds,  $20,000;  water-works  bonds,  tl3,000;  expense  account,  $828.78;  city 
bonds,  $50;  city  orders,  85,488.85  ;  due  from  other  banks  and  bankers,  $35,192.52  ;  total, 
.$484,425.20.  Liabilities— Capital  stock,  1-2(10,000;  certificates,  $1,811.75 ;  due  depositors, 
.$118  863  75;  surplus,  $80,000;  circulation,  $4.5,000;  dividend,  $20";  profit  and  loss, 
$31,050.18;  due  other  banks  and  bankers.  $7,492.52;  total,  $484,425.20.  In  brief,  the 
New  Albany  Natioiuil  is  and  has  always  been  the  most  successful  bank  ever  instituted 
hi-re  ;  its  dividends  have  been  larger,  and  its  surplus  has  ever  been  known  as  heavier  than 
that  of  any  other  local  bank,  while  it  has  been  throughout  its  career  eminently  and  un- 
precedentedly  successful. 

The  New  Albany  Natio-  al  does  a  general  banking,  deposit,  exchange,  discount,  loan 
and  collection  business,  and  has  correspondents  at  leading  monetary  centers  as  follows: 
United  States  National  Bank  and  Gilman,  Sons  &  Co.,  NewTork;  First  National  Uank, 
Chicago;  Third  and  Merchants'  National  banks,  Cincinnati,  and  Second  National  Bank, 
L)uisville. 


LOUIS  SEEH.\USEN  &  SOX, 


Minufacturers  of  Calf  and  Sheep  Kid,  Ccrner  of  Lower  Third  and  Main  Street. 

___^_  The   extensive   tannery  of    Louis 

Seehausen  &  Son,  Lower  Third  and 
Main  strei'ts,  is  one  of  New  Albany's 
standard  industries,  established  in  1879 
by  the  senior  memb>'r  of  the  firm.  Mr. 
Louis  See'ausen,  jr.,  trained  to  the 
business  from  boyhood,  was  admitted 
to  a  partnership  in  1885. 

The  specialty  of  the  hou;e  is  the 
tanning  of  superior  grades  of  calf,  mo- 
rocco, and  kid  skins  for  the  trade,  and 
particularly  for  the  manufacture  oJ  la- 
dies' fine  goods.  In  this  department 
Seehausen  &  Son  have  been  very  suc- 
cessiul,  turning  out  fron.i  50,000  to  60,- 
000  finished  skins  per  annum,  which 
are  sold  all  over  the  United  States. 
Some  fifteen  to  twenty  skilled  tanners  and  curriers  are  constantly  employed,  and  the 
great  yards  and  shops  are  scenes  of  steady  work  year  in  and  year  out. 

The  tannery,  as  shown  in  the  cut,  is  located  at  Main  and  Lower  Third  streets,  is 
60x100  feet,  and  four  stories  in  height.  A  complete  equipment  of  latest  improved  ma- 
chinery of  costly  and  ingenious  character  forms  a  part  of  the  plant,  enabling  the  firm  to 
turn  out  superior  work"  with  dispatch,  and  in  the  best  manner.  A  forty-horse-povver 
boiler  and  engine  in  the  adjoining  huilduig  supplies  steam  for  all  departments. 

The  trade  of  the  house,  the  result  of  superior  goods,  is  constantly  growing,  while  the 
demand  from  former  customers  continues  Meady  and  stronsr.  The  senior  member  of  the 
firm,  a  German  by  birth  and  rearing,  has  ever  proved  a  good  and  useful  citizen  and  his 
well-merited  success  has  in  many  ways  resulted  to  the  good  of  the  community.  Louis 
Seehausen,  jr.,  is  a  native  of  New  Albany,  and  a  promising  young  man.  Father  and  son 
are  ])ractical  tanners,  hard  and  ste.-idy  workers,  and,  the  entire  concern  being  under  their 
personal  supervision  and  economically  managed,  they  are  enabled  to  oft'er  unu^ually  low 
quotations  to  buyers. 


AND   OF   NEW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


247 


H.  KLERNER  &  SOXS, 


Manufacturers  of  Furniture— Factory  and  Warerooms,  Upper  Fifth  and  Oal<  Streets. 


Messrs.  H.  Klerner  &  Sons  embarked  in  the  furniture  business  in  New  Albany  in 
1871,  and  have  by  energy,  industry  and  integrity  achieved  unusual  success.  Their  fine 
factory  at  Upper  Fifth  and  Oak  streets  turns  out  annually  about  $75,000  to  $100,000 
worth  of  medium-grade  furniture,  their  specialty  being  principally  bed-room  furniture, 
such  as  wardrobes,  toilet  set?,  bedsteads,  etc.,  most  of  which  is  shipped  South  to  Kentucky, 
Tennessee,  Alabama.  Georgia,  South  Carolina.  Texas  and  other  States,  where  these  goods 
are  very  popular,  the  sales  being  constant  at  all  seasons. 

