The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 181

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345

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cash grocers of Brooklyn. Theirs is strictly a cash business, selling no goods on weekly or monthly payments. Having noticed the unfairness of making a customer who paid his bills pay an extra profit for those who did not, they deter- mined when they started in business to sell goods for cash only, to treat every customer alike, rich or poor, honest or dishonest; and this they have carried out to the letter for the past twelve years; and to this, more than anything else, they attribute their success. At the time they commenced, and for a number of years after, the great bulk of the retail grocery trade was done by a system of books or monthly accounts. It was also about that time that the evil effects of extravagance cultivated by the people during and succeeding the war (when money was plenty) began to be felt; money was getting scarcer, business quiet, manufacturers closing down, men who had been considered good failing in business, all of which worked ruin to the retailer who gave credit, having to increase his profits in order to make up for the many bad debts, and driving his trade to the house which, by selling for cash, could always afford to sell goods at a small profit. As a consequence the business done by each of the present firm of Johnston Brothers increased, whereas a great number of the larger and older firms dwindled out of business.

Appended are the names and addresses of various in- dividuals and firms in Brooklyn connected with the flour and feed, provision and general produce trade.

Flour and Feed:

E. E. Bunce 825 B'way & 1138 Myrtle av

R. S. Decker 521 Halsey st.

John Gilbertson 9 Lafayette ave.

Ditmas Jewell & Son. . Fulton, cor. B'way.

S. Hart Bergen, n. Carlton.

Edward Murphy. 329 2d st., E. D.

J. H. Mumby 100 Fulton st.

Bernard McCaffrey 19 Tillary st.

Wm. M. Shipman 123 Myrtle ave.

Tonges, Moller &

31 B'way.

Thomas Gallagher 362 N. 2d st.

Ditmas Jewell New Lots. .

Provision Dealers:

Chas. D. Burrows, Jr. 192 Leonard st.

Carl Sanford 466 Clermont ave.

J. Schueltheis 16 Graham.

W. H. Sayre 65 Hicks st.

Produce:

W. L. Watson 130 Lefferts Place.

Food Products:

The manufacture of cocoa was first begun in Brook- lyn, 1875, by (Beatson J.) Bell & Co., at 839 Putnam avenue, removing successively, as the demand necessi- tated larger accommodations (1879) to Marcy, then to 398 Gates avenue; finally to present large factory, 14 Durham Place, E. D .; office 109 Fulton street, N. Y. The peculiar feature of this preparation is the readiness with which it is prepared for use, being instantly dis- solved in boiling water. It is largely recommended by the medical profession, and has received the medal of superiority at the American Institute Fair for the past five years.

JOHN HARRISON,

WHOLE SALE

& RETAIL GROOER.

BRIGHTON .TEA WAREHOUSES

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JOHN HARRISON'S GROCERY.

JOHN HARRISON .- The subject of this sketch, an extensive wholesale and retail grocer of Fulton avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., was born at Belfast, Ireland, in the year 1841. His parents were Joseph and Margaret Harrison of that city. . At an early age he emigrated to this country, and in 1855 at the age of fourteen, he became a resident of the city of Brooklyn, where he attended the public schools, attaining a practical business education. His industrious habits, hon- esty and probity, paved the way for his entrance into a suc- cessful business, which he began in 1862. The business chosen by him was that of grocer, and a general dealer in all productions connected with that business. He has now been engaged in it for the period of 21 years, and ranks among the most successful and prominent business men of Brooklyn.

It needs but a few moments spent in inspecting his large establishment, with its well arranged and well stocked de- partments, to convince one of the nature and permanency of his success. .

In politics Mr. Harrison is a Democrat, firmly and con- scientiously adhering to the principles of the Democratic party; but he has never been a seeker for any kind of official position, preferring success in business to short-lived official success.

In the year 1873, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth A. Connoly; seven children have been born to this marriage. Mr. Harrison is still a comparatively young man, and it is easy to see that with his acknowledged capacity for business, and his facilities for conducting it, a very prosperous and prominent future is open to him.

