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 The Bates Steam Laundry was first opened to the public January G, 
 1890, and has since built up a large and growing trade among those 
 who are most discriminating as regards the manner in which their linen 
 is laundered. The proprietor, Mr, O. I. Bates, has had an experience in 
 the business of eighteen years and gives all the details of the business 
 his personal and constant supervision, with the result that only perfect 
 work is accomplished. The premises occupied are comprised in a store 
 and basement each 25x200 feet in dimensions, which afford ample 
 accommodations for a large trade. No family washing is done, shirts, 
 collars and cuffs being the special feature of the business. All shirts 
 are ironed solely by hand, shirt-ironing machines having been discarded, 
 better shape and longer wear being thus insured than is possible by the 
 use of machines. A comparison of the quality of the work done here 
 with that of many others will result in making any investigator a 
 permanent patron of the Bates Steam Laundry. Work called for and 
 delivered to any part of the city. 
 
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 Inception and Development. 
 
 A large amount of matter has been collected and published with 
 regard to the early history of Binghamton, which is doubtless highly 
 interesting reading to those who by descent are naturally proud of the 
 exploits of their forefathers. To the reader for whom this work is 
 designed, such details, however, would prove of but little interest ; yet, 
 while it is not our purpose to enter minutely into them, it is proper for 
 us to embody, at the inception of this book, a few of the more notable 
 facts in the development of this populous locality, from the trackless 
 waste it once was. 
 
 The territory embraced within the present limits of Binghamton was 
 granted, by royal patent, June 27, 1780, to William Bingham and others. 
 Mr. Bingham was born in England and came to America when a young 
 man. His residence and place of business was Philadelphia. He was 
 well educated and had studied law in England, though on coming to 
 America he adopted the pursuit of a merchant. 
 
 The first permanent settler within the territory was Captain Joseph 
 Leonard, originally of Plymouth, Mass., who came with his family in 
 1787. A few weeks later came Colonel William Rose and his brother, 
 traveling on foot from Connecticut. Other settlers followed, and within 
 a year twenty families had located a mile or so above the confluence of 
 the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers, the hamlet being known as 
 " Chenang Pint." 
 
 In early times this region was covered with a dense growth of pine 
 forest, and was, during the first stages of settlement, chiefly a lumber 
 region. All business was then based upon this interest, it being re- 
 garded for many years as almost the only industry that would yield a 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 return for labor in cash. The rivers furnished easy transit to market, 
 and a raft of pine promised almost immediate results. So little atten- 
 tion did many of the early settlers pay to raising their own bread, that 
 they went abroad even for their garden vegetables. 
 
 Previous to the year 1799 no village had been thought of where the 
 City of Binghamton stands. During that year a charter was granted 
 for building a bridge across the Chenango, and the residents of the 
 " Point," realizing the importance of such a structure, removed en masse 
 to the more favored locality, the first house being erected at what is 
 now the southeast corner of Court and Water streets. 
 
 Mr. Bingham's policy toward settlers fostered emigration to the new 
 hamlet, which, being so eligibly situated, made a steady growth and 
 soon became an important trading center under the name of Bingham- 
 ton, so called from its benefactor. 
 
 The Village of Binghamton was incorporated by an act of the 
 Legislature on May 3, ISoi. By this act the corporate limits were fixed 
 and the Village divided into five wards. 
 
 During the year 1834 the construction of the Chenango canal was 
 begun. It was finished in the spring of 1837 and gave Binghamton 
 water connection with the Erie canal at Utica. This canal built up the 
 interests of Binghamton rapidly. Simultaneously with the excitement 
 throughout the State over the construction of canals, agitation of the 
 subject of railroad building began. In 1849 the Erie railroad was com- 
 pleted from New York to Binghamton. The opening of this road so 
 greatly enlarged the commercial facilities of Binghamton that the 
 natural advantages of its situation began to be more apparent. Projects 
 for the building of other roads soon began to be entertained. From the 
 south came the Lackawanna, furnishing an outlet for the Wyoming 
 Valley and the rich coal fields of Northern Pennsylvania. Then came 
 the Syracuse and Binghamton, the Albany and Binghamton, and later 
 the LTfica and Chenango Valley. In 18G7 Binghamton had attained a 
 population of about 11,000 inhabitants, and during that year assumed a 
 City form of government. 
 
 Binghamton in 1 892. 
 
 It has been somewhat irreverently said that ''God made the country 
 and man made the town." Were this true of other cities the saying has 
 but a partial application to Binghamton, whose grand ''umbrageous 
 temples not made with hands " are the glory of the streets and avenues 
 and the pride of the inhabitants. As a place of residence Binghamton 
 is unsurpassed, if indeed equalled by any other city in New York. Its 
 velvety lawns, fine river, valley and mountain drives, its shaded streets, 
 its agreeable climate, the prevalence of thrift and comfort apparent 
 even in the dwellings of the working people, and the numerous spacious 
 and costly mansions of the rich, together with unsurpassed religious 
 privileges and educational facilities combine to make this city one of 
 the few spots on earth akin to Paradise. 
 
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 Binghamton is the capital of Broome County, one of the most thriv- 
 ing counties in the State of New York. It is beautifully situated at the 
 confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers, about seven miles 
 as the crow flies from the northern bounds of Pennsylvania. The city 
 embraces an area of about four square miles. Beyond, and contiguous 
 to the city lines, the territory is closely built, the suburbs containing a 
 population of from 3,500 to 4,000 inhabitants who work in Binghamton 
 and should be annexed. The site on which the city stands comprises 
 not only the extended area of table land intervening between the con- 
 verging rivers, but the valleys lying along the opposite banks, both of 
 the Susquehanna and the Chenango. The latter river divides that por- 
 tion of the city lying north of the Susquehanna in a northerly and 
 southerly direction into two nearly equal parts. The different sections 
 are connected together by substantial and convenient free bridges. 
 
 The city, except where tho rivers enter and pass out, with valleys 
 of greater or less width, is environed with hills. Those which lie upon 
 the north, divided by the Chenango, and those upon the south, along 
 the line of the Susquehanna, have a nearer proximity to the city than 
 those which lie towards the other points of the compass. The hills do 
 not reach the dignity of mountains, but their easy slopes and their rich 
 and distinctive foliage give them a beautiful and picturesque appear- 
 ance. 
 
 Divided into three parts by the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers, 
 which here unite their waters, it forms a scene at once picturesque and 
 beautiful, filling the beholder with admiration. Looking to the north, 
 to the south, to the east, to the west, a scene of such rich and varied 
 beauty is presented to the view that but little else could heighten its 
 charms or add to its attractiveness. 
 
 Binghamton has had a healthy and a rapid growth during the last 
 half-dozen years. In 1870 its population was 12,692: in 1875, 15,550, in 
 1880. 17,315, and in 1890, when the last general census was taken, 35,093. 
 A careful census at the present time would probably show not less than 
 38,000. 
 
 A City of Homes. 
 
 This designation cannot be improved upon, for after admiring the 
 splendid residences of the wealthy and the handsome houses of the well- 
 to-do, the eye of ttie visitor will rest with infinite pleasure upon the 
 houses of the mechanic, the clerk, the young business man and the 
 laborer, miles and miles of streets being lined with neat but inexpensive 
 houses, often surrounded by a plot of ground, and each owned by its 
 occupant. Land has never been held at fancy prices, and the result is 
 as has been stated. The reasonable prices at which the working classes 
 have been able to obtain the great boon of owning their own domiciles 
 has materially enhanced the welfare of the city, and apart from stimu- 
 lating habits of thrift, has created a class of citizens who are content, 
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 in labor troubles. The savings banks and numerous building and loan 
 associations have done much good in this direction by loaning money at 
 low rates of interest to mechanics and others, to enable them to own 
 their own houses. Numerous capitalists also stand ready to build and 
 sell houses, payment to be made in small weekly sums, out of the sav- 
 ings of wages, and no mechanic with steady employment and decent 
 wages need be without a home of his own in Binghamton for any length 
 of time if he desires to have one. Hundreds of houses have been built 
 in this way in the past few years and the suburbs of Binghamton are 
 rapidly filling up with neat and tasteful homes for the masses. 
 
 The Streets 
 
 Are almost always the first subject of remark by visitors to the city, 
 and worthily so, both on account of their width, cleanliness and fine 
 shade trees, with which they are almost universally lined. The streets 
 of Binghamton are regularly and tastefully laid out, many of them be- 
 ing very wide and spacious. The streets belonging to the city approxi- 
 mate fifty miles in length. Court street is the principal business thor- 
 oughfare. Washington street is next in importance, followed by State, 
 Water, Chenango. Collier and Wall. The streets in the business part 
 of the city are well paved. 
 
 Walks and Drives. 
 
 The country surrounding Binghamton affords a great variety of 
 delightful walks and drives, and presents many attractive and interest- 
 ing views. Many of the drives, especially along the rivers, up or down^ 
 abound in romantic and picturesque scenery. 
 
 The Rivers. 
 
 The Susquehanna river, which forms so important an adjunct to 
 Binghamton, takes its rise in Otsego Lake. It flows in graceful sweeps 
 and curves in a southerly direction after entering the county of Broome, 
 crosses the Pennsylvania line and makes a great bend in that State, re- 
 enters New York State again, flowing in a northwesterly direction to 
 Binghamton. Here it is joined by the Chenango and their united waters 
 flow to the west border of the county in a direction a little south of west. 
 The Chenango river has its rise in Oneida county. 
 
 These rivers, as viewed from the bridges — whether one looks up or 
 down the Chenango, or up or down the Susquehanna — present a uni- 
 formly rapid current of about six miles an hour, with beautifully clean 
 bottoms and banks, sparkling waters, and, in many places, shaded and 
 well-kept lawns extending down to the water's edge. The scene pre- 
 sented is rather rural than commercial, but Binghamton derives much 
 benefit from the rivers in beauty and recreation, pleasure boating be- 
 ing quite a feature, and the rapidity of the current, the purity and un- 
 obstructed condition of the stream being conducive to public health. 
 
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 Bridges. 
 
 We have said that the different sections of Binghamton are con- 
 nected by bridges. The bridges number five. The uppermost of these, 
 crossing the Chenango river at Ferry street, is a fine suspension bridge, 
 360 feet in length between towers. The Court street bridge, crossing 
 the Chenango lower down, is 35S feet long. The Rock-bottom bridge, 
 an iron structure of fine workmanship, is the uppermost one on the 
 Susquehanna, crossing at Carroll street, with a length between the shore 
 abutments of 540 feet. The lower Susquehanna bridge, an iron struc- 
 ture, at the foot of Washington street, is about 700 feet long. A foot- 
 bridge for the convenience of pedestrians also crosses the Susquehanna 
 at the foot of Exchange street. 
 
 Climatic and Sanitary. 
 
 No consideration is more'essential to the continued prosperity and 
 happiness of a community than health. Statistics prove that Bingham- 
 ton is one of the most healthful cities in the country. Its climate is 
 pure'^and genial, the temperature being modified by the rivers. The 
 City is elevated 850 feet above tide- water, giving the air a life-giving 
 quality unsurpassed. The City is subject to no prevailing diseases, is 
 well drained, and its sanitary condition is well regulated by an efficient 
 board of health. In comparison with other cities the percentage of 
 mortality in Binghamton is about the lowest in the State. The natural 
 features of soil, climate and topography are conducive to health, and 
 the natural drainage of locality has saved the tax-payers' pockets and 
 preserved his health. With the introduction of water-works the neces- 
 sary sewers followed to make perfect the sanitary system. A practical, 
 well-built system of sewers drains the principal sections of the city, to 
 which branch lines are annexed as required. Public improvements and 
 regulations are constantly lowering the rate of mortality, while the 
 population increases in defiance of the ordinary rule of nature. Typhoid 
 fever, one of the direst enemies of large cities, is practically unknown 
 here. 
 
 Water Works. 
 
 Binghamton has an excellent system of water works. The works 
 are city property and are located in the east part of the city, the water 
 being taken from wells sunk below the bed of the river and filtered 
 through the sand and gravel of the naturally porous soil from a great 
 depth, thus making it cool and pure. It is also abundant in quantity 
 and may be increased to any extent required by additional wells or by 
 the driving of tubes. The current of the water in these wells is from 
 the hills toward the river, showing that pure mountain water is ob- 
 tained. The works are equipped with two Holly pumping engines and 
 four large boilers for generating power. The capacity is 18,000,000 gal- 
 lons per twenty-four hours, which being far greater than the demand, 
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 fire insurance, which are from twenty to forty per cent, lower than in 
 Syracuse, the nearest sister city. 
 
 Fire Department. 
 
 Among other good things Binghamton possesses an excellent fire 
 department, which, though a volunteer department, is well organized 
 and disciplined and has shown itself capable of most efficient service in 
 arresting and preventing the spread of conflagrations. Most of the 
 companies own their buildings. The department consists of two steam- 
 ers, seven hose companies, two chemical engines, one hook and ladder 
 company, a fire alarm telegraph system, 375 hydrants and other neces- 
 sary apparatus of the latest improved character. The firemen are 
 trained and expert, and the service is upon an efficient basis. 
 
 Police Department. 
 
 All parts of the city are well patrolled by a sturdy and experienced 
 force of police, which, we are happy to say, owing to the orderly char- 
 acter of the community and the absence of that tough element, more 
 notable in larger cities, has little occasion for extreme measures, though 
 the vigilance of the department is in no wise neglected for these 
 reasons. 
 
 Educational. 
 
 It may be taken for granted that a city of enterprise and intelli- 
 gence, such as Binghamton, has considered matters of education of 
 primary importance. No expense has been spared in perfecting and 
 developing a complete system of public schools, and not content with 
 this,several scholastic institutions of high rank have here found adequate 
 support and management. Schools of the best order, freely accessible 
 to the poorest child in the city, are in daily operation. Every child so 
 far belongs to the State. Ignorance is more costly than schools, and 
 no investment can be so uniformly productive of good returns to the State 
 as that devoted to the culture of those who themselves are soon to be 
 the State, Hence; the doors of the public schools are thrown wide open 
 and the children are welcome without money or price, not from the 
 parlors of the rich only, but also from the highways and ditches. In 
 the matter of schools, the city has certainly little to ask for, and its 
 citizens point with pardonable pride to its splendid system of public 
 schools, with its high school, which is unsurpassed in the State, in re- 
 spect either of the conveniences of the building or the completeness of 
 its appointments for teaching the higher branches of a common school 
 education. There are sixteen public schools in Binghamton employing 
 111 teachers: two ladies' seminaries, two business colleges, one school 
 of stenography and one kindergarten. 
 
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 St. Joseph's Academy. 
 
 This is a Catholic institution conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph. 
 The academy is beautifully located near the junction of the Chenango 
 and Susquehanna rivers, and is an importa it feature in the educational 
 department of Binghamton. It was established in 18<J-2 and is one of the 
 most flourishing institutions of learning in the State. 
 
 Susquehanna Valley Home. 
 
 This institution is pleasantly situated on high ground overlooking 
 the city and its purpose is to provide a home for the friendless orphans 
 and children of indigent parents Its wards are gathered from the 
 counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tioga and Tomp- 
 
 RESIDENCE OF IVIR. C. A. WILKINSON, FRONT STREET. 
 
 kins. This institution is the pioneer in this country having for its pri- 
 mary object the removal of children from the county poor houses. 
 Through its influence and example the law of 187G was enacted, prohib- 
 iting the placing of children between the ages of three and sixteen years 
 in the alms-houses of the State and providing for their care and edu- 
 cation. 
 
 City School Library. 
 
 The City School Library was established in 18(31, when the Board of 
 Education purchased, as a nucleus, the library of the Y. M. C. A. Ad- 
 ditions have been made to the library every year, and the whole number 
 of volumes is now about 8,000. Residents of the cit}^ and non-resident 
 
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 pupils, on signing application and pledge to abide by the rules of the 
 library, are entitled to free use of books. The library is open Mondays, 
 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, between the hours of 
 2 and G, and Saturdays between the hours of 2 and 8 p. m., except legal 
 holidays and at such time as it is closed by order of the Board of Edu- 
 cation. 
 
 The Public Institutions 
 
 Of Binghaniton are of great importance and usefulness, presenting 
 very substantial evidence of the city's accumulating wealth and of its 
 eminently thorough and practical character. Among them are the Y. 
 M. C. A., which occupies a prominent place among the public organiza- 
 tions of the city; the Binghamton City Hospital, the Binghamton State 
 Hospital, St. Mary's Orphan Home, the House of the Good Shepherd, 
 the Public Library, etc. 
 
 Binghamton State Hospital. 
 
 Standing out in bold relief on the hill east of the city, like a grim 
 and silent sentinel, is a magnificent granite pile, occupied by those poor 
 unfortunates— the chronic insane. The institution was formerly a State 
 Inebriate Asylum. The site comprises over 252 acres of land, and was 
 presented by the citizens of Binghamton. The grounds are devoted to 
 suitable walks and lawns, and to farming purposes. The main struc- 
 ture is 365 feet in length, three stories high, in the castellated Gothic 
 style, with massive towers, turrets and buttresses, embattled at the top. 
 Adjoining the hospitil proper are numerous other buildings for various 
 uses. The ceremonies of laying the corner-stone took place September 
 24, 1858. The hospital is located about two miles eastward from the 
 Court House, some 240 feet above the water, and commands a view of 
 the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers and valleys for eight or nine 
 miles each way. From the hospital grounds the best views of the city 
 can be obtained. 
 
 Binghamton City Hospital. 
 
 This worthy institution is located at the upper end of Court street^ 
 on the bank of the Susquehanna river. It was first opened March 1, 
 1888. and has twenty beds. The domestic affairs of the hospital are en- 
 trusted to a board of fifteen lady managers. The medical department 
 is in charge of a medical director and a staff of eight physicians and 
 surgeons. 
 
 House of the Good Shepherd. 
 
 This institution was originally an old ladies' home, and later a gen- 
 eral hospital was added by the Church of the Good Shepherd. The 
 general hospital was abolished on the organization of the City Hospital, 
 but two wards are still retained for hospital uses. 
 
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 St. Mary's Orphan Home. 
 
 This institution is located on College Hill, and has about 100 orphans 
 .in charge. The asylum occupies a building founded in 1854 and known 
 as the Susquehanna Seminai-y. 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association. 
 
 The Young Men's Christian Association was organized in 1865, and 
 it has steadily grown in public favor and usefulness until its many-sided 
 work of to-day is looked upon as a necessity. The Association owns a 
 valuable property, located at Nos. 7 and 9 Court street, and occupies 
 about half of the building for its own use. The building contains a large 
 reading room and library, lecture room, parlors, hall, office, rooms of 
 
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 the boys' department, etc. The Railroad Department, located at 60 
 Lewis street, is supported by the railroad companies centering here and 
 is doing a valuable work among their employes. The building contains 
 reading and amusement rooms, bath rooms, library, rest room, commit- 
 tee rooms, etc. 
 
 The Binghamton Board of Trade. 
 
 The Binghamton Board of Trade was incorporated February 15, 1887. 
 Its membership numbers 200. The objects of the association are to in- 
 culcate just and equitable principles in trade; to establish and maintain 
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 valuable business information; to protect and foster the mercantile and 
 manufacturing industries; to promote the commerce of the city of Bing- 
 hamton, and its general prosperity, by the solicitation of manufacturers 
 and business enterprises to locate within its boundaries and adjacent 
 territory; the promulgation of the advantages possessed by Binghamton 
 as a desirable place of residence and for the employment of capital; the 
 use of all proper means to obtain legislation, National. State and Muni- 
 cipal, favorable to the interests of the city and its inhabitants; the ex- 
 tension of facilities of transportation, and the protection of the trade of 
 the city from unjust discrimination in rates of freight and otherwise; 
 and generally by uniform and well directed efforts to advance and extend 
 the welfare and promote the commercial integrity of the business com- 
 munity. 
 
 By such organized efforts as the above it is hoped that the manufac- 
 turing interests of the city, which have already attained great com- 
 mercial importance and stability, will be enlarged and quickened with 
 new life. The membership of the Board of Trade, pledged to the promo- 
 tion of these objects, affords a guarantee that every well devised plan 
 and project to further it will be liberally backed and supported. Rapid 
 as have been its strides within the past decade, the next generation will 
 see an enlargement of Binghamton's manufacturing interests commen- 
 surate with its commercial importance. 
 
 The Board of Trade makes the following offers to manufacturers: 
 
 1st. Free building sites, with the finest locations on trunk lines of 
 railways. • 
 
 2d. To erect buildings and rent same for term of years for 6 per 
 cent, net on cost of building. 
 
 3d. To give land free and 10 per cent, of cost of the buildings erected 
 l)y manufacturers. 
 
 Concerning the opportunities for establishing business enterprises 
 here, all inquiries addressed to F. Newell Gilbert, Sec'y Board of Trade, 
 Binghamton, N. Y., will receive prompt attention. 
 
 Inducements to Manufacturers. 
 
 The right place to manufacture successfully is evidently at a point 
 where the raw materials accumulate naturally, and where, at the same 
 time, there is cheap power and advanced and ample facilities for mar- 
 keting the product. Binghamton pre-eminently furnishes these condi- 
 tions. Situated at a focal point of seven great railroads, connecting the 
 city with the markets of the whole country, and the lumber and coal 
 regions of the immediate vicinity, material necessarily accumulates 
 here, and cheap power is amply provided and assured for all time. 
 Opportunities can be obtained here by the manufacturer superior to 
 those of larger cities, for the reason that while equal facilities are found 
 here, at the same time the best positions are available at comparatively 
 little cost. Excellent coal, iron, hard-wood lumber and other materials 
 for manufacturing purposes are right at hand, and no city has better 
 
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 facilities for distributing the product. The manufacturer who locates 
 here will find everything at hand for the successful furtherance of his 
 enterprise, and a friendly and helping hand will be offered him by every 
 citizen of the community. In brief, some of the general advantages 
 and attractions of Binghamton are : 
 
 1st. It is located in one of the most fertile and productive portions, 
 of New York State, and in one of the most thriving and prosperous 
 agricultural counties of the State. 
 
 2d. It is an important railroad centre, with outlets in every direc- 
 tion. 
 
 3d. It therefore possesses the advantages of railway competition^ 
 all competing lines expressing and showing a liberal spirit toward all 
 manufacturing enterprises. 
 
 4th. It is situated in close proximity to coal and iron fields, and 
 has competing and direct railway lines thereto. 
 
 5th. It has competing railway lines to New York, to Boston, and 
 to the West. It has direct rail communication with Lake Ontario. 
 
 (jth. The government of the city is based on the strictest ideas of 
 economy, consistent with safe and sure progress, and the spirit of the 
 people is decidedly in favor of every measure intended to make the rate 
 of taxation low. 
 
 7th. It is rich in capital, strong in credit, untrammeled by debt, 
 with small taxation, light municipal expenses, and cheap real estate, 
 destined to advance rapidly in value. 
 
 8th. Statistics show that it is one of the healthiest cities in the 
 Union, subject to no contagious diseases, and free from prevailing 
 sickness. 
 
 9th. Its public school system is one of the best in the State and 
 afi^ords excellent educational facilities. 
 
 10th. The cost of living is much less than in larger cities. 
 
 11th. Its social advantages are numerous, the tone of society 
 healthy, and the morals of the community beyond dispute. 
 
 In fact, no city in the Union offers so many advantages to the 
 small or large manufacturer as does Binghamton at the present day. 
 
 The business men who control the capital have been trained to 
 other pursuits, and have made their money there, and many of them may 
 not now be fitted for a change, hence the opening must be filled princi- 
 pally by incoming capitalists and manufacturers, who will find local 
 capitalists ready to join hands with skillful and enterprising managers. 
 The introduction of new manufacturing entei'prises will increase the 
 opportunities of the retail merchant to establish successful mercantile 
 enterprises, and the general growth and development of the city will be 
 stimulated. The question is frequently asked, What can be manufac- 
 tured in Binghamton to the best advantage ? The simplest answer and 
 an absolutely true one is : Everything. A good idea of what can be 
 done may be obtained by a glance at the prosperous and flourishing 
 branches of manufacturing business now carried on here. 
 
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 Our Products 
 
 Now include acids, ale, aerated beverages, agricultural implements, 
 architectural iron work, awnings, black-boards, blind staples, blank 
 books, boilers, boots and shoes, boxes, brass goods, brushes, bricks, 
 biscuits, baking powder, baskets, bed springs, butter packages, buttons, 
 beer, cabinet work, carriages, carriage and saddlery hardware, carriage 
 trimmings, car trimmings, chairs, chemicals, cigars, cigar boxes, cloth- 
 ing, coffees and spices, combs, confectionery, corn meal, canned fruits 
 and vegetables, cider, cooperage stock, crackers, curtain fixtures, cutlery, 
 cutters and sleighs, dairy products, dental goods, doors, sash and blinds, 
 edge tools, electrical supplies, electro-plating, electric light, elevators 
 (grain), engines, extracts, flags, flexible shafts, flour and feed, foundry 
 work, furniture, fruit extracts, fur garments, gas, galvanized iron work, 
 grocers' supplies, glass bottles, gloves and mittens, gold and silver plat- 
 ing, granite monuments, grates, grass seed, hardware, harness, head- 
 ings, hoes and tools, horse clothing, hoops, horse collars, hubs and 
 spokes, iron work, jewelry, lager beer, lubricators, leather, lumber and 
 lumber products, lithographs, machinery, mantels, marble monuments, 
 medicines, mince meat, models and patterns, mouldings, nickel plating, 
 oils, optical goods, organs, overalls, outing garments, pants and shirts, 
 paper boxes, paper, patterns, pharmaceutical preparations, pork 
 products, pumps, pianos, phosphates, pie preparations, picture 
 frames, printing presses, provisions, roofing materials, rubber stamps, 
 saddlery hardware, sash, doors and blinds, sausages, scales, shirts, 
 shoes, sheet-iron work, society goods, staves, signs, sleds, soap, spices, 
 stairs, staples, steam heating plants, stencils, stone work, tacks, tents, 
 tinware, tools, tobacco, umbrellas, upholstered furniture and chairs, 
 varnishes, wagons, violins, wagon brakes, water motors, whips, wire 
 goods, wood pulp, wood-working machinery, wheels and woolen 
 blankets. 
 
 The most important industries of the city are those devoted to the 
 manufacture of cigars, boots and shoes, chairs, carriages and sleighs, 
 leather, overalls and clothing, scales, grass seeds, combs and buttons, 
 outing garments and machinery, engines and boilers. The Lestershire 
 Boot and Shoe Company recently moved to Lestershire, two and one- 
 quarter miles west of the center of the city, is one of the largest indus- 
 tries of its kind in the country. The Whitney-ISroyes Seed Company is 
 the largest enterprise of its kind in the world. Binghamton is the second 
 cigar producing city in the United States, and the great cigar factories 
 of Barlow, Rogers & Simpson, Reynolds, Rogers & Co., George A. 
 Kent & Co., Hull, Grummond & Co., C. B. Smith, Jr., & Co., John 
 Gumberg & Co., Lyman Clock, Son & Co., have an output varying 
 from ten to twenty millions each, annually, the first named having 
 one year reached the enormous quantity of over 22,000.000. The 
 engines and boilers of Shapley & Wells are shipped to all parts 
 of the civilized world, while the scales made by Jones of Bing- 
 hamton are used in every country on the globe. The overalls, 
 
20 • THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 pants and shirts made by the Bennett Manufacturing Company, 
 Reed B. Freeman, the Freeman Overall Company and Smith, 
 Kinney & Co. bear the highest reputation in the market and are in 
 demand in all parts of the Union. The chairs manufactured by Wilkin- 
 son & Eastwood, the Binghamton Chair Company and Stickley Brothers 
 have the lead in the great markets of the country. The Osgood & 
 Thompson combination hay scales are a wonderful improvement in 
 farm scales and are in great demand. The cutters and sleighs of the 
 Sturtevant-Larrabee Company are widely recognized as the best in the 
 market, and the sleds and express wagons made by the Wilkinson Man- 
 ufacturing Company go away in car-load lots to lighten the hearts of 
 millions of children in all parts of America. The Binghamton Manu- 
 facturing Company control a high-class trade for their superior outing 
 garments, which reaches from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The great 
 tannery of J. B. Weed & Co. is the largest in America, and that of 
 Wilkinson. Sons & Co. makes a new process leather that is in demand 
 throughout the country. Alonzo Roberson's new wood-working plant 
 is the largest and most advantageously situated of any in the State, 
 and both he and Bartlett & Co. are shipping sash, doors and blinds and 
 other lumber products in enormous quantities to the trade. Of the other 
 industries nam^d each is represented by from one to half a dozen or 
 more concerns and all are in a prosperous condition with uniformly 
 increasing trade and output. 
 
 Commercial. 
 
 The wholesale trade of Binghamton has long been one of its most 
 important features and it has kept pace with the general growth and 
 prosperity of "the city. All goods are procured direct from manufactur- 
 ers, both at home and abroad, and not only do our merchants compete 
 successfully with neighboring cities, but they have held the territory 
 against the encroachments of all. In a general way it may be said of 
 the wholesale and jobbing trade of the city thatit occupies all the terri- 
 tory to which it is rightfully entitled, and, in addition to this, it has 
 very considerably extended into the territory of other cities, notably 
 Syracuse and Elmira. The trade now is in the most satisfactory condi- 
 tion, and while it has had a steady growth for many years, the increase 
 in the past five years has been particularly gratifying. In groceries 
 the great wholesale houses of S. Mills Ely & Co.. Bean & Co., McKin- 
 ney, Everts & Co., and H. W. Chubbuck & Co. transact a business that 
 is not exceeded by any similar houses in the State, outside, possibly, of 
 the metropolis. The boot and shoe trade is well represented by Stone & 
 Germond and Goff" & Macomber, and Babcock & Stowell and Geo. M. 
 Harris are extensive jobbers of hardware as well as retailers. Lloyd & 
 Gardiner are the only strictly wholesale confectioners in the city. The 
 Whitney-Noyes Seed Co. and Conklin & Mersereau each do a very 
 heavy jobbing trade in grass seeds, the John Ray Clarke Co. in hats, 
 Casper & Crittenden in crockery. North & Shaw in provisions, and 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 21 
 
 White & Co. and John J. Moses in wines and liquors, and others in 
 various lines are each transacting large and annually increasing opera- 
 tions. The Empire Grain and Elevator Co. handle grain in large 
 quantities and the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. through their 
 branch office in this city transact a very extensive business in bitumin- 
 ous coals. Arguing from the success of the jobbing enterprises already 
 located here, an equally profitable field is open for the establishment of 
 wholesale dry goods, notions and millinery houses as well as for other 
 specialties. 
 
 In the retail department of commerce no other city in the State is 
 better supplied with facilities for obtaining goods of all kinds at reason- 
 able prices, and the opportunities for engaging in any kind of retail 
 enterprise here are of the most favorable nature. 
 
 PHELPS BANK BUILDING. 
 
 Susquehanna Valley Bank. 
 
 The Susquehanna Valley Bank is one of the oldest and best known 
 banks in the Southern Tier. It was organized in IS55. with a capital of 
 $100,000, to which has since been added a surplus fund of $40,000. The 
 bank is located in the massive stone structure known as the Phelps 
 Bank Building, an illustration of which is shown above, and the 
 banking rooms are spacious and convenient, affording ample accommo- 
 
22 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 da.tions for the public and possessing every modern convenience for 
 facilitating the business in hand. A general banking business is tran- 
 sacted, including the receiving of deposits, the discounting of approved 
 commercial paper, the making of collections and issuance of exchange. 
 From its inception this bank has enjoyed the confidence of the public, 
 and under its present wise and conservative management it has done 
 and is doing a large and safe business, all its operations being marked 
 by prudence, caution and honorable business methods, and it is gener- 
 ally recognized as one of those solid and carefully conducted institutions 
 which reflect credit alike upon its officers and the community in which 
 its influence is felt. Prompt, courteous and efficient in all their deal- 
 ings with the public, its officers are naturally popular and fully uphold 
 the credit and dignity of the bank. The officers are Messrs. J . W. 
 Manier, President; J. B. Weed, Vice-president, and Arthur Griffin, 
 Cashier. The Board of Directors is as follows: James B. Weed, George 
 A. Kent, S.J. Hirschmann, Charles M. Stone, Norman A. Phelps, Ar- 
 thur Griffin, Hon. William B. Edwards, Gilman L. Sessions, Asa R. 
 Tweedy, William G. Phelps, Alonzo C. Matthews, James M. Stone and 
 James W. Manier. Mr. Manier has been connected with the bank as 
 cashier and president since 1865, and Mr. Griffin, the cashier, has also 
 spent the best years of his life in the service of the bank. 
 
 First National Bank. 
 
 The First National Bank, which is one of the oldest and most reliable 
 institutions of the kind in the country, was organized December 19, 1863, 
 and for twenty-eight years has been a prominent factor in the industrial 
 development of Binghamton, and its career has been one of the most 
 creditable character, alike conducive to the financial welfare of its stock- 
 holders, depositors and customers. Its capital stock is -^SOO.OOO, backed 
 up by a surplus fund of upwards of $100,000, and while its management 
 has always been characterized by a proper conservatism, yet it has been 
 progressive in all matters that gav-e promise of growth and permanence 
 to the industrial advancement of Binghamton. The executive officers 
 of the bank are Messrs. F. T. Newell, President: Harper Dusenbury, 
 Vice-president; and John Manier, Cashier, who may well be numbered 
 among the foremost financiers of Binghamton. A general banking 
 business in all its usual forms is transacted, including the receipt of de- 
 posits, granting loans and discounts, and making collections at all avail- 
 able points. It is a bank of business in every sense of the word and 
 indulges in no shaky speculation or uncertain investments. Its record 
 is one of which its managers have every reason to feel proud, and it has 
 done much to enhance the welfare and advancement of this city by its 
 judicious fostering of all reliable industrial endeavors. 
 
 Binginannton Savings Bank. 
 
 The Binghamton Savings Bank was chartered April 18. 1867, and 
 its business is confined exclusively to receiving and caring for savings 
 deposits and funds deposited in trust, and the deposits now amount to 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 23 
 
 $1,330,000. Sums as small as one dollar are received on deposit, and 
 semi-annual dividends at the rate of four per cent per annum are paid 
 upon all deposits which have remained in the bank for a period not less 
 than three months next preceding the quarter day. To mechanics, la- 
 boring men, women and children, as well as to all persons, the facilities 
 afforded by this bank for securing a bank account by means of smaller 
 or larger savings cannot be overestimated. The high character and 
 sound financial standing of the officers and trustees of the bank are suf- 
 ficient guarantees that no loss can possibly reach depositors, and as all 
 investments of the resources of the bank are rigidly prescribed by law 
 to be made only in securities which cannot depreciate in value, a further 
 insurance is secured. The officers of the bank are Messrs. Harper Du- 
 senbury, President; W. H. Wilkinson and W. B. Edwards, Vice-presi- 
 dents; Harris G. Rodgers, Treasurer; Charles M. Stone, Secretary and 
 Charles W. Gennet, Teller. The Binghamton Savings Bank has always 
 been conducted upon a sound and conservative policy which has always 
 proved advantageous and satisfactory to depositors, and the institution 
 is one in which this community has every reason to take just pride. 
 
 The other banks are the City National, the National Broome County, 
 the Merchants and the Chenango Valley Savings Bank. 
 
 Transportation. 
 
 Railroads are the great arteries through which the commerce of the 
 country seeks the markets of the world. A number of roads leading to 
 or from any central point gives to that point a superiority over all 
 others in transportation facilities and an equalization of rates which 
 naturally draws and concentrates manufacturing, commercial and other 
 interests. Binghamton is nearly equi-distant from the cities of New 
 York, Philadelphia and Buffalo. The distance to New York is 207 miles; 
 Philadelphia, 220 miles; Boston, 340 miles; Buffalo, 208 miles; Albany, 
 142 miles; Syracuse, 80 miles; Oswego, IIH miles; Utica, 100 miles; 
 Rochester, 180 miles; Scranton, 60 miles. 
 
 The various lines centering here are, the New York, Lake Erie & 
 Western, a trunk line from the metropolis to the great West; the Dela- 
 w^are, Lackawanna & Western, a second line from New York to Buf- 
 falo, and which also operates lines from Binghamton to Utica, and 
 from Binghamton through Syracuse to Oswego; and the Delaware & 
 Hudson railroad, the most important carrier of summer travel in the 
 country, and in connection with the Erie, in Binghamton, the Troy & 
 Boston and Fitchburg in Troy, and the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & West- 
 ern at Mechanicville, the D. & H. gives a through line from the West 
 to Boston. 
 
 The number of passenger trains arriving at Binghamton every 
 twenty-four hours, and departing therefrom, on the different railroads, 
 aggregates 109. 
 
 Real Estate. 
 
 The demand for real estate during the past year has, in Binghamton 
 at least, been a sure indication of the faith placed in its future by the 
 
24 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 many thousands who have made investments. Real estate has not in a 
 single noticeable instance been offered for less than was paid for it. It 
 has invariably been disposed of at a figure warranted by the growth 
 and prosperity of the city. Although the price of property has ad- 
 vanced, there are few who believe that it is at present undervalued. 
 There has been no '"boom" to excite wild-cat speculation on the part of 
 the investor, but the demand and increase in value has emanated from 
 legitimate sources, founded on the belief that the city offers great in- 
 ducements, both as a manufacturing and trade center and as a beauti- 
 fully situated residential city. Many new and handsome business 
 blocks and attractive apartment houses and flats, built in the prevailing 
 architectural styles of the day, have been erected within a few years, 
 and more are now in progress. 
 
 The Moeller Estate- 
 One of the most desirable pieces of property in Binghamton, now 
 on the market, is the well-known Moeller estate, which contains ninety 
 acres within the city limits, and which is beautifully situated on high 
 ground in the eastern section of the city, and within ten minutes' drive 
 of the Court House. This property was formerly the summer home of 
 the late Captain B. J. Moeller. U. S. N., and was selected by the citi- 
 zens' committee of Binghamton as the site for the State Masonic Home, 
 had this institution been located here. It is on the direct line of the 
 Robinson street electric railway and is but one block distant from the 
 Court Street & East End street railway. The property includes a 
 handsome residence located in a beautiful grove, and there are a num- 
 ber of small groves of oak. hickory and maple trees, scattered about 
 the property. No more eligible piece of property could be desired than 
 this, and it would prove a bonanza indeed for some syndicate to pur- 
 chase, plat out and sell in building lots, while the individual purchasers- 
 would secure the most desirable home sites in Binghamton. It has now 
 for the first time been placed upon the public market, and if not sold in 
 whole, will be cut up into acreage plots and be disposed of the coming 
 season. Mr. Alex. E. Andrews of 56 Court street has control of the 
 sale of this valuable property, two photographic views of which accom- 
 pany this article. 
 
 The Coal Supply. 
 
 Among the conditions which have for many years united in pro- 
 moting the growth of the city is the cheapness of fuel for domestic use» 
 and the supply of our manufacturing industries. No towns in the State, 
 not excepting those nearest the coal deposits, have been able to obtain 
 their fuel at rates as low as have been charged to our consumers. The 
 difference during the last twenty years has ranged from ten to thirty 
 per cent, as a comparison of sales in the various towns will show. As 
 the cost of living and the cost of production are largely contingent on 
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 dence, or as a location for manufacturing purposes. The extensive 
 business conducted by the large coal dealers in Binghamton, when 
 reduced to figures, presents the most astonishing proportions. The 
 direct railroad communications with the coal fields of Pennsylvania, 
 and the competition existing here between the rival corporations which 
 are extensive miners and shippers of this valuable product, have re- 
 sulted in fixing the delivery pr^ce of coal in Binghamton at lower figures 
 than are enjoyed by any other important manufacturing center in the 
 State. 
 
 Street Railroads. 
 
 Few cities of its size are better accommodated with street railroads 
 than Binghamton. Eight different lines and branches gridiron the 
 various parts of the city and afford quick and cheap transportation to 
 its citizens. Electricity is the motive power applied on several of the 
 lines, and the system is being rapidly extended. 
 
 Financial. 
 
 Binghamton's banking business is perhaps the strongest support of 
 the manufacturing and mercantile interests of the city, and working in 
 alliance with these interests in all their legitimate phases, each appre- 
 ciably influences and partakes of the tone and methods of the others. 
 Hence, the banks of the city, like her business enterprises, are noted 
 for their sound, energetic, yet conservative management, command the 
 entire confidence of business men and capitalists and hold a high rank 
 among the financial institutions of the State. There are three national 
 banks, two State banks, one trust company, two savings banks, one safe 
 deposit company and two private banking houses. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 The churches of Binghamton are widely distributed over the city, 
 and are confined to no section. The ecclesiastical edifices are mostly 
 of substantial and enduring proportions and the condition of their 
 financial affairs attests the most skillful and conservative direction. 
 The number of church societies holding regular services either in their 
 own edifices 'or other suitable places is twenty-six, of which nine are 
 Methodist, four Presbyterian, three Episcopal, two each Baptist, Con- 
 gregational, Catliolic and Lutheran, and one each Christian and Uni- 
 versalist. 
 
 Amusements. 
 
 Binghamton being so readily accessible to the metropolis enjoys 
 the luxury of first-class theatrical entertainments. Many of the very 
 best of metropolitan actors and companies visit this cit}^ and are always 
 sure of a generous support. A magnificent new opera house is now be- 
 ing erected, which will be ready for occupancy about August 1, 1893. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
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28 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 Ross Park. 
 
 The public park known as Ross Park was donated to the city in 
 August, 1875, by Erastus Ross. It contains an area of 90 acres, largely 
 covered with trees, and is a pleasant and healthful resort for picnic 
 parties and people of the city generally. It is connected with the city 
 by electric cars, and is under the jurisdiction of the city government. 
 Spirituous liquors, ale and strong beer are prohibited from being sold in 
 the park and a police force is kept on guard to preserve order. 
 
 Societies. 
 
 Binghamton has numerous organizations for fraternal, beneficial 
 and helpful purposes, all of which are in a flourishing condition and 
 are accomplishing the objects of their existence. 
 
 Tine Press. 
 
 Four daily newspapers are published in Binghamton, one morning 
 and three evening. Each daily has a weekly. There are two weeklies 
 besides those published from the offices of the dailies, also one temper- 
 ance publication. 
 
 The Court House. 
 
 The Broome County Court House stands on a beautiful knoll and 
 esplanade fronting Court street, opposite Chenango. ISTear by is a 
 pagoda, from which delightful open-air concerts are given during the 
 summer evenings. The building is massive and substantial, and being 
 sufficiently elevated above the surrounding streets, it invites attention. 
 A magnificent soldiers' and sailors' monument attests the fact that the 
 city is not unmindful of her fallen heroes ; it stands in the public square 
 fronting the Court House and is an ornament to the city. 
 
 Binghamton Industrial Exposition. 
 
 Through the enterprise of a few of the citizens an annual Indus- 
 trial Exposition was organized last fall and the first exhibition, lasting 
 five days, was held and met with a remarkable success. The grounds 
 are situated on the bank of the Chenango river and contain a race 
 track and numerous buildings, and are within five minutes' walk of the 
 centre of the city. The important success of the first exhibition has so 
 encouraged the management that next year it is proposed to hold a ten- 
 days' exhibition, which it is confidently predicted will exceed any simi- 
 lar exhibition in the State both in numbers of exhibitors and attend- 
 ance. 
 
 Ackerman Building. 
 
 The latest, as well as one of the most elegant, office buildings 
 erected in Binghamton is the Ackerman building, which has just been 
 completed and is ready for occupancy. The building, which is owned 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 29 
 
 and was erected by Mr. Cornelius H. Ackerman, occupies the plot of 
 ground bounded by State, and Henry and Commercial avenue, thus 
 giving it a frontage on three streets, affording an abundance of light, 
 and in fact, every room in the building has the advantage of plenty of 
 windows. The building is six stories high and is constructed of red 
 sandstone for tlie first story, the remaining stories being brick. It is 
 provided with steam heat and electric lights and an Otis fast elevator. 
 Wide halls and stairways have also been provided, as well as ladies' 
 and gentlemen's toilet rooms on each floor, and every modern conven- 
 
 ACKERMAN BUILDING. 
 
 ience demanded by modern business methods has been incorporated in 
 the construction. As an architectural ornament to the central business 
 portion of the city, the budding is an important feature and has few 
 rivals for beauty of appearance, solidity and graceful design. The in- 
 terior has been especially laid out for office purposes, singly and en 
 suite, and already a number of well-known and enterprising business 
 men have secured offices in the building, while other equally desirable 
 rooms are still at the disposal of tenants. The ground floor is a spe- 
 cially commodious and attractive room, and will prove a fitting home 
 for one or two banks, for which it has been specially designed. The 
 second, third and fourth floors contain ten offices on each floor and each 
 room has two or more large windows fronting on one of the three 
 streets. The fifth floor has been laid out for a gentlemen's club room, 
 with handsome parlor a'nd reading room, billiard room and grill room 
 
30 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 and a central corridor into which all rooms open. The sixth floor has 
 been arranged for a lodge room, the main hall being supplemented by 
 two large ante-rooms. A janitor will be in constant attendance on the 
 building, and it will be maintained in a manner that will be pleasing to 
 the tenants and creditable to its projector. Mr. Ackerman is deserving 
 of commendation for his enterprise in adding to the business conven- 
 iences of the city by the erection of so superb a structure, which while 
 being a valuable acquisition to the architectural beauty of the city is 
 destined to prove a judicious investment of capital. We present here- 
 with an illustration of the Ackerman building. 
 
 Prospects for the Future. 
 
 The location of Binghamton is one which renders it impossible for 
 any combination of circumstances to arrest its growth, either as a 
 place of business or residence. Lying as it does at about equal dis- 
 tances from New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, Buffalo, Albany and 
 Troy, and occupying the centre of which these cities are on the circum- 
 ference, it is sure to become an important feeder for these overcrowded 
 localities. The past of Binghamton having furnished a record of con- 
 tinuous and sustained growth it is a fair presumption that the future 
 will present results of proportionate advance or even accelerated ex- 
 pansion. This is an age of speed, and the industries of the close of the 
 Nineteenth Century are surrounding themselves with forces and agencies 
 as amazing in their results as those of steam and electricity. Already 
 the developments of electrical science have given us a revolution in 
 methods of obtaining motive power which bids fair to supplant all 
 others. In the utilization of all the resources which nature has fur- 
 nished or science unveiled, there is every reason to believe that Bing- 
 hamton will be fully abreast with the most progressive cities. It has 
 no lack of men with business sagacity equal to the improvement of 
 every opportunity and it is safe to predict that the historian of the in- 
 dustries of the future will be able to point back to those of to-/lay as 
 the auspicious beginnings of a greater and brighter destiny. 
 
 The present of Binghamton is magnificent and full of promise. It 
 is the handsomest, richest, busiest, most public spirited and most pro- 
 gressive city and community of equal extent and numbers between the 
 two great oceans. Its natural advantages were never better supple- 
 mented by its acquired resources for the development of its progress 
 than they are to-day, and the opportunities to obtain homes, occupa- 
 tion, happiness and prosperity lie waiting open for all. Binghamton is 
 the home of intellectual vigor and refinement, wealth, manufactures 
 and commerce, with a past full of interest, a present full of earnestness 
 and a future full of brightness. Binghamton presents a thousand at- 
 tractions to the student, the patriot, the statesman, the wage earner and 
 greatest of all to that most practical of all philanthropists, the enter- 
 
THE CITY OF BINQHAMTON. 
 
 31 
 
 prising capitalist seeking safe investments in real estate or the estab- 
 lishment of productive industries. The time is not far distant when 
 
 GEORGE A. KENT'S BLOCK, STATE STREET. 
 
 Binghamton's 38.000 enterprising inhabitants will have become doubled 
 and when of the United States it shall be, what it now is of the great 
 Empire State, its most attractive city. 
 
32 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
The City of Biiwliamtoii 
 
 Its Leading Industries and Principal Mercantile Establishments, 
 with Sketches of their Foundation, History and Prog- 
 ress, and Notes on the Character and 
 Extent of their Operations. 
 
 DR. KILMER & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Proprietary Medicines. 
 
