USA > Ohio > Franklin County > Columbus > Columbus, Ohio: its history, resources, and progress : with numerous illustrations > Part 45
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45
Mr. Hayden has been a manufacturer and dealer here, prin- cipally in iron-ware, since 1834. His earliest establishment on the Scioto river, near the penitentiary, now known as the Co- lumbus Iron Works, Rolling Mill and Wire Mill, has done, as it is still doing, an extensive business in almost every variety of iron and steel manufacture from railroad iron to fine wire cloth.
SEWER PIPE .- This branch of manufacture is carried on by the Columbus Sewer Pipe Company. They give employment to forty hands. Their monthly pay-roll is $2,000.
STARCH .- This branch of manufacture is carried on, on a large scale, by Julius J. Woods & Co .; established in 1843. The ca- pacity of their factory is to work up five hundred bushels of corn per day, employing a capital of $100,000 and forty hands.
SAW MNAUFACTURING .- This branch of manufacture is car- ried on here by Mr. James Ohlen, on a very extensive scale, employing fifty hands. The products for 1872 amounted to $125,000.
TRUNKS, VALISES, ETC .- This branch of manufacturing is car- ried on extensively by two firms. Their large experience has given them a familiarity with the wants of the trade. The sales
576
TRADE.
of the two firms for 1872 amounted to $105,000, employing a capital of $26,000, and fifty-six persons.
VINEGAR MANUFACTORIES .- There are two vinegar manufac- tories in Columbus, one of which is on a pretty large scale, and has an extensive trade. The capital employed by the two estab- lishments is $8,000, and the value of the real estate occupied by them is $12,000. They employ four hands, and the average value of the stock on hand is $6,500. The amount of their sales in 1872 was $49,000.
CHAPTER XXI.
TRADE.
THE COLUMBUS WHOLESALE TRADE .- The growth of the whole- sale trade of Columbus has been rapid, like that of her manu- factures, and has become the theme of general comment both East and West. Though other large cities entered, with fierce des- peration, the lists with Columbus, for possession of the trade of Central Ohio, the capital city has finally achieved a complete triumph, and is to-day mistress of the situation, without a rival. This is due in great measure to the enterprise of her merchants, seldom equaled in the mercantile history of any part of the country. This enterprise has been fortunately aided by the great increase of railroad facilities, by the investment of home capital previously lying dormant, and of capital from abroad, giving employment to artisans, mechanics, and laborers, thus rapidly increasing our business and population, and laying the foundation for a still greater and unlimited increase.
Within the last two or three years our city has entered upon a new career. The season of youth and indecision with her has passed away, and, knowing her strength and resources, she is disposed to avail herself of their benefits. We have now business houses with enormous stocks of goods, employing a multitude of salesmen, clerks, and travelers, and working with a talent and energy that only not assure, but bring success. We send, not only through the central portions of our own state, but into the very center of Indiana, dry goods, groceries, etc .- selling, in fact, our goods under the very noses of some of our more populous and more pretentious neighboring cities.
The day when retail merchants in Ohio and Indiana deemed it out of the question to buy goods advantageously outside of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, or Cincinnati, is beginning to pass away. Experience is proving to that class of dealers that
577
TRADE.
they can do better nearer home than by going East, or even to Cincinnati, for their stocks of goods. They are becoming aware of the fact that Columbus jobbers offer their goods at lower figures than can be had in New York or in Cincinnati. In regard to the latter, it is known that while the capital of her several firms is not larger than that of our Columbus firms, the expenses of her firms are much heavier than those of ours in the items of rent, cost of living, etc. Such items must, of course, be included in the calculation of the prices at which goods can be afforded to the retailer. Thus, it happens that on every pack- age of goods the retail merchant buys in Cincinnati, he pays `more or less percentage toward an expense which the Columbus jobber does not charge, because it is not incurred by him. This is a self-evident proposition. If the firm pays a higher rent for a store-room, residences, etc., so must the salesman and clerk pay higher rents for dwelling houses, etc., and have higher salaries, and these and other increased costs of living must be charged upon the goods and paid by the purchaser.
So far as regards retail merchants in Central Ohio, the matter of freights should be taken into the account. These are notori- ously heavy on goods transported from the East, and can easily be avoided by dealing in Columbus. But suppose the retailer goes to Cincinnati. Then, in proportion to the distance that city is west of him, will be the distance he will have to travel, going and returning, and for the like distance east will he be obliged to pay freight on the transportation of his goods. The greater part of this expense of travel and freight can be saved by purchasing in Columbus, while goods can be afforded here at a much less margin of profit than at Cincinnati, even while our wholesale dealers are making more money.