H.  Klernor  &  Sons'  factory  is  three  stories  in  height,  -50x100  feet  in  area,  and  employe 
thirty-five  hands  besides  a  tine  assortment  of  labor-saving  machinery.  The  warehouse, 
also  of  three  stories,  is  40x120  feet  square,  and  furnishes  ample  storage  facilities.  The 
lumber-yards  are  two  in  number,  one  at  the  factory  and  another  on  Fourth  street,  and 
contain  an  immense  quantity  of  selected  walnut,  ash  and  poplar  for  use  in  the  shops. 

The  firm  is  composed  of  Mr.  H.  Klerner,  his  sons  Jacob  and  Peter,  and  Mr.  H.  H. 
Meyer,  all  practical  workmen  and  excellent  business  men.  They  are  doing  much  to 
advance  the  material  interests  of  the  city  and  attract  notice  to  its  manufacturing  and 
commercial  advantages. 


FIRST  ]S  ATIONAL  BANK. 


W.  S.  Culbertson,  President;  Jesse  J.  Brown,  Vice-President;  S.  A.  Culbertson,  Cashier. 

This,  the  oldest  of  the  New  Albanj^  banks.  i.s  the  successor  of  the  New  Albany  branch 
of  the  State  Bank  of  Indiana,  reorganized  under  the  National  banking  act  in  186-5,  and  in 
a  powerful  and  influential  institution,  public-spirited  in  its  management,  yet  carefully 
and  skilKully  conducted.  The  capital  stock  is  $300,000;  surplus,  $60,000;  undivided 
profits,  $21,1.34.  The  deposits  are  very  large  in  amount,  some  of  the  wealthiest  and 
most  prominent  capitalists  and  business  men  being  regular  custoniei-s.  Loans,  discounts, 
collections,  and  all  other  legitimate  banking  business  form  portions  of  its  regular  transac- 
tions. Having  responsible  Eastern  correspondents— the  United  States  National  and 
Fourth  National  Banks  of  New  York — the  First  National  is  fully  equipped  for  the  trans- 
action of  business  and  the  collection  of  accounts  in  that  .section. 

The  officers  are  named  above.  All  are  trained  and  expert  financiers.  The  board  of 
directors  is  composed  of  some  of  New  Albany's  oldest  and  best  busine-s  men  and  citizens, 
as  follows:  Morris  McDonald,  Alexander  Dowling,  J.  K.  Woodward,  W.  S.  Culbertson, 
Jesse  J.  Brown. 

The  First  National  is  not  only  a  credit  to,  but  a  most  capable  factor  in.  New  Albany's 
prosperity. 


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THE  INDUSTRIES    OF   I,OUISVILI-E 


NKW  AI.BANY  COTTON  BATTING  MILLS. 


L.  Bradley.  SecroUry  and  Trtasurer:  D.  V.  BoAiian.  Superintendent.— Eighth  Street,  near  Vincennes. 


Tlic  \ari(!ty  of  uses  to 
which  ordinary  cotton  bat- 
ting is  applied,  both  domes- 
tic and  manufacturing,  will 
at  once  suggest  themselves  ti> 
any  one  familiar  with  the 
material.  It  is  not  generally 
known,  however,  to  the  out- 
ride world,  that  New  Albany 
I'oasts  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  flourishing  plants  in  the 
iduntry,  devoted  exclusively 
[i;  to  this  industry.     AVe  refer 

to  the  New  Albany  Cotton 
Batting  Mills,  situated  on 
Eighth  street,  near  Vincennes,  of  which  Mr.  L.  Bradley  is  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  Mr. 
D.  F.  Bowman  superintendent.  The  enterprise  was  established  by  the  latter  gentleman 
in  1881,  and  incorporated  as  above  in  188:),  with  .i'iU.OOO  capital.  The  premises  cover  an 
acre  and  a  half  of  ground,  on  which  are  erected  a  handsome  factory  and  warehouse,  the 
former  37.xloO  feet,"the  latter  50x150.  The  factory  is  erjuipped  in  the  best  main  er  with 
improved  machinery  and  employs  25  operatives,  turning  out  $125,000  worth  of  finished 
batting  per  annum, Yor  which  a  market  is  found  all  over  the  country. 

