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The city, by this act, was divided into three wards, and the village officers became and held over as officers of the new city, as follows :
Albert E. McKeen, mayor; Thomas E. Warner (who had been village clerk since
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1886), city clerk; John Kaiser, William M. Gillie, Peter D. Hershey, William Nellis, William Ostwald, Frederick F. Wagenschuetz, Leonard Wiedman, and Martin Wurl, aldermen; Hector M. Stocum, treasurer; James F. Davison, superintendent of pub- lic works; Stillman C. Woodruff, superintendent of water works; Augustus F. Premus, city attorney. John Kaiser was elected the first president of the Common Council.
A special election was held June 8, 1897, for the purpose of electing supervisors, and resulted as follows; First ward, Charles H. Kohler ; second ward, Conrad J. Winter ; third ward, John H. Bollier.
The city is provided with well organized police, fire, and health de- partments, the mayor being president of the latter. The police depart- ment is under the control of three commissioners, appointed by the mayor, the first (1897) incumbents being Lewis E. Allen (president), George McBean, and John Mahar. The chief is John Ryan, who has under him one sergeant and six patrolmen.
The fire department was organized about twenty years ago, the first company being Columbia Hook & Ladder Co., which is still in exist- ence; there are seven other companies, viz .: Rescue Fire Co. (stationed in Martinsville), Alert Hose Co , Active Hose Co., Hydrant Hose Co., Live Hose Co., Gratwick Hose Co. (in Gratwick), and Sweeney Hose Co. The chief is Louis J Wattengel.
The water system originated with the Tonawanda City Water Works Company, which was incorporated in 1885 with a capital of $50,000. The works were located on Tonawanda Island, and water was obtained by the Holly system from the Niagara River. The company supplied both Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, but the former finally built a plant of its own. About 1894 the village of North Tonawanda pur- chased these works at a cost of $275,000, and the city now operates it through its Board of Public Works.
Public improvements, such as the laying of pavements and sewers, were commenced by the village about 1889, and up to the present time about $150,000 have been expended for the former and $161,000 for the latter.
The Standard Gas Company was incorporated August 21, 1888, with a capital of $25,000, for producing and piping natural gas, which is ob- tained at Getzville in Erie county. George P. Smith is president.
The Tonawanda Lighting and Power Company was incorporated
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February 23, 1897, with a capital of $150,000, and is the successor of the Tonawanda and Wheatfield Electric Light Company, which was organized in 1890 The company supplies both Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, and operates in all about 290 arc and 2,400 incandescent lamps. Frank M. Gordon is local manager.
The Tonawanda Street Railroad Company was incorporated in 1891 with a capital of $50,000. George P. Smith is president. Besides this the city is connected with Buffalo and Niagara Falls by electric lines, and with Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Lockport by the New York Cen- tral and Erie Railroads.
Much of the early history of North Tonawanda has been detailed in preceding pages of this chapter, and the reader has doubtless observed that no marked impetus was inaugurated until about 1875. The Swee- ney and Vandervoort families were the first resident owners of land in the old village limits. James Sweeney bought farm lots 81 and 82 June 14, 1824, and later conveyed a one-third interest to his brother, Col. John Sweeney, and one-third to George Goundry, an uncle of the latter's first wife. William Vandervoort, a brother-in-law of James Sweeney, bought farm lot 80 June 7, 1826. These three lots comprise three-fourths of the old corporate limits. As stated, development and settlement were slow until recent years, when an impetus was inaugu- rated that afforded an unprecedented growth and marked North Tona- wanda as one of the most enterprising cities in the State. One of the first to effectually promote the business and shipping interests of the place was Col. Lewis S. Payne, who settled in this town in 1841. In 1845 he engaged in the lumber business and in 1847 erected the first steam saw mill here. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the Rebellion, served as county clerk, assemblyman, and State senator, and was long one of the most enterprising of citizens.
