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P. McDONALD, proprietor of the Astor House, South Bay City, is a native of New York State, and has been a resident of Michigan for about twenty years. In the Fall of 1877 he came to Bay City from Chicago, and went into the Carrol House on Harrison Street, and remained there a year. In 1878 he rented the Astor House building and furnished it new throughout. Mr. McDonald is a popular landlord, and a genial and enterprising gentleman.
F. X. CAMPAU is the leading merchant at South Bay City. He is a native of Ecorse, Wayne Co., Mich. For about two years he was in the mercantile business there, and in the Spring of 1874 settled in Bay City, and opened a general dry goods store on Har- rison Street, South Bay City. He is an enterprising business man, " and is one of the successful merchants of the city.
WILLIAM SULLIVAN is a native of Oswego, N. Y., and came to Bay City in 1868. For some time he was connected with the gas works in the city, and in 1877 engaged in the business of plumbing and gas-fitting. He has two large rooms on Fifth Street, and carries a large stock of fixtures of all kinds. Mr. Sullivan is a practical plumber and an energetic business man, and has worked up a large and prosperous business, the largest in that line in the city.
W. D. SHERMAN, liveryman, corner of Saginaw and Sixth Streets, is a native of Bay City, and son of the late W. L. Sher- man, one of the early lawyers of the place. Mr. Sherman is a young man about twenty-two years of age. In September, 1882, he purchased the F. E. Tyler livery stock. He does a large busi- ness, and has the finest barn in the city.
MATT WARREN is a native of Ottawa, Canada, and settled in Bay City in 1871. In 1876 he went into the tobacco and liquor business at South Bay City. His place of business is on Harrison Street in the Crampton building. He is a reliable business man and has been successful.
WILLIAM CRAMPTON was one of the early comers to South Bay City. He is a native of Canada, and settled here in 1862. At that time the place was new and presented a strange contrast compared with Bay City at the present time. He has been engaged in lum- bering ever since he located here, but has contributed to the growth of the place with commendable enterprise. He has built ten build- ings, five of which he still owns. In 1877 he removed to his farm near the city limits, where he still resides. He also owns a piece of
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real estate within the city limits on the Bullock Road, which he cleared several years after he came here. For about a year he was in the mercantile business, but his principal business has always been lumbering.
LOUIS BERTCH is a native of Germany, and emigrated to this country in 1850. In 1868 he came to Bay City, and opened a meat market on Water Street. Prospering in his business, he subse- quently removed to his present location on Center Street, where he does a very large and prosperous business.
H. CARRIER, druggist, 916 Water Street, Bay City, is a native of Quebec, and settled in Bay City in the Spring of 1881. In April of that year he opened his present store, and is doing a good busi- ness. Mr. Carrier has had an experience of nearly twenty years in the drug business.
J. M. HARDER, of the firm of J. M. Harder & Co., jewelers, 916 Water Street, is a native of New York State, and first came to Bay City in 1866. In 1875 he went away and remained until the Spring of 1882, when he returned and opened a jewelry store at the above mentioned place.
THOMAS KENNEY was born in Limerick, Ireland. His parents emigrated to the United States about the year 1850. He lived for a number of years in Detroit, and then came to Bay City, where he followed the trade of a butcher, working for the firm of Kaiser & Weidmann. For the past twelve years he has been in business for himself as a drover, purchasing cattle in the counties adjoining or near Bay City, for which he finds a ready market in Bay City. He is married and has a family of three children.
HENRY DENKHAUS, dealer in liquors and cigars, is a native of Germany, and came to this country in 1865. After stopping for a time in Detroit, he came to Bay City in 1866. In 1875 he went into business, and is now located at 110 Third Street. Mr. Denk- haus is a good citizen, and does a prosperous business.
JOE MILLS, liveryman, is a native of Detroit. In 1871 he settled in Bay City, and was in the hotel business for several years. In 1880 he bought the livery stable of John Hanlan, on Saginaw Street, between Sixth and Center Streets. Mr. Mills keeps a good stable and is doing a prosperous business.
S. GRABOWSKY, jeweler, corner of Center and Saginaw Streets, is a native of Prussia, and came to this country in 1862. In 1871 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and started in business in the store now occupied by Leavens Bros. In 1877 he removed to his present location. He does a good business and is a reliable citizen. Mr. Grabowsky is a prominent member of several of the societies of the city.
