PEN ILLUSTRATIONS OF NEW or; ANS, d 88 i- 82 . Trade, Commerce and Manufactures. MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES, BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH Sketches of the Principal Business Houses and Manufacturing Concerns IN THE ti CRESCENT CITY.” Historical and Descriptive Review. By Jno. E. Land. f Author of the Industries of Wheeling, W. Va.; Industries of Evansville, Ind.; Industries of Terre Haute, Ind; Industries of Indianapolis, Ind.; Industries of Peoria, Ills.; Industrie.s of Bloomington, Ills.; Industries of The Tri-Cities; Industries of Quincy, Ills.; Industries of Dubuque, Iowa', Etc. New Orleans: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 1882. ^ A - A LIBRARY OF THE 4r iiitjitt 0 - GENERAL INDEX. Aycock. Mlchell & Co., Dealers in Live Stock.-. Allen Thomas H. & Co., Cotton Factors... Adams J. W., Agent Weston’s Mills, Pearl Eiver. Miss. iFtna Steam Pressed Fire Clay Furnace and Pottery Works. Angell R , Druggist, etc . .... Academy of Music, DaAud Bidwell, Proprietor. Adams E. H. & Bro., Dry Goods, Notions, etc.-. Auvray J. E.. “‘Mississippi” and “Iron” Warehouses. American, Foreign and European Express. American District Telegraph Company. Adams John I. & Co , Wholesale Grocers. Agency Keep’s Shirts, etc., V. C. Merwin, Manager. Atlas Steam Cordage Company.... American Sewing Machine Company... Angaud E., Boots and Shoes... Astredo John, Hotel and Restaurant... Aitkens J. S. & Son, Hardware, Tools, etc.. Andrien Bros , Boots and Shoes ... Abita Springs. W. G. Coyle, Agent. Allen B., Saw Repairer and Furnisher... Alexander S., Dry Goods. Arny L. C , Bottler of Lager Beer, etc. Ayers, Richard & Co., Wholesale Grocers. Boericke & Tafel, Homoeopathic Medicines and Books. Bonquois L., Manufacturer of Hand Sewed Boots and Shoes. Baldwin A. & Co., Importers and Dealers in Hardware... Bonnabel H., Manufacturer of Bi-Sulphite of Lime. Blessing S. T., Dealer in Photograph Albums, etc . Boyd Samuel L., Wholesale Dry Goods, etc. Bradley, Kurtz & Co., Bag Manufacturers and Importers. Bartholomew & Co., Dealers in Fish. Billard H., Bookseller and Stationer.-... Busch & Hagstette. Manufacturers of Safes, Vault Doors, etc. Baliman Melle M., French Millinery... Bakeler & Ugland, Ship Chandlers and Grocers. Bayou Teche, Steamboat Co. Boston Warehouse No. 2.. J. D. Conway, Proprietor... Bidwell David, Personal Sketch.. Beck Gustave, Wholesale and Retail Grocer... Brandin J. & A., Slaters, etc. Britton & Mayson, Cotton Factors. Braselman J. A , Dry Goods, Carpets, etc. Baker, E., Seedsman and Florist. Biri V., Willow-ware, etc. Betat Mrs. A., Manufacturess of Flags, Regalia, etc. Bassetti & Xiques, Importers of Whines, etc. Buddig H., Lumber Commission Merchant.... Bozant George, Manufacturing Jeweler.. Billet Adolph. Groceries, Wines, Liquors, etc. Beck T. A., General Cooperage. Brown J. E., Merchant Tailor. Booth Edward, Wholesale Hats, Caps, etc. Berkson Bros., Wholesale Grocers. Brunet J. P., Shoe Manufactirrer. Buddecke, C. B. & Co., Commission Merchants. Bush & Levert, Cotton Factors, etc.. Cromwell Steamship Line. Chapsky A., Merchant Tailor... Colomb. Raimondy & Co., General Insurance Agents..7.’.’.’.’."... Cusachs P. L., Chemist and Druggist. Clarke, John H., Photographer. Coats George & Son, Southern Safe and Scales Works.—. Crescent City Seitz and Mineral Water Manufactory. Coyle W, G. & Co , Coal Dealers. Crescent Insurance Companv... Conger & Kelley, Cotton, Sugar and Rice Factors, etc.... Chatte Robert R., Wholesale Grocer... Cage Duncan S.. Jr., General Commission Merchant.. Crescent City Cigar Store, Louis Tiemann, Proprietor. Camors J. B. & Co., Commission Merchants. Cole^nan H. Dudley & Bro. Manufacturers of Machinery, etc...*.’.* Choppiu A. L., Proprietor Cotton Gin and Press. Charles Thomas H , Fashionable Hatter.. Claudel E., Optician and Manufacturer of Sugar Thermometers Conery E. & Son, Wholesale Grocers. Claverie Hotel, Mrs. T. G. Noel, Proprietress...7. Crescent Jute Manufacturing Company.... Cochran & Mims, Engineers and Machinists, et'c!!’.. Clark James G., Commission Merchant, etc. Carroll M., Furniture.. ... 105 ... 107 ... 108 ... 116 ... 117 ... 119 ... 122 ... 126 ... 128 ... 128 ... 133 ... 139 ... 162 ... 163 ... 164 ... 166 ... 180 ... 183 ... 184 ... 186 ... 191 ... 203 .... 66 .. 70 .... 71 .... 76 ... 84 .... 85 .... 86 .... 87 .... 87 .... 96 .... 98 .... 98 .... 99 105 .... 117 ... 121 .... 125 .... 129 . .. 143 .... 145 .... 146 .... 149 .... 158 .... 161 ... 165 .... 175 .... 178 .... 180 .... 182 .... 188 .... 191 ..... 127 . 204 . 67 . 70 . 72 . 75 . 79 ..... 85 . 87 . 90 . 91 . 100 . 102 . 104 . 105 . 113 . 114 . 129 . 132 . 136 . 147 .. 158 . 159 . 161 . 162 . 186 750311 11 GKNERALINDEX. Chaffe & Powell, Cotton Factors, etc. Ca||kle F. C. & Co., Commission Merchants Crescent City Ice Company. Cockburn P. J., Cotton Factor , etc.. 187 190 109 201 207 •••••««•••••••*♦«• 1 • ••••••« ••••••••••«••) I>erby C. S. & Bro., Agency of D. Appleton & Co., New York.. Demoruelle & Cusachs, Dealers in Lime, Plaster, etc. Duncan & Kennard. Agents for T. S. Atwater & Co . Doussan Auguste, Manufacturer and Jobber of Perfumery, etc Davison Geo. W. & Co., Commission Merchants... Daniel W. B. & Co., Commission Merchants, etc.... Denegre & Villere, Dealers in Coal.. Duffy L Trunks, Valises, etc. Damiens Importer of fancy Goods,. . Danziger’s Theo. Sons, Dry Goods, Notions, etc Dunn M. F. & Bro., Stationers, etc.. Dillard & Cassard, Commission Merchants for Live Stock....« D’Amico. Sidoti & Lewis, Commission Merchants, etc.. Del Bondio E. F., Commission Merchant.... Dolbear Commercial College.... Dunbar’s G W. Sons, Distillers of Liquors, etc. Dastillon Wm., Feed Store.. DeBlanc James. Boots and Shoes .,.... David Joseph, Wholesale Groceries... Dubois Edmond, Wines and Brandies..... Del Bondio. Weber & Staudinger, Commission Merchants, etc Douglas John Engraver, etc..... D'lLac Stephen, MUUng Agency..... Delta Warehouse... D smaries P., Leather, etc...... DeVerges H. &Co., Hardware.... ••••••••• ••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••• ••••.•••••••• , 74 78 83 94 108 120 122 141 143 145 167 169 106 160 170 170 177 179 185 188 189 192 198 201 206 200 Edwards James D., Manufacturer of Sugar Apparatus... 73 Eike George, Dealer in Wood, Sand, Shinies, etc... 77 Eager, Ellerman & Co., Contractors and Wharf Builders—... 96 Eagle Oderless Apparatus, Hussmann & Co.proprietors... 100 Ebert William, Ornamental Iron and Wire Work .-... 110 Elkin & Co., Dealers in Carpets, etc... 133 Echard Photograph Gallery, Ecnard & Anderson, Proprietors . .. 138 Escobal M., Manufacturer of Smoking Tobacco, etc... 147 Ensminger A., Crescent Steam Trunk Manufactory..... 151 Flash, Preston & Co., Wholesale Grocers... Factors' ana Traders’ Insurance Co. Foy Flor^hlle, Marble Works . Frankenbush & Borland, Cotton Factors, etc.. Feahney^Charles, Dealer in Groceries, Wines and Liquors Folsom Bros., Manufacturers Agents, Guns, Pistols, etc... Flautt R. M., Commission Merchant for Live Stock. Finney John C^, Grain and Hay Depot. Fred’s House, Wm. Troegel, Proprietor.. Finlay G. B- & Co., Wholesale Druggists. Frantz & Opitz, Diamond Setters and Jewelers .. Font Sons, Ship Chandlers, etc.. Finlay Alex. K., Druggist. Felt A. M.pigars, Tobacco, etc. Frotsoher Richard, Dealer in Seeds. Frederickson F., Druggist And Importer. Fasnacht Robert, Wines, Liquors, etc.. Flynn Hi^, Furniture and Mirrors. Forstall Octav^ Lime, Cement, etc ... Frank John & Co., Leather etc.. Fritz & Helmann, Druggists... 71 71 78 79 80 87 89 89 106 111 113 119 127 139 163 164 167 179 191 196 203 Oardner & Copp, Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.. 67 Gibert P. G., Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant..—. 77 Gardes & Wisdom, Future Brokers, etc.. 77 Goilard Madame, Millinery and Dressmaking.... 80 Geiger A., Agent for Attakapas Cottonade, etc.. 84 Gerber Charles, Dealer in Hats, Caps, etc .. 107 Gelpi Paul & Bro., Commission Merchants, etc..... 109 ■ Gogarty P. F., Bookseller and Stationer..... 121 Gautier J. L. & Co., Cotton Futures.—... 123 Graveley F. P. Machinery. Saw Mills, etc. . 137 Guedry F. E , i^ent “Allan Line”.... 137 Gerson Ben. & Son, Cotton Factors, etc. .. ... 144 Goudchaux & Silbernagel, Wholesale Grooero, -etc... 147 Gaspard John P., Manufacturer of Cigars.... 164 Giefers F., Saddles and Harness.... 150 Grunewald Louis, Piano, Organ and Music'House........ 170 Gimble Louis, Hats, Caps, etc...—*. 177 Griswold A. B. & Co., Jewelers..... 185 Gex L. M.. Roofti^ Slate, etc....'... 187 Goldthwaite W. F., Antiquarian Bookseller... 200 Howard, Flower & Co., General Produce Commission Merchants. 82 Hausmann Mrs. T., Silver and Plated Ware Manufactory.. 86 Hogan Wm.. Agent, Manufacturer and Dealer in Boots and Shoes... 91 Ilallen & Co., General Commission Merchants, etc...... 98 Holmes John, General Steamboat, Ship and City Blacksmithlng. 101 Harden F. R.. Millinery and Fancy Goods. 104 Hinrichs J. H., Manufacturer of Show Cases... 108 GENERAL INDEX. U1 Hogan E. M. & Co.. Cotton Factors. «tc.-..... Hobson John & Son, Lumber Merchants.....^........ Holmes John St Co., Warehouses.......... Hartwell C. C., Plumbing, Gas Materials, .....-. i^i Hodgson W. I., Auctioneer, etc .......... ^ ^ ^ Hibernia Insurance Company.. ..—......- Heskamp H., Tailor.....—..-.-.-... i Holloway Chas., Wholesale Hardware Hackett Michael,Retail Grocer... . .-...-. i^o Hirsch Phillip, Manufacturer of Cooperate. . ... TTvninn T.iphtPTiqtPin A: flo.. Gotton FaCtOrS. CtC... .-. Z 179 ... 198 .. 199 Hardie John T. & Co., Cotton Factors.... ...... . . 199 Irby W. R. & Bro., Wholesale Tobacconists.-.—... 74 Hyman, Lichtenstein & Co., Cotton Factors, etc. Harrison & Bettison. Commission Merchants, etc..... Hudgins M. L. & Co., Wholesale Tobacco Merchants. ••••••••••••••••♦•••••• Hyatt A. W., Stationer, etc Hill Alexander, Americ^an SlaUs, etc.. V •••«••••••••• ' ••••«••• ••••••••••• ••«••••••••••••••••••••••» •••••••••«•«•••••*•••#• • ••••••»•••••«•••••■••••••••••••• Ivens Edmund M. & Son, Manufacturers of Steam Engines, etc. Isaacson Alf. H., Wholesale and Retail Grocer...- Isaac Herrmann, Wholesale Tobacconist...-. • Jane J., Confectionery, Pastry. Ice Creanu etc.......-... G5 Jun< 4 ua J. B., Commission Merchant and Importer.... 7y Johnson Lewis, Manufacturer of Engines, etc.. .-.. 123 Jurey & Gillis. Cotton Factors, etc... 129 Jackson & Kilpatrick, Importers and Dealers in Salt.. 142 Jackson & Manson, Importers jand Dealers in Salt. 151 Jamison’s S. Son, Lime.....-. 198 “Itlevorn,” the Tailor...-... 70 King Thomas F., Bricklayer, etc..... 102 King Thomas, Commission Merchant, etc........ 105 Knapp J. Rollo, Dentist.......1. 125 Kiirten Wm., Jewelry, Fancy Goods, etc.—. 128 & Xs^^cSy Dry Goods^ .••••••••• x #0 Kern H., Dry Goods .... 190 Kirkpatrick & Co., Cotton Factors, etc..... 205 Liouisiaiia Oil Company..... 66 Latour Victor, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant. 69 Louisiana Cistern Manufactory, J. Hussey, Proprietor.-.. 79 Lilienthal E., Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, etc.. 83 Leefe & Fink, Dealers in Carpets, Mattings, etc. 90 Lagan & Mackison, Hardware and Ship Chandlery .. 110 Lehde E. O., Dealer in Teas, Coffees, etc....... 115 Lafargue & Brierre, Dealers In Books, etc.. 120 Lehde A. B.. Boots and Shoes.... 132 Louisiana Mirror Manufacturing Company...-. 134 Lyle D. M. & Co., Cotton Factors, etc..-. 134 Leber Phillip, Merchant Tailor.. . 137 Lafayette Fire Insurance Company,. ... 139 Lafitte, John B., Insurance Agent... 141 Lee, Frank A. & Co., Bankers and Brokers... 144 Ij 0 pde, Eld ward Cl., at ch maker and J e weler •.... ..m........ m...... ........................ m............................... i ^16 Loenard, George. Livery, Boarding and Sale Stables.... 146 Lalitte, Jas. A., Cotton Broker.. 152 Lacassagne, Laurent, Commission Merchant, etc... 155 Levy, Mme. M., Milliner..-. 161 Levy, M., Dealer in Dry Goods, etc.-. 161 Lehman, M.. Dry Goods, Notions, etc... 163 Lilienthal, Theo., Photographer.. 165 Levois’, J. Heirs, Dry Goods, etc..... 165 ' Lochte & Cordes, Wines and Liquors..... 167 Luce, Geo, D,,Mftr. of Star Brand Moss..... 167 Louisiana Rice Mills ...... 171 Leland, E. E., French Millinery...... J73 Lawrence, C. H. & Co., Com. and Fish Merchants • •••••••••••••••••••••• «•••••••• •••••••••••••••••■••••••■•••«••••••••••.•«••••••••••■•••• 178 Leeds Foundry and Machine Shops........ 184 Loeb & Gumbel, Wholesale Notions... 189 Lemle, George & Son, Copper, Tin. etc. >•• •••••• ••••••••••••••■••••••••«••••••«•••••••■•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••«••••••••••••••••• 195 Larose, J. O.. Building Materials, etc... ••••••••• *••••••••••••••••••«•••«• ••••••••' •••••••••••• ••*•••••••••••• •••••• 198 Lee, J. W„ Slater... I •••••• ••••••••«■ »••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• 200 Lathrop, G. T. Books, etc.. • ••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• •••••• •••••• ••••«••••••• »•••• — ♦ ••••••••• •••••• •••••••«••••••••• •••• •< . 201 Lhote & Co., Lumber, etc.... • ••••••*•••*•••••■•••••••••••••• ■••••■•••••••••••••••••••••••« »•••••«•• •• ••« ... 208 Louisiana Silver and Plated Ware Manufactory.............. 146 69 70 82 90 95 99 101 103 106 113 116 120 121 123 123 125 ••••••••••••••«••••••• Marqueze. E. & Co., Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes Miller, A. K. & Co., Steamship and Ship Agents Moriarty, D. & Co., Wholesale Grocers... Meyer, Julius, Paper Warehouse. Muller, J. C., Millinery, Fancy Goods, etc. Morris European Express ... Mullan, H. J., Wholesale Hardware. McCloskey & Henderson, Commission Merchants... Marks Henry, Clothiers’ Agent. McDermott, A., Mftr Artitical Limbs, etc. McKendrick. Thos , Gas and Steam Fitting.. McCracken « Brewster, Dealers in Furniture. Montreuil, H., Importer of t'ancy Goods, etc. Mariposa Rice Mills, Stewart & Rickert, Proprietors Muir, Duckworth & Co., Cotton Buyers.. Martin, A., Pelican Saw and Planing Mill. •••«•••••• •••••••••••«•••••••••••••••••«.•••••»••••••••#• ••• ••••♦« •••••• •••••••••••••• !••••••••••••••• •••••« ••••••••••••••• t >••••••• IV GENERAL INDEX. Mitchell. E. B., Cistern Tanks, etc... Maher, James E., Copper and Sheet Iron Worker, etc Morris, J. C., Dealer in Wood and Willow-ware, etc... Moody, N. H., Gent’s Furnishing Goods, etc. Mechanics’ and Traders’ Insurance Company. Magee, G. H., Hides, Wool, Furs, etc.,... Machecaj^J. P., & Co., Commission Merchants. Morin & Faurie, Brokers. McGraw, Morris, Wooden and Willow-ware, etc. Mercier’s, D. Son^ Clothing, Hats, Caps, etc.. Micolo & Lacaze, General Commission Merchants. Muncy & Marcy, Lumber and Shingles... McAdams, M. J., Lumber, etc. Moyses & Meyn, Mftrs. Show Cases, etc. Memphis, Helena and New Orleans Packets. Moffat, Geo. D..Confectioner, etc. Marsh, Theo. H., Commission Merchant, etc. Merilh J. Edmond. Leather and Findings. McCaffrey, James, Commission Merchants. Montgomery, Albert. Stock Dealer. Mehle, C. & Co., Dealers in Live Stock. INIaiire, E., Florist and Seedsman. Meyer’s Eating House. McClure, J. S., Photographer. Merchants’Eice Mills. Mather, A T., Eeal Estate Agent, etc. McCrystal, J. F., Tin, Copper, etc . Maginnis, C. B. & W. D., Warehouses. Miller Bros., Commission Merchants. McGrath & Lemon, Sacks and Bags. Macou, P. &Co., Dry Goods.. Norton & Bell, Ship Brokers and Commission Merchants New Orleans Cotton Seed Association. New Orleans and Gulf Transportation Co... New Orleans Cigar Factory. New Orleans, Baton Eouge and Bayou Sara Packet Co.... New Orleans Mechanical Corps.. New Orleans Lightning Eod Company. New Orleans Canal ranking Company.. New Orleans Insurance Company. New Orleans Sugar Eetinery. New York Bird Store. National Oil Co., Quinn & Brown, Agents..•.. Ouachita Eiver Consolidated Line of Steamboats. Ong Eichard M., Dealer in Paints, Oils, etc. Onorato B., Auctioneer... Otiden & Eayne, Dealers in Bagging, Ties, etc. O'ehmichen V.. Dealer in Hardware. O’Eourke Ed. & Jas., Manufacturers of Steam Boilers, etc Orleans Turning Mill.. Olivier A. & Co., Importing and Foreign Agents. Pelican Steam Brew'ery, Eugene Erath, Proprietor. Pavne, Kennedy & Co., Cotton and Sugar Factors. Pattison & Bovard, Wholesale Liquor Dealers. Pascal, G. & Co., General Commission Merchants. Picavune Saw Mill, F. Fischer & Son, Proprietors. Perseverance Eice Mills. Louis Euch, Proprietor. People’s Insurance Company. Poitevent & Favre, Lumber Dealers. Plassan, A. & Co , Cotton Factors, etc.. Planters’ Sugar Eefining Company. Popovich M., Groceries, Wines and Liquors, etc. Pruschen G. C., Sewing Machine Agent. Peters W. H., Dry Goods, etc. Pokorny M., Boots and Shoes. .. Patton & Benedict, Produce Commission Merchants. quinlan F. J., Wholesale Hats and Caps. Queyrouze & Bois, Wholesale Grocers. KedEiver Line of Steamboats.... . . Eichardson, JohnP. & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods, &c. Eivet, H. J., Wholesale and Eetail Druggist . Euess, G. B. & Co., Iron Wind Engine Agents. Eoberts & Co., Mftrs. Sash, Blinds and Doors. Eobert E. Lee Sale Stables. Eauxet, Aug., Wholesale Gpcer.... ..•;••• Eenshaw. Cammack & Co., Cotton and Sugar Factors, etc Eosenberg, J., Fancy Goods and Novelties. Eingrose, Wm. B. Dealer in Furniture. Eed Shoe Store, J. E. Comes, Propr... Eobert E. Lee Hat Emporium. Ehodes, Richard, Sportsmen’s Depot..... Runkel, A., Ladies’ and Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Eeiss, James J., Confectionery, etc . Eice, Born & Co., Hardware, Cutlery, etc. Eenaud. J. K & Co., Grocers. Eeynoldslron Works.. Rolling, H. & Co., Carriage -Manufacturers.. Regan, James, Stonewall Jackson Stables. Eedersheimer, C., Groceries. 4 12t 12t 13(1 13( 14i 14^ 15(; 16c; 16 le 16t I7q 17 17t| 18 led 18 18d 18( 19(F 19 19; 191 19 19( 19’ 20 ( 2o; 20i[ 20 20 .' 6 ' 7( 8 ( 9; 9i 10 10 : lOi 12 12 ’ 12 ! 13‘ 15 16. 16! 17 17‘ 17’ 18( 19; 20 : GENERAL INDEX. V I r Sclnvaner Otto, Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc. Souby E. J., Artist Photographer. Schwahacher & Hirsch, Commission Merchants . Shlenker Alex & Co.. Cotton Factors, etc. Stewart Brothers & Co., Commission INIerchants. etc. Schwab Ignace, Dealer in Furniture. Shakepeare Iron Works. Sontheimer Mrs. B., Millinery and Fancy Goods. Sarrazin C. E. Steam Tobacco Manufactory, etc. Star Planing Mill, Nicholas Connell, Proprietor. St. Charles Theatre. David Bidwell, Proprietor. Southern Express Company. Schmidt & Ziegler, Importers and Wholesale Grocers. Shei)ard W. C. & Co . China Crockery, etc. Samson Mine. C. Fashionable Millinery. Shepherd Kobert G. T.. General Insurance Agent. Steers S. B.. Proprietor Morse Cotton Compress. Sun Mutual Insurance Company. Senac & Larose. Dry Goods, Notions, etc . Schaefer C. H., Buyer and Importer of Cotton, etc. Strangers’Hotel, Mrs. V. Caillier, Proprietress.... St. Louis & New Orleans Anchor Line Steamers. Southern Transportation Co.. Cincinnati & New Orleans Steamboats Simms B. F. & Son. Commission Merchants, etc. Solari Angelo M. & Joseph, Fancy Groceries. Schilling G T .Millinery and Real Hair Goods. Sehemel John P , Manutacturer of Horse and Mule Collars. Schwartz M. & Bro,, Engines, Pumps, etc . Sauve Paul. Stationer. . . Sivori E M., Wholesale Fruits. Schwartz Joseph & Co., Carriages, etc.. . Short J. P. H , Dealer in Coal.. Sunlight Gas Machine.. 4 . Sombre Brice, Canes, Umbrellas, etc.:. Staehle Fred., Bakery. Samory H & N , Auctioneers. Schwarz Louis, Nursery.. . 65 .... 91 .... 93 . 94 . 97 . 99 .... 104 . 107 . Ill . 116 . 119 . 122 . 124 . 131 . 136 . 140 ..... 149 . 150 . 152 . 152 . 153 . 154 .... 159 ..... 160 . 163 . 164 . 169 . 181 .. . - 182 . 183 . 193 . 194 . 196 .o.... 197 . 202 . 207 207 The New Orleans Cotton Press Association . Trico 1 P. P., Gents' Furnisher.. Texas Brokerage Association. Dealers in Cotton, Grain, etc The Southern Benevolent and Mutual Relief Association .... ' The Bayou Lafourche Packet Line. . The Menge Patent Dredge, Joseph INIenge, Proprietor. Tesson Mrs. A.. Dealer in Staple and Fancy Goods, etc . The Louisiana Telephone Conijianv ' . , The Singer Manufacturing Co . S. fe Rundle Agent. Tamna Steamship Co.'s Line, Florida and Havana Steamers The Novelty Iron Works, Win. Golding Proprietor.. Teutonia Insurance Company . The Firemen’s Insurance Company .. The Merchants’ Mutual Insurance'Company.. Talmage’s Dan. Sons & Co., Rice Dealers. Tosso John & Bro., Retail Hardware . . Theurer & Becker, Wholesale Grocers . The American Salt Company. Tebault W. G.. Furniture. Thorniaehlen P., Leather and Findings.. Te isas and Bavou Macon Packet Co... Todd Samuel ]\f , Paints. Oils, etc. . Thompson Edward, Building Materials. 71 * 73 77 80 92 101 104 109 112 115 135 135 138 142 149 152 164 170 180 182 188 194 Tniacke, Painter and Calsominer 97 Villavaso, J, M., Real Estate Agent. 72 Virgin, E. F., Seed Store. 157 Volckmann, F. N., Grocer, etc. 172 Villermin, P. A. Wholesale Grocer.. 190 ^ Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co. 81 Wehrmann, Mrs H , Importer and Dealer in Guns, etc. 81 Welirmann, Hermn , Practical Engraver and Lithographer. 81 Walz, Alph., Wholesale Li(pior Dealer, etc. 88 West, B. J. & Son, Dealers in Hardware. 90 Widow George Huye, Steam Box Factory. 94 Washburn, VV. W., Photographer, Artist, &c. 94 Walmslev, R M. & Co., Cotton Factors, etc. 97 Wilson, Childs & Co., Mftrs. of Farmi Wagons, etc. lOO Wilmot, W. G & Co , Dealers in Coal. 112 Warner, J. D., Dealer in Wood and Coal. 115 Willoz, A., Agt , Broker. 133 Woods Cotton Press, J C. Van Wickle, Propr . 138 West, I. S. Jr , Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions. 155 Wendling, John & Bro,, Mftrs , of Brooms, etc. 156 Werlein, Philip, Musical Instruments. 174 Wolf, A., Crockery. 185 Weydig, Martin, flarness, etc... 195 Wilson, E. H.& Co., Com. Mer.’s.. 197 Winteler & Ricks, Leather, etc. 199 Wiegel& Dannenfelser, Furniture. 204 Young, Wm. J., Harness & Saddles. 173 Yalets, G., Wholesale Beer Depot. 182 Zuberbier & Behan, Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants. 69 VI GENERAL INDEX. INDEX TO CARD RACK AND ADVERTISEMENTS. Aitkens, J. S. & Son, Hardware. Barker, P. A., Insurance Agent. Rarbier & Thourot, Jewelers. Brousseau’s. A., Son, Carpets.. .. Bodley Brothers, Wagon Repository. Coojjer. Joseph. Stevedore, etc. Casey, Robert W. Horse-Shoeing, etc.. Carver, Thos. J., ("otton Factor.. Converse, E. K ,- Commission Merchant.. Bonald & McKeusie. Boiler Makers.. Duffy, L. J., Mftr. Trunks, etc.. . .V Fredericksou, F. Druggist. Fred’s House..'... Flynn, James, Bags, Twine, etc...'......../.. ....i.iT................. Iwriswold, A. B. & Co . Jewelers. . . Guinalt, Jas. P., Auctioneer. . .. Hurley, Dan. Hats and {’aps. .Jones & Dumee, Cotton Buyers . Kennett & Huey, Ship Chandlery. Koehle, A , Gilder..*.:.‘.. d I a . c : c d i b c c d a c c a d c b a d liehmau, ^I., Dry Goods. Luchuer. L.. Sr .’Box Factory. Leland. E. E.. Millinery .'. Levi & Co.. Crockery, Glassware, etc., Leroy, A. J., Book-Binder. Lafttte. James A.. Commission Merchant. Lafftte, John B., Commission ISIerchaut. Lange & Legendre, Commission Merchants. Hiller’s Bar and Billiard Saloon.. Miller & Dielmann, Confectioneries and Licpiors ]Mevers. S.. Commission Merchant. McLaughlin, Wm.i'Western Produce, etc . Xorton & Manning, Commission ^Merchants. Proctor & Gamble’s Soaps and Candles. Paul, Albert, Auctioneer. . ... Ramsey, A. G. & Co.. Leaf Tobacco. Kuess, G. B. & Co., Commission Merchants. Stern. H. & Co., Auctioneers, etc . Weis, Mrs. Charles. Costumer... 'Waldo, J. Curtis, Publisher. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R . Xew Grleans Bee . .. The Times-Democrat. The Picayune. . .. a a a b c d d d a a b c b I b i d .... c .... d .... b .... 1 ) .... b Adv Adv Adv Adv ERRATA. A. M. Dermott, page 113, should read, A. McDERMOTT. Gebst & Hablizel, page 180 should read GEBS & HABLIZEL Quin & Brown, page 202 should read QUINN & BROWN. J. C. Dennis, pages 37 and 38 should read J. C. DENIS. NEW ORLEANS, The Crescent City of the South. Historical axd Descriptive Review of the Commercial Emporium of the Mississippi Valley. The Cit}' of New Orleans, the metropolis of the South, and for many years the acknowledged and famous commercial emporium of the vast Mississippi Valley, although one of the most active business centers on the globe, as well as one of the largest, wealthiest and most beautiful cities in America, has a fame which includes a noble historic record of social splendor, of brilliant munici¬ pal, State and National connection, quite in keeping with her possession of elements and advanta¬ ges for commercial supremacy, manufacturing facilities, internal navigation and maritime power, which, when fully understood, will quite overshadow the claims of many other places of more pre¬ tentious, but of far less real significance and importance. This is true beyond question, and the reason in a nutshell, is, that hitherto she has been practically without a comprehensive written commercial history. It is left, then, to this modest and unbiased History of the Commerce AND Industries of New' Orleans to supply the desideratum and, in a manner, introduce her to the world. the imperial MARCII of CIVILIZATION. It does not require the “gift of tongues” nor yet the lamps of prophesy to recite the develop¬ ment or to picture the possibilities of a theme so fruitful. Results of man's labor in other and less favoied quarters of the earth, have engaged far abler pens, but they did not justify the san¬ guine views called forth by contemplation of this section Labor, the handmaiden and auxiliary of art, has here overcome barriers, and achieved conquests that at first seemed insurmountable and unconquerable. With this proposition set down as a foundation-fact speculation as to the future, is not altogether inappropriate. Philosophy, the Alpha of accomplishment as development is the Omega of speculation, may seem to some impracticable dreaming, but to the mental conjurer humanity owes a debt of gratitude for many—nay, we may say all, of the blessings of modern civilization Left alone, without his think¬ ing apparatus in play, man would rise but little above the beast of the forest, and it was only when man began to w'onder, to think, to experiment on this or that natural element, which hith¬ erto seemed an untranslatable phenomenon, that mankind began to show themselves made in the image of Deity. Step by step, as we ascend the rugged sides of a mountain, the perilous march of mind has been made from the dim ages to the present noonlight of civilization, of refinement and splendor. AVhen intellect first began to feel it w'as allied to a soul, and that that soul was immor¬ tal, it cast off the shackles , of physical force, and disdained the task of ministering alone to the physical wants of men. When the fetters were removed from the brain, the manacles began to , fall from the muscles of human-kind, and thus, w’hen freedom dawned for both, freely and joyfully they joined forces—locked their shields in a crusade against the vis inertice of matter. Like two young giants with untried, though conscious strength, they went forth conquering and to conquer. Triumph succeeded triumph; victory followed victory, striking out dauntl^ssly; they forced the elements into their service The winds howled; the ocean raged like an angry lion, and dashed and beat against their good stout craft. But brain and muscle arose, and, with execu¬ tive ability that was almost god-like in potentiality, rebuked the foolish air and water, and, as some naughty child that hides its shamefacedness upon its mother’s breast, the tired winds nestled down and feU asleep on the soft bosom of the sea. Still they did not pause when one star and anotlier had been added to the constellation of their • success, or the najme of one dearly-bought conquest was emblazoned in letters of gold upon their banner. On and on they went—mountains were scaled; hills were pierced; rivers spanned and tunneled.; red lightning chained; .time: and space annihilated; the hidden treasures in the rich, red heart of earth were.dug up and dragged forth to beautify and bless the world. Ocean’s depths were explored, and “the dark unfathomed caves” paid tribute to their genius. The wilderness felt the touch of the woodman’s axe. and kingly forests bowed their royal crests. Prairies caught the contagion of joy, and “when tickled with the plow laughed with a harvest.” The solitudes were re¬ deemed and hecame the land of the leal and the domain of the cultured. Cities, with their gor- 1 % 1 10 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. i I geoiis palaces, their busy marts, their eleemosynary institutions, their churches, colleges, conserva- j tories, and a thousand avenues for refinement sprang up as if from the magic stroke of the enchant- ! er’s wand. Towns and villages blossomed on the bosom of the desert, and everywhere—from pole J to pole—from center to circumference, the glad exclamation went up: Labor and knowledge are of j the same fraternity! Capital and muscle are allied forces! Art, culture, love, liberty and joy— I these are the benedictions of God that have followed after prayer—these are the benisons of "ap- i proval for taith when linked with works! ’THE BIRTH AND PROGRESS OF CITIES. j In many respects, therefore, the birth and life of a citv is correspondential and corelative ^vith I the birth, intancy, growth and development of a human loeing. There were the earliest days and i years of its being, when the pulsing life was feeble and it recognized scarcely anything beyond the I fond associations that gave it existence and nurtured it with tender care. Then came the period of i youth—it could walk alone, could put on the habiliments of youthful manhood and begin to breathe i the air of independent action; then it must pass through the experiences and trials of conflicting I emotions and interests before it could harmonize its antagonism^ and utilize its untried energies, j Through the earlier days—through the struggles that presage the strength of healthful adulted j growth, at length it stands before the world with its ten talents, brightly burnished by active em- j ployment, and with manifest intent to assert its power and fulfill its mission of usefulness in lifting ; humanity higher towards those perfected times when earth holds jubilee a thousand years. Thus it is, all civilization grows up from, and out of small centers and humble'resources, .A man. a house, a village, and a machine, are often the starting points of new and grand developments of commercial success, social life and national glory.' The world is full of such records, that find illus¬ tration and culmination in the fame and wealth and power that give success and triumph to per¬ sonal enteiprise and stability and grandeur to a city’s liistory. New Orleans is nch m annals, rich in associations that make her name beloved and honored in many a clime. “These, then, are the treasured memorials of her people ” The.se, whether they came down from the dim and shadowy’ past, or have their birth and fruition in the near and still : remembered, are the cherished antiquities of her dv^ting sons and daughters. Art, science, litera- ; ture, music, poetry, philanthropy, courage, have left their noble records—erected their enduring monuments. her physical conditions —glorious, comprehensive phrase! taking in, as it were, in one grand re.spiration. the commercial situation, and the multiplied riches and industries of this Queen City of the Inland Sea —these are her modem monuments; and monumental, too, of I the “Eternal Power and Godhead.” Aside from these, and with these, what do Ave lack for ought that wisdom can employ or skillful labor produce, our historic pages are teeming treasure-houses filled with reminiscences of Indian life and warfare; of the hard.ships, endurance and fortitude of pioneer struggles in strange contrast with the romantic chivalry apd the opulent planter-life of the sons of glorious France and proud i Castile—thrice-noble scions of thrice-illustrious lands. But the aboriginal times as to the authen- : ticity of incidents are involved in mystery and mixed with fables. Yet they are replete vuth inter- ! est to the curious, and gorgeous with thrilling tales of forest and flood to workers of fiction. The I latter times blush even yet in virgin loveliness and beauty, and yet lifts its maiden hands, imploring I Old Mortahty to decipher its inscriptions, to freshen its facts, to revivify its memorials and hand J doAvn to generations coming and to come, the annals of a knightly race, who, believing with the poet, that “Westward the star of empire” would take its way, breasted the dangers of the storm and trackless sea, and settled in this summer-land on the banks of the Great Father of Waters, whose fertile plains their children have enriched as a garden and made to bloom and blossom as the rose. Time, since then, has completed many cycles and brought many years of curious changes; years of history chdl and social, personal and domestic, unfold their pages of trial 'ind triumph, progress and pause, toil and suffering, failure and success, Aurtue and vice, life and death. War, fire, fam- I iiie and pestilence haA’e held high carnNal in her center: sword and gun, riot ^nd epidemic, have claimed many of her bravest and truest and best beloved children. The march of commerce, of literature, of art and kindred deA’elopments approach, anxious to be chronicled; while festivals and ! fasts, religion and licentiousness—in glittering pageants or in tattered rags, each with then- multi- ; tudes “come trooping up like bannered ai’mies” Avith their contributions of glory or of shame, to fill the measm'e of the city's history. The leaves are brimming full; the acts and incidents are innumerable. Would that we could open the long closed volume and bring things long hidden out into the sunlight, make scenes long lyung m obscurity, names long lost in the whirlpool of life, sweet voices long silent, address us from the past— “The humblest of thy pilgrims passing by. Would gladly AA’OO thine echoes vuth his string,” But such is not our task. Therefore, we shall only garland a few of the reminiscenses, skip lightly over the remainder, and speak Avith words of soberness and practicability of the great and living present. Without unnecessaiy reiteration it may oe stated it is not the intention of the publisher of this work to present an elaborate history of the New Orleans of the past, but her conditions at the present and the reference she bears, in a commercial sense to the world of to-day. The fact is that ' the State of Louisiana, and therefore the city of New Orleans presents so many varied phases and epochs of groAvdh — through its aboriginal and colonial times; its territorial probation; its entre into the Union—subsequent withdrawal and connection with the Confederacy, and final reconstruction and restoration to the Republic, that all of these combined, or any of these periods singly, would afford ample fields for satisfying the cacoeth^s scrihendi of the most anxious and persistent writor. However, we deem it appropriate to mention a few' facts giving a brief account of her past condi¬ tion in relation to’commercial progi-ess, in order to l)etter show' her importance and the claims she ha^ upon the countrv. This Uads us to speak first of ANCIENT LOUISIANA. Robert de La Salle, when he descended the Great Father of Waters, and reached the mouth of the Missis.sippi Apnl 9, 1682, erected an in.scribed column with the court of aims of France cut thereupon, and named the country along the great river “from the Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico,” Louisiane, in honor of “Le Grande Monarque,” Louis XIV. King of France. A settlement of the State by the La Salle party was attempted in 1684, but failed. In 1699 a more successful attempt w^as made by M. Iberville, who entered the Mississippi and founded a colony. His efforts w'ere followed by Crozart. w'ho held the exclusive trade of the coun¬ try for a number of years. About 1717 he transferred his interest to a chartered company, at the head of w'hich was the notorious John Law, whose national bank and Mississippi speculation scheme involved half the French nobility. In 1781 the company resigned the concern to the Crowui. who, in 1762, ceded the country of Louisiana to Spain. In 1800 Spain re-conveyed the province to France, from whom, in 18"8; the United States purchased the entire territory for $lo,(>>0,000. The portion now included in the State formed a constitution, and was admitted into the f^nion in 1812. When the United States acquired the dominion of Louisiana in 1803. this name w'as quite extin¬ guished on the shores of the Gulf. The whole southern part of old Louisiana w'as called “The Territory of New' Orleans.’’ The old name w'a.', how'ever, revived again m the \'ear 1812, w'hen, as before stated, a part of the old French colony was admitted into the Union under the name of the “State of Louisiana.” After the final settlement of the Ixiundaries of this State, the fiame Louisi¬ ana comprised all the shores between the mouth of Pearl river to the Fast and that of Sabine river to the West, the w'hole Mississippi Delta, and on both sides a Little more. We may remark that the orthogi-aphy of the name Louisiana, w'hich w'e have adopted, is half Spanish, half French Purely French it ought to be ''Louisiane, ' yed the church, hospital and three ships that w'ere lying in the river, besides doing immense damage to the crops in the adjacent countr}'. In 1726 Bienville w'as superseded by Perier, one of the eaijiest acts of w'hose administration w'as the construction, in 1727, of a strong levee, more than a mile in length, in front of the city, w'hich had previously been subjected to annual overflows from the river. SmalleiTevees were also ex¬ tended for about fifteen miles above and the same distance below', and a deep ditch or canal w'a* dug around the city About the same time arrived a colony of Jesuits, and one of the L^rsuline nuns sent out by the Western company to take charge of the spiritual interests of the colony. Grants of land and other property were made to each of these societies, and a building was erected for the use of the Ursu- Imes. which w'as occupied by them from 1730 to 1824, and which is still, if we mistake not, occu¬ pied as a residence by the venerable Most Reverend Napoleon J. Perche, Roman Catholic Arch- oishop of the Diocese of New Orleans. The Ursulines have erected a spacious and handsome building near the lower limits of the city, devoting themselves chiefly to female education The Jesuits established theitiselves just above what w'as then the city, but now known as the First Dis¬ trict, where they continued to reside until 1763, when they were expelled from the colony of Louis¬ iana by an order from Pope Clement XIII., and all* their propeiiy confiscated. This property. W'hich was then estimated to be w'orth $180,(Xf^, is now in the ver}' heart of the great city—includes the site of the St Charles Hotel, the Cotton Exchange, and many other magnificent buildings, and is now' worth at least $2.5,0^*0,900 or $-30,0 '0,000. 1- INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 12 The following- description of New Orleans, by Le Page du Pratz, probably applies to a period some ten or twelve years subsequent to that quoted before from Charlevoix: “In the middle of the city, facing the river, is the Place d’Armes Midway of the rear of this square is the parish church, dedicated to St. Louis, (now known as St. Louis Cathedral), where officiate the Reverend Father Capuchins; their residences is on the left of the church: on the right are the prison and guard house. The two sides of the square, {place) ai-e occupied by two sets of barracks. The square is entirely open on the side next the river. All the streets are regularly laid out in length and width; they cross each other at right angles. TJiese streets divide the city into sixtv-six' squares, {isles), eleven in length along the river, and six in depth. These squares measure'fifty toises (about 320 feet) each way, and are each divided into twelve lots.” Bienville was reappointed governor of the colony in 1732, and continued in office until 1742. He was followed in succession by the Marquis de Vaudreuil in 1742; Kerlerc in 1753; D’Abbadie in 1763, and Aubry—for a brief regime. During this period of French occupation, the progress of* New Orleans appears to have been steady, though very gradual. In 1745 the population was estimated at about 800 white inhabitants, exclusive of women, chil¬ dren and 20'I soldiers, besides 3(>0 negroes. In 1763 the city ot New Orleans, with the rest of the colony of Louisiana, was ceded to Spain, and Don Antonio de Ulloa was made governor. Such, however, was the aversion of the inhabitants to the transfer, that it was not until six years afterward that the Spanish government actually ob¬ tained possession. □The next Spanish governors were Alexander O’Reilly, who succeeded in 1769, and Louis de Unzaga, in 1770. At this time the whole population was 3,190, of whom 1,803 were free whites, 31 free French Market. blacks, 68 of mixed blood, 1,225 negro slaves, and 60 domesticated Indians. The whole number ol houses was 468. The city and colony declined somewhat during the brief and vigorous administra¬ tion of O’Reilly, many of the best inhabitants leraoving to the West Indies and elsewhere, but re¬ vived under the government of a series of moderate and judicious successors—notably that of Oov- emor Bernardo de Galvez (1777) and Governor Estevan Miro (1784). In 1785 a census taken by order ot Governor Galvez exhibited a population of 4,980 souls. On March 21, 1788, a terrible conflagration occurred, by which 900 houses were destroyed with a vast quantity of property of every description. Provisions became very scarce, and the inhabitants were threatened with famine. Nevertheless, the population, according to a census taken in the course of the same year, amounted to 5,338. The administration of Francois Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, extending from 1792 to 1797. was marked by various improvements, among which were the lighting of the streets, the qrganiza tion of fire companies, and the opening of the canal Carondelet. He also erected new tortification> around the city, and organized a militia force of about 700 ilien. During Carondelet’s administration, in 1794, the first newspaper, the Moniteur.^ was issued. A new impetus was given to the trade of New Orleans in 1795, by the treaty ot Madrid, between Spain and the United States. The Spanish governors who succeeded Carondelet were as follows: Gayoso de Lemos, 1797; Sebastian de Caso Calvo, Y. O’Farril, Marquis de Caso Calvo, 1799; Juan Manuel de Salcedo, 1801 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS 13 In 1803, when the State of Louisiana was transferred by purchase to the United States, the popu¬ lation of the city of New Orleans was about 8,000. The city limits at that time compri^d only a portion of what is now the Second District. It was bounded by Canal, Rampart and Lsplanade streets, and the river, forming nearly a rectangle, defended by four strong forts, one at each corner. The faubourgs, (or suburbs), St. Mary, Marigny, Treme, &c., now comprising some of the most wealthy and populous portions of the modem city, were then little more than wild meadows and inB rshes In 1804 Hon W. C. C. Claiborne was made Governor of the Territory of New Orleans. The State of Louisiana having adopted a constitution, was admitted into the Union April 8, 1812, and Governor Claiborne continued to be its gubernatorial head trom 1812 to 1816. New Orleans was incoqiorated as a city February 28, 1805. In 1810 the first street was paved in the city. At that time such was the state of the stieets after a rain, that sleds were used to drag cotton, which paid $1 a bale. i • t The first steamboat, the ‘‘New Orleans,” arrived at the wharves of New Orleans in January, The most memorable event in the historv of New Orleans since its transfer to the United States, is the battle fought on January 8, 1815. The British forces under General Sir Edward Packenham, made an attack on the city, approaching it through Lake Borgne, but were signally defeated by the Ameiicans under General Andrew Jackson. The British loss in killed and wounded was 3,000 men, and General Packenham was killed; the Americans lost only seven men killed and six wounded The engagement took place on the field of Chalmette, which at that time was six miles Jaelow the city, but now adjoins the city limits. A monument marks the place of conflict. Gas was first employed for lighting the streets in 1834, through the enterprise of James H. Cald¬ well, Esqr., a most enterprising citizen, and well remembered as a prominent theatrical manager. Water works were also introduced in 1834, and the city seems to have made commendable steps in progress. In 1836 the city was divided by an act of the Legislature into three municipalities, each with a separate government; but in 1852 these municipalities were consolidated, and the limits of the cor¬ poration were extended to include the town of Lafaj’ette, lying in the adjacent parish of the same name. The first, second and third municipalities then became respectively the second, first and third districts, while the former city of Lafayette constituted the fourth district. At this juncture in our labors propriety, for the object in view,suggests that we briefly mention only a few additional historical facts in regard to the city: In a commercial sense these include the mone¬ tary troubles, incident to the disasters of the war of 1815,the bankruptcies of 1837,the monetary troubles of 1842, the national panic of 1857 and the general trouble following upon the unhappy civil war of 186')-65. And yet from the outbreak of the war up to restoration of commerce, say in 1867-68, facts indicate clearly that, although in each decade, depressing periods of business and stagnations of commerce, similar to those of 1873^-5, have occurred, the city as a whole, has continued to in¬ crease its population and consequently its business, however, individuals may have, in the crash and wreck of private fortunes and undivided interests, sunk and been forgotten. Therefore, we may say, the past of this city has been well cared for ; its historical records are pre¬ served in its own and the records of our country ; the fame of its great men will survive “fresh in eternal youth” long after the humble historian has been forgotten. As a. Neophyte in Archaeology, one may well then despair of success, and devote attention to the actual and The Present of our city, which, sustained by energy, backed by capital, stimulated with fortitude by virtue of success, presents with its material progress, its advances in commerce and manufactures, its maritime inter¬ ests, its internal navigation by river and rail, its industrial features, its telegraphy, telephones, electric lights ; its enlightened press, its metropolitan advancements in every particular, thernes sufficiently comprehensive and voluminous and to which we invite the closest attention, and in which we promise faithful account of its magnitude and development. In this respect we may truth¬ fully say RETROSPECTIVELY AND PROSPECTIVELY:— Rich land ! Noble history ! A land so fertile God seems to have pronounced upon it his sweetest benediction. A climate so mildly tempered “the mock-bird has no winter in his song, no sorrow in his year.” A soil so generous it gave ample competence to all who came and afforded ability to indulge not only in those pursuits which tended to satisfy animal wants and desires,but softened into poetry the selfish passions, improved the moral and intellectual character and gave leisure for liberal studies and pursuits. Thus with that tranquility and leisure afforded by the enjoyment of accumu¬ lated riches, those speculative and elegant studies which enlarge views, purify tastes, and lift man¬ kind higher in the scale of being were successfully prosecuted and thus do we account for the illus¬ trious names New Orleans has furnished to the world—inlaw, in medicine, in divinity, in judiciture, in commerce, in military science and literary accomplishments—names that enrich not only the biographical wealth of the city, but have been enrolled among the nornina clara of the Republic. It should be an accepted fact, therefore, that the barbarism or refinement of a people—whether National or municipal, depends more on their wealth than on any other circumstance. No people have ever made any distinguished figure in philosophy or the fine arts without being celebrated at the same time for their employed riches and industries. Pericles and Phidias, Petrarch and Raphoel, adorned the flourishing ages of Grecian and Italian commerce. The inflnence of productive wealth in this respect is almo.st omnipotent. It raised Venice from the bosom of the deep, and made the 14 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. desert and sandy islands on which she is built, the powerful “Queen of the Adriatic/' It rendered the unhealthy swamps of Holland the favored abodes of literature, science and art, and it has done Xortrin^Soifth^^^ Orleans, the Imperial City of the Gulf—the midway-mart of While it IS true there are a few, even ot our best informed citizens, who are skeptical as to the con- Unuance of this magnificent prosperity, and are evermore on the lookout for sudden and fatal checks to the city s trade and enlargement ; ic is equally as trae thev fail to notice fully either what has already been accomplished, or the unlimited resources about us yet undeveloped, but certainly to be dmwn upon in the grander conquests of the not distant future. Let us. therefore be candid with all such, and assert without fear of successful contradiction, that the veiy best assurance of tL con¬ tinued healthful propess of New Orleans is found in what she is to-<^ayX centre of enormous trade 111 spite of some of the most unfavorable sunnundings and drawbacks that ever beset a dtv more crcrttwre of the necessities—the inexorable demands of the position than any American city that has ever struggled for eminence ; and yet the forces that have thus successfully built un the city are far from being exhausted or even fully comprehended. Humanly speaking then there IS no power on earth that can prevent New Orleans from becoming a vast commercial city. It will gTOw 111 wealth and power, in industry and influence in spite of itself—in spite even of the bad fame she has abroad on account of climate. The demands of commerce like the demands of necessity know no law ; admit no obstacles ; overcome all barriers. Back of the city to North, to East to V\ est lies a vast empire of productive wealth with many millions of people, all of whom in a man¬ ner are ministering to its traffic and wealth. Like fabled Cerberus who guarded the entrance to Bluto s realnis, New Orleans mounts guard on the Highway of the Mississippi Valley—and whoso¬ ever approaches vnll be challenged and whosoever passes must pay tribute for the privilege of egress or ingress through this grand gateway-, this unrivalled outlet, this natural inlet of trade and travel tioiii the heart of the American Continent to every land and clime and sea where the flag of com¬ In truth, the view is propitious from every- stand-point. The city is in a condition of vastly improved sanity and health, and has commenced - nav, is far upon the road in a brilliant career of improvement. Ihe motives of social and political freedom, fertility of soil, salubrity of climate wealth of agricultural resources, facilities for commerce and manufactures, and ease of river and railroad transportation, are the material advantages which invite capitalists, tradesmen and manu- tactuieis of every chine and nationality to a home in our midst ; to a co-operation in the develope- nient of its measureless possibilities, and to an enriching participation in its prosperity ' A live intelligent and enterprising people, now full> aroused to all the requirements of the age,, have posses- multifarious labors, and the day is now at hand when man}^ a stately edifice is musical with clanging machinery and those sounds of diversified industry that quickens the pulse of a nation and prolongs the life of a Republic ; while her possibilities, thus foreshadowed, dazzle the mind by their vaiiety and magnitude, and leave the calmest and most unimpassioned obseiwer quite bewild¬ ered 111 the prospect for this magnificent metropolis of the New World. NEW ORLEANS COMMERCIAI, HISTORY. New Orleans is the natural emporium of all the vast tracts traversed by the Mississippi, the Missouri, the (Jmo, and their tnbutaiy streams, and enjoys a greater command of inteinal navigation than any other cit>% either of the Old or New World. Even many years prior to the late civil war it was the gland entiepot of the Mississippi Valley, and for many years it was regarded as almost without a rival. Lp to 1860 civilization had struck its roots, and begun to flourish onlvin some comparatively small portions of the immense territories of v-hich New Orleans is the sea-port ; and vet its progress was rapid beyond all precedent. While New Orleans, even from her inception, has been regarded as an important commercial point, her trae commercial history may be dated from 1822. It appears from the accounts printed by oirter ot Congress that the receipts and exports of cotton and tobacco at the Port of New Orleans 1822-23 amounted to the following figures: receipts of cotton, 161,959 bales; exports, 171,872 bales; receipts of tobacco, 16, 292 hog.sheads; exports, 28,624 hogsheads. In 1841—42 the city had grown so rapidly that the figures were swelled to the following amounts: receipts of cotton, 1,089,642 bales; exports. 1,088,870 bales; receipts of tobacco, 92,509 hogsheads; exports 89,891 hogsheads. With frequent vanations^ but always on the increase, these figures had grown in 1856-57 as follows: .receipts of cotton, 1,513,247 bales; expoi-ts, 1.516,921 bales; receipts of tobacco. 55,067 hogsheads; exports of tobacco, 50,181 hogsheads. Aggregating these figures for the thirty-five years from 1822 to 1857, the total receipts of cotton were 2i,201,866 bales; total exports, 27.181,859 bales; total receipts of tobacco, 1,642,481 hogsheads- total exports, 16,625,581 hogsheads. Upon the supposition that the average value of cotton and tobacco for the 35 years (1822-57) as above stated may be fau-ly estimated at $40 per bale for the former, and $70 pei* hogshead for the latter, it would give a total value for these two articles alone of $l,2o3,048,310. Ihe exports ot sugar from New Orleans in 1834 was as follows: exported to Atlantic ports, 45,500 hogsheads; exported to Western States, 44,500 hogsheads. In 1853 those figures had swollen to the following amounts: exported to Atlantic ports, 166,000 hogsheads; exported to Western States, 185,000 hogsheads. 1 01 the twenty-two years extending from 1834 to 1855, inclusive, the exports of sugar were as fol- INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 15 lows: exported to Atlantic ports, 1,316,088 hogsheads; exported to Western States, 1,984,527 hogs¬ heads; total, 8 ;250,660 hogsheads. j In order to show the commercial progress of New Orleans for the years mentioned we append the following table showing the total value of produce from the interior received at the port ot New Orleans. Articles. i856~57 Cotton. Sugar. Tobacco. •Flour. Fork. Lard. Lead.. Molasses. Bacon. Corn. Whisky. Wheat. Bagging. Beef. Hemp. Bale rope. Butter. Hay. Hides. Coal. Potatoes. Staves. Tallow. Feathers. Oats..... Corn meal.... ^ Other articles. Total. Dollars. 86,255.079 8,187,860 11,978,645 9,0;14,179 5.859.287 4,262,958 91,455 2,685,809 6,772,241 2.588.287 2,829,182 2,827,886 512,448 484,5851 890,090! l,128,460i 860,550i 296,805i 579,411 1,150,500! 185,882' 455,000: 28,950! 41,150 629,078 4,280 9.557,967 1855-56. Dollars. 18t>4—o5. Dollars. 0,871,720 51,890,720 16,199,890 8,072,775 8,407,805 5,584,505 8,881,278 409,940 4,582,242 4,570,868 8,020,081 1,785,086 2.782,476 610,290 824,289 504,540 1,018,810 895,065 612.850 454,298 444,150 456,890 282.850 82,265 82,676l 587,180! 960i 8,888,412 !l 158.061,869 144.256,081 117,106,828 18,025,020 7,215,195 5,558,166 4,980,557 4,092,580 859,290 4,255.000 4,998,154 . 2.402,440 2.806,248 87,606 608.670 610,414 940,050 667,852 267,628 866,870 189.670 559,900 176,848 188.000 21,8:10 80,184 .549,9i 2 • 1,018 7,260,001 > Years. Total value. 1858-54. $115,3.86,798 18.52-58 . 184,288,7.85 1851-52. 108,051,708 1850-.51 . 106,924,088 1849-50. 96,897,878 1848-49. 81,989,692 1847- 4 8. 79, 779, 15 1 __ From the above table it results that the total value of all the products* received at this poid fixnn the interior from September 1, 1841, to September 1, 18.57, a period of 16 years, amountedto $1,.526,- 652,970- ^ ^ n 1 The Ibllowmg is a statement of the imports at New Orleans, for the four consecutive hscal years mentioned: Years. I’otal value. 1846-47.$90,038,251 184.5-46. 77,198,464 1844-45 . 57,196,122 1848-44 . 60,094,719 1842-48 . 58,782,0.54 1841-42. :. 45,716,045 Year ending June 1858. Y^ear ending June 18.54. Y"ear ending June 1855. Yearendiug June 1856. Dutiable . .... Dollars. 8,019,029 ■ 4,272,2.52 1,862,882 Dollars. 8,272,449 8,876,572 2,2.52,128 Dollars. 6,989,002 4,297,170 1,687,436 Dollars. 8,990,588 6,417,595 1,775,148 V rpf*. Bullion and Specie. 'total. i:i,654,118 i4,802,:1.50 12,928,608 17,188,827 In addition to the foregoing figures it appears, from ofiicial accounts, that during the year en(Bng June 80th, 1852, the value of the native American produce exported from this city amounted to $48,808,169, while the value of that exported from New York was $74,042,.581. With respect to imports, the case was materially different; the value of those ot New Orleans, in the year just men¬ tioned, being only $12,057,724;* whereas those of Ne\v York amounted to $182,:129,806. H was be¬ lieved however, by many, even at that time, that owing to the rapid settlement of the \v est, that New Orleans would, at no very distant period, exceed every other city of America, as well in the magnitude of its imports as of its exports; and, considering the boundless extent and extraordi¬ nary lertility of the uncultivated and unoccupied basins of the Mississippi and Missouri, the antici- 16 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. pations of those who contended that New Orleans was destined to become the greatest emporium notot America only, but of the world, do not appear unreasonable, in the light of fulfillment of recent events and the possibilities of the future. uiuunieni, oi , In order to briefly show the total amount of business transacted at New Orleans for the interven- mg years 1852 to 1881 we have prepared the following table: VALUE OP PRODUCE IMPORTED INTO NEW ORLEANS PROM THE MISSISSIPPI INTERIOR, IN EACH COMMERCIAL YEAR, ENDING \UGUST 31 1852- 53. 1853- 54. . 1854^55. .:. 1855- 56. . 1856- 57. . 1857- 58.... 1858- 59. . 1859- 60. . 1860- 61. . VALLEY AND THE $134,233,735 . 115,336,798 . 117,106,823 144,256,081 158,061,369 . 167,155,546 . 172,952,654 . 185,211.254 155,863,561 > PERIOD OP THE WAR OMITTED, 1867- 68. 1868- 69. 1869- 70. 1870- 71. 1871- 72. 1872- 73. 1873- 74. 1874- 75. 1875- 76. 1876- 77. 1877- 78. .\ . 1878- 79. 1879- 80.;! 1880- 81. $127,459,568 167,559,661 200,82",499 179,100,419 169,653,107 184,620,947 156,944,215 151,582,054 155,388,102 135,270,726 143,411,562 127,216,038 179,771,600 153,387,850 We have thus hastily and briefly, and we grant imperfectly, sketched some of the leading inci¬ dents in the history of New Orleans, more especially for the purpose of referring to facts illustrative of her past progress. At the same time, by no means claiming to be the historian of the place, and trenching in no part upon ground that properly belongs to the domain of biography, or personal laudation, or flattering testimonials as to “leading citizens” or “representative men, ” we have sought only to balance all drafts upon the Past by the marvelously increased value of the Present, demonstrating the philosophy of political economy in presentation of cause by the grander illustra¬ tion of effect. And for this good and sufficient reason: A more extended account would be without the scope of this work, besides stretching it beyond the limits to which it was originally intended and necessarily assigned. Besides, our own citizens hardly need such remembrances as these to impress them with full confidence in the upward and onward progress of a city of which they know so well they have reason to be proud. Strangers, however,—those who know New Orleans—only by name, we may say, whose ambition and desire may be to know somewhat of this Southwest metropohs, whose faces are set westwardly with a view to the permanent establishment of their homes, may be interested, even by the imperfect report made by us, to stimulate further inquiry on their part. Such an inqui¬ ry will disclose a thousand additional facts to strengthen the conviction that New Orleans has a rightful claim to the prominence which her friends assign to her. What forbids the reahzation of their most enthusiastic predictions as to its future growth and greatness ? Briefly, the situation is this: Here stands a city, already with nearly a quarter of a million pop ulation; with a natural highway of travel which reaches nearly one half the States of the Union besides her railways which connect with the network of similar roads stretching to every quarter o" the civilized part of the continent. What shall prevent an aggregation here of inhabitants beyond anything of which we of to-day may dream ? Thousands after thousands, until there shall have sprung up here a city containing hundreds of square miles—taking m the outlying parishes on both sides the river, with an area even then afPording but reasonable accommodations for the vast multi¬ tudes collected within it. Of course such visions relate to the future; but that future amidst the growth of such a nation as ours, cannot be long postponed Meanwhile the present generation will witness a progress with which it may well be content. That progress it is true, will depend much upon the energy and the enterprise of our citizens. Yet, we fully rely on the belief that the people of New Orleans will be true to their city and themselves, and it may be no idle dream which con¬ ceives for New Orleans the most exalted destiny; which, with a just prophetic forecast, transforms the humble colony of Bienville into the future trans-continental and inter-American metropolis. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OP NEW ORLEANS. The city of New Orleans (French La Nouvelle Orleans), in the parish of Orleans, is the chief city of Louisiana, and the metropolis of the Mississippi Valley. It is situated on the left bank of the 1 i INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. Mississippi river, about one hundred miles from its mouth, m latitude 29 degrees, o6 minutes and 59 seconds North, and longitude 90 degrees, 4 minutes and 6 seconds ^\ est trom Greenwich. The fj-eoo-raphic placement of New Orleans combines more advantages of position than any wty in America. These advantages include both inland facilities and unrivaled seaport situation. Her ; location with respect to the whole extent of th^country embraced m the Mississippi \ alley and i extending from the lakes of the North to the Gulf of Mexico on thejSouth, is of such a peculiar character that when viewed wdth reference to her natural means of intercourse with the btates | within these boundaries, she stands in a position both to demand and command the trade of a (ireater | empire in territory than has fallen to the lot of any American city. ,, ^ . ,, ^ . i ' The territory embraces along the Mississippi river and its navigable tinbutanes the tollo'vung | States entire and in parts: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missoun, lUi- nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Colorado, and a number of Northern territories. This embraces every variety of cHmate, and nearly, it not quite, all the staples of the various sections of the Union. ^ •• , r Tli 0 increasing' demand for clieap transportation, and, in fact, all the transportation arising out oi the multiplving wants of the growing population of the various sections of the nation, must at an early day cause the Mississippi to be made as fully available for transportation as it is possible for eno’ineenng skill to render it. The improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi has in past ^ years been so strongly pressed on Jongess that he Mississip¬ pi River Im¬ prove m e n t Commission will no doubt soon perfect plans and se¬ cure appro¬ priation to make the river naviga¬ ble at all sea¬ sons, insuring a certain daily passage by boats and steamships — the largest that can float on inland wa¬ ters. How greatly this will strength- City Hall. en the already strong geographical position of New Orleans is easily seen. Already she reaches, through the nat¬ ural avenues of travel, the folio-wing States and counties by steamboats, without transhipment of goods: The Mississippi traverses the boundaries of ten States, and gives na-vigation to 95 counties and parishes, viz .: 17 in Louisiana, 10 in Mississippi, 6 in Arkansas, 5 in Tennessee, 2 in Kentucky, 14 m Missouri, 17 in Illinois, 8 in Wisconsin, 10 in Iowa and 6 in Minnesota. The Missouri washes the shores of three States; 24 counties in Missouri, Gin Kansas and 11 in Nebraska. The Ohio passes along the borders of six States, washing the shores of 71 counties, viz.: 5 in Illinois, 14 in Indiana, 25 in Kentucky, 13 in Ohio, 12 in West X^irginia and 2 in Pennsylvania. The Tennessee gives water transportation to three States, and outlet to 14 counties, -viz.: 6 in Ken¬ tucky, 5 in Tennessee and 3 in Alabama. The Cumberland affords water carriage through 2 States and to 9 counties, viz.: 3 in Kentucky and 6 in Tennessee. The Red liver affords transpor¬ tation to 9 rich parishes, in Louisiana, the Ouachita to 7 parishes in Louisiana and 5 counties in Ar kansas. The Arkansas affords 12 counties like advantage, and the White river gives carriage to 9 counties in Arkansas and 5 in Missouri. The Yazoo, the Sun Flower and Big Black afford to 11 counties in Mississippi travel by river communication. The Hatchee and Obion, the same facilities to 6 counties in Tennessee. The Illinois and Kaskaskia give to 24 counties in Illinois na\dgation, and the Wabash similar privileges to 6 counties in Indiana and 5 in Illinois. The Green and Ken¬ tucky rivers afford egress to the Ohio to 14 counties in Kentucky. The Osage and Missouri rivers steamboat navigation to 8 counties in Missouri. The Platte river to 4 counties in Nebraska. The Des Moines and Iowa rivers give to 11 counties in Iowa access to the Mississippi by water; and the Wisconsin and Rock rivers the same facilities to 11 counties in Wisconsin. The Muskingum gives outlet to 3 counties in Ohio, the Kanawha to 3 counties in West Virginia, the Allegheny gives 8 counties in Pennsylvania and 1 in New York, and the Monongahela’ similar advantages to 2 18 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. States 5 counties in Pennsylvania and 1 in \ irginia. communication bv water to the New Orleans market for their products. ‘ Thus New Orleans reaches by steamboat na\dgration eighteen States and two 'J'en-itories, (377 aunties m aUj, not only those border counties by direct travel, but the interior of the aforesaid States as well stretching from the 46th degree of North latitude to the 29th degree, and from the 1st degree to the 22d longitude \\est from Washington, affording fuUy eighteen thousand miles ot internal navigation, and embracing an area of 1,052,0 0 square mil es of territory. In view of this unequaled river system, giving New Orleans this direct access to the very hearts ot eighteen of the finest States in the Lnion, can there be any doubt of the magnificent future of tne Lrescent City as a commercial and shipping, as well as a manufacturing point? “Men may come and men may go,” but the grand old Mississippi must, and will, go on forever. The contemplated improvement of its channel and its levees may for a brief time be delayed, but the verv’ necessities of the countiT will torce the expenditure of the money requisite to render tliis great liighway of ti*ansportation all it can be ^^de,- not only will the constantly increasing wants ot the people for cheap transportation reqmre this, but the steady grovdng bulks requiring sliipment vdll render it necessary, ^d such im- proveinents of connecting rivers as will make most available to those internal kingdoms this system ot navigation without a parallel in any nation or in any country since the dawn of time. COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF NEW ORIiEANS. For commercial purposes New Orleans occupies a very superior and commanding situation. It is the natural entrepot forsupphes destined to dl parts of the Mississippi Valley, as well as the depot tor those products of that salubrious region which seeks a market seaward. By means of the Miss¬ issippi nver and its tributaries, an inland trade is opened to her grasp, the magnitude of which has never be^ equaled. Steameis may leave her wharves and proceed on voyages ot several thousand miles ^thout breaking bulk. The Mississippi and its affluents, as we show elsewhere, are flanked on either side by extensive territories, unsurpassed in richness of soil, which readily yields a harvest to the labors of the agriculturist, whether it be of sugar, com or cotton. These are the principal staples of the adjacent region, and the receipts of each of their products at New Orleans are rapidly and wondeifully increasing. Heretofore, the river has been the chief channel depended upon for their transportation. Several lines of railroads now completed and several others in the course of construction, however, facilitate the transportotion of cotton and sugar produced at a distance from the nver, to market, and thus enlarges the area of production. These bulky products will not bear an extensive land carriage by the old mode, and result in w'ealth to the producer; but the constmc- fron of railroads for their cheap transit to the river even, have not only changed the prospects of the planters for the better, but have added greatly to the wealth and commerce of New Orleans, which IS pennanently a place of excbange and distribution. In a word, then, the commercial character of New Orleans is sui generis Summed up its pecuH- anties are as follows: It is the great depot of Southwestern plantations, where cotton and sugar crops are bought and sold while still in the field, or “advanced’ upon prospectively if necessary. It has an extensive trade wdth Texas, with Mexico, with Central America, South America, the West Indies, and a large coasting trade with the gulf ports of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and with the Atlantic ports of the United States extending as far as Maine. It has an immense foreign trade m cotton and grain with Liverpool and London, wdth Scottish ports, Havre, Antwerp, Hamburg and Bremen. It has a large wdne and silk importing trade with Bordeaux, Marseilles, and the ports of Spam, Portugal and Italy. It has an immense fruit trade wdth the Mediterranean ports, and alarge toade with Norway, Sweeden and Deimiark, in fact its vessels penetrate every lea din g- harbor in Europe. ITie facilities and conveniences of business