Our wholesale houses keep on hand as complete stocks, and as great a variety of goods from which to make selections, as can be found in Cincinnati, or in any eastern city. Goods can be found here in such assortments and in such quantities, that any retail store can be supplied with a full stock, no matter how large the business intended to be done.
THE AUCTION AND COMMISSION BUSINESS .- We have three auction and commission houses, having a cash capital of $23,000, and giving employment to eleven men. Their sales of mer- chandise and real estate in 1872 amounted to $298,000.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY .- There are seven dealers in this line of trade in this city, who have employed an aggregate capital of $110,000 and twenty-five hands. Their sales for 1872 amounted to $280,000
BILLIARD ROOMS .- There are in the city five of these estab-
578
ADVERTISEMENTS.
MILLER, GREEN & JOYCE,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods
AND NOTIONS.
97 and 99 North High Street,
Columbus,
N. Y. OFFICE, 87 & 89 LEONARD ST.
PROGRESSION.
To the Merchants of Ohio and Indiana:
We have just completed extensive additions and improvements to our business building, and now have one of the largest and most commodious Jobbing Houses in the West. We occupy four floors, 40 by 190 feet, and have ample room for every department. We are now displaying the most attractive stock of
Dry Goods
Ever offered in a Western House, and at prices that defy competition. In addition to a full line of Staple Domestic Goods always on hand, we have largely increased our stock in the following departments :
DRESS GOODS,
CLOTHS,
LACES, LINENS, RIBBONS,
CASSIMERES,
HOSIERY,
WHITE GOODS,
GLOVES & NOTIONS.
We have facilities for obtaining and selling goods cheap equal to the best houses in New York, and boldly declare that to-day, in the Capital City, within a few hours' ride of every retail store in the State, we are displaying a stock equaled by few, and excelled by no other house in the United States. We cordially invite every merchant to a close inspection of the advantages we offer, feeling confident that it will be to their interest to give us an early call.
Miller, Green & Joyce.
579
TRADE.
lishments, having a capital of $25,000, and employing thirteen men. Their business in 1872 amounted to $38,000.
BARBERS .- There are in the city thirty-seven different barber shops, employing a cash capital of $14,800, and ninety-two barbers. Their business for 1872 amounted to about $52,000.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE .- There are four crockery and glassware houses in the city, having an invested capital of $63,000, and employing sixteen persons. The value of their average stock on hand is $74,000, and their sales in 1872 amounted to $197,000.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS .- There are in the city four com- mission houses, occupying real estate valued at $70,000, and having invested in the business a cash capital of $130,000. They afford employment to twenty-nine different persons. Their stocks, of course, fluctuate according to demand and sup- ply. Their business transactions in 1872 reached in the aggre- gate about $670,000.
DRY GOODS .- We have two wholesale dry goods houses, with an invested cash capital of $500,000, occupying real estate worth $120,000, having an average stock on hand of $450,000, and em- ploying forty-two persons. Their aggregate sales in 1872 amounted to $1,455,000.
Our retail dry goods stores number fourteen, having an in- vested cash capital of $341,000, occupying real estate valued at $213,000, carrying an average stock of $556,000, and giving em- ployment to 139 persons. Aggregate amount of sales in the retail trade in 1872, $1,554,000. Thus, the aggregate of our transactions in dry goods for 1872 was over $3,000,000.
DRUGS .- The jobbing trade in this branch of business in Columbus is confined to two houses, who sell at both wholesale and retail. There are, besides these, sixteen retail drug stores. The cash capital invested in the eighteen establishments, is $94,500, and the number of persons employed by them is forty- one. Their sales in 1872 reached $257,320.
DYERS .- There are three establishments in this line of trade in the city, who use a capital of $4,000, and give employment to eight hands. Their business for 1872 amounted to $10,000.
FLOUR AND FEED STORES .- There are sixteen of these, so located in different parts of the city as to be a great public ac- commodation. These stores have invested in the business a cash capital of $10,400; they employ thirty-four persons, and made sales in 1872 amounting to $98,000.
GROCERIES .- There are five exclusively wholesale grocery
580
TRADE.
houses, who employ a cash capital of $295,000, and thirty men ; they occupy real estate valued at $92,000, and keep on hand an average stock worth $202,000. Their sales in 1872 amounted to $1,491,000.
In the wholesale and retail grocery trade, we have fifteen houses, employing seventy-six men, and a cash capital of $151,000, occupying real estate valued at $215,000, and carrying an average stock of $207,000. Sales in 1872, $985,000.
Our retail grocery establishments number 249, employing 391 hands, and a cash capital of $177,400, occupying real estate worth $305,000, and carrying an average stock worth $248,000. Sales in 1872, $852,070.