GEORGE E. AIKEN, dealer in boots and shoes, at 1000 Water Street, is a native of Michigan, and removed from Union City to Bay City in 1877, and succeeded W. H. Nellis, who established the store in 1867. Mr. Aiken served three years in the war as sergeant of Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery and was fortunate enough to escape hospitals and prisons. He is a good business man, and his store has an extensive patronage. In the Spring of 1883 he was elected Alderman of the Third Ward.
CLARK & COBB, furniture dealers, began business in 1878, start- ing a new store throughout. L. L. Clark and H. E. Cobb compose the firm, and are young men of enterprise and ability, and are succeeding in rapidly building up a prosperous business. Mr. Clark is a native of Kalamazoo, and Mr. Cobb of Rochester, N. Y. Both gentlemen came to Bay City just previous to starting in busi- ness in 1878.
L. H. GRIFFIN, proprietor of the Bay City Steam Laundry, corner of Fifth and Saginaw Streets, is a native of Canada, and came to the States when a young man. He was in the army from 1861 to 1866, sergeant of Company C, First Michigan Cavalry. In
1878 he came to Bay City from East Saginaw and started his present business. He has the only steam laundry in the city and does a very extensive business.
H. BIRNEY, proprietor of the Bay City omnibus and hack line, is a native of Ingham Co., Mich. He was in the livery business for several years at Eaton Rapids, and in 1876 came to Bay City and bought out Green & Dingman, who had a small omnibus barn on Saginaw, corner of Third Street. In July, 1882, Mr. Birney was burned out, and he then purchased the ground where his barn is now located, and built a brick building 75x100 feet in size. This barn in all its appointments is probably the finest building of the kind in the state. He keeps about thirty horses and does a very large business. Mr. Birney is a genial gentleman and a shrewd business man.
H. M. STARK, proprietor of Stark's livery stable on Fourth Street, came to Bay City from Clinton County, in 1861. For a number of years he was engaged at various things, some of the time in the city, and for a time upon a farm. In the Spring of 1882 he bought the livery business of Peter La France, on Fourth Street, and is now doing a good business.
THOMAS MCGUIRE, proprietor of the "Alhambra" saloon, in Miller's Block, on Fifth Street, is a native of Ireland. He lived for several years in Scotland, and came to this country in 1857, and settled in Bay City. He first went into business in 1872, at the foot of Third Street, and in the Spring of 1882 moved into the ele- gant and spacious quarters which he now occupies.
MASON & BEACH, druggists, Munger Block, succeeded Mason & McNeil, August, 1879. They succeeded Dr. Wheat in February, 1874. The present firm is composed of John K. Mason and Lyman F. Beach, both energetic young men of excellent business qualifica- tions. Mr. Mason came to Bay City from Jackson, Mich., in February, 1874, and engaged in business with McNeil, as above stated. Mr. Beach came here in 1871 from Battle Creek, and was engaged with the firm of J. F. Street & Co. for some time. He graduated in pharmacy at the Michigan University in 1876, and in 1879 became a member of the present firm, which is one of the leading drug firms in the city.
HENRY BOUTYETTE is one of the old residents of Bay City. His father, Rigest Boutyette, is a native of Canada, and came here in 1854. He is now seventy-six years of age, and lives on his iarm in Hampton Township. Henry was born in Detroit, and came here with his parents in 1854. For several years he followed milling and farming, and still owns a good farm in Hampton Township. In the Spring of 1882 he went into the grocery business at 214 Third Street, and does an excellent business.
D. ST. DENIS, dealer in liquors and cigars, 203 Third Street, is a native of Canada, and has been a resident of Bay City since 1868. In 1880 he went into business at Essexville, but the following Sum- mer removed to Bay City, and was located at the corner of Jefferson and Woodside Streets until the Fall of 1882, when he removed to his present place.
W. H. LYNCH, dealer in picture frames, mouldings, etc., 709 Washington Street, is a native of Hudson, N. Y. In 1867 he settled in Bay City. In 1876 he started in business in a small frame building on Washington Street, near the new McEwan Block. In August, 1882, he moved into his present elegant quarters. Mr. Lynch was in the service during the war from 1861 to the close of the war. Thirteen months of the time he spent in prison, making the acquaintance of Andersonville and Belle Isle. His position in the army was that of drummer.
JOHN YOUNG IS a native of Dublin, Ireland, and came to this country in 1850. In 1874 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and in 1878 went into business for himself, doing plumbing and gas-
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fitting. His place of business is on Washington Street, under the postoffice. He is a pioneer at the trade, having worked at it since he was ten years of age.
