Edward's annual directory : to the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business firsm, etc. etc. in the City of Indianapolis, 1865-1866, Part 1

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Publication date: 1866
Publisher: Richard Edwards
Number of Pages: 394


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INDIANAPOLIS. PUBLIC . LIBRARY


. .. GIFT OF ... Judge D. W.Howe


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LOUIS SCHOLTZ,


A FIRST-CLASS, FASHIONABLE


MERCHANT TAILOR


AND DRAPER,


Of Indianapolis,


KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND


THE FINEST


FRENCH AND ENGLISH


CLOTHS,


AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, c: : Pennsylvania St., Two Doors South of the Post Office,


INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Will pledge himself to equal and not be excelled by Ly Merchant Tailor in this city in price and fit.


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r. G. E


:MANUFACTURER OF


Ambrotype and Photograph Materials,


OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Nos. 21 and 23 Circle Street INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Always on hand an Extensive and Complete Assortment of Cameras, Apparatus, Cases, Mattings, Preservers, Chemicals, Plates, Glass, Photographic Paper, Passepartouts, &c. Manufacturers of Albums, Oval Gold and Rosewood Frames, &c. AT THE LOWEST RATESJ


Orders by Mail or Express promptly attended to.


LOUIS KOLB PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL


JOB TURNER, 23 E. SOUTH STREET, Between Meridian and Pennsylvania, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


I am prepared to execute alf kinds of PLAIN, FANCY AND ORNAMENTAL TURNING In the best manner and at reasonable prices.


I keep constantly on hand STAIR BANNISTERS & NEWEL POSTS, Fins and Balls for Bowling Alleys. All work done promptly and in good order.


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COMMERCIAL HOTEL,


One Square North of Union Depot,


SOUTH ILLINOIS, COR. GEORGIA ST.,


INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


This House has been


REBUILT, ENLARGED AND REFURNISHED


The past Season, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel in the City.


F. A. REITZ, Proprietor.


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ELLIOTT, GADD & Co.,


(Successors to Tousey, Byram & Co.,)


WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Staple and Fancy


DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS LADIES' FURS & CLOAKS, Cotton Yarns, Battings, &c. No. 74 East Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


INDIANAPOLIS


ailu Curning Gazette (ESTABLISHED JANUARY 1, 1863,)


A RADICAL REPUBLICAN PAPER, PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY, J. H. JORDAN, Editor and Proprietor.


TERMS.


Daily-One Year, in advance, $8.00


Six Months, 66 4.50


66 Three Months, 2.25


66 Per Week, 66


.20


Weekly Edition, One Copy, One Year, in advance, - 2.00


Office, Cor. Pearl and Meridian Sts., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


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VOEGTLE & METZGER


DEALERS IN


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AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Manufacturers of Japanned and Plain Tin Ware, STAMPED WARE OF ALL KINDS, NO. 103 EAST WASHINGTON STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


This establishment contains the best assortment of


CO IK GROVES


Ever offered to the public. The Good Samaritan Stove, for which we are sole agents, is adapted for wood and coal, has a large oven, with an extra broiler. We can offer this stove to the most careful housekeeper as a FIRST-CLASS STOVE.


Among cheaper Stoves, we have on hand the BUCK'S PAT- ENT EXPRESS, THE UNION, THE RELIANCE, THE INDIANOLA, and a number of others, all of them No. 1 Stoves, and fully warranted. A good stock of French and American PRESERVE KETTLES AND STEW PANS, Enameled and Tinned, constantly on hand.


Britannia Tea Sets, Plated Tea and Table Spoons, Table Cut- lery, of any description, Coal Oil Lamps and Fixtures, Brown's Metal Lap Lamps, Chimneys, Charcoal Furnaces, Charcoal and Common Sad-Irons, Coffee-Roasters, &c., Fire Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, Amidon's Clothes Wringer, the best in use, wholesale and retail.


PLAIN TIN WARE of all kinds constantly on hand. Gut- tering and Spouting for carpenters and others, done on short notice. The only Japanned Ware Manufactory in the State of Indiana is at


No. 103 East Washington Street, Indianapolis.