The  managers  ai'e  capable  and  experienced  business  men.  Mr.  Bradley,  formerly  a 
prominent  and  successful  merchant,  and  many  years  president  of  the  New  Albany 
"Woolen  Mills  Company,  is  an  enterprising,  pnbfic-spiritcd  citizen.  Mr.  Bowman  was  for 
ten  years  connected  w'ith  the  New  Albany  Woolen  31iils  and  New  Albany  Cotton  Mills 
previous  to  embarking  in  his  present  venture.  Mr.  D.  B.  Doll,  one  of  the  best  known  and 
most  popular  traveling  men  in  the  West  and  South,  is  also  the  general  agent  and  one  of 
the  company's  heaviest  stockholder*.  Every  indication  points  to  a  long,  prosperous  and 
useful  career  for  the  New  Albany  Batting  Mills. 


G.   MOSER. 


Manufacturer  of  Harness,  Skirting,  Kip.  Upper  and  Cola-  Leathe  — 0;fi:e  and  Tannery.  Nos.  272  to  278  East 
EigKti  Street,  between  Sycamire  an  I  B. 

Mr.  Moser  is  a  life-long  and 
skillful  tanner,  of  varied  expe- 
rience, having  worked  as  a  jour- 
neyman in  the  leading  establish- 
ments of  Louisville,  Cincinnati, 
Evansville  and  Chicago  previous 
to  going  into  business  for  himself, 
in  1877.  His  thorough  practical 
knowledge  of  the  business  has 
proved  of  great  value  to  him  in 
every  way,  enabling  him  to  man- 
ufacture the  best  possible  goods, 
and   to   find   ready   sale   for   his 

products.  His  yards  are  110x225  feet  in  area,  the  cai,^....,^  ..,,..  ..-.^, , -v,v|«.,^p^«  ^..^^.^ 
and  warehouses  two  stories  in  height,  and  regularly  employ  a  do/.en  or  more  men  the 
year  around,  turning  out  some  $40,000  worth  of  superior  harness,  skirting,  kip,  upper  and 
collar  leather  of  the  best  grades 

Mr.  Moser  is  of  German  birth,  but  has  resided  in   New  Albany  for   twenty  years, 
where  he  is  much  respected  for  his  industry',  public  spirit  and  unassuming  manners. 


equipped  shops 


AXl)   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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NEW  ALBANY  STEAM  FORGE. 


Charles  Sackett,  President;  Geo.  E.  Sackett,  Secretary  and  Treasurer ;  J.  T.  Wright,  Superintendent, 
urers  of  Every  Description  of  Light  and  Heavy  Forgings.    Water  Street,  near  Upper  Sixth. 


Manufact- 


The  above-named  company,  incorporated  in  1869,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $125,000,  has 
proved  a  grand  success  and  developed  into  one  of  Indiana's  giant  industries,  the  average 
annual  output  being  valued  at  $250,000.  The  works  and  appurtenances  embrace  a  piece 
of  land  400x450  feet  square.  The  shops  proper  occupy  buildings  71x210  and  60x80  feet, 
to  which  is  attached  a  storage  shed  80x120  feet.  A  convenient  and  commodious  steam- 
boat landing  fronts  the  works  on  the  river  side,  while  railroad  switches  enter  the  prenrses 
from  either  end,  thus  affording  economic  shipping  facilities. 

The  equipment  is  complete,  consisting  of  one  large  upright  hammer  and  one  4,000 
helve  hammer,  used  in  forging  the  largest  sized  shafts  and  cranks  and  other  heavy  work» 
and  four  other  hammers  ranging  from  1,000  to  2,000  capacity  of  blow,  for  lighter  work, 
with  numerous  cranes  for  the  convenient  and  rapid  handling  of  the  product,  and  a  large 
engine  and  accompanying  battery  of  boilers  for  general  use  in  the  works.  About  lOO 
men — skilled  mechanics  and  laborers— are  employed,  and  $1,200  a  week  is  paid  in  wages. 
The  machinery  throughout  is  of  the  heaviest  and  most  approved  kinds,  and  includes  every 
device  that  can  be  employed  to  advantage. 

The  specialties  of  the  New  Albany  Steam  Forge  are  car-axles  and  railroad  forgings 
generally,  including  locomotive  frames,  etc.,  of  superior  material  and  workmanship.. 
There  is  a  wide  demand  for  work  in  this  line  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada, and  this  company  commands  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  many  of  the  roads 
throughout  the  great  North-west  and  South. 

Steamboat  forgings  of  all  kinds  are  also  made  to  order,  such  as  shafts,  cranks,  piston- 
rods,  pitman  jaws  and  wrists,  and  in  short,  anything  required  in  the  line  of  machine  forg- 
ings. 