at New Orleans are fully equal to, and in many respects superior to any other place. It is the center of immense exchange operations, and any amount of funds can at all times be obtained at the shoidest notice under good letters of credit, and bills nego¬ tiated wdth great readiness and facility on any prominent point in the United States, or any of the commercial cities of Europe, the Canadas and Central and South America; and the banking institu¬ tions afford all reasonable accommodations to the local wants and trade of the city. THE LEVEES AT NEW^ ORLEANS. Some European cities can show more magnificent docks or splendid quays for the accommodation of shipping, and the loading and discharging of cargoes, far exceeding in appearance and durability any thing of the kind in New^ Orleans, but in no way superior in point of actual convenience to the unpretending w^harves of the city. As is generally knowm, the surface of the alluvial soil of Louisi¬ ana, including, of course, the site of the city, is considerably below the river in ordhiaiy stages of and the country is protected from inundation by a raised and solid embankment called the “levee,” extending on Itoth sides of the river below, and a great distance above the city. Out- j side of the levee the bank of the river is called the “batture,” which in many places is increasing I from the continual alluvial deposits, while in other places the river has what is called “a falling bank,’ and the water gradually encroaches on the land. In the former case the levee is advanced as the batture increases, and this has been the case in a large portion of the front of New Orleans, where, in some parts, the levee has, in the last 40 or 50 years advanced fully 1,C00 feet; and the front warehouses now stand for a long extent, that distance from the water, affording a splendid space tor the vast bulk of produce that is annually loaded and shipped. The wharyes are construct¬ ed outside the levee on massive piles, driven with a heavy iron ram into the mud, and extending INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 19 over the river into the water sutficiently deep to admit the heaviest steamboats and ships to lie up aa-ainst them; heavy sleepers connect the piles at their tops, and on these piles the platform is laid, of thick planking, the edges of which are separated about one inch, to prevent the -accumulation of ‘dirt, which falls through these interstices into the river flowing below, and in five minutes after the heaviest storm the whole surface is in a perfect condition to receive any description of merchandise. These, wharves are planked back till they join the crown of the levee, in some places 200 or 800 feet, which is made firm and solid by a constant coating of shells, and -always kept in good order. One of these wharves presents an unbroken front on the view of 2,000 feet, and others 600 to 1,20 ) feet, and in the business season it is usual to see these fronts entirely occupied with steamboats lying bow on, -and each with her stage rigged out to the wharf, actively engaged in loading or unloading. The wharves intended for steamships and all sea-going vessels are detached from each other with an interv'ening dock, and each wharf acconiniodates a tier of vessels, which, unlike the , steamboats are moored up and down the river, one outside the other, three, four, and five tiers , deep, with a broad, common stage communicating with the levee, and extending on the bulwarks of | the vessel to the outside one, the timber, planks, and all the conveniences for this staging is furnish¬ ed, cheaply by contractors, who also supply tarpaulians to protect the goods in case of rain No other city on the continent presents its commercial marine in so close a compass, and owing to the Lee Place. configuration of the stream, it can be almost all taken in at a single elance, and presenting during the busy season a scene of singular variety and animation. And yet so great and so rapidly growing is the demand on the part of New Orleans for wharfage room for steamboats and steamships that even while this work has been under headway a bill has been introduced in Congress by General Randall M. Gibson, M. C , from Louisiana, extending the limits of the port, so as to embrace the right bank of the Mississippi river for some distance, as it now extends on the left (or New Orleans) side The Committee on Commerce reporting favorably on the bill said: “The completion of the jetties at the mouth of river, and of the railway system with the Southwest and Northeast, and the improvement of the Mississippi river, increasing largely the commerce and trade of the commercial emporium of the Southwest, render it expedient and necessary that Congress should afford by legislation accommodations adequate to its necessities. Should the foregoing bill become a law, it will give to New Orleans a river front of not less than twenty miles, the present frontage from Carrolton to the United States Barracks being not less than twelve miles, THE “crescent CITY"—WHY SO CALLED. The older portion of the city is built on the convex side of a bend of the river, which here sweeps around in a N. E., E. and S. E. course. From this location it derives its familiar soubriquet of the “Crescent City.” Whether we take it in the garish light of day, or under moon light or starlight vision, no city of the New World presents a fairer view than New Orleans, the Crescent city of the 20 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. South Whoever has seen its mihtiphed charms by day wiU pardon the enthusiasm of the writer who described its charms at night and as seen from the deck of one of our noble steamers • ‘ ‘The mantle of night had settled on the scene, and the historic Crescent City—with a mjTiad of gas-iets beammo- seemed as we approached, a picture from fau-y-land instead of a reality. Quite romantic and be- ® come onward, down the stream; and, it did seem that the rolhng flood of the Patriarch of Waters had merely made this graceful curve^ as if it longed to look upon a spot of so much beauty ere it journeyed on m its unceasing travel to the remorseless sea. Penchng like the curve of a Mussulman’s scimeter, with each Hght from the shore reflected from its bosom, the sight was mdeed Oriental and crescent-like, and one might easily add in imaei- nation the crescent-standard battalions of the Grand Sidtan, and picture the hosts of Islam nassinff m view, yet by its shape alone does our beloved city claim the symbolic name of the Mahommedan and we owe no obeisance to Sarocenic poetry for the suggestion. ’ However in the progress of its growth up stream, the city has of late vears so extended itself as to fall the hollow of a curve m the opposite direction, so that the river front now presents an outhne somewhat resembling two conjoined crescents or perhaps more properly, the letter “S. ’' This cnnfiff- uration necessarily renders the direction of the streets very irregular. ' ^ THE ADJACENT COUNTRY. The whole of southern Louisiana is a vast plain, but the land immediately adjacent to the river is more elevated than elsewhere. There is therefore a gradual descent from the river to the adjacent swamps, lying in the rear of the city, at a distance of a mile to a mile and a half from the levee These swamps are covered with a dense growth of cypress trees and underbush, and afford habitation for a multitude of ahgators and other reptiles. Peyond the swamp, bordering on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, five or six miles north of the city, lies a tract of drier and more elevated ground, known as the Metairie ridge. Here are several of the city cemeteries. Bayou St. John, a deep navigable inlet from Lake Pontchartrain, indents the swamp and extends to the suburbs. The “canal Caron- delet,’’ communicating with this bayoq, penetrates into the heart of the city, and terminates m a basin for the accommodation of vessels. Most of the coasting trade, however, with the ports of the gulf l}ung eastward, is now carried on through the Nev/ Canal or New Basin Canal, communicating directly with the lake, to the westward of Bayou St John. The spacious basin of this canal is at all times filled with sloops, schooners, and other craft, most of which are employed in the lumber, char¬ coal, and oyster trade. Besides these, canals, the Pontchartrain railroad, connectmg the city with the lake, communicates at its terminus with steamers plying to Mobile and other places on the coast. BUSINESS STATUS OF NEW ORLEANS. Having advanced thus far in our labors, let us now pass to and examine more specifically the claims and adaptabilities of the city of New Orleans, to the position we have confidently and un¬ hesitatingly ascribed her. We beheve our true functions to he in that direction, and trust a proper performance of duty and self-elected task will be the crowning result. Believing, therefore, without shadow of doubt that we can show that despite numerous prostra¬ tions of trade and commerce, of financial shocks and failures all round, of political woes innumera¬ ble, of internal strife, turmoil and discord, the merchants and business men of New Orleans pre¬ sent, to-day, a sounder and more solvent record than any competitive market; that they have pre¬ served their commercial honor and mercantile respect intact, and that they have brought their city to a dignified prominence in the world of trade, and thereby challenged the respect, the attention and admiration which such conditions legitimately entitle her. The city’s wealth and prosperity in aU the varied features we propose describing, embracing al¬ most innumerable bra^nches of commerce, of mechanical arts and sciences, manipulated and carried on by a live, progressive and go-ahead-active class of merchants and manufacturers, who are aided in their transactions and labors by countless auxiliaries such as ready and ample capital, cheap transportation, steam, concentrated labor, and the inexhaustible natural facilities and resources a benefleient Heaven has placed in almost prodigal liberality at then’ disposal. These, guided by experience and a thorough knowledge of the people and of the demands of trade, with indomitable foreign and domestic labor, energy, industry and skill, are fast transforming this already mighty city into a formidable rival of more vaunted ports, and will eventually render her the peer of any mart the world has ever known. RIVER AND STEAMBOAT INTERESTS. Already we have alluded to the advantages possessed by New Orleans as a commercial city, but we may be pardoned if we again, and stubbornly insist that its location as a maritime city should naturally, and indeed does, make it the largest interior shipping point in the Union, and places its steamboat interests among the most considerable in the world. As a point for the receipt and ex¬ port of staple agricultural products by water, it is without a rival, and as a point for general steam¬ boat business, it is of the very first rank. The statistics of imports and exports, the registi-y of the port, the number and magnitude of our packet lines, and the daily arrival of vessels at our wharves, conclusively establishes this claim, and effectually sets aside aU argument to the contrai-y. ’ Indeed, steam navigation has been of such incalculable service to the port, and. to the whole Valley of the Mississippi, contrasts with former conditions are in order. The voyage up the Mississippi, that used formerly to be so difficult and tedious, is now performed with ease, celerity and comfort in commodious steam packets, some of them so magnificently constructed that they may be called floating palaces—far surpassing in elegance any steamers in the world 1 here have been counted,” says Mr. Flint, writing more than twenty-flve years ago, m the harbor, 1,500 flat boats at a time. Steamboats are andving and departing every hour, and it is not uncommon to see flftv lying together in the harbor. A forest of masts is constantlv seen along the levee, except in the sultry months. There are often 5,000 or 6,000 boatmen from the upper country here at a time; and we haye known thirty vessels advertised together for Liverpool and Havre. The intercourse with Havana and Vera Cruz is great and constantly increasing. As a shipping port, New Orleans now ranks third in the Union; being in this respect interior only to New York and Boston. Ves sels of the largest burden may navigate the river many hundreds of miles above the city, ihe ag¬ gregate burden of shipping belonging to the port on the 30th ot June, of which 162,637 were employed in steam navigation. In the year ending 31st August, l«o2, the arrivals of steamers, principily from the interior, were 2.784. The depth of the water in the river opposite to New Orleans is, at a medium, about seventy feet; and it maintains soundings of thirty feet within a mile of its confluence with the sea. Besides three or four of inferior consequence, the Mississippi has four principal passes or outlets In the south-east or mam pass, at Balize, e water on the bar, at ordinary tides, does not exceed twelve feet, and as the rise of tides in the (julf of Mexico is not more than‘two or two and a half feet, vessels drawing much viater cannot make their way from the ocean to New Orleans. , . , , i ii • j. j. r i.-u Such was the condition of affairs in 1852, and we have merely introduced this exteact foi the pur¬ pose of contrasting “those days with these days.” According to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, for the year ending January 31, 1881, two thousand two hundred and forty-tour steamboats, with an aggregate tonnage of 857,243 tons, arrived in New Orleans, and 396 barges, -v^uth an aggregate tonnage of 163,260 tons. However, owing to the improvements at the Mouth ot the Mississippi by Eads’ Jetties, (of which we speak at length elsewhere), the tonnage of the steamships arnving during the same time, amounted to 507,595 tons; ships, 260,901 tons; barks, 009^^593 tons; schoon¬ ers. 32,566 tons, and brigs, 17,020 tons, making a grand total tonnage ot 2,3o8,3o8 tons. The follomng tabulated statement wall show the steam and barge tonnage of the Mississpipi nver, omitting Cincinnati, which city was not heard from in time for this publication: St. Lords.... Louisville... • Memphis. -.. Vicksburgh.. New Orleans. Pittsburgh... Cairo. Total. No. of Steamers. Tonage of Steamers. No. of ■ Barges. Tonage of Barges. 150 58,310 303 194,618 5 4,500 .... 10 6,370 • « • ■ 11 3,400 • . 45 18,629 2 900 144 31,158 3.300 783,457 26 3,017 11 3,113 391 125,385 3,616 982,089 This shows the total tonnage of the Mississippi to be 1.107,474. Averaging twelve trips per year to each vessel, we have 13.289,688 tons of freight carried each year. The above table however, indicates that while a great bulk of the freight transported comes to New Orleans only a small proportion of the vessels are ovmed or Registered at this pork ihis may be explained in the statement that very many of the boats registered elsewhere actually belong to New Orleans steamboatmen, m whole or in part, and being controlled here, it would be a supposition against nature for any one to entertain the'belief that every advantage is not given to home shippers, as well as reduced and special rates for commercial travelers going out from New Orleans houses. The regular packet lines, which afford daily communication with, the principal towns on the Missis¬ sippi, Red, Ouachita, Tensas, Yazo, White, St. Francis, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio. Tennessee, Cum¬ berland and their triliutaries, comprise some of the most elegant and capacious steamboats afloat on any waters, and the magnificence and splendor of Western and Southern steamboats has passed mto ^ Th^principal hnes doing business ^vith New Orleans are as follows: New Orleans, Natchez ^d Vicksburg; New Orleans and Memphis; Anchor Line, boats and barges, from St. Louis to New Oi^ leans; New Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati; New Orleans and Pittsburgh; New Orleans and Red River- New Orleans and Ark msas, besides regular packets to the towns along the nvers Atehatalaya, Boeuf, Black, Yazo, Ouachita, Tensas and others, and Bayous Baratana, Boeuf, Lafourche, Macou, Teche, Terre Bonne, VennilHon, &c. The State of Louisiana has within its boundaries at least fifty streams affording more than four thousand miles of navigation and steamboats from New Oileans penetrate to almost ever>^ nook and comer. i p ,1 • i u- Railroads have, in a measure, seriously injured the passenger trade of the rivers, ancl may ulty matelv almost entirely remove the passenger specialty as seen in our “floating palaces; but what is lost by the receipts for luxurious travel by cheap transportation for freight, has greatte augmentea the steamboat business, and all of the companies here have made money, and while they are every vear increasing their facilities in magnitude and efficiency, they are at the same time doing much to increase the trade and.manufacturing interests, and general prosper-ity of the city. EAD’S JETTIES. greatest over on the continent is the famous Delta of the Mississippi, abou1 one hundred miles below ^ew Orleans. Situated at the mouth of the South Pass is Port Eads oi ^aa s Jetties one amon^ the most wonderful works of internal improvement in the world, a triumpb short of the marvelous. Briefly described, the Jetties arf 2c moi'e than thirteen thousand feet, on both sides of the river, from or,ri if-ci 11 thousand feet apart, and the entire current of the vasl ana mtderto iincontroUable Mississippi bein^f contracted between them is forced to move more rapidlv. 1 , 00 out the bottom, thus forming a channel navigable at all seasons. ITis Herculean work celebrates! cml engineer, Capt. James B. Eads, under a. contraet with the States government, for some five millions of dollars. 1 he successful completiim olthis stiipenduous undertal^g gives to the largest ships that float a 1 2"' ^^Eans. In this secm-e harbor of fresh water, protected from every wind at dJows. hundreds of vessels may be seen in the winter and spring seasons loading with cotton. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 23 suRar, grain, rice, tobacco, besides staves, lumber, resinous stoves, hides, peltry and other articles of export. S^t is often brought as ballast in ships coming from Liverpool for cotton, and is sold on the levee even cheaper than in Liverpool itself. , . t ,, • The St. Louis Republican speaking ot this Ligth Wonder ot the World says: Ihe Lads Jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi, will have cast, when fully paid for, $5,2(!0,fJ0<2- This is called a large sum; the real value of the works is not less than ten times $5,2(X),O0O. The jetties will have paid for themselves in three vears from this time, if they have not done it already, in the amounts Lved to the people of the Mississippi Valley, in the reduction of freight rates. But one of the most valuable features of the jetties is their example. They have proved successful as a mode of contracting the flow of water at harbor-mouths, and thereby deepening the channel; and it is prob¬ able they will be adopted for this purpose at the mouth of many nvers which flow into sea harbors. Various other schemes for the improvement of the Mississippi have from time to time been pro¬ posed, notably the Barataria Canal, the Lake Borgne outlet etc., etc.—The latter is the plan pro¬ posed bv Capt. John Cowden. Recently Hon. Mr. Van Horn, M. C., from Missouri introduced a bill in Congress appropriating $250,000 for preventing any future overflows of the Mississippi bv digging an outlet into Lake Borgne. It is claimed, by Capt. Cowden, that the proposed outlet will lower the flood line of the river at New Orleans from ten to twelve feet, with a correspondmg effect all the way to Cairo. . • ^ ^ However, the Eads Jetties having proven a success so pronounced, we consider the following report made to the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce in December 1881, and which we clip from the Picayune as worth reproduction: • , r, i i ^ The Chamber of Commerce met last night in their rooms, corner of Gravier and Carondelet streets, Gen Cyprus Bussey, presiding. . , t • i The object of the meeting was to receive the report of the Committee on the Jetties, which was read by Assistant Secretary Henderson. Mr. Henderson prefaced the reading wuth the remark that the Chamber had made no appropria¬ tions for the performance of the work, which had been done mainly by Mr. David Jackson and himself. The report’ was as follows: New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1881. To the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce: Gentlemen —Your committee appointed to inquire into the existing and future sufficiency of the outlet ship channel of the Msssissippi to conduct the commerce of this port and of the valley of the Mississippi with foreign countries, beg leave to report : That on the morning of Deeember 4th, 1881. your committee, consisting of Messrs. Joseph Bow¬ ling, H. Dudley Coleman, David Jackson and John C. Henderson, with, as invited guests. Captain Thos. P. Leathers, Captain John Cowden and Benj. Mcl^eran, Esq., civil engineer, left this city on the steam tug Ella Andrews, . . • j i We arrived the same evening at Eadsport. and early next morning, 5th inst., accompanied by C. Donovan. Assistant United States Engineer, and Mr. Ubsdell, Manager for Capt. J. B Eads, embarked on boaxd the steam launch Brierly to commence soundings, having on board all necessary equipments Wethmkit well to begin |)y. explaining the manner of our takmg soundings, which was as follo^s^s * At the bow there was stationed a leadsman, whose soundings were recorded bv Mr. H. Dudley Coleman for the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Laws for Capt. J. B. Eads. At the stem there was stationed another leadsman. His soundings were recorded by Mr. W. L. Wright for the U. S. Engineer, Mr Laws, for Capt. J. B. Eads and Mr. David Jackson for this Chamber. Midship, Capt. John Cowden, who, by his own request, acted as leadsman, and his soundings were recorded by Benj McLeran for Capt. Cowden and Messrs. Jos. Bowling and John C Hender¬ son for tins Chamber. All soundings were made at thie same time and from the same side of the launch, and the meas¬ urement was distinctly called and verified at the time. At a point just below Eadsport we commenced sounding, having stopped the engines of the launch, and drifting down towards the Gulf to a point close to the east shore, neai’ Concrete Station. thir ty-four (84) feet as deepest and twenty-six (26) feet as the shoalest in the channel. Tlie tide guage at time of leaving marked one foot and .six-tenths below zero, zero being the average on flood tide. We continued to make sounchngs from east to west, inside, across and outside the bar, these soundings being made by placing the launch in the channel ^d allowing her to drift out across the bar into the Gulf, and we were again rewarded by finding a^ deep as 34 feet and the shoalest 26 feet in channel, and your committee continued to make soundings through the jetties, at the mouth of the jetties, on the crest of the bar, across the bar and outside in the Gulf, and at no place in the channel found less than 26 feet in depth. We then, starting from the extreme west end of the jetties and working up stream, made (10) ten diagonal crossings and found as much as (4'') forty feet in depth in the channel. Your committee deem it well to mention here, that the lead line used by Capt. Cowden was only marked for 40 feet, and that where the depth was greater than 40 feet, no record could be kept by his representative, Mr. McLeran; so that as this report is based on the reports of measurement made 24 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. by Capt. Cowden s Hn^ it should not be taken that 40 feet is by any means the greatest depths found. Keturnmg to Eadsport, after a delay of thirty minutes we steamed up the jetties to a point opposite ‘Post 232 on the east side, and crossed to Grand Bayou, thence-to “Pok 6,” on the east side, making soundings, and finding as shoalest in channel 26 feet. Bayou we foand 29.4 feet, which is one foot more than United States survey of Novem- i -^bove Goat Island, going west, we made our next soundings, and found as much as o4 teet m the channel. Soundings from Pole No. 8 to Balcony’s House showed a depth of 31 feet in the channel, and bv soundings taken above Balcony’s house we found 34 feet in the channel. At the head of the Pass we. made our next soundings, going from east to west and repeating same and found 40 feet and over commencing at a point on the east shore above Cubit’s house and cross¬ ing the river in nearly a straight line we found a depth of 35 feet. We then commenced taking soundings in the channel at a point opposite Cubit's house and going down stream as far as Telegraph Station, we found at the shoalest 30 feet and for the deepest bevond the hmit of our line, 40 feet. Our last soundings were made from Pole 227 on east side to a point opposite on west side and fbund 29 feet in channel. It being then quite late, we returned to Eadsport. In summing up, your committee desire to state that bv actual count there were 936 soundings made, and the records show that in the channel through the Pass and Jetties and across the bar the shoalest water we found was twent 3 ’’-six feet, and this on the bar; this sounding was made while the tide was a fraction over one foot below average or flood tide. Your committee cannot close this report without expressing their high appreciation of the courtesies extended and the facilities afforded them by Mr. J. A. Ubsdell, manager, and C. Donnovan, Esq.. Assistant U. &. Engiiieer. Thanks are due also to Capt. Geo W. Adams and Miller, and to Messrs. Laws Brothers and M . L. Wright for attentions; and to Capt. John Cowden are we especially in¬ debted for his valuable services and assistance in carrying out the letter of your instructions. We desire to congratulate New Orleans and its Chamber of Commerce on the information your committee has obtained, and have the honor of presenting to j^ou at this time—and not only to you, but the world at large, that this Chamber can announce, there is a sufficiency of water for the commerce of this port, and of the Mississippi valley, with foreign countries. Kespectfullj^ submitted, Jas. Bowling. David Jackson. H. Dudley Coleman. John C. Henderson, The report was received and adopted. Chairman. Col. Sandidge offered the following, which was adopted: The Chamber of Cornmerce declares that the effectiveness of the jetty .system has been demon¬ strated by Capt. Eads, in the removal of all obstructions at the mouth of the Mississippi river, to the passage of the largest ships and steamers across the bar at the South Pass, and the official report of the Government made from time to time, of the depth of water so obtained would seem to be suf¬ ficient to satisfy the world of that fact It was only to disarm the hypercritics who have sought by systematic traduction to disparage an unwelcome truth, this chamber recently, by a committee of its members, who have just reported, desired to put this matter beyond further question, and does now proclaim with all the emphasis which truth can give, that the port of New Orleans is easily accessable to the largest ships of the world, and offers a harbor in extent and security unequaled by any on either coast of the continent of America. At the wharves of our city, and for handreds of miles into the interior of the country, alongside the plantations of our great river, anchorage aud welcome will be found for the ships of all who come, and homes for all who stay. The Chamber ordered that copies of the report and resolution be sent to the commercial bodies in this country and Europe, and to members of Congress. Gen. Bussey said he had observed, when in Europe, the effect of the misrepresentations made in regard to the jetties, and thought that the resolution and report would have the effect of correcting false statememts. NEW ORLEANS STEAMSHIP INTERESTS. 'I’here are numerous persons, “native here and to the manner born,’’ who wiU remember when our steamship squadron was, in number of vessels and carrying capacity, almost entirely eclipsed by the sailing fleet that for miles lived our wharves, three and four tiers deep. Such is no longer strictly the case. Here, as at other leading seaports, the steamship has steadily encroached on the domain of the sailing vessel, and still the change goes on. The sailing vessels will perhaps always be seen on the seas, but the sword has indeed departed from Judah, it will no longer eclipse the steamer, and therefore a .sketch of the regular steamship lines to and from New Orleans will be apropos: M0RG4N’s TEXAS LINE. ' . Begining with the Morgan Steamers for Texas, we find four ports in that State regularly served: Galveston, Indianola, Corpus Christi and Brazos Santiago. The* number of steamers in the trade is eight, of an average tonnage of 1,200 tons each, and all do business in connection with each other. The managers leport that th® total business for the commercial year, ending August 31, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 25 . 1881 shows an incrcase of about fifteen per cent, over that of the previous year; and New Orleans, L," u urifVi •Hipesp varioiis steaui lines bv means of the railtoads to Morgan City, is directly : bulei to the extentof seventy-five per cent. These steam lines are well holding their own against the competition ot the numerous radways now tiaversmg Texas —This may be accounted for by the great and rapid increase of population . m Texas and the inseauent large arid continues the demands for supplies of all kinds to meet the r wants Besides every new railroad that conies from the interior to a seaport, necessarily calls foranincrSseiA ocean transportation. , The Rio Grande and ^Mexican trade carried.on through ■ these steamers has increased especially since the “railroad boom m that section. This compa y may not enter the Central American trade, but as soon as quarantine restnctions are properly regu¬ lated. will put steamers in the Vera Cruz and Havana trades. ' THE FLORIDA LINE. Last vear there was but one regular steamship, the Amite, engaged in the trade with Florida,^ but indications point to similar engagement for others soon. The Amite is employed in shipping to_^anc receiving from Warrington, Pensacola, Cedar Keys, St. Marks, Apalachicola, the Chattaohoche river Tampa, Key West and Jacksonville. She entered the trade a little Hi an a year ag , has niade about twenty round trips in that period; the cargoes have consisted chiefly of cotton, cot¬ ton seeds, sugar, molasses and rosin, and the agents at New Orleans report the business as generally satisfactory. CENTRAL AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN lANES. The trade between New Orleans and Central America, South America and the Bay Islands, by means of sailing vessels is of ancient date. The fruit supply was its chief stimulus The facility of shipping these tropical fruits hence by rail to the Western cities increased the demand for them to sucti an extent as to compel the introduction of the steamship, so as to obtain at short dates a regular sup¬ ply at the port of transhipments. This was done about a year and a half ago by two of our local firms; and the results have ample justified their energy and enterprise. They have now four steam¬ ers in the trade, and others will soon be added, each vessel making an average of twenty round trips in the year. .Of the large fruit cargoes, consisting of bananas, plantains, cocoanuts, pine¬ apples, oranges and limes, seventy-five per cent go to the West. Other valuable imports on hides, coffee, sugar, sarsaparilla, india-rubber and mahogany, a large portion of which is transhipped to New York, London and Havre. The number of passengers coming and going is steadily on the increase. Both firms mentioned above, have also a number of small sailing vessels m the trade, but they concur in the opinion that steam will soon drive them out. The prospects for this trade every way encouragmg. It is the more pleasant to note the marked and speedy success of this specially local enterprise, as it already promises to draw here agencies from N orthern cities that will place quite a number of steamers in this trade to make New Orleans their distributing point. THE MEXICAN LINE. The regular steamship business between New Orleans and Tuxpan, Tampico, Vera Cruz and otyer Mexican ports is conducted by the Alexander line. During the months when quarantine restnctions do not interfere this line does a good business, exporting all manner of merchandise from New Or¬ leans and returning with rich cargoes of the products of Mexico. The owners of the Alexander hne at New York have been so much encouraged that they have determined not only to add other vessels the line, but also to open a line to Havana. NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS STEAMSHIP LINES. Our regular steamship business with New York is transacted by two lines: the Cromwell the “Morgan." The former with four vessels, and the latter with,five—all large, fast and first- class steamers. The Cromwell’s combined tonnage is 8,000 ton*?, and they make regularly one trip a week. The number of passengers carried has been larger the past year than for several previous years. The cargoes of forwarding goods, cotton, sugar, molasses, rice, hides, etc., to JNew lorkand foreign ports h ive been large, and the business in that respect is constantly mcreasmg ihe open¬ ing of the Jetties is considered by the company as of signal advantage to all steamship and sailing v0ssg 1 ow^nGrs Besides their own five regular steamers, the Morgan Line has every season, so far, chartered an additional steamer, thus enabling them for six months in the year to make semi-weekly remainder of the year they make one trip a week. The line carnes no passengers, ft has done an increased freight business both from and to New York. The Jetties are not considered as having produced any particular effect on this line, as its steamers were built specially for this tiade, drawing only about seventeen feet when loaded. THE FRENCH TRANS-ATLANTIC LINE The French Trans-Atlantic Company have recently extended to this port the service of their steam¬ ship hne between Marseilles and Vera Cruz. There are now five steamers in this line, making one trip here a month. The local agent is quite enthusiastic over the success of the venture. Uigent requests have gone on from our French merchants to have steam communication also with Havre. It IS likely this will be effected, when there is every probability of a steamer once a week between New Orleans and France—the Marseilles of America and the Marseilles of the Mediterranean. NORTH OERMAM LLOYD LINE. By the North German Lloyd Company we have had for some years steam communication with Bremen, via Havre, Southampton and Havana. The number of passengers to Europe has been 26 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. of whom toVe?r^The ‘>>em however, isiSMiifiSiB I-ONDOX AND NEW ORLEANS LINES. The Adam Line is a new Kne of steamers between New OHppTiQ nriri T o’u- r ' • augurated last year and is but another result of the improvement of^thnn^uth nA'L^M' ‘“■ and the increase of cotton and grain receipts at New oSeans Mississippi THE VARIOUS LIVERPOOL LINES. Oul regular lines to Liverpool are the Mississippi and Dominion the West Tnrlin lanri j fte Hamson, with a total of fortv-five steamshipf in thri”^ se™ 4l mo^ buiK The pioneer vessel was the Fire Queen, of the Harrison Line, in 1866. Her tonnLe wS 7^97 W |roS." largest vessel of the line, some of the others barely attmning 500 ton Company was formed for the express purpose of buildine- steamers 1^881 Ions. She entered upon he? ca?STn tbis^’i?p Atlantic successfully over one hundred times. The others steamers of Thp hPpJ p ^ steadily increasing tonnage, until in the Brooklyn 3,575 tons were reached The three new steaniers now building or just completed by this company attain even higher fiffures two measuring each 3,712 tons, and one as much L 5,700 tons. ^ ^ ’ the other companies have also steadily increased the size and canving capacity as well as the "^Thp?P i’ splendid Lweilool Steamship fleet, fp fu;? increase in number and size of the foreign steamships coming regularly to this port a^ly also to saihng vessels, but it is admitted that the steamers are gradually displacing the sailers. The opening of the Jetties has been the main cause of these striking cWeT It ha! enabled a steamer with a cargo of the bulk of 9,500 bales of cotton, to sea?throu^h a depth S twenty-four feet three inches The opening of the Jetties also, by hicreasing so enormously the be adde^d?Tat tb^Bp^ added largely to the regular outward cargoes of these steamships. It should f Dominion steamers bnng, on each arrival here, from 100 to 200 immigrants prin- cipally English fanners and mechanics, whose destination is generally Texas. The three hnes re¬ port an evident improvement m busmess over previous years, and the outlook encouraging. VARIOUS TRANSIENT STEAMSHIPS. JS-fiSfST s £TS,nf.r str."SE' Six SAILING VESSELS. enterprising and industrious and transact a very extensive business for pppqS! 