 Binghamton has every reason to be proud of being' the home and 
 headquarters of the enterprising firm of Dr. Kihner & Co., manufac- 
 turing chemists, where tlie compounding of Swamp Root and other 
 herbal remedies is carried on. The prominent success that has attended 
 the sale of these remedies is almost unparalleled in the history of the 
 l)roprietary medicine business. Scarcely ten years have gone by since 
 the remedies were first offered to the general public and their first intro- 
 duction covered but a few minor counties of the State, yet to-day they 
 are sold in enormous and annually increasing quantities in all parts of 
 the United States, throughout South America and the West Indies, 
 branch houses having been already established at Rio De Janeiro, 
 Brazil and Kingston, Jamaica, and another is in contemplation in Can- 
 ada. An enterprise of so important a character as this to have grown up 
 in so short a time must have possessed great inherent merits from its 
 inception, and these merits are to be found, first in the unfailing medi- 
 cinal properties of the remedies themselves ; second, in its able and en- 
 ergetic management. Dr. Kilmer, the discoverer, has for many years 
 been a practicing physician in this city ; he is a regular accredited 
 graduate of two high class colleges. His great success in private prac- 
 tice, which he still continues with annually increasing call upon his 
 services, led him to desire a larger field for his various specifics than 
 was possible by simply prescribing them to his patients. Therefore in 
 1S81 he associated with him as an equal partner, his brother, Mr. J. M. 
 Kilmer, who for IS years previous had been engaged in the wholesale 
 dry goods business in New York city. From a modest beginning has 
 grown up the present enormous business, which under the able man- 
 agement of Mr. J. M. Kilmer, leaves Dr. Kilmer and his assistant phy- 
 sicians free to continue the practice of the profession, and his patients, 
 both in person and by letter, are now numbered by thousands and come 
 from every part of the United States. In fact, to obtain a personal con- 
 sultation with the Doctor, it has l)ecome necessary to make an appoint- 
 ment in advance. The present facilities of the firm for compounding 
 their remedies are large and important. The plant covers about one- 
 quarter of a city square, and consists of a four-story dispensary, adjoin- 
 
34 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 ing which is the laboratory, a five-story brick building-, and the firm 
 has m contemplation the erection of another large building, which will 
 then give them the largest manufacturing plant of its kind in the United 
 States. On the ground floor occupying- Nos. 37-1: and 37G Chenango 
 and 3. 4 and (i Virgil streets are located the main business, advertising 
 and private offices of the concern. They are very elaborately, but sub- 
 stantially fitted up in antique oak furnishings, manufactured from spe- 
 cial designs. Connecting with private entrance from Virgil street are 
 the private offices, consulting rooms and waiting parlors used by Dr. 
 Kilmer in his practice. They are complete and handsomely equipped 
 with all the latest scientific apparatus and instruments known to the 
 profession. The firm do all their own printing in a special department 
 located at Nos. 370 and 372 Chenango street, running the entire length 
 of the building. The equipment of this office is most complete and com- 
 prises a 50-horse power engine, a number of high speed cylinder presses, 
 turning out a large number of books per hour, smaller job presses, etc., 
 etc. They print daily an enormous amount of paper, one press alone 
 having a per dieiii capacity of 170,000 sheets printed on both sides in 
 two colors. Some idea of the amount of paper used can be gleaned from 
 the fact that from twelve to fourteen million large sixteen-page pamph- 
 lets or books are issued every year. Here are printed the labels, wrap- 
 pers, pamphlets, etc., found accompanying each and every package of 
 medicine. The '' Invalid's Guide to Health," their leading publication, 
 unlike all other pamphlets issued by manufacturers of medicines that 
 have come under the notice of the writer, contains no funny stories, 
 receipts or jokes, but is edited and compiled in all seriousness for the 
 use and benefit of the temporary sick, or the chronic sufferer. The lab- 
 ratory proper occupies the entire fifth floor, and is replete with all equip- 
 ments and scientific apparatus for quickly and accurately compounding 
 the preparations. In the bottling department, which is immediately 
 under, the writer's particular attention was called to the bottling ma- 
 chine, the firm's own invention, which fills twenty-six hundred bottles 
 per hour. The concern have lately added a Novelty Department, where 
 are manufactured by a secret process all the large board signs, banners, 
 transparencies and other novelties printed on wood. In fine, in their 
 plant Dr. Kilmer & Co. make all their wares, with the exception of the 
 corks and bottles, used in the production of their remedies, and through- 
 out the entire building the point that impressed the writer most forcibly 
 was its wonderful completeness in every detail, and to undertake to 
 describe the special features in each department would necessitate com- 
 piling a volume. It is a noticeable fact that Dr. Kilmer & Co. "s Remedies 
 have acquired their wide popularity almost wholly by means of their 
 growing reputation and merit. The drug sale fully expresses the fact 
 that the Kilmer goods are the most popular with the people and that 
 Swamp Root has the largest sale of any similar preparation on the 
 market. The once popular summer resort known as Hiawatha Island 
 was purchased by the firm three years ago. and after entirely renovat- 
 ing the buildings and adding new ones, they converted it into a private 
 summer home. The property consists of an island of 137 acres, situated 
 in the Susquehanna River, comprising a magnificent park, shady drives 
 and walks and a large stock farm. It is but 18 miles f rom Binghamton 
 and is accessible by the Erie and D.. L. & W. R. R., and by ferry from 
 the station. Altogether it is a very charming spot, affording beautiful 
 views of both mountain and water scenery. The firm of Dr. Kilmer & 
 Co. consists of B. A. Kilmer, M. D., and J. M. Kilmer, who are each 
 one-half owners of the plant, business and real estate held and occupied 
 by the firm. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 35 
 
 O. W. SEARS, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Coal, 19 Clinton St. 
 
 It is to the cheapness and quality of coal that the manufacturinj^ 
 interests of a community are largely indebted for their advance and 
 prosperity, and no concern in this sect i in has accomplished more, as 
 regards its facilities for furnishing a high grade of coal, than has that 
 of Mr. O. W. Sears, who instituted his enterprise here about ten years 
 ago, and has since developed a large and growing trade with manufac- 
 turers and for domestic purposes. The facilities of the house embrace 
 an extensive yard and series of coal pockets, having a capacity for the 
 storage of 1,000 tons of coal. The yards adjoin the Erie R. R. and 
 cars are run into the coal pockets, where they are unloaded without 
 handling. About fifteen thousand tons are handled annually, and only 
 the best grades of anthracite and bituminous coals are dealt in, which 
 are furnished to the trade and consumers at lowest market prices. 
 Seven assistants are employed in the conduct of the business and all 
 orders either by mail or telephone are promptly filled. Mr. Sears is also 
 a member of the firm of Bartlett & Sears, strictly wholesale coal dealers 
 of Buffalo, N. Y. His relations with producers and first hands are of a 
 most intimate nature, and every advantage accruing to the most pro- 
 gressive houses in the trade are placed at the disposal of patrons. 
 
 ^S 
 
 ?H 
 
 
 C. B. SMITH, JR. & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Fine Cigars, 30 1 to 305 Water St. 
 
 == , _ The cigar manufacturing in- 
 
 dustry of Binghamton has long 
 been its most important product- 
 ive feature and Binghamton ci- 
 gars rank high among the very 
 best made in the country. Among 
 the leading establishments which 
 are contributing largely to this 
 importance and whose efforts are 
 constantly directed towards fully 
 maintaining the reputation and 
 character of their output is the 
 house of Messrs. C. B. Smith, Jr., 
 & Co., which was instituted 
 about twelve years ago. and has 
 since acquired a reputation that 
 fully entitles it to a prominent 
 position among the cigar factor- 
 ies of the Empire State. The 
 premises occupied for the business are comprised in a new four-story 
 and basement brick building, which is eqviipped with improved ma- 
 chinery operated by steam power and furnishes exuployment to 150 
 skilled workmen. The products of the house embrace a large variety 
 of cigars, from medium to the highest grades, a specialty being made 
 of fine Havana cigars. All their goods are sold under their own regis- 
 tered brands, of which they have about forty, all of which have gath- 
 ered high favor with the trade. Among the leading brands we note: 
 "Del Monte," "Flor de Palmeta." "King William,"' "Los Gates" and 
 "Santa Garcia," which are in wide demand by the trade and consumers 
 wherever introduced. The trade of the house extends throughout the 
 United States and is with jobbers only, the annual output reaching 
 4,000,000. The individual members of the firm, Messrs. C. B. Smith, Jr., 
 
36 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 and Charles H. Hall, are both experienced manufacturers and expert 
 judges of leaf tobacco, and possessing, as they do, unsurpassed facili- 
 ties for economical production, they are making a line of tine and me- 
 dium cigars which is in every respect well worthy the attention of the 
 trade. Tliey are honorable competitors for legitimate business, and en- 
 terprising and progressive manufacturers. 
 
 A. CORBIN, SON &CO., 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 38 Court St. 
 
 This house, which is the only one in the city doing a considerable 
 wholesale trade in drugs, was instituted in 1881 by Messrs, A, Corbin & 
 Son. the present firm having been organized in 1886. The business 
 premises are embraced in a three-story and basement building, which 
 is supplied with every convenience for the advantageous display of the 
 stock and the prompt fulfilment of orders. The first floor is devoted to 
 the retail salesrooms and office in front, and the wholesale operations 
 in the rear, a prescription department being also provided for. and the 
 remaining floors and basement are used for storing the surplus stock, 
 which embraces large and ct)mplete lines of pure drugs and chemicals, 
 dyes, paints and oils, whole and ground spices, perfumes, proprietary 
 medicines, fancy goods, etc. The stock also includes herbs, roots, 
 barks, etc.. and druggists' glassware and sundries, and in fact every- 
 thing required by the trade and public in the way of drugs, medicines 
 and pharmaceutical preparations. All goods are procured direct from 
 the most eminent manufacturers and importers, and in each depart- 
 ment the stock will be found ample, varied and of the highest quality. 
 Fine wines and liquors for medicinal use are carried, and indeed everj- 
 thing for the complete equipment of a flrst-class drug establishment. 
 The trade of the house extends throughout Southern New York and 
 Northern Pennsylvania along the lines of railroad centering at Bing- 
 hamton. this territory being frequently covered by a travelling sales- 
 man. The members of the firm are Messrs. A. Corbin, F. G. Corbin 
 and Samuel Higgins. gentlemen thoroughly familiar with all depart- 
 ments of their business, and who have always conducted it on a liberal 
 and enterprising basis. 
 
 J. B. TALBOT & CO., 
 
 Hides, Pelts and Skins, 1 73 Water St. 
 
 The original inception of this business took place in ISG-t. wdien it 
 was founded by Livermore & Co., the present firm having been organ- 
 ized in 1881. Tlie premises occupied for the transaction of the business 
 are commodious and alford ample storage facilities, and are the head- 
 quarters for the transaction of a large and growing trade in the pur- 
 chase and shipment of hides, pelts, skins, furs, wool, tallow, etc. These 
 staples are pui-chased in any quantity from dealers, collectors, or pro- 
 ducers, and after being graded are shipped to the trade in the large 
 cities of the East chiefly. The firm solicits consignments of anything 
 in their line for which the highest market cash prices will be paid upon 
 i-eceipt. The members of the firm are Messrs. J. B. and Page W. Tal- 
 bot, fwid Lester W. Potter, all gentlemen of enterprising and energetic 
 methods and closely identified with the growth of this city. Their 
 house occupies an eminent and esteemed |)osition in the trade, and its 
 age. solidity and honorable record render it one of the most advantag- 
 eous with which to form relations that are sure to be pleasant and 
 profitable. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 37 
 
 WILKINSON, SON & CO. 
 
 Manufacturers of Leather, Foot of Carroll St. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. Wilkinson. Son & Co. was originally in- 
 stituted many years ago by Lewis Abbott. In 1870 the business came 
 into the possession of Messrs. Wilkinson Bros., and in 1S84 they were 
 succeeded by the present firm. The plant is located on the bank of Sus- 
 quehanna river, from which power is obtained, an auxiliary engine of 
 40-horse power being occasionally used. The tanning and currying- 
 shops embrace a series of suitable buildings, which are fully equipped 
 with all the latest improved machinery known to the trade, and large 
 yards are also utilized for storing bark. Fifty-five skilled workmen 
 and others are given employment in the several departments of the 
 business and about three hundred hides are Handled each week, all 
 being of home production. The firm manufactures chiefly upper leather 
 which is known to the trade under the names of Imitation Goat, Grain, 
 Imitation Kangaroo from Calfskins and Cowhides, and London Seal, 
 Boot Grain, also flexible insole, both grain and splits. The products are 
 taken by the boot and shoe manufacturing trade throughout the coun- 
 try, generally, and their goods have a high reputation in the market 
 for superior quality. Their imitation Kangaroo under their trademark 
 of "American Kangaroo."" has a wide popularity with the manufactur- 
 ers and it possesses all the qualities of the genuine both as regards fine 
 finish and durability, while it is furnished at a much less price. While 
 the firm uses large quantities of bark in the processes of tanning, in the 
 manufacture of their London Seal leather they use no bark at all, but 
 reach the end- b}^ a new and improved process, which results in a per- 
 fect leather that is in great and growing demand with the trade. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. W. H. Wilkinson, Arthur R. Wilkin- 
 son and Charles Thorne, all well known and prominent citizens of 
 Binghamton. Mr, W. H. Wilkinson is also president of the Wilkinson 
 Manufacturing Co., of this city. Vice President of the Binghamton Sav- 
 ings Bank, a member of the Board of Trade, and otherwise prominent 
 in the best interests of the city. 
 
 OSTROM, BARNES & CO., 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 1 79 Water St. 
 
 This house was established in 1886 and has since built up a trade 
 extending throughout New York and Pennsylvania requiring the ser- 
 vices of two travelling salesmen, sales being made to both jobbers and 
 retailers, the average output of the factory being 2,000,000 cigars annu- 
 ally. The premises of the firm are comprised in a four-story brick 
 building :25xT5 feet in dimensions, of which the three uppei- floors are 
 utilized for manufacturing purposes. Fifty skilled cigar-makers are 
 given employment and the products are strictly hand-made cigars, no 
 machinery being employed, as is the case with many other manufac- 
 turies. The goods of the firm are all put upon the market under their 
 own brands, among the chief of which are: "Walt Whitman,"' "Post 
 E," "Trophy," "Lavender," and "Something Good." These are all 
 standard goods, made from carefully selected and thoroughly seasoned 
 stock, by skilled workmen, and are confidently recommended to smok- 
 ers as being unsurpassed for fine flavor, delicate aroma and even com- 
 bustion. The active management of the business devolves upon Messrs. 
 E. D. Ostrom and J. T. Barnes, who are both experienced judges of leaf 
 tobacco and expert manufacturers, and all the operations of their fac- 
 tory are conducted under their personal supervision. 
 
38 
 
 THK CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 REYNOLDS, ROGERS & CO. 
 
 Manufacturers of Cigars, 1 9 to 25 N. Depot Street. 
 
 One of the first among the great en- 
 terprises devoted to this branch of 
 productive activity stands the repre- 
 sentative establishment of Messrs. 
 Reynolds, Rogers & Co. This house 
 was founded in 1884, and is to-day a 
 monument to the enterprise, energy 
 and progressive ideas of its projectors. 
 The factory of the firm is comprised 
 in a large four-story and basement 
 brick building, having a floorage area 
 of 35,000 square feet. It is equipped 
 with a 60-horse power boiler and a 
 35-horse power engine and all the latest 
 improved special machinery known 
 to the trade, employment being given 
 to from four to five hundred operatives. 
 The factory is well lighted, heated by 
 steam, and supplied with all modern 
 facilities for the orderly and system- 
 atic conduct of the business, and the 
 " " annual output of cigars ranges from 
 
 fifteen to twenty millions, an idea of which enormous quantity may 
 be obtained, when it is said that if these cigars were all placed in a line 
 end to end they would cover a distance equal to that from New York to 
 Chicago. The products of the house embrace all kinds of fine and me- 
 dium grade domestic cigars, none of the cheapest grades being produced. 
 They are supplied extensively to the jobbing trade and are sold through- 
 out the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. All the goods 
 are made and packed under the firm's own copyrighted brands of which 
 they have a large number, among the most popular of which we note: 
 ^Trideof Egvpt." --Sheriffs" Sale." "Josh Billings,'" "Blue Point," -'Ben- 
 gal,"" --Moxie?" "Wild Waves,"" --Malto," --Seals of the North,"' "Seals 
 of the South,"" "Seals of the East"" and '-Seals of the West."" the latter 
 four being the self-same goods packed under the change in name for the 
 four principal sections of the country named. The individual members 
 of the firm are Messrs. F. B. Reynolds, G. T. Rogers, and F. E. Lay, 
 each of whom takes an active interest in the management of the 
 business, and each is an expert in his special department. No other 
 house is better equipped in every respect to offer marked inducements 
 to the trade, and it is no small tribute to the abilities and business tal- 
 ents of the management to say that they have not only maintained, 
 but constantly increased, the operations of their industry, until now 
 this house stands among the first of the cigar trade of Binghamton. 
 
 BINGHAMTON GLASSWORKS, 
 
 Manufacturers of Green Glassware, McLean Street and Railroad. 
 
 The manufacture of glass ware is one of the oddest of industries 
 and one of the few in which the methods of modern manufacturers are 
 practically the same as those of its earlier followers. Binghamton is 
 the seat of an important manufactory of glass ware which is known as 
 the Binghamton Glass Works and of which' Mr. William Burrows is the 
 sole proprietor. These works were erected about fourteen years ago, 
 and are located in the western section of the city, adjoining the two 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 39 
 
 main trunk lines of railroad, with which they are connected by side 
 tracks, thus affording every facility for the receipt of raw materials 
 and the sliipment of the finished products without rehandling. The 
 plant covers about two acres upon which are erected two furnaces, each 
 having a capacity of five tons daily. Besides these are other minor 
 buildings, warehouses, etc., and the whole is equipped with all the 
 latest improved tools and appliances known to the trade, including a 
 40-horse power steam engine. The products are what are known to the 
 trade as green glassware and consist of vials, bottles and flasks of all 
 sizes and shapes, chiefly manufactured to order for use by manufac- 
 turers and bottlers of proprietary articles medicines, condiments, bev- 
 erages, etc. and includes also bottles for all commercial purposes. The 
 number of bottles produced so varies according to the sizes made that 
 the total produced daily is not attainable. Sufficient to say that when 
 both furnaces are in operation about ten tons of glassware are produced 
 daily and as the production is almost wholly the result of hand-labor a 
 force of no less than 300 men and boys are given employment. As these 
 are largely highly skilled workmen, it is evident that the operation of 
 these works is an important feature of the industrial thrift of this city. 
 The products of the house are taken by the trade throughout the 
 United States generally east of the Mississippi and their high character 
 is well understood and appreciated by the trade. Mr. Burrows is a 
 native of England where he learned the business and is a practical 
 glassware manufacturer. He also conducts another similar enterprise 
 at Stroudsburg, Penn., where he makes his headquarters. With un- 
 rivalled conveniences for shipping, an established excellence of product 
 and a liberal and fair dealing business policy it is but just to say that as 
 €onducing to the advancement of the material prosperity of this city by 
 the employment of many skilled workmen, the Binghamton Glass 
 Works is performing a beneficent work while in the pursuit of legiti- 
 mate profits and may be regarded as a representative concern fully 
 worth}' the pronounced success it has attained. 
 
 C. L. SAUNDERS & SON, 
 
 Dealers in Armour's Chicago Dressed Beef, Prospect Ave and R. R. 
 
 This firm are handlers of the products of the world-renowned pack- 
 ing house of Armour & Co. of Chicago. This great firm slaughter 
 immense quantities of cattle daily in Chicago, and ship the dressed beef 
 in refrigerator cars to all points in the East, where it arrives fresh and 
 sweet as the day it was killed, with no perceptible loss in weight, and 
 it can therefore be sold to the consumers at much less prices than was 
 possible under the old system of transporting live cattle long distances 
 and slaughtering them while in a feverish condition from the effects of 
 such transportation. The facilities of the firm consist of a two-story 
 refrigerator building which adjoins the railroad system of the city and 
 admits of the unloading of the cars direct into the building. The ca- 
 pacity of the refrigerator is about thirty-five carcasses and other prod- 
 ucts dealt in. which embrace dressed mutton and lambs, pork, sausage, 
 smoked meats, hams. lard. etc. The firm handle about two car-loads 
 of dressed beef weekly, and supply a trade that besides embracing the 
 city also extends throughout a large section of Central and Southern 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania, and which is annually increas- 
 ing in volume. The members of the firm are Messrs. C. L. Saunders 
 and W. L. Saunders, both experienced men in the business and pro- 
 gressive and enterprising merchants. 
 
40 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 S. MILLS ELY & Co., 
 
 Wholesale Grocers, N. Depot St. and Prospect Ave. 
 
 In connection with the wholesale 
 grocery trade of Binghamton. a few 
 brief facts with relation to the history 
 and business of the house of Messrs. 
 S. Mills Ely & Co., the oldest whole- 
 sale grocery establishment in the city, 
 are replete with interest. Founded in 
 1843 by Messrs. McKinney & Co., as 
 dealers in flour and provisions, and 
 succeeded in 1871 by Mr. S. Mills Ely, 
 who had been a member of the firm 
 since 1803, this house has been contin- 
 uously conducted for nearly half a 
 century, with annually increasing 
 trade, influence and reputation. In 
 1S72 the present extensive salesrooms 
 and warehouse of the firm were erect- 
 ed and in 1875 Mr. Edward F. Leighton 
 became associated with Mr. Ely under 
 the present firm title. The headquarters of the firm are embraced in a 
 substantial four-story brick structure 70xl::20 feet in dimensions, located 
 as above indicated, besides which they utilize a large two-story brick 
 warehouse on State street, which combines a cold storage warehouse, a 
 mincemeat factory and a stable, and they also have a two-story ware- 
 house on Prospect avenue, where heavy groceries are stored, the whole 
 affording ample accommodations for a large and varied stock, which 
 has no equal in extent between New York and Buffalo, and embraces 
 staple and fancy groceries, teas, coffees, spices, grocers' sundries, flour, 
 provisions, smoked and salt meats and fish, butter, eggs, wooden ware, 
 etc. Twenty assistants, including several commercial travellers, find 
 occupation with the firm. Both members of the firm are energetic, 
 prompt and intelligent representatives of the best element of our 
 business community. Mr. Ely has been a resident of Binghamton for 
 thirty-five years, and Mr. Leighton may be said to hnve grown up in 
 the house, and is thoroughly acquainted with all the details of the 
 business. 
 
 THE CHENANGO VALLEY FLOUR MILLS, 
 
 George Q. Moon &. Co., Proprietors. 
 
 The Chenango Valley Flour Mills were established in 18B5 by Mr. 
 George Q. Moon, who conducted them until 1880. when Mr. Robert J. 
 Bates became associated with him under the above named firm title. 
 The mill and elevator of the firm, which is the most prominent building 
 to meet the eye of a stranger on alighting from the cars at passenger 
 stations, is located adjoining the railroad system of the city, and switches 
 from the Erie. D.. L. & W. and D. & H. C. railways enter the premises, 
 thus affording the most advanced receiving and shipping facilities. The 
 elevator has a storage capacity of 100,000 bushels of grain, and the mill 
 is equipped with the full roller system, embodying all the latest im- 
 provements of the day. and has a capacity for producing 300 barrels of 
 flour and three car-loads of meal daily. About fifty workmen are given 
 employment and an engine of '-200-horse power furnishes the motive 
 force to the mechanical equipment of the mill and elevator. The gentle- 
 men at the head of this enterprise are influential members of the com- 
 munity, who are closely identified with the city's progress and develop- 
 ment. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 41 
 
 ISAAC LAUDER & SON, 
 
 Marble and Granite Works, 6 1 Eldredge St. 
 
 A prominent and old established house engaged in the production 
 of marble and granite monuments is that of Messrs. Isaac Lauder & 
 Son. which was originally founded in 1879 by Mr. Isaac Lauder, who 
 commenced business at Oneonta, removing here some years later, and 
 in 1890 the present firm was organized by the admission of Mr. James 
 Lauder to an interest in the business. In connection with the work in 
 hand, premises are occupied comprising a shop, yards, etc, where an 
 average of six skilled workmen are steadily employed. The firm man- 
 ufacture everything in the way of monumental and cemetery work 
 both in marble ana granite. Their productions are distinguished for 
 their good taste and artistic design, and thus a large and widely extended 
 patronage has been achieved, spreading throughout the city and sur- 
 rounding territory. The facilities of the firm are such that all orders 
 may be promptly filled, and estimates and drawings are cheerfully sub- 
 mitted. The firm also carry a considerable stock of finished headstones 
 and monuments from which selections can be made. Operating under 
 the most favorable conditions, we may also state that the prices are dic- 
 tated by a spirit of moderation which has done much to gain patronage. 
 Many handsome specimens of the firm's handiwork may be seen in the 
 cemeteries of Binghamton and vicinity, and references to patrons will 
 be made to those desiring. Mr. Isaac Lauder is a practical marble and 
 granite workman and is possessed of a high order of artistic skill and 
 good taste, and his son may be said to have been brought up in the 
 business. Their enterprise is doing its full share in the industrial de- 
 velopment of Binghamton and is certainly one of its leading and repre- 
 sentative establishments. 
 
 THE CLARENCE E. BEACH ELECTRICAL 
 SUPPLY CO., 
 
 1 36 State Street. 
 
 The enterprise forming the caption of this article is the outgrowth 
 of the electrical department of the firm of Vickers, Brooker & Co.,. 
 which was instituted in 1890 and came under its present management 
 and title in October last past. The management is in the capable and 
 energetic hands of Messrs. Clarence E. & George S. Beach, who are in 
 every way equipped by experience and study of the science and practice 
 of electricity to skillfully conduct all its operations and make the enter- 
 prise one of the important industrial resources of Binghamton. Thw 
 firm carry in stock a full and complete line of electrical goods and sup- 
 plies, and novelties in electrical goods are constantly being added as 
 fast as introduced. They are also prepared to undertake the faithful 
 performance of all kinds of electrical work for private residences, man- 
 ufactories and public buildings. They make a specialty of electric bell 
 wiring, electric light wiring and fitting of buildings, hotels and apart- 
 ment houses with electric bell annunciators, letter boxes, speaking 
 tubes, etc., and in fact are ready with all facilities to promptly execute 
 all kinds of electrical work. Already a large and growing trade has 
 been built up by the firm which extends generally throughout this sec- 
 tion of the State and Northern Pennsylvania and gives ample evidence 
 of steady increase. The enterprise being in the hands of pushing and 
 energetic men of broad-gauge ideas anfl fully abreast of the times in all 
 that leads to success and influence, its future prominence and useful- 
 ness may be confidently predicted. 
 
42 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 J. B. WEED & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Upper Leather. 
 
 This enterprise, which is one of the largest of its kind in the country 
 as well as one of the oldest, was originally founded in 1838 by the late 
 Marshall H. Weed, who was a pioneer in his line and who created a 
 national reputation for the superiority of his leather. The present firm, 
 consisting of Messrs. J. B. & F, M. Weed, sons of the founder, succeeded 
 to the business in 1860. The firm's plant in this city, including yards 
 for storing bark, covers about five acres, upon which are erected several 
 extensive buildings. The tannery is a two and one-half story brick 
 building. 80x250 feet in dimensions, the currying shop is a five-story 
 brick building, 40x250 feet, and besides these main structures are others 
 used for storage, boiler and engine-houses, etc. The mechanical equip- 
 ment embraces two steam engines of 250-horse power combined, five 
 steam boilers, and all the latest improved machinery known to the trade. 
 About 200 workmen find employment in the tannery, and about 100,000 
 hides are annually made into leather. The product consists of boot and 
 pebble grain, split leather, buff glove and oil leather and imitation goat, 
 the latter being a prominent specialty of the firm. All their products, 
 bear the highest reputation in the trade for superior quality. In con- 
 nection with their manufacturing operations in this city the firm own 
 extensive tracts of forest land in Potter County. Pennsylvania, from 
 which they obtain their supply of bark for tanning purposes, and of 
 which they use upwards of 8.000 cords annually. Upon this land they 
 have saw-mills and a large number of laborers are employed in getting 
 out lumber and bark and preparing it for shipment. The trade of the 
 house extends throughout the United States, wherever boot and shoe 
 manufacturing is carried on. and their products are also exported to 
 foreign countries. The members of the firm are among the most active 
 and progressive manufacturers of the Empire State and few, if any, 
 have done more to promote the industrial thrift of Binghamton. 
 
 JOSEPH P. NOYES & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Combs and Buttons, 1 3 Ferry Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. Joseph P. Noyes & Co. is the direct suc- 
 cessor of one of the oldest manufacturing houses in America, and one 
 of the very few in this country which have been continuously conducted 
 by members of the same family for so long a period. It was originally 
 instituted in Essex county, Mass., in 1759, by the ancestors of the present 
 proprietors, who were the pioneers of the comb making industry in this 
 country. After a series of changes in the composition of the proprietor- 
 ship, the business was removed to this city in 1805 b}^ Messrs. E. M. 
 Noyes & Bro., the present firm title having been adopted in 187!t, the 
 present proprietors being Mr. Joseph P. Noyes. and his son, Joseph K. 
 Noyes. The manufacturing plant is comprised in a series of suitable 
 buildings, the main factory being a modern five-story brick structure, 
 which are equipped with all necessary machinery, much of which is of 
 the firm's own invention and was especially designed for their uses, 
 power being obtained from a valuable and ample water privilege, and 
 employment being furnished to from 50 to 75 operatives. A feat- 
 ure of the plant is a well equipped machine shop, which is maintained 
 hy the firm for the production and repair of their own mechanism. The 
 products of the house are of two entirely different classes — combs and 
 buttons. The former consist of hickle plated, patent metallic-back raw 
 horn combs, of which the firm were the original inventors, and which 
 are made in a variety of shapes, sizes, styles and manners of finishing. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 43 
 
 The latter product is a specialty, and consists solely of patent hand- 
 snap buttons. These buttons are made in two parts, and are designed 
 to replace missing buttons on garments without the use of a needle and 
 thread. They are applied instantly and the two parts snap together 
 with firmness and strength by the force of the hand, and by the use of 
 them the traveller, the farmer, the laborer, the mechanic, the growing 
 boy, and men of every profession can instantly replace missing buttons 
 with these and with the assurance that the hand-snap buttons will prove 
 far more serviceable than any that could be put on with thread. Both 
 lines of goods are widely sold throughout the United States and are in 
 the hands of the jobbing trade in all the cities of the country, besides 
 which considerable quantities are exported. The enterprise has been 
 an important factor in building up the industrial resources of Bingham- 
 ton, and has added to the diversified character of the manufactures of 
 this city, which is so much better for a locality than a preponderance of 
 one kind of production. Mr. Joseph P. Noyes is one of the substantial 
 and public-spirited citizens of Binghamton, closely identified with its 
 advance and prosperity and active in all measures promising good to 
 this community. He is also largely interested in other business enter- 
 prises of this city, is a large real estate holder, and is prominent in mat- 
 ters relating to the amelioration of the needy: at present he is the Pres- 
 ident of both the Susquehanna Valley House for Cliildren and the Board 
 of Associated Charities. One hundred and thirty-two years is a long 
 period, longer even than the history of our nation, and this well-known 
 establishment, with such a record, has substantial claims to the high 
 reputation and eminent position it has so long enjoyed in the commerce 
 and industrv of this countrv. 
 
 WILLIAM F. YOUNG, 
 
 Manufacturer of Butter Tubs, Firkins and Cooperage, 7, 9 and 1 1 Washington 
 
 Street. 
 
 The cooper shop of Mr. William F. Young was originally instituted 
 in 1850 by its present proprietor, who is one of the pioneers of the manu- 
 tacturing advancement of the city and is probably the only manufac- 
 turer in the city to-day who has continuously, without change, con- 
 ducted one and the same enterprise in one place for so many years. His 
 enterprise embraces the manufacture of butter tubs and firkins for but- 
 ter packers in this vicinity chiefly, for which he has all the necessary 
 facilities, including a commodious shop, outbuildings for storage, etc., 
 the equipment including a l:2-horse power steam engine. He also deals 
 in cooperage stock of all kinds and coopers" tools, supplying the same 
 to the trade in Southern New York and Northern Penns\'lvania in 
 quantities to suit. He carries a full and complete stock of staves. hoop poles 
 and heading, procured direct from the original sources of supply, which 
 he offers at the lowest market prices. Mr. Young is a practical cooper 
 and at one time was engaged in the business of making sugar casks on 
 the island of Cuba. After his establishment in this city, for many years 
 he was a large shipper of cooperage stock to Cuba, which was obtained 
 from the forests near this city and forwarded to New York by canal 
 for shipment. The exhaustion of the timber in this neighborhood re- 
 sulted in a stoppage of this department of the industry, the staves re- 
 quired for the manufacture of butter tubs now being procured from 
 Kentucky. Tennessee and other Southern States. Mr. Young is one of 
 the most esteemed and respected citizens of Binghamton. is a large 
 holder of real estate here and has done much toward the building up of 
 the city. For ten years he was city assessor, which office he conducted 
 to the entire satisfaction of the community and honor to himself, volun- 
 tarily declining re-election. 
 
44 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 JONES OF BINGHAMTON, 
 
 Manufacturer of the United States Standard Scales, 
 Office and Works, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 American genius and enterprise 
 challenge comparison with the world. 
 The character of our products has 
 made for them a market in every land 
 the sun shines on, and most of the val- 
 uable contributions to mechanics have 
 had their origin, or else have been de- 
 veloped to perfection in the United 
 States. In no line of production is 
 this fact more prominent than in the 
 construction of scales and weighing 
 machines. Strength, durability and 
 perfect accuracy have made American 
 scales famous throughout the world, 
 aiul eminently, those manufactured by 
 Jones of Binghamton far excel in all 
 desirable qualities those of any other 
 nation on the globe. This great enter- 
 ic ;;;o^>-v^v-:;-- prise, the pride of Binghamton. and 
 one which has done more to advertise this city at home and abroad 
 than an 5^ other located here, was founded in 1865 by the Hon. Edward 
 F. Jones and in J8S8 was incorporated under its present title, which had 
 become a household word in every town, village and hamlet from ocean 
 to ocean as well as in many foreign lands. The enterprise w^as begun 
 upon a very modest scale when compared with its present extensive 
 proportions, but its growth and expansion was assured from its start, 
 and each year has added to its importance until to-day in its special line 
 it has few if any equals and iio superiors, either as to extent of territory 
 covered by its trade or reputation for quality of products. That the 
 operation of an extensive industry of this character should require a 
 large plant is self-evident. The works cover an area of about four 
 acres, upon which are erected numerous substantial brick buildings, 
 each designed for some specific department of the business and each. 
 possessing every facility that ample capital could provide or experience 
 and progressive enterprise could suggest, and the whole replete with an 
 enormous equipment of general machinery, besides many special appli- 
 ances and delicate devices necessary for the prosecution of a business 
 requiring such accuracy of detail. During the past summer important 
 additions and improvements have been made to the works in the way 
 of several new buildings. A new brass and iron foundry 50x150 feet in 
 dimensions has been erected, as well as anew forge-shop 40x(j0 feet, and 
 a new two-story machine shop 30x5(), which with the main four-story 
 machine shop and other former buildings place the company's facilities 
 on a par with the largest concerns of the kind in the world. The mo- 
 tive power is supplied from a 100-horse power steam engine. In the 
 manufacture of their scales the company use about ten tons of iron 
 daily and their yearly consumption of lumber aggregates upw^ards of 
 half a million feet. Since the completion of the company's improve- 
 ments to their plant, the force of workmen has been augmented and 
 two hundred and fifty now find employment in the several departments 
 of the works, and thus the influence of their location here is of incalcu- 
 lable benefit to Binghamton. as by the disbursement of a large sum 
 weekly in wages the material prosperity of the city is greatly enhanced. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 45 
 
 Jones of Binghamton manufactures every description of scale known 
 from the minute letter scale weighing a fraction of an ounce to the 
 powerful track and platform scales capable of accurately weighing one 
 hundred and fifty tons and upwards. In all of these, perfect accuracy 
 is the distinguishing feature. The Jones of Binghamton scales are in 
 use in every part of the world where commerce exists and they have 
 become the standards of the world of weights. They are in use in many 
 of the principal elevators, stock yards, mills, warehouses and upon 
 leading railroads in this country and abroad, and are being universally 
 adopted in the departments of the government. Every scale is guaran- 
 teed to be a correct weighing machine, made only of the best materials 
 by the most skilled w^orkmen and is warranted for five years. They 
 also warrant their scales to suit, and in order that the custoiner may 
 judge for himself as to that, the scales are sold to any responsible per- 
 son in any part of the United States, on trial, and the price includes 
 cost of freight to any railroad station or steamboat landing in the 
 United States or Canada. From this feature originated the expression, 
 *' Jones, he pays the freight." which has become one of those happy ad- 
 vertising phrases so familiar to every inhal)itant of America, that has 
 never been equalled either in pojjularity or pointedness. While all the 
 scales manufactured by this company are of the latest and most im- 
 proved patterns and are absolutely correct in principle and operation, 
 their track scales of all sizes and capacities are made upon a principle 
 entirely different and in advance of all others, and under patents owned 
 solely by themselves. The theory and principle which obtain in all 
 scales of this company's make and their original improvements and 
 adaptations make them first in strength, simplicity, economy of con- 
 struction, accuracy and durability, and these features when added to 
 the recognized low prices make them indeed the choice of all thinking 
 people. This great industry now successfully entered upon its second 
 quarter of a century's usefulness has been a powerful factor in attract- 
 ing attention to Binghamton as an advantageous location for the es- 
 tablishment of industrial or commercial operations. Concerning its 
 founder and present head, little could be said in a volume of this char- 
 acter that would add to the esteem in which he is so wideh^ held by the 
 public and trade at large. If, perchance, however, there might be 
 some corner of the country into which his name and fame as a scale- 
 maker or as a public man has not yet penetrated, it may be said that 
 the Hon. Edward F. Jones, now and since 188ti Lieutenant-Governor of 
 New York State, is a native of Utica, X. Y. He was Colonel of the valor- 
 ous Gth Massachusetts Regiment, whose desperate march through the 
 streets of Baltimore is one of the histoiic events of the great rebellion. 
 The regiment was the first to reach Washington and to it has been ac- 
 corded the credit of saving the capitol. Having gained distinguished 
 honors in the service of the Union he came to Binghamton at the close 
 of the war and founded the great scale-works which bear his name. 
 His voice has always been raised for such measures as would benefit 
 the people and he was one of the earliest members of the New York 
 State Grange. Concluding i his brief sketch of the facilities and pro- 
 ducts of this organization, we may be permitted to say that its present 
 extent and high reputation has been built up and maintained b.y a con- 
 stant aim to make only the most reliable goods and the most strict in- 
 tegrity in every transaction, and its history and success should be con- 
 sidered as significant incentives to those who would know the benefits 
 to be derived from patience in well-doing, untiring industry and uncom- 
 promising honesty in all dealings. 
 
46 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 LYNCH & CHRISTIE, 
 
 Crates, Mantels and Tiles, 86 State Street. 
 
 Nothing adds so greatly to the interior decoration of a room as a 
 handsome mantel with fireplace and grate, while the usefulness of thi& 
 adjunct both as a matter of comfort in the early fall and spring and as . 
 adding to the cheerfulness of an apartment, hotel reading room or pub- 
 lic room is well attested by all. Messrs. Lynch & Christie of this city 
 are prepared to furnish everything in this line of the highest artistic 
 character and in the greatest variety of styles and designs. The firm 
 occupy commodious premises at the above indicated address, which are 
 handsomely and attractively arranged so that patrons may make selec- 
 tions understandingly. The main floor is divided into a number of 
 apartments, in which the mantels are set up and surrounded with car- 
 pets, rugs and furniture in such a manner as to give the appearance of 
 a finished room, enabling the customer to see the design as it would 
 appear in a finished residence. Besides the large and varied stock 
 carried, any special design is promptly furnished, and in fact every ad- 
 vantage and accommodation is offered by the firm that can be obtained 
 in the great metropolitan trade centres. This enterprise was instituted 
 in 1885 and has since built up a large and growing trade that extends 
 throughout the city and vicinit3^ Aside from the above mentioned en- 
 terprise in which as a firm they carry on the business, each of the mem- 
 bers is largely engaged in a separate industry on his own account. Mr. 
 J. R. Lynch has been engaged since 1880 in the execution of tin and 
 iron roofing of all kinds and galvanized iron cornice work, in which he 
 has met with great success, and Mr. Walter Christie has since 1876 been 
 engaged in handling all kinds of roofing slate at wholesale and retail 
 and in the erection of slate roofs, as well as the production of marbleized 
 slate mantels, enjoying a trade that extends throughout Southern New 
 York and Northern Pennsylvania and giving employment to from 
 twelve to fifteen skilled workmen. In each of these several branches 
 of trade these gentlemen have long been l^^aders, and the success and 
 prominence attending their efforts have added no little to the reputa- 
 tion of this city as a source of supply for first-class goods. 
 
 BINGHAMTON GLOVE AND MITTEN M'F'G. CO. 
 
 9 1 State Street. 
 
 The marked diversity of the industries of this city is particularly 
 illustrated in the establishment of the Binghamton Glove and Mitten 
 Manufacturing Co., which was organized in 1888 by Mr. Frederick J. 
 Bryant, its present sole proprietor, and has since acquired a reputation 
 and a trade that extends throughout New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio 
 and Michigau, and is annually increasing in volume. The prenuses oc- 
 cupied for the business are commodious and fully equipped with all the 
 latest and most improved machinery and tools for the economical pro- 
 duction of light and heavy gloves and mittens, employment being given 
 to about twenty -five skilled opsratives. The company's specialties 
 comprise a general line of fine grades of gloves and mittens in calfskin, 
 hogskin, buckskin and other materials. The goods are made for men's 
 and boys' w^ear and they are specially designed for first-class trade. The 
 facilities of the house are altogether of the best character, assuring per- 
 fection of product, at the same time that the prices will be found fair 
 and reasonable and based on liberality. No goods made anywhere give 
 any better satisfaction to the public and dealers will find them the most 
 advantageous to handle. Mr. Bryant is a practical and experienced 
 manufacturer and an enterprising business man. All goods manufac- 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAM TON. 47 
 
 tiired receive rigid inspection at his hands before shipment and as a 
 result, only those that can be classed as perfect in all respects are allow- 
 ed to go out of the establishment. The enterprise is a valuable addition 
 to the industrial resources of the city, and its growth and prosperit.y are 
 alike creditable to Binghamton and to its projector. We commend the 
 house to the trade, wherever lor-ated, with the assurance that relations^ 
 entered into with it will prove pleasant, permanent and proiitable. 
 
 H. T. ALDEN, 
 
 Cigar Manufacturer, 247 Water Street. 
 
 The cigar manufacturing enterprise of Mr. H. T. Alden has done 
 much to promote the industry in this city, and while its annual output 
 is not so great in quantity as that of some others, this lacking in quan- 
 tity is more than made up in the fine quality of the cigars produced. 
 Mr. Alden manufactures cigars for fine retail trade only, and his products 
 are all hand-made, the finest qualities of Havana and domestic tobacco 
 being used. The business was established about nine years ago, since 
 which time a trade has been built up that extends throughout Pennsyl- 
 vania and New York and an annual production of about 800,000 cigars 
 is turned out. The manufacturing facilities embrace two floors and the 
 basement of the building at the above indicated address, where an aver- 
 age force of seventeen skilled workmen is employed. Among the chief 
 brands of the house are " H. A..'' *' La Flor de Sota," '"Key West" and 
 " Order of Railroad Conductors." These are strictly first-class domestic 
 cigars, made from carefully selected leaf, by skilled workmen, and are 
 guaranteed to be of invariable uniformity. Some five -cent goods are 
 also produced, which are also the best of their grade and are kept 
 fully up to the standard. Among these the "Jockey Queen" and 
 •" Camp Fire" are each in popular demand and are commended as being- 
 full value for the money. Mr. Alden is widely known in the trade as a 
 genial gentleman and enterprising manufacturer, and his success is. 
 alike creditable and gratifying to both his customers and himself. 
 
 C. S. DARLING, 
 
 Wholesale Dealer in Chicago Dressed Beef, 25 North Depot Street. 
 
 The method of slaughtering cattle, sheep and hogs in the West and 
 shipping the dressed meats to the East where it arrives as sweet and 
 fresh as the day it was killed, has proved to be a most satisfactory one, 
 and is carried out to perfection by the house of Mr. C. S. Darling in this 
 city, who is a wholesale dealer in Chicago dressed beef, mutton, lambs 
 and packing house products. The premises occupied are embraced in 
 the first floor and basement of the large building, located as above indi- 
 cated, which is so situated with reference to the railroad tracks that 
 refrigerator cars used for transporting the beef are unloaded direct into 
 the building. Constructed in the building is a large refrigerator, or 
 cooler, which is capable of storing GO carcasses, and this room is kept at 
 an even temperature of about :i8 degrees. Mr. Darling handles N. 
 Morris & Co.'s Chicago beef exclusively, and he also deals in frest mut- 
 ton, lambs, pork. etc. The trade of the house extends throughout 
 Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Darling insti- 
 tuted his enterprise in January, 1889, and has since built up a large and 
 growing trade, induced here by the superior quality of the products 
 handled. He is a pushing and progressive business man and an 
 esteemed citizen and his house is one of the important factors of the 
 trade resources of this growing commercial city. 
 
48 THK CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 J. E. SEARLES, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist and Confectioner, 1 54 Washington 
 Street and 1 22 Court Street. 
 
 A leading and representative factor of the jobbing trade of Bing- 
 hamton is the house of Mr. J. E. Searles. who commenced business here 
 in 1880. and has since built up a large clientage among tbe retail dealers 
 in the city and surrounding country, whicli is annually growing in im- 
 portance.^ Mr. Searles conducts two stores, the main headquarters of 
 the business being located at 122 Court street and a branch store at 154 
 Washington street. At the latter a wholesale and retail trade in tobacco, 
 cigars, cigarettes and smokers' articles is carried on, while at the main 
 store the stock embraces, besides full lines of tobacco, cigars and smok- 
 ers' articles, a particularly complete stock of confectionery suitable for 
 general trade, walking canes in large variety, jewelry and cutlery. All 
 goods are procured direct from manufacturers in large quantities and 
 are offered at prices that command attention and are quite as low as 
 may be obtained elsewhere from more distant localities, while prompt 
 and immediate delivery and in quantities to suit are advantages not 
 obtainable when purchases are made in other cities. A specialty of the 
 house is the finest brands of case goods in original packages direct from 
 manufacturers. Mr. Searles is a progressive business man and enter- 
 prising in all his methods. He is thoroughly acquainted with the de- 
 mands of his trade ?^nd he affords the most advanced accommodations 
 for procuring anything in his line. 
 
 THE M. I. S. T. COMPANY. 
 
 Factory and Headquarters, Washington, D. C. Binghamton Office, 
 1 68 Water Street. 
 
 The fame of the great remedy made by the above company is wide- 
 spread, and apart from the making of money by legitimate enterprise 
 the benefit thus conferred upon suffering humanity is almost incalcula- 
 ble. In this city the company's office is under the efiicient management 
 of Mr. D. W. Hill, and his territory embraces the whole of Broome 
 county. M. I. S. T. signifies Murray's Infallible System Tonic. It is a 
 well-known fact that upon the purity of the blood depends the health of 
 the human being. The Scriptures declare that "the blood is the life," 
 and well is that fact demonstrated by modern science. M. I. S. T. is a 
 tonic which regulates the blood, purifies it and frees it from poison and 
 stimulates the circulation. It acts directly upon the liver and kidneys, 
 secures a perfect evacuation of the system through the natural channels, 
 thus expelling all poisons. It is particularly beneficial in cases of 
 catarrh, liver complaints, kidney diseases, constipation, female weak- 
 ness, scrofula, heart disease, skin diseases, piles, rheumatism, fever and 
 ague, dyspepsia and other maladies. It is compounded from natural 
 vegetable products, according to an approved and well-tried formula, 
 and it will absolutely perform all that is claimed for it. Thousands of 
 testimonials have been received from all parts of the country, and at the 
 office in this city may be seen letters from well-known residents, right 
 here, who will be glad to testify to the benefits they have derived from 
 its use. This specific is sovereign in its effects, and our readers will be 
 repaid a hundred-fold if they will but investigate the merits of M. I. S. T. 
 To those who are afflicted with disease of any kind, the only way to as- 
 sure recovery is to purify and enrich the blood. M. I, S. T. will do this; 
 it will cure the sick, give them new life and thus make their surround- 
 ings once more rosy-hued and happy. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 49 
 
 G. H. & E. A. FORD, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Coal, 2 1 O Chenango Street. 
 
 One of the most important factors of the coal trade in Binghamton 
 is the enterprise of Messrs. G. H. & E. A. Ford, which was established 
 in 1871 by Mr. R. A. Ford, father of the present proprietors, who suc- 
 ceeded to the business in 18!)]. The firm are the most extensive retail 
 oealers in coal in Binghamton, and they fill orders by the car-load at 
 wholesale, shipments being made direct from the mines to destination 
 without breaking bulk, while their facilities for supplying the retail 
 trade by the ton, embrace the possession of a large yard located on the 
 line of the railroad system of the city, admitting of cars being unloaded 
 direct into the storage sheds without rehandling. The natural as well 
 as the acquired resources of the firm are unsurpassed by those of any 
 of their cotemporaries and these advantages are promptly shared with 
 their customers. Their location is a most central one and telephone 
 connection insures the most prompt delivery of orders. The firm gives 
 employment to twenty-five hands, including teamsters for delivery. 
 They handle chiefly the D. & H. C. Co.'s anthracite coal, than which 
 there is iio better for all purposes, and also Kentucky, Ohio and Penn- 
 sylvania bituminous coals. About 25,000 tons of anthracite coal are 
 handled annually, and their business is constantly increasing in 
 volume. In all their operations the firm will be found prompt, liberal 
 and enterprising, always solicitous for the benefit of their patrons and 
 always prepared to offer advantages in keeping with such a reputation. 
 
 BEMAN & BAYLESS, 
 
 Manufacturers of Keg and Barrel Heads, Tub Covers and Packing Boxes, 
 5, 7, 9 and 1 1 Frederick Street. 
 
 The extensive manufacturing business conducted by Messrs. Beman 
 & Bayless in this city is one which has been called into existence by 
 other large manufacturing houses of this and other localities. Although 
 to the casual reader the caption of this article may not have great sig- 
 nification, a little investigation will prove that a great deal underlies 
 it and that an industry of an important and growing character has 
 been built up with these articles for chief products. This enterprise was 
 founded in 1868 and has since grown to such proportions that it requires 
 several million feet of lumber annually to supply the material for the 
 product of this factory. The plant is embraced in a series of suitable 
 buildings covering about half a city block and adjoining lumber yards 
 embracing six acres. The mill is fully equipped with late improved 
 special machinery and large modern dry kilns and is operated by 100- 
 horse power steam plant. Employment is given to from 50 to 75 work- 
 men. The firm also have a saw-mill at Great Bend, Pa., where about 30 
 men are employed getting out stock with which to supply the works in 
 this city. The firm make a specialty of heads for soda, nail and horse- 
 shoe kegs and cement and cracker barrels. They also turn out butter 
 tub covers and packing boxes. All these products are turned out in 
 large quantities by machinery at lowest possible cost and are widely 
 distributed to the trade chiefly in the Eastern markets, shipments being- 
 made in carload lots. In packing boxes the product is largely taken by 
 local manufacturers, thousands of boxes being annually made for Dr. 
 Kilmer & Co.'s medicines, Frank E. Harris" extracts and the cigar 
 industrv. The individual members of the firm are Messrs. E. A. Beman 
 and John Bayless, both well-known and influential residents of Bing- 
 hamton who enjoy the esteem and consideration of this community 
 whose industrial advancement is greatly benefited by the enterprise 
 thev so ablv conduct. 
 
50 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BINGHAMTON BRANCH, U. S. BAKING CO., 
 
 Wholesale Cracker and Cake Manufacturers. Factories : 1 54- and 1 56 State 
 Street and 3, 5 and 7 Commercial Avenue. 
 
 The Bingiiamton Branch of the 
 United States Baking Company was 
 formed by the combination on Au- 
 gust 1, 1891. of the enterprises for- 
 merly conducted by Messrs. Ira J. 
 Meagley & Co. and C. C. Jackson, 
 respectively. This company now 
 operates upwards of thirty cracker 
 manufactories in the various prin- 
 cipal cities of the country and, while 
 by this means ruinous competition 
 has been to a considerable extent cut 
 off, the prices of the products have 
 not been advanced, but on the con- 
 trary in many cases lowered, this 
 being made possible by the introduc- 
 tion of the very latest improved 
 methods and the consequent reduction of the cost of production. The 
 business of the company in this city is conducted under the manage- 
 ment of Mr. Ira J. Meagley. Two plants are operated, each being fully 
 equipped with all the latest improved machinery and appliances, 
 operated by steam power and furnishing employment in the several de- 
 partments to about forty skilled assistants. Here crackers, cakes and 
 biscuits are made from the best obtainable materials, after the most 
 scientific process and with chemical exactitude, resulting in a uniform 
 good product, which is in large and growing demand throughout South- 
 ern and Central New York and Northern Pennsylvania to the exclusion 
 of all others. The variety of goods produced by the company seems 
 almost interminable and iucludes 03^ster, butter and milk crackers, water 
 crackers,soda crackers, ginger snaps, lemon cakes, iced cakes, menagerie 
 crackers, tea cakes, etc., and a multitude of other equally popular and 
 salable crackers and cakes for family use, hotels and restaurants. The 
 goods are put up attractively in barrels, boxes and cartoons, and the 
 trade and consumers exhibit by the increasing demand for the products 
 their due appreciation of their high character. 
 
