History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 76

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358


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health of the city, be glad there were more encourage- ment, and as the season is partly over, tickets have been reduced to one dollar the season."


Miscellaneous Trades and Industries .- In ad- dition to the foregoing there is an immense variety of trades and industries in St. Louis, of which it is im- possible to give a particular account within the limits of this work. Among the more important may be mentioned the trade in wall-paper, carpets, etc., in which thirty-one houses were engaged in 1881, their business aggregating one million nine hundred thou- sand dollars; books and stationery, in which five wholesale and seventy-five retail houscs were employed in 1881, the aggregate business being estimated at six million nine hundred thousand dollars; news and book paper, etc., represented in 1881 by nine wholesale dealers, transacting a business of three mil- lion nine hundred thousand dollars ;1 music and musi- cal instruments, transacted by eleven houses, whose business was estimated in 1881 at one million six hun- dred thousand dollars ; produce, seventy-nine houses, with annual sales estimated in 1881 of two million dollars, besides four firms engaged in the sale of seeds of various kinds ; powder, guns, and sporting goods, five wholesale firms, who confine their business to gun, rifle, and blasting powder and similar goods, and three firms who deal in guns, pistols, fishing-tackle, and sporting goods ; aggregate value of business in 1881, six hundred thousand dollars.


In addition to the manufactures already described there were in 1881 the following among other indus- tries in active and successful operation : Agricultural implements, seven firms, 500 hands employed, $900,- 000 value of annual product ; artificial feathers and flowers, three firms, 79 hands, $150,000 annual sales ; awnings and tents, ten firms, 250 hands employed, $400,000 annual sales ; bags, paper, flax, hemp, and jute, seven firms, 500 hands employed, $1,100,000 annual sales ; box manufactures, twelve firms, 250 hands employed, $400,000 annual sales ; brass foun- dries, fourtecn firms, 157 hands employed, $580,000


1 " At a meeting of the directors and stockholders of the ' Mis- souri Paper Manufacturing Company,' held at their office, No. 46 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1860, the or- ganization of the company, under the laws of the State of Mis- souri, was completed, and the following-named gentlemen con- firmed as directors of the company for the first year from the 7th of July last, and the persons named in connection with the same elected officers for the same term.


" Directors, as named in the license from the State, R. H. Hub- bell, E. Stafford, Bernard Poepping, George Spear, V. B. S. Reber ; President, Hon. Bernard Poepping; Vice-President, Thomas H. Paschall, Esq. ; Secretary, Edward Stafford, Esq."- Missouri Republican, Nov. 2, 1860.


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TRADE, COMMERCE, AND MANUFACTURES.


annual sales ; carriages and wagons, forty firms, 1100 men and boys employed, nearly $2,000,000 annual sales ; confectionery, three hundred dealers, value of business $1,200,000 per annum; cooperage, eighty establishments, 900 hands employed, $500,000 eapital invested, total annual sales $1,500,000 ; cordage and twine, fourteen firms, 77 hands employed, $75,000 estimated value of business; corsets, three firms, $10,000 annual sales; cutlery and tools, four firms, 20 hands employed, $24,000 annual sales ; engraving, die-sinking, etc., seventeen firms, 65 hands employed, $151,000 annual sales ; wood-engraving, three firms, 24 hands employed, $40,000 annual sales ; files, six firms, 35 hands employed, $42,000 annual sales ; glass, six firms, 400 hands employed, $600,000 an- nual sales ; glue, five firms, 30 hands employed, $75,000 annual sales ; machinery, forty-six firms, 1600 hands employed, $2,500,000 annual sales; marble- and stone-work, fifty-six firms, 475 hands em- ployed, $800,000 annual sales ; mattresses and spring-


beds, nine firms, 55 hands employed, $150,000 an- nual sales ; mineral and soda waters, ten firms, 100 hands employed, $175,000 annual sales; paints and varnishies, total capital invested $2,000,000, 532 hands employed, $2,700,000 annual sales ; refrigera- tors, three firms, 101 hands employed, $309,000 an- nual sales ; roofing and roofing materials, five firms, 75 hands employed, $177,000 annual sales; show- eases, four firms, 79 hands employed, $90,000 annual sales ; shirts, seventeen firms, 274 women and 52 men employed, $280,000 annual sales; stone and earth- enware, five firms, forty-one hands employed, $50,000 annual sales ; tin, copper, and sheet-iron, about 200 firms, with an estimated business of $1,200,000 per annum ; vinegar, fourteen firms, 120 hands employed, $575,000 value of annual produet ; wheelwrighting, fifty-two firms, 130 hands employed, $155,000 annual sales ; whips, four firms, annual business $20,000 ; wire-work, 600 hands employed, $1,300,000 annual sales.