8hips, barks, schooners, bngs, etc , though they are not averse to also handling an pccasmnal steamer s cargo. The Jetties, they report, have materially benefitted their business The p railroad iron last year, by sail, have been unprecedentedly large. The shipments of gram to Europe, and of lumber and other supplies for the Lessep's canal have also been large. Generally their busmess has been remunerative, one leading firm reporting increase of 100 per cent, for 188L NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS ENTERED AT NEW ORLEANS. p-P^T^ foUowing IS a condensed statement of the number and tonnage of vessels entered at the Port, of New Orleans during the year ending July 31, 1881: Number of vessels entered, coast-wise, 296- tonnage, 415,533; number of American vessels from foreign ports, wdth cargo, 180; tonnage, 112,- 509; number of Amencan vessels frmn foreign ports, in baUast, 42: tonnage, 40,248; number of foreign vessels from foreign ports, with cargo, 333; tonnage, 459,188; number of foreign vessels om foiei^^ports, m ballast, 404; tonnage, 445,248. Total number of vessels entered, 1.255: ton¬ nage, /^b. NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF CLEARANCES. The Mlowing IS a condensed statement of the number and tonnage of vessels cleared from the Port of New Organs during the year ending July 31, 1881: Number of vessels, coast-wise, 282; tonnage, 364,883; number of Amencan vessels for foreign ports, with cargo, 179; tonnage, 118,449- number of Amencan vessels for foreign ports, in ballast, 16; tonnage, 7,104; number of foreign vessels for foreign ports, with cargo, 766; tonnage, 904,147; number of foreign vessels for foreign ports, m ballast, 3; tonnage, 2,913 Total number of vessels cleared, 1,257: tonnage, 1,402,496. ORLEANS. FOREIGN CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS AT NEM' _ _ fo character of the foreign commerce of New Orleans may be ascei- tamed m the fact that the following foreign governments have their consuls and consular agents Austna-Hungary, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, German Empire, Great Guatemala, Hondura^ Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway and Sweden, Russia, Spam, Switzerland, United States of Columbia, and Venezuela. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 27 NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD INTERESTS. The Dast eig-hteen months have witnessed remarkable developement not only in the railroads that were then actually running into New Orleans, but in those that m other Southern States had apparent Ivno definite termini and formed merely a disjointed system of railways, each loolnng out for ite own local interests. The great railroad manager of the age suddenly appeared in the field, and although he did not commence his work in this immediate section, his gigantic operations, whether m the North West, the far West, or in Mexico, have aU had a direct bearing upon New Orleans, ihe ranid manner in which he obtained control of road after road, and combined them into vast but har¬ monious co-operative systems, was suddenly followed in the South by severelbold railway managers, and the product has been the combination of numerous short and weak roads into long and sen- sustaining trunk-lines, reaching from the Lakes to the Gulf, from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. The estabhshment of these trunk lines has produced a wonderful activity in ranroad circles, the benefits of which, to the South, in the purchase of new material, laying new and re-laying old tracks, securing a host of new locomotives and cars, and engaging thousands of additional employes, have been sustained by the competition natural between such strong and wealthy corporations to add new lines, new territory and new trade to their resources. NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS & CHICAGO RAILWAY. 1 > The New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railway—familliary and locally known as the‘Big J. road—being a consolidation of the New Orleans, J^kson & Great Northern, and the Mississippi Central, etc., is the oldest of the great lines running into New Orleans. It is 571 miles in length, of which 93 miles are in Louisiana; thence it traverses the entire length of the State of Mississippi, crosses the State of Tennessee and the Southwest corner of Kentucky, connecting at Cairo, ms., with the Illinois Central for Chicago, and with connections for St. Louis—forming an almost perfect airline—“such as the crow flies,” with the Garden City of the Lakes. It has also a< branch to Kosciusko, Miss. The road is splendidly built, equipped, officered and managed. ^ The managers of this road have been fully up with the spirit of progress as is demonstrated by the laying, last year, of 17,000 tons of new steel rails; placing their track in other respects in first-class working ordor, ciitinging tho from Co/iro to OrloB^ns, so 3,s to ^omiit no dols-y to ttirougn trains; an-anging for special fast trains for large cargoes of perishable articles, and for the receiving and shipping of freights here direct from the side of ocean vessels. They are also preparing to enter upon a system of branch lateral roads that ^vill open up to New Orleans merchants rich fields for commercial enterprise. The first of these will be a branch road from Canton to Yazoo City, which will mn to the Mississippi, opposite Arkansas City & Monticello railroad, connecting with the Pine Bluff & Little Rock road, and thence with the road to Fort Smith. It is to the credit of the Jackson management that its heavy expenditures for rails and other sup¬ plies are nearly all disbursed among American manufactories, and that it gives employment so largely to Southern workers, ninety per cent of its 30,000 employes being of the South. \ ery soon it expects to make an-angement with lines of ocean steamers for direct shipments. Morgan’s Louisiana and texas railroad and steamship company. Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad, popularly known, with its connections, as the Star and Crescent Route,” is one of the oldest, wealthiest, most infiuential and best conducted of m the internal improvements of which the South can boast. It is 186 miles in length, all in Louisiana The road runs from New Orleans, crossing the river via steam ferry to Algiers, and continues to Vermillionville, with branches to Houma, Thibodeaux and Opelousas, and has a branch building from Opelousas North to Alexandria. At Morgan City it connects with the Morgan Steamship Line for Texas, where it owns and con¬ trols eight splendid steamships affording regular service to Galveston, Indianolia, Corpus Christ! and Brazos Santiago. ^ m At Vermillionville it connects with the Louisiana Western Railroad running to Orange, iexas, Length of this road, 112 miles, of which 106 are in Louisiana. During the past year the long-looked for, long-prayed for direct railway connection between New Orleans and Houston, Texas, became a fait accotnpli, since which time it has worked smoothly and prosperously,, although three distinct corporations were interested. Latterly, the Louisiana Western from Vermillionville to the Sabine, has consoRdated with the road to Houston. It is needless to expatiate on the signal advantages the opening of this route has secured to New Orleans. The State of Texas is being covered witH railways, and the Star and Crescent route extending VTestwardly gains connection with the vast railway system of that vast empire, and very shortly through freight and through passengers from the Pacific to New Orleans wiR be regarded as a very ordmary occur¬ rence. In a few months, at most a continuous line of railway from New Orleans to San Francisco, and from New Orleans to the city of Montezumas will be among facts established. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE & GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD. That vast system of railroads having its headquarters on the banks of the Ohio river has also extended its power and infiuence and found firm lodgement and resting place for its feet at the chief port on the gulf. ’ ^ m i ^ The management of the Louisville & Nashville A Great Southern Railroad, oneot the most power¬ ful railroad corporations in the country, having by a series of brilliant operations obtained possession of manv important trunk lines and feeders in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, during the past year effected combination with the series of roads that gave them a terminus at New Orleans. 28 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS data m sufficient fullness is not at hand to enable us to say much authoritatively fnnV company s operations with the New Orleans & Mobile Division last year. When they t Wmd^fb’p^^n after, owing to the accumulation of freight, and the bad condition of the road, the management were considerably embarassed to meet the demands upon them But they have proven in every way equal to the occasion. The road is being relaid^^th sM rail7 propeily equipped in every particular, and the service now rendered is prompt, expeditious safe and satisfactory. New depot buildings have been erected at New Orleans and^othe? points. Superb haf passenger cars and palatial sleepers-going through from New OrleLs to Louisville nave been put on, and per sequence travel is largely increasing. liberal freight tariffs, and prompt and rapid transportation this road has already done much to throttle extortionate monopolies and to introduce their lines to popular consideration and favor. The possibilities of the road, and the prospect of New Orleans in this resnect. are not Jewish Synagogue. grand, but they are dazzling in their importance and time —time alone is needed to bring out immeasurable results. Already we see the gathering strength of the road in this respe.ct. A very proportion of the trade between New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Louisville and other Northern and Ea^ern cities finds by this route the most rapid and satisfactory transit, and the bulk of goods for New Orleans and Texas passes over this line. The returning trade goes and will continue to go m larger quantities the same way. • Ti^^^ lines owned and operated by this stupendiious management are among the most] important in the country, and their connections are in every way first-class. The main trunk beginning at Louisville and running through to Nashville has grafted on it the following branches: Louisville & Nashville & Memphis; Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis—from Hickman, Ky., to Chattanooga; Western & Atlantic—from Chattanooga to Atlanta; Nashville & Decatur; South & North Road; Mobile & Montgomery—with its branch to Pensacola; Mobile & New Orleans. Stretching North from Louisville they own the Louisville & Cincinnati Short Line. T j Northwest from Nashville they own the St. Louis & Southerstern road via Evansville, Ind.; the Evansville & Terre Haute, and the Chicago Eastern Illinois roads. In reference to the last acquirement the Banker and Broker of January 16th, 1882, has the following to say: ; L 9 uisville and Nashville parties yesterday purchased a large interest in the Chicago and East Illinois. Hie same parties had previously acquired a heavy interest in the Evansville and Terre INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 29 Is Haute. Louisville and Nashville stock was a large part of the consideration, making the two lines ' mentioned and the Louisville and Nashville practically one in interest. The Chicago and Last Illinois dnd Evansville and Terre Haute will be consolidated, placing under one management the most direct line from Chicago to Evansville, and the Louisville and Nashville bridge at this point will give an air line from Chicago to New Orleans, the gulf and our Southern Atlantic ports via the Louisville and Nashville system, and the whole under control of that system with amplest terminal tacihties at (yhicago. This connection with the great provision of the Northwest did not cost the Louis¬ ville and Nashville anything, although the terminal facihties acquired at Chicago alone are worth a ■ half million dollars.” I In this connection we may say, that owing to the large increase in winter travel to the South the ! Louisville and Nashville and Great Southern management have begun active steps towards develop¬ ing the many beautiful places along the coast, between New Orleans and Mobile, as places of resort ; and winter residence for people of more rigorous Northern States. Schedules are to be so arranged and rates made so low that it is anticipated a large number will come South to a section that is bles¬ sed with the mildest and most enjoyable winters, having the advantage of early fruits and vegeta- ' bles, affording excellent facilities for fishing, hunting and boating, and there seems bright future ahead for Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, Mississippi City, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, and other equally favorable points along that road. ^ NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILROAD. The New Orleans Pacific I^ilroad (controlled by the Texas Pacific, otherwise the Gould manage¬ ment) is now an accomplish* fact, having completed its line through from New Orleans to Shreve- I* port, in January 1882. The road has branches also, to Opelousas and Baton Rouge The total : length of the road, all of which is in the State of Louisiana, is three hundred and fifty-five>miles. The New Orleans Pacific has also arranged to run a branch road from Alexandria, through More¬ house parish to Monroe, wdiere it will connect with a road to be constructed by the Iron Mountain I Road from Knoble, on the northern boundry of Arkansas via Forrest City, on the Memphis and Lit- - tie Rock Road, to the Louisiana line. The work will be commenced so soon as the New Orleans Pa- cifie gets in proper trim in Shreveport. This will give the long desired trunk line west of, and par- ■ allel with the Mississippi, from St. Louis to New Orleans. At Shreveport this road connects with the Texas Pacific for all points west and reaching as far as ' the Pacific shore. Already through passengers from San Francisco have arrived at New Orleans and the route has been demonstrated as feasible and the ambition of Mr. Jay Gould to have the nearest, quickest line from California to the Gulf of Mexico, has already been realized. The management is now engaged in properlj’ equipping their road at New Orleans. Extensive de- t pot buildings and warehouses have been erected in the city. An incline plane for the transfer of cars _hasbeen omit, steam transfer tugs and barges secured, connecting with their tracks at Gouldsboro— a village just opposite New Orleans, at which point also, extensive machine shops andround houses ' have been erected. , NEW ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD. TTie Erlanger synchcate is one of the newest combinations that has suddenly taken hold of South¬ ern roads, here and there, and is moulding them into a wide-reaching system. New Orleans is the chief objective point so far, for a Gulf terminus. The Vicksburg and Meridian Road is being laid 1 by the syndicate with new rails; the Vicksburg and Shreveport road is having its grade raised from the Mississippi river to Monroe, La., and contracts have been given out for the construction of the road from Monroe to Shreveport. These, however, are but minor matters compared with the roads t spoken of above. . . I The New Orleans and North Eastern Road, now being built by Messrs. Fletcher, Wessenberg & 1 Co., contractors, and which will probably be completed by the close of 1882, runs on a direct—very near air line to Meridian, Mississippi. At Meridian it connects with the Alabama and Great South¬ ern for Chattanooga, and at Chattanooga it connects with the Cincinnati Southern, giving, as a glance at the max) will show, the shortest route from New Orleans to New York and the East. No expense or skdl is to be spared in making this one of the very best railroads in the country. ' • PROJECTED RAILROADS. So many new railroads enterprises making New Orleans the local point of interest, are projected that it is quite bewildering to a wiiter who wishes to present only what has become fact or has reas¬ onable possibilities for success. However, since “where there is so much smoke there must be some fire,” we take it these are but among the many indications pointing to the magnificent commercial ' future in store for New Orleans. I Prominent among the enterprises immediately affecting this city are the following: Tennessee ^ Southern Railroad Company, from Memphis to Vicksburg, organized in August, 1881, and which is to be extended south and be known as the New Orleans, Baton Rogue, Vicksburg and Memphis Rail¬ road. The Natchez and New Orleans road, chartered by the Mississippi Legislature, Evansville, Jackson and New Orleans Railroad, organized and incorporated to run from Evans¬ ville, Indiana, through Kentucky and Tennessee, to Jackson, in the latter State, where connection will be made with the New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Road. The extension of the Clinton and Port Hudson road- to Baton Rouge, there to connect with the ' New Orleans Pacific. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. Extension of the Morgan Road from Vermillionville to a connection with the New Orleans Pacific at apoint near Alexandna, (nowprogressing steadily,) and the Arkansas Central system opened in the spring of 1881, at Arkansas City on the Mississippi, in the southeastern part of the State This has two leading branches, one from Arkansas City, northwest, to Little Rock, via Pine Bluff a dis¬ tance of 113 miles,- the other ftom Arkan^ City directly west to JVIonticello, fortv miles, with an extension towards Ourchita valley and to Texarkana. The agency here reports a large and steadily mcre^ing New Orleans trade done with the rich countiw this system traverses althoulh it is not yet completed. The Little Rock and Fort Smith will doubtless co-operate with it heartilv ^ The Gulf and Pacific Railroad is the latest Richmond in the Ld,but it promises to prove of the first importance. Even while this work has been in course of preparation a powerful hWn com¬ pany has been fomied to give New Orleans additional connection with the Pacific coast and brina- her nearer to the gold and gram districts of the Northwestern Territories ^ As of special interest it is pleasant to note the energetic efforts being made by substantial men to revivify the old Mexican Gulf railroad, that years ago ran from the third municipality down the coast some thirty-five miles, and tnen turning at aright angle, traversed a number of rich suRar plantations to the Lake Rorgne terminus. The project is in the’right hands. Another local enterprise of the same character is the proposed short route from Mandeville to Abita Springs. Ihis enterprise, also, is under energetic and capable management. It must succeed BANKINCt facilities of new ORLEANS. In the brief financial history of the United States, and even m the still briefer financial history of New Orleans, many important events in the banking business have occurred. We have been blessed with very few good banking systems and cursed with very many bad ones, and while now the fail¬ ure of a bank causes astonishment throughout the country, there have been times—those insecure days of the old “Wild Cat” system, for instance—when more astonishment was felt if a week passed without several failures. It would go beyond the purposes of this work, however, to attempt a full record of the disasters and successes, the collapses, failures, stampedes, panics and what not of the past, relieved here and there by a recital of solid foundations laid and substantial superstructures maintained. In general we may say, that m point of numbei the banking institutions of New Orleans will compare favora¬ bly with other great commercial centers; in soundness, and in the amount of business transacted on the capital invested they hold high rank with any in the country; and any one at all observant would naturally be struck with the extent of the business of this city, by merely noticing the amount of capital possessed and the prosperity of the banking institutions; for the advance of busi¬ ness is probably more accurately demonstrated by the growth of the banking interest than by any other one standard that can be followed with equal precision. Although there are a large number of private banks, brokerage fiixns and others having control of a large amount of aggregated capital, the leading banks of New Orleans are eleven in number- all in sound condition, and conducting safe and profitable business. ’ During the year, the New Orleans banks reduced their capital from $5,925,000 to $5,098,700, but the high value placed on their stocks indicates a sound condition and paying business. • INSURANCE BUSINESS OF NEW ORLEANS. Another prosperous financial element m our midst may be found in the various local insurance companies. Although, as compared with many other cities, the rates are lower in New Orleans, yet the vast amount of marine and river risks swell the receipts to such an extent that nearly, if not all the companies are making money. Independent of foreign companies in this countr}^—England, France, &c., aU of whom have agencies in New Orleans, (numbering forty-four fire companies and nine hfe companies), there are fifteen local New Orleans companies, doing business on an aggregate capital of $5,650,000; show¬ ing, as compared with the previous year, that although there has been a small reduction in bank stocks, insurance stocks have increased. The following statement gives the names of the local comnanies; date of their organization, cap- ital stock, par value of stock, and per cent, of dividends declared for the year ending August 81, ’81: COMPANIES. Crescent. Factors’ and Firemen’s. Traders’. Germania. Hibernia. Home..’.. Hope.. . Lafayette.. Merchants’ Mutual.. Mechanics’ and Traders’. New Orleans Insurance Association. New Orleans Insurance Company. People’s. Sun Mutual.. Teutonia. Organized.... CAPITAL STOCK. Par Value... Per Cent, on Stock. 1880 400.000 100 1866 1,000,000 100 io 1875 150,000 50 20 1866 200,000 100 15 1871 400.000 100 10 1852 400,000 40 5 1857 200,000 100 5 1869 1.50,000 50 10 1832 600,000 100 10 1869 500,000 100 18 1869 300,000 30 10 1859 .500,000 50 10 1871 100,000 25 5 ia56 500,000 100 10 1871 250,000 100 5 I t i' f INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 31 NEW ORLEANS STOCK EXCHANGE. ^ Business transacted at the Xew Orleans Stock Exchange for the past year also indicates improve¬ ment and a growing healthfulness in “the value of Stato and City bonds. Of course, the exchange deals in foreign stocks and securities, but in this work we can not take notice of such operations. As an evidence of improvement, we may say that in September, 1880, State 7s were valued in the market at 48@483^c on the dollar ; September 1, 1881, they had advanced, and were saleable at 67c, other State bonds showing a like improvement. In city premium bonds, for the same period, the appreciation was even more marked, ruling September 1, 1881, at 711^@71%c as against 34^@ 34^. This improvement in city securities is attributable to the advance in the value of real estate, and the assured certainty that all the obligations of the city will finally be paid, I On the 25th of August, 1881, there were .State bonds outstanding amounting to $14,200,520, i divided as follows: Old fundable, $338,300; Louisiana 7s, $11,403,600; Louisiana 23, $201,300; Louisiana 4s, $186,150, and Louisiana 3s (Baby bonds), $1,296,270. The volume of State 7s had been reduced during the year, $178,00 ). i Of City bonds outetanding, the amount on the 26th of August, 1881, was $14,616,501, of which j $8,521,820 were “premium” and $4,300,750 were “consolidated.” | The sales at the Stock Exchange, from September 1, 1880, to August 30, 1881, inclusive, were as follows: Louisiana 7s. Louisiana .3s (Babies) Premium Bonds. Other Bonds.. Shares of Stock. S 6,098,800 . 3,1.'>0,785 . ^,592.120 255,300 58,898 VARIOUS OTHER INCORPORATED COMPANIES Indicative, also of the general prosperity of the city is the hansome sho\ving a majority of incor- | porated companies are enabled to present. The following tabulated statement gives the name of j various chartered companies; date of their organization, capital stock, par value of stock, and per | cent, of dividends declared for the year ending August 31,1881: ; COMPANIES. CITY RAILROADS. Carrollton.-. Crescent City.. Canal and Claiborne Streets. New Orleans City. Orleans. St. Charles Street... MISCELLANEOUS. Bienville Oil Works Company. Crescent City Oil Company. Crescent Ci^ Slaughter-Efouse. Carondelet Canal and Navigation Company. Importers’ Bonded Warehouse.!. Jefferson City Gaslight Company... Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Company.. Louisiana State Lottery Company... Louisiana Oil Company.!.. Levee Steam Cotton Press.. Metairie Cemetery Association.. New Orleans Gaslight Company. New Orleans Water Works Company. Planters Oil Company..‘. Sugar Shed Compan>'. Stern’s Fertilizer and Chemical Manufacturing Company Southern Manufacturing and Exporting Company.. . n s N* O V 1 CAPITAL ' STOCK. . S- c Per Cent, on Stock . 1867 800,000 100 J 6 1 18.6 .500,000' 50 6 1878 600.000' 100 ... 1860 1.400,000i 100 5 i 1868 185,000 50 8 1866 600,000^ 50 91/2 ; I 1871 155.000' 100 10 1876 200,000 100 1 1869 500,000 .50 10 ; 220,000 100 i 1867 200.000 100 1 ' 1868 300,000 100 .•» 1868 412,000 50 4 1868 1.000.000 100 28 1 1870 155,000' 100 1 1832 5.50,000 100 2_: 1872 120,000 100 5 i 1835 3,750,000 100 6^2 i 1878 2.000,000 100 2 i 1877 200,000 100 10 ! 1869 180,000! 60 131/2 ; 1872 75,000i .50 10 1881 2.50,000' ICO 1 ... ! Among the companies whose data we did not obtain, were the Insurance Oil Tank Company, i Louisiana Levee Company, Mississippi Valley Navigation Company, New Orleans Homestead Asso- ‘i ci'ition. New Orleans Wrecking Company, &c., (tc. NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. R. S. Howard, President Jos, Bowling, Second Vice-President. E C. Fenner, First Vice-President. W. M. Burwell, Secretary and Treasurer. The^ important influence exerted by Chambers of Commerce and Merchants* Exchanges upon the j material interests of the municipalities in which they are established, and the manifold advantages ! which.accrue from such organizations, cannot be over-estimated by manufacturers, merchants and business men, and may be briefly summed up as follows: by joint and consorted action they have a tendency to foster and develop the commercial, manufacturing and business interests of a commu¬ nity. They serve to assist in the removal of obstacles, either natur.al or artificial, tending to impede the city’s growth or progress, and maintain a vigilant watch over all schemes which may in any way r 32 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. tarnish the good name or commercial honor of the municipality. They also assist in adiusting as tar as possible the controversies and misunderstandings which are liable to arise between parties en- gagecl in trade, avoiding the delays and expenses of litigation in the courts, and generally aid by all lawful and legitimate means the encouragement and protection of home interests of what ver nature 01 description. The above old and time honored institution has been in existence nearly half a century and it would lequire a large volume to give a notice of even the most prominent measures of public interest which have been instituted or promoted by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce. EXECUTIVE BUSINESS. Cyrus Bussy, Thos J. Woodward, T. L. Macon, A. Schreiber. Marshall J. Smith. APPEALS. W c. Flower, A. J. Gomila, Wm. Hartwell, C. H. Lawrence, Wm. B Schmidt STANDING COMMITTEES. FREIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION. . G. Morey, Jos. Bowling, Daiud Jackson, J. J. Gragard, L. H. Joseph.. COMMERCE. D M. Kilpatrick, Blount Hudson, Forester Dolhonde. Sami. I rufant, W. J. Behan. L.EVEE AND RIVER IMPOVEMENTS. A. Thomson, W. G. Coyle, John Phelps, A H. Isaacson. B. D. Wood. LEGISLATION. Judge J. H. Kenard, Thos. L. Airey, Albert Baldwin, Wm. M. Burwell, Ed C. Fenner. «RAIN AND WESTERN PRODUCE. F. Dolhonde, Sami. Trufant, .J. T. Belknap, Wm. Thomson, W. H. Matthews. IMMIGRATION. A. K. Miller. Silas Weeks, C. A, Whitney. E. J. Hart, F. Rickert. MANUFACTURES. H. D. Coleman, L. H. Joseph, R. M Montgomery, Hugh Flynn, Philip Werlein. lo those acquainted with our city's trade, it will be seen at once that the officers of this commer¬ cial body, represent the highest element governing our city's material business success; The varied and tireless duties of the Presidency have fallen by acclamation of the board, upon the hands of Mr R. S. Howard Mr. How’ard's identification with the best advancements of our city, and his broad executive quaHfications, with the great confidence reposed in him by our commercial world could not better express its hold upon the feelings of our merchants than in extending to him this important post. The Chamber numbers among its members many of the most substancial busi¬ ness men of New Orleans. ! ^ NEW ORLEANS PRODUCE EXCHANGE. ; The New Orleans Produce Exchange is an innovation of the past eighteen months. It came : modestly into existence, and against the predictions of a few has already established itself on a firm and enduring foundation, and is prepared whenever the opportunity arises, for organizing a grain market on a large scale. This of course will depend greatly upon theVolume of grain business to^be drawn from the West—from Texas, New Mexico and California. Considered apaid from these antici¬ pations of the future, the Exchange has materially benefited the business of the city already. To a considerable extent it has overcome the narrow'^ policy of personal rivalry, which accepted losses to gratify individual malice and jealousy. To some extent it has brought our market into harmony with those of the West, following the reasonable fluctuations in prices at the centres whence come our supplies of breadstuffs and provisions, and thus maintained a position in which it was prepared to complete with other exporting ports in the open markets of the world. To fully accomplish this power of competition is the mission of the Produce Exchange It recognizes that whatever of great¬ ness New Orleans is to achieve, must be in the amount of its imports and exports, rather than in its interior trade. Conditions favorable to this are multiplying and they are in great measure due to the indefatigable I efforts of Col. E. K. Converse, the Ex-President, and Mr. W. M. Smallwood, Secretary of the Pro- ■ duce Exchange. It is gratifying to observe that the volume of our business has resumed the pro¬ portions of 1859—60 before the war, and 1869—70 after the war, and the course henceforth is on- 1 ward and upward. I • COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS FOR i88i. Before entering upon the details of the commercial movements in this city for the year ending September 1, 1881, some considerations of a general nature are proper. We have already spoken of the benefit resulting from the recent establishment of a Produce Exchang'e, but a still more im¬ portant commercial stride, in the same period, was the opening of a market for sale of cotton for future delivery by the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Elsewhere we speak at length of this power¬ ful institution but the interests of all commercial branches in New Orleans are so identified and interwoven with the cotton trade it is quite impossible to separate them. The future delivery feature was a bold movement of the Cotton Exchange. Many predicted its failure—but time has demon¬ strated not only the wisdom of the attempt, but its triumph. The “Future Room” of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange is a fair rival of the “Future Room'' of the New York Exchange. Nearly all the Southern States are operating now in this market, and this is attracting capital from every quarter, besides retaining at home vast sums of money which were formerly sent to New York for ^ investment. It has stimulated the cotton trade of this city to ^ wonderful extent in every way INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 33 It has attracted supplies which otherwise would have been marketed elsewhere, and thus drawn to this center buyers from all parts of the world, because here stocks are greatest in variety and volume. There can be no doubt that the present power of the Cotton Exchange, as a commercial body, is due to the facilities which it offers for the sale and purchase of futures. Moreover, in the marketing ' of cotton there was a gratify¬ ing augmenta¬ tion in the number of bales handled here,many sec¬ tions which were not exact¬ ly tributary to Xew Orleans sending their products here to swell the volume of our spot supply. No doubt this was in conse¬ quence of the superior a d- vantages to be obtained here over all other markets. Un¬ equalled cot¬ ton supeiwis- ion, rendering waste almost impossible, un¬ surpassed cot- t o n c 0 ni- presses, fu11 market values by reason of abundant buy¬ ers drawn here because of the amplitude in he assortments for s a le, a plentitude of ocean ton¬ nage, easy freights, and financial facili¬ ties equal to all requiremen t s, were irresisti- Clirist Church. forces in favor of Xew Orleans and have already established its reputation as the largest and best cotton market in the world. Prior to 1860 the Yalley States used this port almost exclusively as an outlet for their staple pro¬ ductions. But since then the changes in our labor system, and in our local political governments, along with the culmination of the railroad power of the North and West, has wrought a revolution in our commerce and its methods. The diversions of the railroads lost to us the outgoing trade, which is apparent to-day To the change in the labor system is chiefly attributable the steady de¬ cline in our interior trade. While we do not hope to recover this interior trade, for reasons