The  making  of  sugar-mill  shafts  for  use  in  the  Louisiana  plantations  receives  special 
attention  also.  The  great  leading  idea  of  the  company  is  to  turn  out  the  best  possible- 
work  at  short  notice,  and  thus  merit  the  consideration  and  patronage  of  interested  parties^ 


CLARK'S  NEW  ALBANY  SAW-MILL. 


Between  Seventh  and  Eighth  Street,  Near  the  River. 

New  Albany's  advantageous  location  below  the  falls  long  ago  made  her  a  great  lum- 
ber market  for  the  interior  and  for  the  lower  Ohio.  Her  trade  in  this  line  still  clings  to 
her  and  continues  to  grow,  as  is  shown  by  the  erection  of  new  and  the  remodeling  of  old 
mills,  the  establishment  of  new  lumber-yards  and  the  increased  sales. 

Some  three  or  more  years  ago  Messrs.  Clark  &  Ogle  opened  a  new  mill  near  the  river, 
between  Seventh  and  Eighth  streets,  and  did  a  flourishing  business  from  the  start.    About 

17 


250 


THK  INDUSTRIES    OF   LOUISVILLE 


two  and  a  half  years  ago  Mr.  Ogle  withdrew,  and  Mr.  C.  R.  Clark  has  since  conducted  the 
enterprise  on  his  individual  account.  He  is  a  heavy  buyer  of  logs,  laths,  lumber  and 
shingles,  manufactures  large  quantities  of  hard  and  soft  building  and  furniture  material, 
and  is  prepared  to  furnish  anything  in  his  line  at  short  notice  and  in  the  best  style. 
The  trade  will  find  it  to  their  interest  to  call  at  his  splendidly-equipped  mill  when  in 
want  of  lumber  of  any  kind,  as  his  facilities  enable  him  to  fill  orders  in  the  best  manner 
and  in  any  quantity  desired.  He  runs  one  large  and  four  smaller  saws,  turning  out  1,600,000 
feet  last  year,  mostly  poplar.  The  present  outlook  is  for  an  output  of  2,000,000  feet 
for  1886. » 

A.    BARTH, 


Tanner  and  Currier,  Upper  Tenth  and  River. 


Few  persona  non-resident  here  have 
an  adequate  idea  of  the  extent  of  the 
leather  industry  of  New  Albany.   Many 
hundred  thousand  hides — kip,  calf,  kid 
and    morocco  —  are    annually     dressed 
here  and  shipped  to  all  principal  points 
-' ^  for  the  use  of  boot,  shoe,  glove,  saddle, 
_  -  harness  and  trunk  manufacturers.    New 
-:§  Albany   is  advantageously   located   for 
\  securing  unlimited  quantities  of  sumac 
-'  and    hides,   and,    therefore,    olfers    ex- 
traordinary inducements  to  tanners. 

Mr.  A.  Barth  owns  and  operates  a 
very  extensive  tannery  at  Upper  Tenth 
street  and  the  river.  It  was  established 
in  1864,  1)^  A.  Baiih  ^\.  Cd.,  Mi.  IJaith  becoming  sole  proprietor  last  June.  The  tannery 
and  appurtenances  cover  nearly  one  acre  of  ground,  and  comprise,  besides  a  large  and 
conveniently-arranged  yard,  six  buildings  respectively  50x150,  45x90,  100x100,  80x100, 
30x90  and  22x40  feet,  devoted  to  the  various  departments,  as  bark  shed  and  mill,  curriers' 
shop,  engine  and  boiler  room,  store  room,  etc.  The  average  output  is  12,000  finished 
hides  per  annum,  of  all  kinds;  the  number  of  emplo}es  30  to  35. 

As  before  stated,  Mr.  Barth  manufactures  all  kinds  and  grades  of  leather.  Having 
had  a  lifetime  of  experience  in  the  business,  he  understands  it  in  both  theory  and  practice, 
and  therein  possesses  superior  advantages.  As  a  consequence,  he  finds  ready  sale  for 
every  hide  he  can  put  upon  the  market,  and  is  correspondingly  prosperous. 


M.  ZIER  &  CO. 


Boiler  and  Sheet  iron  Works— Manufacturers  of  Marine  and  Stationary  Boilers.  Chimneys,  Breeching,  Water  and 
Oil  Tanks,  and  alijkinds  of  Plate  and  Sheet  iron  Work— Water  Street,  between  State  and  First. 