 BURHANS & BARNES, 
 
 General Insurance and Real Estate Agents, Hagaman Block. 
 
 There is no more inviting field for real estate operations than the 
 city of Bingiiamton presents at the present time. The scale upon which 
 public improvements are being conducted, with the vast outlying terri- 
 tory constantly being laid out. augmented by a rapidly increasing popu- 
 lation, all combine to give real estate investments a stability, with 
 assurance of rapidly enhancing values which would be hard to dupli- 
 cate. Messrs. Burhans & Barnes occupy a prominent position among 
 the leading and reliable real estate agents of this city, and they possess 
 unsurpassed facilities for buying, selling, exchanging and renting real 
 estate. They have a large list of business and residence properties on 
 their books as well as vacant lots and tracts in all parts of the city. 
 They have one tract of 100 lots in the east end of the city, which is one 
 of the most important and attractive suburban sections of Bingiiamton 
 and is destined to become one of its most thickly settled. A number of 
 large manufacturing establishments have already been erected in this 
 vicinity and others are to follow, and lots purchased now in this section 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. • 51 
 
 are sure to increase in value to many times their cost, and that, too 
 within a very short period. The firm transact a general real estate 
 business, collect rent, take full charge of estates and for non-residents 
 pay taxes, effect loans on bond and mortgage, and buy and sell real es- 
 tate, and their reliability and responsibility are proverbial. The firm 
 also transacts a general insurance business and are among the leading 
 underwriters of this vicinity and represent the following staunch com- 
 panies : The St. Paul Fire and Marine of St. Paul ; the Caledonian of 
 Scotland ; the Manchester of England ; the New Hampshire and the 
 People's of Manchester, New Hampshire ; the Reading Fire of Reading, 
 Pa. ; the Mechanics' and Traders' of New Orleans ; the American Cen- 
 tral of St. Louis ; the State Investment of California ; the Northwestern 
 of Milwaukee ; the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co. of Hartford, 
 Conn. ; the American Surety Co. of New York, and the Preferred Mutual 
 Accident Insurance Co. of New York. The combined assets of these 
 companies represent many millions of dollars, and with such a list of 
 prominent insurance organizations, the firm is prepared to accept the 
 largest risks, guaranteeing absolute indemnity in case of loss. The firm 
 also represent in this section the American Loan and Trust Co. of Ash- 
 land, Neb., and the Equitable Mortgage Co. of Kansas, and investors 
 and capitalists will find opportunities through these companies for 
 profitable and safe investments in improved Western farms and city 
 property with rates of interest far greater than is obtainable in the East. 
 The members of the firm are Messrs. P. K. Burhans and Fred E. Barnes. 
 The former has been prominently connected with the real estate and in- 
 surance interests of Binghamton for the past twenty years, having foun- 
 ded the business in 1872, and few men in the city are better qualified 
 for its successful management. Mr. Barnes has been associated in the 
 firm since 1888, and is a particularly energetic and active underwriter, 
 to which bran.ch of the business he gives his special attention. The 
 firm is well-balanced, prompt in adjusting losses, and an authority on 
 real estate values, and with superior facilities in both departments of 
 the business, command the confidence and respect of a large clientage. 
 
 O. R. MASON, Agt., 
 
 Plumber, Steam and Gas Fitter and Dealer in Gas Fixtures, No. 1 Wall Street. 
 
 O. R. Mason is one of the oldest plumbers in the trade here having 
 originally established himself here in 1863. His facilities embrace com- 
 modious show-rooms and shop, located as above indicated, where a full 
 and complete stock of plumbers' materials and supplies is carried as 
 well as gas fixtures in large variety and steam and gas fittings. Mr. 
 Mason makes a specialty of sanitary plumbing and ventilating accord- 
 ing to the most scientific modern investigations, and all work performed 
 by him is guaranteed to be as perfect as it is possible to procure any- 
 where. A large and growing business has been established and many 
 of the fin-est public buildings and private residences of this city and 
 vicinity contain examples of his skill in this line of trade. Among them 
 we note the Griffin & Burroughs block, the Water Works building, E. 
 P. Smith's residence on Main Street and E. D. Vosbury's residence on 
 Main Street. From four to six skilled workmen are steadily employed 
 one being recognized as the most skilfuU and capable plumber in the 
 city and excelled in either theory or practice by none other in the 
 country. We commend this enterprise to such of our readers as are 
 contemplating the erection of new buildings or the improvement of old 
 with the assurance that relations formed with it will prove eminently 
 satisfactorv. 
 
52 • THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 M'KINNEY, EVERTS & CO., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in Teas, Coffees and Spices, Etc., 1 86 and 1 S8 State St. 
 
 This enterprise was originally instituted in 18*35 by Messrs. McKin- 
 ney & Everts, the present firm having been formed in 1891, and for over 
 a quarter of a century it has enjoyed an annually increasing- business, 
 enlarging the scope of its operations and extending the territory of its 
 tra le. The premises occupied as salesrooms, warehouse and manufac- 
 turing departments are embraced in a three-story and basement brick 
 building 45x00 feet in dimensions, which is furnished throughout with 
 every modern facility for the prompt fulfilment of orders and the eco- 
 nomical handling of goods. In the manufacturing department the lat- 
 est improved machinery and appliances are in use, including coffee 
 roasters, spice mills, etc., power being furnished by a :30horse power 
 steam engine. The firm grind their own spices and put them up under 
 their own trade marks, such being guaranteed strictly pure. They also 
 roast and grind their own coffees, which bear an especially high repute 
 in the market, and they also manufacture a superior grade of baking 
 powder, besides a full line of extracts, etc. Besides goods of their own 
 production their stock embraces teas, coffees, spices, canned goods, 
 fancy groceries, grocers' sundries, etc.. their chief specialties, however, 
 being teas, coffees and spices. A recent innovation of the firm is the 
 direct importation of teas. The large trade built up by them in teas in- 
 duced the firm, with commendable energy, to provide their customers 
 with the most advanced facilities for procuring them, and early in Oc- 
 tober of the present year the first invoice of "May pickings'' of Japan 
 teas was received in Binghamton direct from Yokohoma by Messrs. 
 McKinney, Everts & Co. This example of enterprise created quite a 
 stir in the tea trade of the city and has resulted in great advantage not 
 only to the firm accomplishing it. but to all the customers of the house. 
 The individual members of the firm are Messrs. Edward P. McKinney, 
 C. A. Everts and Edward McKinney, the latter being a son of the senior 
 member of the firm. They are assisted in the management of the busi- 
 ness by a force of ten employes, including five commercial travellers, 
 and the trade of the house extends throughout Southern and Central 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania. 
 
 WIEDMAN SHOE CO.. 
 
 Manufacturers of Ladies', Misses' and Children's Solid Shoes, 
 70 and 72 State Street. 
 
 This busniess was founded in 1884 by Messrs. W. L. Wiedman and 
 G. H. Buck, its present proprietors, to whose experience and ability in 
 introducing new and desirable methods and processes in the manufac- 
 ture of superior shoes, is largely due the pronounced success the house 
 has attained in the trade. The company's plant is embraced in a four- 
 story brick building of which they occupy three floors and which are 
 equipped with all the latest improved machinery known to the world 
 for the production of superior goods at a minimum cost, power being 
 obtained from an electric motor and employment being given to about 
 twenty-five skilled workmen. The products of the house consist of a 
 general line of ladies.' misses* and children's fine and standard sewed 
 shoes in kid. morocco, calf, grain and other leathers. All the products 
 are strictly first-class goods made from the best and carefully selected 
 materials and by skilled workmen, and for elegance of style and finish, 
 beauty of appearance and durability are not excelled by those of any 
 other house in the country. A recent novelty of the firm is a misses' 
 and childs" shoe made from a new process tanned leather without the 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 53 
 
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 use of bark. This leather is peculiarly soft in texture and yet is pos- 
 sessed of great strength, it being next to impossible to tear and it will 
 withstand any amount of pounding without cracking, a test that no 
 leather of any other tannage will endure. The firm call this leather 
 London Seal knd they guarantee shoes made from it to out-wear those 
 made from any other leather in existence, yet their prices for these are 
 no higher than for other standard goods. ^ The trade of the house ex- 
 tends throughout N"ew York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the 
 manufacture of an extra good quality of shoes it is doing much to 
 attract the attention of the public to Binghamton as a source of supply 
 for first-class manufactured products. 
 
 WILKINSON & EASTWOOD, 
 
 Manufacturers of Fancy Rockers, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 This house was instituted 
 in 1879 for the purpose of 
 manufacturing boys" express 
 wagons and sleds, but in 1886 
 the character of the product 
 was changed to the manu- 
 facture of fine upholstered 
 and cane-seat fancy rockers. 
 So rapid has been the growth 
 of the demand for the firm's 
 productions, superinduced by 
 their artistic character, 
 beauty of design, fine finish 
 and low cost, that within the 
 space of the last two years 
 the firm have been obliged to 
 more than double their capac- 
 itv and further enlargements are still in contemplation. The manufactur- 
 ing plant covers nine city lots, upon which are erected large four-story 
 brick and wooden buildings, large yards being also used for storing lumber. 
 The mechanical equipment embraces all the latest improved modern ma- 
 chinery, operated by steam power, and employment is furnished to one 
 hundred skilled workmen. The products embrace fine upholstered 
 chairs and fancy rockers in silk plush and silk tapestry, and these are 
 made in many new and attractive designs, in various kinds of wood, 
 highly polished, carved and ornamented. New and original designs are 
 constantly being introduced and the firm have earned a high reputation 
 for being"^fully abreast and in advance of the times with artistic novel- 
 ties in their line. The products are all attractive. well made, artistically 
 designed and finished, are salable and therefore just what the trade 
 wants. While the trade of the house has so far been chiefly confined 
 to the Eastern and Middle States, it is constantly increasing and ex- 
 tending to more distant sections of the country. By reason of the prox- 
 imity of Binghamton to all the great distributing centers of the East, 
 the unsurpassed shipping facilities afforded here, and the complete 
 plant of the firm as well as their progressive and pushing methods, 
 they are enabled to otter the trade inducements in prompt filling of 
 orders and low prices that bid fair to long insure a steady continuance 
 of past success. The members of the firm are Messrs. C. A. Wilkinson 
 and W. H. Eastwood, both active and enterprising business men, in the 
 prime of their usefulness, who take a pride in their business as well as 
 in the city. The policy upon which the business is conducted is a fair 
 and liberal one and the goods manufactured can be classed among the 
 best which a.\\y market affords. 
 
54 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 FOLMSBEE & IVES, 
 
 Manufacturers of Fine Cigars, 37 and 39 Hawiey Street. 
 
 The aim of the proprietors of this house has always been to make a 
 class of goods that should fully merit the good opinion of smokers, and 
 to scrupulously maintain their brands, and the result has been the es- 
 tablishment of a permanent and growing trade which gives every indi- 
 cation of rapid and steady increase in the future. The facilities of the 
 firm embrace a commodious factory, where a force of skilled workmen 
 is employed, all operations being conducted under the immediate per- 
 sonal supervision of the proprietors, both of whom are practical and ex- 
 pert cigarmakers. The products of the factory are exclusively hand- 
 made cigars. The chief brands of the firm are the "Puritan" and 
 " Folmsbee & Ives No. 1," which are beyond question the very best ten- 
 cent cigar made in Binghamton and equal to any made elsewhere. 
 Each cigar is the product of the labor of one person in its entirety, and 
 for uniformity in material and workmanship is unsurpassed. They are 
 made from the finest Havana leaf tobacco, and are warranted to be ex- 
 actly as represented. The firm being practical manufacturers are also 
 expert judges of tobacco and only the best is used for these brands. To 
 accommodate their trade they also manufacture a cheaper grade of 
 cigars, which under the brand of " F. & I.,'" are equally in demand at 
 the price, are long-filler and hand-made, and sold at five cents. As an 
 evidence of the quality of the goods made by the firm, it may be re- 
 marked that their product is almost entirely taken in the local market, 
 which, in the view of the fact that Binghamton has the choice of the 
 products of all the factories located here, is a tribute to the superior 
 quality of those made by this firm. The members of the firm are C. E. 
 Folmsbee and G. O. Ives. 
 
 THE BINGHAMTON WIRE GOODS CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Wire Work and Wire Goods, 1 98 and 200 State St. 
 
 This enterprise was originally founded in 1881 by the late F. A. 
 Hoag. In 1886 the firm of Hoag & Titchener was formed and they in 
 turn were succeeded by the Binghamton Wire Goods Co. in 1890, of 
 
 which F. A. Hoag, since 
 deceased, E.H. Titchener 
 and E. Harris were the 
 co-partners. The com- 
 pany occupy about 13,000 
 square feet of floorage 
 and the works are equip- 
 ped with sper^ial machin- 
 ery, operated by steam 
 power, and furnish em- 
 ployment to about a 
 dozen skilled workmen. The business is divided into two separate 
 departments, one for the manufacture of wire nails, staples, double- 
 pointed tacks, etc., and the other for the manufacture of plain and 
 ornamental wire work of all descriptions. For the former class of 
 goods the company has agencies in all the principal cities of this coun- 
 try and their wire nails, staples and double-pointed tacks are shipped 
 to all parts of the country and exported to Canada and other foreign 
 lands. The architectural revolutions of late 3^ears have wrought many 
 important changes not only in forms but in materials employed, not 
 the least important being the substitution of metals where wood was 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 55 
 
 formerly used. 
 
 In the second department of the company's business 
 one part of this change is supplied 
 in the manufacture of all kinds of 
 plain and ornamantal wire work 
 for office, counter and bank rail- 
 ings, window guards, elevator 
 enclosures, piazza panels, brass 
 and iron grilles for windows, etc. 
 These goods are made in a great 
 variety of styles and designs from 
 bright, coppered, galvanized, tin- 
 ned and flat wire, plain and brass 
 wire, from architects" drawings or 
 otherwise as may be desired. 
 Other goods handled by the firm are wire fencing, poultry netting, 
 flower stands, spark guards, etc. Having unsurpassed facilities for 
 promptness and good work, the firm make estirnates for all kinds of 
 wire work and wire goods and guarantee satisfaction and lowest prices. 
 In this department of their business the Binghamton Wire Goods Com- 
 pany have a large local trade and also cover a large part of Southern 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The management of the busi- 
 ness is in the hands of gentlemen of experience and pushing energy, 
 who are closely identified with the growth and prosperity of Bingham- 
 ton. 
 
 WILLIAM H. OGDEN & CO., 
 
 St. 
 
 Manufacturers of Fine Cigars, 78 and SO State 
 
 Binghamton owes much to the enterprise and ability of the houses 
 engaged in the cigar manufacturing industry, and a leading and well- 
 known representative of the trade is the house of Messrs. Wm. H. 
 Ogden & Co., which was established August 14, 1889. and has since 
 grown from modest beginnings to be one of the leading and shining 
 lights of the trade. The firm occupy two floors of the building, located 
 as above indicated, for manufacturing purposes, where employment is 
 given to thirty-five skilled workmen, no machinery being employed, 
 the products being chiefly strictly hand-made cigars, and the better 
 grades. All their goods are made and packed under their own brands 
 and are distributed to the retail trade in New York and Pennsylvania, 
 where they have attained a popularity that is as widespread and per- 
 manent as it is gratifying. The principal specialty of the firm is their 
 "Escribanos" brand, which has probably met with as great favor as 
 that of any other cigar ever before put upon the market, necessitating 
 almost the entire attention of the firm to keep up with their orders. It 
 is widely known for its fine natural aroma, its uniform quality and re- 
 liability, and for genuine merit it is fully entitled to be classed as the 
 finest made in this market. It is a straight ten-cent cigar and is for 
 sale by leading dealers throughout the circuit of their trade. Their 
 leading five-cent cigar is the "'Bow Knot." which is equally popular at 
 the price. The annual output of the factory is about 3,000,000 cigars 
 and the demand is steadily increasing. The members of the firm are 
 Messrs. William H. Ogden. J. S. Ogden and William Ogden, Jr., all of 
 whom take an active interest in the management of the business, and 
 the result of their progressive methods is a superior grade of cigars, 
 which the trade has been prompt to appreciate. The firm enjoys a 
 high reputation for integrity and liberality and they are to be congrat- 
 ulated upon the success they have achieved, which their enterprise so 
 fully merits. 
 
56 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 L. DOOLITTLE, 
 
 Binghamton City Mills, S South Street. 
 
 The grinding of cereals for food is one of oldest and most prom- 
 inent industries of all ages and is represented in Binghamton by a 
 number of houses whose united operations are very large. Prominent 
 among them is the Binghamton City Mills, of which Mr. L. Doolittle is 
 the proprietor. This mill was first started about a quarter of a century 
 ago. the present mill having been erected about six years ago. It is a 
 three-story building 40x8('' feet in dimensions and is provided with four 
 run of stone operated by water power and has a capacity for grinding 
 about 650 bushels of grain daily. Only custom flouring is done, but 
 considerable feed is ground and shipped to the trade throughout this 
 and the adjoining counties, and Western flour, grain, and feed are also 
 handled at both wholesale and retail. Mr. Doolittle is one of the 
 pioneers of Binghamton"s industrial progress and has been a resident 
 of the city for nearly half a century. He was at one time engaged in 
 the lumber business and for a number of years also conducted a retail 
 grocery store. Another of his enterprises was the carding of wool, 
 which he carried on until' the change in business methods resulted in. 
 this branch of production being transferred to other localities. Though 
 actively engaged in business for so many years, he is still an energetic 
 and progressive manufacturer and his present industry is one of the 
 features of the commercial supremacy of this growing metropolis. 
 
 W. W. HEMINGWAY, 
 
 Plumber, steam and Gas Fitter and Dealer in Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, 
 175 and 177 Washington Street, 
 
 The most extensive establishment in 
 Binghamton, devoted to the branch of com- 
 mercial industry, implied in the caption of 
 this article is that of Mr. W. W, Heming- 
 way, which was originally founded in 1867 
 by Mason. Root & Co.. who were succeeded 
 in 1880 by J. W. Doubleday & Co., of which 
 latter firm Mr. Hemingway was a member, 
 and in 1889 he assumed sole control of the 
 business. The headquarters of the business 
 are embraced in a large double store and 
 basement 43x120 feet in dimensions, which 
 is handsomely fitted up and attractively 
 arranged and contains a large and varied 
 stock of goods embracing parlor heating 
 stoves, furnaces, ranges, tinware and kitchen 
 furnishing goods, gas fixtures, gas and 
 steam fittings, plumbers" materials and supplies and indeed everything 
 in these various lines required by the demands of the public. The house 
 has the agency in this city for the Pease Economy Furnace, which is 
 undoubtedly the very best furnace ever contrived for heating and 
 ventilating dwellings, schools, churches, stores or other buildings, and 
 is in use by many in this city and vicinity. Mr. Hemingway has ex- 
 ecuted the plumbing, steam and gas fitting in very many private 
 residences and public buildings in Binghamton, and his trade in stoves 
 and ranges is widely recognized as being a most important one. A 
 large variety of diff^erent st^Tes and makes of stoves is shown here and 
 courteous assistants are pleased to explain their merits to all inquirers. 
 As a representative progressive house this one is a marked feature of 
 the trade resources of Binghamton and is justly ,entitled to the prom- 
 inence it has achieved in the exercise of its liberal business policy. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON, 57 
 
 CHARLES E. LEE, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Lumber, Building Materials, Cut-Stone, etc., 200 
 Chenango St. and 1 OO to 1 50 Eldredge St. 
 
 The oldest and most prominent house engaged in handling all the 
 varied products implied in the caption of this article, in Binghamton, 
 is that of Mr. Charles E. Lee. which was established in 1870, and has 
 been conducted under his sole proprietorship since 1883. With head- 
 quarters as above indicated, where two extensive yards, one for lime 
 and sewer pipe and the other for kimber and stone cutting, are occupied, 
 the house is in possession of every modern facility that tends to de- 
 crease the cost of handling or promote the prompt fulfillment of orders. 
 The yards are connected with the railroad system of the city by side 
 tracks, which permits of the receipt and shipment of stock without re- 
 handling, and large warehouses and sheds protect the materials from 
 the weather. The stock handled embraces lumber of all kinds, hard- 
 woods, shingles, lath, lime, cement, plaster, sewer-pipe, fire-brick, fire 
 clay, chimney tops and cut-stone, the latter forming a very important 
 branch of the business, requiring the services of a large number of 
 skilled stone-cutters during the building season. All the goods handled 
 by Mr. Lee are unrivalled for high quality and general excellence, and 
 are received direct from the most noted manufacturers of the country 
 in large quantities, and are offered to the trade at lowest prices. A full 
 and complete assortment of regular sizes of fire-brick slabs is carried 
 in stock and special sizes are made to order, while in general builders' 
 materials the stock is ample to promptly meet the largest orders. From 
 forty to seventy-five workmen are employed, the number varying with 
 the "exigencies of the season, and besides an extensive and growing local 
 business a large wholesale trade is transacted that extends throughout 
 a large part of Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania. In 
 every respect the facilities of the house are such as to have gained for 
 it a wide reputation and placed it in the foremost rank of the success- 
 ful establishments of the Parlor City. 
 
 BINGHAMTON WOOLEN CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Blankets, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 A recent and important addition to the diversified character of the 
 industrial resources of Binghamton is the Binghamton Woolen Co. , 
 which commenced operations here in July last. The manufacturing 
 plant of the company is embraced in a three-story and basement build- 
 ing 40x1 10 feet in dimensions, which is equipped with all the latest 
 improved machinery known to the trade, and of a very superior char- 
 acter, power being obtained from a 3o-horse power steam engine, and 
 employment being given to about fifty operatives at present, which 
 number it is contemplated will be gradually increased. The products- 
 are made in a variety of fine and medium grades and in all the usual 
 sizes in white and grey, and are trimmed and finished in the best 
 manner. Only the best qualities of raw materials are used in their pro- 
 duction, and already a large and growing demand has been built up 
 for the goods which extends throughout the United States generally. 
 The executive officers of the company are Messrs: C. A. Lull, President, 
 andR. W. Meeker, Secretary and Treasurer, both gentlemen of com- 
 prehensive business experience and enterprising methods equal to the 
 requirements of the successful management of so important an enter- 
 prise. I 
 
58 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 PERSELS & MACK, 
 
 Manufacturers of Saddlery and Harness and Jobbers of Saddlery Hardware, 
 
 4-0 Chenango St. 
 
 No single firm in the city 
 enjoys a higher reputation 
 than Messrs. Persels & Mack. 
 This house was originally 
 instituted in 1872 bv Messrs. 
 Smith and Persels. "^ In 1874 
 the firm style changed to 
 Smith, Persels & Co. In 1876 
 it became Persels, Nicoll & 
 Mack, and in 1890 the pres- 
 ent firm of Persels & Mack, 
 composed of Messrs. Henry 
 Persels and Daniel H. Mack, 
 succeded to the business. 
 The present extensive prem- 
 ises occupied by the firm 
 were erected and taken pos- 
 session of in 1886. The build- 
 ing has three floors each 
 24x1 15 feet in dimensions, the 
 ground floor being used for 
 office and salesroom and the 
 upper floors for manufactur- 
 ing purposes. The firm are 
 wholesale dealers in sad- 
 dlery hardware, and they 
 carry an extensive stock of 
 everything pertaining to the 
 trade, of both foreign and 
 domestic manufacture, from the cheapest buckle to the most expensive 
 harness trimmings, and including also parts of harness gig saddles, 
 winkers, bridles, housings, fronts, halters, reins, etc. In the manufac- 
 turing department a large force of skilled workmen is employed, and 
 fine hand-made single and double, light and heavy harness is manufac- 
 tured. The productive capacity of the factory is about 3,000 sets of 
 harness annually. Two travelling salesmen are employed and their 
 trade extends throughout New England and the Middle States. The 
 members of the firm are both gentlemen of high standing in this com- 
 munity, of sound business judgment, who by energy and enterprise 
 have built up from small beginnings this important addition to the 
 manufacturing and jobbing interests of Binghamton. 
 
 STONE & SANDERS. 
 
 Dealers in Paints, Oils, Glass, etc., 7 Court St. 
 
 The above named house is the oldest and most prominent represent- 
 ative of the paint and oil trade of Binghamton, and its transactions 
 form an important feature of the wholesale and retail accommodations 
 of the city. The business was instituted in 1870, and has steadily ex- 
 panded with the growth and development of the city, increasing its 
 facilities and the scope of its operations as the requirements of its 
 trade and this market made necessary. The premises occupied for the 
 business are embraced in three floors, each 22x80, which afford ample 
 accommodations for the storage of a large and complete stock and the 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 59 
 
 prompt fulfillment of orders. The assortment carried is not only com- 
 plete, but is also of admirable selection and quality, is purchased direct 
 from the most noted manufacturers, and is offered to the trade, large 
 consumers and the public upon the most advantageous terms. It in- 
 cludes all kinds of ground and mixed paints, colors and white lead, oils, 
 varnishes, glass and painters' materials, brushes, glue, japans, and in 
 fact every conceivable article incident to the trade. A specialty is made 
 ■of Liquid Fillers and Stains. Water Proof Floor Finish, Magic Primer 
 and Furniture polishes made by the Star Furnishing Co.. of Dayton, 
 C, for which the firm are general agents. They also carry a full line of 
 sash weights in all sizes from three to thirty pounds. A full and com- 
 plete line of artists' materials and colors is also a feature of the stock. 
 The facilities of the house are complete in all particulars, and their 
 trade extends throughout a radius of fifty miles from this city. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. W. J. Stone and H. H. Sanders, both 
 thoroughly conversant with all the details of the business to which they 
 devote their close attention. Those concerned will find their best in- 
 terests well served in dealing with this firm, which has inducements 
 to offer fully equal, at least, to those of metropolitan trade centers. 
 
 'feil"J'4-^iS|^_ 
 
 BINGHAMTON PRODUCE CO., 
 
 Produce Commission Merchants, 1 87 Water Street. 
 
 Among the later additions to the pro- 
 duce branch of trade is the solid and pro- 
 gressive house of the Binghamton Produce 
 Co., combining energy and experience with 
 a complete knowledge of the wants of the 
 trade and enjoying the confidence of a wide 
 circle of shippers and patrons extending 
 throughout a large part of Southern New 
 York and Northern Pennsylvania. This en- 
 terprise was founded in 1889 by Messrs. W. 
 D. and W. F. Cady and R. S. Cotton. Their 
 premises comprise a store and basement and 
 one upper floor of the new building located 
 as above indicated, which afford ample ac- 
 commodations for the stock and admirable 
 facilites for handling it. An elevator con- 
 nects the floors, and a cold-storage room in- 
 sures the proper care of perishable products. 
 The bucinccs yjt the house, which is of a strictly wholesale character, 
 embraces the handling of fresh gathered eggs, butter, cheese and coun- 
 try produce as specialties, and no house in Binghamton is in a better 
 position to supply the demands of the retail trade in these food supplies. 
 'They also handle hay, straw, feed and flour to a limited extent, and are 
 always prepared to sell goods on commission, consignments being solic- 
 ited for which the highest market prices and quick returns may be con- 
 fidently assured. The firm are in daily receipt of the products of first- 
 class dairies, which they offer the trade upon favorable terms. The 
 house is probably the largest handler of butter and eggs in this market, 
 and as one of the most important of the trade facihties of Binghamton, 
 having for its sole object the furnishing of food supplies of high quality 
 to the public at lowest prices, the Binghamton Produce Co. is fully en- 
 titled to the success and prosperity it has achieved in its chosen field of 
 enterprise. 
 
60 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 EUREKA ADVERTISING AGENCY, 
 
 Ackerman Block. 
 
 The Eureka Advertising Agency, 
 was organized in 1889. and has since 
 built up a large and growing patron- 
 age and a hioh reputation among news- 
 paper publishers. The agency does a 
 general advertising business, placing 
 advertisements in any and all newspa- 
 pers throughout the United States, at 
 the lowest possible rates. The agency 
 having no axe of their own to grind 
 with the publishers, are enabled to 
 quote net cash prices, and the record of 
 the past business done assures publish- 
 ers of prompt cash payments, which en- 
 courages them to afford the agency ad- 
 vantages not easily duplicated elsewhere. The agency offers adver- 
 tisers all the facilities that modern methods have made advantageous, 
 and their advice and experience are promptly put at the disposal of pat- 
 rons. The agency also has the exclusive control of all street car adver- 
 tising in Binghamton and other cities. This medium of advertising is 
 recognized by the leading advertisers of the country as one of the most 
 profitable that can be obtained. Mr. G. S. Ackley is the manager of 
 the business, to whose progressive ideas and energetic methods its prom- 
 inent success is due. The enterprise is a valuable acquisition to the busi- 
 ness resources of Binghamton, and fully merits the prominence it has 
 attained. 
 
 EMPIRE GRAIN AND ELEVATOR CO. 
 
 Office 192 Chenango St., Elevator and Warehouse, Robinson St. 
 
 One of the most important enterprises of the kind in the State and 
 the only one of considerable proportions in this section is the Empire 
 Grain and Elevator Co.. of this city, which was organized in June, 1891, 
 and has a paid up capital stock of $75,000. This prominent concern may 
 be said to have been instituted by reason of the labors of Mr. L. M. 
 Wilson, its present secretary, treasurer and general manager, and the 
 success of the company since its organization is an evidence of the good 
 judgment shown in locating it here. The company's business em- 
 braces the buying and shipping of grain, hay and mill-feeds, buckwheat 
 grain and also the manufactare of clipped oats. The company are 
 heavy buyers of grain in the Western markets, which they supply to 
 millers and local dealers in car lots, either direct from the original 
 sources of supply without transhipment, or from warehouse here, as 
 may be desired. They are also large buyers of buckwheat grain and 
 baled hay in this market, the former being disposed of in Illinois, Wis- 
 consin and other Western states, as well as the middle and New Eng- 
 land states. The chief trade of the company, however, is in supplying 
 millers and dealers in New England and the middle states with grain, 
 hay and mill-feeds, for which department of the business they enjoy the 
 most advanced and modern facilities. The company's elevator and 
 warehouse is located in the north-eastern section of the city and is liter- 
 ally surrounded by railroad tracks. The building is equipped with a 
 100-horse power steam engine, elevating and cleaning machinery, oat 
 clippers, power shovels, steam car pullers, separators, etc., and in fact 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 61 
 
 every mechanical contrivance and convenience that would in any way 
 serve to save labor or secure promptness in filling- orders About ] 000 feet 
 of tracks insures receipt and shipment of stock with a minimum of hand- 
 ling, and a sixty-ton track scale insures correct weights. The capacity 
 of the elevator is 50,000 bushels of grain and the warehouse furnishes 
 
 storage for 5.000 tons of hay, and mill-feeds, and this stock. supi)lem- 
 mented by large shipments daily in transit, insures the prompt fulfill- 
 ment of all orders. By reason of its central location, and being upon 
 the main highway from the west to tlie east, Binghamton ofi'ers the 
 greatest advantages to the trade as a source of supply for the above 
 
63 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 named staples, and the Empire Grain and Elevator Co. has developed 
 these advantages in the interest of their customers. and made it possible 
 for the trade to use this market at a saving over that of any other in the 
 East. This company lays down grain and other products throughout 
 the circuit of its trade, with greater promptness and frequently at less 
 prices than it is possible to obtain it from more distant markets. A 
 special feature of the business of the company is the manufacture of 
 clipped oats, which are in demand by the trade and consumers. Mr. 
 L. M. Wilson is assisted in the management of the business by Mr. T. 
 H. Wilson, Associate Manager, and no enterprise in the city gives 
 greater promise of continued growth and prosperity than does the Em- 
 pire Grain and Elevator Co. Correspondence from the trade is solicited 
 and prompt replies and quotations may be assured. This city is to be 
 congratulated upon being the headquarters of so prominent and valua- 
 ble an institution as this, which by its advanced facilities and accom- 
 modations is a credit alike to its management and this community. 
 
 LLOYD & GARDINER, 
 
 Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Confectionery, 2 15 State Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. Lloyd & Gardiner is the chief representa- 
 tive of the confectionery branch of the wholesale trade of this city and 
 is the only exclusively wholesale confectionery house in the city, such 
 others as do any jobbing, being also retailers. This house was founded 
 in 1885 by Lloyd & Shrnnpton. the present firm, composed of John E. 
 Lloyd and C. L. Gardiner, having succeeded to the business January 1, 
 1890. The premises occupied are comprised in a four-story and base- 
 ment brick building, the ground floor being utilized for salesrooms and 
 office purposes and the upper floors for manufacturing and surplus 
 stock. The equipment of the establishment embraces all necessary 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 65 
 
 appliances, no power machinery being used, the products being- all 
 hand-made confectionery. The firm manufactures a full and complete 
 line of fine and medium confectionery, including some penny goods, 
 making a specialty of fine moulded cream goods, which are unsurpassed 
 for quality, handsome appearance and attractiveness. Another 
 specialty is fruit tablets, packed in glass jars, which for fine flavor and 
 high quality are in the highest repute with first-class retail trade, drug- 
 gists and confectioners generally. The firm pack their own goods under 
 their trade-mark of " Wild Rose." which has become a well-recognized 
 guarantee of superior quality. Only the best ingredients, pure sugar, 
 flavorings, etc. are used and all the products are guaranteed to be ex- 
 actly as represented. Besides the goods of their own production, the 
 firm carry a complete line of candies, confectionery, chocolate goods, 
 penny goods, novelties, chewing gum, etc., which are procured direct 
 from the largest and most noted manufacturers of the country and are 
 offered to the trade at manufacturers' prices. They also handle a full 
 line of foreign and domestic nuts. The trade of the house extends 
 throughout this State and Pennsylvania within a hundred miles of 
 Binghamton, and four travelling salesmen represent the house on the 
 road. Notwithstanding the keen competition of New York and other 
 markets, the "Wild Rose" brand of confectionery produced by this 
 house is to be found in the hands of the principal retailers of this sec- 
 tion, and the particular excellence and attractiveness of these goods are 
 annually increasing the demand for them. The members of the firm 
 are both experienced and practical manufacturers and they devote their 
 close personal attention to all the details of the business in the interest 
 of excellence of product. The extent, variety and character of the 
 entire stock of this house merit the attention of critical and prudent 
 buyers and the trade will find upon forming relations with Messrs. 
 Lloyd & Gardmer many advantages impossible to procure elsewhere in. 
 this market. 
 
 H. L. BUSH & CO., 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 24-9 Water Street. 
 
 The cigar manufactory of Messrs. H. L. Bush & Co., established in 
 1889, has since come to be an important factor of the industry in this 
 city. The firm occupy commodious premises in the building located as 
 above indicated, where they give steady employment to twenty cigar 
 makers and annually turn out about 850,000 fine and medium grade 
 cigars. Their goods which are chiefly designed for fine retail trade are 
 also in demand by leading jobbers and are distributed to the trade 
 throughout New York and Pennsylvania principally. Their leading 
 brands are "Governors," "Refined" and "La Rosa" in five cent cigars, 
 and ••Local." " Honor" and •"The Hand Made" in ten cent cigars. 
 These are particularly popular with consumers and the trade, and are 
 fully maintained to the high standard originally set for them. No 
 power machinery is used and all the goods produced are strictly hand- 
 made cigars and as such are confidently recommended to the trade and 
 consumers as possessing every attribute for perfect satisfaction. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. H. L. and A. J. Bush, both progressive 
 manufacturers, who devote their close personal attention to all the 
 operations of the business, in the interest of a superior product. The 
 success and continued growth of the business have been matters of 
 favorable comment both in the trade and this community and every 
 promise of future expansion is given. 
 
64 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 W. D. STEVENS, 
 
 Mason Contractor and Builder, 36 Susquehanna Street. 
 
 Mr. W. D. Stevens began operations in 1869 and during the interval 
 since elapsed has erected a large number of the principal churches, bus- 
 iness blocks, manufacturing establishments and private residences of 
 Binghamton as well as a large part of the central business structures in 
 Oneonta. For a number of years he confined his attention to mason 
 work only, but of late years has undertaken the entire work of building, 
 including brick, stone and frame buildings. His present facilities em- 
 brace a wood working shop, which is a two-story brick building 80x175 
 feet in dimensions, which is equipped with all necessary improved ma- 
 chinery and tools, operated by a 50-horse power steam engine and 
 capable of turning out everything in the way of builders" finish, after 
 the most approved methods and at a minimum cost. Planing, carving 
 and turning are also accomplished here for the trade at reasonable 
 prices. The energies of the house are devoted to the erection of all 
 kinds of public and private buildings and also include all kinds of job- 
 bing and the production of stair and cabinet work. Among the princi- 
 pal Ijuildings erected by Mr. Stevens, either in whole or in part, are the 
 High School, Weed's tannery, Hamlin block. Ackerman block. Pope & 
 Johnson block, Dunk block. Cady block. Tabernacle church. Congrega- 
 tional church, Hanunond block, Westcott block. Rich block. Lester 
 block. Stone & Jenks' block and many others. These are but a few of the 
 prominent exemplifications of his skill and ability as a builder. 
 
 C. A. CORBIN, 
 
 Wholesale Dealer and Shipper of Eggs, 1 52 Main St. 
 
 The facilities afforded by Binghamton for the transaction of an en- 
 terprise such as that forming the caption of this article, by reason of 
 the numerous and far-reaching lines of railway centering here and the 
 contiguity of the city to unsurpassed producing localities are particu- 
 larly favorable, and have resulted in the acquisition by Mr. C. A. Cor- 
 bin of a very extensive business, which, while also being an unique one 
 is annually increasing in the volume of its transactions. Mr. Corbin 
 founded his enterprise in 1872 at Otego, N. Y.. and removed its head- 
 quarters to this city in 1889, and he also operates branch packing houses 
 at Otego. Unadilla, Bloomville, Trout Creek, Afton, Morris. Canton and 
 Hartwick. The facilities of the house embrace storage warehouses at 
 the several receiving points, and in this city alone tliere is a storage ca- 
 pacity for half a million dozen eggs. The operations of the business 
 embrace the collection and the purchase of eggs from the producers in 
 this state and Pennsylvania and their shipment to New York city, a 
 specialty being made of strictly fancy fresh eggs. Eggs are also packed 
 in lime and stored to meet the demand at seasons when the supply of 
 fresh eggs is limited. During the season the daily outlay for eggs 
 reaches the sum of $1,000, and the aggregate results in an annual turn- 
 over of very large proportions The greatest care is taken in the selec- 
 tion of stock, and the connections of the house with producers are such 
 that the sources of supply are practically unlimited. The trade of the 
 house is entirely with New York city and daily shipments are made to 
 this market. Mr. Corbin is an enterprising and pi'ogressive business 
 man, and since his location here has closely allied himself with the com- 
 ift mercial development of Binghamton. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 65 
 
 C. A. SMITH, 
 
 Cigar Manufacturer, North Depot Street. 
 
 As a leading- representative of the cigar manufacturing trade we 
 quote with pleasure the enterprise of Mr. C. A. Smith, which was orig- 
 inally established in 188G at Uneonta, and was removed to this city in 
 LS88." The factory and salesrooms are located in the five-story building, 
 opposite the "Erie" passenger station, where every improved mechani- 
 cal facility is at hand for the economical production of fine seed and 
 Havana cigars, power being obtained from a 20-horse power steam en- 
 gine and a -iO-horse power boiler, and employment is given to sixty 
 skilled workmen. All the operations of the factory are conducted un- 
 der the personal supervision of the proprietor, who is an experienced 
 manufacturer and an expert judge of leaf tobacco, and has been active- 
 ly engaged in the business for the past fifteen years. The result is a 
 line of medium and fine cigars that have no superiors in the market and 
 are in active demand both by the trade and consumers. The goods are 
 produced chiefly under registered brands of the house, among which we 
 note ••Havana Bouquet."* '"Santa Clara." "El Cometa," "Crown Jewel," 
 ••Elkoe," "Big Gun." •'899," ••Red Skin," "Happy Coon," "Gold Anchor," 
 ''Big 23." "Cherry Ripe." ''Liberty" and "Yum Yum." each of which 
 has a high reputation and great popularitj^ in wide-spread localities 
 throughout the United States generally as far West as the Pacific coast, 
 sales being made almost exclusively to jobbers, three travelling sales- 
 men representing the house on the road. The principal and leading 
 brand of the house, however, is the ''C. A. S. Bouquet." a strictly fine 
 hand-made Havana filled cigar, which is confidently recommended as 
 the best ten cent cigar on the market. It is widely known for its fine 
 natural aroma, reliability and uniformity and for genuine merit is fully 
 entitled to be classed as the finest made in this market. The annual 
 out-put of the house is about 2,000,000 cigars, and the volume of pro- 
 duction is annually increasing, necessitating frequent increase of facil- 
 ities. The establishment is in every way entitled to the confidence of 
 the trade and ever since its advent here it has been a leading represent- 
 ative of the cigar manufacturing industry of Binghamton. 
 
 GAYLORD'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE. 
 
 1 78 State Street. Branch Office, 78 Court St. 
 
 The above named enterprise is an important adjunct to the com- 
 mercial resources and conveniences of Binghamton. The warehouse is 
 a four-story and basement brick building, 25x125 feet in dimensions, 
 which is provided with an elevator connecting all the fioors, and in 
 every respect affords the public with all necessary facilities for the 
 storage and safe keeping of merchandise, furniture, pianos, pictures, 
 carriages, gold and silver plate and goods of all descriptions at reason- 
 able rates. A special feature of the enterprise is that the management 
 insures all goods for its patrons free. A large covered van for moving- 
 furniture is also one of the facilities of the house, and this van may also 
 be secured for removing furniture to any desired place. This warehouse 
 was first thrown open to the public in 1888 and has since proved the 
 wisdom of its inception by the large patronage it has received from the 
 community. The management of the business is in the hands of 
 Messrs. A. D. Gaylord and H. J. Gay lord. The former has been actively 
 engaged in the packing of leaf tobacco in this city for the past quarter 
 of a century and the latter is now and long has been the leading real 
 estate dealer of this city and is also president of the Security Mutual 
 Life Association of Binghamton. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 HEATH & HARRIS, 
 
 Machinists, 227 and 229 Water St. 
 
 This business was instituted in 1882 by Knapp & Heath, the present 
 firm succeeding to the business in 1890. The firm occupy a two-story 
 brick building which is fully equipped with all necessary machinery 
 operated by a 15-horse power steam engine, employment being given to 
 a number of skilled mechanics. The products of the house embrace 
 improved foot-power lathes, which have a high reputation in the trade 
 and are in demand throughout the United States. Other products are 
 milling machines, improved iron shapers and vises. Besides the manu- 
 facture of the above, the firm do a regular jobbing and repairing busi- 
 ness, for which they are prepared with all necessary facilities. Any- 
 thing in the line of special machinery or tools is constructed to order 
 and inquiries are invited on this class of machine work. Both mem- 
 bers of this firm, Robert Heath and J. Fred Harris, are thoroughly 
 practical machinists who take an active part in all the operations of 
 their business. 
 
 HULL, GRUMMOND & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Cigars, 220 Water St. 
 
 The manufacture of 
 cigars is the leading in- 
 dustrial interest of 
 B i n g h a m t o n, an d 
 among the most cred- 
 itable establishments 
 devoted to their pro- 
 duction isthat of 
 Messrs. Hull, Grum- 
 mond & Co., which has 
 developed a large and 
 annually incre a s i n g 
 trad e thatextends 
 throughout the United 
 States generally. This 
 house is also one of the 
 oldest of the larger es- 
 tablishments manufac- 
 turing cigars, having 
 been originally found- 
 ed in 1874 by Mr. John 
 Hull, Jr., the present 
 firm having succeeded 
 to the business in 1886. 
 The factory of the firm 
 is a large four-story 
 and basement brick 
 building, which is ful- 
 ly equipped with all 
 necessary improved 
 machinery, including 
 s t r i p p ing, bunching 
 and scrap machines, operated by a 2o-iiorse power steam engine and 
 supplied with elevator and all other modern facilities for the economi- 
 cal production of the goods and the prompt fulfillment of orders. The 
 products embrace a large variety of medium and fine domestic cigars 
 ranging in price by the case from $20 to $G0 per thousand, the output of 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAM TON. 67 
 
 the factory ranging from ten to fifteen millions annually, employment 
 being given to from four hundred to five hundred male and female 
 operatives. No very low grade cigars are made, and sales are made to 
 the jobbing trade exclusively. The individual members of the firm 
 are Messrs. John Hull. Jr., Charles A. Hull and Fred W. Grummond, 
 all progressive and enterprising business men, closely identified with 
 the industrial advance of Binghamton. 
 
 KNAPP & SON,, 
 
 Machinists, 1 96 State St. 
 
 Among the manifold manufacturing industries which distinguish 
 Binghamton as a prominent trade center, there is no more useful branch 
 of production carried on here than that which engages the attention of 
 Messrs. Knapp & Son. This enterprise was originally begun by Mr. 
 William Knapp in 18(J9, the present firm having been formed in 1885, 
 after several changes in the proprietorship of the business. The prem- 
 ises occupied for the business are embraced in three floors of the build- 
 ing located as above indicated, and are equipped with a full complement 
 of machinists' tools and machinery operated by steam power, employ- 
 ment being given to an average force of seven skilled artisans. The firm 
 are builders of all kinds of special and general machinery, steam engines, 
 etc., and also do a large jobbing and repairing business for local manufac- 
 turers. They undertake the manufacture of any mechanical device in 
 brass and iron, besides the manufacture of special machinery and tools, 
 shaftings, hangers, pulleys , etc. They turn out on contract large numbers 
 of lubricators, damper regulators, water regulators and other specialties 
 for the Hoffman Lubricating Oil Co. of this city. The members of the 
 firm are both practical and expert machinists and engineers, and pos- 
 sess a thorough knowledge of the varied details of the business over 
 which they preside. 
 
 W. F. RAHILLY & CO., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Etc., 1 3S Washington Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. W. F. Rahilly & Co. among its contempo- 
 raries occupies an eminent position in the liquor trade here. It was 
 originally established in 1870 by John W. McTighe, the present firm as- 
 suming control in 1890. The premises occupied comprise a well 
 appointed and convenient store at the above address where ma}^ be 
 found a large stock of foreign and domestic wines and liquors of the 
 choicest selected quality. While a general line is handled, specialties are 
 made of the following celebrated brands of whiskey, viz : Hermitage. 
 Beaver Run, Finch's Golden Wedding, Old Crow, Mt. Vernon and Duffy's 
 Pure Malt. These are all goods of tried and national reputation, pure 
 in quality, delicious in flavor, wholesome and reliable. In addition to the 
 above a very fine stock of American and imported gins, rums, brandies, 
 whiskies, champagnes, clarets, ports, sherries, Bass ale, etc., are carried 
 which have been specially selected for the trade of this house. Alto- 
 gether the facilities of the concern are fully equal in every respect to 
 those of dealers in any city in the country. The trade of the house ex- 
 tends throughout a wide range of territory embracing mainly Southern 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The individual members of 
 the firm are Messrs. W. F. Rahilly and F. E. McTighe, both of whom 
 are thoroughly experienced in the business to which they give their 
 close personal attention. 
 
68 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 JOHN RAY CLARKE CO., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers In Hats, Caps, Straw Goods, Robes and Blankets, Cor. Henry 
 
 St. and Commercial Ave. 
 
 This house 
 was originally 
 established by 
 the late John 
 Ray Clarke, the 
 present coni- 
 p a ny having 
 been organized 
 in 1891, since the 
 demise of the 
 f oun d e r. The 
 w a r e h o ii se of 
 the company is 
 embraced in a 
 handsome new 
 five-story build- 
 ing, erected in 
 1890, which cov- 
 ers an area of 
 80x90 feet. The 
 building is fur- 
 nished with all 
 m o d e r n i m- 
 provements, in- 
 eluding an 
 elevator and is one of the most complete commercial edifices in the 
 city, and is also notable for its substantial and graceful architecture. 
 The'stock carried is large and well selected and embraces hats and caps 
 of all kinds, shapes and styles of the ruling fashion, as well as straw 
 goods in season, and a complete line of sleigh-robes, plush and wool lap- 
 robes of their own manufacture, and horse blankets, no other concern 
 in the state, outside of New York, showing so complete and varied a 
 stock. All goods are procured direct from manufacturers both at home 
 and abroad in large quantities, and are offered at prices which com- 
 mand the most favorable attention. Eight assistants in the warehouse 
 and ten travelling salesmen are employed in the several departments of 
 the business, and the trade of the house extends throughout New York, 
 JPennsylvania. Ohio and Michigan. 
 
 JULIUS P. MORGAN, 
 
 Manufacturer of Cigars, 1 and 3 Carroll St. 
 
 The extensive cigar manufacturing establishment, now and since 
 March, 1891, under the proprietorship of Mr. Julius P. Morgan, was 
 originally established in April, 1888, by Messrs. Schubmehl. Cox & Co. 
 The factorv is comprised in a three-story brick building, which is fully 
 equipped with all late improved machinery, operated by a 20-horse 
 power steam engine, and furnishes employment to one hundred and 
 twentv-five skilled operatives. The products of the factory embrace a 
 variety of brands of fine and medium grade domestic cigars, which are 
 produced after the most improved methods from the best qualities of 
 leaf tobacco, and while in no particular can they be classed as cheap in 
 the sense of inferiority, they are offered to the trade at lowest possible 
 prices considering the quality. Among the chief brands, of which 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 69 
 
 there are many, we note: '"Our Veterans," "Scarlet Letter" and 
 "Oaken Buckets" in five-cent cigars, and "Brook Trout" and "La Glad- 
 iosa" in ten-cent cigars, which have had a phenomenal sale and are 
 justly popular with the trade and smokers wherever introduced. The 
 trade of the house extends generally throughout the United States and 
 is with jobbers exclusively, a number of travelling salesmen being con- 
 stantly on the road. Mr. Morgan, the proprietor of this enterprise, 
 though a recent accession to the industry, is a gentleman of large and 
 varied business experience and attainments, and is prominently con- 
 nected with other important enterprises in this city. He has surrounded 
 himself in his present enterprise with able and progressive lieutenants, 
 and has not only succeeded in maintaining the large and growing trade 
 of the house, but has also extended the scope of its operations and aug- 
 mented the demand for its products. 
 
 THE L. BOLLES HOE AND TOOL CO., 
 
 Sole Manufacturers of Bolles' CastSteel Field and Garden Hoes, Office and 
 Works 1 24-, 1 26 and 1 28 Walnut Street. 
 