that will be assigned, we confidently believe the volume of foreign business will not only be recovered but very largely augmented. TlJie methods of the cotton business, for instance, have altered very 34 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. materially. In former years the relations of the factor to the planter were most intimate and interde' p^denh The factor supplied the planter in every way. He was the planter's private banker, upon whom the planter drew for eveiy requirement, from the pins, needles, dry ^oods and wines for the household to the baiTeled pork and smoked meats for the negro quarters. Now country merchants in villages and at cross-roads have to a large extent taken the place of the planter in regard to sup¬ plies consumed by the laboring population. There is no bnger a state of interdependence between the pmnter and the factor; nor has any such condition of interdependence arisen between the factor and me country merchant. Formerly there was no competition between Western and Southern merchants in the furnishing of plantation supplies. It was all in the hands of the Southern merchant on the warrant or order ot the cotton factor: but the country merchant of to-day is differ¬ ently placed. Thoroughly independent, it has been his policy to bring the Southern merchant into direct competition with the Western dealer and producer in order-to furnish the planter on the most favorable terms, and being on the spot to watch and protect such crops as the planter may make, he is enabled to protect himself and those from whom he receives his credits, whether of factors or Western supply merchants. In this competition the Southern produce merchant has suffered. Small lots are still ptu'chased here, but the large lots elsewhere. Thus we see a decline in the hand¬ ing's by the city receiver, while, in foct, the volume of Southern consumption has actually increased. Of course there are exceptions to this trade tendency, but they are points inaccessible to the West, or represent periods when our local markets decline below those of the West. Having in the manner described lost much of the interior trade in provisions, it is worthy of in¬ quiry, whether it is possible for this port to regain any portion of the foreign trade it once had in stapfe hog products. Hog packing is now reduced to a science. So perfect are the methods that American meats, fashioned after English cuts, are now handled in England as English productions. The time was when no meats were cured except in the winter months, but now it is done equally well in summer and winter, and the cure so complete that the production, following the increasing supply and pro¬ duction of grain, is beginning to keep company with grain in its movement this way, and into warm climates, thus demonstrating the possibility of not only foreign movements through our Southern ports equal to or greater than in former years, but persons are not wanting who believe in the possibility of manufacturing meats right here in New Orleans. If meats can be cured in the West when the normal temperature is 100 degrees, by the use of artificial means to reduce it, such persons claim that it will be hard to assign a reason why hog packing might not be profitably pur¬ sued in New Orleans under a normal temperature of from 30 to 50 degrees. We readily understand j the objection will be raised that the supply of hogs cannot be obtained, but that is by no means j certain, for as fine hogs can be raised in the South as anywhere. All of North Louisiana, the past j year produced its own hog crop. Moreover, the shipments of hogs on barges from Southern Mis- j souri, from Illinois, at Cairo, from Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas—corn producing States— ! would be quite as economical as from distant points in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota to ! Chicago. This inay be looking a long way into the future, but it is among the possibilities of the 1 future for enlarging the foreign trade of tHs port. Certainly the meat supphes of the South increase I and the demands for Western production increase. Enlarged railroad facilities, ramifying into I Texas, Arizona, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, the Indian country, and other sections, ; drawing this way increasing supplies of grain, will also require an outlet for meats. Grain sections I always produce meats, and the transfer route for the one vdll be the route for the other. We repeat our I iuqmry, can we have a foreign demand for meats? Who will care to say no? We never say no j to any commercial possibility. Certain it is that the islands, Mexico, Central and South America I are becoming educated to the use of hog meats, while experience has already proven that lard i especially, at a freight on a parity -with New York would prefer this route to accompany cargoes of I cotton and grain to English and Continental markets. j DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FOEEIOX COUNTRIES. Data for all kinds of merchandise received at this port are not obtainable though, we have already given the value of produce imported during the year ending August 31, 1881, from the Mississppi valley and the interior, $153,387,850. But these estimates are exclusive of the jobbing trade in dry goods, hardware, furniture, and of many articles of farm and garden production, of which no records have been preserved, and of which further along we have to make our own estimates. The records of the foreign export and import of the trade of the port, however, will be found in the following figures: Total Imports.$ 12,860,073. Total Exports.. 104,150,450 The imports of foreign products and manufactures into this port from August 1, 1880 to July 31, 1881, was $5,232,825. The following is a comparative statement of the imports and exports for the years of 1878, 1879 and 1880: Imports for 1878, were $11,433,420; 1879, $10,915,642; 1880, $10,842,254. Exports for 1878, were $85,368,466; 1879, $96..335,880: 1880, 93,335.880. Total for 1873, $96,801,186: 1879, $107,251,522; 1880, $104,178,134. NEW ORLEANS AS A COTTON SlARKET. The cotton trade of Ne\y Orleans is so vast in extent, combine^so many different interests, and exerts such powerful influence on all branches of business in the city, it is quite a difficult undertak- INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 35 ing to clearly and perspicuously set forth its vaiied features. This difficulty will be the more appa¬ rent when it is stated that there are no less than ninety-one firms engaged in cotton factorage; fifty- i| three firms of direct cotton buyers, to say nothing of the scores of brokers, speculators, and agents V or representatives of houses from other American and foreign cities who operate on ’Change; cotton compresses, thirty-two; cotton pickeries, eleven; cotton manufactories, two in operation and one other in course of construction; six cotton seed oil manufactories; three cotton ginneries; four cotton gin I dealers and two cotton press dealers; all of whom are more or less interested in the market. \ While we endeavor to detail each of these interests in proper place, we do not claim for our cal¬ culations exactness, to the cent; to ascertain that would require the purse of Fortunatus, and in¬ quisitorial powers far greater than any possessed by the Pope of Rome, the King of Naples, or the Emperor of all the Russias, or all of them combined, but simply to state facts from the published rec- c ords; facts that come within our range; facts which might be noticed-by almost any person of ordi¬ nary intelligence, meeting with them as they do, on every thoroughfare of the metropolis with convincing proof, establishing our claim, that New Orleans is already the greatest cotton market on the globe. NEW ORLEANS COTTON EXCHANGi:. Towards the end of the year 1870 the advisability of organizing a Cotton Exchange in New Or¬ leans was, for the first time, seriously agitated by the cotton merchants of this city, but the difficulties that stood in the way were considered so great that the originators of the enterprise became almost disheartened. While the benefits that "were to accrue from the establishment of the Exchange were duly recognized, yet the various interests in the cotton business were so opposed that quite a number of practical men were positive that the Exchange, even if begun, could not last long enough to ac¬ complish any good. The different interests in the cotton trade to be served, were planters, factors, shippers, spinners and speculators. The planters and factors desired higher prices. While the latter did not object to the market ruling at the beginning of the season at barely remunerative figures, "mth a view of its exhibiting a general upward tendency subsequently, thereby preventing losses and ensuring uninter¬ rupted prosperity, yet, as a class, they desired high prices as much as did the planters. Indirectly the brokers were alike interested with the factors and planters, for the higher the prices the greater their brokerage. The shippers were generally interested in low prices. If trade was prosperous and shipments paid a certain advance per pound they could often derive as much profit from cotton cost¬ ing fifteen cents per pound as they could if it ruled at home at twenty-five cents with a similar ad¬ vance per pound oir foreign markets. So, these circumstances/iro and con, being duly considered, January 24, 1871, a number of prom¬ inent merchants consulted together and prepared a constitution and by-laws for organization and gov¬ ernment of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. The document was circulated among the business men of the city eligible to membership, and Feb¬ ruary 1st the requisite number of signatures having been obtained a meeting of the subscribers was held in the room of the Life Association of America, February 7 the following officers were elect¬ ed: E. H. Summers, of Summers & Brannins, President; Fred. Schroeder, Vice-President; Isaac Scherck, of Alcus, Scherck & Autey, Treasurer; Chas. Eglinger, Secretary of the Board of Direct¬ ors; Directors,^ Chas. Cavaroc, Henry Abraham, John Williams, John Chaffe, J. E. Valle, Samuel Simpson, and Geo. Wigg. Subsequently the following committees were appointed: Membership, Trade, Information and Statistics, Classification and Quotations. Credits. Finance, and a Board of Areals. February 12, the Hancock Club Rooms were occupied by the Exchange. February 20, Mr. H. G. Hester was elected superintendent. Februa^ 20, at 12 m.. the Exchange was duly opened for business. Congratulatoiy telegrams were received from the Louisville Board of Trade, Chicago Union Merchants Exchange and other commercial bodies. The first operation in futures was effected by Charles Holland, broker, to W. J. Salter, of 10} bales for March delivery, on the basis of low middling atl3% cents. Telegraph wires were brought in the meeting room, and operators were present to transmit mes¬ sages to all parts of the country. The bulletin boards contained the latest gold and cotton dispatches from New York and Liverpool, and all the marine and river arrivals up to the hour of meeting. President Summers at the meeting of this Exchange, took occasion to say that more especially smce the war, the united efforts of our cotton factors and buyers have been needed to reduce the charges on cotton to the lowest possible figures in order to prevent successful competition for our trade from other quarters, and that the question of freights and other expenses for moving the staple from the time it left the plantation until it reached the final point of destination, required attention. The advice was not unheeded, for the Exchange immediately set to work to remedy the evils that had crept into the cotton trade. The “future” sales were made known each day and brokers who, before had refused to disclose how much of the staple they had bought for their principals, were compelled to discontinue their practices of concealment. The good effects that were expected to result from the establishment of the Exchange soon manifested themselves in various ways. One of the principal wants tRat had been experienced by the cotton men was the establishment of a fixed New Orleans standard for classification. The Exchange appointed a committee to investigate the matter, and subsequently types were exhibited in the Exchange, which were generally approved by the trade. The sales at 36 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. the Exchange rooms were not as well attended in the beginning of its liistory as the more enthusi¬ astic members desired, but they began to attract the attention of strangers. Speculators in New York or elsewhere who wished to speculate either for a rise or a faU, or spinners who desired to pur¬ chase for future delivery, were enabled to readily effect their object in New Orleans as in New York or Liverpool. The moderate business for forward delivery formerly done in this market for the greater part embraced sales of cotton in transit from the interior or from other Gulf ports, and such transactions were omitted in the market reports. Under the auspices of the Exchange this business assumed a much more important phase, and soon attracted the attention of both specula¬ tors and brokers. However, the most important innovation made in the cotton trade by the Exchange was the cotton Supervision Ser\dce, which was instituted in 1874, under Mr. John Phelps’ administration. Major T. 0. Sully was appointed chief supervisor of the Press Supervision Service and although the service met with very serious opposition from certain persons who were engaged in handling the bales, and who had been deriving considerable benefit from the careless manner in which it was conducted, the press owners, on the other hand favored the system and with their assistance it was made a success. The duties of the supervisor were to report all infractions of the regulations of the Exchange and to make monthly reports of all “loose” cotton made in, and the number of bales stored and delivered by each press. He was aided in his labors by assistant supervisors, one of whom was stationed at each cotton press in the city, and has under him from three to seven men each. The supervisors have charge of all the loose cotton made in the presses, and when a suflficient quantity of it is obtained they are required to have it baled and kept subject to the order of the owner. The weight of samples taken out by the factors and brokers’ classers is limited to six ounces per bale, and cannot be taken from the press until it is weighed by the assistant supervisor. A record is kept of these weights, and a certificate given to the sampler whenever required by the factor. Classers and the buyers’ inspec¬ tors are compelled to exhibit certificates from their principles in order to make their inspections. Classers are only allowed three assistants and a marker, in any one press at a time. The buyers’ inspector is not only required to exhibit a certificate of his authority, but he is also required to replace all cotton taken from the bales while boring. The Exchange also increased the importance of the inspection system by organizing in 1874, the Levee Inspection Service. The duties incident to this department are “to protect from theft all cot¬ ton on the levee, whether landed from steamers or railroads, in process of shipment or in transit through the city; to see that cotton whilst being landed or in the process of shipment, is properly cared for, protected from the weather and kept out of the mud,” &c. Special attention therefore is given to the protection of the staple from the levee thieves, who in previous years were quite a numerous gentry. The inspectors are required to inform the Captains of vessels of the impropriety of receiving cotton whenever it is being taken onboard in a condition which renders it liable to dam¬ age upon the voyage, or to damage other cotton near which it is to be stored. In case such cotton has been taken on board any shipper by such vessel can receive, upon application to the Exchange, a certificate setting forth the facts of the case. The inspectors are also required to make daily reports of the weather, of the condition in which cotton is delivered to the various vessels, and its condition when on board, whether wet or dry and whether it became so by being rained on or rolled in the mud. The chief inspector is specially re¬ quired, when a vessel clears at the custom house, to draw up a certificate to be countersigned by the Secretary of the Exchange, setting fourth the condition in which the cargo was taken on board. This certificate is forwarded to the consignees at the port of destination. In February, 1871, the Exchange numbered one hundred and fifty members. February, 25th, the yearly dues were fixed at $100, at which figures they have remained ever since. In 1872 the initia¬ tion fee was placed at $100 and a change made in the charter providing that each member who had paid his initiation fee be presented with one share of stock. In May, 1873, the Exchange was regu¬ larly incorporated. The charter was again changed in June, 1876, the initiation being fixed at $100, dues $100 per annum, requiring each member to be the holder of one share of stock in his own name; the price of stock, if purchased from the Exchange, being fixed at par value. This pro\’ision has prevailed ever since with the exception that in June, 1880, the par value of the stock was raised to $200, the number of the shares being reduced from one thousand to five hundred, thus keeping the capital at the old figure, $100,000. THE NEW EXCHANGE BUILDING. The Exchange rooms are situated at the corner of Carondelet and Gravier until the fall of 1871, when the building at the corner of Gravier and Varieties Alley, was completed and rented to the Exchange for $4,000 per annum. At the last annual meeting, in view of the immense increase in the business of tbe Exchange, it was determined to construct a building that would not only be com¬ modious throughout, but also a model of architectural beauty This was the first step towards the erection of the building now being constructed at a cost of $400,000, and which will be one of the finest and handsomest buildings in the country. The plan of the building was designed by Mr. Walters, an architect of Louisville, and was selected by the committee out of fifteen plans sub¬ mitted. It is located at the corner of Carondelet and Gravier streets, and will be four stories high, 120 feet in depth and 78 feet in width. The style of architecture is Renaissance. The ground floor will be occupied by the Exchange room—a hall 110 feet long, 50 feet wide and 30 feet high, with a gallery for visitors. At the rear of this hall, and extending back to Varieties Alley, will be the future room, where the future sales will be conducted. A vestibule, 20 feet wide, will occupy the 37 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. k the front corner, and at its rear end will be the elevator. Behind this will be located appropriate offices for the superintendent and his assistant, and rooms for the use of the committees. An eleva¬ tor will be built to the rear of these rooms, and stairs ■v\dll lead from Varieties Alley to the upper stories. A wide hall, extending the whole length of the building, will be the chief feature of the second story. The floor at the comer of the alley and Gravier street will be occupied by bathrooms and closets. The third and fourth stories are designed for offices, and as an indication of the pros¬ perity in store for the Exchange it may be mentioned that every available office was rented by wide¬ awake business men before the building was commenced. The architectural ornamentation of the building is to be lavish in the extreme; mullioned windows, oriels and dormers, mouldings and en- I tabulators over the windows and rococo ornament. The building will have a Mansard roof, in the i center of which will be a large dormer window. Over the gable surmounting the Carondelet street entrance will be two minature cotton bales sculptured, and over the uppermost gable will be the seal of the State. The building will be constructed of beautiful white stone from quarries in Indiana. At the time the Exchange determined to erect this building, the stockholders consented to the issuance of bonds bearing six per cent, interest to the amount of $150,000 in order to secure money for its erection But later developments established the fact that this was unnecessary, as the Exchange was fully able to control the amount required for the construction of the building. . The following are the present officers of the Exchange: T. L. Airey, President: A. J. R. Lan- dauer, Vice-President: Ad. Schrieber, Treasurer; Henry G. Hester, Secretary and Superintendent. R. C. Kerr, Assistant Superintedent. Directors.—T. D. Miller H. A. Frederick, John Phelps, Gilbert Green, Gyms Bussey, J. S.. Meilleur, A. Brittin, Wm. Muller, L. C. Jurey, Ferd. Marks, R. M^ Walmesley and Chas. E. Black. THE COTTON TRADE FOR 1881. j Remarks on the fluctuation in quotations and the varied conditions of 'he market throughout the I year are not altogether appropriate in a work like this, our chief aim being . give general results. The ; business of our port therefore, will be best shown by the statement that th(; ales of spot cotton dur- ! ing the year amounted to 1,382,385 bales. The sales of futures to 10,115,800 b ’es. and the number of ! bades delivered on contracts to 51,800 bales. The receipts and the sources from whence they were | derived are shown in the following table; lSSO-81. 1879-80. Red River. 186,585 144,616 129.456 17,706 Ouachita River. 152.1G7 24,205 ■423.210 Arkansas River. Jackson Railroad. 401,5.37 7.956 Morgan’s Railroad. 103.250 MisiTissippi River. 96,661 1 787,778 Total Net.. . 6,678 1,489,049 167,277 Mobile. viaL. & N. and Steamer... 9,409 72,5.30 Galveston . .56,620 53 Florida, etc. 2,070 Total Gross.... 1,879,593 1,712,999 'Hie following tabulated statement showing the total crop of cotton for the United States for a series of years, with the receipts at New Orleans, and the value of the same for each year, indicates also, that New Orleans handles about one-third of the entire crop of the country: Total Crop Ba es. Receipts at New Orleans. Average Price per Pound. Total Yal. X. 0. Receipts. 1867-68. 2 430 893 221/;: ,*8 68 510 487 1868-69. 2 260 .557 841,216 1 207 3.3.3 25^4 22 1414 1944 98 825 025 1869-70 . 3 114 .592 120 129 683 1870-71.... 4,.347,066 2 947 351 l,5i8.136 1 AAT ni1 101,015,874 OJ. 47^ 1871-72. 1872-7.3 . .3 903 .503 1 3R9 18 1514 116 168 472 1873-74.. 4 170 388 1 .322 006 94 5.30 000 1874-75. . 3,827,845 4 7.32 313 1 143 .59.5 xof /2 141/4 187.5-76. .. 1 581 938 a‘*/2 11 5 ir> 9M 4n‘> 1876-77. ' 4 474 069 1 388 067 lo% 11 15 16 Qf;7 4A9 1877-78. ... . 4 773 865 1 689 67.5 82 067 .544 1878-79. . 5 074 1.55 1 438 ,567 10 1-16 70 720 908 1879-80. . 5 761 2.52 1 728 252 121 /^ Qnr ftHi 1880-81. ■ . 6,611,000 1,879,.593 11 99,035,7.55 THE NEW ORLEANS COTTON PRESS ASSOCIATION. •T. C. Dexnfs, President. H. D Hopkins. Secretarj^ and Treasurer. • Office, No. 167 Gravier Street. This Association was started in 1881, and formed for twenty-five years. The estimated warehouse or storing capacity of the presses comprising this organization during the year is 2.200,000 bales of cotton, while the compressing capacity is over 12,000 bales per day. The machinery used is all new 38 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. •-^_ L- _____ and of the best improved patterns, with steam wederes and steam pullers. Mr. J. C. Dennis, the President, is well known among our business men for enterprise and sterling integrity. Mr. H. D. HopkiM IS the efficient and trustworthy secretar>’ and treasurer, and this Association is undoubtedly well officered. The following first-class presses comprise this well known organization, to-wit: Alabanm and Factors’ Presses, S. Hayward, proprietor; Atlantic Press, M. J. Zunts A Co., pro¬ prietors; Canal Street Press, J. C. \an Wickle, proprietor; Cooper s Press, S. C. Coulon, proprietor; Crescent City Press, A. P. Ma^on, proprietor; Fire Proof Press, J. P. Moore, proprietor; Intema- j rional Press, A. J. R Landauer, president; Jackson Press, O'Brien & Co., proprietors; Kentuckj* Press, Keenan and Slawson, proprietors; Levee Steam Press. J. C. Dennis, president; Louisiana I Press, E. K. Brj^ant, proprietor; Liverpool Press, Johnston & Randolph, proprietors; Natchez Press, j C. J. Meyer, propnetor; Orleans Press, Boyd & Herrick, proprietors; Penn's and Hunter's Presses, : Parker and Pitcher, proprietors; Planters’ Press, Herndon & Krumbhaar, proprietors; Pelican ; Press, Boyd A Herrick, proprietors; Shippers' Press. Boyd A Hemck. proprietors; Southern Press, : H. B. Steers, proprietor; Ten-ell’s Press, R. Tenell, propnetor; Virginia and Mississippi Presses, : Lewis A Lynd, proprietors. PRESSES NOT IN THE ASSOCIATION. Commercial Press, Smith & G-oldsmith, proprietors; Empire Press, Warren Ewen, proptoirer; Wood’s Press, J. C. Van Wickle, proprietor. THE GRAIN TRADE. ; One of the commercial marvels of the age is the immense grain trade of New Orleans. In the I last few years it has suddenly grown, and -\vith such remarkable rapidity the per centum of increase I does not fall short of the wonderful. Hitherto, New Orleans was celebrated as the great cotton and I sugar market of the country, but we opine few cities of the world could exhibit such radical change I in so short a time, as is shown in her grain trade. Prior to the war. New Orleans had no export ! trade of bulk grain whatever. Shipments of grain were made in sacks and barrels, and the greater part of exports went to New York, Boston and other coast line cities, only a small proportion going direct to foreign ports. Since the war, and up to a few years ago, the Mississippi nver had I ceased to be the outlet for the great grain trade of the Northwest, and thereupon Chicago and I other lake cities grew rich and fat and sleek and saucy. I But at length there came a change—a sudden, rapid, hitherto unexpected change, and Chicago, : metaphorically speaking, quaked in her boots. The completion of Ead’s jetties opened up New Orleans to access by immense ocean facilities. Next followed the highly successful establishment of I the Anchor Line of steamboats and grain barges from St. Louis to New Orleans; barges constructed ; so as to afford wonderful tonnage, weU ventilated, and enabled to cai-ry grain at a minimum charge ; so verj’ low it made railroad competitors sick to think of it. Rapid transit ceased to be so , much of an object with shippers as low freights. One steamboat was enabled to tow or con- i voy whole acres of heavily loaded barges whose cargoes were sufficient to fill hundreds of : cars. The course was down stream, natural, easy—just as the river seeks the sea. Chicago j grew more and more alarmed. It is even hinted that she suiTeptitiousIy endeavored to I ^tagonize the raih-oad and river iuterests, and offered various reasons against the further : improvement of the Mississippi. This, however, seems needless. Even allowing Chicago un- j disputed sway m the region she claims as her own. New Orleans can prosp-r without trench- : ing upon one foot of her domain. To say nothing of the many millions of bushels of grain i from California that must seek outlet here when the railroad lines thither are completed. New Or- I leans has another section to draw upon, whose resources are beyond computation and quite inex- i haustible. West of St. Louis and along the Missouri river, along the headwaters of the Kansas, Nebraska, Big Sioux and other tributaries far away, there stretches an unbroken field of golden and waving grain, and all that belt of land due west to the Pacific has the same soil and climate and affords the same productions. These territories are but just entered upon, and although 20,000 miles of railroad already intersect their plains, fifty years of rapid emigratfon will scarcely develop more than j a portion of their vast resources. And yet every steamer that plows their waters, and everj-rail- ! road laid in their valleys, will head toward the Mississippi, and contribute to still further augment I the tr^de that must ever sweep down with the current through the New Orleans gateway, thence I to the gulf and to the sea. Nor IS this merely the enthusiastic view of the writer, for the chamiels of communication which I. are contributing to this end were long since established, and the general train of influences conflrm i them in this direction. It is but a part of that happy destiny, that measureless development I marked out for our valley on the finger-board of nature, and is almost inevitable. These views are j endorsed by many of the most sagacious grain merchants, and they are already girding on the armor of preparation to meet these new demands and to carry forward their business to that leading station to which it is tending steaddy and surely. Enlarged capacities in the way of elevators, warehouses, etc., are being effected^ and these are evidences that certainly point to reasonably I anticipated advancement, rather than to stationary condition—much less to letrogression. Agents from many foreign cities are constantly here, seeking consignments, while a number of : firms have resident buyers stationed at New Orleans; but so healthy is the condition of the market I that usually there is reluctance on the part of merchants to comply, consequenjtly much of the grain j that is shipped from New Orleans is sold before it leaves the port. And with this view, we proudly ! point to our grain interests as one of the grandest proofs of New Orleans' commercial success, attained and -attainable. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 39 .. ’ The river receipts of bulk grain at New Orleans grew from 66,000 bushels of wheat in 1870, to Tji the very formidable figures of 15,762,664 bushels of wheat, corn and rye in 1880, as per the fol- ' lowing table: IE* * YEAR. Bushels Wheat. Bushels Coni. Bushels Eve. Bushels Oats. Total. 66,000 66,000 .312.077 1,711,039 1,.37.3.969 1,423.046 .308,.578 1,744,379 4,101,853 5,449,603 5,804,294 14,430,586 15,762,664 1 R71 . .. .309,077 1,711,039 1,373,969 1,047,794 172,617 1,7.37.237 .3,578,0.57 2.8.57.0.56 3,000 1873.. . 10,000 1874. . ,365,252 185,961 37,142 .351,453 1.876.(5.39 1875 . . 1878 . 1877. 171,84.3 607,041 272,.504 6.3.704 45,243 108,867 .30,928 1879 . . 1,901,929' 3,.598,832 5,2.54.805| 9,112,077 6..523,747 9,193,674 1^0. :. 1881 ... The total actual receipts for 1881, including local consumption, were 6,774j492 bushels of whea^ and 10,059,094 bushels of com. Of other grain aud feed stuffs we give the following: Oats— j receipts, 570,280 sacks; shipments, 7,065 sacks. Bran—receipts, 128,588 sacks; shipments, 10,519 sacks. Hay—receipts, 210,616 bales; shipments, 2,851 bales. t The exports of bulk grain in 1879-80 were made on 186 steamships and 138 sailing vessels; in 1 1880-81 they required 228 steamships and 116 sailing vessels. The value of white sack corn on the levee ranged from 52c per bushel m January to $1 per bushel I in August. Oats were quoted as low as 37c per bushel in November. 1880 and as high as 60c per ' bushel in August 1881. Bran ranged from 70c in September, 1880, to $1.50 in August, 1881. Hay, prime article opened at $17 in September, 1880, advanced to $80 in April, 1881, and dropped down \ to $16@21 in August, 1881. TUE FliOUK TRADE. ^ The flour trade has undergone some radical changes of late. In 1880 New Orleans had a fair j amount of business with Cuba, and some trade with the ports of the Atlantic seaboard. There was ^ then some competition in the Gulf carrying trade, and that enabled our merchants to compete with New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore in the Havana market, but subsequently a regular line of . steamers was entered, and that drove the New Orleans steamships out, and thereafter freights were t soon advanced to approximately double the rates charged on shipments from New York to Havana, i In this way the goose that laid the Havana egg was killed outright, and in a little while all com- ' munications with the island of Cuba were practically suspended. The records do not show that a I barrel of flour from New Orleans went to Havana during 1881, though it is probable some property * reached that market from New Orleans through some of the Gulf ports. As compared with 1880 ^ the total movement to the islands of Cuba and other foreign Gulf ports for 1881, shows a decline of ^ nearly 35 per cent. There was some increase in the shipments to the islands further down the Span- j ish main, to make up for the loss of trade with Havana. Shipments to Atlantic ports have also y fallen away to almost nothing, but f?he coastwise shipments materialy increased About 50,000 bbls. went to Florida, and it is probable a large proportion of these Florida shipments were for the Havana market. On the other hand, a large increase, amounting to about 90 per cent, is reported in the ^ shipments to trans-Atlantic ports. Details of this movement are given below, so far as they relate ; to foreign ports. I The local trade in flour has been a dragging one in'the main It has diminished in volume and I been materially less valuable to receivers than in former years, the competition of the West having been sharp. There seems to be a steady dimunution in the distribution to the interior, which during . -1881 was compensated for by an increase of about 25 per cent, in coastwise business. However, the 4 * total movement, foreign and coastwise, shows a decline of 234 PGi' cent., approximately. In respect to prices, the lowest point touched was in the beginning of the year, the market with the exception j of a break in December, steadil}’ gaining strength and closing the year $1.60 higher than in the j previous September. The average I'or the entire year was $5.75 for choice, and $6.10 for fancy .. grades. The total shipments for 1879-80 were 147,420 bbls; total for 1880-81 120,589 bbls. l' There are ten wholesale firms dealing in flour, besides a large number of commission houses. * CORN MEAL. Our records show a decline in the receipts and distribution of corn meal of about 25 per cent as will be seen in the following figures: for 1879-80 stock on hand September, was 4,255 bbls; received from the West, 158,496 bbls; total supply, 162,751 bbls; stock at close of year, 2,135 bbls; total distribu- I' tion, 160,616 bbls. r* For 1880-81 stock on hand September 1, was 2,135 bbls; received from the West, 115,448 bbls; |i^ total supply, 117,583 bbls; stock at close of year, 1,650 bbls; total distribution, 115,933 bbls. |v The foreign and coastwise shipments were 11,428 bbls in 1880-81 against 7,656 bbls in 1879-80 i The largest receipts were in the months of February, March, April and June, and the largest exports , in October, November, December, February and March. The fluctuations in prices have not been . so marked as in other years, the lowest range being $2,-30 and the highest $4.70. 