The  above-named  very  large 
and  complete  establishment  has 
been  in  uninterrupted  operation 
for  some  thirty  years  under  the 
pi.'r>onal  supervision  of  the  found- 
er, Mr.  M.  Zier,  and  in  that  long 
period  has  turned  out  a  vast 
aniount  of  first-class  work,  in- 
cluding, among  other  important 
and  costly  jobs,  the  boilers,  chim- 
n^ys,  breechings,  etc.,  of  many  of 
tli^i  finest  and  swiftest  steamers 
that  ever  plowed  the  Western 
w  ters.  Mr.  Zier  is  a  thoroughly-accomplished  mechanic,  both  theoretical  and  practical, 
and  in  his  line  has  no  superior  either  for  skill  or  for  conscientious  devotion  to  the  interests 
of  his  patrons.     His  partner,  Mr.  Charles  Hegewald,  also  a  skillful  mechanic  of  large  and 


AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


251 


varied  experience,  is  head  of  the  firm  of  Charles  Hegewald  &  Co.,  founders  and  machin- 
ists, and  an  enterprising,  public-spirited  citizen.  He  joined  Mr.  Zier  in  1878,  bringing 
with  him  much  valuable  experience,  business  tact  and  energy,  all  of  which  have  been 
utilized  in  increasing  the  value  of  the  plant  and  extending  the  operations  of  the  firm. 

The  works,  fronling  on  the  river  between  State  and  First  streets,  are  very  large,  cov- 
ering one  hundred  and  fifty  by  two  hundred  feet  of  ground.  All  useful  appliances  and 
machinery  and  lorty  skilled  workmen  are  employed,  and  large  quantities  of  the  best  grade 
of  work  are  done,  embracing  the  construction  of  new  boilers,  water  and  oil  tanks,  breech- 
ing, chimneys,  roofing,  and  plate  and  sheet-iron  work  generally  for  steamboats,  railroads, 
mills,  etc.,  marine  work  being  the  great  specialty.  The  firm  have  just  finished  the  roof 
for  the  new  New  Albany  woolen  mills — one  of  the  best  jobs  of  the  kind  in  the  country — 
and  are  prepared  to  give  estimates  and  make  contracts  lor  any  amount  of  similar  work. 


INDKX 


— TO — 

NEW  ALBANY  REPRESENTATIVE  HOUSES. 


Kanks — National . 

Kirst  National  Bank 247 

Merchants'  National  Bank 239 

New  Albany  National  Bank  . 245 

Second  National  Bank 235 

Banks — State. 

New  Albany  Banking  Company 240 

Be' T — Brewers. 

City  Brewery 245 

Boilers — Manufactnrert-. 

Zier,  M.  &  Co 'J.JO 

Bolts  and  Spikes — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Rail  Mill  Company 237 

Castings — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Rail  Mill  Company 237 

<'igiir8— Manufacturers. 

Sievers  &  Sclilosser 241 

i'igars  and  Tobacco — Dealers. 

Sievers  &  Sclilosser 241 

Commission. 

Peacock,  James 243 

<  'otton  Batting — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Cotton  Batting  Mills 218 

1  >rugs — Wholesale. 

Hoover,  Charles  L 234 

l:]x  tracts— Manufacturers. 

Hoover,  Charles  L 234 

lA'c'J — Manufacturers. 

Hains,  J.M.  .^-  •'" 237 

yi    unels — Manuliirtuieis. 

Now  Albany  Woolen  and  Cotton  Mills  . 
riour — Manufacturers. 

Hains,  J.M.  &  Co 

Forgings — Manufacturers 

New  Albany  Steam  Forge 

Fi  undry. 

Uegewald,  Chas.  &  Co 210 


213 
237 
219 


Fruit  Jars — Manufacturers. 

American  Plate  Glass  Works 233 

Furniture — Manufacturers. 

Klerner,  H.&  Son 217 

Padgett,  W.  H.  &  Sons 2:i5 

Glass — Manufacturers. 

American  Plate  Glass  Works 233 

Hosiery — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Hosiery  Mill 244 

Iron — Manufacturers. 

Ohio  Falls  Iron  Works 239 

Jeans — Manufactureis. 

New  Albany  Woolen  and  Cotton  Mills  ....  246 
Leather — Tanners. 

Barth,  A 250 

Moser,  G 248 

Seehausen,  Louis  &  Son 246 

Lumber — Manufacturers. 

Clark's  New  Albany  Saw  Mill 249 

Machinists. 

Hegewald,  Chas  &  Co 210 

Maltsters. 

City  Brewery 245 

Paints  and  Oils — Wholesale. 

Hoover,  Chas.  L ^U 

Produce. 

Peacock,  James 243 

Rails — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Rail  Mill  Company 237 

•  Sheet  Iron  Work — Manufacturers. 