COMPARATIVE BUSINESS IN LEADING ARTICLES AT ST. LOUIS FOR 1878, 1879, 1880, AND 1881.


ARTICLES.


1878.


1879.


1880.


1881.


Flour, amount manufactured.


bbls.


1,916,290


2,142,949


2,077,625


1,718,129


Wheat, total receipts.


.bush.


14,325,431


17,093,362


21,022,275


13,243,511


Corn,


6


bush.


9,009,723


13,360,636


22,298,077


21,259,310


Oats,


66


66


.bush.


3,882,276


5,002,165


5,607,078


6,295,050


Barley,


66


bush.


1,517,292


1,831,517


2,561,992


2,411,723


Cotton, receipts ..


bales.


338,340


472,436


352,219


461,759


Hemp, 66


.bales.


5,087


4,072


1,731


3,580


Bagging, manufactured.


. yards.


7,500,000


8,000,000


10,000,000


10,000,000


Hay, receipts, bales of 400 1bs.


bales.


330,981


461,979


676,268


98,097


Tobacco, receipts.


hhds.


25,870


20,278


18,813


22,042


Lead, receipts in pigs, 80 lbs. average.


pigs.


764,357


817,594


764,887


925.406


Hog product, total exports


.1bs.


188,529,593


220,891,273


199,456,866


196,827,228


Cattle, receipts


head.


406,235


420,654


424,720


503,862


head.


168,095


182,648


205,969


334,426


head.


1,451,634


1,762,224


1,840,684


1,672,153


head.


27,878


33,953


46,011


42,365


Lumber,


66


.feet.


189,238,333


280,986,361


330,935,973


434,043,094


Shingles,


.. pcs.


88,059,000


77,811,500


106,246,750


56,578,785


Lath,


pcs.


33,993,000


27,713,700


41,023,400


18,523,823


Hides, «


1bs.


17,129,894


20,042,734


18,436,253


20,079,814


Sugar, received


.1bs.


106,836,225


107,176,052


113,627,470


109,537,015


Molasses, shipped


.galls.


1,844,260


1,684,960


2,164,098


4,190,290


Coffee, received


bags.


201,080


267,533


303,649 39,399


245,239


Coal,


bush.


33,087,300


36,978,150


41,972,356


44,720,175


Nails,


kegs.


522,399


575,538


601,795


534,227


Potatoes, receipts


bush.


602,675


963,047


801,422


1,378,754


Salt,


bbls.


271,521


244,966


313,379


232,843


66


.sacks.


78,781


78,345


61,348


73,239


bush. in bulk.


439,788


333,868


314,720


Butter


1bs.


8,627,056


8,961,965


8,659,133


8,247,401


bush.


845,932


713,728


468,755


469,796


Ali grain (including flour reduced to wheat).


. bush.


36,107,334


46,037,578


60,477,547


51,785,403


Rye,


handled


bbls.


3,633,872


4,154,754


4,217,664


3,600,689


Hogs,


66


Horses and mules, receipts


Wool, total receipts


lbs.


16,469,816


20,786,742


12,387,089


11,198,272


Rice, receipts ..


bbls.


25,600


34,213


48,661


Sheep,


In 1871 a carefully prepared statement by William A. Johnson showed the inerease in manufactures in twenty of the leading artieles to have been nineteen per cent. in the capital employed, and thirty per eent. in the value of the products.


Mr. Charles W. Knapp, from whose very able paper on St. Louis, read before the " Round Table" in Oe- tober, 1882, we have frequently had occasion to quote, thus groups the manufacturing eities, according to the eensus of 1860, 1870, and 1880 :


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HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.


MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1860.


CITY.


Number of Establish- ments.


Capital.


Average Number of Hauds.


Wages.


Cost of Material.


Product.


Baltimore.


1310


$3,789,757


21,821


$4,351,244


$18,068,683


$29,591,958


Boston.