40 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. ! THE PROVISION TRADE. No 0113 can realize the changed relations ot this market in respect to provisions better than the New Orleans merchant. In the period of ten years, immediately preceedmg the inter-State war the j receipts of barreled pork averaged 261,000 bbls per annum. In the period of ten years immediately I following the war they averaged 109,000 bbls per annum. Since then the decline has been steady and irresistible. I It will be observedthen that there has been a steady decline in these receipts of these leading staples. I In 1879-80 the per centage of decrease was less than in other years, there being in that year a small I gain in lard and packed meats, but in an estimate of pounds for all the articles named it will be found ! there was an aggregate decline. The year 1879-80 was exceptionally active in all branches of trade, i and low prices for meats stimulated the consumptive demand which "had to be met. The year under review, 1880-81, was no exception to the declining tendencies mentioned. As compared with 1879-80 i pork fell off about35 per cent.; packed meats 333^ per cent, in casks and 25 per cent, in boxes; lard 16 per cent, in tierces, and 30per cent, in kegs; and hams 16 per cent The unly exception in the ! list was meats received in bulk; in which there was an increase of approximataly 36 per cent. Heavy i as was this increase in bulk meats, the decline in total pounds of all the articles named exceed I 12,000,( 00 pounds. ! The prices of pork for 1879-80 were as follows; lowest, $9.00; highest, $16.''0. For 1880-81. low- j est, $13.25; highest, $20 00 i The prices for bacon were for 1879-80; shoulders, lowest, 3^c; highest, 63^c; clear rib, lowest, j o34c; highest, 93^'c; clear, lowest, 51^0; highest, lO^^c. For 1880-81, shoulders, lowest, b}sc-, i highest, 8,^^8C; clear nb, lowest, 7^c; highest, ll%c; clear, lowest 8c; highest, ll^c. I Dry salt meats, 1879-80-lowest, d^c; highest, 7^c. Dry salt meats, 1880-81—lowest, dl^c; I highest, 6c. ; Sugar cured hams, 1879-80—lowest, 8c; highest, 123^c. Sugar cured hams, 1880-81—lowest, 9c; : highest, 1434 c. ' Refined lard in tierces, 1879-80 — lowest, 6>^c; highest, 914 c. For 1880-81—lowest, 8%; I highest, 1234 c. THE SUOAR T15ADE. I The sugar trade of^ New Orleans is on the upward march. The crop of 1880-81 was the largest since the season 186(1-61, and turned out satisfactory to the planters both as to amount and quality. : The total crop was 218,314 hhds. I Plantation statistics show an increase of twelve vacuum pans over the preceding season, making I a total of 120 in operation, producing (not including the city refineries) 75,850 hhds., or 98,932,819 I lbs. of sugar and 4,168,039.66 gallons of molasses. This was the largest crop of refined sugar and I molasses ever made in the State. There were 1,144 sugar houses in operation, an increase of 33 over the preceding year. Of the whole number, 871 used steam and 273 horse power, and altogether they produced 218,314 hhds., or I 272,982,899 lbs. of sugar and 4-5,255,029.76 gallons of molasses. The average net weight of the j hhd. was, refined sugars, 1,285 lbs.; brown sugars, 1,220 lb.s., and the average gauge of molasses I was 45 gallons to the barrel. In the city there are 10 firms ot sugar factors, 12 sugar dealers exclusive wholesale, 57 wholesale j grocers dealing in sugars, and 1,190 wholesale and retail grocers. The total annual sugar and I molasses trade of New Orleans, estimated, amounts to $22,944,908. This is exclusive of the city i refineries which properly come under the head of manufactures. THE RICE TRADE. The rice market of New Orleans has chang^ veiy considerably in its character within the past few years. Indeed, it was onl}' during the past few years that rice has been grown largely in Louisiana,—principally along the Mississippi river and its bayous. While growing it requires irri¬ gation, which is supplied in abundance by those streams. A species of upland rice is also raised, ! which requires no irrigation, but calls for more careful culture. The rice crop, on lands adapted to j its culture, is considered to be more remunerative than sugar. I The receipts at New Orleans for Hie season 1880-81 were 443,773 sacks of rough rice and 29,537 j bbls. of cleaned rice. The rough rice reduced to clean made 192,945 bbls., showing the total crop j marketed to have been 222,482 bbls.; add amount kept on plantation for seed and consumption (say 15,000 bbls.) and the total crop was 237,482 bbls of clean rice of 239 lbs', net each, averaging $9.75 per bbl. for the season, aggregating in value $4,317,459.50, including products of the city mills. THE LEAF TOBACCO TRADE. The tobacco market of New Orleans was one of paramount importance in the early commer¬ cial history of the city. Thirty, forty, even fifty years ago, the greater portion of the immense tobacco crops raised in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio found an outlet to the sea at New Orleans. In 1852 the imports into New Orleans from the interior ran as high as 89,655 hhds., and these figures were maintained, but, of course, varying with the seasons, up to the breaking out of the war. The war coming on and for years after the unsettled condition of the South added to the building of railroads to the East, ad interim, turned the channel in the direction of New York, Brooklyn and Baltimore. The unnaturalness of this course, however, is beginning to dawn on the minds of planters and shippers, and it is not unreasonable to predict that the now greatly increased crops of the “weed’' will come down to New Orleans as in the “flush days of the Republic.’’ i INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. St. Anna’s Asylum. arge factories, especialy in Ohio and New York, and out of our necessities was built up one of the argest productive interests in the Northern country. But the smart Yankee could not let well enough done. He began tinkering vuth his dairy products, adulterating here and coloring there, until at ength out of the womb of his ingenuity was brought forth two nondesci*ipt substitutes, yclept oleo- nargarine and lardine. It therefore causes us to smile over the fact that the Yankee has taught us a rick. We have seen his oleomargarine and his lardine and can go him one better. Within the )ast year there has been established in New Orleans a ‘‘ hutterhie factory. ” The products of this «ncem have already largely supplanted the oleomargarine and lardine products of the North and vVest, and we might also add of daily butter from the same sources. New Orleans butterine being of jxcellent quality, superior to Western products of like character, and by a large line of consumers •egarded with as much favor as the ordinary “dairy’’ grades. In regard to the trade in Northern products for l^O^l we may say fine goods command the bulk )f business. Dairy goods are cautiously touched by buyers, who require a strictly pure article, ;lassing prime to choice, vdth good flavor. Oleomargarine and lardine have had fair sale, but the lemand generally has declined, as buyers conclude that property of this description has been sent The quality of Western tobacco grown in Kentucky, Tennessee, etc., and brought to this market -s of course, heavy grade, and is consumed principally in portions of France and Germany. Ship- uents have been retarded to some extent by the scarcity of tonnage, but the increased facilities ifforded by improvements in the Mississippi, and the very rapid augmentation of the shipping in the oast few nionths, will lead in the near future, to a very large expansion of the tiwle. Set down in round numbers the tobacco business of New Orleans will reach $4,500,000 per annum. This, however, includes both importation and exportation of native leaf: importation of manufac- ;ured tobacco and cigars, and manufactures. The business of this latter class is detailed elsewhere. Thus the tobacco trade of the city is quite diversified, and includes the operations of several tranches. There are five tobacco factorage firms, and eleven finns engaged in the wholesale cf x)bacco, exclusively. These sales and commission houses deal in the natural leaf in all its grades ind vanties—from the veriest “trash” on through better qualities of “lugs’’ and “leaf.” In this 3 ranch ma^’ also be included the operations of speculatoi-s, both home dealers and foreign buyers, )f whose transactions we have no authoritative data, but all of which adds to the grand bulk of msmess in this line. THE BUTTER AND ( HEESE TRADE. As a market both for the consumption and distribution of butter and cheese. New Orleans has for nany years been a green spot in the memory of the farmer who dwells among the fat pasture lands ')f the North. Before the war very few farmers or planters in the South made any butter, and the dea of a cheese factory never entered their heads. In consequence this led to the establishment of { 42 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. here freely on commission to accept low figures rather than break prices at the factory. Shippp should note the necessity of sending only first-class stock, which can always be handled advantage. THE COFFEE TRADE, Cotfee is an article of importation in which ^Tew Orleans stands third among the ports of the Unit( btates. New 1 ork coming first and Baltimore second. Prior to the war this market was one of gre importance, New Orleans being the port of distribution to the vallev of the Mississippi and mu( of the Ohio Valley and tributary sections, and therefore supplied the greater part of the demai thi-oughout the country. But as in ten thousand other different ways, the South suffered in th conflict. Her ports were closed, her trade departed, her commercial flag was furled. New Yo was the Moloch which fattened its maw on her misfortunes. New York was the mselstrom th swallowed up everything. At length reaction set in. The revival in our coffee trade began in 1879—80, when the total su ply reached 252,460 bags, aggregating 38,403,600 pounds, against 144,471 bags, aggregating 2> 115,360 pounds for 1878-79. This was a very handsome increase, but the year of 1880-81 show( receipts of 356,031 bags, aggregating 55,764,960 pounds—an increase of about 100 per cent, in tv years. In this calculation we estimate the bags as averaging 160 pounds each, whereas 130 poun each is customary. The large supply given above is yet below the real amount, as large cargoes are shipped Nort ward under bond, without shovdng to the credit of New Orleans on the books of the Custom Hous New Orleans, indeed, has become a port of entry in coffee, even for other large markets claimii to import direct, in consequence of the facihties offered for economioal handling, and for cheap ai speedy transportation to various points in the interior. The increase in receipt is not confined aloi to Brazil (or Rio), but Mexican products, and those of Maricabo and other South American coast lii ports are increasing in shipments. The total money value of the New Orleans coffee trade taking all grades and averaging prices cargo quotations will reach in round numbers, $7,000,000 per annum. At this rate New Orleans pushing Baltimore closely and will soon stand in the ranks next to New York. There are in the city exclusive of a host of Coffee brokers and rehandlers, six exclusive wholesa coffee firms and 291 commission and wholesale dealers. THE SALT TRADE. New Orleans is the greatest salt market in this country, outranking in this respect both New Yoi and Baltimore, the two most prominent markets on the Atlantic seaboard. The article itself such an absolute necessity, that the wonder has often been expressed where does it all come fror Liverpool, Turk’s Island and some of the wells situated principally in Ohio and West Virginia, fn nish the bulk of this article consumed m this country, but the two former are dealt in more extensive by New Orleans.—The fact that gentlemen of undoubted probity and substantial resources ha^ control of the Salt market in New Orleans, should be an inducement to all buyers in the South ai West to come to this city for their supplies. The facilities for importation are unequalled, and i we have before remarked, salt is often brought as ballast in ships coming from Livei'pool for cotto: and is sold on the levee at New Orleans even cheaper than in Liverpool itself. This fact, added low rates of freight to the interior; and rapid transportation assure cheapness, dispatch and securii to the buyer. Noting the business for 1881, there is a decided increase in the imports as compared with 188 the receipts 333,686 sacks, being nearly equal to the total receipts of the season of 1879. T1 average price per bushel throughout the year was seventy cents, and the total amount of busine aggregated more than a quarter milHon of dollars. In the city there are three firms exclusi^ wholesale salt dealers, who control the bulk of trade, though there are also a large number of agen and brokers doing their share. Mention should be made here that Averj^'s island, near New Iberia, Louisiana, covers a quarry > solid rock salt, as white as marble and containing ninety-nine one-hundredths of sodium chlorid almost pure salt. The mining of this salt is in successful operation, and much of the product marketed in New Orleans. The extent of the deposit is not known, but it is supposed to be ine; haustible. NAVAL STORES. The steady improvement in the market for naval stores in our city is due to greater facihties, c well as lower rates of freight to the interior, enabling New Orleans to compete favorably with ar of the Northern markets. The estabhshment of additional lines of steamers to Europe will soo restore the foreign freight room, of which the introduction of steam lines temporarily deprived oi by monopohzing the more lucrative freights and thus dispensing with a large number of sai ing vessels. The superiority of New Orleans over any one Southern market hes m the fact that she may 1 said to be situated in the midst of the “turpentine orchards” of the South. Not only does si draw supplies from the “Piney regions” of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, but directly undt her control are the products of the pine flats of the parishes of St. Tammany, Washington, Tang pahoa, Livingston, St. Helena and Calcasien, and the pine hills of Catahoula, Grant, Natchitoche: Rapides and Vernon. The forest growth throughout this entire section is magnificent long-let pine—the yeUow pitch pine of commerce, and which, on account of its abundance and its adaptt tion to almost all purposes, is the most valuable timber tree in the State. Besides yielding tai I ■'■■■ ■ I INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. ' 43 ' itch, rosin and turpentine, it famishes one of the most valuable species of lumber known to com- lerce, rivalmg the cypress in durability and the walnut in beauty of grain. These pine flats and ills afford illimitable fields to the lumberman, and charcoal burners also do a flourishing trade with iTew Orleans, where they ship charcoal on luggers, and receive from twenty-five to fifty cents per ' t'liGr0for, ' During 1881, rosins, though active and meeting wuth ready sales, ruled low on fine grades, corn- ared with the low grades, prices being as follows: D , E. and F., $1 90; G., $2 00; H,, $2 25; .,12 50: K„ $2 75; M., $3 00; X., ^8 75. ^ ' HIDES, TALLOW AND WOOL. The sale of hides, wool and tallow has grown to be an important pursuit in New Orleans, and a "iirge portion of the products of interior Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas finds a market here.fs,The ■reat demand for hides from Northern tanneries h^s created shai-p competition, until the producer . as been able to realize as much, if not more, for his product at this point than in almost any other 'larket in the country*. The hides brought to New Orleans are varied in quality and usefulness, i’he lighter hides are finely suited to the manufacture of upper leather for shoes, the kip and calf .kins are unsurpassed for softness, smoothness and durablility, while the Texas and South American r ides, on account of them plumpness, make the best sole leather in the world. ^ The annual trade in tallow will amount to a quarter of a million of dollars. During 1880-81, hree w^ere 1,711,548 pounds of tallow exported to foreign countries. The market w^as very active urihg the year, and prices fully one-fourth of a cent higher than the previous year, say 63^c per -ound. Western tallow was somewhat neglected, owing to poor quality. ^ The wool marketed at New Orleans is of three kinds-;-lake, Louisiana and Texas, About ,500,000 pounds were handled during 1880-1, the average prices being about as follows: Lake, 25@ ■ Oc; Louisiana clear about l^c lower than lake, and burry about one-half the price of clear; Texas, i 5(tt27c. The condition of the wool was fair, and the introduction of new bucks is becoming more fnd more e\fident. Kindred to the above branches is the large sales of feathers, pelts, furs, beeswax, etc.; old iron, opper, brass, etc., rags and paper stock. This trade is usually carried on by junk dealers, there i-eing nineteen such fi^s in the city, doing an annual business of $250,000; bringing the total gures in all departments up to $1,101,107. ‘ STAVES AND SHINGLES. Another important and rapidly growing business in New Orleans is the trade in staves and hingles; and, indeed, staves may be considered as one of the principal export articles of the city. *'he immense wooded swamps which exist in various parts of the State, abound in cypresses, of the ‘.ery best kind and supply this market largely. Four extensive houses deal in staves alone, and report shipments for 1880-81 amounting to 4,588,- 60 staves—the shooks and staves exported to foreign countries amounting in value to $501,791. .ihe demand comes not only from European countries, but large amounts are shipped to the West ndies and South American ports, while a considerable demand has sprung up for molasses shooks, il, pork and liquor barrels, and hogshead material from the Eastern cities. Our data in regard to the trade m shingles is not as full as we could wish, but enough is at hand •0 show that this business aggregated will amount to more than a $1,000,000. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. The Live Stock market of New Orleans is gi’owing more and more important with each year. Iccupying as she does a most favorable position as a distributing point, -with unrivalled water com- Qunication and almost each year adding additional railroad connection wdth the grazing fields, the narket is always supplied with superior beeves, hogs and sheep. The market is furnished largely ’'rom Texan ranches, while the States lying along the Mississippi river, and Tennessee and Ken- ^^ucky all contribute to the supply. The facilities offered drovers and speculators in New Orleans \re considered by stockmen from other cities as equal to any, both as regards stabling and the dues equired of them. The trade is largely on the increase and the building of more roads into Texas .nd the Western and Northwestern Territorities will give it an impetus in the future. , During 1881 the principal featue in the calf and yearling Hne was the remarkable strength of (rices, ruling higher than they have for two or three years past. Good classes of stock in this line "4 all times find ready sale at high figm-es. High prices and active inquiry for the best grade of hogs, especially good Western stock charac- erize this market. In 1881, the market, although receipts increased over the year previous, still Showed poor supplies. Western shippers making their shipments light and far between, owing to i uducements offered by Northern markets, which now carry on packing in summertime as well as in ' rinter. ! The sheep market is in the hands of the butchers, but throughout the year there is a demand for ' rood grades. Eleven leading firms control this business in New Orleans, though there are besides a irge number of floating dealers, speculators, etc. j The aggregate annual business will approximate $2,488,569.25. - HORSES AND MULES. ,, A feature of the trade of New Orleans is the traffic in horses and mules. The very best mules 'aised in America are to be found in the sale stables of this city, and horses of heavy draught, fed ^pon the blue-grass of the Western States, and notoriously free from the imperfections and disorders I 44 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. to whicli horses are liable, are brought to Xew Orleans in large numbers and in better condition than can be tound elsewhere, save where they are raised. In fancy horses for road purposes the market does not pretend to compete with certain Xorthern cities, where the best breeds of trotters are raised, and where the demand is always great, though of late years even in tlds respect New Orleans has been by no means insignificant; but the market is always stocked with medicum horses at tair prices, and the character ot those engaged in the business is a guarantee to buyers that their representations are correct The finest mules in the world are sold here in large numbers for home use, both to the city trade for draught purposes and to the interior for plantation work, while many are shipped from this point to Havana and other West India ports. The stable accomodations are admirable, and so lively is the competition that no less than twenty-three firms ensrage in the U LlolXlCoo • It is estimated froin ten to fifteen thousand horses and mules are disposed of in this market an- nudlly, 3,iici 'With thG mcrOcisG of fcicilitiGs it is ss,f0 to predict 3. correspondmo'* iiicrGRSP in the trade. ® The average price of horses was $140: mules $160, which independent of receipts from other sources shows the year s trade to have been $1,097,58 ) THE COAL TRADE. The rapid substitution of steam in every branch of industry and trade for the ruder and slower appliances has already created an immense demand for its use, and the many offices to which the ingenuity of man has put coal has ceased to create wonder and settle down to a matter of fact to be considered as any other common fact is considered, as tor instance, in order to breathe, to move, to eiQst, the lungs must have air. Therefore, among the many branches of industry which are con¬ tributing to the developement and financial advancement of New Orleans, the coal trade may be specially cited ’ ^ It was not so very long ago that wood was the fuel which furnished the motive power to the pon¬ derous steameis that plowed our Southern and estem waters. Wood yards along the Mississippi were among the characteristic features of ante-bellum steamboating and the annual consumption of timber was enormous. But when the Pennsylvania collier dug into the bowels of his native moun¬ tains and unearthed and brought to the sunlight the bituminous black diamond ' he presented to commerce and industry a royal gem richer than anv precious stone from the mines of Golconda “Eureka!” he might well have exclaimed for it not only checked the destruction of valuable and needed timber, it not only sent the axeman and sawyer home—not to say “Othello’s occupation gone,” but to other fields of useful diligence. It was the drum-throb of industrial advancement, the tocsin of progress and improvement Thus it comes about immeasurable quantities of bituminous coal are brought to New Orleans— coal for steamboats and steamships, coal for gas and water works, coal for domestic purposes and for the scores of rnanufactories that multiply and increase with each succeeding year. All these facts point to New Orleans as a large distributing point for that trade, and the lines of railroad now m process of construction, and the contemplated extension of others at no distant day, make it scarcely problematical that our city is to be in the future, a coal market of no inconsiderable propor¬ tions. At present the bulk of coal supplied this market comes by boat and barge from the Ohio river. But since the Louisville A Nashville Railroad management secured control of the Mobile road, and its connections with the coal fields of Alabama, the receipts have largely increased. The road now being built by the Edanger Sjmdicate, and known as the New Orleans & Northeastern, goes hence to Meridian, Miss., where it forms junction with the Alabama A Great Southern, which runs through the heart of the coal region, crosses the Louisville & Nash vide at Birmingham, thence to Chattanooga and Cincinnati: Hidden away along this route there are endless mines of wealth which the labor of a thousand yearn wdl not appreciably diminish. The intersection of these two great trunk lines at Birmingham will give wonderful impetus to developement of that coal district. Competition wdl stimulate opening of new mines, reduce freights to a minimum, and furnish New Orleans with fuel cheaper than her most sanguine dreamers ever pictured. Cheap coal begets increased manu¬ factures. Additional manufactures means additional population, additional commerce and wealth. We place on record the prediction, that other things being equal, within a decade New Orleans will see her manufactm-mg mdustnes trebled, if not quadrupled, and will have half a million population in less than twenty years. Foreign steamships will make New Orleans their coaling station, the rail¬ roads of Texas and Mexico wdl be largely supplied from this point, and with the completion of the Isthmus Canal, coal will seek outlet here for Panama and the Pacific ports. Estimating the total annual business, though it is only an approximation, the year’s receipts foot upto 2,500,000 bbls., which averaged at 53c perbbl., aggi-egates $1,325,000.00.' There are m the the city fifteen firms exclusive coal merchants. SHIP CHANDLERY, BO.VT STORES, ETC. Another department of business quite important in New Orleans, and assuming a distinctiveness and sub-division of its own, is that designated by the collective nouns—ship chandlery and boat stores. A “Boat Store” is neither a grocery, hardware or queens ware establishment, and' I’et it com¬ bines in a degree a proper undei-standing of aU three, and partakes somewhat of the nature of each. Thus comprehensive and yet ramified, it requires a hfe-long experience and full knowledge of what is needed in the trade, as well as capital to properly and successfully conduct it. In its stock are com¬ prised not only supphes needed while runnmg a steamship or steamboat, but its complete outfit, and many articles of, construction—spikes, oakum, leads for painting purposes, riggmg—such at i INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 45 sp3/rring n^^'ing and. linG and chain rigfging'. Pantry outfit, including quccnswarc and tablcwGar geneially. Lanterns and trimmings—Oils of all kinds, lubricating and illuminating; Wire rope, such as has been adopted by the Government; Tiller rope to be used in cases oi fire on board; Tar- paulians and screens, purchase blocks, skids, trucks, timber and plank for staging, dunnage, and also a full stock of naval stores; tar, pitch, turpentine and rosin, besides grocenes provisions and supplies generally. _ . n i i .n • The vast importance of New Orleans as a river and seaport naturally, and correctly, suggests this as a business ranking high. Aggregated, the business will amount to $800,000 per annum there being eight leading firms engaged. THE TEA TRADK. The tea trade of New Orleans is a large and growing interest. Prior to the establishment of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company teas were brought direct from the East to New York and found their way to New Orleans either by way of the Ohio river or yia vessels plying between this city and New York. The aforesaid line to some extent changed the direction of Eastern goods; but later the completion of the Central Pacific and the other trans-continental railways, and the low rates for freight established by those corporations, have effected a complete revolution in the tea trade. Tea is now brought by water to the Pacific coast and shipped overland to the Eastern cities of America. Tea intended for New Orleans as trans-shippped at St. Louis and has preference of rail or river routes hither. However, when the Texas Pacific railroad gets in full working order New Orleans will be brought in such close connection with ports on the Pacific seaboard the favorableness of her geograph¬ ical position if aided by the energy of her merchants, will secure for her much of the trade now monopolized by New York and Baltimore. During 1880-81 the imports of tea into New Orleans via steamships amounted to 10,894 fts., but this was independent of the imports already mentioned. There are thirteen wholesale tea dealers in the city, and the business will exceed half a million dollars annualy. • SPICES. Few articles are more generally used than spices. They appear upon the table of every household in the city, and enter into the preparation of nearly all the dishes that are served for human con¬ sumption, and yet but few are aware of the extent of their manufacture, importation, or the vast amount consumed. In New Orleans there are five quite extensive establishments engaged in exporting spices, besides a number of houses engaged also in other branches, all doing a flourishing business, amounting to not less than $100,000 per annum. Independent of the raw material received from other American cities, 65,538 pounds of spices were imported direct from foreign ports into New Orleans in 1880-81. Pepper, ginger, cloves, nutmegs, mace, cassia, cayenne, Ac., &c., of the best quality, are brought here and sold, either in natural state or ground and prepared for market. The gentlemen engaged in this trade are among our most reliable and sterling mercnants. This fact gives confidence that in a trade where proftty and fair dealing are absolutely essential, dealers can purchase with the utmost security. OYSTERS AND FISH The oyster and fish trade of New Orleans, in its various branches, constitutes a most important industry, and yet it is capable of ten-fold additional development. The extensive oyster beds at Barataria bay, Berwick bay. Oyster bay—in fact, all along the Southern coast and bayous as far as Mobile, contribute to this market, and yet invite more enterprise. Hundreds of oyster boats or small schooners are engaged in gathering oysters, and the scene in the neighborhood of “Picayune Pier” during oyster season is indeed a busy one. No finer oysters are known than those obtained in the bays and bayous of Louisiana. Their size and flavor are unsurpassed. Some of them are so large that they are not merchantable to saloon keepers, who buy by the barrel and sell by the dozen. Large quantities of these delicious bivalves are shipped to the interior. Seven extensive wholesale houses are engaged in this trade exclusively, though there are over two thousand places in the city where oysters are sold in one shape or another. The annual business in this line will approximate $ 2 , 000 , 000 . _ _ _ . The importation of foreign fish, in cans, boxes, etc,, is also very large. During 1880-81, sardines were imported to New Orleans to the value of $97,270, and the receipts of anchovies, lobsters, etc., were in like quantities. Altogether, this trade will amount to $2,500,000 per annum. FRUITS AND NUTS. Among the many branches of trade which have given impetus to the growth of New Orleans, and have decidedly ministered to its importance as a commercial centre, may be mentioned the trade in fruits and nuts, both foreign and domestic. The two are so thoroughly joined that separate consideration of them would perhaps be out of place. One house will import Mediterranean fruits; another will deal in Mexican and South American goods; a third will pay attention to West Indian products; a fourth will expose for sale the products of California or of the Canton trade, while a fifth will devote time and capital to Louisiana fruits. Divided and subdivided in this manner, it is an extremely complicated subject to handle. The customs officials report for 1880-81, among dutiable imports, foreign fruits and nuts to the amount of $466,622. This, however, does not near represent the business. More than 300,000 boxes of oranges and lemons, each, were received here from the Mediterranean ports during the year, and the trade, which, but a few years ago was very insignificant, has grown enormously. Mediter¬ ranean fruits, such as oranges and lemons, from Sicily; almonds and raisins, from Malaga: raisins, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 46 from Valencia; currants, citron, figs, dates, prunes. Canton ginger, foreign preserves, etc., etc., are received by the cargo, and can be purchased upon terms as advantageous as are offered by any mar¬ ket in the country, with the additional facility to buyers of being able to fill their entire order in one large establishment, instead of being compelled to go from one house to another, as in other cities, with the cost of drayage, etc. The California fruit trade is all overland, but it is astonishing the vast quantities that are received, in all forms, both fresh and dry, as well as preserved—raisins, grapes, figs pears, oranges, lemons, limes and nuts. So, too, will this branch of the business increase many fold da the Texas and Pacific road. That Louisiana is the land of fiTiits has passed into a proverb. Oranges, lemons, bananas, dates, citron, shaddoak, mespilus, limes, figs, apples, pears, peaches, olives, grapes, strawberries, raspber¬ ries, and numerous other small fruits and berries all fiourish, all produce abundantly; a number of them growing wild and without cultivation. All of these, including melons and many kinds of vegetables, mature so early as to bring extra prices in the Northern markets, where they are shaped by railroa'd, and thus secures a large trade which few other States enjoy. The orange crop of Louisiana for 1880-81 has been estimated at from 100,0i)U to 200,000 barrels— perhaps 150,000 barrels will be a fair calculation. It is admitted by those in the trade that fully nine-tenths of the whole Louisiana crop is brought to New Orleans in bulk, in luggers. Here the oranges are assorted, selected, barreled, and in addition to supplying local demand, thousands of barrels are shipped North. In the southern part of the State, orange culture is both pleasant and profitable, and is adding new acreage each year. A few acres set out in oranges will, as soon as thev commence bearing, afford a competence to the farmer. It is customary for the fruit merchant to buy the oranges on the tree and gather them at his own expense. New Orleans also does a large business in native Louisiana almonds, pecans and other nuts. The pecan tree is found both native and domesticated, the former bearing a small, bitter, astringent nut, while the latter—sometimes called the Texas pecan—produces a remarkably large and delicately flavored nut and is held in high favor as an article of commerce, thousands of barrels being gath¬ ered and shipped North annually. . . rr,, • . r- There is still another phase of this market unmentioned. Ihe receipts of Noraiern apples— especially those from the orchards of Mew York, Ohio and Michigan, will average 50,000 barrels per annum, though frequently it far exceeds those figures. Choice apples are a feature of the fruit trade here, and Northern dealers have long since learned to properly supply that demand. After considering the foregoing points, it may be truthfully said. New Orleans is independent of any other city in the fruit trade. The business in foreign fruits, especially, has increased four-fold in twenty years.. Eighteen wealthy firms wholesale fruits exclusively; several of these own and employ their own steamships. Hundreds of men are in their service, millions of capital are invested, and estimating the entire business for 1880-81, it can not fall short of $6,300,000. IMPORTED WINES AND LIQUORS. As a market for imported wines and liquors. New Orleans stands second to none, if not first, in the Union, running New York a close race, and destined eventually to outstrip her. Before the civil war in this country, large quantities of superior wines and brandies were imported into this market, and the Southern and Western trade was sujiplied from here almost entirely. But the excessive duties afterwards imposed, caused a falling off in the consumption. The establishment of French and German fines of steamers, together with