Next to air, the most constant and imperative demand of the human animal is for food. Its supply costs more time and labor than all of the other bodily wants. The first and in many cases the greatest problem in a military campaign, is how to feed the army. A great city is in many respects like a great army in camp. Its greatest necessity is to be provisioned. What the quartermaster does for the army the grocer does for the city ; he obtains and distributes the ra- tions. The former is appointed, but the latter appoints him-

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A&S HAVILAND & CO.

A&S.HAVILAND & CO. WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN

BEST BRANDS OF FAMILY FLOUR & WHITE ROSE

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A. & S. HAVILAND & CO.'S STORES.

self, and his term of service and compensation are measured by the quality and efficiency of his work. The health of campand city depends largely upon the fitness and fairness of those men. It is of greater importance to have an honest and honorable grocer than druggist, for everybody buys gro- ceries-only the sick, the unfortunate and the ignorant buy drugs. Besides ability and integrity, the successful grocery- man must possess a peculiar fitness of tact and disposition, and a body and brain capable of enduring extra hard work through long, continuous hours, from early dawn to late bed- time. To the ranks of this trade, whose sales aggregate a larger sum than the sales of any other one or two legitimate honorable callings, many able men and much capital are attracted.

The firm of A. & S. HAVILAND & Co., Wholesale and Re- tail Grocers, corner Bridge and Prospect streets, is composed of three brothers, Abijah, Solomon and Benjamin Franklin. Solomon entered the firm in 1873, and when the New York store was opened he took charge of it, and has ever since re- "mained at its head. Benjamin Franklin became a partner in 1882, and has charge of the Bridge street store. Abijah wishes to acknowledge the valuable and indispensable co- operation of his brothers in bringing the business to its present prosperity. Their father, David Abijah Haviland, was a native of Westchester county, brought up on a farm till 21 years of age, when he came to New York city, en- gaged in carting for about 15 years, when he returned to his native county and settled down on the old farm, where he died in 1878. Abijah, the founder of the business we are "describing, was born in Lawrence street, New York city, January 15, 1845. After considerable experience in trade, he started for himself in the grocery business in Myrtle avenue in 1869. About six months later he took Louis A. White in partnership, and the firm of Haviland & White opened a branch store in Bridge street in 1871, and another in New York, corner of 1st avenue and 18th street, in 1875. This firm was dissolved in December, 1883, Mr. White retain- ing the Myrtle avenue store, and Mr. Haviland the New York and Bridge street stores. The building and lot shown

in the above engraving were purchased in 1880. The store is four stories high, each floor being in constant use to accom- modate the heavy supply of goods always in stock.

The Haviland Brothers have always made a specialty of the flour trade. They manufacture the " White Rose " pre- pared flour, which takes the lead of all other kinds they have ever sold. The sales of " Haviland's Baking Powder," manu- factured exclusively by this firm, demonstrate its superiority, when brought in competition with any and all other brands in market. Mr. Abijah Haviland owns the old family home- stead in Harrison, Westchester county, 2} miles from White Plains depot, and 4 miles from Rye and Portchester depots. With a natural love for fine horses, he has turned his atten- tion most successfully to this very attractive branch of stock raising. Already, over twenty splendid representatives of the standard Hambletonian blood, grace his fields and stables. The following are the names of some of the most famous. The oldest is Boss H., 7 years old, June 29, 1884; has a record in 6-year-old class of 2:31}, at the May meeting, 1883, Belmont Park. Philadelphia. He was timed May 4, 1884, on Fleetwood Track, making his mile in 2:272, last quarter in 36 seconds. Comment on such performances is unnecessary. Daisy Dell, bay mare, 15g hands high, 4 years old, June 25, 1884; she is elegant and stylish, pure gaited, has never been handled for speed, but can show a 2:50 gait-a most promising animal. Lady Venture, black filly, 3 years old, May 7, 1884; 15g hands high, powerfully built, with every indication of speed in due season. Governor, bay gelding, 4 years old, April 25, 1884; 15 hands 3} inches high, own brother to Lady Venture, a promising colt. Maud H., dark brown filly, 2 years old, April 6, 1884; own sister to Lady Venture, good size, and very flattering in appearance. Garfield, bay gelding, 3 years old, May 4, 1884; 15 hands 2} inches high, not broken, but has in- dications of fine promise. Dutchess Queen, light bay filly, 2 years old, June 2, 1884; has all the characteristic appearances of the noted Hambletonian blood. Volunteer Black wood, bay stallion, 3 years old, June 29, 1884; a little over 16 hands high, weighs 1,135 pounds, Hambletonian with thoroughbred crosses, unequaled in proportions ^ and movement. Paul Jones (foal), foaled March 19, 1884. Besides the nine horses included in this brief mention, Mr. Haviland has nine others of the same Hambletoniau blood, all well bred and possess- ing the fine points so much admired and valued by horsemen .. Here, among his horses on the old farm, and surrounded by the many familiar scenes and associations of childhood, he finds that rest and relaxation from business, which richly re- pays his many years of unwearied devotion and care. Mr. Haviland was married June 21, 1876, to Mary P. Nelson, of Brooklyn.