Beginning within a few years after the completion of the Erie Canal and continuing to the present time, North Tonawanda has been one of the most important lumber markets of the great lakes. A great many energetic business men, both resident and non-resident, have been as- sociated in this business, whose names even cannot be mentioned here. The rafting of logs from Canada and other lake points was commenced during the war of the Rebellion by Hon. H. P. Smith, but the great
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lumber business properly dates from 1873. Since then it has grown to enormous proportions. The following tables have been prepared by the Tonawanda Herald:
LAKE RECEIPTS.
Lumber, feet.
Lath, pcs.
Shingles, pcs.
1873-104,909,000
1,258,000
1,112,000
1874-144,754,000
1,506,000
10,822,500
1875-155,384,805
6,559,200
13,088,500
1876-207,728,327
6,137,700
18,007,500
1877-221,897,007
5,126,000
23,249,400
1878-206,655,122
3,629,300
21,435,500
1879-250,699,043
5,606,400
30,022,000
1880-323,370,814
1,249,600
22,920,000
1881 -- 415,070,013
282,000
25,271,000
1882-433,241,000
418,000
38,312,000
1883 -- 398,871,853
6,031,850
55,217,000
1884-493,268,223
16,367,000
66,185,000
1885-498,631,400
7,652,000
52,004,000
1886-505,425,000
11,883,000
52,825,000
1887-501,237,850
4,076,000
53,435,000
1888-569,522,200
16,617,000
64,903,000
1889-676,017,200
11,506,000
68,712,000
1890 -- 718,650,900
13,039,600
52,232,300
1891 -- 505,512,000
8,209,800
52,561,000
1892 -- 498,005,000
6,243,245
42,809,300
1893-430,249,000
13,232,600
35,257,400
1894-406,538,000
8,495,450
31,478, 700
1895-421,382,500
8,547,000
41,310,650
1896-469,249,500
7,195,350
35,823,200
CANAL SHIPMENTS.
Year.
Feet, Lumber.
1873
89,273,285
1874
115,752,111
1875
120,650,742
1876
165,545,742
1877
188,400,335
1878
173,085.467
1879
206,442,542
1880
291,000,000
1881
328,886,395
. 326,800,681 1882
1883
324,528,266
1884
384,455,535
1885
355,230,391
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Year.
Feet, Lumber.
1886
348,932,815
1887
341,925,473
1888
820,149,423
1889
350,220,300 1890
393,599,620 1891
293,211,898 1892
286,329,300
1893
216,116,532
1894
202,110,900
1895
155,886,000
1896
185,550,352
The following is the official schedule of canal and railroad shipments for 1896 :
CANAL SHIPMENTS.
Lumber, feet
185,580,352
Timber, cubic feet
364,600
Wheat, bushels
25;714
Corn, bushels
500
Oats, bushels
5,000
Apples, barrels
252,292
Domestic spirits, gallons
1,208
Pig iron, pounds
49,068,826
All other mdse, pounds.
4,312,500
Stone, Lime and Clay, pounds
45,538,000
Total clearances issued, 2,062
RAILROAD SHIPMENTS.
1896.
Tons.
N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co
205,000
N. Y. L. E. & W. R. R. Co
270,187
Lehigh Valley R. R. Co
55,000
Following are the condensed reports of the custom house at this port for 1896:
MERCHANDISE RECEIVED, 1806.
Lumber, feet
304,021,500
Shingles, pieces
35,123,200
Lath,
7,195,350
Posts 155,687
R. R. Ties
43,166
Telegraph Poles
2,294
Cross Arms
133,000
Staves, pieces
530,000
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Cord Wood, cds
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Iron Ore, tons
134,428
Pig Iron
9,097
Stone
4,770
Coastwise vessels entered
820
cleared
809
Foreign vessels entered
51
cleared
33
Total vessels entered
871
cleared
842
Tonnage, Domestic, entered
325,184
cleared
318,503
Foreign, entered
14,135
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9,156
Among the leading lumber firms of North Tonawanda are the follow- ing : Smith, Fassett & Co., Huron Lumber Co., Calkins & Co., Rum- bold & Alliger, Kelsey & Gillespie, James B. Huff, F. A. Myrick, A. K. & W. E. Silverthorne, Rumbold & Bellinger, Dodge & Bliss Co., Oille & McKeen, Robinson Brothers & Co. Ltd., Robertson & Doebler, John Godkin, Thompson Hubman & Fisher, J. & T. Charlton, Merriman & Merriman, Export Lumber Co., Willoughby & Hathaway, W. H. Cooper & Co., Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes, Harrison W. Tyler, Wis- consin Lumber Co., A Weston & Co., W. H. Sawyer Lumber Co., David G. Cooper, Fassett & Bellinger, Frost, Rider & Frost, Monroe & McLean, Cornelius Collins, George H. Damon.