JOHN F. DOUGHERTY was born in Bay City, in 1852. His father, Henry L. Dougherty, settled here in 1838. John F. Dougherty is a young man of industrious habits and was for a time in the livery business at South Bay City. For the past two years he has been engaged looking up pine lands.
OSCAR F. KELLOGG is an old resident of Bay City, having settled here in 1856. He is a native of Buffalo, N. Y. In 1861 he enlisted in the army as a member of the Thirty-Eighth Ohio Volunteers, and remained in the service until the close of the war. For some time after coming to Bay City he worked in the mills, but for the past five years has been engaged at the trade of cabinet making.
M. T. MILLER, proprietor of the Commercial House, corner Saginaw and Fourth Streets, is a native of Canada. In 1878 he came to Bay City, and has been in business here since that time. In addition to the Commercial House, he has a saloon and restaur- ant on Water Street, corner of Eighth Street. He has also been en- gaged for a short time in the livery business.
J. B. HARTRANFT is a native of Pennsylvania, and came from there to southern Michigan in 1859. In 1867 he came to Bay City and settled permanently. In 1879 he opened a store with a stock of toys, picture frames, mouldings, etc., and does an excellent busi- ness. Mrs. Hartranft is one of the pioneer milliners of the place. She first started in business in a small way on the West Side, in 1865, but soon after moved to Bay City. She is still engaged in business on Water Street, at No. 814, and has a fine store.
W. V. PRYBESKI & Co. have a meat market on Twelfth Street, at the head of Washington Street. Mr. Prybeski is a native of Poland, and came to this country in 1873, and settled in Detroit. In 1877 he came to Bay City, and opened a meat market. Andrew Mendriski is a member of the firm of W. V. Prybeski & Co., and is also a native of Poland. These two gentlemen came to this country together, and have remained together to the present time. They do a large business, and stand well as a business firm.
L. H. STANTON & Co. are proprietors of one of the finest meat markets in Bay City. Their place of business is on Water Street, next to the Campbell House. Mr. Stanton is a native of Maryland. In 1867 he came to Bay City from Detroit, and in 1873 went into the grocery business on the corner of Center and Adams Streets. In 1875 he went into the meat business. Since the Fall of 1880 the firm has been L. H. Stanton & Co. They do a very fine business. Anthony Wald, the partner of Mr. Stanton, is a native of Germany. In 1872 he came to America, and was in business at Saginaw for about a year, when he came to Bay City and was in business with his brother, the firm being Wald Bros. They continued together in the meat business until the Fall of 1880, when Mr. Wald went into business with Mr. Stanton, the firm being as above stated.
MATHIEU MANONI is a native of France, and settled in Bay City in 1872, soon after coming to this country. For a time he worked in the mills, going into the woods during the Winter. In 1876 he started a small confectionery and fruit stand, in a frame shanty on the corner of Third and Saginaw Streets. In this business he gradually added to his little capital until he had saved a sufficient sum to warrant more extensive operations. He purchased the cor- ner lot, 50x100 feet, and in the Summer put up a handsome brick building 50x60 feet in size, the whole of which he occupies with his confectionery and fruit store, and restaurant. Mr. Manoni is an enterprising business man, and has every reason to feel proud of his successful career.
ISAAC OBEY, dealer in liquors and cigars, corner Washington and Third Streets, is a native of Montreal, and settled in Bay City
in 1868. Until 1872 he worked in the mills, and at that time he went into business at the corner of Water and Twenty-third Streets. In 1878 he removed to his present location. He was also in the livery business about three years. Mr. Obey does a good business and stands well as a citizen.
PETER LA FRANCE is a native of Montreal, and settled in Bay City in 1872. In 1879 he went into the livery business on Saginaw Street. In the Fall of 1881 he sold his business to Mr. Arnold, and put a new stock in the building on Third Street, formerly occupied by Mr. Bennett as a livery stable. Mr. La France is a young man of good business habits, and has been successful in his business.
J. G. BUCHANAN, ex-proprietor of the Moulton House, is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1869. For some time he kept a boarding house at Essexville, and has always been engaged in lumbering and logging. The past season he put in about 6,000,000 logs. He has kept the Moulton House since 1881, until the present season.
THOMAS LUXTON, proprietor of the Forest City House, is a na- tive of England. In 1847, when fifteen years of age, he went to Canada, and remained there until 1863, when he came to Bay City. For several years he was engaged in the harness business, but went out of that in 1875, and in February, 1882, went into the Forest City House, and is doing a prosperous business.