BUTCHERS AND MEAT AND FISH MERCHANTS.

Butchers have long been numerous in Brooklyn. The old market-house near Fulton Ferry was their rendezvous during the period of its existence. The following names of early butchers are given by DeVoe: Paulus Van der Beeck, 1645; Roelef Jansen, 1654; William Harck and Thomas Willet, 1656; James Harding, 1707; Evardus Brower, 1715; Israel and Timothy Horsfield, 1720; followed by the sons of the former; Samuel Hopson, 1735; John and Benjamin Carpenter, 1743; Whitehead Cornell, and his sons John, William, Whitehead, Jr., and Benjamin, and the brothers Suydam, 1755; Thomas Everitt, and his

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sons William, Thomas, Jr., and Richard and Mat- thias Gleaves, 1756; John Doughty, and his son, John, Jr., 1760; George Powers and Jonathan Post, 1774; John Garrison, and his sons, John F., Jacob, and Thomas and Gersham Ludlow, 1780; Burdet Stryker, and his sons, 1790; and later Abiel Titus, and his sons, David Seaman, Jacob Patchen, Ralph Patchen, Jesse Coope, Israel Reynolds, John Raynor, William Foster, Michael Trappel, and many others. On the south side of the street, a little up from the market-place, lived John Simonson, a well-known butcher. At the foot of Main street another market was established, having a close resemblance to the one above referred to as Titus' Market, from the fact that Abiel Titus kept a butcher's stand there. More than three-quarters of a century has wrought great changes in this as in other interests. The number of butchers now required to supply the trade of Brooklyn is very large, and their shops are to be found in nearly every block. But at this time butchers are not simply butchers, but dealers in fish and oysters, as well as in meat; some of them on a very extensive scale, and combining with these other kindred branches of trade. One of the oldest meat markets of Brooklyn at this time, is that of James Van Dine, 140 Elliot place, who is the successor to a business established in 1828 at the old James Street Market. Among the many butchers and dealers in meat, fish and oysters, in Brooklyn at this time, are the following:

P. W. Blattmacher .389 Flatbush ave.

Henry Cook. Flatbush.

E. R. Coker

635 Fulton st.

Crummey & Son 114 Fulton & 9 Henry st.

W. R. Coker 272 Flatbush ave.

John C. De Frain. 85 Atlantic ave.

A. Erzman Flatbush.

P. Fisher

. New Lots.

John Fallon . 672 Atlantic ave.

George F. Gildersleeve . 932 Fulton st.

John Hanley . 70 Atlantic ave.

John Hughes 329 Court st.

Edwin Kershaw 640 Fulton st.

J. A. Ketchum.

169 Lafayette ave.

C. W. Kirchner

51 Willoughby place.

John Liddall.

682 Bedford ave.

Anton Mergel

421 Hudson ave.

Moses May

Johnson ave., c. White.

M. Mullins

620 Myrtle ave.

Amos F. Oswald 131 Pacific st.

George Roth. .71 Montague st.

A. Stoothoff. Adelphi and Lafayette.

Theo. Schloerb 91 Orange st.

Henry S. Styles

1207 Fulton.

M. Schauback

182 De Kalb ave.

Samuel J. Styles 204 Reid ave.

Carl Symonds.

168 Fulton.

Samuel Valentine Gravesend.

