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Patterson & Busby,
C. A. McCLEARY,
MANUFACTURERS OF
HOOPS, PUFF L RRU
Biddle Street and Bee Line Railroad,
INDIANAPOLIS, 1 IND.
Among the many industries in this active, progressive manufacturing city, there is one that demands our special attention, that of Messrs. Patterson & Busby, proprietors of the Patent Coil Elm Hoop Works, at the corner of Biddle street and Bee Line railroad. The works were established in 1882 by Earnshaw & Taylor, and in 1886, Mr. Earnshaw bought his partners inter- est and continued the business on his own account. After some other changes in the personnel of the firm, the present was formed in 1892, since when the busi- ness has been prosecuted vigorously and the trade ex- tended. The premises utilized for the purposes of the business cover two city blocks, and are connected with the Bee Line railroad by a side track. The factory building is 62x82 feet in dimensions, and every facility is at hand for manufacturing purposes. The equip- ment is perfect and complete, and includes eleven Warde patent hoop machines, steam power and some twenty-eight workmen are employed. The material, elm timber, are brought to the works from within a radius of 100 miles of Indianapolis, and on an average · upward of 500 car-loads are used annually, and 30,000 hoops for flour, cement, sugar, salt, lime, hominy, rice, meal, crackers, fruit and produce barrels are turned out daily which are sold to the trade and cooperage works throughout the West, South and Southwest. Messrs. W. O. Patterson and Chas. E. Busby are both well-known residents of the city, and are gentlemen of wide and mature experience, thoroughly posted in all the requirements of the trade in their special line of manufacture. They are both prominent in business circles, and their reputation is unquestioned.
76 S. Meridian Street,
INDIANAPOLIS, - IND.
Among that active class of business men, the brokers, in Indianapolis, there are none so well known as Chas. A. McCleary, who, although a young man, has had a thorough practical business training. Mr. McCleary makes a specialty of handling Rio and Santos and other South American coffees, and is the only one in the city engaged in the business. He is a thorough expert judge of the qualities of coffees, and is an authority upon the various grades on the market. He is doing a large busi- ness throughout this and adjoining states, numbering among his permanent patrons many of the largest wholesale grocery houses and coffee roasters in all the large cities. Mr McCleary has been engaged in busi- ness on his own account since 1890, and is successor to A. M. McCleary & Co., who had been established for a period of seventeen years previously. He is an ener- getic business man, prompt and reliable. He is located at 76 South Meridian street, where he occupies the second floor, 26x100 feet in area, and carries an im- mense stock of coffees of all grades.
Indiana Real Estate Exchange. CHAS. A. DALE & CO.,
REAL ESTATE
AND INVESTMENT BROKERS,
Home Office: 88 Circle St.,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Few lines of business are better represented in In- dianapolis than that of real estate. And among the leading and most pushing firms thus engaged, is that of Messrs. Chas. A. Dale & Co., who also carry on a general investment brokerage business. This house was established several years ago, and the devel- opment its business has since acquired, placing it prominently in the front of the market in real estate, is conclusive of the great practical knowledge Messrs. Dale & Co. possess of the values and fluctuations of real property. They carry on a general line of opera- tions, as loans, real estate and rental agents, and during their career have been conspicuous in many important transactions, and by straightforward dealing and gen- eral conservative principles, have won the confidence and esteem of all having dealings with them. Special attention is given to the purchase, sale, leasing and ex- change of all kinds of city and farm property, of which a large and desirable list is always to be found on their books. Estates of non-residents and others are also carefully looked after, rents collected, taxes paid, etc., and the utmost care and promptness given to their management, the whole at very moderate rates. Loans are promptly negotiated, and investments are placed to the greatest advantage and in safe and remunerative channels. The offices of this reliable firm are in the English Hotel Block, 88, 90 and 92 North Meridian street, and 86 and 88 Monument place. The telephone call is 1163.
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JAS. McGAULY, PLUMBING,
GAS AND STEAM FITTING
33 S. PENNSYLVANIA ST.,
INDIANAPOLIS,
- IND.