 The enterprise of The 
 L. Bolles Hoe and Tool Co. 
 is one of the oldest of Bing- 
 hamton's industrial enter- 
 prises, having been origi- 
 nally established in 1840, 
 and its products having 
 been in the market for over 
 half a century are every- 
 where recognized as the 
 highest standard for quality 
 and superiority. The com- 
 pany's plant is located in 
 the western part of the city 
 and adjoins the railroad system, thus affording the most complete facil- 
 ities for the economical receipt of raw materials and the shipment of 
 the finished product. The works consist of a series of brick buildings, 
 which are fully equipped with all necessary machinery and tools, oper- 
 ated by a 150-horse power engine and employment is given to forty 
 skilled workmen. The products consist of Bolles' celebrated cast steel 
 field and garden hoes, mortar or street hoes, handled planters' hoes^ 
 handled cotton hoes, socket cotton hoes, weeding hoes, riveted hoes, 
 etc. These are made in various numbers and sizes from the best mate- 
 rials by experienced and skilled workmen and after the most approved 
 patterns, original with this company. These hoes have no equals in the 
 market for high quality and finish and the trade-mark of the company 
 is a guarantee of perfection. From the inception of the business, the 
 distinguishing feature of this company's operations has been the supe- 
 riority of their goods. Thus the favor of the trade and consumers has 
 been attained and a large and prosperous business created which ex- 
 tends throughout the United States, besides which their goods are also 
 exported to foreign countries. The officers of the company are Messrs. 
 J. T. Whitmore, President: E. N. Abbott, Secretary, and J. W. Manier, 
 Treasurer, who give the management of the business their energetic at- 
 tention. Mr. Manier is also President of the Susquehanna Valley Bank. 
 The enterprise is an important factor in the make-up of the city's indus- 
 tries, and with a record of a half century for the production of the 
 best goods of the kind in the market is fully entitled to the confidence 
 of the trade it has so long enjoyed. 
 
70 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BENNETT BROTHERS, 
 
 Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes, South Street. 
 
 This house was originally instituted in 1884 by A. R. Wilkinson & 
 Co.. the present firm having succeeded to the business in 1889. Their 
 facilities embrace a well-equipped factory operated by water power and 
 supplied with all the late improved machinery known to the trade, in- 
 cluding sawing and planing machines, nailing machines, etc. The firm 
 manufacture all kinds of cigar boxes from the best materials and in the 
 highest style of workmanship and. having all modern facilities, they 
 are turned*^out at the minimum cost. From ten to fifteen employes are 
 required in the business and the trade of the house, while being largely 
 with local manufacturers, also extends to all the neighboring towns and 
 is annuallv increasing in volume. The members of the firm, Messrs. 
 J. M. and W. E. Bennett, are both practical men at the business and 
 give all the details of manufacture their close personal supervision in 
 the interest of superior products. 
 
 H. J. GAYLORD, 
 
 Real Estate, 78 Court St. 
 
 The old-established and representative real estate agency of Mr. H. 
 J. Gaylord, which is the most prominent enterprise of the kind in the 
 city, has done much to advance the corporate growth and business in- 
 terests of Binghamton, inviting men of capital here and at the same 
 time offering inducements to residents to own homes or purchase lots 
 for manufacturing, mercantile or residence purposes. This agency is sec- 
 ond to none of its kind in the State, either in facilities fordoing business, 
 experienced management or reputation for reliability and fair dealing, 
 and has for many years been actively engaged in developing Bingham- 
 ton's industrial and commercial growth, and the benefits conferred upon 
 the city through the energy and enterprise of its founder and proprie- 
 tor. Mr. H. J, Gaylord, have been many and valuable. Mr. Gaylord 
 conducts a general real estate business, buying, selling and exchanging 
 real property of all kinds both on his own account and on commission 
 for others. He also negotiates mortgage loans, furnishes buyers of lots 
 with money to erect houses, when desired, upon terms that are most 
 liberal, and furnishes opportunities to industrious working men and oth- 
 ers to own their own homes, which no prudent man can afford to neg- 
 lect. He takes full charge of estates and property for non-residents, 
 collects rentals, pays taxes and transacts all business relating to real 
 estate at a moderate compensation, and his experience and standing in 
 the business community are such as to justify the most implicit confi- 
 dence of clients. Mr. Gaylord has been instrumental in laying out and 
 disposing of a number of valuable sub-divisions and additions to the 
 building sites in the most desirable sections of the city, many of 
 which have been sold and built upon, and others equally desirable 
 still remaining. Mr. Gaylord is a broadgauge man, of comprehensive 
 views, thoroughly identified with Binghamton in the best sense, and ex- 
 tremely liberal toward all who would invest in the soil and thus become 
 permanently attached to the city. His suite of offices is centrally lo- 
 cated, and headquarters for real estate investors in Binghamton. A 
 hearty welcome is extended here to all strangers and investigators of 
 the advantages of Binghamton, and all inquiries will be answered and 
 information furnished to visitors. Correspondence from capitalists, in- 
 vestors, and those seeking a profitable and advantageous location for a 
 home or industry is invited, and to such is offered the full benefit of the 
 sagacity, knowledge and business experience of the management. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 71 
 
 BAYLESS PAPER CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Book, News and Manilla Paper, Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 The Bayless Paper Co. was instituted in 1882 and has since devel- 
 oped a large and annually increasing trade extending throughout New 
 England, the ]kiddle and "Central Western States. The company's plant, 
 located in the north-eastern section of the city is most extensive in char- 
 acter and complete in equipment. The buildings are several in number 
 and are adjoined on all sides by the tracks of the railroad system of the 
 city, affording the most complete facilities for the receipt of raw mate- 
 rials and the shipment of finished products, cars being loaded and un- 
 loaded direct at the doors. Large yards for storing wood from which 
 wood-pulp is made, are also utilized, and the machinery and appliances 
 in operation are of the most modern character, representing all the im- 
 provements that have been made, during recent years, in the art of pa- 
 per making. Two steam engines with a combined force of 400-horse 
 power serve to operate the mechanical equipment and employment is 
 furnished to about thirty workmen. The company make about 3| to 4 
 tons of wood pulp daily and turn out from five to seven tons of paper 
 per day, the quantity' varying with the kind of paper made. Book, 
 news and manilla paper are produced which may be said to represent 
 the very acme of perfection in their various grades. The proprietors of 
 the enterprise are Messrs. Geo. C. and F. J. Bayless. 
 
 BINGHAMTON BLACKBOARD CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Blackboards, 9 Ferry Street. 
 
 This enterprise, of which Mr. L. A. 
 Ash is the founder and proprietor, 
 though instituted so recently as March 
 1891. has already built up a large trade 
 that extends throughout a large part of 
 the Eastern, Southern and Western 
 States and is gradually extending its 
 territory. The manufacturing facilities 
 of the company embrace a two-story 
 factory, which is fully equipped with 
 all necessary machinery, operated by 
 water power. The products embrace a 
 variety of sizes and styles of Portable 
 Blackboards, which may be used for 
 many different purposes. They make 
 excellent bulletins for newspapers, rail- 
 roads, ticket offices, merchants and for 
 business purposes generally, while for 
 the home they prove an inexhaustible 
 source of amusement for children, and 
 at the same time afford instruction as 
 well, in drawing, writing and figures. 
 The styles made are neat and attractive in design, durable and well 
 finished, and the material used for the surface of the blackboard is the 
 most perfect article of the kind in the market, making a smooth and 
 durable blackboard that will not crack or become otherwise useless. 
 The company's blackboards are for sale by the stationery and school 
 supply trade, and dealers in fancy goods, etc. , and by reason of the ex- 
 cellent shipping facilities, and prices at which lumber is obtained at 
 Binghamton they are placed on the market at prices that command at- 
 tention. Mr. Asii. the proprietor of the enterprise is a practical man at 
 the business, to which he gives his close personal attention. 
 
72 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 CRANDAL, STONE & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Carriage Hardware and Trimmings, Office and Works 33© 
 
 Court Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. Crandal, Stone & Co.. was originally 
 founded in 1871 by Messrs. John Doane & Co.. and it came into the pos- 
 session of the present firm in 1881. since which time the business has 
 been largely increased and the scope and field of its operations mate- 
 rially extended. The firm's plant is located in the eastern section of the 
 city, and adjoins the railroad system, thereby affording all facilities. 
 The works of the hrm. which were erected in 1887. are of the most com- 
 plete and modern character and are fully equipped with all the latest 
 improved special machinery and tools known to the trade. The main 
 building is a large four-story brick structure, besides which there are 
 minor buildings, and a oU-horse power engine provides the motive force 
 for the machinery, employment being given to about one hundred work- 
 men. The firm are extensive manufacturers of carriage hardware and 
 trimmings of various descriptions, making a specialty of a medium 
 grade of goods, which however, are the best of their class. Many of 
 the firm's products are of their own invention, protected by patents and 
 are the best of the kind in the market. The firm publish a large and 
 handsomely illustrated (.catalogue and price list, which goes exhaust- 
 ively into the subject of their products and which will be forwarded to 
 the trade upon application. In connection with their business, the firm 
 maintain a fully equipped electro-plating plant, where all their own 
 goods are silver-plated by themselves, and in fact, their works are 
 among the most self-contained of any of the kind in the country. The 
 trade of the house extends throughout the United States and Canada, 
 and their goods are also exported to all parts of the civilized world. 
 The members of the firm are Messrs. G. L. Crandal, C. M. and W. H. 
 Stone and C. E. Titchener, all prominent and well-known residents of 
 the city, who are adding much to the high reputation Binghamton en- 
 joys as a manufacturing city. 
 
 S. E. OFFENHEISER, 
 
 Wholesale Fruit and Commission IVIerciiant, 132 State Street and 25 Com- 
 mercial Avenue. 
 
 Largely engaged in this department of commerce is the well-known 
 house of Mr. S. E. Offenheiser, which he established here in 1885, he 
 having previously carried on a similar business in New York city for 
 twelve years. The premises occupied are comprised in two floors and a 
 basement which afford ample storage room for the stock which embraces 
 all kinds of foreign and domestic fruits in their seasons, and includes or- 
 anges and lemons, peaches, bananas, grapes, berries of all kinds, mel- 
 ons, dried fruits and nuts, and southern early vegetables and produce. 
 The facilities of the house embrace intimate relations with shippers and 
 producers throughout the country and the principal importers at the 
 seaports, and the choicest products of the market are constantly bein^ 
 received. The trade of the house extends throughout a large section of 
 Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania, along the several 
 lines of railoads centering at Binghamton and is annually increasing in 
 volume. Seven assistants and one travelling salesman are employed 
 by the house and the prompt fulfillment of all orders may be assured. 
 The reputation of this house for reliability, quick sales and prompt re- 
 turns to shippers is a wide-spread and honorable one, and consignments 
 of anything in this line is solicited for which liberal advances will be 
 made. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 75 
 
 F. B. RICHARDS & CO., 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 1 1 and 1 3 North Depot Street. 
 
 The firm whose name forms the caption of this article, while not 
 being such large producers as some others located here, has become a 
 well-known and highly esteemed one in this branch of manufacture, by 
 reason of the high character of its out-put. It was founded in 1887, 
 since which time a trade has been established that extends throughout 
 New York and Pennsylvania and is annually increasing in volume. 
 The premises occupied are comprised in a part of the extensive five-story 
 and basement brick building, where at present about seventy-five skilled 
 hand workmen are employed, which number, however, will shortly be 
 largely increased. No machinery is used in making cigars, the products- 
 being all strictly hand-made and designed for first-class retail trade. 
 The average out-put of the factory is about 3,000,000 cigars annually . 
 and of these fully two-thirds are made to be retailed at ten cents each. 
 Four travelling salesmen are employed by the firm and sales are made 
 almost exclusively direct to the retail trade. Among the chief brands 
 of the firm are the "F. B. R.." "Bouquet," "Cuba Mail," ''Special 
 Drive," "Princesa," "Drummers Dream" and "Brotherhoods," all of 
 which are in marked favor with discriminating dealers and consumers. 
 In fact the aim of this firm has always been to make a first-class cigar, 
 worthy the good opinion of smokers and to scrupulously maintain their 
 brands. The members of the firm are both widely and well-known to 
 the trade as gentlemen of pushing and progressive methods and honor- 
 able in all their dealings. 
 
 C. D. MIDDLEBROOK&Co., 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber and Shingles, Cor. State and Lewis Sts> 
 
 This enterprise is the largest establishment of the kind in the city, 
 and has long been an important factor in supplying lumber to builders- 
 and manufacturers in this section, as well as controllmg a large whole- 
 sale trade that extends throughout a considerable part of Southern New 
 York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The business was first instituted 
 in 1869 by W. W. Rope & Co., of which firm Mr.»C. D. Middlebrook was 
 a member, though at that time he was a resident of Oswego, N. Y., 
 where he conducted a similar enterprise. In 1885, the present firm suc- 
 ceeded to the business, since which time the scope and operations of the 
 house have been largely augmented. The premises of the firm cover an 
 area of GO x 250 feet, upon which is erected a brick storage warehouse, 
 57 x ::iOO feet in dimensions, partly two, and partly three stories high, 
 the whole affording the best possible facilities for the receipt and ship- 
 ment of lumber and the prompt fulfillment of orders. Open driveways 
 permit teams to enter the buildings and load and unload while all the 
 principal stock being housed insures its perfect condition. The stock 
 carried embraces all kinds of builders' lumber, shingles, doors, windows, 
 blinds, mouldings, etc., all of which are procured direct from the orig- 
 inal sources of supply in large quantities and upon the most favorable 
 terms. The firm carry the largest stock of lumber and lumber products 
 in this vicinity, and they are enabled to offer to the trade and consum- 
 ers inducements in quality and prices difficult to procure elsewhere. 
 The members of the firm, Messrs. C. D. Middlebrook and R. R. Gris- 
 wold, are both gentlemen of long experience in the lumber trade, and 
 both are closely identified w-ith the growth of this city. 
 
74 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BINGHAMTON WIRE WORKS, 
 
 David Campbell, Manufacturer of Plain and Ornamental Wire Work, 1 4-0 
 
 State Street. 
 
 The Binghamton Wire Works has long been a leading representa- 
 tive of this industry in this section. It was established in 1881 and oc- 
 cupies commodious premises at the above indicated address. The plant 
 is equipped with all necessary tools and appliances and furnishes em- 
 ployment to a number of skilled workmen. The works have long held 
 a high reputation for the superiority of their out-put. and the trade of 
 the house extends throughout a large section of Southern and Central 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The products of the Bingham- 
 ton Wire Works include chairs, bank and office railings of every de- 
 scription, flower stands, settees, florists' designs, coal and sand screens, 
 wire cloth, wire window and door screens, trellis frames for gardens, 
 spark arresters, wire fencing, poultry netting, etc., and all kinds of 
 special wire work to order; the facilities of the house for the manufac- 
 ture of anything in its line being unsurpassed in the Southern tier. Mr. 
 David Campbell, the proprietor of this useful enterprise, is a practical 
 man at the business to which he gives his close personal attention, and 
 he is widely known in the trade as a liberal and progressive business 
 man. 
 
 BARTLETT & CO., 
 
 TVIanufacturers of Sash, Doors and Blinds, Etc., Office 4-3 Collier St. 
 
 A leading and 
 most important 
 concern devoted to 
 this branch of pro- 
 duction is the wide- 
 1}' -known house of 
 Messrs. Bartlett & 
 Co., which is the 
 direct successor 
 and outgrowth of 
 the enterprise orig- 
 inally founded in 
 1845 by Isaac L. 
 Bartlett, father of 
 the senior member 
 of the present firm. 
 About 1861 the bus- 
 iness was known 
 under the title of 
 Blanchard, Bartlett & Co. ; in 1875 Bartlett Bros, succeeded to the busi- 
 ness and in 1886 the present firm was organized and is composed of 
 Arthur S. Bartlett, Emily B. Bartlett, L. B. Smith and E. B. Clark. 
 The manufacturing plant covers the greater part of a block and has a 
 frontage on three streets, the lot being 180x285 feet in dimensions. The 
 main building is a three-story and basement brick structure, besides 
 which there are several minor buildings, dry houses, engine house, 
 storage buildings, office, etc. The works are fully equipped with all 
 the latest improved machinery known to the trade, are operated by two 
 steam engines having a combined power of 250-horse power and em- 
 ployment is furnished to about 135 workmen. The firm also have a 
 yard for storing lumber located elsewhere which covers about four 
 acres, and where they carry a large stock of all kinds of lumber both to 
 supply their factory and tlie local trade. The business of the firm em- 
 
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THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 75 
 
 braces the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and builders' trimmings, 
 and large quantities of these products are turned out and shipped in 
 all directions, notably to Philadelphia and New England as well as to 
 near-by towns and villages. The firm procure all their lumber and raw 
 materials in large quantities direct from the original sources of supply 
 and having unexcelled facilities for manufacturing are enabled to offer 
 the trade inducements both in quality and price that insure them a con- 
 stantly increasing demand for their products. Great care is exercised 
 that all wood used in their products should be thoroughly seasoned and 
 to accomplish this a large stock of lumber is kept so as to be maturing, 
 besides which recourse is also had to dry-kilns which greatly expedites 
 matters. The trade of this house forms a large element in the makeup 
 of Binghamton's industrial activity, and the management is energetic, 
 enterprising and thoroughly alive to the wants of the trade both at 
 home and abroad, uniting the highest qualities of the skilled manufac- 
 turer and the pushing merchant. 
 
 THE STURTEVANT LARRABEE CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Carriages & Sleighs, Charles St. 
 
 The Sturtevant Larrabee Co. was incorporated in August of 
 the present year and succeeded to the business founded in 1883 by 
 Messrs. Kingman, Sturtevant & Larrabee. Their manufacturing plant 
 is located in the western section of the city and adjoins the tracks of 
 the two trunk line railroads traversing this section of the State, thus 
 affording the company the most advanced facilities for the economical 
 receipt of raw materials and the shipment of the finished products. 
 The plant covers upwards of an acre, upon which are erected two 
 spacious four-story factories with several minor structures for storage 
 and other purposes, the whole having a floorage area of 75,000 square 
 feet and employment being given to about 150 skilled workmen. The 
 products of the house include fine light carriages, pleasure and road 
 wagons, surreys, etc., and the capacity of the establishment is about 
 10,000 vehicles annually. The company's sleighs and cutters have long 
 enjoyed the highest favor with the trade and public throughout the 
 United States and Canada and the result has been an annually increas- 
 ing demand for their products. The company manufactures their 
 vehicles complete from the raw materials and with their superior facili- 
 ties they are enabled to cheapen the cost and at the same time maintain 
 the highest quality. Their carriages are especially noteworthy for 
 lightness combined with strength, beauty of design, good workmanship 
 and fine finish. The company issue handsomely illustrated, descriptive 
 catalogues of their vehicles which will be forwarded upon application. 
 From these we note road wagons. Concord wagons, Brewster surreys, 
 Tuxedo double spindle wagons, runabout wagons, phaetons, buggies, 
 market wagons, grocery delivery wagons, etc.. finished in many styles 
 and all guaranteed first-class in material and workmanship and war- 
 ranted, with fair usage, for one year. Those who have used the sleighs 
 and cutters made by this house will feel no hesitancy in accepting their 
 carriages, since the same care in manufacturing, which enabled them 
 to build up the largest sleigh trade in the country from a small begin- 
 ning, is exercised in producing carriages that satisfy all the reasonable 
 demands of the trade and public, The management of the business is 
 in the hands of Messrs. O. Britton. pres., H. Chester Larrabee, vice-pres., 
 F. T. Newell, treas., and J. W. Sturtevant, secy., gentlemen of ex- 
 perience and enterprise and closely identified with the growth and 
 prosperity of Binghamton's industrial supremacy. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 STAR ELECTRIC CO., 
 
 Electrical Engineers and Contractors, Cor. State and Henry Streets. 
 
 The Star Electric Co. was organ- 
 ized October 1, 1891, and succededto 
 the business originally instituted in 
 1887 by the Otis Electrical Supply Co. 
 The company is under the able man- 
 agement of Messrs. M. M. Jacobs and 
 F. G. Winter, who are both enterpris- 
 ing and progressive business men and 
 thoroughly proficient in all matters 
 relating to the application of the elec- 
 trical current for architectural and 
 other purposes. They are prepared 
 with all facilities to undertake the 
 construction and supply of all elec- 
 trical contrivances for the facilitation 
 of business operations or for the com- 
 fort, convenience and security of private residences, including electric 
 call bells and door bells for houses, hotels and offices, gas lighting ap- 
 paratus, burglar alarms, hotel annunciators, electric watchman's clocks, 
 electric lighting plants, dynamos, etc. and all other forms of electrical 
 apparatus and appliances. The company carries a full and complete 
 stock of all kinds of modern electrical appliances, as well as are agents 
 for many special lines of goods. The company is also interested in the 
 manufacture of the Star automatic and slow speed dynamos which were 
 designed by Mr. M. M. Jacobs of the firm, and are widely recognized as 
 first-class dynamos and are sold at a less price than others of less capa- 
 bilities. They furnish the trade with supplies at wholesale and have a 
 large and growing trade that extends throughout Southern New York 
 and Pennsylvania, as well as to more distant sections of the country. 
 Ten assistants are employed by the companj^ in fulfilling contracts for 
 electrical construction, and among other buildings fitted out by them 
 in this city the following named are exemplifications of their skill and 
 good workmanship: the Strong block, Ackerman block, Lestershire 
 Boot and Shoe Co.'s factory at Lestefi'shire. Bay less Paper Mill, Ross 
 building, the Republican building. Hotel Bennett, Arlington Hotel, 
 Hotel Crandall. Jones of Binghamton and many other public buildings 
 and private residences. 
 
 M. McMAHON 
 
 Manufacturer of Carriages and Business Wagons, 85 to 9 1 Eldredge St. 
 
 This business was founded in 1838 and has since annually increased 
 in volume of trade as well as in augmentation of plant. The premises 
 occupied embrace a series of suitable buildings, utilized for the several 
 departments of manufacture and for office and warerooms, a full stock of 
 finished carriages being always on hand from which selections may be 
 made. The equipment of the factory embraces a 12-horse power steam 
 engine and the usual wood-working machinery. employ being furnished 
 to about twenty-five skilled workmen. The products of the house con- 
 sist of light pleasure and business carriages, buggies, phaetons, surreys,, 
 run-about wagons, road wagons, etc., and business wagons of various 
 styles and designs, in the manufacture of which the house has no supe- 
 rior, a fact that is fully attested by the large and annually increasing 
 number in use by the residents of this city and vicinity who prefer them 
 to any other make, the sales of the house being made direct to the con- 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. . 77 
 
 siimer. The house turns out about 12a carriages and wagons of all sorts 
 annually, all of which are sold within a circuit of 50 to (JO miles of Bing- 
 hamton. It is a self-evident fact that a house turning out a moderate 
 number of vehicles such as this, and with each vehicle constructed un- 
 der the personal supervision of the proprietor, would be able to supply 
 the consumer with a better carriage for the money than could be pro- 
 duced by very much larger factories. In connection with the produc- 
 tion of new work the house does a very extensive business in repairing 
 all kinds of carriages and wagons, which is done promptly at reasonable 
 prices. 
 
 D. J. MALANE, 
 
 Sanitary Plumber and Gas Fitter, 88 State St. 
 
 The enterprise of Mr. D. J. Malane is one of the leading establish- 
 ments of the kind in the southern tier. The premises occupied consist 
 of a commodious and attractively fitted up store and basement, where 
 is shown a very full and complete stock of improved plumbing materials 
 and apparatus, and artistic gas fixtures, fancy gas globes, sanitary 
 specialties, etc., exhibiting, perhaps, the largest and finest selection of 
 these goods to be found in the city. A specialty is made of sanitary 
 plumbing and ventilating which work is performed in its highest per- 
 fection, only the best materials being used and only the most skilled 
 wa^rkmen being employed. About fifteen hands are employed during 
 the season, and all contracts entered into are executed under the close 
 and practical supervision of Mr. Malane, who possesses the broadest 
 ideas and widest experience in everything relating to the trade. Among 
 the many buildings fitted up with sanitary appliances by this house, we 
 cite, as examples of first-class work, the Hotel Bennett, the Arlington 
 Hotel, the Strong Block, the new Ackerman Block, the U. S. Govern- 
 ment building and Coui't House, besides which very many of the pri- 
 vate residences in the city have been fitted from this house. In all his 
 relations Mr. Malane will be found energetic, enterprising and liberal, 
 and the success and prominence which has attended his business are but 
 the just reward of well directed efforts. 
 
 BEAN & CO., 
 
 Wholesale Grocers, 1 62 and 1 64- Water Street. 
 
 A leading representative of the wholesale trade here is the house of 
 Messrs. Bean & Co., which was originally founded in 1871 by J, Bean 
 & Co., the present firm composed of I.W. and Arthur J. Bean succeeding 
 to the business in 1881. The premises occupied by the firm consist of a 
 four story and basement building which is equipped with elevators and 
 €offee roasters operated by steam power, and the whole is stored with a 
 most complete stock of staple and fancy groceries, attractively and sys- 
 tematically arranged, and every facility is offered the trade for the 
 speedy and satisfactory selection of purchases and the prompt fulfill- 
 ment of orders. The gftock comprises a full assortment of groceries, teas, 
 coffees, spices, tobaccos, sugar, molasses, dry and salt fish, canned 
 goods, etc., all of which are offered at prices which cannot fail to give 
 satisfaction to retail dealers within the circuit of their trade which ex- 
 tends throughout Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania. An 
 advantage of no small consequence that insures to purchasers dealing in 
 this market is found in the saving of freights over goods shipped from 
 more distant localities, as well as in prompt receipt of orders. Four 
 traveling salesmen are employed by the firm and an annually increas- 
 ing business is transacted. 
 
78 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 WINTON & HARROUN, 
 
 Manufacturers of Car Trimmings, and Electrical Brass Goods and Brass Found- 
 ers, 39 and 4-1 Whitney St. 
 
 One of the most prominent manufacturing' enterprises of Bingham- 
 ton. both as regards the special excellence of the products, its complete 
 facilities, and the extent of territory covered by its trade, is that of the 
 above named house, which was founded in 18SS. and since Nov., 1889, 
 has been conducted under the sole proprietorship of Mr. T. A. Harroun, 
 the original firm title, however, being retained. The manufacturing 
 facilities embrace a large three-story brick factory with an extension 
 in the rear, the whole covering about 40x150 feet. The mechanical 
 equipment, which embraces all necessary improved machinery and tools, 
 is operated by a lo-horse power steam engine, and employment is fur- 
 nished, in the several departments, to about twenty skilled workmen. 
 The products of the house consist of a general line of car trimmings^ 
 which are largely in demand by car manufacturers throughout New 
 York. Pennsylvania and Canada chiefly, and also a line of electrical 
 brass goods, dynamos, electric motors, generators, etc., of all sizes and 
 for all purposes. A complete electro-plating plant is one of the features 
 of the establishment, and a general jobbing brass casting and electro- 
 plating business is also done, much work of this character being ac- 
 complished for other manufacturers who have not similar facilities of 
 their own. A specialty is made of refinishing coach and car trimmings, 
 and in this branch of the business a high reputation has been acquired 
 for good work and moderate charges. 
 
 W. C. BRONSON & CO., 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 7 and 9 North Depot Street. 
 
 Among the large industrial establishments of Binghamton is the 
 extensive cigar factory of Messrs. W. C. Bronson & Co., which, though 
 instituted as recently as July 1, 1891, bears all the marks and possesses 
 all the substantial qualities and advantages of the oldest and best known 
 houses in the city, and is pushing with rapid strides towards a promi- 
 nent position among the leaders of the cigar industry of Bingham- 
 ton. Though as a firm. Messrs. W. C. Bronson & Co., have been en- 
 gaged in the business but a few months, the members of the firm, 
 Messrs. W. C. Bronson and C. B. Cooke are fully equipped by experience 
 and capabilities to carry to a successful finish the industry which they 
 have inaugurated. Their factory is comprised in a commodious five 
 story and basement brick building 30 x 80 feet in dimensions, which is 
 equipped with all the latest improved machinery known to the trade, 
 operated by steam power. At the present writing the firm give employ- 
 ment to fifty workmen, which number is being daily increased, and by 
 January 1, 1892. they confidently expect to have one hundred and fifty 
 or more at work, when they will be able to turn out about 30,000 cigars 
 daily. The products of the house are mainly confined to a good quality 
 of medium grade cigars, no very cheap ones being produced. They are 
 all manufactured from well cured tobacco of good quality and by the 
 most advanced process resulting in a class of goods that gives good sat- 
 isfaction to smokers and insures permanent trade with the houses hand- 
 ling them. The trade of the house is exclusively with jobbers and ex- 
 tends from Portland, Me., to Portland. Oregon, three traveling salesmen 
 being employed by the firm. The cigars are packed under special 
 brands to suit customers when desired, and also under their own copy- 
 righted brands, of which they have a large number. 3Iany of these 
 brands have long enjoyed the highest reputation and popularity in the 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 market, having been the property of a house now out of business, and 
 the present owners fully maintain the high character of those brands. 
 Among the leading ones we note ''Our Actors," "Our Actresses," 
 "Salmon," '• Art Boquet.'' which enjoy a popularity and sale in the 
 west that have never been exceeded by those of any other firm in Bing- 
 hamton. and are staple with almost every dealer in that section. Tlie 
 policy upon which the business of the firm is conducted is one of liber- 
 ality, enterprise and fair dealing, and its success and prosperity in the 
 future has already been fully demonstrated, and gives every promise of 
 steady and permanent growth. 
 
 E. ADAMS & SONS, 
 
 Brass and Iron Founders, 227 and 229 Water St. 
 
 This house commenced operations here in the spring of 1890 and 
 has since built up a trade that extends throughout a large section of 
 Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The facilities em- 
 brace a commodious foundry having a capacity for turning out about 
 three tons of iron castings and 800 pounds of brass castings daily, em- 
 ployment being given to about a dozen skilled workmen. In the brass 
 foundry department, everything in the way of brass, bronze and composi- 
 tion castings is made for all mechanical purposes and from one quarter 
 ounce up to 1.000 pounds or over in weight. In the iron department the 
 range of products is equally varied. A large variety of patterns is on hand, 
 enabling the firm to readily supply all staple goods, and castings are 
 promptly made to order to suit the special requirements of patrons. All 
 the details of the work are executed under the personal supervision of 
 the members of the firm, all of whom are experienced practical brass 
 and iron founders. All orders are promptly filled and only first-class 
 castings are made. The members of the firm are Messrs. E. 'Adams. V. 
 P. Adams and C. P. Adams, who are closely identified with the indus- 
 trial development of Binghamton. 
 
 JOHN NOWLAN, 
 
 Parlor City Boiler Worl<s, 75 and 77 Robinson Street. 
 
 The manufacture of boilers and plate iron work is well represented 
 by the Parlor City Boiler Works, of which Mr. John Nowlan is the pro- 
 prietor and Mr. Thomas Dunlea is superintendent. This enterprise was 
 established about ten years ago and from small beginnings has built up 
 a large and annually increasing trade that extends throughout Southern 
 New York and Northern Pennsylvania as w^ell as being largely local. 
 The growth of the business necessitated enlarged facilities, which have 
 been provided by the erection of two large frame buildings in the east- 
 ern section of the city adjoining the railroad system. One of the build- 
 ings is utilized for plate iron work, the other as an iron foundry. The 
 products of the works consist of steam boilers of every description, 
 stills, retorts, tanks, chemical pans and every description of plate iron 
 and sheet iron work as well as iron castings of all kinds. A specialty 
 is made of Dunlea's steam and hot water automatic steel heating 
 boilers, which are the best and most economical boilers in the market 
 for heating purposes and are in large deinand by the building trade and 
 consumers throughout a wide section of the country. Both Mr. Nowlan 
 and Mr. Dunlea are practical and skilled plate iron workers and give 
 their close personal supervision to all the operations of the enterprise. 
 They devote particular attention to repairing which is promptly and 
 efficiently performed at reasonable prices. Estimates for anything in 
 the line will be promptly furnished and ultimate satisfaction assured in 
 the performance of all contracts. 
 
so THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 VANDEBOGART'S PAPER BOX FACTORY. 
 
 1 23 South Street. 
 
 The vicinity of Bingliamton is a large consumer of paper boxes and 
 in this important industry Vandebogart's Paper Box Factory must be 
 accredited a foremost place, which, as a house, was the pioneer in this 
 industry in this city and is the only representative of it for public ac- 
 commodation. It was founded in 1882 by Spaulding & A^andebogart 
 and assumed its present title in 1890. The premises utilized are em- 
 braced in a two-story factory, which is fully equipped with all the 
 latest improved machinery known to the trade, operated by an eight- 
 horse power engine and furnishes employment to an average of sixteen 
 operatives. The products of the factory comprise all kinds of plain and 
 fancy paper boxes, honey boxes, fancy candy boxes, wedding cake 
 boxes, etc., which are principally made to order. Any desired shape or 
 style is made and the reputation attained for first-class workmanship 
 and tasteful designs by this house is unexcelled. During eight months 
 in the year the factory ships 2,000 boxes per day to New York to be used 
 in putting up Ely's Cream Balm and large quantities are also manufac- 
 tured for Dr. Kilmer's medicines of this city. The trade of the house 
 extends throughout the city and vicinity and also over a considerable 
 portion of New York and Pennsylvania, the bulk of the products being 
 taken by local manufacturers. 
 
 J. W. LACEY, 
 
 Cigar Box Manufacturer, 4- and 6 State St. 
 
 This enterprise was originally founded in 1880 by Lacey & Wilkin- 
 son, the present proprietor succeeding to the sole control in 1886, since 
 which time the business has been largely increased. The premises oc- 
 cupied embrace two floors of the three-story building located as above 
 indicated, which are equipped with all the latest improved machinery 
 known to the trade, operated by steam power, and furnish employment 
 to from twenty to thirty operatives, according to the exigencies of the 
 season. The average capacity of the factory is about 2,500 boxes per 
 day, and the facilities are such that all orders are promptly filled and 
 the products are of the very highest character. A specialty is made of 
 fine embossed work, in which variety of boxes the house has no supe- 
 rior for the production of fine work. This style of boxes is now being 
 largely used, and they prove to be attractive and help to sell the con- 
 tents. The trade of the house, while being largely with local manufac- 
 turers, also extends throughout Southern New York and Northern 
 Pennsylvania, and orders are also received from more distant sections. 
 The stock of labels, trimmings, etc., carried is always varied enough to 
 meet the requirements of a large trade, while the liberal and fair deal- 
 ing business policy of the house is such as to attract a large and grow- 
 ing patronage. 
 
 H. W. CHUBBUCK & CO., 
 
 Binghamton Spice Mills, 4 & 5 Wall Street. 
 
 This house, the pioneer in its line of trade, must be recognized as 
 having promoted in more than an ordinary degree, the commercial in- 
 terests of this city, since, during all these years, it has continued on a 
 progressive and successful career, until the trade-mark of its specialties 
 has become a familiar household word throughout a large portion of 
 southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. The premises occu- 
 pied are embraced in ten floors of the buildings located as above indica- 
 ted, where every modern mechanical appliance for the production of 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. SI 
 
 pure spices, mustard, baking powder and other specialties, bas been 
 provided and is operated by a lo-horse power steam engine. The firm 
 €arry a large and complete stock of teas, coffees, spices, fancy grocer- 
 ies, canned goods and grocers' sundries, which are all procured from 
 first hands in large quantities and are offered to the trade at lowest 
 market prices. The firm roast and grind their own coffees fresh every 
 day and warrant them true to quality represented. Their spices are put 
 up under their own brands and in attractive and salable packages, and 
 they make a specialty of a large and varied stock of teas. While they 
 do not make any false claims to be direct importers of teas, they do 
 claim to compete with any other jobbing house located here or else- 
 where. The house is represented within the circuit of its trade by three 
 experienced traveling salesmen and an annually increasing business is 
 transacted. Since the demise of the late senior member of the firm the 
 active management of the business has devolved upon Messrs. D. W. & 
 J. L. Chubbuck, both of whom are prominently identified with the com- 
 mercial growth and prosperity of Binghamton, and are progressive and 
 pushing business men. The house was originally founded in 1865 by S. 
 D. Beach & Co., the present firm succeeding to the busmess in 1872. 
 
 THE SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, OF 
 BINGHAMTON, N. Y., 
 
 Home Offices, Phelps Bank Building. 
 
 The propriety and necessity of life insurance is no longer ques- 
 tioned by prudent men, the chief thought being given to an investiga- 
 tion of how safe and reliable life insurance can be procured at the least 
 €ost. For some years the great objection to "'old line" companies has 
 been that insurance, as furnished by them, is too expensive, the prem- 
 ium charges being out of all just proportion to the amount necessary to 
 pay losses and economical expenses. An insurance contract combining 
 safety with economy has long been much desired by the insuring pub- 
 lic. The Security Mutual Life Association was incorporated November 
 0, 1886, to efficiently meet this want. It is a purely mutual company, 
 and its object is to furnish life insurance as reliable and safe as law, 
 science and capital can make it, and at as low rates as is consistent with 
 absolute safety. The system of insurance adopted by the company was 
 devised by Mr. Chas. M. Turner, a gentleman of large experience and 
 thorough knowledge of life insurance matters, who occupies the posi- 
 tion of secretary and general manager of this association. This system 
 avoids the excessive premiums of the '"old line" companies and at the 
 same time is not dependent upon uncertain contributions, as are the 
 purely after-death assessment societies. The plan or system occupies 
 the middle ground between these two extremes of life insurance, and is 
 the out-come of long study, patient investigation and scientific analysis 
 of all the life insurance methods of the past. Every member who en- 
 ters this association makes advance premium payments which provide 
 the association with the means to establish three separate funds ; first, 
 the Mortuary Fund, which is created for and can be used onl}" for the pay- 
 ment of death claims, all the accumulations to this fund from lapses and 
 interest beyond such requirements and one hundred thousand dollars as 
 an Emergency Fund being returned to the policy-holders in reduction of 
 premiums ; second, the Reserve Fund, which, with all its accumula- 
 tions from lapses and interest, is equitably apportioned to persistent 
 members each five years with the privilege of using it to still farther re- 
 duce the premiums, to purchase paid-up insurance, or to make the poli- 
 cy self-sustaining with all surplus accumulations added ; third, the Ex- 
 
82 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 pense Fund, which is the only fund from which the expenses of man- 
 agement can be paid. The three funds are. under the by-laws, kept 
 separate and apart, and can only be drawn upon for the specific purpos- 
 es for which they were created. The premiums always payable in ad- 
 vance are rated at age of entry according to the American experience 
 table of mortality. To these amounts are added an equitable sum 
 which provides for the Emergency and the Reserve Funds. The premi- 
 um payments are less than those demanded by "old line" companies, 
 and are still further reduced by an equitable proportion of all the profits 
 which may accrue to the company by reason of lapses, interest, accum- 
 ulations and careful selection of risks. That the plan of the company 
 has all the elements of sound, safe and reliable insurance in its compo- 
 sition is evidenced by the fact that it already has the largest surplus, in 
 proportion to out-standing insurance, of any co-operative company in 
 the world, and exceeds the most of the "old line" companies. Its sys- 
 tem has the endorsement of the best insurance authorities of America, 
 and that it has struck a popular chord is evidenced by the last statement 
 of its financial condition, at the end of its fifth year of co-operate exis- 
 tence, which shows an unparalleled growth. By this statement dated 
 January 1st, 1802, the association shows a surplus of over $150,- 
 000.00, with insurance in force of $6,000,000.00. The company issues 
 Equation and Annuity policies, at rates, "which to persistent mem- 
 bers" are much cheaper than those of after-death assessment socie- 
 ties can possibly be, while all the uncertainties of those organizations 
 are eliminated, the premium payments being in advance, the expense of 
 management being limited and inflexible and all surplus accumulations 
 periodically returned to persistent members. The system contains 
 every element of permanence and security claimed for the strongest 
 ''old line " companies. This association has not and never has had a 
 death claim due and unpaid : its policies are incontestable, non-forfeit- 
 able and free from technicalities and burdensome restrictions. Its 
 methods should be investigated by all who are contemplating additional 
 life insurance. The officers of the Company are : Messrs. H. J. Gay- 
 lord, pres. , J. M. Stone, vice-pres., J. W. Manier, treas., and Chas. M. 
 Turner, sec'y and gen'l manager, under whose able management The 
 Security Mutual Life Association has attained a position of which they 
 may well feel proud and its future gives every promise of usefulness, 
 honor and prosperity. The Association is recognized as one of the 
 strongest in the country, while none presents to the policy-holder a 
 greater amount of benefit. 
 
 CHAS. C. WELLS & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Fine Cigars, 34 Whitney Street. 
 
 The cigar manufacturing enterprise of Messrs. Chas. C. Wells & 
 Co. was founded in June, 1886, by the liead of the present firm which 
 was organized in August, 1891. From its inception the success of this 
 house has been a prominent one, each year witnessing an extension of 
 its trade and an increase of its facilities and the scope of its operations 
 until at present its products are to be found in the hands of the trade in 
 all the towns, cities and villages within a radius of 200 miles of Bing- 
 hamton. The facilities of the house embrace a commodious factory 
 affording employment to from twenty-five to thirty skilled cigar mak- 
 ers, the products being fine domestic and Havana hand-made cigars of 
 which the firm produce about one million two hundred thousand 
 annually. Their cigars are put up chiefly under their own special 
 brands, among the best-known of which are: "Social Club,"^ 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 83 
 
 "Electric City/' "Duke of Anjou," "' My Own." " Opera/' " Caprice " 
 and " La Rosas " in ten cent ^oods, and "" Prize Winners/' "■ New Ad/' 
 "Special Permit/' " Key West/* "Toboggan," "Little Dandies/' '-Mc- 
 Ginty/' "Telephone/' "Hustler," "Blazer" and "Little Beauty" in 
 five cent goods. The trade will find a line of these cigars added to 
 their stock will result in greatly increased patronage. The members of 
 the firm are Messrs. C. C. Wells, L. H. Scott and S. J. Clark, all exper- 
 ienced and practical cigar manufacturers, who in the conduct of their 
 enterprise in this city are adding greatly to the name and fame of 
 Binghamton as a source of supply for fine domestic and Havana cigars. 
 
 CONKLIN & MERSEREAU, 
 
 Re-CIeaned Grass Seed by their New Patent Process, Office 1 2S State St. 
 Warehouses 2 I, 22, 24- and 26 Commercial Avenue. 
 
 Until comparatively recently one of the most discouraging features 
 of the seeding for grass was the impossibility of obtaining pure seeds. 
 All the stock offered for sale on the market contained a large per cent. 
 of weed seeds and other impurities, which not only failed to produce 
 grass when sown but re-produced weeds in countless quantities, in many 
 cases entirely destroying the value of the crop to the farmer. Many 
 realizing the reward awaiting any one who would invent a cleaner that 
 would remove the bull's-eye daisy, black plantain and other objectiona- 
 ble seeds, experimented at the expense of much time and money, but on 
 account of the difficulty of making the separation, failed to accomplish 
 the desired result. Not discouraged by the failure of others and spurred 
 on by the demand of the trade, Conklin & Mersereau after much labor 
 succeeded in inventing and perfecting a cleaner which from its sim- 
 plicity and superiority of workmanship left nothing further to be desired, 
 and so completely accomplishing the desired result that they imme- 
 diately challenged the world to produce a class of seed equal in purity 
 to those re-cleaned by their New Patent Process, and also offered a re- 
 ward for finding a suigle plantain or bull's-eye daisy in timothy re- 
 cleaned by their patent cleaner. And although this offer has been 
 made thousands of times in writing, verbally and printed, and many 
 experts have visited Binghamton with their magnifying glasses in their 
 pockets, to secure the same, the reward has never been won, although 
 it was first offered over eight years ago and the firm has cleaned and 
 sold many thousands of bushels since that time. Many dealers who 
 formerly bought their seeds in the West now buy them in Bingham- 
 ton, as no where on earth can there be found as pure a class of seeds. 
 To this fact alone Binghamton is known abroad as well as in the United 
 States, as the headquarters of pure grass seeds, and the increase in 
 this business in the last few years has surprised even those that are well 
 acquainted with its details. Their premises are embraced in a large 
 five-story warehouse extending from State street to Commercial avenue, 
 and a four-story warehouse on the opposite side of Commercial avenue. 
 These warehouses are equipped with special patented machinery, men- 
 tioned above , which are run by steam and are fully protected by the patent 
 laws of the United States, and can be used by them only.' They are 
 also large dealers in other kinds of grass and field seeds, including field 
 and ensilage seed corn and seed peas, which are grown for them in dif- 
 ferent sections of the United States and Canada, thereby insuring the 
 most improved variety and germinating qualities true to name at prices 
 that defy competition. The members of the firm are E. W. Conklin, T. 
 T. Mersereau and H. E. Conklin, all pushing and enterprising business 
 men and closely identified with the growth of the industrial develop- 
 ment of Binghamton. Their enterprise is a prominent one of its kind 
 and it has done much to attract the attention of the outside world to 
 Binghamton. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BINGHAMTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 
 
 Manufacturers of Outing Garments. 
 
 No concern in Bing- 
 h a m t o n has made 
 greater or more sub- 
 stantial progress in its 
 special line of produc- 
 tion than has the 
 Binghamton M a n u- 
 facturing Co., whose 
 efforts, from its in- 
 ception, have been 
 ably directed to the 
 perfection of the man- 
 ufacture of outing 
 garments for ladies, 
 gentlemen and chil- 
 dren, and so practical 
 has been the result of 
 their endeavors that 
 to-day their produc- 
 tions are in active 
 demand by the most 
 discriminating class 
 of trade in all the large 
 cities of the country 
 from the Atlantic to 
 the Pacific coast. The 
 company's record is 
 one of honorable pro- 
 gress and steady ex- 
 pansion of facilities 
 and, first, last and all 
 the time, of improve- 
 ment in quality, style 
 and finish of all gar- 
 ments. The enterprise 
 was instituted in 1885 by Messrs. A. H. La Monte, T. P. Learned and 
 C. L. Peak and the present extensive premises utilized were occupied 
 in 1888. They are comprised in a four-story brick structure which is 
 completely equipped wnth every modern facility for the orderly and 
 systematic conduct of the business. An elevator connects all the floors 
 and electric bells, speaking tubes, steam power and heat, electric lights 
 and gas are provided. The office, sample r^om and stock room are on 
 the first floor, the cutting room is on the second floor, the packing and 
 finishing rooms are on the third fioor and the top floor, which is lighted 
 by sky-lights as well as windows on three sides, is used for the work 
 room, the shipping being done in the basement. One hundred and fifty 
 operatives, male and female, are given employment, and as all the work 
 is done on the premises under the supervision of the members of the 
 firm, a uniformity of makeup is secured, which is not possible under 
 the contract system, so common with manufacturers in other large 
 cities. The Binghamton Manufacturing Company employs only help of 
 good character and standing and while they command and receive 
 higher wages, the goods that they turn out fully justify the policy by 
 their superior excellence of makeup and finish. The products of the 
 house consist of original designs in outing garments for men, women 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 85 
 
 and children, made from the finest and most fashionable materials, and 
 cut, designed, made up and finished in the best possible manner, fully 
 equal, in all respects, to any produced by the most respectable custom 
 tailors or dressmakers. They include negligee shirts for men. youths 
 and boys, outing and tennis suits for ladies and children, ladies and 
 misses" waists and blouses, tennis blazers and sashes for ladies and 
 gentlemen, tennis caps for ladies and misses, outing and tennis 
 suits for gentlemen, house and office coats, boys' waists and blouses, 
 sailor blouse kilt suits for boys and girls, and bathing suits for 
 ladies and gentlemen. These are made in many styles and sizes and 
 of many and varied materials ; in one particular, however, all the 
 garments are alike — the high quality. The firm issues an elaborately 
 illustrated, artistically printed and exhaustively edited pamph- 
 let which will be forwarded the trade upon application. The company 
 neglects no single part of their garments, slights no part of the manu- 
 facture, employs no poor materials, dispenses with no operations and 
 omits nothing" that can in any possible manner add to the style, fit, 
 finish or quality of their products, and while they do not wish or claim 
 to compete in prices with cheaply made, inferior garments, they cannot 
 be undersold by any concern on the same plane of quality and that is 
 the very best in the market. While all their products bear the stamp of 
 perfection, particular merit has been attained in the Binghamton shirts, 
 as their negligee shirts for men, youths and boys have become so widely 
 known. These shirts fit like custom made and, unlike the majority in 
 the market, the collars have a respectable and permanent roll. They are 
 formed so as to fit the neck and shoulders; the collars, collar bands, 
 yokes and sleeves are adapted to the wearer's figure and in all their 
 features combine to make attractive, serviceable articles of apparel. 
 The company's trade relations extend to all parts of the United States, 
 two traveling salesmen representing the house on the road and the fine 
 city trade everywhere find the Binghamton outing garments the best 
 and most salable of their kind. In every respect the management of 
 the Binghamton Manufacturing Company is adequate to the mainten- 
 ance and augmentation of their present large and increasing trade; they 
 have established a reputation in the past of such a character as to make 
 personal comments unnecessary and bringing to their enterprise an 
 unusual degree of discernment, liberality, industry and integrity are 
 fully entitled to the general estimation in which they are held and the 
 pronounced success their establishment has attained. 
 
 JOHN M. RUSSELL, 
 
 Manufacturer of Cigars and Jobber of Tobacco, etc., 60 Court Street. 
 
 Prominent in the cigar and tobacco trade of Binghamton is the 
 enterprise of Mr. John M. Russell, which, established in 1883. has 
 since come to be the headquarters for a large and growing jobbing trade 
 in tobacco, cigarettes and smokers' articles as well as fine cigars. The 
 premises occupied are embraced in a commodious store and basement, 
 with manufacturing department in the rear where a force of skilled ci- 
 gar makers are steaddy employed in the production of fine hand-made 
 domestic and Havana cigars. All the products are strictly hand-made, 
 and the chief brands are the " Medallion," '* J. R.," and *' A 1." in ten 
 cent goods, and " Pilot." " The Best." "Specials," and "Our Five." m 
 five cent goods. In the jobbing department a full and complete stock of 
 all the leading brands of smoking and chewing tobacco and cigarettes 
 is carried which are offered to the trade at manufacturers prices, and 
 goods are also sold at retail. The trade of the house is chiefly confined 
 to Binghamton and vicinity, and is annually increasing in volume. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 DEXTER D. BROWN, 
 
 Dealer in Furniture, J 70 Washington St., and 121 State St. 
 