J. Van Dyne .. Rear 141 N. Elliot st.

Thomas Wynne. 451 Court st. John W. Young 333 Myrtle ave.

H. Kern .. .

274 Columbia.

G. W. Morrison

633 Fulton.

Charles Lockitt 145 Clinton ave.

Pork Packer; established in Furman street, near Fulton Ferry, in 1843; the firm then being Joseph Lockitt, Sr., and John Lockitt, they were the first in the city to ex- port to the English market their different forms of English cut bacon and hams.

The following-named persons may be referred to as among those who make a specialty of fish:

Frederick Guttenberg ..... 1001 & 1003 Fulton st. Born in Woodhaven, N. Y., in 1851, and established himself as a dealer in fish and oysters in 1871.

John W. Campbell ........ 320 South Fifth st.

Established his business at 17 Fulton Market, N. Y., in 1872.

S. S. Clark 1075 Fulton st.

Geo. A. Chappell.

108 St. Mark's ave.

Julius Dixon.

957 B'way.

James Gildersleeve.

428 Gold st.

Charles A. Lester

346 Court st.

MILK.

Long Island is noted for the quantity and quality of the milk it produces, and from the first growth of Brooklyn that point has been a prominent market for it, though large quantities have long gone to New York. But other large quantities have been brought to Brooklyn from New York, which have been received from Long Island as well as from contiguous portions of New Jersey and New York. To give anything like a history of the milk traffic of Brooklyn would be impossible from the very nature of the trade. Promi- nent among the milk dealers of the city may be men- tioned the following:

C. H. C. & J. E. Beakes, ... 18] Atlantic avenue.

J. W. Gildersleeve.

235 Atlantic avenue.

R. F. Stevens

338 Adams street.

S. G. Smith

Market street.

F. B. Smith ..

Market street.

R. Vestaler

194 Bergen.

BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS.

(See also pp. 770, 771.)

In 1809 Isaac Osborn had a bakery in Brooklyn, the precise location of which is now unknown, but it was, doubtless, not far from the river. How long he con- tinued in the business does not appear. In 1824 and 1825, at least four bakeries existed in the town. They were those of Walter Nichols, 48 Fulton street, L. E. Brewster & Co., Main and Fulton streets, S. Healy, 116 Fulton street, and Oliver T. & Joseph Hewlett, 46 Fulton street. With the advancement in the popula- tion of Brooklyn, the number of bakeries increased.

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There are now many in the city, among which may be mentioned those of

H. C. Anderson 50 4th avenue.

C. E. Anderson 120 Lafayette avenue.

Henry Brant.

206 York street.

Rudolph C. Bacher

377 & 483 Manhattan ave.

Daniel Canty.

532 Grand street.

S. W. Day & Son. 167 Fulton street.

A. B. Herseman & Co . 292 Graham avenne.

545 Myrtle avenue.

E. J. Jennings

73 Atlantic avenue.

288 Columbia street.

245 Smith street.

J. T. Jennings, 181 & 393 Grand street.

James Kernan,

449 Fulton street.

F. B. Moore. 348 Bridge street.

Adam Rauch .51 Broadway.

C. A. Schilling 80 Ewen street.

In many establishments the departments of bakery and confectionery are combined, and besides these are numerous confectioners who confine their manufacture to candies and kindred goods alone. It will be obvi- ons that no complete history of this interest can be given. Among the numerous confectioners of the present time we may refer to

C. Mollenhagen . 197 Atlantic avenue.

George F. Riley 753 Fulton street and 282 Flatbush avenue.

W. H. Weeks, 78 4th st., Brooklyn, E. D.

Henry Wolfert is a confectioner at New Lots; and Frank C. Swan, of Brooklyn, is proprietor of a confec- tionery at 29 Cortlandt street, New York.

DRUGGISTS.

(See also pp. 751, 940.)