1050


14,527,880


19,093


6,948,839


20,254,277


37,681,808


Brooklyn.


1032


12,320,876


12,758


4,462,633


19,040,316


34,241,520


Buffalo


792


5,529,471


6,500


1,819,382


5,974,291


10,774,400


Chicago


469


5,571,025


5,593


1,992,257


8,026,670


13,555,671


Cincinnati


2084


18,983,693


30,268


8,693,830


25,887,363


46,995,062


Cleveland


387


2,676,963


4,455


1,333,118


4,029,015


6,973,737


Detroit


368


4,137,766


3,707


1,080,095


3,743,285


6,498,593


Jersey City.


279


3,345,690


3,310


1,171,857


3,479,927


6,760.241


Newark.


770


13,846,605


21,800


6,517,952


15,029,087


27,927.514


New Orleans.


1232


3,431,535


5,568


2,907,469


5,295,265


11,373,265


New York


4375


61,212,757


90,204


28,481.915


90,177,038


159,107,369


Philadelphia.


6298


73,318,885


137,983


27,369.254


69,562,206


135,979,677


Providence


894


17,961,985


23,769


6,651,040


13,655,956


29,211,478


Pittsburgh ..


1191


20,531,440


20,493


6,241,520


13,020,615


26,563,679


San Francisco


229


2,284,800


1,564


1,703,672


15,037,840


19,595,356


St. Louis


1126


12,733,948


11,737


4,372,087


16,212,699


27,000,070


Washington.


429


2,905,865


3,148


1,139,154


2,884,185


5,412,102


MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1870.


CITY.


Number of Establish- ments.


Capital.


Average Number of Hauds.


Wages.


Cost of Material.


Product.


Baltimore.


2,759


$26,049,040


23,944


. $10,352,078


$36,144,425


$59,219,933


Boston.


2,546


47,311,906


43,550


22,748,700


50,384,305


111,380,840


Brooklyn


1,043


25,287,981


18545


9.273,994


39,899,971


60,848,673


Buffalo


1,429


13,043,790


13,274


4,946,414


15,274,440


27,446,683


Chicago ..


1,440


39,372,276


31,105


13,045,286


60,362,188


92,518,742


Cincinnati


2,469


42,646,152


37,344


15,601,289


44,876,148


78.905,980


Cleveland


1,149


13,645,018


10,063


4,539,065


16,861,357


27,049,012


Detroit


1,193


14,732,160


13,989


5,375,213


15,336,359


26,217,685


Jersey City.


333


11,718,400


5,624


3,280,526


17,229,652


24,256,017


Louisville.


801


11,129,291


11,589


4,464,640


10,369,556


20,364,650


Milwaukee


828


8,109,199


8,433


3,409,172


11,609,995


18,798,122


Newark


1,198


22,606,662


22,156


11,537,270


29,255,062


52,108,958


New Orleans.


911


5,751,985 129,952,262


129,577


63,824,049


178,696,939


332,951,520


Philadelphia


8,184


174,016,674


137,496


58,780,130


180,325,713


322,004,517


Providence.


1,303


54,485,967


37,100


15,097,233


55,147,483


85,142,032


Pittsburgh


1,184


54,303,474


34,228


18,493,124


52,165,657


88,789,414


San Francisco


1,223


21,170,856


12,377


7,238,528


20,046,321


37,410,829


St. Louis.


4,579


60,357,001


40,856


24,221,717


87,388,252


158,761,013


Washington


952


5,021,925


4,685


2,007,600


4,754,883


9,292,173


MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1880.


CITY.


Number of Establish- ments.


Capital.


Average Number of Hands.


Wages.


Cost of Material.


Product.


Baltimore.


3,596


$35,760,108


55,201


$14,467,825


$46,488,244


$75,621,388


Boston ...


3,521


32,750,134


56,813


23,715,140


77,586,607


123,366,137


Brooklyn


5,089


56,621,399


45,226


21,672,051


124,951,203


169,757,590


Buffalo


5,137


24,188,562


16,838


6,913,702


25,888,263


40,003,265


Chicago.