 Mr. Dexter D. Brown instituted his business in 1881. and has since 
 conducted it with annually increasing- success and iniirience. This 
 house is now widely recognized as one of the leading concerns of the 
 kind in the State, devoted to the sale of fine furniture. The premises 
 occupied are embraced in a four-story and basement building, 22 x 157 
 feet in dimensions, extending through from Washington to State street, 
 and aifording a floorage area of over 17,000 square feet. The stock of 
 furniture here displayed is as complete as energy and enterprise can 
 make it and is as elegant as good taste and skill can execute. It em- 
 braces furniture for all purposes in fine and medium grades from the 
 most inexpensive chairs and tables to the most highly finished and elab- 
 orately upholstered and carved parlor and drawing room suites, and in- 
 cludes parlor. lil)rary, chamber and dining room furniture, fancy chairs 
 and rockers, folding beds, cabinets, desks, side-boards, mirrors, etc., in 
 large variety of styles and in all the fashionable woods. Though all ar- 
 ticles are substantially and well made from good materials and finely 
 finished, the prices charged are most reasonable, the large trade of the 
 house enabling them to procure the stock in large quantities direct from 
 producers and upon the most advantageous terms and any article of fur- 
 niture either for the humblest cottage or the most costly mansion may 
 be procured here. The enterprise is in every respect a most reliable one 
 and always stands ready to accord the greatest inducements and ad- 
 vantages to customers. 
 
 OSGOOD & THOMPSON, 
 
 Scale Manufacturers, Office 217 Water St. 
 
 If there is one thing of more im- 
 portance than all others in the affairs 
 of commerce, it is just measurement 
 in the transfer of commodities; there- 
 fore an establishment devoted to the 
 manufacture of scales, that most vital 
 instrument in the prosecution of 
 trade, must receive significent men- 
 tion in these pages. The Standard Scales of Messrs. Osgood & Thomp- 
 son have for many years been well known in all parts of America and 
 in maiiy foreign countries. Especially is this true in recent years of the 
 Osgood Combination Wagon Scale, which is the only radical and valu- 
 able improvement in wagon scales since they were first perfected. This 
 scale, patented by Mr. Osgood in 1876, is the result of over thirty years' 
 practical experience and patient investigation. From the first it has forci- 
 bly appealed to the scale-using public, as it reduced the cost of manufacture 
 materially and, therefore, the price to the purchaser, so that an equally 
 reliable standard scale could be bought at a price impossible to be 
 furnished bj' any other manufacturer making the old st^-le of scales. 
 That it has been appreciated has been evidenced by the growth of the 
 enterprise, which has since come to be one of the most important con- 
 cerns in this line in the country. The manufacture of "" Osgood" scales 
 was begun by Mr. H. B. Osgood and others at Thompsonville, Conn., in 
 1846. After several changes and two disastrous fires the business was 
 removed to Binghamton in 1865. Mr. H. B. Osgood, the senior member 
 of the firm, is the oldest and one of the most thoroughly posted and 
 practical scale men in the country to-day. He devotes his entire atten- 
 tion to the manufacturing department, which he personally superin- 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 87 
 
 tends. The junior member. Mr. L. K. Thompson, who is a pushing- and 
 progressive business man in the prime of his usefuhiess gives his time 
 to the finances and sales and has entire charge of the business outside 
 the factory. Since tlie establisliment of the present firm the business 
 has steadily grown and it has been twice necessary to enlarge the 
 factory to supply the demand. To-day it is one of the most important 
 manufacturing enterprises in the city. The products of the works em- 
 brace a complete line of the larger class of scales, but a specialty is 
 made of the Combination Wagon Scale. These machines are all set up 
 at the factory and carefully tested before being packed for shipment 
 and every scale is fully warranted for five years. They are the only 
 cheap scale on the market that is accurate and durable and their sim- 
 plicity makes them specially desirable, as they can be set up by an 
 •ordinary carpenter and do not easily get out of order. A large illus- 
 trated catalogue is published annually by Messrs. Osgood & Thompson, 
 and will be furnished interested parties free of charge. The firm's pro- 
 ducts are sold in all parts of the United States and Canada, and are 
 also largely exported to South and Central America. Mexico, the West 
 Indies and Great Britain. The steady progress of the business and the 
 triumph of the '' Osgood" Wagon Scale is very gratifying to the pro- 
 prietors and they take special pride in the thousands of satisfied custom- 
 ers who are using and recommending their scales. 
 
 EDWARD R. MASON, 
 
 Graduate Optician, 1 14- Court Street. 
 
 With the advance of civilization and the consequent studiousness 
 of the masses generally and the severe tax made upon their eyes, it is 
 not to be wondered at that those organs should suffer from the strain. 
 It is no unusual thing to see young boys and girls wearing glasses now- 
 a-days and particular attention should therefore be given to caring for 
 the eyesight. Only the best glasses should be used and these should 
 always be obtained from and be properly adjusted by some competent 
 optician and never be purchased from a dealer in miscellaneous goods, 
 who having procured his stock in the open market where he could buy 
 the cheapest has thought only for profit in the sale of his goods. For- 
 tunately for this community it numbers among its commercial resources 
 an establishment devoted to the supply of optical goods, which is presided 
 over by one of the most expert and accomplished opticians in the State. 
 This is that of Mr. Edward R. Mason, who is a graduate optician and 
 has made a study of the profession as well as of the practical manufac- 
 turing part of the business for a period of nearly twenty years. The 
 enterprise he now conducts was founded by his father, Mr. J. H. Mason, 
 in 1878 and was later conducted under the style of J. H. Mason & Son, 
 Mr. E. R. Mason assuming sole control in 1890. At his handsomely 
 appointed place of business he carries a large and complete stock of 
 optical goods, eye glasses, spectacles, miscroscopes, etc., as well as 
 watches and clocks. Special attention is here given to the scientific 
 fitting of spectacles and eye glasses and oculists' prescriptions are also 
 filled. Fine watch and clock repairing are also features of the facilities 
 of the house, and in all its departments only the most skillful services 
 are rendered. Besides a large retail trade considerable jobbing opera- 
 tions are transacted, the trade of the house extending throughout South- 
 ern New York and Northern Pennsylvania and showing an annual 
 increase in volume. Prudent people will do well to consult this estab- 
 lishment when requiring anything in the way of optical goods. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 DARROW HAY COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers and Shippers of Short Cut Hay in Bales, Oak and Gaines Streets, 
 
 The facilities of the above named 
 company embrace a series of large build- 
 ings used for storage and manufacturing 
 purposes, the equipment including hay 
 cutters, baling presses and other neces- 
 sary appliances, which are operated by a 
 15-horse power steam engine. The com- 
 pany purchases hay from the adjoining section in large quantities, cuts 
 it up into short-cut feed, packs inhales and ships it to the trade through- 
 out the Eastern States, Pennslvania and as far south as Washington. 
 From two to three thousand tons of hay are handled annually, which is- 
 sold by the carload only to large dealers. This enterprise was originally 
 established by R. S. Darrow. the present proprietors, Messrs. Charles 
 Davis and Fred L. Titchener, having assumed control of the business in 
 1889. The trade-mark of the company attached to all their bales is a 
 guarantee of good, sweet and well-cured hay, which will be found 
 economical to consumers from the fact that the animals to whom it is 
 fed will not waste it as is the case with inferior qualities. We are 
 pleased to chronicle the success and prosperity of this enterprise in this 
 Board of Trade review, and it may be ranked as among the old estab- 
 lished and permanent enterprises of Binghamton. 
 
 BARNES & CONGDON, 
 
 Binghamton'Marble Wortcs, 96 Chenango St. 
 
 The monumental industry is particularly well represented in Bing- 
 hamton by the eminent house of Messrs. Barnes & Congdon, which 
 besides being one of the oldest establishments of the kind in the interior 
 of the state, is also one of the most notable and prominent. It was 
 founded over half a century ago. in 1840, by Mr. J. N. Congdon, and 
 since 1870 has been conducted by Messrs. Barnes & Congdon, Mr. J. H. 
 Barnes having during all this time been its active business manager. 
 Though the house has long been a prominent feature of the local monu- 
 ment trade, its business is by no means confined to this city, but extends 
 generally throughout the United States as far west as the Pacific coast. 
 The firm has always kept one traveling salesman on the road soliciting 
 orders for monuments, and Mr. Barnes himself has done much travel- 
 ing for the same purpose. The facilities of the house embrace a large 
 show-room, shop and yard where a stock of marble and granite monu- 
 ments and head-stones is shown. Monuments of all kinds and of the 
 largest dimensions and most artistic character, are also designed and 
 made to order, and this class of work is the special feature of their 
 business. Monuments are set up in any part of the country and all 
 contracts are invariably finished to the entire satisfaction of patrons. 
 While the cemeteries of this and neighboring cities as well as those of 
 other states are graced by many beautiful specimens of this firm's skill, 
 they have also erected many notable public monuments in various local- 
 ities. They designed and erected the Soldiers" Monument in this city 
 at a cost of $10,000. and the Soldiers' Monument at Montrose, Pa., at a 
 cost of $4,000. the Soldiers' Monument at New Berlin, at acostof $5,000; 
 they furnished the design for the Soldiers' Monument at Owego, N. 
 Y., which cost $8,000, and designed the Soldiers' Monument at Sherburne, 
 N. Y., which cost $3,500, as well as many others. Mr. Barnes is well 
 equipped by long experience to fully meet the wants of the public in the 
 matter of monumental work, and the enterprise of which he is the 
 head is the most important of its kind in this section. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON, 89 
 
 W. p. HOLBERT, 
 
 Manufacturer of and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Lumber, Stone, Lime and 
 Cement, 1 , 3 and 5 George Street. 
 
 Mr. Holbert is an old experienced lumber manufacturer and dealer, 
 having been established in the business at Equinunk. Pa., as long ago 
 as 18G0. He opened his business in this city in November. 1890. but still 
 retains his interests at Equinunk. where he has two mills in operation 
 getting out hardwood lumber and he also controls the product of another 
 mill in Potter County. Pa., which produces hemlock. With these advan- 
 tages of being a producer of two kinds of lumber, he enters the realm of 
 the dealer so well equipped as to command the attention of buyers. His 
 plant in this city embraces extensive yards located on the line of the D., 
 L. & W. , affording all facilities for receipt and shipment of stock. Com- 
 modious buildings for storage are provided and every modern facility is 
 at hand, about twenty w-orkmen being given employment about the 
 yards and in making deliveries. The stock handled embraces hemlock, 
 pine and hard-wood lumber, lath, shingles, etc.. and the house is also a 
 jobber in Glen's Falls lime, and Howe's Cave. Rosendale and Portland 
 cement. Estimates are furnished on all kinds of cut stone work, blue 
 and brown, and flag walk and curbing are also furnished at lowest 
 prices. The trade of the house while being largely local with builders 
 and manufacturers also extends in a wholesale way to all the towns 
 along the several lines of railway centering here. The long experience 
 of Mr. Holbert in the business, and his liberal and enterprising methods- 
 have secured for his establishment a high position in the esteem of this, 
 community. 
 
 ABEL BENNETT & Co., 
 
 Merchant Tailors and Clothiers, Hotel Bennett Block. 
 
 A striking example of the recognition of merit is found in the ex- 
 traordinary popularity and growth of the merchant tailoring and cloth- 
 ing house of Messrs. Abel Bennett & Co., which is not only a splendid 
 monument to the intelligent enterprise of its management, but is one 
 whose great success sheds lustre upon the name of the city. This im- 
 portant enterprise was established in 187d and is located in the hand- 
 some Hotel Bennett, which was erected by the late Abel Bennett, who 
 was one of the most public spirited of Binghamton's honored citizens, 
 and was the head of the firm until his demise in 1890, since which time 
 the management of the business has devolved upon his son and partner, 
 Mr. Fred Bennett. The firm's salesrooms are large, well lighted and. 
 attractively appointed, with splendid glass show-windows, which dis- 
 play the goods to admirable advantage. The stock embraces everything 
 in the way of men's, boys', youths" and children's clothing, the finer 
 lines being in every respect equal to the best custom work in fit, finish, 
 elegance and fnshion. An important feature of the business is the 
 merchant tailoring department, where is placed at the disposal of pa- 
 trons a large and choice stock of cassimeres. tweeds, diagonals, fancy 
 suitings, etc.. and indeed the finest of imported and domestic fabrics of 
 all kinds, from which fashionable and desirable clothing may be made 
 to measure to suit the wants of the most exacting class of patrons. 
 The business policy adopted is that of liberality, fair dealing and hon- 
 est representation in every instance, and thus the name and fame of 
 Abel Bennett & Co. has been widely spread abroad as the leading 
 merchant tailors and clothiers of Binghamton. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 THE ARLINGTON, 
 
 Kennedy & Tierney, Proprietors, Corner Chenango and Lewis Sts. 
 
 The Arlington, the leading hotel of Binghamton, was first opened 
 to the public April 24. 1888. by its present proprietors and owners, who 
 have since made it a favorite with tourists and travellers. The building, 
 which is the most recently erected modern hotel edifice in the city, is a 
 four-story brick structure, and it is an ornament to the city. It is pro- 
 vided with every modern convenience and comfort for its guests that 
 experience could suggest or money procure. The office, reading room 
 and dining room are located on the ground floor and are handsomely 
 finished in oak and decorated in an attractive and cheerful manner. 
 The hotel is heated by steam, lighted by gas and electricitv, the rooms 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 91 
 
 are connected by electric call-bells and a general fire-alarm system, and 
 the sanitary conditions have been made as perfect as modern investiga- 
 tion has made possible. There are one hundred rooms for guests, all 
 light, airy, and comfortable, and furnished in a luxurious manner. The 
 culinary department is presided over by an accomplished chef and the 
 table is remarkable for its lavish and selected fare. Special attention is 
 given to commercial men, who will find here every inducement to make 
 the Arlington tlie best hotel in the Southern Tier, in which to remain 
 over Sunday. The proprietors, Messrs. J. W. Kennedy and E. M. 
 Tierney, are both experienced hosts, accomplished caterers, and genial 
 entertainers, and both do all in their power to make the Arlington a 
 popular hostelry. The rates are $2.00. $2.50 and $3.00 per day, according 
 to the hjcation of rooms, and while the accommodations afforded are in 
 every respect equal to those of any other hotel in the state, few even in 
 the metropolitan centers offer greater inducements for a longer or 
 shorter sojourn. 
 
 NELSON & LEGGE, 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 
 2 1 9 Chenango Street. 
 
 An old established and well-known 
 house, engaged in handling foreign and 
 domestic fruits and produce in Bing- 
 hamton is that now, and since October, 
 1890, known under the the title of Nel- 
 son & Legge, which was originally 
 founded in 1870 by B. H. Nelson & Co., 
 Mr. M. S. Nelson "being the Co. It has 
 a wide circle of patrons extending 
 throughout Central and Southern New 
 York and Northern Pennsylvania, to 
 whom shipments are made daily by the 
 roads diverging in seven directions from 
 this city. In fact, the railroad facilities 
 have been a powerful feature in build- 
 ing up the trade of this house, since 
 country merchants can have orders 
 filled from this city with greater prompt- 
 ness than any other market in the State. 
 The firm's premises afford ample accom- 
 modations for storing goods and prompt 
 shipments, and six assistants and one 
 traveling salesman find occupation w4th 
 the house. The goods handled embrace 
 foreign fruits of all kinds, oranges, lem- 
 ons, bananas, figs, prunes, grapes, nuts, raisins, qtc, as well as domestic 
 green fruits, berries and produce, clams, etc. During the season the 
 firm are in daily receipt of fruits and produce by the car-load which is 
 promptly distributed to their trade in quantities to suit. They also 
 solicit consignments of anything in their line on commission, for which 
 market prices and quick returns are assured. The individual members 
 of the firm are M. S. Nelson and W. S. Legge, each of whom is thor- 
 oughly experienced in all the details of the business to which they give 
 their close personal attention. In conclusion we may be permitted to 
 add that the energy and enterprise shown in the conduct of the business 
 of this house have resulted in a well merited and substantial success and 
 the high esteein in which the firm is held for honorable character and 
 fair and liberal dealing adds no little to the commercial supremacy of 
 Binghamton. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 STONE & GERMOND, 
 
 Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, 1 83 and 1 85 Water St. 
 
 This house was originally 
 established in 1865 by Messrs. 
 J. M. Stone & Co., who were 
 succeeded by Stone, Goff & 
 Co. in 1872, the present firm 
 coming into possession of the 
 business in December, 1890. 
 The plant of the firm is com- 
 prised in a handsome four- 
 story and basement brick 
 building, having an elegant 
 and spacious salesroom on the 
 first floor, and the manufac- 
 turing department on the 
 upper floors. The latter is 
 equipped with all the latest 
 improved labor-saving ma- 
 chinery known to the trade, operated by steam power, and from ninety 
 to one hundred skilled operatives are given steady employment. The 
 products of the factory consist of a large line of medium grades of 
 men's and boys* boots and shoes. All goods are made from serviceable 
 materials and with the greatest care, while in style and finish they are 
 fully equal to goods of a much more expensive character, and the re- 
 sult is a class of shoes that for durability and service cannot be excelled. 
 Besides the goods of their own production the firm handle a general 
 line of boots, shoes and rubbers for men, women and children suitable 
 for the retail trade, which is procured from the most noted manufac- 
 turers of the country, and is not surpassed in the state for variety, ex- 
 tent and general desirability. The trade of the house is chiefly confined 
 to the Middle and Western States, where the firm is represented by 
 traveling salesmen. The members of the firm are Herbert E. Stone and 
 Joseph S. Germond. 
 
 A.G.WILSON, 
 
 Fire and Accident Insurance, 6 McNamara Block. 
 
 The above named reliable insurance agency was established about 
 twenty years ago. and it has long enjoyed the fullest confidence and con- 
 sideration of a wide circle of clients in this city and vicinity. Mr. Wil- 
 son transacts a regular Fire Insurance business, and he represents a 
 group of stable companies which stand at the very head in insurance 
 circles. They are the Agricultural, of Watertown, N. Y.. the Sun Fire 
 of London, the Phoenix, of London, the Hanover, of New York, the Con- 
 tinental, of New York, and the American, of New York. The Sun Fire, 
 of London, is the oldest insurance company in the world and a verita- 
 ble rock of stability, and the Agricultural, of Watertown, which writes 
 policies on farm and residental property only, is the most successful 
 company of its kind in the country. The above list represents $27,000,- 
 000 of capital, and the standing and character of these organizations are 
 such as to guarantee positive indemnity in case of loss. Mr. Wilson 
 also writes accident policies and issues bonds of indemnity through the 
 Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New York. Insurance effected through 
 this agency is obtained at lowest rates consistent w ith safe methods and 
 all losses are promptly and equitably adjusted and paid. Mr. Wilson is 
 an experienced underwriter and an enterprising citizen, who enjoys the 
 esteem of this community and his agency is an important adjunct to 
 the business conveniences of the city. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 93 
 
 BOSS, STOPPARD & HECOX, 
 
 General Insurance Agents, 82 Court Street. 
 
 The general insurance agency of Messrs. Boss. Stoppard & Hecox 
 has long been recognized as the leading underwriting enterprise in Bing- 
 hamton. It is the oldest and largest agency in the city and was founded 
 in 1875 by Chittenden & Boss, who were succeeded in }SS3 by Boss & 
 Stoppard and by Boss. Stoppard & Hecox in 1890, and Mr. Boss has 
 been actively engaged as an underwriter since 18G8. The firm repre- 
 sents only the strongest and staunchest of companies, and to its credit 
 it may be said that every just claim during its history has been promptly 
 paid. They include such high class organizations as the ^tna, of Hart- 
 ford; Buffalo German, of Buffalo; Firemens', of Newark; Firemans' 
 Fund, of California; German American, of New York: Germania Fire, of 
 New York; Guardian, of London; North British and Mercantile, of Eng- 
 land; Insurance Company of North America, of Philadelphia; Mer- 
 chants, of Newark; Phoenix, of Hartford; Pennsylvania Fire, of Phil- 
 adelphia; Royal, of Liverpool: Western, of Toronto, Canada; Hartford 
 Steam Boiler, of Hartford; Travelers Accident Co., of Hartford and 
 Lloyd's Plate Glass Co., of New York, the latter being the pioneer and 
 the most popular in its line in the country. The firm write policies on 
 all classes of insurance except life, including fire, accident, plate glass, 
 steam boiler, etc. Their clientage, while chiefly local, also comes 
 from the neighboring localities and agricultural district. The members 
 of the firm are Messrs. Homer B. Boss, Moses Stoppard and W. H. 
 Hecox. „Tlie agency they control has long afforded great conveniences 
 and manifest advantages to the residents of this city and country in as- 
 suring them certain and solid indemnity in case of loss and disaster by 
 fire. 
 
 HATHAWAY & BERRY, 
 
 Millers' Agents and Dealers in Flour and Grain. Office: Room 2 Perry Block. 
 
 As an illustration of the facilities of the city in a commercial sense, 
 reference is made to the enterprise of Messrs. Hathaway & Berry, who 
 are sales agents for many principal Western millers, and thus bring 
 direct to the doors of the fliour and grain trade of Binghamton and its 
 tributary territory all the advantages ami trade accommodations afforded 
 by the producing sections of the country. This enterprise was started 
 here in 1888 by Mr. H. H. Hathaway, who continued it until November 
 2, 1891. when he associated with him Mr. I. L. Berry, under the above 
 named firm style. The firm represents in this market the Hum- 
 boldt Mill Company of Minneapolis, L. Christian & Co. of Minneapolis, 
 L. M. Godley & Co. of Scottsville, N. Y., and R P. Fish of Chicago, 
 besides which they are in frequent and daily receipt of special communi- 
 cations from millers, producers and grain operators in all the great 
 trade centers of the West and East. Their connections are such that 
 they are enabled to supply the trade with the best brands of flour, grain 
 and mill-feed in the largest quantities and at lowest market rates, and 
 insure prompt dispatch in filling orders. Sales are made in car-load 
 lots, or quantities to suit, both for shipment direct from the mills 
 or in transit. Besides visiting the trade in person, daily quotations on 
 grain by postal card are sent to all patrons within a radius of one hundred 
 miles of Binghamton. Mr. Berry, the new member of the firm, has for 
 the past eleven years been the sole representative of the Mosely & Mot- 
 ley Milling Company of Rochester, N. Y., and Mr. Hathaway has been 
 engaged in the same line of trade for several years. It will pay the 
 trade to investigate the methods of this firm, who offer advantages equal 
 at least to those obtainable even in the metropolitan trade centers of the 
 country. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 THE BINGHAMTON BUTTER PACKAGE CO. 
 
 24- Wall Street. 
 
 The Binghamton Butter Package Company, of which Mr. Henry C. 
 Wood is the proprietor, was instituted in 1888, and came into his posses- 
 sion in August. 1801. The Company's manufacturing facilities embrace 
 two floors, wliere all necessary tools and appliances are at hand and em- 
 ployment is given to about a dozen skilled workmen. The Binghamton 
 Butter Package is made upon an entirely different principle from all 
 others, and is. beyond question, the best and cheapest butter package of 
 merit in the market. Briefly, it is a tin package with a movable non- 
 metallic lining. This lining is not only capable of retaining the brine in. 
 the butter contained in the package, but also effectually guards against, 
 the butter becoming tainted or stained by coming in contact with the 
 metal. The packages may be used repeatedly by simply changing the 
 linings. In the Binghamton Butter Package the absorption of brine is 
 obviated, the admission of air is prevented, with the result that butter 
 contained in these packages is preserved sweet and pure for months. 
 Another advantage this package has over all others is its weight, it be- 
 ing the lightest package in the market, and it is the lowest priced pack- 
 age of merit known. Dealers prefer this package on account of the 
 facility with which the butter may be stripped by reason of the movable 
 lining. The package is neatly painted and bound with wooden hoops, 
 top and bottom which give it durability and strength. These packages- 
 are made in several sizes and are in active demand by dairies and butter- 
 makers in all parts of the country. 
 
 NORTH & SHAW, 
 
 Wholesale Provision Dealers, 1 SO State St. 
 
 This house was founded in 1889. though this date by no means repre- 
 sents the experience of the firm in the business, since its senior member, 
 Mr. G. S. North, has been actively engaged in the same line of trade in 
 this city for the past twenty years, and may be said to be one of the 
 pioneers in the provision trade of Binghamton, and Mr. Shaw has been 
 in the trade for the past five years. The firm occupy, for the purposes 
 of the business, a four-story and basement brick building, located as 
 above indicated, where they carry a large and complete stock of pro- 
 visions — flour, salt, beans, cheese, salt and dried fish, salt and smoked 
 meats, bacon, hams, soap, matches and other specialties, which are^ 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 95. 
 
 offered to the trade at lowest market rates. The firm have their own 
 smoke-house on the premises, where they smoke their own hams, which 
 enjoy a high reputation in the trade and are much sought after by epi- 
 cures. About five employes find occupation with the firm and two 
 traveling salesmen represent them throughout the circuit of theirtrade, 
 which extends throughout Southern NewYork. and Northern Pennsyl- 
 vania. With excellent facilities for the transaction of a large business, 
 receiving all goods direct from first hands and in large lots, and with a 
 thorough knowledge of the trade, this firm is enabled to offer induce- 
 ments to dealers which are equal, if not superior, to those obtainable 
 froin any other quarter. 
 
 THE BINGHAMTON STEAM AND HOT WATER 
 WARMING CO., 
 
 Caylord and Eitapenc, Corner State and Henry Sts. 
 
 This now well known and leading estab- 
 lishment, the largest of its kind in the 
 Southern Tier, was established in May, 
 1880, by Messrs. W. H. Gaylord and F. 
 Eitapenc, its present proprietors, since 
 which time it has built up a trade that ex- 
 tends throughout a large section of New 
 York and Pennsylvania, as well as reaches 
 into other more distant localities. The 
 manufacturing department is equipped 
 J with a 60-horse power steam engine and all 
 m 'the latest improved machinery necessary 
 i|J=!forthe business, including a pipe cutting- 
 fi|* I and threading machine capable of cutting- 
 iji I an 8-inch pipe, which is the largest machine 
 of the kind between New York and Roch- 
 ester. The firm give employment to from 
 twenty to thirty skilled workmen. A full 
 and complete line of steam fittings, boiler 
 and steam packing and engineers' supplies 
 is carried, including all kinds of iron pipe, 
 valves, gauges, etc., which are offered to 
 the trade at lowest market prices. The firm are contractors for the 
 supply of all kinds of steam and hot water heating apparatus, and they 
 also make a specialty in furnishing and setting up steam plants for 
 mechanical purposes. They undertake the complete erection and con- 
 struction of steam and hot water heating plants for public and private 
 buildings, private residences and manufactories in any part of the coun- 
 try, and estimates are promptly furnished from specifications. They 
 furnished the heating plants for the Binghamton Trust Co.'s building, 
 Phelps Bank building, the Ackerman Block, the Ross building, Broome 
 County Court House, the Westcott building, the Rogers flats, the Win- 
 demer flats. Judge Spaulding's flats, the Bronner Block, and many 
 other buildings in this city and vicinity, and they are at the present 
 writing about completing the work in the State Asylum at Binghamton. 
 They also furnished all the apparatus for heating in the new factories 
 of the Lestershire Boot and Shoe Co. at Lestershire. as well as the auto- 
 matic sprinkling apparatus, and set the boilers of 300-horse power. In 
 this city and vicinity innumerable private residences have also been 
 supplied with the productions of this house. Their facilities are unsur- 
 passed and the work executed has always been of superior excellence. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 G. S. ACKLEY & CO., 
 
 The Real Estate Sellers, Ackerman Building:: Branch Office, Lestershire, N. Y. 
 
 The real estate 
 enterprise of Messrs. 
 G. S. Ackley & Co., 
 who. though having 
 conducted the busi- 
 ness in this city only 
 since September 1, 
 ]8l)l, have by reason 
 o f their energetic 
 and progressive 
 methods, already be- 
 come among the most 
 prominent represent- 
 atives of the profes- 
 sion in Binghamton 
 and their success f ul- 
 Iv entitles them to 
 the title of The Real 
 Estate Sellers o f 
 Binghamton. While 
 the firm do a general 
 real estate business, 
 buying, selling and 
 excha n g i n g real 
 property of all de- 
 scriptions, they have 
 recently devoted a 
 greater part of their 
 attention to the sale 
 o f the Lestershire 
 lots, which are locat- 
 ed in the beautiful 
 and attractive suburban village of Lestershire, situated two and one- 
 quarter miles west from the Court House Square of Binghamton. The 
 jfirm are exclusive agents for these lots, and they have met with re- 
 markable success in disposing of them. The village of Lestershire is 
 accessible by both the Erie and D.. L. & W. railroads and by street rail- 
 way from this city. Although the village has been laid out only two 
 years it now has two line churches, a school house, handsome and con- 
 venient passenger stations, a variety of stores, a well organized fire de- 
 partment, a brick engine house and hall, a number of large manufac- 
 turing establishments and a large number of private residences. A 
 weekly newspaper. The Lestershire Neivs, one of the best looking, best 
 edited and liveliest journals in the State is issued from its own plant, 
 and every convenience and luxury may be obtained there that can in 
 any way add to the comforts or pleasures of home life. Lots may be 
 obtained here for from 1 1 50 up to $ 1 .000 each and to those who wish to se- 
 cure a really profitable investment or a desirable site for a home where 
 pleasant surroundings and healthful locality contribute to make life 
 happy and enjoyable, no location in the State offers so many and val- 
 uable inducements. Taking present value and certain future advance- 
 ment into considf^ration, these lots are offered at prices lower than any 
 others in this vicinity, and payments will be adjusted to suit the con- 
 venience of purchasers. We believe that no better opportunity ever 
 was offered to obtain a home in a delightful neighborhood under the 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 97 
 
 most favorable conditions, than is afforded by this firm at Lestershire. 
 Mr. G. S. Ackley, the active manager of the business is a man of push 
 and energy and is never satisfied with small results. He is thoroughly 
 proficient and capable to advance and foster all interests with which he 
 may be entrusted, and he is always ready and willing to give his time 
 and attention to any who may wish to investigate the value of any of 
 the properties he has for sale. 
 
 E. C. SMITH Sl CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Spokes and Hubs, 4- and 6 State Street. 
 
 An important adjunct to the carriage building trade of the country 
 is the hub and spoke works of E. C. Smith & Co. This enterprise was 
 founded about four years ago b}^ J. F. Severson «fe Co., the present pro- 
 prietors suceeeding to the business in 3 890. It is the only industry of 
 the kind in the city and its products have attained a high reputation in 
 the trade for excellence of quality, resulting; in a demand for them that 
 extends throughout a large pan of the country. The plant is comprised 
 in apart of the building located as above indicated and is fully equipped 
 with all the necessary machinery of improved patterns, is operated by 
 a 30-horse power engine and furnishes employment to a number of 
 skilled workmen. All kinds of spokes and hubs are made, the woods 
 used being chiefly oak and hickory for spokes and birch for hubs, which 
 are first thoroughly seasoned and are procured direct from the original 
 sources of supply, thus enabling the proprietors to put the finished pro- 
 ducts on the market, of a quality and at a price that commands the 
 attention of the trade. In connection with the production of spokes 
 and hubs, the firm are also prepared with all facilities to make to 
 order for carpenters and builders, columns, newels, balusters, brackets, 
 etc., and also execute all kinds of general and ornamental turning, 
 planing, scroll and band sawing at reasonable prices. In every respect 
 the house occupies an important position in the productive accommoda- 
 tions of Binofhamton. 
 
 CHARLES WOODRUFF, 
 
 Manufacturer of Cigar Boxes, 4- South Street. 
 
 The extensive manufacture of cigars in Binghamton has created a 
 correspondingly large demand for boxes in which to pack them, and 
 this demand is largely supplied by the enterprise of Mr. Charles Wood- 
 ruff, who annually turns out immense quantities of them. This, the 
 chief enterprise of the kind in the city and one of the largest of the 
 kind in the State, was instituted about sixteen years ago, by its present 
 proprietor. The manufacturing plant is embraced in a two-story fac- 
 tory which is fully equipped with a large amount of late improved 
 special machinery, operated by water power, and employment is here 
 given to about sixty workmen. The wood for the cigar boxes comes to 
 the factory in the log, and this house is the only one in the State out- 
 side of New York city, which saws up its own Spanish cedar from the 
 logs. The products embrace Spanish cedar, veneer cedar and imitation 
 cedar boxes, which are warranted strictly air dried and of the best 
 quality. New and novel styles are continually being introduced, and 
 the stock of cigar box labels, tiimmings. edging and ribbons is a heavy 
 one. Mr. Woodruff is a practical man at the business to which he gives 
 his close personal attention. He enjoys special facilities for supplying 
 this class of goods, and his steadily increasing business shows the esti- 
 mation in which his house is held by the trade and indicates the enter- 
 prise and ability with which the industry is conducted. 
 
98 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 WILLIS SHARPE KILMER, 
 
 Newspaper Advertising Agency, Office No. 376 Chenango Street. 
 
 A recent and important addition to the general bnsiness facilities 
 of this city is the Newspaper Advertising Agency of Mr. Willis Sharpe 
 Kilmer, which gives ever}^ promise of becoming a leading institution of 
 its kind. Mr. Kilmer enters upon this enterprise fully equipped by 
 practical experience, assisted by a competent corps of experts, and 
 already has some twenty-five hundred of the prominent newspapers of 
 the country under contract, and additions are constantly being made to 
 this list. He is fulh^ prepared to place advertisements in all newspapers 
 at lowest possible rates, and furnish patrons with the most advanced 
 facilities in the way of advertising that is possible to be obtained in any 
 of the great metropolitan centers. The writing and preparation of mat- 
 ter for publication is one of the special features. The press of the 
 country will also find it desirable to be represented by this agency^ 
 which is rated in highest credit by both Bradstreet's and Dun's Com- 
 mercial Agencies, thus assuring publishers prompt settlements for all 
 space used. Mr. Kilmer already numbers many prominent advertisers 
 among his clients and estimates for any line of advertising will be 
 promptly furnished upon application. As an enterprise greatly con- 
 tributing to the completeness of the commercial accommodations of 
 Binghamton this agency is fully entitled to the support of the business 
 men of this city and vicinity. 
 
 W. C. FOWLER & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers and Dealers in Confectionery, 92 Cinenango St. 
 
 There are no people in the world that are such consumers of confec- 
 tionery as the Americans, and the manufacture and sale of confection- 
 ery is therefore an important branch of industry. Actively and prom- 
 inently engaged in this line of trade in Binghamton is the house of 
 Messrs. W. C. Fowler & Co.. whose factory and salesrooms are located 
 as above indicated, and embrace a handsomely appointed store, the re- 
 tail department being in the front and the wholesale department in the 
 rear, a separate building being used for manufacturing purposes. The 
 firm manufacture a general line of staple and tine candies and all their 
 products are pure and unadulterated. In the retail department the 
 goods handled are chiefly of the firm's own production and are made 
 fresh daily, while in the wholesale department a full and complete line 
 of machine made candies and penny goods is also carried for the trade. 
 The firm employs three traveling salesmen and their trade extends 
 throughout a large part of Southern New York and Northern Pennsyl- 
 vania and is rapidly increasing in volume. The members of the firm 
 are Messrs. VV, C. and J. G. Fowler. The business was established in 
 1888 by Mr. W. C. Fowler, the present firm having been organized in 
 1800. The house is a growing one and enjoys the confidence of the busi- 
 ness community both at home and abroad, of which it is in every re- 
 spect worthy. 
 
 WHITE & CO., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors, 1 64 Court St. 
 
 A leading, enterprising and ably managed representative of the 
 wholesale trade accommodations of Binghamton is the house of Messrs. 
 White & Co., of which Mr. Charles White is the proprietor, the "Co."* 
 being nominal only. Mr. White began operations in this line in 1863 at 
 New York and removed to this city in 1S83. succeeding to the older es- 
 tablished business of Conwell & Rockwell, since which time the scope 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 99 
 
 of operations has been greatly extended and a trade has been built up 
 that extends throughout a large section of New York. Pennsylvania, 
 Western Connecticut, and Eastern Ohio, and is annually increasing in 
 volume, requiring the services of two traveling salesmen. The firm 
 offers the strongest inducements to the trade in the way of superior 
 goods, reasonable prices, and the most advanced accommoVlations. The 
 complete stock of goods carried embraces the best distillations and 
 vintages of foreign countries and the United States, and all the leading- 
 brands of imported wines, gins, brandies and other liquors may be 
 found in stock, while in domestic products, and especially fine Kentucky 
 bourbon and rye whiskies, nothing is left to be desired. The endeavors 
 of the management are directed to handling pure and reliable goods 
 which are sold just as they come from the producers and are warrant- 
 ed exactly as represented, and whiskies are sold in bond or free as may 
 be desired. A New York city office is maintained for the accommoda- 
 tions of the trade. Mr. White may be quoted as an honorable merchant 
 and enterprising 'business man and his business is conducted upon a 
 basis of strict commercial probity. 
 
 OTIS BROTHERS, 
 
 Pharmacists, 63 Court St., Corner State. 
 
 This enterprise was originally instituted in 1872, the present mag- 
 nificent store having been first occupied but a few months ago, and it 
 is probably the most elegantly appointed and furnished drug store in 
 the state. It is 25x90 feet in dimensions and occupies a corner, thus 
 being lighted on two sides. The entire fittings are of mahogany, richly 
 and tastefully carved, while every line of the woodwork is one of beauty 
 and symmetry. Bangs of Boston being the designer. The firm make a 
 specialty of supplying the public with family medicines, filling physi- 
 cians' prescriptions, and carrying in stock a' full and complete line of 
 drugs, pharmaceutical preparations, toilet articles and proprietary med- 
 
100 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 icines. The prescription department is conducted with a due appreci- 
 ation of its responsibilities, and only absolutely pure and high-class 
 drugs are used. The firm are also manufacturers of Otis Brothers' 
 Never Failing Corn Cure, and Camphorated Cream of Glycerine, 
 Hodge's Dentifrice Powder, Cream and Fluid Dentifrice and Rogers' 
 Throat Confections, all of which have been proved of superior excellence 
 and are widely distributed to the trade thrtughout the country. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. Clark Z. Otis and F. D. Otis. The 
 former, who is the resident partner and active manager of the business, 
 is widely known as an accomplished pharmacist, and has served as 
 president of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association and also 
 on the State Board of Pharmacy. The latter is a resident of New York 
 where he is engaged in the wholesale drug trade. The profession of 
 the pharmacist has been elevated to a dignified position in late years, 
 in no particular second to that of any other learned profession, and the 
 enterprise of Messrs. Otis Brothers is conducted upon a policy in full 
 sympathy with this high position. 
 
 GEORGE A. KENT & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Cigars, 53 to 63 Chenango Street. 
 
 %:§/ •::■! 
 
 i GAR MANUFACTURERS. 
 
 
 «PP: 
 
 One of the leading cigar manufactories of Binghamton is the old- 
 established and prominent house of Messrs. George A. Kent & Co., 
 which was instituted in 1876 and has since been conducted with 
 annually increasing success and influence. The plant is embraced in a 
 three-story and basement brick building fronting on two streets and 
 affording an abundance of light. The mechanical equipment embraces 
 all the latest improved machinery known to the trade that has been 
 found useful in decreasing the cost of production and at the same time 
 maintaining the high standard of quality, operated by a 20-horse power 
 steam engine, employment being afforded to about five hundred opera- 
 tives. The products "^of the factory comprise a large number of brands 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 101 
 
 of medium and fine grade cigars, and the output reaches from fifteen 
 to twenty millions per annum. The cigars manufactured by the firm 
 bear high favor in the trade for sujjerior quality and are in demand by 
 the jobbing trade in all parts of the United States. While the brands 
 made are numerous, the " Red Star" and •' Wishbone" five cent cigars 
 and the •' Commercial " ten cent cigars are particularly popular ones 
 and are not excelled by any other goods of the kind in the market. In 
 fact whenever the firm's brands are once introduced the demand for 
 them continually increases and many of the first customers of the firm 
 are still numbered among the most extensive buyers of their goods. 
 The individual members of the firm are George A. Kent and Willi;im 
 Rood, both prominent and influential members of the business commun- 
 ity and closely allied to the growth and prosperity of Binghamton, and 
 both are members of the Board of Trade. With an ample capital, hon- 
 orably accumulated, and every facility afforded by experience and con- 
 nections, Messrs. George A. Kent & Co., are certainly in a position to 
 offer lasting and valuable inducements to the trade. 
 
 JOHN GUMBERG & CO., 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 30, 32 and 34- Commercial Avenue. 
 
 The above named 
 firm is a leading repre- 
 sentative of the great 
 cigar manufacturing 
 industry of Bingham- 
 ton. The business was 
 founded in 1886 by Van 
 "Wormer, Gumberg & 
 Co., the present firm, 
 composed of Messrs. 
 John Gumberg and Cy- 
 rus S. Clapp, having 
 succeeded to the busi- 
 ness in 1889. The man- 
 ufacturing facilities of 
 the firm embrace a 
 four story and base- 
 ment brick factory 
 (30 x 80 feet in dimen- 
 sions, which was 
 erected for the purpose in 1887, and is fully supplied with the most per- 
 fect accommodations for the economical conduct of the business. The 
 mechanical equipment embraces all the latest improved modern appli- 
 ances and machinery, operated by a 50-horse power steam engine, and 
 employment is furnished to an average force of about two hundred and 
 fifty skilled operatives, the factory, however, having ample accommo- 
 dations for the employment of at least five hundred hands, should the 
 exigencies of the trade demand. The products of the house consist of 
 fair and medium grade cigars, which are sold to the jobbing trade only, 
 and the trade of the house extends throughout the United States gener- 
 ally, two traveling salesmen being constantly employed to visit the firm's 
 customers, and the annual output of the factory averages about 8,000,- 
 000 cigars. Among the high grade cigars made by the firm we note the 
 following popular and well-known brands which are in annually increas- 
 ing demand: "■El Brilliante," "El Solitario,"' "Chiquito," "U. S. Mutual," 
 "La Perdita" and "Red Bat." These are particularly well made and 
 
102 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 fine cigars, which have an established reputation over a wide territory, 
 and are popular alike with consumers and dealers. Every facility is 
 possessed by the tirm for tlie transaction of a large and growing busi- 
 ness, and the greatest care is taken in all the processes of manufacture, 
 so that the high standard of excellence already achieved in the product 
 shall be scrupulously maintained. Mr. Gumb^rg is an exi^erienced and 
 practical manufacturer and gives his close personal attention to all the 
 operations of the business, and Mr. Clapp is one of the prominent cap- 
 italists of this city, and is largely interested in other of this city's inter- 
 ests. The enterprise of the firm is deserving of every confidence, and is 
 a leading factor in the growth and prosperity of Binghamton. 
 
 GEORGE BUCHANAN, 
 
 Dealer in Wines and Liquors, 1 14 Washington Street. 
 
 Among those houses which can claim a lengthened and honorable 
 career and have been prominently identified with the commercial growth 
 of this community, that conducted by Mr. George Buchanan is conspic- 
 uous. It was originally established in 1857 by Erastus Ross, the present 
 proprietor succeeding in 1873. The house has always enjoyed the high- 
 est reputation for handling pure and reliable goods and this fact has 
 been realized by dealers and the public and has contributed largely to 
 its prosperity. The stock embraces American and imported wines and 
 liquors, which are sold in five-gallon lots or less, for medicinal and family 
 uses, and a specialty is also made of fine bottled goods which are received 
 direct from first hands in original packages. All goods are sold on their 
 merits and strictly as represented. Mr. Buchanan also handles at retail 
 cigars and tobacco, offering the finest and most popular brands of these 
 goods at the lowest prices. For over a third of a century the policy of 
 this house has remained unchanged and it is still conducted with that 
 conservative liberality and reliability which have always entitled it to 
 the confidence and popularity of this community. 
 
 G. A. MATTHEWS, 
 
 Real Estate and Fire Insurance, 4-3 Court Street. 
 
 The real estate and insurance agency of Mr. George A. Matthews 
 has long been recognized as one of the most prominent in Binghamton. 
 Mr. Matthews has enjoyed a lengthened experience in the business, having 
 been continuously engaged in it since 1878, formerly at Candor. N. Y., 
 and in this city since 1887. Besides a general business knowledge and 
 acute judgment he possesses in an eminent degree the essential qualifi- 
 cations for the successful prosecution of his enterprise. He devotes his 
 energies to handling all kinds of real estate either on commission for 
 clients or on his own account. He has upon his books a very large 
 list of desirable property and his connections both with buyers and sell- 
 ers are intimate and valuable. The great advancement that has been 
 characteristic of Binghamton within the past few years is only the be- 
 ginning of the tide of expansion that will reach its flood in the future 
 and therefore now is the time to invest in real estate, which is sure to 
 largely grow in value. Mr. Matthews is in a position to advise and help 
 the investor, and under his representations the risk of a false move is 
 reduced to a minimum. A special feature of the business is the sale of 
 city lots upon easy terms, thus enabling those of small means to share 
 in the profits that are sure to come. Fire insurance policies are also 
 written in sound and safe companies and an important business is done 
 in this line. The business policy of this agency is one of liberality and 
 fair dealing and its standing is such as to require no commendation at 
 our hands. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 103 
 
 S. N. MITCHELL, 
 
 Real Estate and General Insurance Agency, 1 Ross Block. 
 
 The real estate agent has become a prominent factor in the resources 
 of this city, and one of the leading- and most reliable representatives of 
 this profession is Mr. S. N. Mitchell, who for the past seven years in 
 this city and for a dozen years previously at Susquehanna, Pa., has de- 
 voted himself to the study of r( al estate values, and his experience, 
 knowledge and sound judgment are at the service of investors and cap- 
 italists who desire to take advantage of the large profits which are sure 
 to follow the purchase of property in Binghamton and vicinity at the 
 present time. Mr. Mitchell has a large list of business and residence 
 property in all parts of the city for sale and he also transacts all other 
 business relating to the purchase, sale, exchange and renting of real 
 estate. An important division of his business is his general insurance 
 agency. He represents in this locality the Imperial, of London; the 
 Commercial Union, of London; the National, and Hartford, of Hartford; 
 the City of London, of London: the Fire Association, and Franklin, of Phil- 
 adelphia; the Springfield, of Springfield, Mass.; the Home, of New York; 
 the Travelers' Life and Accident, of Hartford; the American Casualty 
 and Security Steam Boiler Lisurance Co., of Baltimore, and the Metro- 
 politan Plate Glass, of New York, the latter being the largest and most 
 noted company in its line in the world ; and all of these guaranteeing 
 positive indemnity in case of loss. The insurance department of the 
 business enjoys the largest patronage from business men. manufac- 
 turers and individuals, and all losses that have been made have been 
 promptly adjusted. This agencv is also one of the oldest in the city, 
 having been instituted in 1^73 by Page, Chaffee & Babcock, who were 
 succeeded by Babcock & Mitchell in 1885. the present proprietor having 
 assumed sole control in 1888. Mr. Mitchell is an energetic and enter- 
 prising business man and is closely identified with the grow^th and com- 
 mercial advancement of Binghamton. 
 
 BROWN & CO., 
 
 Wholesalers of Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 219 Washington St. 
 
 Among the most important houses engaged in this line of trade in 
 this city is that of Messrs. Brown & Co.. which was established in 1887, 
 since which time a large and annually increasing business has been 
 built up, both direct and on commission, which extends throughout 
 Central and Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The 
 premises of the firm, located as above indicated, are commodious and 
 conveniently arranged for the receipt and shipment of goods, and con- 
 tain, besides other facilities, a large banana ripening room, where by 
 means of heat supplied by gas this luscious fruit is ripened ready for 
 market. The firm handles ever}' variety of foreign and domestic fruits 
 in their season, including oranges, lemons, bananas, grapes, apples, 
 pears, berries of all kinds. Bermuda potatoes and onions and Southern 
 early vegetables and produce, as well as nuts, dried fruits, etc., and 
 make a specialt}' of peaches and sweet potatoes. All goods are received 
 direct from first hands and producers and are promptly distributed to 
 the trade, and the firm are shippers and receivers of produce in car lots. 
 The firm make liberal advances on consignments of country produce, 
 guarantee quick sales and prompt returns, and offer shippers all 
 other advantages which may accrue from the best modern meth- 
 ods of conducting the business. The members of the firm are 
 Messrs. William R. and John A. Brown, both young and enterprising 
 business men and closely allied to the promotion of the commercial re- 
 lations of Binghamton. 
 
104 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 THE RILEY BUSINESS COLLEGE, 
 
 Westcott Block. 
 
 The Riley Business College. Shorthand Institute and School of Eng- 
 lish Training is among the best-known and most celebrated educational 
 institutions in this section of the country. It was established in 1886 
 by its present principal. Prof. J. F. Kiley, A. M., and has since acquired 
 a reputation for complete and systematic methods of instruction second 
 to that of no other similar institution in the State. The college is 
 pleasantly located in the attractive Westcott block on State street in 
 the very heart of the city and is readily reached by all the principal 
 street car lines of the city which pass the door. The school is perfectly 
 appointed, its many windows afford an excellent light and in every re- 
 spect it is a very pleasant and agreable place in which studies may be 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 105 
 
 pursued under the most favorable conditions. The school is heated by 
 steam, is lighted by electricit}^, is connected by telephone and is ap- 
 proached by a rapid elevator, and in all its interior arrangements i& 
 provided with the most modern facilities and conveniences and is on a 
 par with the best in the land. Prof. Riley is assisted in his work by an 
 efficient and experienced corps of assistant teachers, each an expert in 
 his specialty,- and the course of instruction includes both theoretical 
 and practical business training in all its branches, embracing book- 
 keeping, commercial correspondence, business forms, commercial law, 
 banking and exchange, penmanship, accounting, etc., which are taught 
 by a system that achieves the best results in the shortest time. Special 
 instruction is also given in shorthand and typewriting, which may be 
 pursued separately or in connection with the business course. Besides 
 the business course general instruction in all the English branches is 
 given, so that the student is acquiring the rudiments of a liberal educa- 
 tion while at the same time he is obtaining the practical benefits of 
 actual business experience. Prof. Riley has earned the highest reputa- 
 tion as an instructor of youth and has turned out more proficients than 
 has any similar institution of the same age. An average of about 300 
 students annually attend the sessions of the school and both sexes are 
 provided for, evening classes being also held for the benefit of those 
 unable to attend in the day. Many successful men and women owe no^ 
 small measure of their prosperity to the accomplishments and culture 
 they have acquired under the tuition of Prof. Riley, and his school gives 
 every evidence of a continuance of the good work of the past in the 
 future, thus further adding lustre to the reputation of its principal and 
 fame to this city as a seat of learning. 
 
 W. S. SMITH &SONS, 
 
 Druggists, Grocers and Commission Merchants, 58 CourtStreet. 
 