partial reduction in duties, have very materially revived this branch of our commerce; and to-day, New Orleans in variety and excellence of stock, if not in quantity offered to buyers, can hold her head above any market in the country. No 16ss than forty-one wholesale firms are engaged in the business, and there are m the city nine extensive United States Customs, Bonded Warehouses, where immense quantities of imported wines and liquors are at all times stored. The total sales, however, will aggregate fully $2,000,000 per annum. THE JOBBING TRADE OF NEW ORLEANS. The jobbing trade of New Orleans has kept pace with her increasing importance as a commercial city, and, of course, far outstrips her industrial interests. The various departments of the jobbing trade, such as dry goods, straw goods and millinery, fancy goods and notions, military goods and regalia, hats and caps, boots and shoes, clothing, groceries, wines, liquors and whiskies, drugs, queensware, hardware, iron, agricultural implements, stoves, tinware and house-furnishing goods, books and stationery, musical instruments, wall paper, etc., furniture, jewelry, fireworks, toys, etc., etc., are fuUy up to the standard and will compare favorably with those of any other city m the country. As a general rule these departments are in the hands of old and established houses, whose proprietors are among our most highlv esteemed and responsible citizens, who have been educated to their calling, and whose natural tastes and judgments have been strengthei^ed by the experience of a life-time and a thorough rational application to business. n , i -i • Many branches of the jobbing trade not enumerated above are successfully conducted it this.city, and the number of new establishments and branches of old ones, is a clear indication of the pros¬ perity of the trade, as well as importance of the city. The stocks carried by these houses embrace full supplies from all the best factories in the United States, and the choicest selections of goods from foreign countries. The fines of steamers, twelve fines in number, between New Orleans and the ports of Europe, furnish facilities for the importation of the most desirable goods at lower rates than at any other port. The port charges are fight, ship supplies cheap, and the difficulties m the way INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 47 of shipping, if there be any at all, are comparatively trifling. Since the establishnaent of steam communication between New Orleans and Europe, our merchants engaged in the jobbing trade have displayed an energy and enterprise which command admiration. They make regular trips to England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy and other European countries for the purchase of o-ood§, and the articles imported are selected under their own inspection. Thus New Orleans is largely independent of all other American cities in her wholesale jobbing trade, and bids fair m a short time to compare favorably with New York, as a distributing market, and is almost absolutely destined to become the seaboard entrepot for the South and Southwest and the country far up the IVIississippi Yalley. In each department there are rival houses contending for business, and making, of course, the most active competition, thus reducing prices to minimum rates. Her location in the South, in the midst of the consumptive section offers so many inducements to Southern merchants they cannot be lightly estimated. The trade in groceries, dry goods, hardware, clothing, , boots and shoes, hats and caps, millinery goods and notions is particularly active, and the iival houses engaged spare no pains to make their stocks as full and complete as possible, so that many tastes of many kinds may be gratified, and favorable prices assured. The jobbing trade, compre¬ hending a large number of important interests, necessitates the employment of a vast capital, which in this city aggregates many millions of dollars. It is not unreasonable to infer, that in the near future New Orleans will become the great reservoir of supj)lies for the South, Southwest and many portions of the Central Union and Northwest. Many of the great manufactories of the country have agencies here, selling at factory prices. The attractions of New Orleans as a jobbing centre, are already so well known to the local retail trade and to that of interior Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas, that they are content to buy at home. They are among the most intelligent dealers of the countiy, and the closest buyers have tried rival markets, time and again, without advantage of prices or terms. Capital, compe¬ tition, and a thorough knowledge of business have accomplished for Nesv Orleans quite as much as for the Northern and Eastern cities. As for quality and variety of goods, New Orleans is fully equal to any of them, and the market will be found always adequate to the demand, extending all the inducements which can be offered by any other city in the counti-y. THE WirOLESxVLE DRY GOODS TRADE. The wholesale dry goods trade of New Orleans is one of her leading interests. Its extent will surprise a good many who have not taken the trouble to inform themselves and who hitherto have looked to the East, as the devout Mussulman turns to Mecca when he prays. But in addition to the domestic goods manufactured in this city and other sections of the United States, large quantities of the choicest and most fashion able goods are imported from abroad for this market. Oyer $700,000 worth of silks, linens, dress goods, kid gloves, &c., Ac., were enrolled among the foreign imports at the New Orleans custom house during 1880-81. The taste of New Orleans buyers is proverbially i fastidious in the selection of drygoods, and it may well be questioned whether any city in the | country displays or consumes, in proportion, so many fine and costly fabrics. The stocks in New Orleans, however, embrace goods from almost every nation and clime beneath the skies silks, cloths, cassimeres, satinets, kerseys, jeans, tweeds, linseys, flannels, tickings, checks, plaids, alpacas, dress goods, ginghams, prints, muslins, drills and goods of kindred character—rivaling in quantity and surpassing in quality much more pretentious markets. Twenty exclusively wholesale and importing houses are engaged in the trade. At least three of these firms sold more than $2,000,000 worth of goods, each, during 1881, the entire trade for that year approximating $14,500,000. In this estimate no account is taken of the business conducted by the 127 wholesale and retail dry goods houses in the city Estimates of this trade are made elsewhere. But it may be remarked, en passant, that some of these establishments are mammoth concerns, several of them employing at least B 0 clerks, etc., each. Their stocks, in general, are of the finest and most fashionable kinds, and the wives and daughters of the rich planters find these charming emporiums as near Paradise as they hope to get in this world. WHOLESALE FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS. The houses engaged in this business make direct importations and have men employed for the selection and purchase of foreign goods, only such as are superior in quality and design to those manufactured in our country being offered to the trade in this city.* They have model show rooms, and our dealers have well studied the art or ariangement and order. There are thirteen houses engaged in exclusive wholesale in this business, and their aggregated sales for 1881 exceeded $4,000,000. The firms are composed of gentlemen thoroughly posted in the details and require¬ ments of this interesting business, and controling ample capital, they invite competition, not doubt¬ ing their ability to sell as cheaply as any jobbing market in America. In addition to the above there are 186 wholesale and retail firms in the same business, some oi whom are direct imponers, and whose sales amount to many thousands of dollars annually. WHOLESALE MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS. In no city of this country can there be found finer or better selected stocks of millinery and straw goods than are displayed in the New Orleans houses. Indeed, New Orleans may properly be called the Paris of America, in so far as fashionable female head-gear and habiliments are concerned. The city is full of French and French-American modistes, who display most ravishing styles and who seem to have combined the colors of the rainbow, the tints of all the most beautiful flowers and the 48 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS, gorgeous plumage of all the feathered tribe, to heighten the charms of their goods. Nearly all are direct importers, and the quality of goods sold here are not only marvelously beautiful but remark¬ able for superior quality. Ribbons, silks, satins, imitation and real laces, Valenciennes, point d’apphque, point d’alencon, etc., embroideries, handkerchiefs, linens, feather goods, straw goods, bonnets, hats, made and unmade—all these make up a collection vast and alluring. This trade, in 1880-81, aggregated more than $1,500,000. Two houses are engaged in whole- sahng exclusively, and 115 both wholesale and retail MILITARY GOODS AND REGALIA. The presence of so many superb military organizations and benevolent orders and societies in the city, and the well known frequency of carnivals, fetes, pagants, etc., in New Orleans, affords a wide field for the sale of all manner of militaiy goods and regalia. The trade, however, is not confined to the city, as large orders are constantly filled for the interior towns in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and other States. French, English and German goods are received by direct importation, while the leading manufactories of the United States are also patronized. The trade will amount to $300,000 annually, divided between two wholesale houses, though there are quite a number of retail estab¬ lishments whose sales we could not ascertain. WHOLESALE H.VTS AND CARS. Keeping pace with other advancing branches of the jobbing trade in New Orleans and yearly growing in importance is the wholesale hat business. No less thau thirteen large houses wholesale this class of goods, while some twenty others supply the fashionable city trade. Silk hats, soft fin- hats, stiff' hats of every conceivable shape, style, (luality and price may be found here. Silk hats made on the highly improved Gossamer body and covered with the glossy and beautiful silk plush cloth, imported from the houses of Martin and Hoover, of Paris; soft fur hats ma-le of beaver, side and bella nutia, coney and double-ring Russia; stiff hats, quite endless in variety are offered in this market at lowest jobbing rates. The wholesale business will amount to $1,400,000 per auuum. WHOLESALE BOOTS AND SHOES. The boot and shoe jobbing business of New Orleans is one of large proportions and daily increas¬ ing importance. Few persons in our midst are aware of its magnitude. Thirteen wholesale houses are engaged, but in this connection no allusion is made to the hundreds of small concerns scattered throughout the city, and whose business is chiefly that of manufacturing to order, their work going to swell the aggregate trade of New Orleans. The firms mentioned in this article are engaged in jobbing only. Their stocks are admirably selected. They buy their goods almost exclusively from first hands, and in many cases having the goods made on their express orders, and on as favorable teians as the jobbing houses of New York, Philadelphia or Boston, can sell as cheap as any of them, difference in transportation added. Another fact, the wholesale dealers of New Orleans being more extensive buyers than retailers, control the manufacturers, and whenever the latter are found work¬ ing agains^t their interests, often times, as is their right, transfer their patronage to other points. Therefore, the choice lays between the jobbers of New Orleans and those of other cities, not between the retailer and the manufacturer. Inasmuch then, as New Orleans jobbers offer to duplicate any Eastern purchased bill, is evidence of how secure they feel of their ability to compete with the shoe dealers of the Atlantic coast. The terms obtained here are as favorable as can be secured anywhere else in America, and this has come to the knowledge of the trade throughout the South and South¬ west, who are already displaying an appreciation of the fact, by resorting to this market for their supplies. More than that, a vei-y respectable foreign export trade has been begun and will be culti¬ vated. Boots and shoes are now sold by New Orleans to Mexico and the Central and South Ameri¬ can countries. The jobbing trade for 1881 amounted to $3,975,000 WHOLESALE CLOTHING. Read 3 ’^-made clothing in New Orleans, as well as in all large jobbing markets occupies an impor¬ tant position among business pursuits. It has extended to all sections of the country, hmiting the country merchant’s sale of piece goods for mens’ and boj's’ wear, and compelling tailors, in some in¬ stances, to abandon their trade, and embark in the business themselves, or seek other employment. The introduction of sewing machines, to this class of work, has greatly facilitated rapid and dura¬ ble manufacture, and brought clothing down in price to a wonderful degree. Country merchants, who have been careful in the selections of sizes and styles, have found that the sale of clothing can be effected with less trouble than piece goods, and without the serious drawback of remnants—that there is less competition—that their daily receipts of cash are .thereby increased, as well as other ad¬ vantages. Indeed, so satisfactory and lucrative has this business proven, that as an additional illus¬ tration of the tendency of the age to increased manufactured articles, mention may be made of shirt making and of those branches including gentlemens’ and boys’ underware, which form important adjuncts to the business. Connected with this department, gents’ furnishing goods, embracing neckweare, handkerchiefs, gloves, hosiery, &c., &c., come infer a large share of attention. The New Orleans market will favorably compare inffhis respect with any, in extensive and varied stocks, in quality, style workmanship, “fit,” reasonable price and fair dealing. Sixteen firms in the city wholesale clothing and their l3usiness for 1881 reached $2,756,000. This, however, does not include the sales of fourteen gents’ furnishings houses, nor the manufacture of wearing apparel in the city, mentioned on another page. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 49 3Qaan; •x^oUt.>pth_/ THE WHOLESALE GROCERY TRADE. Npw Orleans as a wholesale grocery market has a world-wide fame, ancient and honorable. Long ante dating the American civil war this branch of business was immense and many an old merchant who grew rich in the trade, then retired, and finished his days in comfort and ease, used to mtelSn Jof thSe ‘‘flush days in Orleans” when sugar and coffee rice and molasses was bought end sollfbv the steamboat-load and occupied warehouses whose vast capacity could only be conipute hv scores of acres But a great blow was .by war and its mimediate re- Srle'rSnttu\S‘r? ttetn^r lUtfhtf "b*^^ Sinc^e" e“rfest ^rthTwhofsale gi-oShave'^stoodygh for “'iJtowSesale to^chlh’^grace rabuste^^ of New Orleans engages the attention of more inei- chintsth" one other vocftion o'f the jobbing trade. In the -wded thoroughfareyf warehouses, one d ay beings filled, and the next day, as it were, emptied of their im¬ mense stocks; for, of all mercantile pursuits none sur¬ pass this branch for vivacity and bustle. On every street one encounters the throngs of well laden “floats” and ponderous transfer wagons, rolhng ceaselessly, and noisi¬ ly in tiie turbulency of trade, which mingled and confused with the emphatic, some¬ times profane ejaculations of the almost innumerable army of teamsters, draymen, porters and laborers, all highly essential characters in the business, present a life-like and striking pano¬ rama of our commercial ba¬ bel, yet everything moving with the regularity of clock¬ work. Costly and capacious buildings, in keeping with the demands ot the trade, are being erected are being made tributary, until the business now stands out bold and prominent symbolizing that in the leading marts. New firms are being organ¬ ized, new sections of country, rich in resources, eminent quality of go-ahead-ative- ness that characteiizes the Odd Fellows’ Hall. New Orleans wholesale grocery trade, either as individual,firms, or taken as a “ernity The total number of wholesale grocery firms in the city is fifty-seven. This 1,190 houses classified in Board’s directory as “wholesale and retail grocers. ?“™fXaHon of culation, just here, the business transacted by t^s latter class, and careful figures, already given, for the lines of sugar, coffee, nee, salt, etc., we areenabled toplace the fina cial value of the^sales by wholesale grocers in 1880-81 in round numbers ^ dollars (25,000,000). If any.ways incorrect this is an underestimate, for one to sell annually $5,000,000 worth of goods, another $4,000,000, and three others $1,000,000 each. WHOLESALE WHISKY TRADE. • -i • Mention has already been made of the extensive business earned on in New tation of foreign wines and liquors, and that it engages the attention of forty-one wholesale firms. 4H 50 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. Many of these firms deal also in Amencan liquors and quite a number of others confine themselves exclusively to this branch. Indeed, the consumption of spirituous hquors, both as a luxury and in the works ot art, is so great and wide-spread, that the traffic in our city involves considerations of verj^ sigmficant commercial importance. The revenue derived from the various branches of the pursmt sweUs the busmess of New Orleans up among the millions, and the city may iustly lay claim to being the wholesale center of the hquor traffic in the Southwest. Large capital is invested in this business. The sales will amount to 30,000 barrels per annum veiy low average price of $1.50 per gallon, would aggre- g3.tG tpijOUv.UuO. THE WHOLESALE DRUG TRADE, Tffie importation, compounding and dispensing of drugs, medicines and chemicals, may iustly be ranked among the most important and lucrative branches of business in New Orleans. As a whole¬ sale drug market New Orleans compares favorably with any importing market in the United States, both in the amount of business, as well as its advantages, while the abundant capital employed and the unsurpassed facihties of ocean transportation, enables our dealers at all seasons to be well sup¬ plied with the amplest and most varied stock to be met with in the country, and wliick they are Mly prepared to, and we beheve do undersell any competing market that is not extensively engaged in the manufacture of standard articles. ^There are seven exclusively wholesale drug houses in the city whose annual trade will exceed $5,200,000. Besides these there are sixty-sevTn retail houses. THE CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE TRADE. The wholesale importing and jobbing of china, glass and queensware is a business, which, of all others, absolutely necessitates foresight and preparation, demands experience and artistic judgment, requires capital and involves risk In order to be successful the queensware jobber must also be an importer. Consequently a majority of the forty-five houses in the New Orleans queensware trade are also direct importers. Many articles are manufactined on their especial order, billed in foreign mar¬ kets, sent to the Custom House at New Orleans without breaking bulk, and received here in their original packages. These facts are potential arguments in favor of New Orleans as a point of dis¬ tribution and when properly understood by the trade no doubt will result advantageously, for a wise country merchant would then as soon think of seeking such supplies at interior points as a miner would think of canying coals to Newcastle. The total sales in this hne of business amount to $2,630,000 per annum, the importations of china- ware alone for 1880-81 aggregating more than $500,000. THE WHOLESALE HARDWARE TRADE. The hardware jobbing trade of New Orleans is a difficult branch of business to “write up,” con¬ ducted as it is differently from most other cities. It embraces not only the miscellaneous hardware stock usually found in similar houses, and including all the many articles coming under the head of edge and hand tools; house trimming goods; mechanics' drawing and measuring implements, and general hardware, but is comprehensive and collective enough to include machinists’ tools, mill work, iron waterwheels, engines—in a word all of the tools and etceteras of the mechanical arts, from a “rat-tail file” to a huge circular mill saw—articles as various in appearance, size and uses as can well be conceived. If it only stopped here the writer might not despair of at least cataloguing the vast array of goods. But it goes farther. It includes fuU lines of agricultural implements, tools and machinery for cotton culture, rice culture, sugar culture, com culture and whatever else is needed in farming and planta'Jbn operations in the South and Southwest. It embraces likewise house furn¬ ishing goods, to a certain extent; includes ship and steamboat hardware, railroad supplies and so many other different features it is useless to attempt further description. Direct importers of English, German and French hardware—especially in the hne of fine steel pocket and table cutlery, files, etc., in anchors, chains, Ac., and in guns, pistols, and goods of like character, the jobbers of New Orleans, being thoroughly conversant with the trade offer purchasers aU the facilities and advantages in bargains that they could possiuly meet elsewhere. This trade is very extensive. It gives employment to ten exclusive wholesale houses and thirty-four wholesale and retail. The annual business will aggregate $4,650,000. THE IRON AND STEEL TRADE. Kindred to the hardware trade, and in some instances conducted by the same parties, the iron trade of New Orleans has greatly enlarged of late years and affords one of the very best evidences of the city’s thrift and advance under the new regime of commercial progress. Facts, however, are more eloquent than words, and figures are more convincing than whole volumes of argumentative phraseology. According to the- records in 1857, the receipts of pig iron at New Orleans amounted only to the insignificant amount of 77 tons, valued at $2,695, and no other receipts of iron appear in the hst. Now mark the change: Among the dutiable imports entered at the New Orleans custom house for the year 1880-81 were the following articles: 17,750,263 lbs. of pig iron; 65,156,421 lbs. of railroad bars; 37,216 lbs. of bar iron; 6,819 lbs. of boiler iron; 958,650 lbs. of band, hoop and scroll iron; and 4,577 lbs. old scrap iron. The importations in steel were, 76,598,913 lbs. of railroad steel rails, besides steel bars, iron and steel castings, and metal compositions, enough to bring the sum total of values up to $2,771,614. Enough iron and steel railroad bars were brought to New Orleans to lay moy'e than six hundred and thiidy miles of railroad! STOVES, TINWARE AND house-furnishing GOODS. New Orleans enjoys an extensive trade in this line. Fifteen large houses are engaged and their stocks embrace everything in the line of cooking, heating and laundry stoves, constructed either for wood, coal or gas. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 51 The trade for the past year has advanced fully fifteen per cent, over and above that of the previous one and will amount to $2,125,000. As evidence of the prosperity of the business, mention is made of the splendid warehouse and salesroom now being erected by one of the prominent firms, which, when completed, will eclipse anything of the kind in the South or West. Altogether New Orleaiis does a surprising business in this line, and will rank close up to Baltimore. THE FURNITURE TRADE. The Southern demand has always been fastidious and luxurious in the choice of furniture. So much is this the case that it has passed into a proverb, “none but good goods and fine goods can be sold in New Orleans.” This of course has poduced improvement in the character of the stocks of¬ fered, in quality, taste and design; so that it may well be doubted whether any city of the United States exhibits more magnificent displays than can be seen m the mammoth warehouses of this city. There are eighty-four houses engaged in this trade whose combined annual sales will amount to $1,6C0,000. WALL PAPER, CARPETS (VC. The sale of carpets, oilcloths, mattings, window shades, wall papers and goods of similar char¬ acter, has grown so largely it deserves separate and special notice. While it is true that some of the dealers in furniture, in paper and in dry goods, sell considerable quantities of these goods, still the business has its distinct houses. The foreign importations are quite large, French, Belgian, Eng¬ lish and German goods being a most important branch. The stocks are large and varied, and include carpetings of all kinds,'velvets, Brussels, Axminster, three-plys, ex-superfines, fines and Venetian goods, besides the cheapest kinds; oil cloths of every pattern, cocoa mattings, etc. In window shades and wall paper, there is simply no end to classes, qualities and designs, from the finer grades of velvet, velvet and gold, satin-surfaced, French, English and German papers, elegant, costly and beautiful, down to the lowest priced productions of American manufactories, and to suit all shades, colors and conditions. The miscellaneous branch of the trade—camp stools, hassocks, rugs, carriage robes, etc., also receive a large share of attention. This trade will aggregate $600,000 per annum. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. New Orleans has eighteen wholesale and retail firms engaged in the book and stationery trade, besides nine steam lithographic establishments; eleven book binderies and four blank book manufac¬ tories; W the business of these branches is not accounted for in this article. The character and standing of these houses is well and favorably known throughout this section, and their entei-prise and liberality to the trade has kept abreast of the general advancement. The shelves ot our dealers are at all times replete with the latest and best published works, from the most ephemeral to the most substantial, and embracing an almost inconceivable collection of differently priced and differently bound and executed styles, from the finest workmanship to the commonest, or from the plainest and cheapest paper-back primers to the costliest bible, done in antique Morocco, illustrated and with gilt edges. Full assortments of law, medical, theological, school, statistical and miscellaneous works- printed in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish—as w^ell as complete editions of the works of ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew writers, both in the original and translated print; in fact, the stocks will compare most favorably with those of any other city. Especially are the stocks of sta¬ tionery complete and extensive, several of the houses making specialties of office, counting-room, school-room and fancy stationery and commercial blank books, etc. This trade will aggregate $760,- 000 per annum. NEWS AND BOOK PAPER. Closely allied to the book trade and yet conducted by different firms is that of paper—book, news and wrapping. Four houses engage in this branch and their stocks embrace all the various kinds— straw-print, rag print, book and supers, as well as straw wrapping, manilia and bogus manilla, etc. These houses are also largely ehgaged in the sale of writing paper, several are ageiits for the largest manufactories in the country, and^such goods can be purchased here at factory prices. In addition to the above, the finest classes of French and Geianan paper are imported to this city and distributed •o all sections of the United States. All branches considered, this trade will amount to $500,C00 per annum. MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. No city on the continent of America surpasses New^ Orleans as a music center. This assertion is simply proven in the fact, that no other city. New York not excepted, giyes such support to the French and Italian opera, and other meritorious attractions in the musical line, as New Orleans. It goes, therefore, without saying, that the trade in music and musical instruinents must necessarily be large. There are at least four houses in the trade that wdll rank with any in the countiy% besides a large number of small establishments, and their trade, combined, is estimated at $800,COO per an¬ num. Stocks are not only extensive but represent the best quality of goods; rare collections of sheet music adapted to all manner of instruments, with immense stocks of pianos, organs, melo- deons, violins, flutes, guitars, banjos, accordeons; German-silver, brass and field band instruments; strings, musical goods of every variety from a reed fife to the most elaborately finished and finely cased rosewood piano, representing all of the most popular and celebrated manufactories in Europe and America, and brought to this city in all forms—grand, square and upright, bichord and semi¬ grand, boudoir and cottage grand, even to the piccolo foim—a small upright piano, not more than Biree and a half feet high. The importation of the best class of German and French instruments IS largely on the increase and so too in the foreign export business. New Orleans already selling to Mexico and South America. 52 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. JEWELRY, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, ETC. houses are to be f 9 und in this trade and all the different styles of fewell- known to the trade are manufactured or imported, and our jewelers have been quite successful ij meeting popular taste in a business that is excessively variable in this regard. The various preciou stones, of which large and costly stocks ^e always on hand, are set in New Orleans with an deganc and finish that can not be surpassed. Silver ware is manufactured here to a very considerabi ^ and foreign manufacture, from the most expensiv to the least costly, are sold by the trade as low as can be obtained from the manufacturer^ Ne-v Orleans dealers import, direct, Swiss and English watches, fine jewelry and the rarest of foreig and the shelves of our best jewelers are beautifully adorned with these articles Takf J all in all, the annual sales will approximate $1,000,000. TOYS, FIREWORKS, ETC. ^fnn^nr!?I another branch of wholesale business in the city, whose sales annually will add a least $400,000 to our already extended columns. Allusion is made to the trade coming under th( captmn _ of toys fireworks, etc. About a dozen houses—some quite large—engage exclusivelv it this business, while many others combine it with other branches. IMPORTED PERFUMERY AND TOILET GOODS. , are iiattering possibilities of great extension of this business The proximity and aecessi 7.,^^ quantities of raw material in the tropical and semi-tropical flowers; the presence of skilled manufacturers, and the comparatively unoccupied field in this country, all point to Nev Orleans as the future perfumery entrepot of America. Already there are four large firms engagee in importing, manufacturing and jobbing, and make annual sales of $800,000. COTTON BAGGING, TIES, ETC. Although the sale of cotton bagging, ties, &c., is usually conducted by cotton factors, yet in the ^ making a specialty of this class of goods. The sales will aggregate mon tnan !|)Z,000,000 annually. THE PRODUCE, SEED AND PEED TRADE. Elsewhere is given statistical account of the various branches of business coming under the above several heads. In the city twenty-three firms deal in produce exclusively; six firms make field gar den and flower seeds their specialties, and thirty-seven firms deal only in forage and stock’feed Omitting figures previously given, at least $2,125,000 additional must be set down to their annual SJllGS list. POWDER, GUNS AND SPORTING GOODS. I oul whole^le firms in the city confine their business to gun, rifle and blasting powder, and sim- flar goods. Ihree firms deal in all manner of guns, pistols, fishing tackle and sporting goods Combined, their business amounts to fully $200,000 per annum. THE NORTHERN ICE TRADE. Statistics for this trade were not ava,ilable, but when it is stated that there are more than fifty ice dealers in the city, and that ice is received here not only by the car and train load, but by many ship loads, for consTimption in the city and to supply the innumerable steamboats, steamships, etc , thaf come to New Orleans, the amount handled annually will not fall short of 4'>,0 lO tons, valued at not less than $800,000. This, however, does not include the ice manufactured in New Orleans. PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. In New Oriels, as in all large cities, business coming under the above heads is conducted bv ^ecial hnns. There are eleven importing and jobbing houses in the line of paints, oils and glass. pure lead in oil are dealt in in large quantities; also white zinc and colors; paints of all kinds chrome yellow, chrome green, American vermilions, Spanish brown, Venetian red, furniture, coach, Japan, leather and dormer varnishes; raw and double boiled linseed oils; brushes; flint, sand and emery papers; artists’, gilders’, painters’ and litho¬ graphers supplies, &c., &c. ^ The trade in imported French and crystal plate -window glass is quite extensive, while immense stocks of American plate and window glass; colored, enameled and fancy glass; glazier’s diamonds; druggists and perfumers’ flint and green glass ware; demijohns, wine bottles, flasks, etc., are to be found here at all times. In addition to the above, there are nine wholesale houses dealing in illuminating oils; lamps— students lamps, ordinary coal oil lamps, hanging lamps, hall lamps, chandeliers, embracing hun¬ dreds of vaneties, and necessitating the employment of large capital. The annual trade in the above branches will approximate $500,000. The above departments, we believe, include all that may be classified as leading commercial, importing and jobbing branches of business in our midst. Aware, however, that omission is made of quite a number of pursuits whose transactions were not obtainable without most laborious and tnmute investigation, we shall next pass to the consideration of New Orleans as a manufacturing point. In these latter examinations, although the diligence and experience of a large corps of can¬ vassers was employed, the same difficulty encountered before has beset our labors—that is, to sepa¬ rate manufactures proper from commerce, and even after all our tribulation the arrangement has not been thoroughly accomplished, though the departments are more fully reported than ever before, and as clearly as circumstances would admit. - ■B INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 53 THE MANUFACTURES OF NEW ORLEANS. The idea that most people entertain of New Orleans’ progress in the important department of manufacturing industries is that there is and can be no progress. This seems paradoxical; but it is nevertheless true—at least as regards the thinkers of the American regime. They ■will assert, even now, most positively and energetically that New Orleans can never be prosperous, wealthy, great, .