3,479


64,177,335


77,601


33,795,486


174,244,364


244,045,007


Cincinnati


3,231


43,278,733


41,188


18,571,687


55,939,133


94,869,105


Cleveland


1,033


18,134,789


21,499


8,377,081


30,850,977


47,352,208


Detroit


875


14,202,159


15,162


5,811,426


17,143,490


28.333,580


Jersey City.


555


11,329,915


10,688


4,347,034


49,320,099


50,581,141


Louisville.


1,066 ·


19,583,013


16,579


5,496,521


19,180,212


82,381,733


Milwaukee


821


13,811,405


19.620


6,005,487


26,462,740


38,955,238


Newark


1,299


23,919,115


29,232


12,809,011


42,940,817


66,234,525


New Orleans


906


8,401,390


9,449


3,658,152


10,475,022


18,341,006


New York


11,162


164,917,856


217,977


93,378,806


275,097,236


448,209,2>8


Philadelphia


8,377


170,495,191


173,869


60,606,287


187,169,375


304.501,725


Providence ..


1,186


23,593,932


21,336


8,903,729


21,376,467


39,596,653


Pittsburgh.


1,071


50,976,902


36,465


16,918,426


41,201,998


76,241,884


San Francisco,


2,860


29,417,246


26,072


13,595,010


44,537,430


71,613,385


St. Louis


2.886


45,385,785


39,724


16,714,917


68,154,990


104,383,587


Washington


961


5,381,226


7,116


3,897,126


5,234,611


11,611,115


5,084


2,254,554


4,556,543


9,989,288


New York


7,624


TRADE, COMMERCE, AND MANUFACTURES.


CENSUS RETURNS OF ST. LOUIS PRODUCTIONS IN 1880.


MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.


Number of Establishments.


Capital.


Greatest Number of Hands Em-


ployed at any one time during


Males above 16 Years.


Females above 15 Years.


Children and Youths.


Total Amount Paid in Wages


Materials.


Products.


All industries


2886


$45,385,785


... ...


32,080


4702


2942


$16,714,917


$68,154,990


$104,383,587


Agricultural implements


7


$434,000


600


443


......


5


$190,179


$478.140


$856,430


Artificial feathers and flowers.


36,000


85


9


50


15


25,450


66,000


147,250


Awniug and tents.


9


127,200


259


47


165


54,850


249,185


388,940


Bagging, fax, hemp, and jute.


3


370,000


551


149


161


76


150.216


545,900


867,395


Bags, paper.


4


88,250


110


12


30


42


29,700


174,800


231,500


Baking- and yeast-powders.


8


111,700


100


48


26


10


39,714


182,900


323,500


Baskets, rattan, and willow-ware.


7


9,015


14


13


6,140


3,960


18,020


Bookbinding


10


132,500


278


148


56


7


80,700


105,600


257,087


Boots and shoes


184


679,630


1410


658


217


197


425,664


884,812


1,634,594


Boxes, cigar ...


6


57,550


97


51


22


11


34,100


47,700


105,600


Boxes, fancy and paper.


6


21,500


155


27


44


19


23,300


45,800


91,200


Boxes, wooden, packing.


11


40,600


98


80


2


33,601


75,430


140,400


Brass castings.


14


186,100


172


149


8


70,087


395,275


570,450


195


719,070


1215


614


57


68


312,913


1,672,843


2,575,350


45


727,250


1235


787


153


307,581


196,588


700,942


Brooms and brushes.


25


95,175


328


117


2


110


83,349


149,770


2×1.280


Carpentering.


185


361,840


2228


1098


8


667,900


1,585,094


3,005,411 5,100


Carriage and wagon materials ..


126,000


203


189


...


51


447,831


811,865


1,614,236


Cars, railroad, street, and repairs.


7


314,200


704


601


....


1191


1652


12


779,903


1,895,342


3,425,167


Clothing, women's


140,800


656


75


451


30


119,775


238,700


483,000


Coffee and spices, roasted and ground.


6


230,000


119


90


2


4


41,840


391,500


568,000


Confectionery.


307,560


569


207


185


21


159,649


774,790


1,158,185


78


493,295


1217


860


88


377,056


798,262


1,431,405


3


3,500


21


9


1


6,200


12,000


24,000


14


12,875


89


37


40


16,423


33,250


67,664


3


720


8


2


3


1,450


2,410


6,460


3


625,500


444


110


171


163


86,325


318,156


453,295


Cutlery and edge tools


4


4,000


21


9


5


3


1


4,184


6,700


33,400


15


696,000


317


216


57


28


123,940


665,365


1,166,743


5


16,450


26


17


6


1


6,950


2,650


23,900


Electroplating


8


17,600


41


29


1


2


12,725


9,420


43,200


Engraving and die-sinking.