Among former lumber concerns were J. S. Bliss & Co., formed in 1886, whose mill, which was burned recently, was built as a grist mill by John and James Sweeney in 1853; The Tonawanda Lum- ber and Saw Mill Company, incorporated in June, 1891, with a capital of $300,000, which succeeded the Tonawanda Lumber Company, whose predecessor was the New York Lumber and Wood Working Company, which was incorporated by George P. Smith and others in 1885; the Hollister Brothers Company, Ltd., organized in January, 1889, with a capital of $450,000, which on September 1, 1890, was in- creased to $600,000; the L. A. Kelsey Lumber Company, organized in 1886, which established the first hardwood lumber trade in North Tona- wanda; W. E. Marsh & Co., organized about 1888 ; W. H. Kessler & Son, formed in 1887 ; Plumsteel, Gillespie & Himes, organized in 1890.
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A. M. Dodge & Co. began business here in 1883, erected a planing mill in 1885, and were succeeded by the Dodge & Bliss Co.
The firm of McGraw & Co., consisting of John McGraw, T. H. Mc- Graw, C. B. Curtis and Ira D. Bennett, was for many years heavy deal- ers in lumber, their yards and docks covering more than six acres of land, with a main dock 400 feet long and two slips of 600 feet each.
W. H. Gratwick & Co., about two miles below the city, established an immense lumber interest several years ago. Others connected with this company were Robert S. Fryer, in Albany, under the style of Gratwick, Fryer & Co., and Edward Smith, in Michigan, under the firm name of Smith, Gratwick & Co. These companies owned more than 30,000 acres of Michigan pine lands, where their mills were capable of turning out 28,000,000 feet annually. Their docks had a frontage on the river of 2,000 feet, with every facility for handling and shipping lumber economically. William H. Gratwick came here and established a lumber business in 1870. In 1880 the Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lumber Company was incorporated, P. W. Ledoux built a sash, door and blind factory about 1876 and Mr. Gratwick erected a planing mill in 1879
J. & T. Charlton's wood working mill was built by Charles Williams. John Charlton came here in 1862 and was soon followed by Thomas.
Grand Island was purchased for the white oak timber in 1833 by the East Boston Company for $16,000. A large mill with gang saws was built and Stephen White, the manager of the company, purchased Ton - awanda Island for his home and erected the mansion there. The com- pany did an extensive business until 1837-38. Later William Wilke- son, of Buffalo, became the owner of the island, and from him Smith, Fassett & Co., who had been in the lumber trade since 1872, purchased it in 1882. The island comprises 85 acres, and is one of the largest lumber centers in the world.
The W. H. Sawyer Lumber Company was organized in January, 1887. Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes succeeded to the plant of Hall & Buell in June, 1890, and have a dockage of about 1,300 feet on Tona- wanda Island. Robertson & Doebler began business here in 1888 and erected a large planing mill in 1889.
These and many other lumber concerns have brought the city of
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North Tonawanda into the front rank of lumber centers of the world during the past quarter century, and it is safe to say that no place in the country has had a more wonderful and sudden development in this re- spect. With unexcelled harbor facilities, upon which the government has expended thousands of dollars in improvements, and with the great lakes as a feeder and the Erie Canal and numerous railroad lines as out- lets, the city has recently forged ahead with an unusual bound, and enjoys extraordinary prospects for the future. Much of the recent prosperity of the place is due to the efforts of the North Tonawanda Business Men's Association, which was organized in May, 1888, and of which Edward Evans is president. While the great lumber business has brought capital and fame to the place, other interests have equally shared in promoting its growth and prosperity, and to the most impor- tant of these the reader's attention is now directed.
