Class Book.__ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT v \ .1 ) .^>L )\iWM\i ys))s\^' B.rMATTINGLY PRESIDENT FDRMEflLY OF IJ.G.MATTINGLY&BRO |vi/\rionPireCoppef^ WHISKV. (^MPANY DISTILLERS OF ''A^ pi RE' copper WHISKIES. c-r- caA ir?r o i XHE insriDTJSTK.iEs OF Louisville, Kentucky, AND OF 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 S THE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISVILLE 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 AND OF NKW AL15ANY, INDIANA. 9 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- 2 10 THE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISVILLE 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*()!). 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- 18 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. 19 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.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 hiiiranee 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 55 617 493 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. 29 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 30 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 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. 83 34 THE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISVILLE to 00 00 o CO u c 3 •— > .5 •3 C w u > o u c t-H o fe '■>-' l-H rt rn 4-> w C/J < V J •^ c; > CO u. 3 o O J h >» /i XJ W •a fc-i u i< > u4 (L> Kh U (U < r . 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XOiiOOXi-^COiO ■— • r; CO X lO o io i^ lo «-o o CO h^l P • -; ^ :i 5 'S ~ ;::'-' ^ ■« tt) 3 ~ * .r-' s s ^ w . — 72 S •O = "5 ■ = 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 au .-1 IV (IF l.DUISVILLE. 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. 41 o H S Pi CO US 00 O » — 1 .-H O '- O --O I- o o' t— ' 00 ^ I') O -M O O ?■! O GO Tp O •^ -^ C5 O 52 I- ■-v '-''. ''~. 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About S;>,0()0,()00 worth of rittshuroh coal is ha;ullelE 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. 70 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. 6 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. 75 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,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 cacounted, $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., 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 84 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'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. QQBlIIJi:' 86 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 AND OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA. 87 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. 88 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 brage 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. 92 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. Beliia,'' 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 96 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 AND OP NEW ALBANY, INDIANA. 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. 100 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 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 IVIarltensive. 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.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 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. Ill) 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. 12] 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. 9 122 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 AND OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA. 125 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. 126 THE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISVILLE Open from June ist to October ist. PQ < O Capacity of Hotel, 600 Guests. AND OF XEW ALI5ANY. INDIANA. 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. AND OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA. 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 \ 130 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. 131 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 134 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 10 138 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. Hoslachinery, 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