7


9,675


20


14


1


7,165


10,750


30,000


Engraving, steel.


72,100


53


47


2


25,050


62,500


120,900


Engraving, wood.


12,200


25


22


2


11,350


1,370


21,070 34,300


Flouring- and grist-mill products.


2,067,500


712


654


1


2


488,109


11,960,553


13,759,628


Food preparations.


4


17,100


18


13


......


1


11,614


54,902


123,250


Furniture ..


920,702


1315


11


511,915


1,082,825


1,979,683


Glass.


5


280,000


...


19


16


...


......


9,450


7,100


27,600


Gloves and mittens.


13,000


83


29


35


4


18,000


19,000


46,000


5


34,350


64


21


4


13,220


41,575


73,800


6


43,250


21


20


....


7,375


19,350


40,700)


Hardware.


10


210,150


156


111


1


51,321


102,256


188,862


Hats and caps.


60,400 9,600


12


0 00 8


....


12,700


35,725


81,450


Iron and steel.


10


5,960,600


2268


2158


110


616,575


2,823,058


. 3,950,530


Iron bolts, nuts, wasliers, and rlvets.


4


235,000


178


123


14


60,498


301,937


43,560


Iron castings.


17


2,462,500


1876


1717


20


1,035,424


1,589,415


3,526,815


Iron railing, wronght ..


6


23,400


48


34


5


20,760


25,360


63,400


Jewelry


8


52,000


66


55


7


37,600


98,000


189,500


Labels and tags.


3


10,300


18


12


....


7,868


10,910


25,500


Lamps and reflectors.


7


205


139


10


74,139


376,540


519,300


Leather, tanned


17


123,450


120


3


7


39,191


299,926


399,963


Lightning-rods


4


64,500


49


33


6


17


51,265


83,344


214 989


Lock- and gun-smithing.


17


5,325


18


18


8,514


4,970


24,714


Looking-glass and picture frames.


19


323,900


280


1.29


1


22


80.251


102,×25


268,6×2


Lumber, planed.


9


272,350


418


335


2


22


152,609


502,742


756,036


Lumber, sawed. Machinery.


45


889,713


1730


1524


8


735,892


995,429


2,221,455


Marble- and stone-work.


56


237,825


725


473


18


237,207


245,707


707,721


Mattresses and spring-beds.


8


21,750


90


50


19


10


24,9334


75,436


135,300


Masonry, brick and stone ...


20


26,725


411


242


...


122,636


168,130


390,600


3


350


3


2


450


900


264,600


Carriages and wagons ..


39


740,050


1300


1012


8


291,384


732.460


1,100,809


Clothing, men's.


100 13


Coffins, burial-cases, and undertakers' goods.


5


30,500


33


4


12,530


109,200


157,396


Cooperage .


224,745


461


343


....


6


188,954


201,598


616,909


Boot and shoe uppers.


3


12,000


14


13


......


7,052


17,400


29,200


Bread, crackers, and other bakery products. Brick and tilo.


Carpets, rags ..


3


3


91,638


134,440


8,450


24,400


Dentistry, mechanical


9


6


38,900


46


35


.....


17,142


7.870


30,840


Fruits and vegetables, canned and preserved.


3


31,500


47


38


1044 395


... ...


220


261,098


238,996


597,277


Glass, ent, stained, and ornamental.


3


11,000


32


6


23


82


4


42,865


77,740


177.531


Ink


3


3,568


7,290


16,234


Instruments, professional and scientific.


4


54,660


Iron-work, architectural and ornamental.


4


34,000


84


44


17,850


31,860


67,610


Leather, curried.


3


54,000


17


16


7,250


14,491


39,202 63,200


Lithographilng


5


71,500


122


3


620,0:00


194


119


72,086


251,600


412,000


7


291,600 59,250


50


40


16,595


240,797


282,417


Lime ....


13,800


32,95


Grease and tallow.


9,150


66,220


107,300


Ilair-work


8


17,600


145


49


...