Zier,  M.&  <^o 250 

Steam  Kngines — Manufacturers. 

New  Albany  Rail  Mill  Company 237 

Store  Fixtures — Manufacturers. 

Padgett,  W.H.&  Sons 235 


AND   OF  NEW   ALBANY,    mDIANA, 


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W.   J.    HUGHES. 


C.    L.    HUGHES. 


M^.  J-  HUGHES  Sc  SOTT, 


"KO.  e^3-E:AST-;vrAF^KET-ST.iPUI§VILLCAY- 


J 


MANUFACTURERS  OF  AND  DEALERS  IN 


DOORS,  SASH,  BLINDS,  LUMBER,  SHINGLES,  LATHS  AND  HARDWARE, 

No.  243  3Iarket  Street,  Between  Brook  aud  Floyd, 
LOUISVILLE,    KY, 

TO  FARMERS  AND  PLANTERS. 

YOUR  ESPECIAL  ATTENTION  IS  CALLED  TO 

BROMOPHYTE  FERTILIZER, 

MANUFACTURED  BY 

DAVID  DUCK  WALL, 

OK  TMIS  CITY. 


This  Fertilizer  is  a  superior  one  for  wheat,  corn,  potatoes,  tobacco  and  all  other  prod- 
ucts of  the  farm  and  garden,  and  can  not  be  surpassed  in  its  enriching  qualities.  Bromo- 
phyte  is  made  from  human  excrements  thoroughly  deoderized  (so  as  not  to  be  the  least 
1)it  offensive),  but  retains  all  of  the  ammonia  and  other  fertilizing  qualities.  It  is  put  up 
in  barrels  for  shipment,  either  coarse  or  ground,  and  can  be  used  in  all  ordinarj'  grain 
■drills,  dropped  in  hills,  or  scattered  broadcast. 

Bromophyte  has  been  analyzed  by  some  of  the  leading  chemists  of  Boston,  New 
York,  Washington  City  and  Louisville,  and  found  to  be  very  rich  in  phosphorus,  am- 
monia, nitrogen,  potash,  etc.,  and  a  single  trial  will  convince  you  ot  its  rare  merits. 

Delivered  free  on  steamboat  or  at  depots.     For  further  particulars  address 

DUCKWALL,  TROXELL  &  CO., 


Or  BELKNAP  &  COOPER, 

Corner  Fifth  and  Main  Streets. 


Fourth  Avenue, 

Liouisville,  Ky. 


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THE  INDUSTRIES   OP  LOTJISVILLE 


Margaret  Mather,  Jack  i  La  Concepcion  Cigars. 

Cuban  hand-made.     Havana  filler.     Delicious  aroma  and  pronounced 
by  every  smoker  "  par  excellence." 

FOR  SALE  EVERYW^MERE  AT  5  CENTS. 


Joseph  R.  Peebles'  Sons'  Fine  Havana  Cigars. 

Marcos  Morales  Y  Ca.  Cuban  Hand-made  Cigars. 


BOX  ORDERS  BY  MAIL  SOLICITED.     TRADE  PRICE  LIST  FURNISHED  ON  APPLICATION. 


ISAAC  E.  STARR, 


348  THIRD  STREET, 


LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


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PLANING  MILL,  BOX  FACTORY  AND  LUMBER  YARD. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

SASH,  DOORS,  BLINDS,  KRAIMES,  ETC. 

CORNER  STORY  AVENUE  AND   BUCHANAN   STREETS, 
Telephone  12-Ring  2.  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


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AND   OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 
HARRY  BRIDGES. 


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VERNON  WOLFE 


MYER,  BRIDGES  &  CO., 

— "WHOLESALE^ 

WOODENW-AHE,  WiLLOWWME, 

BOVS'    WAGOBiS,    VCI^OCIPEDCS, 

PAPER,  CORDAGK,  TWINKS,  Ktc. 

No.  53  f  West  Main  Street,  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


OTXaiE!     JE^JEITD    :BE3 


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ARTHUR   JONKS, 

Novelty  Brass  Foundry, 

''OLD  RELIABLE." 

No.  146  Fifth  Avenue,  neir  Main  Street,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Brass,  Copper,  and  White  Metal  Castings  Made  to  Ordei 
on  Shortest  Notice.  Supply  of  Babbitt  Metal  Always  on 
Hand.  Copper  Brands  a  Specialty.  All  Work  Guaranteed 
to  Give  Satisfaction. 


Established  in  1C5C. 

JABEZ  G.  KIRKER 


E.  BARBAROUX. 


J   BARBAROUX. 