Of late years the subject of sanitation has received the careful study of persons who make sanitary plumbing a specialty, and the perfection to which this industry has been brought is the best comment upon the intelligence that has been devoted to it. In this important business, together with gas and steam fitting, in Indianapolis, Mr. James McGauly, 33 Pennsylvania street, has achieved a well earned reputation, and his establishment is recog- nized as a leading one in the city. Mr. McGauly estab- lished this business in 1867, since which period he has built up an extensive, influential and permanent patron- age. He occupies a spacious ground floor and basement, each being 19x70 feet in area, fully stocked with a com- plete and choice assortment of plumbers' and gas fitters' supplies, including lead and iron pipe, bath tubs, closets, hydrants, rubber pipe, sinks, etc. Mr. McGauly is widely known for his modern methods of plumbing, gas fitting and house drainage. Contracts of any magnitude are taken, and the complete fitting up of buildings is satisfactorily executed, while prices charged for all work are extremely just and moderate. Mr. McGauly em- ploys fifteen men and has executed some of the finest work in sanitary plumbing, gas and steam fitting in the city. Mr. McGauly was born in New York and has re- sided in this city since 1865, where he is very popular, owing to his superior mechanical skill and strict integ- rity. He has had many years experience in this line and is an active member of the Master Plumbers' Association.
JAS. R. ROSS & CO.,
Whiskies,
No. 129 South Meridian St.,
INDIANAPOLIS, - IND.
Indianapolis has long been the leading wholesale center and distributing point for a large and prosper- ous section of country, and the enterprise and vigor with which the operations of her great houses are con- ducted, assure her of the permanent supremacy. In the line of liquors, wines, cordials, etc , and especially of fine grade whiskies, a thoroughly representative house is that of Messrs. Jas. R. Ross & Co., which has for years commanded a superior class of trade in this direction. The business was founded by Messrs. John B. Stumpf & Co. in 1868, and five years later, Mr. Jas. R. Ross, the present senior partner, purchased an in- terest. The present style was adopted in 1877, and in May, 1892, Mr. Stumpf, the founder, retired, and in the same year, Messrs. Henry C. Thomson and Henry C. Knode became associated with Mr. Ross as partners. The premises at first occupied were on East Washing- ton street, but the growing business necessitated a re- moval to those now occupied at 129 South Meridian street, about nine years ago Here the firm utilize three large floors and basement, each having a depth of 200 feet, which are admirably adapted to the require- ments of the trade. The line embraces the wholesale trade in Kentucky bourbon, and Pennsylvania rye whiskies of the best brands, and also in the finest im- ported and domestic liquors, cordials, champagnes, sherries, ports and wines of every description. The stock is very large in each department, being, in fact, one of the most extensive and valuable of the kind in the state, and is always maintained at the highest standard of quality, as well as being carefully selected to meet the wants of the multitude of patrons throughout Indi- ania and Central Illinois. Mr. Ross is a native of Ohio, but an old and esteemed resident of Indianapolis. He is an able and energetic business man, and is an acknowledged authority on all matters connected with his line. Mr. Thomson was also born in Ohio, and is a young and vigorous exponent of the soundest commercial methods. Mr. Knode claims Wayne County, Indiana, as his natal place, and during his residence in this city has demonstrated that he is possessed of high qualities necessary to success. The well managed operations of the house are important factors in promoting the activity of the city's trade.
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C. A. EITEL, Cottage Pharmacy.
Cor. Cottage Ave. and Shelby St.,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
The Cottage Pharmacy, although only established in 1892, is one of the most popular in this section of the city in which it is located. It was opened by Mr. C. A. Eitel, a practical, experienced young man, who is con- ducting it according to modern ideas with professional knowledge and ability. The pharmacy, situated at the corner Cottage avenue and Shelby street, is 20x50 feet in area, tastefully fitted up and complete in all appoint- ments. The prescription laboratory is under the im- mediate supervision of Mr. Eitel, and every care is exercised to insure accuracy and promptness. Physi- cians' prescriptions and family recipes are compounded and medicines dispensed at all hours of the day or night. The stock is all new, pure and fresh, and embraces drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical specialties, proprie- tary preparations of merit, druggists' sundries, toilet requisites, perfumes, trusses, bandages, supplies for the sick room, and everything that properly belongs to the business. Mr. Eitel is doing a fine business, and as a pharmacist enjoys the esteem and regard of all who patronize his admirably conducted establishment. A native of Madison, Jefferson County, Mr. Eitel has resided in Indianapolis since 1888, and for a period of three years prior to embarking in business on his own account, was prescription clerk for Messrs. Carter & Co. He is popular, and a prominent member of the Marion County Drug Association, and the Commercial Club.