 For many years the enterprise of W. S. Smith & Sons has been 
 widely and familiarly known to this community as the Peoples' Store, 
 and no other similar establishment in the city can lay claim to greater 
 popularity. It is also one of long establishment, having been founded 
 by W. S. Smith in 1845, and the present firm style was adopted in 1876,, 
 its individual members now being Messrs. Wm. T. and Edward C. Smith. 
 The premises occupied are comprised in two floors each 30 x 125 feet in 
 dimensions which form one of the most attractively arranged and com- 
 modious salesrooms on the main thoroughfare of the city. The stock 
 carried embraces a full and complete line of drugs, medicines, chemicals^ 
 proprietary medicines, toilet articles, surgical instruments and appli- 
 ances and physicians" supplies, as well as staple and fancy groceries of 
 all kinds, imported and domestic wines and liquors, teas, coffees, spices, 
 canned goods, etc. The trade of the house, while being largely local in 
 character and at retail, also extends in a wholesale way among small 
 dealers in the surrounding counties and is annually increasing in vol- 
 ume. Prompt deliveries are made in all parts of the city by the firm's 
 own wagons, which are of the most modern construction and are equal 
 to any in use in metropolitan cities. A special feature of the business 
 is the sale of European steamship tickets. All facilities are offered 
 tourists or others in this regard that are obtainal)le at the offices of the 
 companies. For nearly half a century this house has occupied an hon- 
 orable position in the commercial resources of Binghamton and its 
 record of the past is but an evidence of its future usefulness and in- 
 creased influence. 
 
106 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 E. A. ABELL, 
 
 Manufacturer of Pie Preparations, 1 87 and 1 89 Water Street. 
 
 J^lMCE PIETOD^iy ^'■^ 
 
 TH7\T ISTHETJ 
 ^/"UFF. J]iFFEI^E^J■T 
 
 Pie EVERY D/1^ 
 
 Mr. Abell inaugurated his enter- 
 prise June 1. 1890, and has since built 
 up a trade for his preparations that 
 already extends throughout New 
 York. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 
 5 Ml'^lUTFo. and they are gradually being intro- 
 .^o duced to the trade generally through- 
 oat the country, three traveling sales- 
 men being employed in visiting the 
 trade. The products embrace a vari- 
 ety of evaporated pie preparations, 
 which, with the exception of mince 
 meat of various kinds and qualities, 
 are the only pie preparations on the 
 market today which are all ready for 
 use. So far, those made by the house, 
 embrace mince, apple, plum, raisin, peach, currant and apricot, and this 
 list is constantly being increased. These preparations are put up in an 
 evaporated condition, are well dessicated, and contain all the ingredients 
 necessary to make palatable and wholesome pies, requiring the addition 
 of nothing but water, and are ready for immediate use. They are the 
 most useful, cheapest and handiest articles of food that have ever been 
 introduced, and a pie in five minutes is an absolute fact by the use of 
 these preparations. The preparations are put up in half-pound cartoon 
 boxes, each box being sufficient for two pies, and it is also put up in 
 bulk in paper sacks and wooden pails for the convenience of large con- 
 sumers, bakers, hotels and restaurants, by whom it is in large and in- 
 creasing demand. All who have used any of the products of this house 
 unite in extolling their virtues and desirability, while as a matter of 
 economy, a single trial will prove that the same quality of pies cannot 
 be made at the same cost in any other manner. 
 
 JOHNSON & LAMB, 
 
 Manufacturers of Ladies', Misses'and Cinildren's Fine Shoes, 2 1 5 Washington St. 
 
 No house has achieved more celebrity in its line within the past few 
 years than has that of Messrs. Johnson & Lamb, who instituted it in 
 1888. Since that time they have become widely known for the exclu- 
 sive manufacture of a particularly high grade of ladies', misses' and 
 children's fine shoes, and though not turning out such large quantities 
 or covering so wide a territory with their trade as some other Bingham- 
 ton houses, they may be said to equalize this in the high quality of the 
 product. The premises occupied by the firm are commodious and well 
 equipped with all the latest improved machinery, employment being 
 given to about thirty hands, with a daily capacity averaging 200 pairs 
 of shoes. Wherever introduced the shoes made by this house have be- 
 come well known for high quality, style, fit and beauty of finish, and at 
 the same time the prices will be found eminently reasonable, taking 
 their excellence into consideration. The trade of the house extends 
 throughout a large part of this state, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 
 and is with the leading retailers in the principal cities and towns. The 
 members of the firm are Messrs. C. B. Johnson and George L. Lamb, 
 both of whom possess a full and complete knowledge of all the details 
 of the business to which they give their close personal attention, Mr. 
 Lamb being the manufacturer, while Mr. Johnson markets the product. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 107 
 
 BARRETT BROTHERS. 
 
 Dealers in Pianos and Organs, 98 and 1 OO Court Street. 
 
 Messrs. Barrett Bros.' extensive music and musical warerooms are 
 the largest of the kind in this section of the State. This enterprise was 
 originally instituted in 1872 by Mr. S. W. Barrett, who discontinued it 
 for a time and re-established it in 1865, the present firm succeeding to the 
 business in 1 880. Their commodious and handsomely appointed ware- 
 rooms are embraced in a double store and basement, each 40 x 00 feet in 
 dimensions, where they display a magnificent and complete stock of 
 pianos, organs and musical instruments of all kinds for amateurs, teach- 
 ers and musical organizations, as well as all descriptions of the most 
 popular American and foreign sheet music and music books. The firm 
 handle chiefly the Steinway, Weber, Hardman, Knabe, Newby & Evans, 
 Sterling and Peck & Sons' '^pianos, and the A. B. Chase, Estey and Chi- 
 cago Cottage organs. They offer their instruments upon the most lib- 
 eral terms, payments being accepted periodically in small amounts. 
 All instruments are warranted, and pianos and organs are also rented. 
 The trade of the house reaches throughout Southern New York and 
 Northern Pennsylvania, and is annually increasing in volume. One 
 traveling salesrnan is employed, and one local agent looks after the 
 trade in a near-by village. Mr. S. W. Barrett is an artistic musician, 
 and at one time was a teacher of music, and later, a publisher of music 
 in New York. He spends his winters in California, where he owns a 
 fine vineyard. Mr. V. P. Barrett devotes his attention and energies ex- 
 clusively to the management of the business, and both are enterprising 
 business men who take marked interest in the commercial and indus- 
 trial advance of the city. 
 
 BABCOCK & STOWELL, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Iron, Steel, Metals, Heavy and Shelf Hardware, 
 1 74- Washington and 1 25 State Sts. 
 
 This concern, whose trade facilities and business ramifications are 
 of a metropolitan order, was originally founded in 1874 by Carter, Por- 
 ter & Johnson, the present firm succeeding in 1888, after several changes 
 of title had intervened, the senior member of the present firm having 
 been a partner in two of the preceding ones. The headquarters of the 
 firm are embraced in a four-story and basement building extending 
 through from Washington to State street, 30x165 feet in dimensions. 
 The first floor is devoted to the salesrooms and office, and the remainder 
 of the building for storage of the enormous stock carried. This includes 
 every variety of articles comprised under the general heading of Heavy 
 and Shelf Hardware, and embraces builders' hardware, cabinet hard- 
 ware, locks and locksmiths' supplies, butchers' tools and supplies, 
 merchant bar iron and steel, carpenters', mechanics' and machinists' 
 tools, table and pocket cutlery, manufacturers* supplies, and a multitude 
 of other articles the mere enumeration of which would require a volume 
 greater than this. In every case their goods are procured direct from 
 first hands, and they enjoy especially close and advantageous relations 
 with large makers, which place them on a par, as far as prices are con- 
 cerned, with the manufacturers themselves. The trade of the house is 
 diffused throughout Soutbern New York and Pennsylvania, and entails 
 the services of twenty-five assistants , and four traveling salesmen. 
 The members of the firm are Messrs. B. M. Babcock and J. E. Stowell, 
 both gentlemen of long experience in the business, to which they de- 
 vote their close personal attention. They are energetic, progressive and 
 indefatigable in their efforts to reach the acme of perfection in their 
 accommodations to the trade and also in the promotion of the industrial 
 interests of Binghamton. 
 
108 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BINGHAMTON CHAIR COMPANY, Limited, 
 
 Manufacturers of Fancy Artistic Roci<ers, Etc., Montgomery Street. 
 
 This enterprise, of which Mr. R. J. Bump is the active manager, 
 was instituted about ten years ago, but their present magnificent plant 
 has been but recently erected, and is one of the most complete establish- 
 ments of the kind in the country, and is as perfect in all details as the 
 command of adequate capital and long experience and human con- 
 trivance could procure, and is far in advance of any similar establish- 
 ment in this city. The location adjoins the tracks of the D., L. & W. 
 R. R., affording the most complete facilities for the receipt of raw ma- 
 terials and the shipment of the finished products without rehandling, 
 and large yards give ample room for storing lumber. The main build- 
 ings, two in number, are each three stories high, built of brick on the 
 slow-burning principle. The larger one is 50x1-50 feet in dimensions, 
 the other 50 X 75 feet, and they are connected at the upper stories by 
 bridges. The floors are solid planks five inches in thickness, and are 
 held in place by heavy timbers without joists. There are no openings 
 in the floors, the stairways being on the outside of the buildings, and 
 
THE CITY OF BINCHAMTON. 109 
 
 each floor is equipped with automatic sprinklers. The mechanical 
 equipment embraces all the latest improved machinery known to the 
 trade, which is operated by a 100-horse power steam engine, and one 
 hundred and twenty-five skilled workmen are given employment. All 
 oils, varnishes, and other specially inflammal)le materials are stored in 
 a separate underground vault. The pi'oductions embrace a large vari- 
 ety of styles and designs in fancy rockers upholstered in silk plush, tap- 
 estries and other fine fabrics, and polished wood seat chairs for halls, 
 reception rooms and alcoves. Many of these are fancifully and uniquely 
 carved and ornamented, and fashioned after antique models. New styles 
 and designs are constantly being introduced, each one, if possible, more 
 beautiful and artistic than its predecessor. The company issues plates 
 of their chairs as fast as new ones are introduced, in place of semi-annual 
 catalogues, and hence they are always up to date. 
 
 MEAGLEY & BLANCHARD, 
 
 Dealers in Coal, 25 Prospect Avenue. 
 
 The coal trade forms a very important item in the list of industries 
 of Binghamton. and there are a number of extensive dealers here who 
 have availed themselves of all modern facilities for promptly supplying 
 the demand for this staple, among whom Messrs. Meaglej^ & Blanchard 
 occupy a prominent position. This house was inaugurated in 1878, and 
 has since built up a large trade with families and manufacturers through- 
 out the city that involves the handling annually of upwards of twelve 
 thousand tons. The facilities of the firm embrace a yard and coal pock- 
 ets for storage which adjoin the Erie railroad main line and admits of 
 the discharge of supplies of coal direct from the cars without rehan- 
 dling. Telephonic communication insures prompt fulfillment of orders, 
 and with an ample storage capacity, a full supply of the various varie- 
 ties of coal is always kept on hand. The active management of the 
 business devolves upon Mr. La Motte Blanchard. who is eminently 
 qualified for its successful conduct. The firm has always been recog- 
 nized as enterprising, liberal and fair dealing, and it is one of the most 
 prominent of its kind in the city. 
 
 VICKERS & BROOKER, 
 
 Plumbers and Gas Fitters, Steam and Hot Water Heatingf, 
 1 36 State Street and 29 Commercial Avenue. 
 
 This firm commenced operations here in 1885, and have since exe- 
 cuted a large amount of work in their line for the owners of public and 
 private buildings in this city and vicinity, notably the Rich building 
 and the Rogers apartment house. The firm occupy a commodious store 
 and basement, with shop in rear, where they carry an extensive stock 
 of plumbers* materials and steam and gas fittings, including the latest 
 improved sanitary appliances, and in fact, everything necessary or 
 requisite for the perfect execution of sanitary plumbing and gas fitting 
 in all its branches. They also make steam and hot water heating a 
 prominent feature of their business, and they are agents in this city for 
 the celebrated Perfect hot water heaters and steam boilers manufac- 
 tured by the Richardson & Boynton Co. These devices are widely rec- 
 ognized as being the most perfect before the public for the proper and 
 economical heating and ventilating of public and private buildings. 
 The firm promptly submits estimates for any work in their line, and the 
 marked success tliey have met with, and the entire satisfaction they 
 have given to their large number of patrons in the past fully entitles 
 them to be numbered among the leaders in their line of trade. 
 
110 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 THE BINGHAMTON SAFE DEPOSIT CO., 
 
 151 Washington Street. 
 
 The vaults of the Binghamton Safe Deposit Co. are located on the 
 ground floor of the building at 151 Washington St., and in the rear of and 
 connected with the offices of the First National Bank, the management 
 of the two institutions being practically the same, and as follows : 
 Pres., F. T. Newell : Vice-Pres., Harper Dusenbury, and Sec'y and 
 Treas. John Manier, to whose active and indefatigable efforts is largely 
 due the credit for originating and successfully managing this important 
 enterprise, which has proved so beneficial to the citizens of Bing- 
 hamton and vicinity, and which was the pioneer in its field of accom- 
 modation. The company was organized to furnish an absolutely safe 
 and convenient place of deposit for valuables of every description, under 
 guarantee, including bonds, stocks, deeds, mortgages, specie, jewelry, 
 diamonds, silver plate, etc. For this purpose a large vault has been pro- 
 vided which contains a large number of small safe deposit boxes, which are 
 leased to individuals for any length of time at a small annual rental. 
 These boxes are so arranged as to be easily accessible for their lessees, 
 and absolutely safe from interference b}^ anyone else. The vault is 
 both fire and burglar proof, and is furthermore constantly watched by 
 armed guardians. In fact, in the construction and charge of the vault 
 every modern appliance that is in any way calculated to defy the rav- 
 ages of fire or the attacks of burglars or a mob, has been provided, and 
 the patron who confides his valuables to the safekeeping of the company 
 may feel as secure as if they were locked up in the rock of Gibraltar. 
 
 THE HOFFMAN LUBRICATING OIL COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers of Lubricators and Lubricating Oils, 
 Office and Works, South Street. 
 
 The Hoffman Lubricating Oil Company ranks, in 
 the production of lubricating oils and lubricators, second 
 to no other in this section. This company was originally 
 established about ten years ago and was incorporated 
 under the present title in May, 1890. The premises util- 
 ized for manufacturing purposes consist of a series of 
 suitable buildings, which are equipped with all necessary 
 appliances and afford ample room for storage purposes. 
 The products of the company in the oil department 
 embrace a variety of cylinder and machinery oils, which 
 are highly commended by consumers for superior quality 
 and economy in use. They are in active demand by the 
 trade and consumers throughout the coal and iron regions- 
 of Pennsylvania as well as in this city and vicinity. 
 A prominent specialty of the company is the manufac- 
 ture of the Hoffman Automatic Lubricator for stationary 
 engines. This lubricator has no equal for simplicity and reliability of 
 work and is the only lubricator that does not chill or freeze up in cold 
 weather, and stops and starts with the engine. It operates by the cur- 
 rent of steam as it passes from the boiler to the engine, and by this 
 method, when the engine labors hard and requires more oil, the current 
 of steam is greater and the lubricator will feed faster. The company 
 manufactures an oil especially adapted for use in automatic lubricators 
 which is confidently recommended to all parties desiring a first-clas& 
 article. These lubricators are in use in all parts of the country and are 
 highly commended by all engineers who have used them. The officers 
 of the company are Messrs. R. J. Hoffman, pres., and R. W. Lester, 
 sec'y and treas. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 Ill 
 
 L. 1. WEED, 
 
 Engineer and Manufacturer of Artistic Cabinet Work, 25 and 26 Wall St. 
 
 " There is always room at the top " in every calling and acting upon 
 this trueism Mr. L. I. Weed established himself in this city about two- 
 years ago as an interior and exterior decorator and designer and manu- 
 facturer of fine artistic cabinet work, since which time he has achieved 
 a marked success and built up a demand for his services that extends- 
 troughout the trade radius of Binghamton. His facilities embrace a 
 commodious and well-equipped workshop, where employment is fur- 
 nished to a force of skilled workmen and where all necessary machinery 
 is at hand. The products of the house consist mainly of hard-wood 
 mantels made from original designs, store, office and bank fixtures, 
 counters, railings, desks, church furniture and interior and exterior 
 decorations of all kinds in wood and fine cabinet work. The most elabo- 
 rate productions are made when desired, consisting of beautifully 
 carved and polished wood-work, ixiade from the most expensive hard 
 woods, single mantels frequently being valued at many hundreds of 
 dollars, being turned out from this establishment. Mr. Weed has fur- 
 nished the interior hard- wood decorations for many of the most noted 
 private mansions and public buildings in this city and vicinity, a list of 
 which with privileges of reference may be obtained upon application. 
 Drawings and estimates for any class of interior or exterior decorations 
 or artistic cabinet work may be obtained, and while the high character 
 of all work produced is guaranteed, the prices are made upon a liberal 
 and fair-dealing basis, which is sure to prove satisfactory to all patrons. 
 A specialty is also made of slate mantels, tiles and grates and in fact all 
 work of this character. 
 
 MT. PROSPECT MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
 
 so to 90 Prospect Street. 
 
 The Mt. Prospect Medical Institute of Binghamton was recently es- 
 tablished for the treatment of inebriety from whatev er cause, whether 
 from alcohol, opium or other narcotics. The institution, since its pur- 
 chase by its present proprietors, has been 
 extensively remodeled and improved and 
 in its present condition is one of the best 
 equipped private institutions in the coun- 
 try. It is admirably situated, in a most 
 beautiful and healthful location, about 
 half way up Mt. Prospect, overlooking 
 from its windows and broad piazzas the 
 city and valley —east, south and west — 
 while the wooded slopes of Mt. Prospect 
 in the rear protect it from the cold north 
 winds and make it a delightful retreat for 
 invalids. The building is three stories- 
 high, substantially constructed, with high 
 walls and sunny windows. It is heated 
 by a combination hot water and hot air sys- 
 tem and the sanitary arrangements and 
 safeguards for health are all that modern experience and scientific re- 
 search have dictated. The famous Mt. Prospect spring supplies the in- 
 stitution with the purest water and the large and well-shaded grounds- 
 that surround the building afford ample space for exercise. The gen- 
 eral aspect is such as has a soothing and quieting influence on the in- 
 mates, and as the number of patients is limited, each has the benefit of 
 
112 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 the constant personal care of the faculty, and the habits of each are 
 thus critically observed and studied, with the result that permanent and 
 speedy cure is effected in many instances. Turkish, electric and plunge 
 bathsare among- the conveniences of the institution, and in fact every- 
 thing is at hand for the comfort and cure of patients. All the latest 
 and most successful methods are employed in the management of this 
 inebriety. The system includes both moral and medical treatment, the 
 family plan being adopted, which while giving each patient the ad- 
 vantage of a comfortable and attractive home at the same time insures 
 his being continually under the eye of a trained and experienced spe- 
 cialist and capable nurses. The proprietors of the institute are Dr. E. 
 A. Pierce and Dr. C. W. Ingraham, both well-known and famous prac- 
 titioners of this city. The former visits the institute daily and the latter 
 is the resident physician, while Dr. C. B. Richards is the medical super- 
 intendent, and five of the most prominent phvsicians in the Southern 
 Tier. Drs. J. G. Orton, S. F. McFarland, J. H." Chittenden. L. D. Farn- 
 ham and W. A. Moore are consultants. The management has already 
 had the gratification of effecting some remarkable cures, and the insti- 
 tute gives every promise of continued success and prosperity. 
 
 THE MERCANTILE AGENCY, R. G. DUN & CO., 
 
 Phelps Bank Building, Chenango Street. 
 
 The question of credits is of vital interest to the business community, 
 and anything that aims to protect and help the business man in the ex- 
 tension of his credits is worthy of confidence. The more thorough the 
 system the greater the protection, and the more offices and subscribers 
 to the system the greater the benefit. At the head of the few organiza- 
 tions instituted with this object in view, stands the mercantile agency 
 of R. G. Dun & Co., which was established in New York in 1841. eight 
 years before any other agency, and is therefore the oldest concern of the 
 kind in the world. This firm have in all one hundred and forty-one 
 branch offices in the United States. Canada. London, Liverpool, Man- 
 chester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Berlin and Paris, and at Melbourne, 
 Australia. In this city the business is conducted under the able man- 
 agement of Mr. William H. Parsons, who has become well and favora- 
 bly known to almost every merchant and manufacturer in Binghamton 
 and vicinity, since his location here. One of the great secrets of the 
 success earned by this organization is the thorough and systematic 
 manner in which its reports are completed. Each office sends out trav- 
 eling reporters over its entire territory regularly twice each year. 
 These men, trained to the business, visit every cross-road town and 
 county seat in the whole country and ascertain on the ground by per- 
 sonal investigation the status and condition of traders. They have also 
 in their employ thousands of the ablest authorities upon the financial 
 standing of the business people in every community, who are giving 
 them the benefit of their invaluable knowledge This systematic work 
 entails large outlay, but is found to be the only true way to do the busi- 
 ness, which so much depends upon the reliability and thoroughness of 
 the information rendered. It is gratifying to learn that this mercantile 
 agency is patronized by the majority of the banks, manufacturers and 
 merchants in this city and all over the vicinity, and it certainly invites 
 the support of those who transact a business where credit is given and 
 obtained. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 113 
 
 BERWIND-WHITE COAL MININGCO., 
 
 Miners and Shippers of tine Eurel<a Bituminous Coals. Geo. E. Green, 
 Sales Agent, Rooms 3, 4- and 5 Perry Block. 
 
 No interest in the range of industrial and commercial activity of 
 Bing'hamton is more important than that of coal, and both as regards 
 capital invested and the direct benefit'^ derived therefrom to all classes 
 of the community, no branch of trade in the United States is of a more 
 useful or necessary nature. Binghamton is the headquarters of a 
 branch office of the Berwind- White Coal Mining Co., of Pennsylvania, 
 under the management of Mr. Geo. E. Green. This company is the 
 largest colliery proprietor and shipper of Bituminous coals in the Uni- 
 ted States, operating extensive collieries in Clearfield Centre. Jefferson 
 and Westmoreland Counties, Penna., as well as other sections of the 
 State, shipping their products via. rail to all parts of New England, the 
 Middle and Western States and Canada, and by transhipment at Phila- 
 delphia, New York and Baltimore to coastwise and foreign ports. Their 
 celebrated Eureka Bituminous coals have long been the most popular 
 fuels in the market for steam generating and general manufacturing 
 purposes, and are unexcelled as fuel for steamships, locomotives, man- 
 ufactories, rolling mills, forges, glass works, brick and lime burning, 
 and especially adapted for the manufacture of steel, iron, etc., and are 
 largely in demand for these purposes. From the Binghamton branch 
 office sales are made throughout New York state and Canada, at whole- 
 sale only, in car lots, to railroads, coal merchants and manufacturers, 
 shipments being made direct to consumers from the mines without 
 breaking bulk. This company's coal is perfect in combustion, produc- 
 ing little smoke compared with ordinary Bituminous coal. Eureka coals 
 contain a high per centage of fixed carbon, and an exceptionally low 
 per centage of ash and impurities, producing intense heat and plenty of 
 steam on small consumption. It is largely used'by the principal manu- 
 facturers of this State and Canada, and its employment is annually in- 
 creasing in volume. This agency is regarded as one of the permanent 
 and important resources of Binghamton. Mr. Green is a capable and 
 experienced manager, and enjoys the esteem and consideration of a 
 large clientage. Altogether the enterprise may be considered as one 
 which largely enhances the manufacturing interests of the city and dis- 
 trict, while the establishment and maintenance here of a branch of such 
 an important concern as the Berwind- White Coal Mining Co. is an evi- 
 dence of the commercial importance of Binghamton. It may be inci- 
 dentally mentioned that Mr. Green is also a member of the firm of Ash- 
 ley & Green. Hayen Building. Buffalo, N. Y., who do a large wholesale 
 business in both Anthracite and Bituminous coals. 
 
 RICH BROTHERS, 
 
 Fire Insurance and Real Estate Agency, 69 Court Street. 
 
 This firm transacts a real estate and fire insurance business, chiefly 
 with relation to their own holdings, they being largely interested in and 
 owners of central business property in Binghamton. The individual 
 members of the firm are Messrs. T. G. Rich. Jr.. and E. B. Rich, both 
 gentlemen of standing and respectability in this community. Their 
 efforts have been productive of much good and conduce greatly to the 
 general resources of this city, and at all times they stand ready to 
 accord all advantages to patrons. 
 
114 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BARLOW, ROGERS & SIMPSON, 
 
 Cigar Manufacturers, 6, 7, 8, 9 and lO Wall Street. 
 
 Widely noted a s- 
 Binghamton is as an 
 important manufac- 
 turing centre, there 
 are among her varied 
 industries some which 
 have attained great 
 prominence through- 
 out the country. Eas- 
 ily in the lead is that 
 of the manufacture of 
 cigars. In this indus- 
 try Binghamton has 
 forged to the front un- 
 til, for some years past, 
 and at present, she oc- 
 cupies a foremost po- 
 sition in the cigar 
 world. This is a stand- 
 ing tribute to the skill, 
 energy and business 
 ability of the men who 
 have controlled and 
 directed the affairs of 
 the numerous firms in 
 this line. Of such as have attained a national reputation and impor- 
 tance, none is more notable than the firm of Barlow, Rogers & Simpson. 
 This house, founded in 1885, from its inception became one of the leaders 
 and in the third year of its existence. 1888, established the proud record 
 of not only leading the home production, but of making and selling more 
 five cent cigars than any firm in the United States for which we give 
 the figures from the record. We quote here in its entirety a letter from 
 the only recognized and absolute authority on which no shadow of a 
 doubt can be thrown: 
 
 U. S. Internal Revenue, Deputy Collector's Office, ) 
 Binghamton, N. Y., December 31, 1888. f 
 
 Messrs. Barloiv, Rogers & Simpson: 
 
 Gentlemen: — In replj^ to yours of today, the U. S. Internal Revenue Records in my 
 office show, that during the calendar year of 1888 you have paid into this office Sixty-one 
 Thousand Six Hundred Kighty-four Dollars and Fifty Cents, ($61,684.50) for Cigar Stamps, 
 representing Twentv Millions, Five Hundred and Sixty-one Thousand Five Hundred 
 Cigars, (20.o61.o00.)" 
 
 On examining the Records of tins office for past A'ears. I find this to be the LARGEST 
 NUMBER OF CIGARS EVKR SENT OUT BY ANY ONE FIRM FROM THIS DIS- 
 TRICT IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR. Verv Respectfully, 
 
 A. J. INLOES, 
 Deputy Collector, 7th Division, 21st District. 
 
 Their factory occupies a block of buildings, five in number and four 
 stories in height, with full basements. All of this space, some 40,0(^0 
 square feet, is needed and utilized in the diff^erent departments of their 
 manufacturing business, while the leaf tobacco or raw material, of which 
 they at all times carry an immense stock, is stored in warehouses in 
 other localities. The mechanical equipment embraces all the latest im- 
 proved special machinery used in the trade, which is operated by a 25- 
 horse power steam engine and 45-horse power boiler which furnishes 
 power to drive the machinery, run two elevators and heat the building 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 115 
 
 in every part. The firm manufactures an endless variety of medium 
 grade and domestic cigars which are put up chiefly under their own reg- 
 istered brands and are sold to the jobbing trade only, in unbroken cases 
 in all the trade centres of the United States. Five hundred operatives 
 are kept busy within the walls of this mammoth ''beehive" of the cigar 
 business and such a thing as a "lay-off" on account of dull trade has 
 never as yet occurred. While the number of brands produced are large 
 and varied, the following have attained great prominence and unequalled 
 popularity among the lovers of a good cigar at a moderate price, and 
 may be said to be their leading brands: "Red Seal." "Dispatch," "Cow 
 Boy," "Honey Suckle" and "Fire Brigade." Once placed where the 
 consumer can test their merit, their success is a foregone conclusion 
 and the fact of their large and increasing trade from year to year, shows 
 of itself the reputation in which the products of this justly celebrated 
 firm are held by those to whom they have been introduced. Their trade 
 may well be said to be a permanent one, and careful selections and 
 blending of tobaccos, never ending originality of designs in artistic 
 labels, new and beautiful packages with choice advertising matter call- 
 ing attention to the same all combine to make an outfit seldom equalled 
 and never excelled. Add to this the fairest and most courteous treat- 
 ment from its gentlemanly representatives and the house itself, and it is 
 surely a pleasure to be numbered among its legion of friends and 
 patrons. The individual members of the firm are Messrs. George H. 
 Barlow, Richard J. Rogers and John B. Simpson, all of whom are experi- 
 enced in the manufacture of cigars and progressive business men. The 
 firm is represented in the Binghamton Board of Trade. They are uni- 
 versally popular and respected, their commercial relations are wide 
 spread, their facilities are unsurpassed and the wise guidance of their 
 business enterprise has been noteworthy, resulting in having reared a 
 great establishment which is a lasting source of credit to Binghamton's 
 fair name and a monument to their own industry, genius and enterprise. 
 
 THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Sewing Machines, 90 Chenango Street. 
 
 The Singer sewing machines are everywhere recognized throughout 
 the civilized world as the best for all purposes. From its inception the 
 company has put upon the market over 10,000.000 machines, of which 
 more than 7,000.000 are used exclusively for family sewing. The com- 
 pany's new Oscillating Shuttle machine for family use is the latest 
 development in sewing machines, and is an entirely new style different 
 from all other machines, and contains the most valual)le principles ever 
 put in a sewing machine. This machine excels all others in fine family 
 work and in decorative art needle work stands beyond competition. It 
 is the fastest speed, the least noisy and the easiest running machine 
 ever made. Other popular machines made by this company are the 
 Vibrating Shuttle No. 2, which is an ideal family sewing machine, and 
 the Automatic Tension which is a single thread machine. At the com- 
 pany's branch office, in this city, a full assortment of their perfect sew- 
 ing machines is shown, and full information with regard to their merits 
 will be cheerfully furnished to all investigators. The office here is 
 under the management of Mr. E. R. Hildreth, who has been with the 
 company for a number of years. He controls the business in Broome, 
 Tioga, Cortland and Tompkins counties and employs about twenty 
 agents and has four branch offices. By his energy and push he has 
 done much to create a large demand for Singer machines in this section. 
 
116 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BINGHAMTON CIGAR COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturer of Cigars, 1 5 and 1 7 North Depot Street. 
 
 The manufacture of cigars is Bing-ham ton's leading industry, and 
 there is hardly a town in the Union where her goods are not sold, and 
 in all sections their reputation stands high for quality and uniformity. 
 The Binghamton Cigar Company is one of the leading houses in the 
 trade, which, in its particular specialty of fine Havana hlled cigars, has 
 few successful rivals in the country. This house manufactures cigars 
 ranging in price from .$20.00 to $120.00 per thousand in case lots and 
 makes a specialty of goods which retail for ten and fifteen ^cents each, 
 and all their products rank with the very best of the kind known to the 
 trade. The business was established in 1887 and has since built up a 
 trade that extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and is annually in- 
 creasing in volume. The manufacturing facilities of the firm embrace 
 a five-story and basement building, which is equipped with improved 
 machinery and all modern appliances, operated by steam power and 
 furnishes employment to about one hundred and fifty skilled w^orkmen. 
 Two resident salesmen and two travelers represent the firm to the 
 trade, sales being made to jobbers only. The cigars made by the firm 
 are principally packed under their own brands, though special brands to 
 suit customers are also used. Among the most popular of the firm's 
 brands are: "'Berwind," " Moonstone "' " Leo Grande." '"Board of Trade," 
 '•Berkeley," -"El Venito," •'Windsor Castle," ''Sure Catch," •'Our 
 Treasures." "Us Two," "Great American," etc., all of which have a 
 wide popularity among dealers and consumers and are esteemed for 
 handsome appearance, fine flavor, excellent smoking qualities and in- 
 variable uniformity. The firm use nothing but the best domestic 
 seed and Havana stock, Sumatra and fine Housatonic wrappers, and 
 exercise the greatest care in manufacturing in all departments. 
 They aim to be abreast of the times in all improved processes that 
 will' in any way benefit their customers and propagate trade, and 
 they are everywhere recognized as enterprising and prosperous manu- 
 facturers and honorable business men. The members of the firm are 
 Messrs. Hon. Rodney A. Ford and Geo. E. Green, Theo. P. Calkin being 
 the business manager. Their success is a well-merited result of an intel- 
 ligent application of system and enterprise in their business, while the 
 extent and character of their trade is another evidence of the fact that 
 Binghamton possesses advantages as a first-class manufacturing and 
 distributing center, which must result in extending and increasing her 
 relations with the outside world. 
 
 SHAPLEY & WELLS, 
 
 Builders of Engines, Boilers, Tannery Machinery, Etc., Washington, 
 Hawley and State Streets. 
 
 The extensive engine building and machinery works of Messrs. 
 Shapley & Wells, besides being the only one of aii}^ considerable im- 
 portance in this section of the State, is one of the oldest established con- 
 c )rns of the kind. It was originally founded in 1850 by Messrs. Shapley 
 & Dunk and after several changes of firm style the present one was 
 adopted in 1870. No single fact better illustrates the high reputation 
 the perfected products of these works bear among the users of power 
 everywhere, than that the engines and boilers made by this firm have 
 been shipped to all parts of the civilized globe, and are now in use by 
 manufacturers in all the countries of Europe, in China, in South Africa, 
 in the West Indies, in Central and South America, in Canada and in 
 every State and Territory of the United States. The firm's plant covers 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 117 
 
 about half a city block, and the various departments comprise the ma- 
 chine, boiler and pattern shops, foundry and storage buildings. A 
 force of 85 to 100 skilled mechanics is given employment, all of whose 
 operations are conducted with perfect system and order. The firm are 
 builders of engines and boilers of all kinds, complete tannery outfits and 
 general and special machinery and are also dealers in steam engine 
 supplies, fittings, etc. The Shapley Portable Engines are made in sizes 
 ranging from three to fifteen horse power each. The boiler is a rapid 
 generator of steam, and is the only one in which all the heating sur- 
 faces are below the water line, which avoids all liability to burn out the 
 boiler, therefore increasing its durability. A very important advantage 
 in the use of this boiler is the absolute absence of sparks, which are 
 overcome by having water standing in the base, into which the vertical 
 tubes discharge all their contents of smoke, etc. Another important 
 specialty of the firm is the manufacture of bark mills for tanneries and 
 complete tannery outfits. The individual members of the firm are 
 Messrs. J. S. Wells, J. E. Shapley and W. M. Shapley, who are among 
 the most prominent and progressive business men of Binghamton. 
 
 HENNESSEY BROTHERS, 
 
 Manufacturers of Fine Cigars, 161 Washington Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. Hennessy Brothers was instituted in 1888. 
 The premises occupied are supplied with all modern facilities for the 
 economical production of the high-grade cigars for which the house has 
 become widely noted, including the special brands "World's Enter- 
 prise" ten cent cigar, and '' Liberal League." "Hennessey's Three Star," 
 '' Pharmacist" and "Co-Operative" five cent cigars. These goods are 
 all strictly hand-made, are uniform in quality and made by a corps of 
 skilled workmen from carefully selected leaf tobacco of the best obtain-: 
 able quality and are in large demand by fine retail trade throughout 
 this State and Pennsylvania, including a large and ever increasing local 
 demand. The members of the firm are Messrs. John. Louis and Charles 
 V. Hennessey, all of whom take an active and prominent part in the 
 management of the business. They are practical manufacturers and 
 pushing business men, who have built up a large and growing trade by 
 the production of a superior line of cigars and the success they have 
 met has been fully merited by their enterprising methods. 
 
 P. E. FIELD, 
 
 Fine Groceries. 99 Court Street. 
 
 A prominent exponent of the grocery trade of Binghamton is the 
 popular establishment of Mr. P. E. Field, which he has conducted for 
 the past six years, the business having been founded a number of years 
 previously. The premises utilized are spacious and attractively ap- 
 pointed and are furnished with all conveniences for supplying a large 
 trade. The stock carried is complete and carefully selected and in- 
 cludes everything pertaining to staple and fancy groceries, provisions, 
 fruits, etc. Specialties are made of Pillsbury's Best flour, the finest 
 coffees and teas, choice country butter, fresh eggs and table delicacies 
 of all kinds. The lowest prices prevail and the best value for nioney is 
 guaranteed. Goods are delivered promptly to all parts of the city, and 
 in all cases the service is courteous and satisfactory. Mr. Field is un- 
 tiring in his efforts to please those who favor him with their patronage, 
 and a large number of the best people in Binghamton are his steady and 
 daily customers. 
 
118 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 STOW MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers of the Stow Flexible Shaft and Machinery, 
 Office and Factory, 44-3 State Street. 
 
 This enterprise was instituted in 3 875 and its facilities embrace a 
 large and well-equipped plant, which is comprised in a three-story brick 
 building erected for the purpose and a suitable structure adjoining 
 which is utilized for the manufacture of wire cables of any desired 
 diameter or length. A 20-horse power steam engine operates the me- 
 chanical equipment. The Stow Flexible Shaft and its appliances con- 
 sist, in brief, of an enclosed wire cable firmly attached to a pulley or 
 head piece at one end and holding a tool at the other, by the use of 
 which the workman is enabled to carry the power to the work instead of 
 being obliged to carry the work to the power. These flexible shafts are 
 made in a variety of regular sizes and lengths and special lengths are 
 made to order. They are applicable for a variety of uses, notably 
 portable drilling, reaming, tapping, grinding, polishing, etc., and for 
 wood-working they entirely replace the use of the bit and brace and 
 heavy, cumbersome boring machines. For metal working or drilling 
 heavy machinery which is too large or inconvenient to handle, the flex- 
 ible shaft is invaluable, as it can be taken to the work in whatever posi- 
 tion it may be. The company also manufacture a number of machines 
 for special uses in connection with the flexible shafts, notably, flexible 
 boring machines, portable drills capable of drilling over a wide extent 
 of surface, center grinders, portable screw feed drill presses, pedestal 
 drills, breast drills, tapping and reaming machines, radial boring ma- 
 chines, originally designed for sash, door and blind makers, but now in 
 use by all kinds of wood-workers, for which it is particularly adapted, 
 and wood carving machines by means of which the use of hand tools is 
 almost entirely dispensed with. All the dental shafts used by the S. F. 
 White Dental Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia in their ma- 
 chines, which are in use by dentists in all parts of the world, are made 
 by this company. The Stow Flexible Shaft and its appliances meet all 
 the requirements in the large field which they cover and they have no 
 superiors anywhere. The management of the business is in the hands 
 of Messrs. C. F. Hotchkiss and C. C. Warner. The company is to be 
 congratulated upon the success which has attended its efforts in intro- 
 ducing upon the market such a valuable invention. 
 
 STICKLEY & BRANDT CHAIR COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers of Artistic Chairs, 1 94- Washington Street. 
 
 This enterprise was incorporated in 1891, and is the outgrowth of 
 the modest business established in 1884 at Brandt. Pa., by Stickley 
 Bros. It has since grown to be the largest fancy chair manufactory in 
 the country, and it was the pioneer of this now great industry. The fa- 
 cilities of the company embrace two large factories in this city which 
 are fully equipped and furnish employment to 125 workmen. The prod- 
 ucts consist of antique, artistic and fancy chairs finished in the highest 
 style of the art, and upholstered in silk, plush, tapestry and other fine fab- 
 rics. These are shipped to the trade throughout all parts of the United 
 States. The officers of the company are Messrs. Schuyler C. Brandt, 
 President; C. C. Jackson. Vice-President; F. A. Blakslee. Secretary and 
 Treasurer, and Charles Stickley, General Manager. The trade will find 
 this company wide-awake and fully abreast of the times, and relations 
 with it will be found advantageous. 
 
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120 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 J. D. WHITE, 
 
 Awnings, Tents and Flags, 9 1 1-2 State Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Mr. J. D. White is one of great convenience and 
 importance to Binghamton. It was founded in 1876. and has since en- 
 joyed an annually increasing trade for its products, which extends 
 throughout the city and surrounding towns. Tlie premises occupied are 
 in every way complete for the work in hand and afford ample conven- 
 iences for the prompt fulfillment of orders. Here are made awnings, 
 tents, flags, horse, trunk and wagon covers, boat sails, net and canvas 
 goods of every description, from the best materials by experienced work- 
 men, and warranted to give satisfaction. A large stock of cotton duck 
 of all widths is carried and is offered to patrons at low prices. A spec- 
 ialty of the business is the decoration of buildings and halls with flags 
 and bunting for festivals or other public demonstrations, and tents and 
 canopies for connecting house doors with the street curb on special occa- 
 sions, are rented at reasonable prices. Mr. White also takes down awn- 
 ings in the fall and replaces them in the spring. Probably no other im- 
 print is so often seen as that of this house, which may be found upon 
 hundreds of awnings on all the principal streets of Binghamton. Mr. 
 White has. by his promptness, reliability, and perfection of product,^ 
 achieved a distinction in his line of trade peculiarly his own and which 
 renders his establishment the leading one of its kind in Binghamton. 
 
 JOHN J. MOSES, 
 
 Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Liquors and Cigars, 1 57 Water Street. 
 
 The wholesale establishment of Mr. John J. Moses is the headquar- 
 ters for an important and constantly growing trade in wines and 
 liquors, and the demand for fine and reliable goods is supplied by this 
 house in a manner that has met with the highest commendation from 
 the trade. This house was founded in 1883, and has since built up a 
 trade that extends throughout a large section of Southern New York 
 and Northern Pennsylvania. From its inception it has been the policy 
 of its management to handle only the best goods, and in fact, there are 
 no choicer wines and liquors to be obtained anywhere than those offered 
 by Mr. Moses. In domestic goods the stock embraces fine Pennsylvania^ 
 Monongahela, Monogram, Old Saratoga, and Private Stock whiskies, 
 produced by the well-known firm of Rosskam. Gerottey & Co., for whom 
 he is sole agent in this section of the country, also Pepper, I. W, Har- 
 per, Keystone Malt, and other well-known brands of Bourbon, rye and 
 wheat whiskies, as well as New York. Ohio and California wines and 
 brandies. The stock of foreign goods of direct importation, embraces- 
 G. H. Mumm & Co.'s champagnes, Calvet & Co."s clarets, Ivison sher- 
 ries, Graham & Co.'s ports, and sweet and dry wines from the vintages 
 of France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Holland, together with brandies, 
 gins, Irish and Scotch whiskies, imported Bass and Alsopp's ale and 
 Guinness' stout, etc. , which are offered to the trade in original packages, 
 or in quantities to suit. Mr. Moses is agent for Strontia mineral spring 
 water and Hungarian blackberry juice, and many other choice goods 
 are to be obtained at the establishment. A special feature of the busi- 
 ness is the trade in cigars, the leading brands of "Monogram," "Espa- 
 nola," "H. A.," '•Wale. Whitman," and others being regularly handled, 
 and extra inducements are offered in job lots of cigars, for which the 
 house has special facilities for procuring. The reputation enjoyed by 
 this house for the expeditious and discerning manner in which all orders 
 are filled, merits the appreciation of the trade, and we commend the 
 house to all who are fastidious in the selection of wines and liquors and 
 cigars. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
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 THE LOWELL BUSINESS COLLEGE AND INSTITUTE 
 OF SHORT-HAND AND TELEGRAPHY, 
 
 J. E. Bloomer, Principal and Proprietor, Corner Court and Collier Streets. 
 
 The Lowell Business College and Institute of Short Hand and Tel- 
 egraphy is not only one of the oldest, but is also entitled to rank as one 
 of the very best institutions of the kind in the country. Established in 
 1859 and conducted under its present proprietorship since 1888. it has 
 during the period of its existence accomplished a great and good work 
 and has become one of the steadfast educational institutions of the 
 Empire State. Here students of both sexes have every advantage for 
 obtaining a thorough business education and every modern facility is at 
 hand for acquiring practical experience in the conduct of business mat- ■ 
 ters and after the same methods that are in use in actual commercial 
 establishments. The course of study embraces book-keeping, penman- 
 ship, business correspondence, commercial law, arithmetic, banking, 
 commission, exchange, transportation, wholesaling, merchandising, 
 shipping, real estate and insurance, and actual office drill in all business 
 departments, and banks and business offices are located in the college 
 with all the books, papers, desks, furniture, letterpresses, etc.. that would 
 be -in use in any regular business enterprise, and in the transaction of 
 the business the student is taught to rely upon his own judgment and 
 conduct all matters the same as if they were to be consummated by 
 responsible parties. A marked advantage of this college lies in the fact 
 that students of either sex may enter at any time and, as each student 
 
122 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 is given personal instruction, he is advanced as rapidly as his own abil- 
 ities and perceptions admit, hence the brighter the student the more 
 quickly will he acquire the coveted knowledge and experience. Special 
 departments are also provided for teaching short hand, typewriting and 
 telegraphy. The Graham system of phonography is taught and the 
 use of Ave principal typewriters. A complete series of telegraph offices 
 •connected by wire is maintained and thorough instruction is given in 
 this art by a competent and experienced operator, so that a graduate of 
 this department is competent to at once enter upon the active duties of 
 a commercial or railroad telegraph office. The corps of teachers is made 
 up of specialists, and are among the most able in their departments to 
 be found in the country. As regards the location of the school in this 
 •city no more healthful or advantageous point could have been selected 
 and concerning the many advantages the Parlor City has to offer to 
 students from a distance reference is made to the earlier portions of this 
 volume where the many attractions of the city have been exhaustively 
 treated. Mr. J. E. Bloomer, the principal and proprietor of the college, 
 is a gentleman of large and varied experience as an instructor of youth; 
 he was a teacher in the Binghamton public schools for two years and 
 for seven years previous to his assuming control of the college was a 
 member of its faculty. His scholarly abilities have gained for him a 
 high reputation as one of the most successful teachers in the State. 
 The Lowell Business College since its foundation has graduated hun- 
 •dreds who have since become shining lights in the commerce and man- 
 ufactures of the country, and the institution is commended by many of 
 the leading statesmen, professional and business men of the State. 
 
 STICKLEY & BRANDT, 
 
 Furniture Dealers, 1 94- Washington Street. 
 
 This house was founded in 1883 by Stickley Bros., the present firm 
 having succeeded to the business in 1800. The warerooms of the firm 
 have a floorage area of 37.000 square feet, two of the floors being each 
 12dx70 feet, which form the largest furniture salesrooms in the State. 
 The firm carry the largest stock of furniture in Binghamton and the 
 finest goods in the market, and their facilities for procuring goods em- 
 brace the exclusive agency for the products of the principal manufac- 
 turers of Grand Rapids, Mich., as well as of other localities. In fine 
 antique and artistic modern chairs and fancy rockers they offer the 
 products of the Stickley & Brandt Chair Co. of this city. All uphol- 
 stered furniture is manufactured on the premises, and a special and 
 newly added department is that of fine draperies and upholstery, which 
 is in charge of Mr. J, N. Piercy, who is an accomplished expert in this 
 line. Among other specialties we note the Windsor folding beds and 
 the Gunn combination beds. Though fine furniture is the specialty of 
 this house the prices are very reasonable and no higher than inferior 
 goods are sold for elsewhere. An important feature of the facilities of 
 the firm is their ability to introduce customers to the most noted manu- 
 facturers of furniture in New York and elsewhere, where selections can 
 be made and the goods delivered here the same as if purchased from 
 the firms' own warerooms, thus virtually afi^ording customers a selec- 
 tion from the stock of the entire country. Twenty-five assistants are 
 employed in the warerooms and every courtesy is shown to customers 
 that modern business methods have made possible or progressive ideas 
 originated. The members of the firm are Charles Stickley and Schuy- 
 ler C. Brandt, who are also respectively president and general manager 
 of the Stickly & Brandt Chair Co., noticed elsewhere. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON, 133 
 
 ACME OIL CO., 
 
 William Mason, Manager. Office, 1 8 Wall Street. Works, Erie Street. 
 
 An important feature of the commercial facilities of this city is the 
 enterprise of the Acme Oil Co., which is one of the largest producers of 
 illuminating and lubricating oils in the country. The company's works 
 in this city are located adjoining the tracks of the Erie railroad, which 
 affords unsurpassed receiving and shipping facilities. The oils are re- 
 ceived in bulk in tank cars from the company's relineries, located else- 
 where, and are barreled here and supplied to the trade and large con- 
 sumers. The accommodations for storing the products in this city are 
 equal to the demands of a large trade, and in fact the company practi- 
 cally controls the supply of illuminating oils in this section, shipments 
 being made to dealers throughout Southern New York and Northern 
 Pennsylvania. Only the best grades of oils are handled, which are 
 furnished at current market rates. The company is accomplishing a 
 good work in providing the trade with the most advanced facilities for 
 procuring oils at a minimum cost, and at the same time is adding to the 
 prestige of the city as a leading market and source of supply for first- 
 class products. Much of the success of the company in this market is 
 attributable to the able and efficient services of Mr. William Mason, 
 manager of the business here, and its future growth and development 
 give every promise of being coeval with those of Binghamton. 
 
 SISSON BROS. & WELDEN, 
 
 Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery, Cloaks, Etc., 59 and 6 1 Court Street. 
 
 There is always special interest attaching to old institutions, 
 whether they be of national, municipal or mercantile character, and 
 probably the most prominent of the latter class in Binghamton's busi- 
 ness records is the old-established and extensive enterprise of Messrs. 
 Sisson Bros. & Welden. This influential and well-known dry goods 
 emporium, the largest enterprise of the kind in Binghamton, was 
 founded over half a century ago by B. F. Sisson, the present firm hav- 
 ing succeeded to the business in 1871. The premises occupied by the 
 firm consist of a handsome four-story and basement stone front 
 building, 50x100 feet in dimensions, which was erected with spe- 
 cial reference for the business and is one of the architectural orna- 
 ments of the main thoroughfare of the city. The entire estab- 
 lishment is systematically divided into departments, the several 
 floors being accessible by means of elevators. A particularly well 
 supplied department is that of silks and dress fabrics, of which the 
 firm carry the largest stock in this vicinity ; no other firm in the 
 Southern Tier being so large purchasers of all kinds of silks, velvets 
 and fine dress goods. Other noteworthy departments are those devoted 
 to laces and erii broideries, cloaks, linens and housekeeping fabrics, do- 
 mestic goods, ribbons, hosiery, ladies' and gentlemen's furnishings, 
 millinery and trimmed hats, mourning goods, upholstery goods, carpets, 
 rugs and floor cloths, exc. Every accommodation that modern business 
 methods have rendered desirable has been provided patrons and goods 
 are promptly delivered to all parts of the city and to trains for out-of- 
 town customers. The patronage of the house is derived from this and 
 the adjoining counties chiefly, and a considerable jobbing trade is also 
 transacted with country merchants. Over one hundred clerks, sales- 
 men and others find em])loyment with the firm and this fact alone is an 
 evidence of the extensive nature of the firm's business. The members 
 of the firm are Messrs. C. F. and W. W. Sisson and J. K. Welden. The 
 firm is represented in the Board of Trade and is always active in all 
 matters pertaining to the growth and prosperity of the city. 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 HILLS, McLEAN & WILLIAMS, 
 
 Importers and Retailers of Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery, etc., Corner Court 
 
 and Chenango Streets. 
 