The Niagara River Iron Company was organized in 1872 with a capital of $400,000. The company purchased real estate at North Tona- wanda to the extent of 165 acres, and in 1873 completed the plant and began operations. The blast furnace was built to turn out fifty tons of pig iron daily, and all of the structures necessary for the business are models of strength and architectural harmony. Early officers of the company were Pascal P. Pratt, president ; Josiah Jewett, vice-president ; S. S. Jewett, H. H. Glenny, George B. Hays, F. I .. Danforth and B. F. Felton, trustees. This company was finally succeeded by the Tona- wanda Iron and Steel Company, which tore down the old stack and erected a modern furnace at a cost of $250,000, and which subsequently doubled the capacity of its plant. William A. Rogers is president of the company.
The Armitage- Herschell Company had its inception in a small brass and iron foundry established by James Armitage and Allan and George C. Herschell about 1872. Their shop was burned in 1874, rebuilt, and again burned in 1875. Afterward the present site was secured on Oli- ver street, and the manufacture of engines, boilers, and machinery was conducted on a large scale. In 1887 they added the manufacture of steam riding galleries, or "merry- go-rounds," which has become a leading industry of the Lumber City and the largest of the kind in the country. James Armitage is president; Allan Herschell, vice- president ; and George C. Herschell, treasurer.
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The flouring mill of McDonald & Ebersole was started by C. C. Grove and L. D. Ebersole in 1883. The capacity is over 200 barrels per day.
Franklin Getz established his present feed mill in North Tona- wanda in 1883, coming here from Getzville, Erie county.
The carriage and wagon works of McIntyre & Miller were started in 1876. The Tonawanda grain elevator, of which Louis Fick is pro- prietor, was erected in 1882 by L. G Fuller. The Niagara brewery was started by George Zent in 1867, and early in 1883 passed into the possession of the Niagara River Brewing Company, who in June, 1892, were succeeded by the Bush Brewing Company.
The first permanent banking business was founded by Edward Evans on June 1, 1872. He was succeeded May 1, 1877, by the firm of Evans, Schwinger & Co., with James H. De Graff, president; Edward Evans, vice-president ; William McLaren, cashier. This concern was followed by the State Bank, which was organized May 1, 1883, with a paid up capital of $100,000, and with James A. De Graff, president ; Edward Evans, vice president; Benjamin L. Rand, cashier. The pres- ent capital, undivided profits, and surplus is about $165,000, and the officers are J. H. De Graff, president ; C. Schwinger, vice-president ; Benjamin L. Rand, cashier.
The Lumber Exchange Bank was organized May I, 1886, with a capital of $100,000; Edward Evans, president ; Joshua S. Bliss, vice- president ; James H. Rand, cashier. In 1889 the capital was doubled, and in 1890 Mr. Evans was succeeded as president by James S. Thomp- son, The bank discontinued business in April, 1897.
George F. Rand started a private banking business in 1890.
James H. Rand established his present private bank in 1894.
Frederick Robertson & Co. began a private banking business in 1897.
The various journalistic enterprises have been so intimately identified with both Tonawanda and North Tonawanda that it seems advisable to mention them briefly here. The first in the field was the Tonawanda Commercial, which was started by S. Hoyt on May 2, 1850, and lived a little more than a year. In September, 1853, S. S. Packard began the publication of the Niagara River Pilot, which was sold by him in 1855 to S. O. Hayward, who started the Niagara Frontier in Novem-
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ber, 1857, and, after an absence, the Enterprise, which was continued till about 1891.
The Tonawanda Herald was started July 19, 1875, by Jay Densmore, who a year or two later was succeeded by Warren & O'Regan. On October 14, 1877, Thomas M. Chapman bought out John O'Regan and in 1880 George Warren sold his interest to Thomas E. Warner ; since then the firm has been Chapman & Warner. During six months in 1890 a daily edition was published ; otherwise the paper has been suc- cessfully continued as an able, influential Democratic weekly.