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Casper Schmalholz,
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DEALER IN AND IMPORTER OF
Fine Wines and Liquors,
29 South Meridian St., and 9 Pearl St.,
INDIANAPOLIS,
IND.
arry f. Walker, FAVORITE RESORT FOR Commercial and Business Men.
Sample Room, 75 E. Court St.,
INDIANAPOLIS,
IND.
A large number of the finer illustrations used in this publication were made by INDIANA ILLUSTRATING COMPANY, CYCLORAMA PLACE, INDIANAPOLIS, - 186 - INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
INDIANAPOLIS, by reason of its vast industrial interests, its immense commerce, and the spirit of energetic enterprise which has become the distinctive characteristic of its business men and citizens, will naturally be an important contributor to the World's Columbian Exposition, the fin-de-siecle mart wherein all the nations of the civilized world will compare the advances they have made during the last century of enlightened progress and liberty. The friendly rivalry which has arisen between the long established and ever vigorous emporiums of commerce on the Eastern hemisphere and the lusty young cities of the Western world will result in a friendly competition, the equal of which for magnitude and importance has had no parallel in the pages of history. Here will be offered to the admiration and for the instruction of people of every clime and tongue the curiosities, products and handicrafts of all nations.
The importance that is attached to this wonderful aggregation of the products of human art and ingenuity is in no city more apparent than in Indianapolis, whose business men have become so thoroughly identified with the project as to rob it of its national character, and make of it an almost local undertaking. For a year past our leading manufacturers have been busily engaged in preparing for the approval of the nations, an exhibit which will be representative of the facilities and possibilities of the Western Continent.
Impressed with the vast importance which all the peoples of the earth now attach to this exposition of the results of four centuries of the progress of American development, the directory have spared neither money nor labor in the preparation of adequate structures wherein the nation can extend to its guests the hospitality and accommodations which they have a right to expect on such an occasion. The generosity of the people has been aroused, and it is safe to assert that in magnificence of proportions and splendor of detail, these buildings have never been equaled. Their dimensions are greater than the collective ones of the famed exposition buildings utilized in Vienna in 1873, Philadelphia in 1876, and Paris in 1889, while their location on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, in the beautiful Jackson Park, on the line of the boulevard system of Chicago-the finest in the world -- is the most appropriate, central, and easily reached that could have been selected.
The World's Columbian Exposition belongs to the whole nation ; it is not a Chicago enterprise, Indianapolis, as well as every other city on the continent is its promotor. Our citizens will be in the front rank of its expositors ; the products of their skill and manufacture will form one of its leading and most attractive features.
In view of these facts, we herewith offer to our readers a few products of the engraver's art which enables them to form an accurate idea of the appearance of Jackson Park, now the American Caravansary for all nations.
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Dimensions, 100x150 feet.
INDIANA STATE BUILDING.
Cost, $60,000
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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
Dimensions, 262×262 feet.
Cost. 8550.000
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M ZEESEX, CO
Chicas
MANUFACTURES BUILDING.
Covers 331 acres. Cost, $1,500,000
Dimensions, 787x1687 feet.
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Machinery Hall
Dimensions, 492x846 feet.
MACHINERY HALL.
C'ost. $1,200,000
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Electrical Banding.
Serge & Co - Chitags:
ELECTRICAL BUILDING.
Dimensions, 345x690 feet.
Cost, $375,000
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MINING
Mines and Mining Building
Copyrighted . 1032. A. ZCESC & Co . Chicago
MINING BUILDING.
Dimensions, 350x700 feet.
Cost, $265.000
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Chicago
Horticultural Building-
Dimensions, 250x998 feet.
HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.
Cost, $300,000
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Agricultural Building
Dimensions, 500x800 feet.
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
Cost. $1,000,000
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6S. Government Building
Copyrighted . 18927ZEESE
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U. S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
Dimensions, 345x415 feet.
Cost, $400,000
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Copristred IL . Alecse & co
CA
Dimensions, 265x960 feet.
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.
Cost, $300,000
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Fish and Fisheries Building
Copyrighted 1892. A Zesse & Co. Chicago-
Dimensions, 165x365 feet
FISHERIES BUILDING.
Cost, $200,000
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Dimensions, 320x500 feet.
ART PALACE.
Cost, $600,000
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