Japanned Water Coolers, Toilet Washbowls and Pitchers, Toilet Sets, Deed Boxes, Cash and Spice Boxes, Tea Trays, Cack Boxes, Tea and Grocery Canisters, Knife Trays, l'um- bler Drainers. Match Safes, Candlesticks. Toy Cups, Toy Pails, Dredge and Pepper Box- es, Toy Watering Pots, Savings' Banks, Billhead Cases, Card and Post Office Boxes.


BATHING APPARATUS,


Sponge Baths, Hip Baths, Plunge Baths, Infant Baths, Foot Tubs.


Chamber Buckets, Fancy and Plain Coal Hods, Coal Vases, &c.


Dealers in Japanned Ware, and the public in general, are respectfully invited to call and examine our goods.


A Orders per mail receive prompt attention. Address as above.


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GOLD MEDAL PIANOS ! TRÆYSER & ROBINSON, MANUFACTURERS OF


GRAND,


SQUARE


AND


UPRIGHT PIANOS,


No. 161 East Washington St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Triumphant Success! These Pianos took the First Premium at the Indiana State Fair of 1865 for the best PIANOS made in the State ; also, First Premium for the best Square Pianos made in the United States, over Twenty-Seven competitors.


We would respectfully call the attention of the public to our


IMPROVED GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS,


(With full Iron Frame) which for


Volume of Tone, Elasticity of Touch, and Beauty of Finish, 1


Are unsurpassed. By an Ingenious arrangement of our Scales we succeeded to combine the durability and sweet singing tone of the IRON FRAME PIANO with the full, rich sound of the WOODEN FRAME, a result which no other makers have heretofore attained.


EVERY PIANO FULLY GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS.


ET Wholesale Dealers will find it to their advantage to call.


TRAYSER & ROBINSON. GEO. TRÆYSER.] [COL. WM. J. H. ROBINSON.


MANUFACTURERS' AGENCY, MACHINERY, ETC. OMAR NEWMAN, INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEALER IN


ACHINEP


AND GENER'L COMMISSION MERCHANT


PRODUGE BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.


INDIANA AGENCY FOR GROVER & BAKER SEWING MACHINES, (Double and Single Lock Stitch, see page K,)


PALMERS' HORSE HAY FORKS, Wrought-Iron Dumping Gear.


AGENCY FOR


Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky & Missouri,


For Russell's Ohio Reapers and Mowers, Hand Rakes or Drop- pers, Russell's Massillon Threshers and Separators.


A " Dropper " is equal to a Self Rake, and is as light as a Mower. It is a "rear delivery self rake." For particulars and agencies, address:


OMAR NEWMAN,


Lock Box 378, Indianapolis, Indiana.


Warehouse and Office east of the Union Depot.


RAILROAD MACHINERY OILS.


J. BARNARD,


WHOLESALE DEALER IN


LUBRICATING AND BURNING ILS J


AND AGENT


AMERICAN EMIGRANT COMPANY.


OFFICE Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania St., op. P. O., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


J. J. MERRITT,


DEALER IN


Photograph


mbratype


STOCK AND CHEMICALS.


Especial attention given to Framing Pictures to Order in Genuine Gold Frames, Gilt and Rosewood Mouldings, Wholesale and Retail; Photographs, Engravings, Stereoscopic Pictures and Stereoscopes in every variety, at Wholesale and Retail.


No. 62 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


The best French and American Camera Tubes, of all sizes, at the lowest possible rates, Camera Boxes, Stands, etc. All kinds of Cases, Oval, Gilt and Rosewood Frames of all sizes and patterns.


The best Albumen Paper in the market. Ferrotype Plates of the best quality ; in fact everything necessary to the Art; also, Photograph Albums of every variety.


S. W. DREW. P. SAYER. S. W. DREW & CO., CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS,


East Market Square, - Indianapolis, Ind.


STEIN & NALTNER,


FAMILY GROCERS


And Provision Dealers, No. 170 East Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


HALL & HUTCHINSON,


BOOK, CARD, CIRCULAR AND POSTER


PRINTERS


Stereotypers and Book-Binders,


NO. 16 1-2 EAST WASHINGTON ST.,


INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


POUR FACILITIES FOR PRINTING IN COLORS ARE UNSURPASSED.A


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JNO. T. DEWEESE & CO., GENERAL


COMMISSION MERCHANTS.