Thomas M. Chapman, of the firm of Chapman & Warner, editors and publishers of the Tonawanda Herald, of North Tonawanda, is the son of Thomas and Margaret Chapman, and was born in Queenston, Canada, November 17, 1844. His father was a native of Hull, England. Mr. Chapman moved with his parents to St. Catharines, Ontario, where he received an academic education under Rev. T. D. Phillips. When six- teen he was apprenticed to the printer's trade, which he learned thor- oughly. In 1877 he came to North Tonawanda, and on October 14 of that year purchased the interest of John O'Regan in the Tonawanda Herald, thus becoming a partner with George Warren in the publica- of that paper. In 1880 Mr. Warren sold his interest to Thomas E. Warner, and since then the firm has been Chapman & Warner. Mr. Chapman is one of the oldest and ablest editors in Niagara county, and during a successful journalistic career has always stood in the front rank of his profession. He is a terse, ready writer, a good judge of litera- ture, and an enterprising, public spirited citizen. In politics he has always been a prominent Democrat. He was deputy collector of cus- toms four years and clerk of the village of North Tonawanda three years, and is a member of Niagara River Lodge, No. 527, I. O. O. F., and other social and fraternal organizations. January 27, 1870, he married Cecelia J., daughter of the late James Stephenson, of Canan- daigua, N. Y., and they have two children, James Alfred and Alice M.
Thomas E. Warner, of the firm of Chapman & Warner, publishers of the Tonawanda Herald, and the first clerk of the city of North Tona- wanda, is the son of Hon. Ulysses Warner and Eliza Ann Jones, his wife, and was born in Orleans, Ontario county, N. Y., March 23, 1844. His father was member of assembly in 1858 and 1859, served as justice
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of the peace for many years, and was a prominent and influential citi- zen. Mr. Warner was educated in the common schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to the printer's trade in the office of the Geneva Gazette, where he remained three years. Afterward he spent some time as a journeyman, principally in Detroit, Chicago and New York, and while in the latter city was one of four or five compositors who put into type the first dispatch that came over the second Atlantic cable. He was also warden of the Jersey City (N. J.) Charity Hospital for four years. In 1880 he came to North Tona- wanda and purchased George Warren's interest in the Tonawanda Herald, with which he has since been connected under the firm name of Chapman & Warner. He is an able writer, a man of energy and ability, and one of the most public spirited of citizens. He served as village clerk of North Tonawanda from 1886 until it became a city, when he became the first city clerk, which office he now holds. He is a past master of Tonawanda Lodge, No. 247, F. and A. M., and the present high priest of Tonawanda Chapter, No. 278, R. A. M.
The Daily News, of North Tonawanda, was commenced about 1880 by George S. Hobbie, who had been employed in the office of the Index, which was started in 1875 by J. A. L. Fisher. The News was originally a diminutive two-column sheet. George W. Tong became a partner in 1884, and soon changed it to a weekly, taking the name of the Standard, which was leased to J. W. Works in 1886. In 1887 Mr. Works resumed the publication of the Daily News, having as a partner his brother Arthur. Other owners following them were Hepworth & Lane, George P. Smith, and M. J. Dillon, who sold it on December 4, 1894, to Harlan W. and Walter S. Brush; the News Publishing Com- pany was incorporated in May, 1895, with a capital of $12,000, and with H. W. Brush, president, and W. S. Brush, secretary and treasurer. A weekly edition was added April 1, 1897.
Harlan W. Brush, president of the News Publishing Company of North Tonawanda, is a son of James A. and Amelia A. (McCall) Brush , and was born in Nelson, Portage county, O., May 27, 1865. He soon moved with his parents to Alliance, Ohio, where he attended the public schools and Mount Union College, which he left at the age of fifteen on account of his father's death. He spent one year in the office of the Alliance
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Weekly Standard learning the printer's trade, which he finished with F. W. Lordan, a job printer of that place. In December, 1884, he pur- chased Mr. Lordan's establishment, and in 1887 also bought the Stand - ard, and combined the two plants. In 1888 he added the Alliance Weekly Review and consolidated the two papers under the names of the Daily Review and Weekly Standard, forming a stock company, of which he was the manager and has since been the principal stock- holder. In 1894 he came to North Tonawanda, and with his brother, Walter S., purchased the Daily News. In May, 1895, the News Publishing Company was incorporated with a capital of $12,000, and Mr. Brush has since been its president. Mr. Brush has always been active in poli- tics, as a Republican, and was president of the first Mckinley club ever organized (1887)-this was in McKinley's own county (Stark) in Ohio. As a journalist he is progressive and enterprising, and has been emin- ently successful in this profession. He has made the News one of the liveliest and best dailies in the county.