Files


24


4,800


11,375


54


6,900


Drugs and chemicals.


Dyeing and cleaning.


1,351,335


3612


31


Coppersmithing ..


Cordage and twine.


Corsets.


Cotton goods ...


9,596


......


8


68


3


GIne .....


10


3


1339


Average Number of Hands Employed.


during the Year.


the Year.


Blacksmithing.


168


...


...


....


1340


HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.


CENSUS RETURNS OF ST. LOUIS PRODUCTIONS IN 1880 .- Continued.


MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.


Number of Establishments.


Capital.


Greatest Number of Hands Em-


ployed at any one time during


Males above 16 Years.


Females above 15 Years.


Children and Youths.


Total Amount Paid in Wages


Materials.


Products.


Meat-packing.


32


$1,243,000


1095


564


......


20


$269,763


$7,085,909


$8,424,064


Mineral and soda waters


10


87,100


135


89


5


25


39,846


48,000


173,000


Models and patterns.


3


11,700


11


10


...


6,400


1,420


16,400


Musical instruments and materials, not specified


8


60,000


15


10


1


1


5,350


8,775


28,250


Musical instruments, organs and materials ...


3


10,600


14


9


6,000


5,200


16,600


Musical instruments, pianos and materials.


7


21,350


22


19


Oil, lard


3


96,000


29


25


Paints


13


1,688,350


608


522


10


4


250,532


2,196,480


2,570,860


Painting and paper-hanging ..


119


369,945


1416


863


15


18


393,932


549,654


1,255,552


Patent medicines and compounds.


24


1,383,200


326


198


13


134,696


482,235


1,145,090


Photographing.


25


86,050


95


59


18


6


43,130


48,950


170,094


Pickles, preserves, and sauces.


3


48,200


167


58


25


25


41,999


134,200


211,200


Plastering


48


55,650


277


144


239


.....


7


$126,099


214,958


494,683


Printing and publishing.


101


2,480,060


2541


1978


175


117


1,239,299


1,249,094


3,668,287


9


529,850


143


109


2


65,900


701,570


926,750


Refrigerators.


3


28,700


117


86


15


42,950


183,300


309,500


Roofing and roofing materials


5


58,700


102


75


48,000


81.900


177,800


Saddlery and harness


92


1,370,350


1477


1143


4


72


533,442


1,382,074


2,364.858


Sash, doors, and blinds.


12


586,195


804


661


......


43


275,321


669,871


1,191,670


Shirts


17


122,100


454


52


274


84,416


127,100


278,700


Show-cases ..


23,000


86


74


4


28,499


11,750


89,100


15


718,927


310


253


2


95,561


1,262,701


1,607,541


6


4,750


14


11


...


5,925


5,565


21,425


Stone and earthenware.


5


34,500


58


31


...


10


16,090


19,985


46,430


Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware.


418,325


706


508


18


62


227,546


553,208


1,095,959


Tobacco, chewing, smoking, and snuff.


1,146,200


1802


763


146


325


402,959


3,950,956


4,813,769


Tobacco, cigars.


201


272,925


825


576


6


72


265,967


312,725


888,993


14


105,500


168


156


8


73,125


205,775


340,560


Upholstering.


18


209,025


80


48


4


6


20,850


62,100


148,727


3


26,500


13


10


8,962


35,000


54,600


Vinegar


14


249,650


145


115


12


69,520


296,000


572,400


Watch and clock repairing


17


36,250


21


19


1


9,367


13,175


39,740


Wheelwrighting.


52


51,950


148


110


3


47,598


42,632


140,121


Whips ..


4


1,260


12


12


4,639


8,960


17,414


Wine ...


3


380,000


31


30


18,830


52,000


131,000


Wire-work


8


470,500


690


597


4


76


277,670


704,300


1,251,050


Wood, turned and carved.


18


28,725


51


42


......