Millwright  and  M 


Contractor  and  Erector  of  Roller  or  Stone  Mer- 
•ehant  and  Grist  Mills,  Distilleries,  Saw  Mills  and 
Cement  Mills.  Steam  Engines,  Water  Wheels  and 
Machinery  in  General. 

939  &  943  N.  E.  Cor.  Main  and  Tenth  Sts., 

LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


Louisville  Machinery  Depot. 

Barbaroux  &  Co., 

139  Third  Street, 

LOUISVILLE,    -    KY. 


ORNAx>IElVTAL 


Iron  Fencing  and  Railings, 


Window  and 
Cellar  Guards, 
Cast  and  MaU 
leable  I  ron 
Crestings  for 
Mansard  Roofs 
Piazzas  and 
Bay  Windows; 
Weather  Vanes 
Finials,  Etc. 


THE  CELEBRATED  CHAMPION  IRON  PUMPS. 

Also  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in 

NEW   AND   SECOND-HAND    MACHINERY. 


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THE   INDUSTRIES    OF   1  OUISVILLE 


TAMPLET  &  WASHBURNE, 

l^o.  176    SECOND    STREET,    I.OUISVII.I.E,    KY. 

Distillers'  ngeiits,  BroKeis  aim  GommissioiUQBrGMs 


DEALERS  IN 


Creamery  +  Butter, 

eijeese  and  Seijeral  Dairy  Supplies. 


'-^t^^lfs.''^-**^'''      *'so  agents  for  the  Celebrated 

Arcadian  Ideal  Waukesha  Watei*. 


AND  ARCADIAN  GINGER  ALE. 


Jos.  Griffith  &  SoNs, 


HOWARD  W.  HUNTER. 


5^i^l\ii\^  ^kdkle  ^'  ^portin^  G^ood^, 


Nos.  510  and  512  West  Main  Street. 
LOUISVILLJE,    -    -    KENTUCKY. 


SEND   FOR   ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUES. 


H.  DUNEKAKE, 

(Successor  to  C.  Henry  Finck  &  Co.) 
DEALER   IN 


Kentucky  Copper  Whisky. 


170  Fourth  Street. 
LOUISVILLE,    -    -    KY. 


J.  ENDERS.      Established  lb.54.     .S.  SEVERSON. 

J.  ENDERS  &  CO. 

FIRST-CLASS 

Cai^mage  Suildehs. 

230  and  234  W.  Jefferson  St.,  bet.  2d  and  3d. 

219  and  221  W.Green  St.,  bet.  2d  and  3d. 
LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


DEALER    IN 


Fire  Insurance. 

256  w.  main  street, 
Louisville,  -    -   Ky. 


W.  F.  FREDERICK, 

(Late  of  Sperry,  Frederick  &  Boweu) 

Wholesale  *  fMwL 

227  W.  MAIN  ST.,  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

Specialties:  Butter,  CheesB,  Apples,  Potatoes. 

Reference — Citizens'  National  Bank. 


REPAIRING  PROMPTLY  DONE. 


E.  GKIPP. 


C.  W.  GRIPP. 


MAIN  STREET  MILLS. 


Lllnpii&  Son,- -piers. 

328  E.  Maiu,  bet.  Floyd  &  Prestou, 

LOUISVILLE,   KY. 


Manufacturer  of   IMPROVED  PATENT  STEAM  and 
HAND-POWER 

lUlWflilsHi 

For   Distilleries,  Warehouses,    Stores  and 
Hotels.     Also 

PUMPS,   BLOCKS,   TRUCKS,  Etc. 

Cor.  Eighth  and  Water  Sts..  Louisville,  Ky. 

WRAMPELMEIER 

FDMITDRE  K'G  COMPANY 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Chamber  Sets,  Chiffoniers  and  Wardrobes. 

Tables  ^^  Sideboards,  Hall  Stands  and 

Book  Cases,  Ash,  Walnut,  Cherry 

and    Mahogany    Mantels. 

FIFTEENTH,  ROWAN  ANO  PORTLAND  AVENUE. 

LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


AND    OF   NEW   ALBANY,    INDIANA. 
T.  H.  Shkrlky.  ESTABIISHEO    1867. 


257 
T.  J.  Batman. 


T.  H.  Sherley  &  Cd., 

Commission  Merchants  for  the  Purchase  and  Sale  of 

KENTUCKY   WHISKIES. 

Office  and  Warehouse,  No.  1  14  E.  Main  Street. 

APPLE  AND  PEACH  BRANDIES  A  SPECIALTY. 


SOLE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  DISTILLERIES  OF 


E.  L.  MILES  &  CO.  and  THE  NEW  HOPE  DISTILLERY  CO., 

LOCATED  AT  NEW  HOPE,  KY. 