43 S. Delaware St., Indianapolis,


Buy and Sell all kinds of Produce and Mer- chandise on Commission.


ALSO AGENT FOR HARRIES' CELEBRATED


CINCINNATI


ALE AND PORTER


In all kinds of Packages and Bottles for Shipping and Families.


FORSTTHES' SCALES, 150 Different Patterns.


Marvin's Fire & Burglar Proof Safes;


Sandusky Plaster, Newark Plaster and Louisville Cement. LSO, ALL KINDS OF


LUBRICATING OILS


FOR ENGINES AND RAILROAD COS.,


AND ALL KINDS OF BURNING OILS, ALL GOODS SOLD AT FACTORY PRICES, AND Warranted as Represented.


AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.,


AND THE


UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO.


Office, 34 East Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS.


Three Daily Expresses to New York, Two Daily Expresses to Cincinnati, and Two Daily Expresses to Chicago & St. Louis.


The above are the only privileged Express Companies on the following roads, viz. :


INDIANA CENTRAL R.R., East and South, Am. Express. LAFAYETTE & CHICAGO, Northwest, do. INDIANAPOLIS & PERU, N.E., East, West, Am. & U. S. TERRE HAUTE & RICHMOND, West, Am. Express. BELLEFONT'E & INDIANAPOLIS, East, Am. & U. S.


And all the Railroads connecting with the above.


MONEY PACKAGES, VALUABLES AND FREIGHT carried with safety and dispatch, and in charge of special and efficient messengers.


NOTES, BILLS AND DRAFTS promptly collected, and ready returns made. Rates as low as by any other responsible Express Company.


MARK YOUR PACKAGES by the AMERICAN and U. S. EXPRESS.


J. BUTTERFIELD, Agent, INDIANAPOLIS, IND'


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Corn Exchange Insurance Co.


FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION.


Cash Capital, - - $400,000.


OFFICE, CORNER WILLIAM AND BEAVER STS .; UNDER CORN EXCHANGE BANK,


NEW YORK CITY.


JAMES D. SPARKMAN, President. J. PRYOR RORKE, Secretary.


W. H. WINDSOR, Vice President.


S. S. COE, Cleveland, O., Gen. Agent for the Western States.


HOME INSURANCE CO.


No. 95 Orange St.,


NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.


Cash Capital, - $500,000 00 Assets, 659,070 98


D. R. SATTERLEE, President, CHAS. WILSON, Secretary.


D. TROWBRIDGE, Vice President.


MORRIS FIRE AND INLAND INSURANCE CO. Columbian Buildings, Corner Wall & Nassau Streets, NEW YORK.


Authorized Capital,


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$5,000,000


803,000


Assets June 1, 1865, -


WM. M. WHITNEY, Sec'y.


B. C. MORRIS, Pres't.


0. ALEXANDER & CO., General Agents, St. Louis, Mo. R. GRAHAM, Special Agent.


Policies of Insurance against loss or damage by Fire issued on the most favorable terms, and losses promptly adjusted and paid, by


LOOMIS, NEWTON & CO., Agt's for Indianapolis, Yohn's Block, No. 6 North Meridian Street.


NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS. STRAUSS & ELLENBOGEN, (Successors to Moritz Bros. & Co.)


Clothiers and Merchant Tailors


IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN


Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings,


GENTLEMEN'S


FURNISHING GOODS, &c., &c., No. 3 East Washington Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.,


Sign of the Big 3.


AN OLD AND RELIABLE HOUSE.


A full and complete assortment of


READY MADE CLOTHING,


Material and Workmanship warranted, kept constantly on hand.


The Merchant Tailoring Department is inferior to none in the West, none but the best Workmen being employed.


The New York and European connections of the house enable its proprietors to keep a full stock of the finest imported Goods, at cheaper rates than they can be afforded by other establish- ments not possessing the same advantages.


The latest novelties in style of material and make up can al- ways be had at No. 3.


All Work warranted to give satisfaction.