Among the first druggists in Brooklyn, in the early part of the century, was Dr. Osborn, whose " apothe- cary's shop " was bought in 1811 by Ithiel Smead, and continued for a number of years. Later followed Dr. J. W. Smith, Edgar W. Stevens, Sands and Jay, and along Fulton street; S. P. Leeds, at Hicks street; C. J. Blagrove, at Main; G. Skerrit, at Johnson; and Geo. F. Mountain, at Adams; 1825, J. V. E. Vanderhoef, 95 Fulton street. In 1848, Francis M. Bassett estab- lished himself at Court and Atlantic, succeeded in 1881 by Luther F. Stevens; the same year Thos. J. France, now of 614 Myrtle avenue, opened a drug store. In 1854, Geo. S. Phillips began business at 39 Fleet place. Later came J. G. Koehler, now on Grand street, and on Broadway; J. B. Winter, 138 Franklin; T'hos. M. Lahey, 146 Smith; 1857, Herman F. Francke, Herman A. Müller, 204 Columbia street; 1859, E. A. Sayre, 461 Myrtle avenue; 1865, C. W. Kitchen, 349 Fulton; J. R. Crawford, 736 Bedford avenue; E. Alt, New Lots; Andrews & Manney, 302 Flatbush avenue; Grenville M. Baker, 487 Manhattan avenue; Robert Black, 264 Bridge street; R. E. Burrows, 2d Place;

A. B. Chadwick, H. A. Dickinson, 84 Montague; W. A. Douglas, 423 Fulton; Heydenreich Bros., 169 Atlantic avenue; 1862, McDonald & Bro., 120 Myrtle avenue; A. T. Metcalfe, 298 5th street, E. D .; Louis E. Nicot, 67 Union (1871, member Board of Educa- cation, ex-Pres. and Sec. Kings County Board of Pharmacy); James Quee, 256 Fulton; 1861, Floyd W. Rogers, 167 Atlantic avenue; 1882, Robert Wendler, 404 Atlantic avenue; Wheeler & Bolton, 264 Fulton; J. C. Ubert, Division and Lee avenues.

Wm. J. De Forest 32 5th ave.

R. J. Dodge 58 Clark st.

Richard Lauer

365 Pacific st.

B. V. B. Livingston

231 Grand, E. D.

L. L. Lazell

69 Livingston

George S. Phillips

39 Fleet place.

Cyrus Pyle.

326 Fulton st.

Daniel C. Robbins.

91 Fulton st.

A. J. Rozezlawski .Gates, n. Classon ave.

The whole number of druggists doing business in Kings county is about 380, and the aggregate capital invested is $1,400,000.

SILVER-PLATING.

(See also p. 707.)

HENRY SCHADE was born in Germany, and came to New York in 1848, when he learned the trade of metal spinner, and went in the silver-plating business for himself in 1873. In 1883, he came to Brooklyn, purchased the land, and built

HENRY SCHADE.

PLATED WARE

HENRY SCHADE'S SILVER-PLATING FACTORY.

the silver-plating factory, Nos. 56 and 58 Ainslie street, shown by the above cut. He uses a steam-engine of 25 horse power, employs 25 hands, mostly skilled workmen, and produces $50,000 worth of goods annually. His business is prosperous and increasing. There is but one other establishment of the kind in Brooklyn.

FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY.

(See also pp. 729, 733.)

Among the many furniture dealers and upholsterers of Brooklyn, the following-named firms and individuals are conspicuous:

C. H. Baldwin. .46 4th st., E. D.

Brooklyn Furniture Co .. .559 Fulton st.

John A. Baldwin 46 4th st.

John C. Brown 300-302 Fulton st.

W. A. Davis

Sands, cor. Fulton.

Fingleton Bros

611 De Kalb ave,

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William N. Howe .148 4th st.

Albert Korber

355 Adams st.

James Loeder . 971 Fulton st.

Lang & Nau 262 Fulton st.

C. M. Medicus 18 & 20 Throop ave., and 45-49 De Kalb ave.

John F. Mason Myrtle ave. & Bridge st.

J. G. Reither & Sons

Fulton, cor. Navy st.

E. H. Storms

.704 Fulton st.

P. W. Schmitz.

264 Court st.

Jacob Schneider 134 Metropolitan ave.

George Wilson 42 Myrtle ave.

John Wood.

223 Fulton st.

Martin Worn & Sons 103 Humboldt st.

Carman Pearsall 337 Manhattan ave.

Arthur Lott 1107 Pacific st.