E]ST.A.BLXSI3:EiXD    1872. 


L0aisviL?i2E  GeFPiN  GeMPANv, 


Manufacturers  of  and   Dealers  in 


Wood  and  Metallic  Cases  andICaskets, 

cloth-covered  caskets,  robes,  linings,  and 
unoerxakers'   supplies   in   general. 

Everything-  from  a  Tack  to  a  Hearse. 

LOXJISATIHiXjDB,  ICY. 


Catalogues    furnished    to    Undertakers    on   application. 

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THE   INDUSTRIES   OF  LOUISVILLE 


R.  J.  THORNTON. 


ESTABLISHED    1837.  sam.  H.  Buchanan. 


R.  J.  THORNTON  &  CO., 


(Successors  to  HAWKINS  &  THORNTON  , 


i  KENTUCKY  s| 


MusTAKD  f-  Spice  Mills, 


Nos.   142,   144,   146   and   148  Bullitt  Street, 


Ii^OCaiSWII:.!:,^,  KV. 


Oar  Brands  of  Roast  Coffee,  One-pound  Packages : 
"GOLDEN  RIO,"  " PEOPLE'S  BRAND,"  "CONSOLATION  CUP." 


Importers  of 

Pir(E  Wines 


Brandies 

OINS,  Ktc. 

NATURAL  MINERAL 
WATERS,  Etc. 


Wholesale  Dealers 
in 

Kentucky 

W|]iskiES, 

All  kinds  of 

NATIVE  WINES  and 
LIQUORS. 


No.  230  West  Market  Street, 
Between   Second  and  Third,  X-OXTXSTriLXjE,  IC-Y". 


DISTILLERS    OF    CL.OVEROALE    Spo R-M AS H  WHISK V . 


AXD    OF    XKW    ALBANY,    INDIANA. 


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M.   A.   BL.ATZ. 


A     KREBS. 


Jails  City  Steam  Stone  f  Marble  ICorks. 

BI:.ATZ  &  KHE^BS,  Ppoppietops, 

OFFICE  AND  MILLS,  South  Side  AValnut  bet.  13th  and  14th  Sts. 
XiOTJISVXIliLE,   3<:y. 

DEALERS  IK  BUILDIKHTOKE  OP  PRBLE  WOBR 

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION, 

Furniture  Marble  a  Specialty.     Floor  Tiling  and  Plumbers'  Slabs. 
HEADQUARTERS  FOR  TENNESSEE  MARBLE. 


EAGLE  BRASS  V70RKS. 

FO'WrLER    &    CO., 

West  Side  Ninth  Street,  bet.  Main  and  River,  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

MANUFACTURERS    OF   ALL    KINDS    OF 

Distillery  and  Water  Company's  Ferrules  and  Cocks,  Fowler's  Patent  Beer  Pumps, 
Fowler's  Patent  Steam  Shifter,  Fowler's  Patent  Vacuum  Valves,  etc. 

ALL  KINDS  REPAIRING,  JOBBING,  AND  BRASS  CASTINGS  PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO. 

Railroad  Brasses.     Also  Cannon  for  Campaign  Purposes. 


ZEST-A-BiLiis.HEiD   isea. 


Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in 

^A^ESTERN  ^  PATENT 
COMBINATION 

REFRIGERATORS. 

Nos.  1400  and  1402  Green  St.,  Cor.  14th. 
LOUISVILLE,  KY. 


liS^  Icfi  Chests,  Boer  CoolerR,  and  Rofrigorators  of  all 

sizes  and  styles,  made  to  order,  enlarged,  altered  and 

W     repaired. 

B®  ■  We  invite  your  attention  to  the  Western  it  Pat- 
ent Combination  Refrigerator,  as  it  cools  Water,  Wine, 
Beer,  Meat,  Butter,  etc.,  and  saves  one-half  the  ice  and 
labor. 


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THK  INDUSTKIKS    OP   LOUISVILLE 


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EfUfiRRVTNG 


The   Elsfner  Publishing  Co. 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  J.  M.  ELSTNER  &  CO.) 

PUBLISHERS  OF  

The  Industries  of  San  Francisco,  California. 

The  Industries  of  Ne-w  Orleans,  Louisiana. 
The  Industries  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

The  Industries  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 
The  Industries  of  Louisville,  Kentucky. 
The  Industries  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 


(IN  PREPARATION.) 


OFFICES  : 

179  Main  Street, 


BUFFALO,  N.  Y., 

And  Room  6,  S.  E.  Cor.  Sixth  and  Vine  Streets, 
CINCINNATI,    -    -    OHIO. 


ESTABLISHED  1845. 


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