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GROVER


ELASTIC STITCH


& BAKE R'S


Pennsylvania,


New York, Vermont,


GROVER &


ER'S


CELEBRATED


PREMIUM


SEW


LINES


Oregon,


Kentucky,


SEWING MACHINE!


PREMIUMS TAKEN IN


ILLINOIS, IOWA, MICHIGAN, OHIO, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, Where all LEADING Sewing Machines were in competition.


FOR THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINES AND THE


BEST


MACHINE


WORK.


GROVER & BAKER'S


FAMILY SEWING MACHINES,


Making the GROVER & BAKER and Lock Stiches, the only Machine that can Stitch and Embroider perfectly.


OMER NEWMAN,


State Agent for Indiana.


Office and Salesroom opp. E. End Union Depot, S. Meridian St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Indiana,


OWARDS


EDWARDS STLOUIS DIRECTOR 1859


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EDWARDS ANNUAL


DIRECTOR


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Inhabitants,Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Estab lishments, Business, Business Firms, etc., etc.,


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CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. FOR 1866.


RICHARD EDWARDS,


PUBLISHER.


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STLOUIS, LOUISVILLE, NEW ORLEANS, MEMPHIS. NASHVILLE, LEAVENWORTH MILWAUKEE, ST JOSEPH,


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STATE GAZETTEERS, COMMERCIAL DIRECTORIES &C., & C.,


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Sponsler & McCreery,


45 and 105 East Washington St.,


INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 1


Wholesale and Retail Dealers in


QUEENSWARE


AND GLASSWARE,


CHINA AND BOHEMIA


WARE,


PLATED, BRITANNIA & JAPANNED WARE,


ST


TINWARE AND COPPER, Pocket and Table Cutlery,


PORCELAIN & ENAMELED WARE, Wooden and Willow Ware,


Cordage, Twines, Brushes, &c.


Merchants are invited to examine our great variety of stock. We will supply the trade at Reasonable Rates.


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A. KAHN, MERCHANT CLOTHIER,


AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER JN Men's, Boys', Youths' and Children's Ready-Made Clothing AND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS, No. 2 Palmer House, S. E. Cor. West Washington & Illinois Sts. ?


The Cheapest Clothing House in Indianapolis.


WILLIAM LOVE, Real Estate Agent, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


WILL BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE REAL ESTATE,


And attend to Leasing and Renting


Houses, Farms, Collect Rents, Negotiate Loans,


Buy and Sell County Orders and Land Warrants on Commission,


PAY TAXES, PREPARE DEEDS AND MORTGAGES,


And attend to Notarial Business, &c., &c.


Office, Talbott & New's Block, Rooms 1 & 2, First Entrance South of the Post Office.


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E. C. ATKINS,


Manufacturer of every deseription of


SAWS


PATENT GROUND


CATKINA MOTANAPOTE WARRANT


CIRCULAR SAWS,


Extra Tempered Mill & Muley Saws,


Tuttle's Patent and Single Hook


CROSS CUT SAWS.


ALSO, SOLE MANUFACTURER OF


TUTTLE'S IMPROVED PATENT


CROSS CUT SAW


For the Western States.


THIS SAW IS "EXCELSIOR," THE BEST.


SHEFFIELD SAW WORKS,


No. 216 South Illinois Street (Old Number 155,) INDIANAPOLIS, IND.


Special attention paid to Repairing. Breakage in Repairing at owner's risk.


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TO THE BUSINESS MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS.


The undersigned would respectfully inform their friends and the Public, that they will publish the


CITY DIRECTOR


regularly, on the 1st day of January in each year. No effort on the'r part has been, or will be, spared to render the work worthy of the undivided support of the citizens of Indianapolis, without which it is impossible to make the enterprise remunerative.


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The Oldest Directory Publishing House in the West. Established in 1853.


EDWARDS, GREENOUGH & DEVED,


(SUCCESSORS TO RICHARD EDWARDS,)


90 North Fifth St., S. W. cor. St. Charles, St. Louis, 73 Dearborn St., S. E. cor. Randolph, Chicago.


Publishers of State Directories and Gazetteers, Maps, &c., &c. EDWARDS' MISSISSIPPI RIVER GAZETTEER AND DIRECTORY,


Edwards' St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Milwaukee Directories, &c., & c.