THOMAS K. HARDING is the oldest printer in Bay City. He is a native of Saint Catharines, Canada, and came to Bay City in the Summer of 1867. For some time he was foreman of the Journal office, under Mr. John Culbert. In 1873 he was one of the com- pany that started the Bay City Tribune. Afterwards he sold out, but remained in charge of the printing office for three years. Sub- sequently he owned a job printing office which he run in connection with the Lumberman's Gazette for about two years. Mr. Hard- ing has had more to do with the press and printing in Bay City than any other man in the city, and is a veteran printer, though yet comparatively a young man.
KILDUFF & WRIGHT, proprietors of the "Tropical," and dealers in wines, liquors, etc., started in business as a firm in December, 1882. Their place on Saginaw Street is one of the finest in the city. James Kilduff is a native of Canada, and came to Bay City in 1862. For some time he was engaged in a grocery store, and in Decem- ber, 1882, started in business as above stated. Charles B. Wright is a native of Erie, Pa., and came to Bay City in 1869. Most of the time since coming here, until going into business last December, he was engaged with his brother, E. J. Wright, in the lumber business.
W. B. CATLIN, of the firm of Russell & Catlin, gunsmiths, is a native of Watkins, N. Y., and came to Bay City in 1872. He is a machinist by trade, and for nine years was in the employ of Smalley Bros. & Co., at the Valley Iron Works. In December, 1880, he formed a partnership with Mr. L. R. Russell, and purchased the gunsmith business of Mr. Bascom, on Water Street. Mr. Catlin is an excellent citizen and is doing a prosperous business.
FRANK POTTER, dealer in wines, liquors and tobacco, 108 Third Street, is a native of Geneva, O., and came to Bay City in 1870. For ten years he was in the employ of Samuel Kaichen, as salesman. In May, 1882, he engaged in business for himself, and is doing a prosperous business.
W. H. PECK is a native of New York City, and came to Bay City in 1862. He was then a young man and for some time was clerk in a grocery store. His first business venture was in a fruit and confectionery store on Water Street. Succeeding in that, he bought a livery stable on Fourth Street. In May he started the Pacific Billiard Parlor on Third Street, and in the Fall of 1882 bought out A. L. Arnold's livery stock and business. Early the present year he moved into the new brick stable built for him
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by A. Hyman, at the corner of Fifth and Saginaw, and in May following sold out to E. E. Burroughs. Mr. Peck is a stirring business man, and has always been successful in nis operations.
L. W. TOBIAS is a native of Michigan, and came to Bay City in 1870 from the south part of the state. He began busi- ness in draying and continued from 1874 until the Fall of 1882, when, in company with Mr. M. T. Miller, he bought a livery stable on Saginaw Street. A short time afterwards he purchased Mr. Miller's interest and continued the business alone until he sold out in Spring of 1883. He has several drays and a saloon and billiard hall at 208 Third Street.
EMERY & GARLAND.
This firm manufacture and deal in saw mill machinery, are ex- clusive agents for Ewart's detachable chain, and are sole manu- facturers of the Emery & Garland patent lumber trimmer. This firm started in 1874. For two years they did business through the Industrial Works, and in 1876 established themselves in their pres- ent quarters, on Water Street, opposite the Fraser House. Both gentlemen are vigorous business men and practical machinists, and apply themselves unremittingly to their business. They furnish plans and specifications for mills, and some idea of the extent of their operations may be gained from the fact that they ship machin- ery to every state in the Union. The firm also have an office in Minneapolis, in charge of Mr. J. G. Emery, Jr., who is also one of the firm, and is a son of Mr. J. G. Emery, of Bay City. The Minneapolis business, already large, is rapidly increasing.
J. G. EMERY is a native of Maine. As early as 1856 he went to Green Bay, Wis., where he remained until 1864, when he came to Bay City. For a time he was superintendent of the Sage Mill and afterwards had an interest in the business of John McGraw & Co. Still later he was superintendent of the Industrial Works, being at the same time a stockholder in the corporation. Then in 1874 the partnership of Emery & Garland was formed, as above stated.
M. GARLAND is a native of Jefferson County, N. Y. In 1870 he came to Bay City from Eau Claire, Wis., and for about four years was manufacturing chains, and putting in sawdust feeders and carriers, the firm being Garland, Ingraham & Co. In 1874 he became a member of the above named firm, and is also president of the Standard Machinery Co.