Summing up results, we find a grocery business done in this city in 1872, equal to the amount of $3,328,070.
THE HARDWARE TRADE .- We have in Columbus six establish- ments doing, in the aggregate, an extensive business wholesale and retail.
Our six hardware dealers have invested a cash capital of $211,000, employing forty-seven men, occupying real estate valued at $125,000, and carrying an average amount of stock worth $258,000. Their sales for 1872 aggregated $757,500.
THE HAT, CAP, AND FUR TRADE .- The number of dealers in . this line is seven, who employ twenty-two hands and a cash capital of $53,000. They occupy real estate valued at $67,000, and the average value of their stock on hand is estimated at $69,000. Their sales in 1872 amounted to $172,000.
HOTELS .- The following statistics show the condition of our present hotels, taken in the aggregate :
The number of hotels is twenty-two. The amount of capital employed in them is $177,000. They have 854 rooms, and em- ploy 265 hands. Their rates are from $1 to $3 per day. The value of real estate occupied is $453,000, and the amount of business done in 1872 was $295,560.20.
THE ICE TRADE .- We have three dealers in ice, who give con- stant work to thirty hands, and employ a capital of $25,000. The value of the ice business done in 1872, was estimated at $45,000.
LOAN OFFICES .- There are three of these in the city. Their invested cash capital is $5,000, and their annual business trans- actions cover the amount of $23,000.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS .- This trade has six establishments in the city, which do, in the aggregate, an extensive business. They employ a cash capital of $47,000, and seventeen persons, and carry an average stock of $61,000. Their combined sales in 1872 amounted to $262,000.
581
TRADE.
LIVERY STABLES .- The number of livery stables in the city is eighteen, whose employed cash capital is $56,000, and the ag- gregate of whose business, in 1872, was about $66,000.
MILLINERY .- There are seventeen millinery establishments in this city, who have employed an aggregate capital amounting to $65,000, and give employment to sixty-eight persons; their sales for 1872 amounted to $170,000.
NOTIONS .- We have two large notion houses, having a cash capital invested of $67,000, and an average stock of $100,000 on hand, while giving employment to twenty-three persons. Their sales for 1872 amounted to $200,000.
PIANOS AND ORGANS .- There are in the city at present in this line three dealers and one manufacturer of organs. These four establishments have a cash capital invested of $57,000; they give employment to twenty-seven persons, and their business transactions amounted, in 1872, to $310,000.
SEWING MACHINES .- The extent of the business done here may be inferred from the fact that it requires for its prosecution an invested capital of $153,500 ; gives employment to one hun- dred and four persons ; and in 1872 its transactions in the way of trade reached an aggregate of $730,000.
SALOONS AND RESTAURANTS .- In these establishments Colum- bus is not a whit behind any of her sister cities. She has an ample number of them, no less than one hundred and twenty- seven. These establishments in our city have a cash capital employed of $47,000, and keep actively engaged two hundred and nineteen persons. The business done by them in 1872 amounted to $228,000.
SADDLES, HARNESS, AND HORSE-COLLARS .- In the manufac- ture and dealing in these articles, there are in the city eleven different establishments, which have an aggregate cash capital invested of $15,800 ; they afford employment to thirty-two men, and made sales in 1872, amounting in the aggregate to $35,000.
UNDERTAKING .- There are establishments in this branch of business in Columbus that will compare favorably with any others in the country. The number of these establishments in the city is seven, employing a capital of $29,000. The amount of the business done by them in 1872 is estimated at $65,000.
JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS, ETC .- The number of dealers in this line is thirteen, who employ a cash capital of $57,000, and occupy real estate to the value of $53,000. They employ twenty- one hands, and have on hand an average stock of $72,000. The business done in 1872 amounted to $129,000.
582
TRADE.
WINES AND LIQUORS .- We have three houses, doing an exten- sive wholesale business exclusively in this line, and eight houses in the same business in connection with the grocery trade. The capital employed in the wholesale wine and liquor trade is $29,000, and the number of hands engaged is sixteen. The value of the real estate occupied is $48,000, and the amount of stock invested in the business is $39,500. The value of the business done in 1872 is estimated at $110,000.
583
ADVERTISEMENTS.
St. Mary's of the Springs.
Three Miles from: Columbus, Ohio.
This establishment, recently erected and incorporated by the State Legis- lature, is under the superintendence of the Dominican Sisters.
This new and spacious building is situated about three miles east of the city. A more beautiful site for a Literary Institution could not have been selected. The grounds being elevated and extensive, afford ample room for recreation and healthful exercise.
The buildings are large and commodious, and are well arranged for an extensive boarding school, having all the modern improvements for heat and ventilation.