Dealer in furniture; began business in 1865. F. B. Jordan 155-157 Adelphi st.

Dealer in furniture, drapery and upholstery; has been in business since 1878, employs a capital of $8,000; pays a large sum annually as salaries to thirteen employees; his yearly sales averaging $38,000.

The following are well-known upholsterers: E. Estberg . 72 Hamburg ave.

Rohmann & Killemann .... 347 Adams st., & 90 Bow- ery, N. Y.

412 COWPERTH WAIT CO

COW PERTHWAIT, ESTABLISHED 8AT

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FURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING ETC.

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COWPERTHWAIT CO.'S FURNITURE WAREHOUSE.

COWPERTHWAIT COMPANY .- One of the landmarks of old New York, is the great furniture house of the Cowperth waits of Chatham street. The establishment of the Brooklyn firm of Cowperthwait Company bids fair to mark an epoch in the history of the sister city. At the beginning of the present century, John K. Cowperthwait, a sturdy scion of Pennsyl- vania Quaker stock, established the New York house, and controlled its destinies from 1807 to 1838. From that time until 1865, Samuel N. Cowperthwait, the son of the founder

of the concern, stood at the helm. Eighteen years ago the firm became M. B. Cowperthwait & Co., Montgomery B. taking an interest with his brother. In 1881, Montgomery B. Cowperthwait and Albert Ammerman, established the Brooklyn house. Quaker fidelity to the principles of fair dealing, have made the name of the Cowperthwaits famous the world over in connection with the furniture trade. This same business method, allied to a spirit of enterprise in ac- cord with our own age of progress and commercial exten- sion, has given the Brooklyn house of Cowperthwait Com- pany phenomenal success in the three years that it has been in existence, and given a reasonable guarantee of a highly prosperous future. Mr. Ammerman was Auditor of the city of Brooklyn for two years, having been extensively engaged previous to his election, in the lumber trade on Gowanus canal. It would be hard to find a better matched team of business men than the two principal members of this pros- perous establishment, about which so many traditions of success in the remote past cluster; Mr. M. B. Cowperthwait, with the prestige of his name and his specific knowledge of the details of the trade in which his family have been en- gaged for nearly a century; Mr. Ammerman with his wide commercial experience, aptitude for the management of a large concern, and tried executive abilities. The present house is located on the corner of Fulton street and Gallatin place, but a short time will doubtless see the present site ex- tended, and branches in different parts of the city, as Brook- lyn achieves the natural development we may expect for her as the next-door neighbor of the metropolis. Mr. M. B. Cowperthwait made a good business move in bringing the time-honored name of his house across the East river. (For biography and portrait of Mr. A., see List of Portraits.)

BABY CARRIAGES AND TOYS.

JESSE A. CRANDALL, manufacturer of baby carriages, children's rocking-horses, velocipedes, etc., etc., has been already alluded to on page 704 of this volume. We present, herewith, a view of his well-known estab-

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JESSE A. CRANDALL'S MANUFACTORY.

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lishment on the corner of Fulton and Pierrepont streets. His enterprising devotion to the interests of "baby- dom " and childhood, has well earned for him the cognomen of the "The Child's Benefactor."

CARPET DEALERS. (See also p. 813.)

One of the oldest carpet houses in the city is that of Hardenbergh & Co., which was founded in 1839, by Jonathan and Samuel Stewart. On the ruins of the great fire of 1837 they built the present store, 174 Fulton street, especially adapted for the business. L. V. D. Hardenbergh afterwards entered their em- ploy, and, on the death of Jonathan Stewart, in 1871, the firm was reorganized as Hardenbergh & Co., and, in 1878, Mr. Hardenbergh acquired entire control. The annual sales average $150,000, and employment is given to 20 men in and about the salesroom.

S. W. Woolsey opened a carpet store at 167 Grand street, in 1852, where he has since remained ; he em- ploys 10 men, and his annual sales average about $75,000.

Brainard G. Latimer, est. 1854, at Grand and Sixth streets ; afterwards removed to 196 and 198 Grand street, and (1884) to Broadway and Sixth street; annual sales, about $150,000; employs 20 men.

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The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 181

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co Number of Pages: 1345

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345