2


19,183


20,045


84.207


Miscellaneous industries 1


80


5,458,388


3268


2324


326


233


1,145,190


8,756,728


11,729,196


1 The eighty establishments classed as " miscellaneous industries" are grouped in order that the business of individual establishments may not be disclosed to the public. In this group are embraced artificial limbs; Babbitt-metal and solder; bags, other than paper; belting and hose, leather; billlard-tables and materials; bluing; bone-, ivory-, and lamp-black; bridges; carriages and sleds, children's; cordials and syrups ; cork- cutting; explosives and fireworks; fertilizers; flavoring extracts; furniture; chairs; furs, dressed ; iron-forgings; ice, patent process; jewelry and Instrument cases; lard, refined; lead, bar, pipe, sheet, and shot; malt ; mantels, slate, marble, and marbleized; oil, animal; oil, castor; oil, cotton-seed: oil, lubricating ; paving materials; perfumery and cosmetics; photographic apparatus ; plated and Britannia ware; regalias aud society banners and emblems; safes, doors, and vaults, fire-proof; saws; silk and silk goods; silver-mithing; sporting goods; stamped-ware; stationery goods; steam-fittings and heating apparatus; stereotyping and electrotyping; sugar and molasses, refined; surgical appliances; tar and turpen- tine; telegraph and telephone apparatus; terra-cotta ware; toys and games; type-founding; upholstering materials; washing-machines and clothes-wringers; watch-cases; window-blinds and shades; wire; wooden-ware; woolen goods.


Information derived from the United States Census Bureau as late as December, 1882, gives the following as the proper figures in regard to the manufactures of St. Louis :


Number of establishments.


2,922


Capital employed.


$50,672,885


Number of males employed above sixteen years of age.


33,948


Number of females employed above fifteen years of age.


4,761


Number of children and youths employed. 3,079


Amount paid in wages.


$17,713,532


66 for materials 75,068,467


Value of products.


113,874,875


CHAPTER XXXI.


COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.


Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Ex- change .- The first movement for the formation of a merchants' association in St. Louis was made in the summer of 1836, and the original organization was ef- fected at a meeting of " merchants and traders," held at the office of the Missouri Insurance Company, on the 15th of July in that year. Edward Tracy was chairman, and Daniel Lamont acted as secretary. Preliminary meetings had already been held, and the record of the proceedings having been rcad, the com- mittee appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws


Umbrellas and canes ..


4


1,400


6


3


...


1,020


1,150


4,370


Varnish


61


115,775


368


83,753


48,191


215.100


Plumbing and gas-fitting ..


13,050


505,750


539,000


10,398


8,060


27,200


during the Year.


the Year.


Average Number of Hands Employed.


-


4


Soap and candles.


2


Stencils and brands


2


120 21


Pumps ... ...


...


......


1


Trunks and valises.


4


...


1341


COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.


reported through their chairman, George K. McGun- negle. After the report had been read and considered it was unanimously adopted. The meeting then pro- ceeded to the election of officers, and the following were chosen : President, Edward Tracy; Vice-Presi- dent, Henry Von Phul; Secretary and Treasurer, John Ford ; Annual Committee of Appeals, George K. McGunnegle, William Glasgow, John W. Reel, J. P. Doan, John Walsh, Daniel Lamont ; Commit- tee for the month of July, E. H. Beebe, Wayman Crow, C. Doan, G. Erskine, W. Finney.


The association was styled the " St. Louis Cham- ber of Commerce," and its rules, as adopted at the first meeting, provided for the following fees and com- missions :


"RULE 8. The fecs of arbitration under the sanetion of this Chamher shall be as follows :


For each award over $100 to $500 $7.50


500 to 1000 10.00


1000 to 1500. 15.00


1500 to 2500. 20.00


66


2500 25.00


" Tariff of charges, etc., established by the Chamber of Com- meree of the city of St. Louis, and recommended for general adoption when no agreement exists to the contrary :


Commissions. Per cent.


On sales of merchandise or produce. 5 On sales of lead,


2


On guarantee of sales on time .. 2%


For purchasing and shipping merchandise or produce, with funds on hand, on the aggregate cost and charges ..... .. For accepting drafts or indorsing notes or bills of ex- change, without funds, produce, or bills of lading in hand.


21


For cash advances, in all cases, even with produce or bills of lading (and interest from date).


For shipping to another market produco or merchandise upon which advances have been made.


For negotiating drafts or notes as drawer or indorser .. On sale or purchase of stocks ...


On sale or purchase of hoats, without guarantee.


For procuring freight, on the amount of freight.


For chartering boats.


For collecting freights or accounts.


For collecting delayed or litigated accounts.


For collecting dividends on stocks


21 For adjusting insurance losses.




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