The Academy will be open for the reception of pupils at any time during the year ; but it is much to their advantage to enter at the commencement of the session. The location is easy of access from all parts of the country, by good roads ; and the Central Ohio Railroad will have a station within a quarter of a mile of the Institution.
The Academy is well provided with competent and experienced Teachers, who will spare no pains to render the Institution worthy of extensive pat- ronage, and whose constant efforts will be to form the hearts of youth to virtue ; to imbue their minds with useful knowledge, so as to fit them for the various duties of after-life ; and train them to early habits of order and economy.
The discipline of the school is firm, but uniform and parental. Constant attention will be given to the neatness, health, and comfort of the pupils. The managers of the Institution are Catholic; but no undue influence will be used to change the creed or religious principles of the pupils. Reg- ularity and good order, however, require that all the pupils assist at the public exercises on Sunday.
The course of instruction embraces all the requirements of a thorough education, fitting the pupil for the highest social circle, or for the office of Teacher; but it may be modified to suit the wishes of parents, or the cir- cumstances of the scholar. For this purpose, the course of studies is di- vided into four departments-each department having a distinct class of studies assigned to it.
The Academic year consists of two sessions of five months each. The first commences on the first Monday of September, and the second on the first Monday of February. On the last Thursday of June, after a thorough examination of the classes, crowns and premiums will be awarded to those who excel, and to such as are most exemplary in conduct and diligence. Diplomas will be awarded to Graduates.
In order to guard against improper correspondence, all communications by letter will be subject to inspection.
There will be an annual vacation from the last Thursday in June to the first Monday in September.
The Academy is now under the auspices of the Rt. Rev. Bishop of Co- lumbus, Very Rev. Provincial of the Order of St. Dominic, Very Rev. S. A Clarkson, O. P., and the Rev. Clergymen of the Diocese of Columbus.
584
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COURSE OF STUDY.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, Orthography, Reading, Music.
SECOND JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.
Christian Doctrine, Orthography, Reading, Grammar, Arithmetic, Ger- man, French, Music and Sketching, Penmanship.
FIRST JUNIOR DEPARTMENT.
Christian Doctrine, Orthography, Reading, Modern Geography, Gram- mar, Aids to Composition, U. S. History, Arithmetic, German, French, Penmanship, Music, Drawing.
SECOND SENIOR DEPARTMENT.
Christian Doctrine, Grammar, Rhetoric, Sacred and Profane History, Astronomy and Globe, Mythology, Arithmetic, Algebra, French, German, Penmanship, Music, Drawing.
FIRST SENIOR DEPARTMENT.
Christian Doctrine, Grammar, Rhetoric, Course of History, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy and Globe, Algebra, Geometry, French, German, Music, Drawing and Painting, Use of Philosophical, Chemical, and Astronomical Apparatus.
GRADUATES.
Christian Doctrine, Rhetoric and Criticism, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Book-keeping, French, German, Latin, Music, Drawing, and Painting, Use of Philosophical, Chemical, and Astronomical Apparatus, Use of a choice Library.
For Board and Tuition, per session, $70, $75, $80, $90, according to the department of the pupil.
EXTRA CHARGES.
Latin, $5; Music on Piano, $15; Guitar, $5; Harp, $30; Vocal Music, $5; Use of Piano, $2; Sketching, $5; Painting in Water Colors, $8; Oil Painting, $20; Washing, $5; Bed and Bedding, $5; Books and Stationery, $5; board per month during vacation, ifspent at the Academy (including washing), $12; embroidery and all kinds of needle-work taught free of charge; materials furnished by the pupil.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
THE GREAT
NATIONAL PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ROUTE
And the Only Road
FAMIL RUNNING DIRECT
To the
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Officers and Agents at all Prominent Points.
The especial inducements by this Line for Transportation of Freights of all descriptions are-
QUICK TIME! CAREFUL HANDLING! Prompt and Liberal Adjustment of Claims !
PASSENGERS
By this Line for Eastern Cities have the opportunity of visiting WASH- INGTON CITY FREE, and passing through the Cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia on the route, at the same rate of fare churged by other Lines.
THOS. R. SHARP, Ass't Master of Transportation, Baltimore, Md. W. C. QUINCY, Gen'l Superintendent Ohio Divisions, Columbus, O. N. GUILFORD, General Freight Agent, Baltimore, Md.
L. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent, Baltimore, Md.
SIDNEY B. JONES, General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati, O.
ANTHRACITE AND
WHOLESALE AND P.HAYDEN RETAIL DEALER MINER OF HOCKING COAL BLACKSMITH COALS.
Office : Post-office Arcade.
9552
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.