Both these gentlemen are fine specimens of the representative business men of the country, and the leading position occupied by their firm has been attained by the exercise of sterling business qualities and vigorous enterprise.
STANDARD MACHINERY COMPANY.
The building occupied by this company is located at the corner of Water and Twenty-Sixth Streets, and was originally used as a pin factory. In September, 1882, Messrs. M. Garland, J. D. Jack- son and A. D. Catlin organized the Standard Machinery Company, and purchased this property, which was then owned by the Bay City Iron Works. Additions have been made to the building and the works are in successful operation. They employ about seven- teen men, and manufacture saw mill machinery, sawdust feeders and salt well fixtures.
M. GARLAND, president of the company, is a member of the firm of Emery & Garland, mentioned elsewhere in this work.
J. D. JACKSON, vice-president of the company, is a native of Canada, and in 1862 settled in Bay City. For a short time he was employed in a saw mill as engineer, and then worked at the machinist trade. For several years he was foreman of Smalley Bros. & Co's machine shop, and in the Fall of 1882 became a member
of the above named company. Mr. Jackson is a man who applies himself closely to business, and is a first-class machinist.
A. D. CATLIN, secretary and treasurer of the company, is a native of New York State, and settled in Bay City in 1870. From 1871 to 1873 he was a member of the firm of Smalley Bros. & Catlin. Retiring from that firm he went to Seneca Falls, N. Y., and was with the Silsby Manufacturing Company until 1879. He then returned to Bay City, and was with the firm of Smalley Bros. & Co. until the Fall of 1882, when the Standard Machinery Com- pany was organized. January 9th, 1883, he sold his entire interest to M. Garland and Lane Lyle; Mr. Lyle becoming vice-president. Mr. Catlin has an excellent reputation as a reliable gentleman, and one who in every way deserves to succeed.
C. C. MENGEL, JR., & BRO.,
proprietors of the box factory at the foot of Fremont Avenue, on Water Street, are operating one of the important industries of Bay City. Their factory was originally a planing mill, and was built by Southworth & Watrous in 1868. It was afterwards sold to A. C. Braddock & Sons, who ran it as a planing mill about four years, and then converted it into an oar factory. In 1878, the firm of C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro. rented the property for a box factory. They do a large business, employing upwards of thirty men. Mr. C. C. Mengel, Jr., came here in 1878, and managed the business until 1880, when he returned to Louisville, Ky., where he has a similar business. At that time Mr. C. R. Mengel came here from Louisville, and has since been in charge of the business. Mr. C. C. Mengel, Sen., has been a resident of Bay City since 1881. He is a native of Germany, but for several years was a successful manu- facturer of tobacco in Louisville. He is a genial gentleman and is now enjoying the fruits of a successful business career.
BOUSFIELD & CO.,
manufacturers of wooden ware, at South Bay City, have the largest works of the kind in this country. The original build- ings were erected about 1868 by the firm of Braddock & Co., for a planing mill, and operated by them two or three years. The property then passed into the possession of Braddock, Hood & Co., and they began the manufacture of pails. Afterwards it was oper- ated by the Portsmouth & Bay City Wooden Ware Company, and in 1875 the present firm purchased the property. The works have been almost entirely rebuilt, and now run twelve lathes, having the largest capacity of any wooden ware manufactory in the United States, giving employment to nearly 200 hands. In 1881 a stock company was organized with a capital stock of $125,000. The officers of the company are as follows :- A. E. Bousfield, president and treasurer; R. E. Bousfield, vice-president and secretary.
A. E. BOUSFIELD is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and for some time was in the same business in that city. His father is one of the oldest wooden ware manufacturers in this country. The works here were brought to their notice and were purchased in 1875, and at that time Mr. A. E. Bousfield came here to operate the business, which he has done with marked success.
R. E. BOUSFIELD is a brother of Mr. A. E. Bousfield, and came to Bay City in 1879 to assist in the management of the business.
JAMES POTTER, foreman of the works, is a native of Lapeer County. When about six years of age his parents settled in Ports- mouth Township, where they still reside. In 1869 he began work in the wooden ware works, and has held the position of foreman for the past seven years. Most of the works have been rebuilt under his supervision, and, although only about thirty years of age, his judgment and ingenuity have much to do with the success of the business. In 1881, he had the misfortune of losing one of his hands while fixing a machine. He has a wife and four children.
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