ISSUED WEEKLY, THE RAILROAD AND MERCHANTS' JOURNAL,


THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANIES. 1


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EDWARDS' ANNUAL


DIRECTOR


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etc.,


Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufac- turing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc.


IN THE -


CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS,


FOR 1865-6.


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INDIANAPOLIS: PUBLISHED BY RICHARD EDWARDS, JOURNAL BUILDING, CORNER MERIDIAN AND CIRCLE. 1866.


Entered according to Act of Congress in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-Six, by EDWARDS, GREENOUGH & DEVED, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana.


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R 1917,7252


THE ADAM'S EXPRESS CO.


A JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION,


No. 12 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind FORWARDS DAILY Gift of


Parcels, Packages, Valuable Articles, Mer chandise, Bank Notes, Specie, &c.,


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Either in its own Trains, or by connection with other Companies, to all the PRINCIPAL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, At low Rates and with Great Speed.


Notes, Drafts and Accounts Collected


In ordering goods our friends will please give special directions to have the packages marked "By The Adams Express Company." JOHN H. OHR, Agent.


CONNECTICUT MUTUAL


Life Insurance Co


$9023 20-6 -03 OF HARTFORD.


Accumulated Capital Over $9,000,000


Dividends declared annually, and Paid During the Life of the Assured.


Annual Dividend, 50 Per Cent


FOLSOM & OLIN, District Agents,


Office, 35 Vinton's Block, opp. P. O., Indianapolis


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HISTORY RECORDING ON TIME THE EVENTS OF NATIONS.


edication.


To the Business Men of Indianapolis,


President, Directors and Members of the Chamber of Commerce: GENTLEMEN-To you I dedicate this volume, and claim you as my patrons; it is you who have developed the great resources of this beautiful city; it is you who have given it reputation abroad and prosperity at home; you have made it also famous for its hospitality, and the merchant, trader, traveler and stranger feel con- scious when they enter Indianapolis that there are warm hearts and friendly hands to welcome them.


To you, Gentlemen, I respectfully dedicate my first annual Director. SHERMAN HOUSE, Feb. 7, 1866. RICHARD EDWARDS.


INDIANAPOLIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


T. B. ELLIOTT, EsQ., PRESIDENT. S. V. B. NOEL, THOS. KINGAN, AQUILLA JONES, VICE-PRESIDENTS. J. BARNARD, SECRETARY.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS-John Carlisle, L. W. Hasselman, Jos. D. Pattison, Lucien Hills, David Gibson, Chas. W. Smith, F. P. Rush, John W. Murphy, J. B. McArthur, James C. Ferguson.


COMMITTEE OF ARBITRATION-Jas Skillen, A. E. Vinton, B. Coffin, Charles Glazier, George C. Holman.


BRYANT, STRATTON & SPENCER'S INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE,


TEMPERANCE HALL, 30 1-2 WEST WASHINGTON STREET.


FACULTY.


P. R. SPENCER, Jr., Principal,


Superintendent of the Course of Instruction, Professor of Practical and Ornamental Penmanship, and Commercial Correspondence.


CYRUS M. SMITH,


Teacher in the Practical Department, and Instructor in Commercial Arithmetic.


SAMUEL N. GOLD,


Teacher of the Science of Accounts in Theoretical Department.


A. C. SHORTRIDGE, (Supt. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis, ) Prof. of Mathematics and Orthography.


J. F. WALLICK,


(Division Superintendent Western Union Telegraph Co., ) Superintendent Telegraph Department.


J. W. BRADLEY, Teacher of Telegraphing.


GEORGE K. PERRIN, Esq., Lecturer on Commercial Law.


CHARLES HEWITT, Esq., Teacher of Commercial Law.


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Dr. H. C. MARTIN, Lecturer on Insurance.


This Institution forms a new link in Bryant, Stratton & Co.'s


INTERNATIONAL CHAIN OF COMMERCIAL COLLEGES.


This is the largest Business College in the State, and its thorough course of busi ness training is not surpassed by any institution in the world. Scholarships issue by this College are good in Forty-Three of Bryant, Stratton & Co.'s Colleges, locate in the leading commercial cities of the United States and Canada. Please call a College Rooms, or send for Business College Register, published monthly.