Walter S. Brush, secretary and treasurer of the News Publishing Company, of North Tonawanda, is a younger son of James A. and Amelia A. (McCall) Brush, and was born in Alliance, Ohio, September 25, 1868. He was educated in the Alliance public schools and Mount Union College, was for two years a clerk for the Solid Steel Company of his native city, and then took a course of short hand in Oswego, N. Y. He became chief clerk in the train master's office of the West Shore Railroad in Syracuse and later bookkeeper and manager of the Minne- apolis branch of the Hall Safe and Lock Company. In 1894 he came to North Tonawanda, and with his brother, Harlan W., purchased the Daily News, of which he has since been the secretary and treasurer. Mr. Brush is an efficient business manager, as the prosperous condition of the News shows.
The North Tonawanda Cemetery Association was incorporated in 1868 with Hiram Newell (president), Benjamin J. Felton, Garwood L. Judd, Selden G. Johnson, Franklin Warren, and John Simpson, trustees.
The first bridge over Tonawanda Creek in the village was erected chiefly for military purposes soon after 1800. It was a temporary structure and soon went to ruin. Passage of the stream was then made by ferry until 1824, when a toll bridge was built under a legislative char-
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ter, which gave it an existence of twenty-one years. Prior to the ex- piration of the charter the shares were bought by the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad Company, which rebuilt the bridge to accom- modate its tracks. When the charter expired the bridge became a county and town charge. The third structure was built by Niagara and Erie counties and stood until 1875 when the present one was erected. In 1891 another iron bridge was built across the Tonawanda Creek to connect Delaware and Main streets, and still another was erected over Ellicott Creek on Delaware street.
Within recent years a number of land enterprises have been inaugu- ated in North Tonawanda, giving the city an impetus commensurate with its business growth and development. The Ironton addition was replatted and placed on the market in 1890; the North Tonawanda Land Company was incorporated in June, 1891, with a capital of $100,000. One of the moving spirits in each of these incorporations was George P. Smith.
At this point mention should be made of a number of business men and residents of North Tonawanda, past and present, who have been instrumental in developing the resources of the city and imparting to it that degree of prosperity which has brought it into prominence through- out the country. Among these are :
John Schulmeister, Lehon & Warren, A. & E. M. Krauss, L. G. Stanley, Dr. C. C. Smith, Nice & Hinkey, William J. Kage, M. F. and G. F. Myers, (who succeeded G. L. Faulkner in the coal business in 1890), John O. Ball, John T. and William Bush, W. W. Thayer (afterward governor of Oregon), B. H. Long, Hon. Garwood L. Judd, Lewis T. Payne, Frederick Sommer, Dr. R. G. Wright, Dr. W. L. Allen, Dr. W. V. R. Blighton, Levant R. Vandervoort, George P. Smith, A. F. Premus, James S. Thompson, J. H. De Graff, James Sweeney, jr., Frank Batt, Benjamin F. Felton, William Tompkins, Albert Dornfeld (postmaster), George O. Miller, Henry Ho- meyer, C. F. Goerss, Thomas H. Tulley, John T. Hepworth, Edward C. Praker, August M Wendt, James H. Rand, Albert E. McKeen, Fred F. Wagenschuetz & Co., Mundie & McCoy, Charles Hagen, William Allen, Edward Evans, Hon. Henry E. Warner, John E. Oelkers, John P. Christgau, Batt, Kopp & Co. (manufacturers of church and school furniture), John H. Bollier, L. G. Fuller, Gillie, Godard & Co. (manufacturers of steam riding galleries), August H. Miller, C. F. Oelkers, Christian Schulmeister.
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