 An important feature of the dry goods trade of Binghamton is the 
 house of Messrs. Hills, McLean & Williams, which in all that goes to 
 make up a modern mercantile establishment, is su] passed either in ex- 
 tent of stock or quality of goods by few. if any. similar houses in the 
 state outside of New York City. This great ladies' bazaar has been an 
 important factor in the commercial resources of this city for the past 
 ten years, and its facilities, resources, and trade have grown until to- 
 day they are surpassed by those of none other in the city. Three floors 
 of the handsome iron building at the corner of Court "^ and Chenango 
 streets, an illustration of which accompanies this article, are occupied. 
 An elevator connects the several floors, and the whole is divided into 
 numerous departments for the orderly display of the varied and compre- 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 125 
 
 hensive stock carried. About sixty employes here find constant occu- 
 pation under the supervision of competent heads of departments, each 
 of whom in turn is responsible to the members of the firm who person- 
 ally direct all tiie operations of the enterprise. Visitors will find the 
 salesrooms elegantly appointed and decorated and completely fitted up 
 with every modern improvement that will in any way save time or fa- 
 cilitate the making of selections. In the retail transactions of the house 
 the cash system is in vogue, as also the one price plan, which prove of 
 mutual advantage to purchaser and salesman, as all goods are marked 
 at lowest possible prices. The stock embraces a diversity simply impos- 
 sible to describe in dry goods, fancy goods, carpets, draperies, face cur- 
 tains, millinery, cloaks, furs, notions, trimmings, linens and cottons, 
 silks, velvets, ladies' and gents' furnishing goods, lingerie and bijou- 
 terie, hosiery and gloves, parasols and umbrellas, and in short every 
 conceivable article of modern luxury, fashion and 'necessity that w^ould 
 properly be included under these general headings. The house caters 
 to no particular class, but welcomes all and provides for all, and the 
 establishment is truly a popular one, for it caters to the whole people. 
 The late E. D. Hills was greatly esteemed in this community and no 
 man in the city was more respected during life or mourned after death 
 by those who knew his kindly heart, strict integrity and noble and true 
 character, than was he. Since his demise his associates. Messrs. Wm. 
 M. McLean and C. R. Williams, have actively managed the business, 
 though his loss will be long felt both by them and the patrons of the 
 house. The splendid success of this house may be attributed to a strict 
 adherence to every representation made, an honest system of advertis- 
 ing and the provision for every want of the ladies at lowest possible 
 prices. 
 
 THE BINGHAMTON OIL REFINING CO., 
 
 Petroleum Products, Binghamton, N. Y. New York Office, 1 4 and 1 6 
 
 Desbrosses Street. 
 
 The Binghamton Oil Refining Co.. instituted in 1872, forms an im- 
 portant feature of the diversified character of the industrial resources 
 of this city, and is the only enterprise of the kind in this section. The 
 plant is fortuitously located upon a plot of ground, triangul; r in shape, 
 and surrounded on its three sides by the tracks of the railroad system 
 of the city, which afford the most complete shipping and receiving fa- 
 cilities. The buildings, chiefly of brick, are several in number and are 
 suitable for the processes of the industry, and equal to the demands of 
 a large trade. The company are manufacturers of petroleum products, 
 their specialties being lubricating oils and petrolina. or petroleum jelly. 
 Illuminating oils are also produced. The crude petroleum is received 
 by rail, in tank cars, direct from the oil w^ells, and is refined by what is 
 known as the continuous process of distillation, the daily capacity of 
 the works being about one hundred and sixty barrels of combined pro- 
 ducts. The leading feature of the products is their superior excellence, 
 the management having never entered the race for producing low- 
 priced goods. The result has been that their productions have become 
 recognized as the best of their kind on the market and they are in active 
 and growing demand by the trade throughout an annually increasing 
 and widely extended territory. Their lubricating oils are shipped gen- 
 erally throughout the United States except to the Southern States, and 
 their petrolina is in den^and throughout the three Americas, Great 
 Britain. European countries. Australia, the Sandwich Islands and South 
 Africa. Petrolina. the name given to petroleum jelly by this company, 
 
126 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 is put up in packages of all sizes and shapes, from a two-ounce vial to a 
 barrel. It is of particularly excellent quality and commands the appre- 
 ciation of a discriminating trade. The management of the business is 
 in the hands of Messrs. John S. Wells and Edward E. Kattell. the for- 
 mer being also a member of the firm of Shapley & Wells. Both 
 gentlemen are prominently identified with the industrial progress of 
 Binghamton. and their enterprise above briefiy sketched, is creditable 
 alike to this city and themselves. 
 
 ADDISON J. LYON, 
 
 Manufacturer and Dealer in Lumber, 16 South Street. 
 
 This enterprise was originally established about sixty years ago by 
 Joshua Whitney and came into the proprietorship of Mr. Lyon in 1874, 
 who is an experienced lumberman having formerly been engaged in the 
 same business in Pennsylvania as early as 1856. The plant is located 
 on the north bank of the Susquehanna river and covers an area of 
 675x170 feet, upon which are erected a series of suitable buildings used 
 for the manufacture of lumber direct from the logs and also a complete 
 line of planing-mill lumber. The works are equipped with all the latest 
 improved machinery, including saws, planers, matchers, etc., are 
 operated by water power and furnish employment to about thirty work- 
 men. Logs are floated down the river direct from the forests and are 
 cut up into lumber, and the products of the planing-mill embrace build- 
 ers" finish, flooring, siding, etc. In connection with the mill products a 
 full stock of all kinds of lumber is also handled, including lath, shingles, 
 mouldings, etc., and Mr. Lyon is also agent for the sale of the celebrated 
 Paragon plaster in this market. Adjoining the mills are large and 
 improved dry-kilns, lumber yards, storage sheds, office building, etc. 
 and the stock handled is such as to fill all the wants of the building 
 trade. The products of the mill embrace hemlock, pine, oak and other 
 kinds of lumber, and the capacity of the mill is about 10,000 feet per day. 
 
 THE BRADSTREET COMPANY, 
 
 Mercantile Agency. 
 
 The institution from which sprung the marvelous growth and 
 prosperity of the Bradstreet Company had its origin during the remote 
 and eventful year, 1849, its notable service to the mercantile community 
 thus extending over this intervening period covering nearly half a cen- 
 tury, and the lofty purposes of the organization, its practical uses, are 
 broadly and fully comprehended and approved. Of one management, 
 its innumerable force of employes and representatives acting in unison 
 under a definite and eff'ective discipline, the ramifications of the Brad- 
 street Company are world-wide, extending wherever within the bounds 
 of civilization the conduct of trade is a factor, or the establishment of 
 credit is recognized and adopted. Aside from the publication of the 
 comprehensive volume of printed reports, the Mercantile Agency is the 
 proprietor and publisher of "Bradstreet's", a journal devoted to the 
 treatment and discussion of questions affecting trade, finance and polit- 
 ical economy, whose authority in the industrial and commercial world 
 is largely established. The Binghamton office of the Bradstreet Com- 
 pany is under the direction of Mr. Morris S. Lewis, Superintendent, 
 through whose administration the office has earned its reputation for 
 reliability and accuracy: also, the care and judgment with which it 
 pursues the investigation of credits. Binghamton merchants largely 
 appreciate the advantyges of the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency, the 
 majority of them subscribing for the books and reports of the company. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 127 
 
 CORNWALL, REED & LANE, 
 
 stock, Grain and Provision Brokers, Rooms 1 and 2 Hagaman Block. 
 
 Few people whose attention has not been called directly to the sub- 
 ject have any idea how extensive a business is transacted by residents 
 of this city in the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds, grain, provisions, 
 oil. etc., or how perfect are the facilities offered the public for this class- 
 of legitimate trading by the well known brokerage house of Cornwall, 
 Reed & Lane. They established themselves in Binghamton March 1, 
 1891, and have a private wire connecting with their main offices in New 
 York and Oil City, through means of which they are enabled to place 
 orders for the purchase or sale of stocks, bonds, grain, provisions and 
 oil, either on margin or for investment, with the same promptness ob- 
 tainable were the customer on the floor of the several exchanges in per- 
 son. To those wishing to make investments of this nature the firm 
 offers their services, experience and judgment at the same rate of 
 brokerage as is charged by all members of the exchanges. Full reports, 
 quotations and information concerning and affecting home and foreign 
 markets are received by telegraph constantly during business hours and 
 are posted in the firm's offices for the benefit of patrons. Although so 
 recently established in this city, the firm already enjoys the patronage 
 of a large and constantly growing clientage, which embraces business- 
 men, capitalists and speculators. All their operations are conducted 
 upon the most liberal and advantageous terms for patrons. Correspon- 
 dence from out of town investors is solicited, to which the prompt and 
 advanced methods of the house insure satisfaction. This enterprise has 
 come to be recognized as a marked feature in the commercial facilities 
 of the city, and is commended to the public as thoroughly reliable and 
 fair dealing. 
 
 BINGHAMTON VENEER CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Perforated and Plain Chair Seats and Backs, 38 
 Commercial Avenue. 
 
 The Binghamton Veneer Co. is one of the latest additions to the 
 manufacturing resources of this city, having been instituted in May, 
 1891. Notwithstanding its youth, however, it has been conducted with 
 such energy and enterprise and upon such progressive methods as to 
 have already acquired a large and growing trade for its products that 
 extends generally throughout the United States. The company's facil- 
 ities for manufacturing, which it is contemplated to soon increase, em- 
 brace the larger part of the building located as above indicated, which 
 is fully equipped with all necessary tools and appliances operated by 
 steam" power, employment being given to about ten workmen. The 
 products of the company consist of perforated and plain chair seats and 
 backs made from veneers, and also all kinds of glued-up wood made of 
 birch, maple, ash. oak and cherry veneers. The location of the city 
 being in close proximity to the mills in this state and Pennsylvania, 
 where the veneers are manufactured, enables this company to procure 
 their raw materials upon most advantageous terms, while the central 
 location of the city, its unexcelled shipping facilities and abundant sup- 
 ply of labor, combine in enabling the Binghamton Veneer Co. to offer 
 the trade advantages in quality of goods and low prices difficult to pro- 
 cure elsewhere. The members of the firm are Messrs. S. Hammond, 
 Jr., G. W. Stone, A. F. Mann and E. S. Everts, all of whom take an 
 active interest in the management of the business. The success of the 
 Binghamton Veneer Co. is fully assured and is well merited. 
 
128 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 THE WHITNEY-NOYES SEED COMPANY, 
 
 Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 Binghamton is the center of a very extensive trade in timothy and 
 •clover seeds, and is one of the leading markets of the country for both 
 domestic and exjiort business. This fact is largely due to the extensive 
 enterprise of the Whitney-Noyes Seed Company. This company was 
 incorporated in 1883. andbesides dealing largely in field seeds at whole- 
 sale, conducts a special business of cleaning timothy and clover into 
 uniform grades that in purity are unequalled. The complete separa- 
 tion of weed seeds involves processes so difficult, and machinery so 
 original and various, that the grades produced by this company are 
 properly called manufactured products, and in this view we represent 
 this establishment among the manufacturing industries. The factory 
 and warehouses erected by Mr. Joseph P. Noyes for the use of the com- 
 pany form one of the most extensive establishments in this city devoted 
 to manufacturing purposes. The plant includes much special machin- 
 ■ery and valuable inventions owned and used exclusively by this com- 
 pany. A well-equipped machine shop is maintained for the manufacture 
 and" repair of machinery, tools, etc. An excellent water privilege sup- 
 plies cheap "y an abundance of power (day and night when required), 
 •and this aids greatly to do the cleaning at moderate cost. The company 
 handles great quantities of field grass seeds in carload lots, received 
 directly from the principal growing sections of the countiy, and dis- 
 tributed to the trade in the Eastern and Middle States, and largely in 
 Europe. Its chief specialty, however, is the pre duction and sale of high 
 grades of seeds, of unequalled purity and uniformity, under its own 
 brands which have become known as indicating the highest possible 
 excellence in field grass seeds, and are now i?o accepted by the trade 
 and consumers. Until the institution of this company's business, it 
 was not possible to procure in any market timothy or clover seed that 
 was freed from weed seeds. All liraothy and clover seeds, as generally 
 .sold, whether called "Prime,'' "Choice," or "Fancy Re-cleaned," are 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 129 
 
 more or less foul with weed seeds and other waste. The use of impure 
 seeds causes great loss to the farmer, not only in the cost of that which 
 is of no value, but still more by the propagation of weeds which injure 
 the value of his product and exhaust his laud. The high grades of this 
 company are not simply selections from occasional lots, but are special 
 products upon which its extensive and annually increasing business 
 has been established. These seeds are also sold at reasonable prices, 
 and while of necessity they cost more than seeds containing a large 
 proportion of weed seeds and waste, they are, in fact, much cheaper 
 than usual qualities. The increased cost to the farmer in sowing the 
 best seeds amounts to only about five cents per year per acre, while the 
 value of the crop is increased from 25 to 50 per cent. This company's 
 methods are the first and only ones that have ever secured the same re- 
 sults, and those who have used its grades of timothy and clover have 
 in every instance experienced the advantages of pure seeds. This com- 
 pany believes that its products are absolutely unequalled in the world; 
 that "the best goods are cheapest;" that '•there is room at the top,'' and 
 it proposes to earn its money and to command increasingly the patron- 
 age of the most intelligent buyers of seeds. Binghamton possesses great 
 advantages as a favorable location for the prosecution of an enterprise 
 of this character, and with its trunk line railways, reaching out into 
 every part of the great West, the seeds of all producing sections are 
 naturally shipped here and distributed to consumers in the most direct 
 and favorable way. Dealers requiring carloads of assorted kinds can 
 find no other market where equal advantages are obtainable. See map 
 page 2. 
 
 B. H. NELSON & SON, 
 
 Private Bankers, Nelson Block. 
 
 Binghamton, highly favored in many ways, is no more so than in 
 the number and high character of her financial institutions. One of the 
 most recent additions to her banking interests is the private banking 
 house of Messrs. B. H. Nelson & Son, which is the only bank located on 
 the north side of the city and is the only enterprise in the city embrac- 
 ing all that the caption of this article miplies. It Was instituted Janu- 
 ary 1, 1890, by Mr. B. H. Nelson and his son, Mr. George R. Nelson, the 
 senior member of the firm having been for a number of years previously 
 actively engaged in the wholesale fruit business. The firm enjoys every 
 facility for covering each branch of their business and they already en- 
 joy the distinction of being among the most prominent private bankers, 
 underwriters and real estate agents of the city. In the banking de- 
 partment a legitimate business is done. Deposits are received, payaljle 
 on demand, commercial paper is discounted, collections are made at all 
 points and foreign and domestic exchange is bought and sold. The 
 principal correspondents of the bank are the Seaboard National Bank 
 and the Western National Bank of New York City, and through these, 
 banks in all parts of the Union are reached. In the insurance depart- 
 ment fire policies only are issued and the risks covered by the most 
 staple insurance companies doing business in this State ; they include 
 the North British and Mercantile Ins. Co. of London and Edinburgh, 
 Eagle Fire Ins. Co. of New York, the Jersey City Insurance Co. and the 
 United States Insurance Co. In real estate the firm buy, sell and ex- 
 change real property of all kinds, and now have on their books many 
 choice central and suburban improved properties, as well as vacant lots 
 for all purposes. Mr. B. H. Nelson is also a director of the Merchants' 
 Bank of this city ; he is an esteemed citizen, prominently identified Avith 
 
130 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 the growth and prosperity of Binghamton and a member of the Board of 
 Trade. The enterprise the firm are conducting is an important con- 
 venience to its own immediate locality as well as proininent factor of 
 the commercial and industrial advancement of the whole community. 
 The handsomely appointed offices of the firm, located on the ground 
 floor of the Nelson Block, are conveniently arranged for the business^ 
 and the bank enjoys the esteem and consideration of a large and grow- 
 ing list of customers, who number many of the prominent manufactur- 
 ers, merchants and capitalists of this thriving city. 
 
 SOMETHING FOR BOARDS OF TRADE, 
 A USEFUL BOOK. 
 
 By F. Newell Gilbert. 
 
 Under the comprehensive title of "Forms and Laws for the Organi- 
 zation and Successful Management in every State and the Dominion of 
 Canada, of Boards of Trade, Village Improvement Societies. Business^ 
 Men's Associations and Chambers of Commerce." Mr. F. New^ell Gilbert, 
 Secretary of the Binghamton, N. Y. Board of Trade, and attorney-at- 
 law, has published a most useful book with separate supplement, whick 
 contain a vast amount of information, which make the books invalua- 
 ble for the organizations above named as well as for every business 
 man. The books contain various forms and styles of attractive adver- 
 tising matter used by associations in the East, West and South, a list 
 of manufacturers who are considering a change of location, induce- 
 ments offered by cities to manufacturers, plans for model factory, plans 
 for opera house, lists of prominent architects, prominent manufacturers- 
 of fire department supplies, bridges, road machines, contractors for pav- 
 ing and sewerage, etc., and much other matter that will be found useful 
 to all city and village associations of whatsoever character. The books 
 are forwarded by mail to address upon receipt of one dollar, by the pub- 
 lisher, F. Newell Gilbert, Secretary Binghamton Board of Trade, Bing- 
 hamton, N. Y. 
 
 HANRAHAN BROS., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors, 1 68 Washington St. 
 
 An important and growing factor of the wholesale trade of Bing- 
 hamton is the enterprise of Messrs. Hanrahan Bros., which from its in- 
 ception has been recognized as headquarters for fine wines and liquors. 
 The firm occupy commodious premises where they carry a large and 
 carefully selected stock of fine American and foreign wines and liquors, 
 embracing brandies, rums, gins, whiskies, and sweet and dry wines 
 from the most celebrated manufacturers of the old and new worlds. 
 The firm are agents for H. H. Shufeldts & Co.'s standard gins and whis- 
 kies,the Hannis Distilling Co.'s Mount Vernon Distillery, and Moore & 
 Sinnott's Gibson and Excelsior rye whiskies, which are well known tO' 
 the trade and consumers as being the best in the market. American 
 whiskies are also kept in store in the bonded warehouses in the states- 
 where manufactured, and are sold either free or in bond, and are 
 withdrawn as the exigencies of the trade demand. All goods are pro- 
 cured direct from manufacturers and first hands and are offered to the 
 trade at lowest prices compatible with quality. The trade of the house 
 extends throughout a large part of New York and Pennsylvania and is 
 annually increasing in volume. The members of the firm are Messrs. 
 Edward M. and James L. Hanrahan, both progressive business men 
 and closely identified with the growth of the commercial resources of 
 Binghamton. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 131 
 
 BUNDY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers of Time Recorders and Watchmen's Clocks, 
 4-0 Commercial Avenue. 
 
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 A recent acquisition to the manufacturing facilities of Binghamton 
 and one altogether distinct from other industries here is that of the 
 Bundy Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated in 1889 for 
 the purpose of manufacturing the celebrated automatic workmen's time 
 recorders, the Auburn watchmen's clock and fire alarm and other 
 mechanical devices for automatically recording various matters. The 
 officers of the company are Messrs. George E. Green, prest., J. P. Fie- 
 big, vice-prest., Harlow E. Bundy, treas. and manager. A. Ward Ford, 
 sec'y, and W. L. Bundy, supt, the latter also being the inventor of 
 the company's specialties. The Bundy automatic time recorder is a 
 simple, accurate and economical mechanical device by means of which 
 a record is made, in a permanent printed form, of the hour and minute 
 at which persons arrive and depart in the morning, at meal times, or at 
 any time, day or night. It is invaluable in factories, shops, stores and, 
 in fact, every establishment where luen's time is required to be noted. 
 By the use of the Bundy automatic recorder no time-keeper is required 
 
132 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 since every man is his own time-keeper, no errors can be made in book- 
 ing time, no disputes can occurr as to accuracy, no jealousy is possible 
 between time-keepers and employes, neither can there be collusion 
 between them and there is no expense for time-keepers' salary. The 
 machine is pei'fectly made, is durable, the number of times in which it 
 will make the register being practicably illimitable. The machine has 
 met with great favor both with employers and employes and is now in 
 dail}^ use by hundreds of prominent business houses in all parts of the 
 country, a list of which, to whom reference is made, will be forwarded 
 to anyone desiring to investigate the practical workings and advantages 
 of the recorder. Another specialty of the company is the "Auburn" 
 watchmen's register and fire alarm, which is indorsed by fire insurance 
 companies and boards of underwriters and is the only system combin- 
 ing a watchman's detector, fire alarm, with and without the thermostat 
 systein and superintendent's alarm. This register besides showing on 
 a paper dial whether the watchman has performed his duties, also is 
 furnished with an attachment which will ring a bell in the house of the 
 proprietor or superintendent, should the watchman neglect for any 
 cause to start on his rounds at five, ten or any desired number of min- 
 utes after the hour. The company are also about introducing another 
 new electrical watchman's clock, which will embody several new and 
 desirable features. Their products are daily growing in demand in the 
 United States where they are everywhere recognized as the perfection 
 of simplicit}^ efficiency and economy, and they are also about introduc- 
 ino- them into Australia. 
 
 HIRSCHMANN BROTHERS, 
 
 Importers and Dealers in Dry Goods, Millinery, Fancy Goods, Cloaks, Etc., 
 
 1 5 and 1 7 Court Street. 
 
 This enterprise w^as founded in ] 858. and has occupied its present 
 extensive premises since 1865. While exceeded in age by one other 
 similar establishment in Binghamton, it may well lay claim to being 
 the first to afford the public of this city and vicinity with those modern 
 facilities and advantages which are now recognized as necessary by all 
 progressive emporiums of this. character. In 1865 the continued growth 
 of their business necessitated more room than was then at their disposal 
 and their present extensive quarters were arranged for their occupancy. 
 The premises consist of three floors, each 66x300 feet in dimensions, 
 affording a total floorage area of 40,000 square feet. The whole estab- 
 lishment is conveniently arranged, handsomely appointed and supplied 
 with all modern improvements. The stock embraces literally everything 
 in the way of ladies' goods, dry goods, fancy goods, underwear, hosiery, 
 cloaks, men's furnishings, laces, linguerie, housekeeping linens and 
 cottons, toilet articles, notions, millinery, etc. The patronage of the 
 house is derived from the city and towns and villages in t^outhern New 
 York and Northern Pennsylvania, and prompt attention is given to 
 mail orders, inquiries answered and prices quoted. The magnificent 
 show windows of the house, on the inain thoroughfare of the city, are 
 a most prominent feature of the business enterprise of the firm, and 
 attract the attention of both residents and strangers. The firm is rep- 
 resented on the board of directors of the Board of Trade and is always 
 active in all matters pertaining to the growth and prosperity of the 
 city. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 133 
 
 CALLAHAN & DOUGLAS, 
 
 Hardware, 55 Court St. 
 
 A prominent representative of the trade facilities of Binghamton 
 is the hardware house of Messrs. Callahan & Douglas, which was estab- 
 lished in 1880, and has since built up a large and annually increasing 
 trade, which gives ample promise for greater growth in the future. 
 The premises utilized are comprised in a commodious and centrally lo- 
 cated store and basement, with an ample warehouse in the rear for stor- 
 ing surplus and heavy stock. The facilities possessed by the firm enable 
 them to offer the best inducements to the public, and the experienced 
 knowledge of the proprietors with the wants of the market insures the 
 handling of a class of goods which gives general satisfaction. The firm 
 enjoy intimate relations with manufacturers, importers and first 
 hands, and the favorable terms secured, owing to large operations, 
 combine to enable the firm to offer the best goods at the lowest prices. 
 The stock includes everything m the way of builders' and shelf hard- 
 ware, mechanics' tools, house furnishing goods, etc., and a specialty is 
 made of fine cutlery and mechanics' tools in which departments the 
 variety carried is unusually large and attractive. The business policy 
 of the house is based upon enterprise, liberality and fair dealing, and 
 relations formed with it are sure to prove advantageous. The mem- 
 bers of the firm are Messrs. J. H. Callahan and J. J. Douglas, both 
 young men who are determined to gain patronage by all honorable 
 methods, and by conserving the interests of their customers in all avail- 
 able ways. 
 
 CORNELL, DAVIS & SHEAR, 
 
 Grocers, 250 Chenango Street. 
 
 The widely recognized leaders in the grocery trade of the North 
 Side are Messrs. Cornell, Davis & Shear, whose handsomely appointed 
 and attractively furnished establishment is a model of system and order 
 and veritable gold mine of good things in the way of family table sup- 
 plies and delicacies. That it pays to be enterprising and progressive is 
 evidenced by the growth of this firm's business, which bids fair to dis- 
 tance those of all rivals in amount of sales, as it already has done in 
 advanced methods. This house was founded in 1870 by Cornell & Davis, 
 the present firm succeeding in April, 1891, at which date they first occu- 
 pied the present commodious store, and since which time they have 
 largely increased their trade as well as the scope of their operations. 
 Their establishment now is in all respects the equal of the most ad- 
 vanced metropolitan groceries. The store and basement, each 100 feet 
 deep, are completely filled with an endless variety of the best goods in 
 the market, and embrace many articles which can be obtained in per- 
 fection here only. They make a specialty of fine teas and coffees, 
 canned goods, fiour. salt meats, sugar and molasses and fresh baker's 
 supplies, while in staple and fancy goods they carry everything known 
 to the trade and goods from every clime and every country. As for the 
 prices, they are absolutely as low as it is possible to make them, and in 
 many cases the best quality of goods are sold at a less price than in- 
 ferior goods are furnished for by others. An inspection of the store and 
 stock will be found advantageous to all, whether in search of value for 
 money or choice goods. The aim of the firm has always been to merit 
 patronage by giving customers the greatest inducements in prices, 
 quality of goods and prompt service, and that they have succeeded none 
 will doubt who once enter their attractive store. 
 
134 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 BiNGHAMTON CUTLERY CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Pocket Cutlery, and Importers of Fine Razors, 
 Office, 215 Washington Street. 
 
 This enterprise 
 Avas originally in- 
 stituted a t Rich- 
 mond, Ind., about 
 eight years ago, 
 and was removed 
 to this city in 1888. 
 The products of the 
 company embrace 
 an almost unlim- 
 ited number of 
 styles, sizes and kinds of pocket knives, which under the stamp, "The 
 Very Best," fully vindicate the claims of the maker by their uniform 
 high quality. The aim of the company has always been to produce the 
 best goods in the market, goods for all purposes and for everybody. 
 All their products are made throughout by experienced workmen, and 
 the blades are hand-forged from Wardlow's English steel, which is 
 everywhere recognized as the best steel produced in the world for cut- 
 lery. The knife blades are all finely edged and ready for use, and are 
 warranted to be exactly as represented or money will be refunded. The 
 company puts up everything in the way of pocket cutlery, and also 
 handles at wholesale fine razors of their own importation. They are 
 also headquarters for the Ohio Co-operative Shear Company, whose 
 products they supply to the trade at manufacturers' prices. The trade 
 of the house extends throughout a large section of New York and Penn- 
 sylvania, and in the Western States generally, and is annually increas- 
 ing in volume. The Binghamton Cutlery Company is fully abreast of 
 the times in all that could add to the high quality of. their products or 
 tend to decrease the cost of production, and the trade will find upon en- 
 tering into business relations with it that advantages will accrue diffi- 
 cult to procure elsewhere. Mr. J. M. Hanford, the enterprising propri- 
 etor of the establishment, is an expert in the production of fine cutlery, 
 and is well and widely known to the trade as a progressive and fair 
 dealing business man. 
 
 BENNETT MANUFACTURING CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Overalls, Fine Woolen Shirts, Pants, Etc., 
 1 74 and 1 76 Water Street. 
 
 The Benu'^tt Manufacturing Company was instituted in 1884. and 
 since the death of its founder, Mr. Abel Bennett, in 1890. has been con- 
 ducted under the active management of Mr. Fred. Bennett, the surviving 
 partner. The manufacturing plant is comprised in a five-stoiy brick 
 building -tt x 100 feet in dimensions, and is equipped with about 150 sew- 
 ing machines, and all other appliances for the economical production of 
 superior goods. About two hundred operatives are furnished employ- 
 ment in the factory and an 80-horse power steam engine furnishes the 
 motive force for the mechanical equipment. The products of the house 
 consist of overalls, fine woolen shirts, pants, sack coats, etc., which are 
 made from the best materials by careful workmen, and are everywhere 
 recognized by the trade as being unsurpassed for quality, finish, style, 
 durability and general excellence. The company's trade extends to all 
 parts of the United States and is annually increasing in volume. About 
 1,000 dozen garments are produced weekly. The enterprise is a prom- 
 inent factor in the general thrift of this community. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 135 
 
 CHARLES W. SEARS, 
 
 Books, Stationery and Paper Hangings, 5 1 Court Street. 
 
 The oldest book-store, as well as the most prominent, in Bingham- 
 ton, is that of Charles W. Sears, which was originally founded as long 
 ago as 1840. the present proprietor having been connected with its man- 
 agement since 1855, and in sole control since 18G3. The premises occu- 
 pied are centrally located, commodious, and well adapted for the tran- 
 saction of a very extensive business. The stock embraces all the new 
 books from the leading American and English publishers, and covers 
 every department of literature, history, science, biography, poetry, 
 travel, fiction, theology, mechanics, agriculture, and in fact every sub- 
 ject to be found in a first-class book-store. Rare old books, French and 
 German literature, are also to be found here, as well as school books, bi- 
 bles, hymnals, blank books, fine stationery and periodical literature of 
 all descriptions. A special department is devoted to paper hanging, and 
 this stock includes a large variety of wall papers and mural decorations, 
 from the cheapest grades to the most elaborate and expensive imported 
 goods. In these days of rapid printing, no single establishment in the 
 world could carry copies of all publications, but any book or periodical 
 not in stock at this store will be promptly procured and supplied at pub- 
 lisher's price. Mr. Sears has always conducted the business with en- 
 ergy and discriminating judgment and the success he has attained is as 
 well merited as it is prominent. 
 
 BINGHAMTON DAIRY ASSOCIATION, 
 
 Dealers in Dairy Products, 7 O State St. 
 
 The Binghamton Dairy Association was incorporated April 1, 1891, 
 with a capital stock of $25,000, for the purpose of supplying the resi- 
 dents of Binghamton and vicinity with pure and unadulterated dairy 
 products of the best quality and at prices that would command atten- 
 tion for fairness and liberality. The stock of the association is taken by 
 producers of milk in this vicinity, who thus find a steady and increasing 
 outlet for their products at market prices, and the profits upon the sale 
 direct to the consumer is thus returned to them instead of being monopo- 
 lized by middlemen, while the public is benefitted by the assured high 
 quality and purity of the milk obtained. The association now occupies 
 the store and basement, located as above indicated, as the headquarters 
 of the business. The equipment embraces an elevator for handling the 
 milk cans, coolers for milk, separator for cream, churns, etc., which are 
 operated by a 15-horse power steam engine, employment being furnished 
 to seventeen assistants in the several departmentsas wellas toanumbei- 
 of horses for delivery purposes. The association receives large quanti- 
 ties of milk daily from the stockholders, which is supplied to customers 
 in all parts of the city, the surplus being made into fine dairy butter. 
 The efforts of the association have met with prompt appreciation from 
 the community and its success has been an assured one from its incep- 
 tion, so much so that already a plot of ground at 98 Washington street 
 has been purchased, upon the rear of which has been built a brick barn 
 two-story and basement, 95 feet long and 53 feet wide, and an ice-house 
 adjoining large enough to supply an abundance of ice, and it is contem- 
 plated to soon erect a large block on the Washington street front suit- 
 able for the purposes of the business. The officers of the association 
 are Messrs. P. H. Shafer, president; James D. Blakeslee, vice-president; 
 J. E. Rogers, secretary and treasurer, and R. W. AVright, superinten- 
 dent, to whose earnest efforts and able management the credit for the 
 establishment and success of the enterprise is largely due. 
 
136 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 EBBLIE & RIDER, 
 
 Jobbers of 5 and 1 O Cent Goods, 84- Court and 1 05 Collier Streets. 
 
 Improvements in machinery and methods of manufacture of late 
 years have resulted in the production of ;ilmost endless numbers of small 
 and large articles of use, ornament and necessity in the household at 
 such prices as place them within the reach of all, and great enterprises- 
 have grown up devoted to their collection and sale, which have come to 
 be known as five and ten-cent stores. Binghamton is not behind her 
 sister cities in the possession of a well equipped enterprise of this char- 
 acter. Messrs. Ebblie & Rider opened their five and ten-cent store here 
 in August last, and have commodious premises fronting on two streets, 
 where they carry a large and complete stock, embracing a multitudinous 
 variety of articles, and covering nearly every line of goods manufac- 
 tured. The chief specialties are household utensils and ornaments, and 
 the housekeeper will find here many articles indispensable in the house 
 at prices impossible to be obtained elsewhere. The firm enjoy a large 
 and increasing patronage, and they also do a considerable jobbing trade. 
 New goods and novelties are constantly being received, and it is really 
 a wonder what handsome and useful things may be obtained here for 
 the nominal prices of five or ten cents. 
 
 GEORGE L. PARKER, 
 
 Dealer in Lehigh Valley Coal. Office, 9 Ross Building: Yard 39 Liberty St. 
 
 This is one of the leading establishments in the city in the coal 
 trade. The yard at Liberty street on the Erie railroad, has the best im- 
 proved facilities for receiving, storing, handling and delivering the 
 •'black diamonds." Trains of cars are run onto the trestle under cover 
 and the contents of the cars are dumped directly into pockets under each 
 car, each size in the proper place; wagons are backed under the pockets, 
 and the coal, passing over screens, is ready for the consumer. Mr. 
 Parker is the only dealer in the city who is supplied by the Lehigh Val- 
 ley Coal Company, or to whom their product is shipped, so he controls 
 the sale of the famous "L. V.." and is assured that the rapidly increas- 
 ing business he has is because he sells only "the Brightest, the Cleanest, 
 the Best." He introduced, and has. the only coal yard in Binghamton 
 that delivers with the Eureka wagon, which unloads without shovel- 
 ing, thereby saving time and avoiding much of the usual noise and 
 breakage. Those who deal with Mr. Parker always find that he takes 
 the greatest care to deliver orders promptly and in good order, and fur- 
 nishes the best coal in quality, size and preparation. His office in the 
 Ross building is very central, and with his telephone. 305 there, and 353 
 at the yard office, those wishing to purchase coal of him will find it a 
 very convenient matter. 
 
 C. M. CLAPP, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, 
 37 Court Street. 
 
 The most prominent retail shoe store in Binghamton is that of Mr. 
 C. M. Clapp. which also transacts an extensive wdiolesale trade that ex- 
 tends throughout a considerable part of New York and Massachusetts. 
 This house was founded in ]8?0. and at one time combined manufactur- 
 ing with the other departments of the business ; this, however, has been 
 discontinued of late. The stock carried is the largest of the kind in the 
 city, and embraces the very finest grades of shoes for men. women and 
 children that are manufactured, as well as a general line of serviceable- 
 goods for the masses. All goods are procured direct from the manufac- 
 turers and in large quantities, many lines being made to order expressly 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 13T 
 
 for the trade of the house, and by reason of its large transactions th& 
 lowest possible prices prevail in all cases. Equal inducements aie also 
 afforded dealers, chief among which may be mentioned the fact that 
 from this stock sizes may be sorted up without waiting for goods to be 
 made, and orders are filled with promptness, whether lor large or &mall 
 quantities. The house is well known to retail buyers as a leader in 
 fashions, and its success is as well merited as it is pronounced. 
 
 MORGAN, AINSWORTH & CARROLL, 
 
 Real Estate and Insuranca, 1 20 State St. Room 1 6. 
 
 The recently organized 
 firm of Morgan. A ins- 
 worth & Carroll is the 
 direct successor of the 
 old-established insurance 
 agency founded in 1846 
 byS. H.Hall. Mr. Julius 
 P. Morgan, the head of 
 the firm, has been en- 
 gaged in the business 
 since ISGl, and the other 
 two members were for- 
 merly in partnership to- 
 gether in a similar enter- 
 prise. The combination 
 of the two agencies brings 
 to the new firm a list of 
 irrsurance organizations 
 that cannot be excelled 
 for strength, reliability 
 and honorable dealing. 
 The transactions of the 
 office also cover all 
 branches of the real es- 
 tate business, including 
 purchase, sale, lease and 
 exchange of busirress and 
 residence properties, va- 
 cant city lots, tracts, 
 farms, etc. Thev control 
 the sale of the J. E. Ely 
 tract, situated in the East 
 End, and also have a number of choice lots in a tract at Rossville, as 
 well as others in various sections of the city. The companies repre- 
 sented embrace the Home of New York, Connecticut of Hartford. Lan- 
 cashire of Manchester, British American of Toronto. Phoenix of Brook- 
 lyn, Niagara of New York, Queen of Liverpool, Northern of London, 
 Scottish Union & National of Edinburgh. Lion Fire of London, Orient 
 of Hartford, Dutchess County Mutual of Poughkeepsie. Williamsburgh 
 City of Brooklyn, Traders' of Chicago, Westchester of New York. New 
 York Bowery of New York aird Fidelity & Casualty of New York. The 
 above list may be said to represent many millions of dollars which 
 stand ready to indemirify the firm's clients fi om loss, aird the prompt 
 adjustment of every honest claim is characteristic of their business 
 policy. The members of the firm are Messrs. Julius P. Morgan, Albert 
 A. A ins worth and Louis A. Carroll, all pushirrg business men and well 
 qualified for the successful maintenance of their enterprise. 
 
138 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 JUDSON S. NEWING, 
 
 Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician, 1 38 Court Street. 
 
 Ever since the inception of this enterprise, in 1881, it has enjoyed a 
 high reputation for artistic work, and acquired a trade that extends 
 throug-hout Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania, and is 
 annually increasing in volume. A commodious and handsomely ap- 
 pointed store is occupied as salesrooin, with another floor for manufac- 
 turing purposes. The latter is fully equipped with all necessary tools, 
 machinery and appliances and furnishes employment for from six to ten 
 skilled workmen. In the salesroom a department for optical goods is an 
 important feature, and Mr. Newing is an expert and skillful optician. 
 He also carries a fine and well selected stock of jewelry, watches and 
 clocks which are offered to the public at lowest prices. In the manu- 
 facturing department, the products consist chiefly of badges, emblems, 
 jewels for societies and secret orders, presentation medals and memor- 
 ials and jewelry of special design to order, mounting and setting 
 diamonds, and other precious stones and general repairing. A most 
 •enviable reputation for high-class and artistic work, promptness and 
 reliability has been attained. which bids fair to continue to expand with 
 the growth of the industrial resources of this city. 
 
 LOWELL HARDING & SON, 
 
 Buyers of Hides, Skins, Raw Furs and Tallow, 200 Water St. 
 
 One of the commer- 
 cial landmarks of this 
 city is the above men- 
 tioned enterprise, which 
 for over half a century 
 has contributed greatly 
 to the wealth and repu- 
 tation of Binghamton. 
 It was founded in 1836 
 at Albion, Mich.. Mr. 
 Harding. Sr.. removing 
 tothiscity inMay, 1839, 
 since which time it has 
 been continuously con- 
 ducted by Mr. Harding 
 and his sons, Theodore 
 and George L. Harding, 
 the former having been 
 associated with his 
 father from 1808 to 1876, 
 the latter having been 
 admitted to an interest 
 in the business during 
 the present year. The 
 premises occupied for 
 the business are em- 
 braced in one of the 
 most complete and con- 
 venient establishments 
 of its kind in the coun- 
 try. It is a handsome 
 four-story and basement building 2-^x100 feet in dimensions, erected in 
 189L and owned by Mr. L. Harding. The operations of the house em- 
 brace the collection and purchase of hides and skins of all kinds, raw 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 139 
 
 furs and tallow, which are procured from the producing centers of the 
 -country and are shipped to the trade in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, 
 Buffalo and Trenton chiefly. The highest market cash prices are paid 
 for any thing in these lines and consignments from merchants and 
 others are solicited. Mr. George L. Harding attends to all buying of. 
 goods on the road and covers a large territory, transacting an annual 
 business that would do credit to much larger cities. In the buying and 
 handling of raw furs, this house stands among the largest and best 
 known in the state. 
 
 WILLIAM H. MOSHER, 
 
 Fine Family Groceries, 42 Court Street. 
 
 A visit to the popular and centrall}^ located grocery store of Mr. 
 William H. Mosher will develop the fact that the residents of Bing- 
 hamton and vicinity are here provided with advantages for procuring 
 the choicest food supplies, equal to those offered the public in metropoli- 
 tan centers. This house was founded in 1803 and has always been rec- 
 ognized as a leader in its line. The stock is particularly desirable, 
 choice and varied, and a specialty is made of handling fine and rare 
 goods. It includes the finest delicacies from all parts of the United 
 tStates and many foreign lands, such as olives from Spain, sardines from 
 France, cheese from Holland and England, condiments and sauces from 
 Great Britain, and in fact all sorts and descriptions of delicious and 
 tempting delicacies, pickled and potted meats, canned goods, mustards, 
 curries, preserves, etc., that will tempt a sated appetite or please a nor- 
 mal one. In domestic products, the stock embraces everything in the 
 way of staple and fancy groceries demanded by a first-class trade, and 
 it will be found that if the best goods and reasonable prices are wanted, 
 they can be obtained of this old-established and well-known house in 
 perfection. The trade of the house is among th,e l^est families of the 
 city and is constantly increasing in volume. The house has attained a 
 high rank in the trade conveniences of the city, and its success and 
 prominence is well merited. 
 
 A. S. PATTEN & BROTHER, 
 
 Dealers in Provisions, 1 58 and 1 60 Washington Street. 
 
 The enterprise of Messrs. A. S. Patten & Brother was established 
 in 1808 by A. S. Patten; the present firm, composed of the founder and 
 Mr. W. E. Patten, having been organized in 1875. The premises occu- 
 pied as headquarters for ttie business are embraced in a four-story build- 
 ing 3:^x70 feet in dimensions. The ground floor is used as the retail 
 salesroom and is attractively and handsomely fitted up and furnished, 
 forming a marked and agreeable contrast to many other places used for 
 a similar purpose. Here everything has been provided that could in 
 any way add to the high character of the food supplies handled or would 
 tend to absolute cleanliness in handling them. A ten-ton Hendrick 
 Pontifex refrigerating machine, which gives an absolute cold, dry air 
 to all their cooling rooms, is one of the conveniences, and every part of 
 the establishment has an air of complete neatness and orderly system. 
 The upper floors are used for storage and packing purposes and for cur- 
 ing hams. The firm deal in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, beef, pork, 
 lamb, mutton, hams, lard, sausages, poultry and game in season. Only 
 the best qualities of provisions are furnished patrons and the high repu- 
 tation of the firm has resulted in a large and important trade, embracing 
 the principal hotels and restaurants and largely with private families 
 in all parts of the city, prompt deliveries being a feature of the business. 
 
140 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 W. J. CARVER, 
 
 Dairy Products, 7 Main Street. 
 
 An important feature of the trade accommodations of this city is 
 the milk depot of W. J. Carver, which he instituted in 1885, and has 
 "since conducted with annually increasing trade and influence. The 
 headquarters of the business are embraced in two floors, each 25x75 feet 
 in dimensions, which are fully equipped with late improved appliances 
 and apparatus for the successful conduct of the business, and the equip- 
 ment includes creameries, separators, churns, etc. The business is both 
 wholesale and retail in character, and four wagons are kept constantly 
 in commission, three of which supply retail customers and one supplies 
 the wholesale trade. The products handled consist of pui-e milk and 
 cream, buttermilk and creamery butter, which are furnished to cus- 
 tomers fresh daily. Only absolutely pure milk is handled, and the re- 
 lations of the house with producers are such that an almost unlimited 
 demand can be supplied. The surplus stock is made into butter, of 
 which about twelve tons annually are manufactured, six tons being 
 supplied to city customers, and the balance being disposed of in New 
 York. No articles of food are so universally appreciated when fresh 
 and pure as milk and butter, and the public may feel certain that those 
 procured at this establishment are up to the highest possible standard. 
 
 HUMES & SMITH, 
 
 Fine Groceries, Main Street. 
 
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 Wilkinson Brothers' Block, Corner Main and Front Streets. 
 
 This enterprise was founded in 1886, and so great, indeed, is its 
 trade as to make its operations wholesale in character though supplying 
 the trade at retail. The premises now occupied by the firm are at the 
 southeast corner of Main and Front street, but upon the completion of 
 the new Wilkinson block on the opposite corner, the business will be re- 
 moved there, where increased room and accommodations will be afforded. 
 The stock is of the finest selection and includes choice teas, coffees, 
 spices, condiments and sauces, table delicacies, domestic and imported 
 canned goods, pickles, preserves, potted meats and game, and in fact, 
 everything in these lines of the best and most celebrated manufacture. 
 A specialty is made in the firm's Delmonico blend coffee, which is in in- 
 creasing and popular demand, and all their coffees are warranted the 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 141 
 
 very best that money can buy, and they are fresh roasted every week. 
 Other specialties are Maud S. flour, which is confidently recommended 
 as unsurpassed. Miss Larrabee's celebrated home-made cookies, fresh 
 every day, and C. P. Ball's celebrated Excelsior creamery butter in five 
 pound packag-es. The trade of the house extends throughout the county, 
 and so marked and steady has been its growth that it is entitled to be 
 numbered among the leading concerns of the kind in the State. The 
 members of the firm. Messrs. E. M. Humes and M. S. Smith are both 
 progressive merchants and popular citizens. 
 
 LEWIS HOUSE, 
 
 William Shanley, Proprietor, Prospect Ave. cor. Lewis St. 
 
 The Lewis House has long been recognized as one of the best two- 
 dollar-a-day hotels in New York state, and in fact it is not surpassed in 
 any essential characteristic by any other hotel wheresoever located. It 
 is conveniently and pleasantly situated but a few steps distant from 
 the passenger stations of the railroads centering here, and is in close 
 proximity to the business center of the city. Having a frontage on three 
 streets, every room in the building is light and airy, and its spacious 
 piazzas become a favorite resting place during the summer months, 
 for the guests of the house in the cool of the evening at the close of a 
 hot day. The hotel is heated by steam and lighted by gas and electric- 
 ity, and the sanitary arrangements are constructed after the most mod- 
 ern and improved methods, making the hotel one of the best drained 
 and most healthful in the city. The office and dining room are on the 
 ground floor, and the rooms for guests, of which there are about one 
 hundred, are tastefully and handsomely furnished and are comfortable 
 and cheerful sleeping apartments. As regards the cuisine, we can only 
 say that it is fully up to the standard of modern first-class hotels, along 
 with the additional advantages often unattainable in great cities — of an 
 abundance of pure dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables, 
 which are obtained from the near-by farms and dairies, for which 
 Broome county is widely noted. For accommodation of commercial 
 travelers who prefer it, a large and light room on the main street of the 
 city is provided for use as a sample room. Mr. William Shanley. the 
 proprietor, has a large and pleasant acquaintance with the traveling 
 public, and his hotel is always full during the season. 
 
 GEORGE W. BEARDSLEY, 
 
 Dealer in Leather and Findings, Etc., I 50 State Street. 
 
 A leading and recently instituted accession to the general trade con- 
 veniences of Binghamton is the enterprise of Mr. George W. Beardsley. 
 This house is conveniently located and well arranged for supplying the 
 trade with everything required in leather and shoe findings, and the 
 stock which is large, complete and well selected, embraces cut stock, 
 boot and shoe uppers, harness leather, shoe-makers' and harness 
 maker's tools, etc, All goods are procured direct from manufacturers 
 and first hands, and are off'ered to the trade at lowest prices. The trade 
 of the house extends throughout Southern New York and Northern 
 Pennsylvania and gives every promise of continued and rapid increase. 
 Mr. Beardsley is an experienced man at the business, is progressive and 
 enterprising, and is providing his customers with the most advanced 
 facilities for procuring the best goods at lowest prices. The enterprise 
 is an important one and we commend it to the trade with the assurance 
 that relations with it will prove advantageous in all respects. 
 
142 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 FOLSOM & HUNGERFORD, 
 
 stoves, Ranges and Furnaces, 1 25 Washington Street. 
 
 Among the large, well-conducted and prosperous mercantile enter- 
 prises of Binghamton will be found that of Messrs. Folsom & Hunger- 
 ford, which was originally founded in ISS-t by F. P. Costello. the pres- 
 ent firm, composed of Messrs. R. W. Folsom and A. E. Hungerford, 
 having been organized in 1890. The commodious premises are com- 
 prised in a store and basement, each 25x125 feet in dimensions, which 
 afford ample accommodations for the display of a large and complete 
 stock, which embraces the latest improved stoves, ranges and a full line 
 of Carton furnaces, and tinware and kitchen furnishing goods gener- 
 erally. The firm furnish estimates for furnace work, and execute all 
 contracts in a first-class manner. They also do a general jobbing busi- 
 ness in tin, sheet-iron and copper work, tin roofing, etc.. for which they 
 are fully prepared with all necessary facilities, skilled workmen and 
 materials. All goods are procured direct and are offered at bottom 
 prices. The trade of the house extends throughout the neighboring 
 country and is annually increasing in volume, and the business policy 
 and reliability of the firm are such as to insure satisfaction to all who 
 may require their services or goods. 
 
 GOLDSTEIN BROS., 
 
 Clothiers and Custom Tailors, 4-3 Court St., Branch Store, 2 1 5 Chenango St. 
 
 The above named house is fully entitled to be classed among the 
 most enterprising and the most reliable of the retail establishments of 
 Binghamton. The business was originally instituted in 1886, upon a 
 modest scale, and from its inception it grew and expanded until enlarged 
 quarters were demanded, and the present handsomely appointed and 
 commodious store was occupied, which has already come to be recog- 
 nized as headquarters for fine tailor-made clothing in Binghamton. 
 The firm carry a large stock of ready-made clothing, hats, caps, and 
 gents' furni«shing goods, and they also make fine clothing to order, for 
 which they display foreign and domestic suitings in large variety. Only 
 such garments are handled as will withstand legitimate wear and will, 
 after lengthened use. still appear as when new. In fact, the clothing 
 handled by the firm is strictly tailor-made, and is really different from 
 custom made in nothing except the price, which is very much less. 
 From their stock a gentleman can procure garments perfect in style, 
 quality of material, fit and finish, and as such they are guaranteed. 
 To those who are more notional, they offer their services in their custom 
 tailoring department, guaranteeing perfection and reasonable prices. 
 The members of the firm, Messrs. Jacob and Samuel Goldstein, are both 
 progressive business men and esteemed citizens, and the success they 
 have attained is both creditable to themselves and gratifying to this 
 community of which they are honorable members. 
 
 O. B. MARSH, 
 
 Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Etc., 56 Court Street. 
 