BRYANT, STRATTON & SPENCER,


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INTRODUCTORY.


In laying before the public our first Director to the people and institutions of the city of Indianapolis we feel constrained to call attention to the many obstacles that have interfered with its progress, and to which may be charged any errors or defects which may have crept into its compilation; and, also, to point out the im- portance of the information collected, which renders it of great value. An ex- amination of this volume will better convey a proper idea of its importance to the residents of Indianapolis, and the amount of labor necessary to prepare it for the press, than any particular description of its contents which might be given here. Attention is called to the following array of facts :


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The canvassing for the Director commenced about the first of September last, but, owing to the re-numbering of the places of business and residences of the citizens, the entire ground had to be gone over the second time, in order that the work might correctly give the new system, and we are now able to offer the result in & volume of over four hundred pages, containing nearly fifteen thousand names, and nearly five thousand increase over last year, in addition to a full and carefully arranged Classified Business Directory and an Appendix of the various Societies, Banks, Churches, Public Buildings, Schools, &c., &c.


To collect this vast amount of information, to arrange it all in systematic order, put it in type, and publish it in book form, every one must admit is a work of no inconsiderable amount of labor. In the preparation and compilation of a Directory, it is necessary to take the information afresh every year, and to make as near & perfect work as possible, requires the systematic co-operation of a large body of competent and intelligent hands. Those only who have participated in the labor can form any adequate idea of the many vexations and perplexities connected with it, and to which the compilers are subjected. The present volume is entirely original in its production, the information having all been obtained by actual canvass. The importance of the work will be readily conceded by all who have occasion to use it; and its cheapness must be as manifest as its usefulness, except, perhaps, to those who imagine it to be their duty to pick out all the little errors they can find, and exaggerate their importance. It is by this class of people that the many for- midable and embarrassing obstacles are thrown, and which help to render the work imperfect. They not only refuse to give the names and necessary information, but are the first to complain of any inaccuracies that may occur. It would be an almost endless task to describe the capricious opposition with which we have to contend in obtaining the information required to make the work as correct as we aim to make it, or to give a tolerable idea of the ridiculous and annoying criticisms to which we are afterwards exposed.


The great majority of the community, we are happy to say, obligingly gave to our .. canvassers all the information they required. There are, however, some few ex- ceptions. For instance, Mr. Auchmuty not only refused to give the required particulars about himself, but positively forbids the insertion of his name and res-


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idence in the Directory. No doubt Mr. A. has very cogent reasons for wishing to. remain incog., and to keep his whereabouts a profound secret. It is our business to have his address in the Directory, and if we do not obtain it from him, we must from some one else. Hence the error, possibly, in the spelling, or correct business, or profession to which he belongs.


Mr. Bullen has a similar desire to keep himself out of the Directory-ov, at least, feigns to have-and when the work appears, forgetting his little eccentricity in denying the anxiously sought information, he boils over with indignation because- his name does not figure in its pages.


Mr. Cowdrey, who fills the useful and honorable position of a clerk, insists on Being inserted as "a gentlemen ;" and, as might be expected of persons of such ambitious aspirations, is extremely abusive because he cannot be gratified. But, it being the object of the Directory to give the sternest facts, and to repress all flights of the imagination, Mr. C. has to figure in its pages simply as a clerk, until he can establish his claim to some other designation


Mr. Durdevant wishes his name inserted in a manner peculiar to himself, and particularly bothering to every body else. But the Directory being the most dem- ocratic of all human institutions, Mr. D. must take his place on the dead level with the whole community, as he cannot distinguish himself by any such device.


Mr. Errower has his little peculiarities, and amiably declines furnishing any in- formation about himself unless he can be allowed at least half a page to spread himself in with miscellaneous items about his business. But E.'s economical ideas of advertising have to be nipped in the bud.


Mr. Flugelhauser is frugal in an opposite direction, and forbids any mention of his business.


Mr. Ganymede cannot understand what right any one can have to know where he resides, and will not divulge the fact. He thinks it a piece of impertinence to publish a Directory at all.




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