 An important feature of the trade accommodations of Binghamton 
 is the jewelry establishment of Mr. O. B. Marsh, which is representa- 
 tive of the highest skill in the art, and its reputation for fair dealing 
 and honorable methods stands on no lower plane than that of the first 
 in the land. Mr. Marsh is probably the oldest practical jeweler and 
 watchmaker in Binghamton and is one of the most skillful in the 
 country. He was the first man in the Waltham Watch Company at- 
 Roxbury, Mass. , and still possesses the first watch made at that factory.. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAM TON. 145: 
 
 He carried on the jewelry business at Newark, N. J., for thirty years 
 and established his enterprise in this city in 18TG. The elaborately 
 ornamented and perfectly finished marble clock which attracts the 
 attention of all who pass the show windows of his store was entirely 
 made by him and is as perfect an example of horological skill as was 
 ever produced either in this country or abroad. At the handsomely 
 appointed salesrooms is shown a magnificent collection of fine watches, 
 clocks, jewelry, diamonds and precious stones, silverware, etc., all of 
 which are offered at reasonable prices and are warranted exactly as 
 represented. A specialty is made of fine watch repairing as well as 
 other services incident to the trade, and watches are adjusted to heat 
 and cold and rated in position and warranted. The house enjoys a wide 
 spread patronage among the most discriminating of this community. 
 
 J. C. CORNELL & SON, 
 
 Furnishing Funeral Directors, Office and Warerooms, 24-0 Chenango Street. 
 
 It is only within a comparatively few^ yearsthat any apparent prog- 
 ress has been made in the custom for the burial of the dead, and it is 
 wholly due to the refinement of the present age that the occupation of 
 the funeral director has risen from a trade to the dignity of a profession. 
 In connection witli these facts special attention is directed to the prom- 
 inent funeral furnishing house of Messrs. J. C. Cornell & Son. This 
 firm occupy well appointed premises, comprising office, ware-rooms and 
 work-shop, and here may be seen samples of the latest designs in cas- 
 kets and burial cases, as well as all other necessary goods to meet with 
 the requirements of all classes of patrons. The firm are prepared to take 
 full charge of funerals and the burial of the dead, furnishing everything 
 that may be required, casket, shroud, hearse, carriages, mourning for 
 pall-bearers, etc.. and to conduct the funeral with decorum, and thus 
 entirely relieve friends of any responsibility. The peculiar calling of 
 the funeral director requires a sympathetic nature and a due regard and 
 respect for its difficult duties. Both members of this firm, Messrs. J. C. 
 and W. T. Cornell are endowed with all the traits needed in this voca- 
 tion, and have ever given the greatest satisfaction to patrons. The- 
 relatives of the dead can safely leave everything to their care at a time 
 when of a surety, their minds could not be troubled with sad details. 
 
 F. H. ROGERS, 
 
 stationery, Wall Paper, Periodicals, Etc., 213 Chenango Street. 
 
 This enterprise, which is the only one of any considerable import- 
 ance of its kind on the North Side, was instituted in 1884 by W. L. 
 Mudge. the present proprietor having succeeded to the business Septem- 
 ber 1, 1891. The premises occupied are embraced in a commodious and 
 attractively appointed corner store and contain a large and complete 
 stock of fine stationery for all purposes, blank books, autograph and 
 photograph albums, periodicals, newspapers, etc., as well as wall paper, 
 window shades and fixtures, etc. In paper hangings the house does 
 both a wholesale and retail business and the stock is particularly large 
 and varied. It includes all kinds from the cheapest to the most expen- 
 sive and of both foreign and American production, and the prices named 
 are as low as goods of equal quality can be procured anywhere. The 
 trade of the house is not confined to its immediate locality, but extends 
 throughout the city and surrounding country and is annually increasing 
 in volume. Mr. Rogers brings to the enterprise a complete"^ knowledge 
 and experience of all its details and the well-established representation 
 of the house for honorable methods will not only be maintained in the- 
 future but augmented in every available manner. 
 
144 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 MATTHEW O'NEIL, 
 
 stoves, Furnaces and Ranges, Etc., 1 S Ferry Street. 
 
 This enterprise was instituted in 186!) and occupies commodious 
 premises, consisting" of a two-story and basement building ]8x70 feet in 
 dimensions, where is displayed one of the largest and most attractive 
 stocks of stoves and ranges to be found in the State. Mr. O'Neil is sole 
 agent in this market for Rathbone, Sard & Co.'s Acme square parlor 
 stoves and ranges, which are everywhere recognized as the most beau- 
 tiful and most improved stoves in the market. A general jobbing and 
 repairing business is also transacted in tin. copper and sheet iron work, 
 for which all necessary facilities are available. The stock also em- 
 braces a general line of kitchen tinware and utensils, all of which are 
 offered at lowest prices. The house offers customers the advantages of a 
 large stock to select from and low prices, by reason of smaller expenses 
 of selling than is possible for similar establishments located on the main 
 streets, while the high-class goods are the best in the world. 
 
 J. F. BISHOP, 
 
 Cabinet Maker, 20 Lewis Street. 
 
 The wood-working enterprise of Mr.* J. F. Bishop is an important 
 feature of the manufacturing facilities of Binghamton, and ever since 
 its inception has enjoyed a growing patronage. The plant is embraced 
 in a two-story building" which is equipped with a steam engine and all 
 necessary wood-working machinery, employment being furnished to a 
 force of skilled workmen. The products consist of a general line of fine 
 and fancy cabinet work, hard-wood mantels, store fixtures, stair-work, 
 newels, balusters, railings, and all kinds of wood-turning. Mr. Bishop 
 undertakes the manufacture of all kinds of hard-wood interior finishing 
 and decorations for private residences and buildings from architects' 
 drawings and original designs, and all work is accomplished in the most 
 artistic manner. Hard-wood mantels and sideboards are specialties of 
 the house, and much of the work of this character found in the houses 
 of Binghamton and vicinity is the product of this establishment. Mr. 
 Bishop is a thoroughly practical and experienced cabinet maker, and 
 gives his close personal attention to all the details of his business in the 
 interest of superior products. 
 
 CONGDON HOUSE, 
 
 Thomas Congdon, Prop., 80 Lewis Street. 
 
 The Congdon House, located directly opposite the D.. L. & W. R. R. 
 passenger station, offers the traveling public a pleasant and comfort- 
 able sojourning place while in Binghamton. The hotel is heated 
 throughout by steam and lighted with gas. and the rooms, both single 
 and en suite, are handsomely furnished and appointed, far in advance 
 even of many hotels of greater pretensions. The table is well supplied 
 with both substantials and delicacies and the attention and service are 
 first-class. In all its apartments the most thorough cleanliness per- 
 vades, and guests are given the same attention that may be looked for 
 in any well regulated hotel, while the homelike character of the house 
 is a grateful change from that of larger hostelries. The location of the 
 house, contiguous to both railway stations, makes it a convenient one 
 to travelers, who will receive such treatment here as will insure many 
 returns. The rates are but $1.50 per day and special rates are made for 
 large parties, according to location of rooms, and for weekly guests. 
 The hotel is well patronized by travelers and tourists and has always 
 ■enjoyed a high reputation for the accommodation of the public. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 145 
 
 A. WINKLER, 
 
 Pattern and Model Maker and Dealer in Engines, Boilers and Machinery, 
 
 1 96 State Street. 
 
 This city is fortunate in the posses- 
 sion of such an enterprise as that of 
 Mr. A. Winkler, a gentleman of long 
 and valuable experience, who removed 
 here from Catskill, N. Y.. in 1888 and 
 has since established a large demand 
 for his services among local and near- 
 by manufacturers, besides whom he 
 numbers among his customers manu- 
 facturers all over the United States. 
 He is prepared with all facilities to exe- 
 cute all work in his line not only 
 promptly but with that intelligent ap- 
 preciation of design that is only found 
 in an expert. As a maker of patterns 
 for all kinds of brass and iron castings, 
 as well as designing and drafting com- 
 plicated machinery in sections or other- 
 wise, he has acquired a most enviable 
 reputation. Original designing of ma- 
 chinery is his specialty and any work 
 of difficult construction is specially solicited. The carding and fitting 
 of patterns for malleable iron and brass castings is also accomplished 
 with great nicety. Special attention is also given to making models 
 and drawings for experimental machinery and for the Patent Office. 
 In connection with the above he deals in engines, boilers, shafting, 
 hangers, pulleys and machinery, both new and second-hand, and the 
 trade can frequently find second-hand machinery here at a great saving 
 in price that will fully answer their requirements. 
 
 DELMONICO CAFE, 
 
 J. K. Marsh, Proprietor, Strong Block. 
 
 One of th'e finest public buildings in the '' Parlor City" is the Strong 
 block, a substantial brick structure recently erected and containing all 
 modern improvements. In this beautiful building is found a fitting 
 home for Mr. J. K. Marsh's splendid restaurant, which is without excep- 
 tion the finest restaurant in Southern New York, and is in all respects 
 equal to many of the noted ones in the metropolis. It has been appro- 
 priately named Binghamtoti's Delmonico Cafe. The cafe occupies one- 
 half of the front of the building on the ground floor. It is handsomely 
 fitted up and appointed in hard-wood fixtures, the walls being relieved 
 with mirrors and rich portieres divide the general dining-room from the 
 ice cream parlor. The table furnishings are of the most elegant chir- 
 acter, handsome china and glassware, silverware and napery of Damask 
 linen. The cuisine is excellent and the service first-class in every re- 
 spect, while the bill-of fare includes every delicacy of the season and 
 the market. Regular meals at stated hours are served to patrons, and 
 orders a la carte are served at all hours day and night at reasonable 
 prices. A specialty is made of ice cream with choice natural fruit 
 flavors and of after-theatre suppers. No wines or liquors are served. 
 Mr. Marsh also conducts another restaurant at 47 Court street which is 
 also open at all hours day and night. He is an experienced caterer and 
 an esteemed host. 
 
146 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 JAMES O'NEIL, 
 
 Manufacturer of Light Carriages and Wagons, 255, 257 and 259 Water St. 
 
 This enterprise was founded in 1877, and the present commodious 
 plant was erected in 1880. It is a two-story brick buikling GOxlOO feet 
 
 in dimensions, which is fully equipped 
 with all modern conveniences for rapid 
 and perfect production, and employ- 
 ment is given to a force of skilled work- 
 men, all of whose operations are con- 
 ducted under the close personal super- 
 vision of the proprietor. The products- 
 of the factory consist of but one quality 
 of work, and that is the very best. 
 Light carriages for business or pleas- 
 ure are made in all the leading and 
 fashionable styles, and also light and 
 heavy business wagons of all kinds. 
 While most of the vehicles are made to order, a considerable stock is 
 also carried from which selections may be made. In addition to the 
 manufacture of vehicles. Mr. O'Neil devotes particular attention to re- 
 pairing of all kinds. The trade of the house extends throughout the' 
 city and vicinity, and many of the carriages and wagons in use in 
 Binghamton are the products of this enterprising house. 
 
 GLEAZEN & KINGMAN, 
 
 Fine Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, 2 1 Court Street. 
 
 This house is a representative of the better class of retail establish- 
 ments in this city, and while it caters to the masses, the goods handled 
 are of a far superior character to those frequently offered as bargains 
 but which are more often bad bargains in the end. It was instituted in 
 the spring of 1887 and at once took a leading position in the trade. 
 The store is centrally located and attractively appointed and contains a 
 large and well selected stock of the very best goods in the market. 
 While the goods are superior, the prices are governed by a commend- 
 able spirit of moderation and are quite as low as those of any competi- 
 tor. The stock embraces boots, shoes and rubbers for men, women and 
 children, in great variety of style and shape and in all sizes and widths, 
 which have been chosen with experienced judgment and great care as 
 to quality. The firm guarantee the quality of every pair of shoes they 
 sell. The members of the firm, Messrs. W. H. Gleazen and Jefferson 
 Kingman, are both progressive merchants and enterprising in all that 
 relates to their business. Their establishment is a striking exponent of 
 the attractive retail trade conveniences of this thriving city and is the 
 parlor shoe store of the Parlor City. 
 
 PARLOR CITY BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY, 
 
 G. G. Kaeppel, Prop., 22 Court Street. 
 
 The Parlor City Bakery and Confectionery, of which Mr. G. G, 
 Kaeppel is the founder and proprietor, has long been recognized as a 
 leading representative of the trade accommodations of the city. It was 
 founded in I8S0, and has since built up a large and growing trade, both 
 at wholesale and retail, which extends throughout the city and sur- 
 rounding towns. The premises occupied are commodious and well 
 adapted to the business and are embraced in two floors, each 23x70 feet 
 in dimensions, besides which two storage rooms are occupied elsewhere. 
 The equipment of the plant embraces all the latest improved appliances; 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 147 
 
 known to the trade, operated by an eight-horse power steam engine, and 
 employment is furnished to ten assistants, three wagons also being 
 utilised for delivering the products to the trade and consumers. All 
 kinds of bakery products are manufactured and with chemical uniform- 
 it3\ Only the best materials are used and the result is a high quality 
 of product that is fully appreciated by the trade. Specialties are made 
 of hne cakes, fancy wedding cakes and handsomely decorated cakes for 
 entertainments, in which branch of the business this house has no suc- 
 cessful competitor in the city. A full line of fine confectionery is also 
 handled and the display of fine goods in this line, made in handsomely 
 appointed salesrooms, is a most attractive one. Mr. Ka^ppel is a native 
 of Germany and is an expert and practical baker, and gives his per- 
 sonal attention to all details of the business in the interest of excellence 
 of product. He is an esteemed citizen and progressive merchant and 
 his success is as well merited as it is prominent. 
 
 CRANE & PARKER, 
 
 Dealer in Stoves and Ranges, 12 and 14- Court Street. 
 
 This leading and representative house was founded in 1881, the 
 present firm, composed of Messrs. W. H. Crane and T. H. Parker, hav- 
 ing been organized in 1886. The firm's salesrooms are embraced in a 
 double store 35x60 feet in dimensions, where the stock shown is the 
 most complete and comprehensive in all departments that can be found 
 in this section. The line of stoves, ranges and furnaces comprises those 
 whose superior heating and cooking qualities are familiar to every 
 housekeeper, and includes the Sterling stoves and ranges made by the 
 Sill Stove Co. of Rochester, N. Y. The firm also make a specialty of the 
 wrought steel ranges for hotels, restaurants and private families, made 
 by Sherman S. Jewett & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., which are beyond 
 question the acme of perfection in cooking apparatus. In the manufac- 
 ture of tin, sheet iron and copper work, as well as general jobbing, the 
 house occupies an unquestioned position at the head of the trade. The 
 business of the house is active in this city and throughout the country 
 and is constantly increasing under the stimulating effects of enterpris- 
 ing, reliable and progressive management. 
 
 R. REUBEN, 
 
 Merchant Tailor, 233 Chenango St. 
 
 A recent accession to the trade accommodations of that section of 
 the city known as the North side is the merchant tailoring establish- 
 ment of Mr. R. Reuben, which was instituted so late as October, 1891. 
 This date, however, by no means represents the experience of the pro- 
 prietor in the business, since he is an expert and practical cutter and 
 custom tailor, and formerly conducted a similar enterprise at Elmira, 
 N. Y. He occupies commodious and well arranged salesrooms, where 
 he displays a carefully selected stock of fine imported and domestic 
 woolens, suitin=rs and cloths suitable for the production of fine garments 
 for a discriminating and first-class trade. Notwithstanding the high 
 quality of all garments produced the prices have been regulated by a 
 commendable spirit of moderation and fair dealing, and are but little 
 greater than is demanded for ready-made clothing while the garments are 
 far superior. Mr. Reuben also carries in stock a variety of ready-made 
 clothing- of his own manufacture which is made up in exactly the same 
 elegan t manner as his custom made garments. Gents' furnishings goods 
 are also carried in stock and a specialty is made in the manufacture of 
 uniforms for all uses. 
 
148 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 LYMAN CLOCK, SON & CO., 
 
 Manufacturers of Tobacco and Cigars, 1 8 and 1 9 WcJ! Street. 
 
 The tobacco and cigar manufactory of Messrs. Lyman Clock, Son 
 & Co. was founded in 1868. The premises occupied for the business are 
 comprised in a handsome new four-story brick building 44x1:^5 feet in 
 dimensions which was erected in 1889 and is an architectural ornament 
 to that part of the city in which it is located, not being dwarfed even 
 by the Government building, which it adjoins. It is by far the best 
 lighted and .best fitted-up factory building in the city and was erec^ted 
 according to the experienced ideas and under the personal supervision 
 of the head of the firm. The mechanical equipment embraces the latest 
 improved tobacco cutting and cigar making machinery known to the 
 trade, which is operated by a 50-horse power steam Engine and employ- 
 ment is furnished to one hundred skilled workmen. The products em- 
 brace a full line of fine cut smoking and chewing tobacco, which is 
 attractively put up and is in wide demand by the trade and consumers 
 throughout Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania, the chief 
 brands of '" Purity "' and "Legal Tender'' being especially popular and 
 in demand by all dealers in this section. In cigars the firm manufac- 
 ture a large number of grades which are sold to the jobbing trade only 
 and are shipped to the Western States chiefly, as far as the Pacific 
 slope. The members of the firm are Messrs. Lyman Clock, who has 
 been connected with the business since its inception, and his son, "VV. 
 A. Clock. 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
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 • <tAND FARM ADl/ERTI SING AGENCV. ■ - •" 
 
 HOTCHKIN'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE, 
 
 163 Washington Street. 
 
 With the bright out- 
 look that Binghamton 
 enjoys for the future, in- 
 vestments in city prop- 
 erty at the present time 
 cannot but prove a most 
 valuable medium for in- 
 vestors. Prominently 
 engaged in providing 
 favorable opportunities 
 for persons in all walks 
 of life, to acquire real 
 estate upon the most 
 favorable terms, is Mr. 
 W. S. Hotchkin. who has 
 particularly desirable 
 plots of land and improv- 
 ed properties in all parts 
 of the city, which he 
 offers to investors at 
 prices which are sure to 
 give a wide margin of 
 profit within a very short 
 time. During the past 
 five years over 600 vacant 
 lots have been sold 
 through this agency, be- 
 sides several hundred 
 thousand dollars worth 
 of improved city prop- 
 erty. Mr. Hotchkin 
 makes a specialty of out- 
 side property, selling and 
 exchanging, a n d h i s 
 mammoth list which he 
 sends free contains over 
 700 exchanges besides 
 hundreds of city houses, 
 vacant lots, farms, mills, 
 hotels, stores, stocks of 
 goods, village property, 
 etc. for sale. He adver- 
 tises largely and probably 
 negotiates the sale and 
 exchange of more outside 
 property than any other 
 agency in the State of 
 New York. He also rents 
 and tcikes charge of the 
 property of non-residents, places loans, negotiates mortgages and serves 
 patrons and investors in every available manner. He is well and 
 widely known in connection with real estate matters and is a man in 
 whom the utmost confidence may be reposed. He will be pleased to 
 give callers full particulars with regard to Binghamton and outside real 
 estate and all representations will be found based upon fair and honor- 
 able dealing. 
 
 Amj^^^ 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 STEPHENS & MILLER, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Stationery, Paper, Etc., 85 and 87 State St. 
 
 GEORGE A. KENT'S BLOCK. 
 
 This house was founded in 1881 though Mr. Stephens the head of 
 the firm lias been actively engaged in business in Binghamton since 
 1862. The tirm deals in paper of every description including wrapping, 
 writing, building, printing and wall papers, and also stationery and 
 blank books, paper bags, twines, stationers' supplies, pens, inks, fancy 
 articles and an infinite variety of goods much too numerous to particu- 
 larize. They are the only firm in the city handling the same variety of 
 goods and are the only jobbing paper warehouse here. They are by far 
 the largest dealers in wall papers in the Southern tier and their stock in 
 this line both for the wholesale and retail trade is complete in variety 
 and high character. The premises occupied by the firm are embraced 
 in a large double store 40x100 feet in dimensions, having three floors, 
 which give them every facility to advantageously display their goods 
 and to carry a very large stock. The trade of the house extends through- 
 out Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania chiefiy. in which 
 territory they are represented by traveling salesmen. A special feature 
 of the business is the manufacture to order of blank books for banks, 
 insurance and railroad companies and manufacturing corporations and 
 firms. The members of the firm are Messrs. F. H. Stephens and Walter 
 E,. Miller. Mr. Stephens was at one time Mayor of Bingliamton, and 
 both gentlemen are closely identified with the commercial ; dvancement 
 of the city. 
 
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 OTTO A. MALLES, 
 
 House, Sign and Fresco Painter and Dealers in Paints, Oils, Class, Etc., 
 
 89 State Street. 
 
 The paint, oil and glass store of Mr. Otto A. Malles. though founded 
 so recently as November 1, 1890. has, by reason of its enterprising and 
 progressive management, ah-eady placed itself in a leading position in 
 the trade in this city and is enjoying a large and annually increasing trade . 
 A commodious store and basement 22x80 feet in dimensions is occupied, 
 which is filled with a large and complete stock of paints, oils, glass, var- 
 nishes, brushes and painters' supplies generally, as well as artists' mater- 
 ials. A full line of ready mixed paints is carried in all the leading and fash- 
 ionable tints and colors, and the whole is offered to the trade and con- 
 sumers at lowest possible prices. Mr. Malles also undertakes contracts 
 for all kinds of house, sign and fresco painting which is executed in 
 the highest style of the art. Employment is furnished to from fifteen 
 to twenty skilled workmen and the facilities for the fulfillment of all 
 orders with promptness are unexcelled. The work of this character in 
 many of the newly erected buildings in Binghamton and vicinity has 
 Ibeen performed by this house and with invariable satisfaction to all 
 patrons. Mr. Malles is an enterprising merchant and a pushing busi- 
 ness man, and his enterprise is a prominent feature of the trade facili- 
 ties of the Parlor City. 
 
 ALONZO ROBERSON, 
 
 Manufacturer of Sash, Doors and Blinds, Main Office, 313 Chenango Street, 
 
 Works, West End. 
 
 The extensive wood-working enterprise of Mr. Alonzo Roberson is 
 the largest and most important establishment of its kind in the state, 
 and one of the oldest industrial enterprises of Binghamton. It was 
 founded in 1848 by Newman Marsh, the present proprietor having been 
 at the head of its affairs since 1856, and in the management of the 
 present extensive business, he has for the last few years been ably as- 
 sisted by his son, Mr. Alonzo Roberson, Jr. The newly erected plant at 
 the West End, which has been recently completed and occupied, covers 
 ten and one-half acres and adjoins both the Erie and D., L. & W. rail- 
 roads, affording with the network of side-tracks which gridiron the 
 premises, the most perfect receiving and shipping facilities, which place 
 
152 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 the concern far in advance of any other house in this vicinity and on a. 
 par with the most extensive concerns of the kind in the country. The 
 estabHshment in operation presents an interesting spectacle and is a 
 perfect bee-hive of mechanical industry, employment being given to- 
 one hundred and fifty workmen. The products are shipped to all parts 
 of the Eastern. Middle and Southern states, and are also exported 
 through New York shipping houses to many foreign countries. They 
 embrace sash, doors, blinds, builders' woodwork aud planing mill lum- 
 ber, hardwood doors, mantels and other hardwood finish for buildings, 
 both for the trade in regular sizes, as well as special goods from archi- 
 tects' drawings, and many of the finest modern commercial and office 
 buildings, hotels and apartment houses in the great cities of the East 
 have been supplied with doors, sash, blinds and other interior wood- 
 work by this house. The facilities of the house for production are un- 
 surpassed in the state. The lumber is received direct from the original 
 sources of supply and an enormous stock is constantly kept on hand 
 maturing, as well as to supply the trade in this vicinity, the stock car- 
 ried being by far the largest of any concern in Binghamton. Aside 
 from manufacturing for the wholesale trade, a large business is done in 
 planing, re-sawing and general wood-working for builders and others 
 in this city, and although the manufacturing operations have all been 
 removed to the new plant, the old lumber yards on Chenango street are 
 still maintained for the accommodation of the public. 
 
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 Binghamton has long enjoyed a high reputation as a source of sup- 
 ply for the best qualities of working men's clothing, and it is but just tO' 
 state that this high reputation has been largely due to the efforts and 
 enterprise of Mr. Reed B. Freeman, President and Manager of the Bing- 
 hamton Overall Co. Mr. Freeman was the founder of the Freeman 
 Overall Co. of this city, about ten years ago, and until recently one of 
 its managers. On September ], 1891, he organized the Binghamton 
 Overall Co. , and he is also interested in the proprietorship of tlie Free- 
 man Manufacturing Co., of Scranton, Pa., which company is engaged 
 in the production of a similar class of goods. The Binghamton Overall 
 Co.'s plant occupies a considerable part of the five-story "Republican" 
 building, with offices and cutting rooms on the first floor and manufac- 
 turing department on the upper floors. The company is in the posses- 
 sion of every modern facility for the production of superior goods, 
 sewing machines being operated by steam power, and employment is 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 153 
 
 furnished to a large number of skilled operatives. The products embrace 
 the celebrated Freeman pant overalls and sack coats, also lumbermen's 
 and hunters' flannel-lined duck coats, which have long enjoyed being 
 the best goods of the kind in the market and are so recognized by the 
 trade. In addition to the above they manufacture a large line of panta- 
 loons, made from kerseys, jeans, cottons, worsteds, etc. The goods are 
 all distinguished for the quality of the material, careful workmanship, 
 high wearing properties and general excellence. At the same time the 
 price is as low as goods of similar quality can be produced anywhere. 
 This, indeed, may be said to be the corner-stone upon which the business 
 has been founded, viz: the production of a line of goods which are at 
 the same time both cheap and serviceable. The trade of the house is 
 "well spread over the Middle and Western States as far west as the 
 Mississippi, and having been instituted under the most favorable aus- 
 pices, gives every promise of long continued success and prosperity. 
 Mr. Freeman is closely allied to the progress of Binghamton and is highly 
 esteemed both by the trade and this community. 
 
 THE WILKINSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Manufacturers of Children's Express Wagons and Sleighs, Dining Chairs, Etc.,. 
 
 Foot Sanford Street. 
 
 This house, orig- 
 inally founded in I860' 
 by Winton & Doo- 
 little, passed through 
 several changes of 
 proprietorship ; the 
 immediate predeces- 
 sor of the present in- 
 corporated company 
 was the Winton Man- 
 ufacturing Company, 
 The Wilkinson Man- 
 ufacturing Company 
 having succeeded in 
 April, 1890. The plant 
 covers several city 
 lots and embraces a 
 series of buildings, 
 fully equipped with wood-working machinery, operated by water power 
 with a 75-horse power auxiliary steam engine. Large yards are also' 
 utilized for storing lumber. The company employs about 125 skilled 
 workmen and others, and the products embrace childrens' express 
 wagons and sleighs of many designs, styles and sizes. The last year 
 the company have also added to the above named specialties, the pro- 
 duction of dining chairs, folding tables and other articles of furniture 
 and their success in this department has been quite equal to the other. 
 The trade of the house extends throughout the United States generally 
 and their goods are also exported abroad. The officers of the company 
 are Messrs. W. H. Wilkinson, prest., Charles Davis, vice-prest., W. H. 
 Eastwood, sec'y, and C. E. Edgerton. treas. Mr. Wilkinson is also the 
 senior member of the firm of Wilkinson, Son & Co., tanners, and Mr. 
 Eastwood is of the firm of Wilkinson & Eastwood, chair manufacturers. 
 The enterprise is one of the most prominent features of Binghamton's 
 industrial activity and its success is creditable alike to the city and to. 
 its management. 
 
154 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 ALEX. E. ANDREWS, 
 
 Real Estate and Insurance, 56 Court St. 
 
 Among the leading representatives of the real estate and insurance 
 business of Binghamton is the agency of Mr. Alex. E. Andrews, who 
 has been a prominent member of the fraternity for about twenty years, 
 during which time he has developed great success in conducting a large 
 business in both departments of real estate and insurance. He repre- 
 sents a first-class line of fire insurance companies, and the well known 
 Tellable Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Springfield, 
 whose liberal and honorable business methods for over forty years have 
 'won the public confidence and are guarantees of its future stability. In 
 real estate matters Mr. Andrews transacts a general agency business, 
 buying, selling, and exchanging real property of all kinds. He has a 
 large number of valuable and desirable central and suburban properties 
 •for sale, among which is the valuable Moeller estate of ninety acres 
 within the city limits, and the certain advance of prices in the early 
 spring will insure investors a handsome profit if bought at the present 
 "time, while to those who desire permanent investment of capital or are 
 looking for home sites, the opportunities now offered were never excelled 
 in the history of this cit}^ Mr, Andrews also has the Lombard Invest- 
 ment Co.'s guaranteed mortgages and debenture bonds for sale, which 
 will be found a safe and desirable form of investment for those of small 
 uDr large means. Mr. Andrews is a higlily respected citizen of Bingham- 
 ton ; he was twice elected as the representative of Broome county in the 
 State Assembly, in 1878 and 1880, and he is closely identified with the 
 progress and development of this city. 
 
 CASPER & CRITTENDEN, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Crockery, Glassware, Etc. 
 209 Chenango and 24- Eldredge Street. 
 
 The extensive wholesale and retail establishment of Messrs. Casper 
 •& Crittenden has long been a leader in its line of trade in the Southern 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 155 
 
 Tier. The house was founded in 1883 by Casper & Honan. who were 
 succeeded in 1887 by Casiier & Wood, and they in turn by the present 
 firm in 1890. The members of the firm are Messrs. B. Casper and H. A. 
 Crittenden, the former having been at the head of its affairs from the 
 inception of the business. The premises occupied for the business are 
 commodious and well arranged for the display of a large and varied 
 stock, and no house in the State outside of the great metropolitan cen- 
 ters is better prepared to meet the wants of the general trade than this 
 one. The stock carried embraces a large and well selected line of 
 crockery, glassware, tinware, lamps, kerosene goods, china, bric-a- 
 brac, fancy goods, porcelain, etc.. much of which is imported direct, 
 and when of domestic production is procured from the fact(n'ies in large 
 lots. The variety of goods is large and the prices will be found as low 
 as may be obtained in New York or elsewhere. The trade of the house 
 extends throughout Southern New York and Pennsylvania, and travel- 
 ing salesmen visit dealers within the territory at frequent intervals, 
 thus affording them the best advantages to promptly and expeditiously 
 sort up their stocks and have their orders filled with greater dispatch 
 than would be possible from more distant sources of supply. The en- 
 terprise is a prominent feature of the retail and jobbing trade of 
 Binghamton. 
 
 J. W. BROWN, 
 
 Laundry and Custom Shirts, 2 15 Washington Street. 
 
 The Binghamton Steam Laundry 
 and the Otseningo Shirt Factory, of 
 which Mr. J.W. Brown is the founder 
 and proprietor, together form the 
 chief enterprise of the kind in Bing- 
 hamton. It is also one of old estab- 
 lishment, the laundry department 
 having been instituted about twenty 
 years ago, and the shirt factory was 
 added in 1874. The premises occu- 
 pied are comprised in the first floor 
 and basement of the handsome four- 
 story brick building, which was 
 erected in 1888 by Mr. Brown. The 
 equipment embraces all that has been 
 found useful in modern laundry ma- 
 chinery and is operated by a 25-horse 
 power engine, employment being 
 given to at out twenty operatives. 
 From the inception of the business, 
 the aim of the management has been 
 to do thororoughly first-class work 
 only, and every operation and detail 
 of the business is carefully supervised 
 by the proprietor in person. The result 
 has been the establishment of a trade Avhich is annually increasing and 
 which includes all the discriminating members of this community. 
 Branca agencies have been established in the surrounding towns and 
 cities, and also in this city, and wagons also call for and deliver work to 
 all parts of the city. Fine shirts are made to measure, which are per- 
 fect in fit and finish, and this department is well patronized by those 
 who are fasfcidiou? in their wearing apparel. Mr. Brown is an enter- 
 prising anrl prorres^ve man and has succeeded in building up a notable 
 success in his chosen vocation. 
 
156 
 
 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 L. L. & V. B. CANOLL, 
 
 stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Etc., lOl Court Street. 
 
 This enterprise, which is one of the leading- houses of its kind in 
 Binghamton. was originally founded twenty-one years ago. by W. P. 
 Canoll, and it has long been recognized as a prominent representative 
 of the trade accommodations of the city. The premises occupied are 
 commodious, centrally located and well adapted to the business, and 
 ample accommodations are at hand for carrying a large and complete 
 stock of stoves, ranges, heaters, house furnishing goods, tinware, etc. 
 Altogether the stock is of an essentially superior character, is well selected 
 with experienced judgment and covers a wide variety. The stoves and 
 ranges are the best and latest improved appliances of the kind on the 
 market and embody all the really desirable features that have been in- 
 troduced together with peculiar excellencies exclusively their own, and 
 they are confidently recommended to the public as economical of fuel, 
 easy of management, and of high class efficiency. In house furnishing^ 
 goods including the multitude of useful articles for lightening the labor 
 of the house-wife, this house is headquarters, and a specialty is made of 
 fancy moulds for culinary purposes, which cannot be obtained in so 
 great a variety elsewhere in Binghamton, and no house in the city car- 
 ries so many repairs for all kinds of stoves, ranges and furnaces, those 
 not in stock being promptly procured. The established reputation of 
 the house for reliability and liberal and fair dealing methods has re- 
 sulted in an annually increasing trade and fully entitles it to the success 
 it enjoys. 
 
 WILLIAMS & ROSEN KRANS, 
 
 Pharmacists, Chemists and Perfumers, 23 Court St. 
 
 The elegant and tastefully appointed pharmacy of Messrs. Williams 
 & Rosenkrans is one of the most attractively furnished establishments 
 of the kind in the state, and is fully entitled to be recorded as a work of 
 art. It was originally founded in J 874 by James E. Brown, the present 
 
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON. 
 
 157 
 
 firm having been organized April 1, 1891. at which date the present 
 newly fitted up place of business was first opened to the public. The 
 firm carry in stock a full and complete line of drugs, medicines, phar- 
 maceutical preparations, physicians" supplies and proprietary medi- 
 cines, as well as toilet requisites, fancy goods, druggists" sundries and 
 perfumery. They make a chief specialty in compounding physicians' 
 prescriptions and family recipes, with due regard to the responsibilities 
 of the department. The pharmacy enjoys the patronage and esteem of 
 a wide circle of customers, which is gradually extending as its reputa- 
 tion for reliability becomes more widely known. In the purchase of no 
 other class of goods should greater discrimination be used than in pro- 
 curing medicines, and bearing this fact in mind we take pleasure in 
 commending the pharmacy of Messrs. Williams & Rosenkrans to the 
 public as thoroughly reliable in all respects. 
 
 EZRA L. OSTROM, 
 
 Druggist, 24-6 Chenango Street. 
 
 The pharmacy of which Mr. 
 Ezra L. Ostrom is the enterpris- 
 ing proprietor, was founded by 
 him about fifteen years ago, and 
 is recognized as being a most 
 popular adjunct to the trade fa- 
 cilities of the North side. The 
 store is handsomely appointed, 
 and the stock is large and com- 
 plete, embracing a full line of 
 drugs and medicines of every 
 description, together with a com- 
 plete assorment of all standard 
 proprietary medicines, toilet ar- 
 ticles and requisites, perfumes, 
 fancy goods, druggists' sundries, 
 etc. Special attention is paid to 
 the accurate compounding of 
 physicians' prescriptions and 
 this department is a distinguish- 
 ing feature of the business. The 
 store presents that attractive ap- 
 pearance always associated with 
 a thoroughly equipped establish- 
 ment of this character and is 
 also headquarters for the 
 medical profession in the local- 
 ity in which it is situated. Mr. 
 Ostrom is practically conversant 
 and skilled in all relating to his 
 profession and enjoys the esteem 
 and consideration of a large 
 circle of patrons. He is courteous and liberal in all transactions with 
 patrons and we are safe in predicting for him a continued expansion of 
 operations in the future. 
 
 L . OSTROM . •fciS*' 
 
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 THE CITY OF BINGHAMTO>^. 
 
 THE BINGHAIVITON TRUST COMPANY, 
 
 Corner State and Henry Streets. 
 
 The latest accession to the financial and fiduciary institutions of 
 Binghamton and one that occupies an important field is The Bingham- 
 ton Trust Company, which was incorporated September 8, 1890, with a 
 capital stock of $400,000, the stockholders al-o being personally liable 
 for $400,000. Thus $800,000 stand between a depositor in this company 
 and any possible loss. This company is the only one of the kind in the 
 southern section of the State between New York and Buffalo and a large 
 portion of Pennsylvania contiguous to Binghamton is unsupplied with 
 a similar institution. Its field of operations is therefore wide-spread 
 and it has already attracted a large and growing business. The capital 
 of the company is required by law to be invested in securities of un- 
 doubted safety, of fixed value and of a kind unaffected by stock manip- 
 ulations. By its charter the company has authority and is prepared 
 to loan money on real or personal security; to act as fiscal or transfer 
 agent, as trustee, guardian or receiver, as executor or administrator, as- 
 committee of the estate of persons of unsound mind; to act as agent in 
 the collection of income or rents; to accept and execute trusts of mar- 
 ried women in respect to their separate property; to take, accept and 
 execute any and all trusts that may be committed to it; to receive 
 deposits in trust; to receive deposits of money, in active account, subject 
 to check at sight without notice; to receive deposits, and issue therefor 
 certificates transferable and payable on demand, with interest at the 
 rate of four, per cent, per annum, if left three months, and special rates 
 for other definite periods. Interest is paid at the rate of four per cent, 
 on all deposits left three months, and compounded semi-annually and 
 entered on the book of the depositor when presented. Interest is paid 
 at a fixed rate and is not dependent upon earnings. There being no 
 stated dividend period, deposits can be withdrawn at any time after 
 three months and full interest will be paid to date of withdrawal. The 
 company differs from a Savings Bank in that it has a large capital^ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 159> 
 
 safely invested, that is plecTged as security to its depositors. It differs, 
 from a National Bank in that it can loan money on real estate security 
 as well as personal, and is not restricted in the amount of its loans.. 
 The trustees are well-known business men. Successful in their personal 
 affairs, they bring to the management of the Trust company experir- 
 ence and sound judgment, that are sufficient guarantees that any trust 
 committed to the company will be faithfully and honestly executed. 
 The Trust Company is free from the contingency of death, which is sO' 
 often a disastrous feature in the selection and appointment of an indi- 
 vidual as trustee. When a person selects it to act as his trustee, he has- 
 the assurance that it will be in continuance as long as the trust lasts. 
 The officers of the company are C. J. Knapp, prest... H. H. Crary, vice- 
 prest., J. B. Landfield. treas. , Stoddard Hammond. Jr., secretary, Jacob- 
 Wiser, cashier, and W. J. Welsh, attorney, and the trustees are C. J. 
 Knapp, J. S. Wells, S. Hammond, Jr., W. J. Welsh, M. Birdsall, H. S. 
 Jarvis. J. B. Landfield, G. T. Rogers, J. B. Bowen, J. B. Simpson, A. 
 J. Schlager,W. E. Taylor, Cyrus Strong, H. H. Crary and Frank Gould,, 
 and the list of stockholders is a directory of the wealth of Binghamton.. 
 The offices of the company are in the new Strong block and are attrac- 
 tively and handsomely fitted up and appointed and form a fitting home 
 for so substantial and solid an institution. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Abell, E. A., Pie Pi-eparations Page 106 
 
 Ackley. G. S. & Co., Real' Estate 96 
 
 AcmeOilCo., 123 
 
 Adam«, E. & Sons. Brass and Iron Works 79 
 
 Alden, H. T., Cigar M'f 'r 47 
 
 Andrews, Alex. E., Real Estate 154. 
 
 Arlington, The 90 
 
 Babcock & Stowell, Hardware 107 
 
 Barlow, Rogers & Simpson, Cigar M'f rs 114 
 
 Barnes & Congdon. Marble Works 88 
 
 Barrett Bros., Pianos and Organs 107 
 
 Baitlett & Co., Planing Jlill 74 
 
 Bates Steam Laundry Opposite title page 
 
 Bayless Paper Co., 71 
 
 Beach Electrical Supply, The Clarence E 41 
 
 Bean & Co., Wholesale Grocers 77 
 
 Beardsley, Geo. W., Leather and Findings 141 
 
 Beman & Bavless, M'f rs Barrel Heads 49 
 
 Bennett. Abel & Co., Clothiers, 89 
 
 Bennett Bros., Cigar Box M'f "rs 70 
 
 Bennett M'f'g Co.. M"fr"s of Overalls 134 
 
 Berwind- White Coal Mining Co 113 
 
 Binghamton Hlaikboard Co 71 
 
 Binghamton Butter Package Co., The 94 
 
 Binghamton Chair Co., L'd 108 
 
 Binghamton Cigar Co 116 
 
 Binghamton Cutlery Co 134 
 
 Binghamton Dairy Association 135 
 
 Binghamton Glass Works .38 
 
 Binghamton Glove and Mitten M'f'g Co 46 
 
 Binghamton M'f'g Co., Outing Garments 84 
 
 Binghamton Oil Refining Co., 125 
 
 Binghamton Overall Co 1.52 
 
 Binghamton Produce Co 59 
 
 Binghamton Safe Deposit Co 110 
 
 Binghamton Trust Co 1.58 
 
 Binghamton Veneer Co 127 
 
 Binghamton Wire Goods Co., The .54 
 
 Binghamton Wire Works 74 
 
 Binghamton Woolen Co 57 
 
 Bishop, J. F., Cabinet Maker 144 
 
 Bolles Hoe and Tool Co., The L., Hoe M'frs 69 
 
 Boss, Stojiparcl & Hecox. Insurance 93 
 
 Bradstreet Com])any. The, Mercantile Agency.. . 1:^6 
 
 Bronsou. W. C. & Co. Cigar Mfrs 78 
 
 Brown, Dexter D., Furniture 86 
 
 Brown, J. W.. Laundry 155 
 
 Brown & Co., Wholesale Fruits ]oa 
 
 Buchanan Geo., Wines and Liquors 102 
 
 Bundy M'f'g Co., Time Recorders 131 
 
 Burhans & Barnes, Insurance Agents 50i 
 
 Bush, H. L. & Co., e igar M'fr's 6.* 
 
 Callahan & Douglas, Hardware 133 
 
 CanoU,. L. L. & V^. B., Stoves 156. 
 
 Carver, W. J., Dairy Products 140 
 
 Casper & Crittenden, China and Crockery, etc 154 
 
 Chubbuck, H. W. & Co., Spice Mills 80 
 
 Clapp, C. M.. Boots and Shoes 136, 
 
 Clarke Co., John Ray, Wholesale Hatters 68 
 
 Clock, L., Son & Co., Cigar M'fr's 148 
 
 Congdon House 144 
 
 ConkUn & Mersereau, Grass Seeds 83 
 
 Corbin A., Son & Co., Wholesale Drugs 36- 
 
 Corbin, C. A., Egg Sliipper 64 
 
 Cornell,. Davis & thear. Grocers 133. 
 
 Cornell, J. C. & Son, P'uneral Directors 143 
 
 Cornwall, Reed & Lane, Brokers 127 
 
 Crandall. Stone & Co,, Carriage Trimmings 72 
 
 Crane & Parker, Stoves 147 
 
 Darling, C. S.. Chicago Beef 47 
 
 Darrow Hay Co 88 
 
 Delmonico Cafe 14.5 
 
 Doolittle, L.. Custom Miller 56 
 
 Dun. R. G. & Co., The Mercantile Agency 112 
 
 Ehhlie & Rider, 5 and 10 cent Goods 136. 
 
 Ely, S. Mills & Co . Wholesale Grocers 40' 
 
 Empire (^rain & Elevator Co 60-6t 
 
 Eureka Advertising Agency eO" 
 
 Field, P. E., Grocer... 117 
 
 Folmsbee & Ives, Cigar M'fr's 54 
 
 Folsom & Hungerford, Stoves 142: 
 
 Ford, G. H..& E. A., Coal Dealers 49" 
 
 Fowler, W. C. & Co.. M'fr's Confectionery 98 
 
 Freeman, Reed B., Overall M'fr 1.52: 
 
 Gaylord, H. J.. Real Estate 70' 
 
 Gaylord's Storage Warehouse 6,5i 
 
 Gaylord & Eitapenc. Steam Heating 95- 
 
 Gleazen & Kingman, Boots and Shoes 146 
 
 Gilbert, F. N., 130- 
 
 Goldstem Bros., Clothiers 142: 
 
 Green, Geo. E., Coal Wholesale li;i 
 
 Gumberg, .John & Co.. Cigar M'fr's 101 
 
 Hanrahan Bros., Wholesale Liquors ISO" 
 
 Harding, Lowell & Son, Hides and Furs 13& 
 
160 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hathaway & Berry, Flour and Gram 93 
 
 Heath & Harris, Machinists 66 
 
 Hemingway, W. W.. Stoves, etc 56 
 
 Hennessey "Bros., Cigar iM'fr's 117 
 
 Hills, McLean & Williams, Dry Goods 134 
 
 Hirschmaun Bros.. Dry Goods 132 
 
 Hoffmann Lubricating Oil Co 110 
 
 Holbert, W. P., Lumber, etc 89 
 
 Hotchkin, W. S.. Real Estate 149 
 
 Hull, Grummond & Co., Cigar M'fr's 66 
 
 Humes & Smith, Grocers 140 
 
 Johnson & Lamb, Shoe M"f r"s 106 
 
 Jones of Binghamton, Scales 44 
 
 Kaeppel. G. G.. Bakery 146 
 
 Kent, Geo. A. & Co., Cigar M'f r^s 100 
 
 Kilmer, Dr. & Co., Propr.etary Medicines 33-34 
 
 Kilmer, Willis Sharpe, Advertising Agency 9S 
 
 Knapp & Son, Machinists 67 
 
 Lacey, J. W^. Cigar Box M'fr 80 
 
 Lauder, I. & Son, Marble Works 41 
 
 Lee, Charles E., Lumber, Lime, etc 57 
 
 Lewis House 1^1 
 
 Lloyd & Gardiner, Wholesale Confectioners 62 
 
 Lowell Business College 121 
 
 Lynch & Christie, Grates and Mantels 46 
 
 Lyon, Addison J., Lumber 126 
 
 Malane. D. J.. Plumber 77 
 
 Malles, Otto A.. Paints and Oils 151 
 
 Marsh, J. K., Cafe 145 
 
 Marsh, O. B.. Jeweler 142 
 
 Mason, Edward R.. Optician 87 
 
 Mason, O. R., Agt.. Plumber 51 
 
 Matthews. G. A., Real Estate ... 102 
 
 McKinney, Evei-ts & Co., Spice Mills 52 
 
 McMahon, M., Carriage M'fr 76 
 
 Meagley & Blanchard Coal 109 
 
 Middlebrook, C. D. & Co., Lumber 73 
 
 M. L S. T J» 
 
 Mitchell, S. N., Insurance 103 
 
 Moon, Geo. Q. & Co., Flour Mills 40 
 
 Morgan, Ainsworth & Carroll, Insurance 137 
 
 Morgan, Julius P.. Cigar M'fr 68 
 
 Moses, John J., "V\Tiolesale Liquors 120 
 
 Mosher, Wm. H., Grocer 139 
 
 Mount Prospect Medical Institute Ill 
 
 Nelson, B. H. & Son, Bankers 129 
 
 Kelson & Legge. Wholesale Fruits 91 
 
 Ne wing, Judson S , Jewelry M'fr 138 
 
 North & Shaw, Wholesale Provisions 94 
 
 Nowlan, John. Boiler Works. 79 
 
 Noyes, Jos. P. & Co.. M'fr's Combs and Buttons 42 
 
 Oflfenheiser, S. E., Wholesale Fruits 72 
 
 Ogden, Wm. H. & Co., Cigar M'fr's .... 55 
 
 O'Neil, James, Carriage M'fr 146 
 
 O'Neill, Matthew. Stoves 144 
 
 Osgood & Thompson, Scale M'fr's 86 
 
 Ostrom, E. L. , Pharmacist, 157 
 
 Ostrom. Barnes & Co., Cigar M'fr's 37 
 
 Otis Bros., Pharmacists, 99 
 
 Parker, Geo. L.. Coal 136 
 
 Patten. A. S. & Bro.. Provisions 189 
 
 Persels & Mack. Harness M fr's . . 58 
 
 Rahilly. W. F. & Co., Wholesale W' ines 67 
 
 Reuben. R.. Tailor 147 
 
 Reynolds, Rogers l^' Co., Cigar M'f 'rs 38 
 
 Rich Bros., Insurance 113 
 
 Richards, F. B. & Co . Cigar M'fr's 73 
 
 Riley Business College. The,. 104 
 
 Roberson, Alonzo, Planing Mill ... 151 
 
 Rogers, F. H.. Stationery 143 
 
 Russell, John M.. Cigar M'fr. 85 
 
 Saunders. C. L. & Son. Dressed Beef 39 
 
 Searles. J. E.. Tobacconist. 48 
 
 Sears. Chas. W. Bookseller.. . ..135 
 
 Sears, (I. W.. Coal Dealer ..'65 
 
 See'tv Mutual Life Asso'tn, Binghamton. N. Y 81 
 
 Shap'ley & Wells, Machinists. ..116 
 
 Singer M'f'g Co., The, Sewing Machines 115 
 
 Sisson Bros". & Welden. Dry Goods. 123 
 
 Smith. C. A., Cigar M'fr. 65 
 
 Smith, C. B., Jr., & Co., M'fr's of Cigars 35 
 
 Smith. E. C. & Co., Spokes and Hubs 97 
 
 Smith. W. S. & Sons. Diniggists and Grocers 105 
 
 Star Electric Co 76 
 
 St ejiheiis L*t Miller, Paper Warehouse. . 150 
 
 Stevens, W. D, Contractor 64 
 
 Stickley & Brandt, Furniture 122 
 
 Stickley & Brandt. Chair Co 118 
 
 Stone & Germoiid. Shoe Mfrs 92 
 
 Sti me A: Sanders. Paints and' Oils 58 
 
 Stow Manufacturing Co.. Flexible Shafts 118-119 
 
 Sturtevant-Lanabee Co., The, Carriage Mfrs 75 
 
 Talbot. J. B. & Co., Hides and Pelts 36 
 
 U. S. Baking Co 50 
 
 Vandebogart's Paper Box Factory 80 
 
 Vickers & Brooker, Phunbers 109 
 
 Weed, J. B. & Co., Tanners 42 
 
 Weed. L. I.. Cabinet Work Ill 
 
 AVells, Chas. C. & Co., Cigar Mfrs 82 
 
 W^hite. J. D., Awnings 120 
 
 White & C<i. . Wholesale Liquors 98 
 
 Wiiitnev-Xoves Seed Co., The, Grass Seeds 128 
 
 Wiednian ShoeCo 52 
 
 Wilkinson Manufacturing Co., Sleds and Chairs.. .153 
 
 Wilkinson. Son <t Co , Tanners 37 
 
 Wilkinson & Eastwood. Mfrs. of Chairs 53 
 
 Williams & Rosenkrans. Pharmacists 156 
 
 Wilson. A. G., Insurance 92 
 
 Winkler, A.. Paper Maker 145 
 
 Winton & Harroun, Brass Finishers, 78 
 
 Woodruff, Charles, Cisrar Box Mfr 97 
 
 Young, Wm. T'., Cooper 43 
 
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