^except as a purely commercial city; and that it is a contradiction of the truth of political economy to Xdemand that a metropolis, so e'vidently designed for commerce on the largest scale, "with results the most magnificent, should be trammeled in her course by entering upon any other pursuits, no mat¬ ter how flattering their promise. The wonderful prosperity in the past, as a strictly commercial city, it is claimed, is irrefragable proof of the correctness of this decision and the necessity of this policy. ^is hne of argument was so long paramount among those who 'wielded the material destinies of this city that any attempt, in the olden time, to. diverge from the beaten track of mercantile pur- smts into manufacturing entei’prises, was the signal for either merciless ridicule or persistent denun¬ ciation, or good natured contempt, to oveiwyhelm the individual who dared to be an innovator. For example and we mention this only as one of the many instances, how the first attempt to establish a cotton seed oil mill m New Orleans was derided. Yet the sons of the enterprising citizen who erected the first mill are now among our most prosperous merchants. 1 . 1 ^Again, it has been repeatedly asserted by persons, Avho are more apt to object to enterprise and to * find fault "with things they know nothing of, than to advance clear and decisive argument fortifying such assertions, that a manufacturing city must be situated in or near a district possessing inexhaust¬ ible supplies of cheap coal, and that a seaboard city distant from the coal mines, presents an effect- uahbarrier to manufacturing supremacy. Such talk is mere twaddle. The position of the chief commercial cities of the world—London, on the Thames, Liverpool, on the Mersey, and Paris, on the Seine the manufacturing industries of w'^hich are barely secondary to their commercial impor¬ tance, proves conclusively that immediate proximity to the ocean, instead of retarding, renders man¬ ufacturing industry a most powerful and valuable auxiliary to great commercial transactions. In the midst of the shipping market transportation facillities are ^eater and the relative freight charges on coal in the raw'^ state and manufactured products in their finished condition is so decidedly in favor of the latter that prices are necessarily lessened and increased demand naturally follows. Hence, though tnte, it. is nevertheless a truth—stable as the hills—increased consumption stimulates effort and the ready demand excites invention and begets rich rewards for labor. The more enlightened and refined, the more opulent and influential a commercial city becomes, the greater the demand for all the results of productive industry’, both in matters of utility and in matters of ornament. But while mindful of the fact that for iron and all manner of heavy goods coal lies at the bottom of all successful manufacturing operations, and acts as a powerful magnate in attracting an industri¬ ous population to the ■vicinity where it can be cheaply and abundantly supplied; while aware that m the coal districts of England, we find her strictly manufacturing towns and cities—Birmingham, M^chester, Leeds, Sheffield and others, and that in the United States—Philadelphia,Pittsburgh|ancl Wheehng—present similar situations, and are located in districts abounding with coal and its usual accompaniment, iron. Yet we find direct and most successful contradiction and exception to this rule m the present pre-eminence of New England, where the sites of her chief manufacturing to'wns, so far as natural advantages are concerned, seem to have been chosen solely with refference to abun¬ dant water power. Certainly no superiority^ otherwise can be claimed, for the soil is notoriously so barren and sterile that the migratory crow journeying across its bald rocks and naked sands—even as the crow flies, to avoid starvation should carry its rations. And yet those people have grown ^wealthy and independent by seizing our unemployed opportunities and transporting our raw cotton ^two thousand miles across the coiitinent have set their steam mills agoing, their looms and spindles a Immming and make us pay millions of tribute to the superior intelhgence of their capitalists and the skill and industry of their ingenious mechanics. Whatever, then, may ha've been the correctness of the anti-manufacturing doctrine for ante-bel- jlum New Orleans, the war itself, in its results, has wrought out a change that will surprise those who have not had the opportunity or taken the pains to ascertain our city’s progress in the wide field of manufacturing industry. The Feder^ census of 1870, though not as thoroughly and as accurately taken as was desirable, yet showed over fifty distinct classes of manufacturing pursuits in the city, and though over twenty of these were simply noted as existing, and a number of others that did exist were omitted altogethr, the thir^ classes, for which full reports were given, summed up a total of nearly $10,000,000 as the val¬ ue of their products, with 5,600 hands employed. In striking and gratifying contrast to this mea¬ gre sho'wmg was that of the census of 1880. The decade, despite the depressing effects of year after year of sore political troubles, emerged from them with an exhibit of over one hundred distinct classes of manufacturing industries in our city, giving employment to nearly 11,000 hands, and pre- sentmg a money value of nearly $21,000,000 as the practical result of their skill and labor. This in- derived from a statistical summary of this branch of the census for 1880 published in the fall of that year. It is not as accurate or as comprehensive as is desirable, for several important branchy, and quite a number of smaller ones, known to have existed at the time were omitted. Still, prove beyond a doubt, that remarkable progress had been made from 1870 to 1880, a progress of increase of full one hundred per cent, and so remarkable indeed, amid such dis¬ couraging surroundings, as to be hardly credible. Yet the facts are there. I 54 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. And what is more gratifying still, even a cursory examination made during the latter part of 1881, of a few of the principal manufactories shows that this progress has moved on with decided rapidity within the last year, and that there is every evidence that it will continue to advance and develop, not onlv as to the number of manufactories in each class, but in new branches that will be establish¬ ed, and the area of territory’, domestic and foreign, which they will enter and occupy. The smaller industries, too, which some seasons ago had appeared to merely linger along—almost ready, many of them, to give up the ghost—were found to be under full headway, working all the hands they could get, complaining of the scarcity of good mechanics, and, for a wonder, of their im ability to fill orders as demanded. The statement was further made that this was not a sudden rush of work, but that it had been steadily increasing for months; that it was a regular, healthy mcrease, and had eveiy promise of being permanent. , . ^ i i * A still more gratifying feature of this tour of inspection was that the question put to both large and small establishments: “Are vou filling any orders for Mexico, Central America, South Amer¬ ica, or the West Indies?” The reply was generally in the affinnative—especially for Mexican and Central Amencan ports. The introduction of steam transportation within the last few years between those ports and Kew Orleans, more particularly the Central America^n ports, has undoubtedly been the chief factor in this happy improvement. It will certahily be very widely developed with the in¬ crease taking place each year, in the number of steamships that are to run between New Orleans, Matamoras, Tuxpan, Tampico, Yera Cruz, Truillo, Balize and Puerto Cortez, to say nothing of Venezuelan and Cuban ports. The establishment of a line of steamers between our city and Jamicaa, Porto Rico, and other West Indian islands would complete their new field for commercial enterprise in the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean Sea so long sought by our most far-seeing merchants as one that, once established under their control, could not be wrested from them. Then our manu¬ facturing industries would enter upon a career of activity and development and prosperity comi^n- surate with the great extent and vast resources of these tropic lands to which we have so long been aliens. And not only as regards the progress of New Orleans, but we dare ainrni that any act ot American diplomacy which puts our countiw in friendly relations and commercial reciprocity with Mexico and the Central and South American countries ^vill be of invaluable benefit to everj” vital in¬ terest of American industry. . j. i i.- j It should be stated also that the rapid construction of the extensive railway system, destined soon to connect om* city with interior commercial, agricultural and mining centers that mtherto, tor lack of speedy, certain and cheap transportation ^yere far beyond our reach, has undoubtly had much to do with this veiy marked increase, even within the past commercial year, of our manutacturiim im terests. The proprietors speak of making shipments towards and on the Atlantic coast, tar up North and W est, and even into the interior of Mexico, with a quiet confidence that in a number ot in¬ stances is evidently the result of experiments already successfully made. This widespread and con¬ tinuous railroad construction with New Orleans for the objective point for most ot the lines, has very largely assisted in giving new' hfe in particular to one of our most important industries that of lumber, both in the rough and the manufactured state. Lumber cut for railroad construction, h^ been going in large shipments to St. Louis, to the adjacent southern ^.tates, to the Rio Grande, to Mexico, while the gigantic Lesseps ship canal enterprise on the Isthmus of Panama, ha^ called tor cargo after cargo of the products of our saw'-mills, and as to orders, the cry is still they come. This valuable interest, so much depressed a few years ago, has I’t covered with a bound; and here, too, the mills and the jobbers find it difficult to meet the demand. „ • , n- . j 4 . 1 , Apart from the sincere pleasure these auspicious results must give to all intelligent readers, there is another important consideration which merits the especial attention of every morally inclined politick economists as well as every philanthropist and well-wdsher ot our city, and th^ is tnat these factories and shops, in giving regular employment throughout the year to so many thousands of young persons of both sexes in our city, not only make thousands of humble homes happy, but the young generation are taught the necessity of steady occupation, the benefits of steady mdustry. If it be true that “an idle brain is the devd’s workshop,” it is equally true that idle hands find time and delight in doing the devil’s work. Idleness is the parent of \Tce and the mother ot hoodlum- ism,” but a healthy state of manufacturing mdustiy prevents much ot this in a city, and the of honest labor—not only its pecuniary, but its moral value—is so practically impressed on the minds of the young generation that they can never forget it They are to be the citizens of the future New Orleans, and how' fearful its fate if the majority of them grow up to manhood and woman¬ hood, undisciplined in mind, heart and body; how noble its destiny if its young men and its young women shall have learned to earn their liring and to perform their duties, not only in the countmg- room, but m the shop and the factory, before the loom and at the anvil. r 1 . 4 . 1 , 4 . 4 . 1 ,^ , 4 . 1 , Again, a good deal of stress, by interested parties, has been laid upon the ^t that the feoutn, and, of course. New' Orleans is included, situated at such ^eat distance from the cod supply c^- not compete with Northern and Eastern manufactories. Hitherto the mountam has had to go to Ma¬ homet. Henceforth, how'ever, Mahomet must come to the mountam, for the corollary ot the prop¬ osition is that in regard to the manufacture of cotton fabrics alone, it is cheaper to float the coa down the Mississippi river, even if no other modes of transportation were at hand, than it is to transport the raw cotton to the East. Granting, then, that steam is now the motive power in ever} leading branch of manufacture, we here assert that aU else is equal—nay, that avery consideration is paramount, and therefore, true economy must, it will, it cannot refuse te locate the manufactory in the midst of the supply of raw material—-in the midst of the consumptiv'e mar e . Here then is the source of supply, in quantity incalculable, and grown under the shadow ot the factory walls. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 55 Here are all the important requisites conducive to prosperity, or the causes of successful and eco¬ nomical production. Good wages are paid operatives, food is cheap, clothing light and less than half the cost of that necessary at the North. The sanitary condition has been vastly improveed and is being improted upon each year. The climate is never too hot or too cold to prevent indoor work, whereas in the North it frequently occurs, the rigid weather forces the factories to “shut down” for months at a time, employes are thrown out or work, the profits of the year are greatly diminished, the price of manufactured goods is advanced and the demand is consequently restricted. Here, too, there is vast saving in the expenses of commissions, haulings, handlings transporta¬ tions, insurances, pressings, weighing and re-weighing, shrinkages and many others which make the supply of raw material cost the manufacturer here by far less than it does his distant rival, even at its minimum value at the mills of the latter, and all of which combined amount to a margin which would be a clear profit over tuat of the Northern or European manufacturer, and when com¬ petition IS fully established, will result in enriching the Southern manufacturer and in bankrupting his most powerful competitors. Here, also, is the market—not only at the factory doors, but stretching from latitude 40 degrees I North to 40 degrees South. On one side lie the great States of the American Union; on the other a vast market opens up in Mexico, in the Central American States, m South America—embracing the countries along the Carnbean Sea; Ecuador, Peru and Chili on the Pacific coast, and Brazil and the Argentine Republic far down the blue Atlantic. Those countries are without cotton manufactories, and yet all consume cotton goods, indeed the whole civilized world, for that matter, uses for wear¬ ing apparel, to some extent, the product of our “vegetable wool,” the snowy texture of our rightly named King Cotton. These considerations being solidified facts, positive and conclusive, it is plain to every one that whatever cheapens the cost of manufactured goods diminishes the price; a cheap price stimulates demand; aii increased demand for a manufactured article calls for the labor of an increased number of persons to aid in producing it. This is the general law, deduced from repeated experiments; and with the way thus cleared, we may look forward to results still more astonishing than those already achieved. Quite apropos in this connection, and serving to show that our opinion is not a biased or sectional one, we introduce the following article, written by Col. A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, as to the practical lessons learned from the great cotton exposition lately held at Atlanta: “The chief lessons of the Atlanta exposition are eminently practical, and they are so regarded by the Southern people. They will give not only immediate but lasting and incalculable fruits of the grandest character. The cotton exposition will silence the hum of many spindles in the North, and it will make the South much more the legitimate field for both invention and capital than it has ever been in the past. It will teach to the great mass of the Southern people what only the theo¬ rists have known until now—that the greatest boon to the South, after the cotton gin, is the cotton spindle; and I hazard nothing in saying that in another decade Georgia will spin all her cotton, have looms for most of it, and make the music of the cotton factory heard in every cotton centre of the South. Of all civilizations of the nineteenth century, the old South was the only one that would have paid more than $200,000,000 annually to a hated North to spin its cotton. With a thousand miles of transportation, the cost of baling, the injury to the fibre by pressing and separating it again for the spindle, and the increased cost of labor in the North, all pleading for the spindle in the South, the North gathered the chief profits of Southern products by receiving the raw material and returning it in web to be sold largely to those who should have made it. But the new South has studied simple arithmetic, and its cotton exposition is merely a huge blackboard on which is presented to the whole South the plain lesson that the three hundred millions’ worth of cotton pro¬ duced this year will be worth three hundred milhons more when the ample and iceless water powers of the South shall be employed to whirl the merry spindles at home. This is the great lesson of the Atlanta exposition, and the prehminary progress that has made the grand exposition possible, has developed a measure of invention and advancement in the South that is truly wonderful. No one can carefully note the cotton machinery at the exposition without accepting the conviction that even the old cotton gin and the old spindle will soon become integral parts of the same cunning imple¬ ment, and that the raw cotton from the field sack will be ginned and spun by a single process. That once attained, or even the spinning of the cotton, with its two or three hundred millions of annual compensation assured to the South, its progress will outstrip the wildest calculation, and every channel of industry will share the impetus. It was a hard up-hill struggle to lay the solid foundations for Southern progress, but it has been done, and the active men of to-day will live to rejoice in the enlightened advancement and wealth and grandeur of the new South.” And now that the animosities and prejudices engendered by war are happily passing away and yielding to a more fraternal spirit; now that the delicate social and political relations between the races are being adjusted upon a better understanding of their nature; now that our government, like the gracious atmosphere, is beginning to throw its fostering and protecting influence over and around all alike, we can confidently indulge the hope that an era of unexampled prosperity will soon smile upon our beloved city. After two decades of almost continuous busmess adversity— periods which her rivals have not failed to take advantage of—the Crescent City once more fairly mounts the crest of the wave of prosperity, and like a well manned ship sets her prow toward the haven of success. Viewed, therefore, from every standpoint, the opportunity which presents itself to New Orleans for marvelous industrial developement is propitious. Certainly we shall not claim for her pre-emi- 56 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. nence as a point of supply for iron and kindred sorts of raw material, but assuredly she has co-rela¬ tive interests to which these branches are potential auxiliaries, and which will aid her in advancing her indigenious products and physical advantages towards fulfillment of their manifest destiny. Lo¬ cated on the grandest water-way of the world, and practically commanding this the lordliest artery of the great commercial heart of America, which with its fifteen hundred tributaiies, of rivers and lakes, bays and bayous, furnishes over sixteen thousand miles of steam navigation—with marine transportation unobstructed to all quarters of the globe—a geogrophical situation that makes her not only the great entreport of the South and Southwest, but the natural gateway to the teaming El Dorado of South American countries, the central trans-continental point, midway between the At¬ lantic and Pacific; with an area of many milhons of acres of fertile agricultural land, richer than the combined dukedoms and principalities of Europe, emptying their treasures in her lap. Surely she possesses very many of the elements of natural greatness as a seat for industrial progress. And yet aside from these natural constituents of manufacturing success, her artificial aids and adjuncts are far from insignificance. Owner of many millions of money, director of the policy of numerous rail¬ roads—the recent great influx of strangers come here to invest—all these facts, in spite of croakers, point to New Orleans as a local point of interest—all indicate that near future when she must, and will, become the productive mart for the extensive regions bordering on the gulf, whose inhabitants ■will come up to her for supplies, as Israel went down to Egypt for corn. There is music in the air ! It is the music of business ! Manufactures are surer of proper encouragement than ever before. Manufactures of trextile fabrics, of steamboats and steamships, of railway supplies, of furniture and household goods, and of the many little odds and ends to meet the multifarious wants of do¬ mestic consumption and for foreign exportation, manufactories of all sorts are needed, and are cor¬ dially welcomed. Capital is abundant, bank rates are favorable, property is offered at reasonable figures, and these and many other inducements are held out to manufacturers elsewhere to come hither and participate in the up building of this mighty metorpolis, to share in her certain enrich¬ ment. And they will come. All these magnets of attraction place New Orleans in the fore rank of advancing cities. The outside world will soon see w^e have thoroughly aroused to this new condition of affairs, and that there is some “snap” and vim and energy left us. Many other considerations are suggested by the data we have collected and hereinafter submit, and to which we would gladly invite attention did space and circumstances pennit, but in the course of our researches the same perplexing dilemma beset our efforts—to propeily define, or rather sepa¬ rate commercial branches from manufactures proper, inasmuch as very niany houses engaged in the one branch are also conductors of the other. Those houses, however, which devote attention almost exclusively to manufactures are briefly described as floUows; COTTON SEED OIL AND OIL CAKE MANUPWCTORIES. The expression of oil from cotton seed, as every one knows, is a new thing —a post-bellum discov¬ ery, in fact. However, in its marvelous modern development, cotton most forcibly illustrates that grand and comprehensive law of nature that nothing is lost. The great vegetable staple, to which the South can lay claim as her own absolute and undisputed property has developed products, has shown uses, far beyond the most sanguine hopes of the wildest dreamer, and yet its possibilities are far from being reached, and are hmited only by the capacity of the human mind—which is God’s machine, in its wondrous power to contrive and invent. In the exercise of this faculty, the applica¬ tion of the best intellect to this end, genius has recorded briUiant triumphs and universal mankind now hails cotton as one of Heaven’s greatest blessings and its various manufactured forms as signal victories in the stately march of civilization—victories of minds over matter. From the time that cotton npens in the pod and dots the fields with its fleecy bolls to the application of every particle of its substance nothing is lost. From the boll is ginned the fibers, from the fiber comes the yarn, from the yarn the cloth is woven. Even did its utility stop here it would still outrank in benefits all other vegetable substances. But the seed, until late years comparatively without value, under the influ¬ ence of powerful machineiy is made to yield an oil that has already become a most valuable article of commerce and is made to perform many services. Exported to Europe, it frequently returns to us refined table oil and not infrequently bottled and labelded, “Olive Oil,” and so clear an imitation it has deceived the most expert connoiseurs. Another product has proven a successful substitute for lard, in culinary matters. The meal, after the oil is expressed, is moulded into cakes and sold for stock-feed, the refuse hull is used for fuel, and the barren stock left to rot in the fields makes an ex¬ cellent fertilizer. This business is increasing in importance throughout the South, fifteen new mills having been put into operation during 1881. In New Orleans there are six of the most extensive mills in the country which, together, compose the Cottonseed association. They are: The Union, situated at Gretna; the Planters, in Algiers; the Crescent, Bienville, Louisiana and A. A. McGinnis’ Sons, all in the city proper. These mills employ about 1,600 hands, to whom $448,960 is paid annually as wages, and with products in 1880-81 amounting to $3,290,400. In other words, the products of these mills in 1880-81 were 26,250 English tons (of 2,240 pounds) or 58,700,000 pounds of oil cake, and 2,541,000 gallons of oil or 56,460 barrels. Of the cake, 8,000 to 9,000 tons were ground up to meal, and sold for fertilizmg purposes, and the balance exported principally to the United Kingdom. The oil was nearly all exported, France and Italy being the principal buyers. The receipts of seed by the Cotton Seed association the past year were as follows: sacks. ^ tons. Mississippi River and tributaries.1,412,117 71,193 Texas.... 114,084 5,842 Total 1,526,201 77,035 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 57 ^2 ___-_—-—-- COTTON GrOODS MANUFACTORIES. The introduction of cotton mills into New Orleans, as everyone knows, is another of the post- bellum innovations. In fact, the manufacture of cotton goods in the South is a comparatively new undertaking. But the great success which has already attended the venture has given such an impetus to the business that only a few years are needed to develop it into enormous proportions. Accordino" to the census of 1880, there were 751 cotton mills m the entue united States, ot which the South had 159 And although the cotton mills of the Eastern and Middle States are generally built on a larger scale, and our capital seems insignificant when compared with theii-’s, yet within the few brief years the South has entered the field, her showing is most respectable and gratifying. A few additional facts may be mentioned, gathered from the Federal Census report ot 1880. Ihe South, having only one-fifth of the number of mills, one-twelfth of the capital, and one-nmeteenth of the looms and spindles, and employing only one-tenth as many operatives as Bie other States, yet consumed one-eighth as much raw material, at one-tenth the cost, produced one-fitteentn the ainount of manufactured goods, aggregating one-eleventh the total value of production. The total value ot production in the United States was $192,773,960. The total value of production m the South was $16,960,435. SUGAR REFINERIES It has been amply demonstrated elsewhere in these pages, that the sugar trade of New Orleans is an interest taking first rank in the commerce of the city, and that New Orleans is acknowledged as the great sugar market of the United States. The business, however, is not confined to the sale and exportation of Louisiana brown sugars, but includes the importations of raw sugars from the West Indies and other foreign parts. These large cargoes of raw sugars are of course brought to New Orleans not mearly for local consumption or for sale in the unrefined state—and this introduces another extensive manufacturing interest of our city—the work of the sugar refineries. These fac¬ tories are of great importance, inasmuch as their influence upon the prosperity of the city reaches far beyond the mere employment of a given number of laborers, or the production of a certain value in merchantable wares. Not only does the Louisiana sugar planter find a ready market for his products, but by them importation is promoted, and our port is made to assume a high position as the great medium of traffic in one of the principal articles of necessity in the civilized world; while every means of transportation is called into activity by the requirements for distribution of the im¬ mense product. And besides, it is not mere speculation to look forward to an early day when every pound of Louisiana sugar will first undergo the refining process before it is put upon the market. The facilities that are yearly being added, new machinery that is constantly being invented, will so cheapen high grade sugars that the crude material will all be worked up into that form. New.Or- leans, therefore, is destined to become a stiU greater market for both crude and refined sugars and molasses, and the character of the gentlemen who control the trade should be a sufficient induce¬ ment for purchasers to seek our city, when the other inducements offered are of such a favorable The^ are in the city six large suger refineries employing 231 hands, to whom $62,500 is paid annually in wages, and the average annual products will amount to $2,000,000. The s 3 ^stem of telegraphic weather predictions from Washington, inaugurated by the Louisiana Su¬ gar Planter’s Association, has been of great advantage. The introduction of improved cultivating implements to simplify the working of the crops; the erection of new apparatusses giving increased expression of the juice; the employment of portable steel railroads for transporting cane to the mill from the field, and the erection of central miUs, saving the expense of running more than one sugar house in an extended area—all of these give impetus to this vast industry and are cheermg indications of a prosperous future. The subject of labor is now the most, if not the only impending danger; but most vigorous steps are being taken to induce immigration. While the negro is by far the preferred laborer, the introduction of the white has yiven satisfaction to those who have worked them when coming from the agricultural sections of Europe. The recent immigration of Italian farm laborers to the State has been pronounced eminently satisfactory. Those who have employed them, finding them laborious, hardy and frugal men, capable of enduring the climate, which is in many respects the counterpart of their own. Successful solution of the perplexmg question of labor will clear the path of the sugar planter and bring the sugar industry to great success and promi¬ nence. RICE MILLS. The rice mills of New Orleans are among the most important industrial concerns in the city. They confine their operations more especially to domestic crops which are now consumed almost en¬ tirely in the United States, but it has been found that the supply invariably falls below the needs of the country. Although New Orleans leads all other cities in this business, the mills are all kept busy when the crop is full. In the city there are eleven mills, employing 207 persons to wnom $68,- 000 is paid in wages, the value of products averaging $2,000,000 annually. FLOUR MILLS. A few years ago the idea of establishing a flouring mill at New Orleans was hooted at as an ab¬ surd innovation. Exchanges in rival cities ridiculed the temerity of the venturesome miller who would dare erect his smoke-stack so far away from the grain supply But the attempt was made and the venture to day is far beyond the experimental stage. Two capacious and substantial mills, with all modern improvements, are now located in the city These two city mills employ 45 hands, whose wages amount to $19,872, and during 1880-81 turned out 51,149 barrels of flour valued at $400,000. • 58 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. In addition to the trade in flour large quantities of white corn are ground in the city for domestic consumption and for the contiguous country. Yellow corn, kiln dried, ground and packed in bar¬ rels for shipment to the West Indies, is an important article of commerce. CIGAR AND TOBACCO MANUFACTORIES. New Orleans has been for many years one of the leading cities in the United States for the manu¬ facture of fine cigars and tobacco. _ Situated nearer to Cuba and other West India points noted for the production of the best tobacco in the world for cigar manufacturing, the facilities here for ob¬ taining the very best quality in the raw material is unsurpassed, if equalled in the States Thus lo¬ cated, New Orleans commands a large portion of this trade, and is in reality the best distributing market in the country. The commission and jobbing trade, with heavy capital, is enabled to cany large stocks, and with the forwarding facilities of rail and water, gives us superior advantages over every other city. Our carefully compiled data shows that there sixty-five firms engaged in the manufacture of cigars, cigarettes, etc., and six firms exclusively engaged in the manufacture of tobacco. These firms, combined, give employment to 1,520 hands, to whom $300,000 is paid annually in wages, and whose products in 1889-81 approximated 1,330,936. While many of these concerns are small shops, employing sometimes only one cigar maker, yet there are a number of very large establishments. One firm, in particular, enjoys distinction of being the largest cigarette manufactory in the world, giving employment to more than 700 hands, mostly girls; while a second and third follow with sev¬ eral hundred each. ARTIFICIAL ICE MANUFACTORIES. The immense consumption of ice in the city at all seasons of the year, the demands of hotels, saloons, restaurants, manufactories, business houses and private families continuing throughout all sorts of weather, renders reliance on the supply of Northern lake ice rather precarious; subject as it is to variable seasons, to the many uncertainties of transportation, with the equal certainty that in periods of scarcity it is advanced to exorbitant prices. This has cleared the way for the introduction of that marvel of modern ingenuity, the manufacture of ice by chemical process. So successful has this proven, that an article which is claimed as superior in many respects to natural ice has been produced, and is growing so fast in popularity that it fairly competes with the best. The process of manufacturing this artificial ice is so interesting we only regret space will not permit fuller descrm- tion. The machinery employed is quite complicated, but superbly accurate and ingenious. Uy chemical analysis, by a perfected system of filtration, deleterious substances are separated from the water used, and the purity of the article being beyond question, the supply can be made equal to the demand, and we are assured the demand is only limited to the efforts so far made to introduce it. Two large manufactories are already in operation in the city. They give employment to 100 hands, to whom $50,000 is paid in wages, the annual value of products reaching $20 j,000. BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTORIES. The finest French hand-made boots and shoes made in America, equal in every respect to the best and most fashionable Parisian goods, are manufactured in New Orleans. Some are so superior that they are exported to foreign countries and find market in European cities. The majority of con¬ cerns are small, but this in many instances creating rivalry, secures the very best workmanship and selection of the very best material. Several establishments, however, are conducted on a surpris¬ ingly large scale, and will favorably compare with any in the country engaged in fine work. The total number of persons employed in this business is 440; total wages, $165,000 per annum; total production, $707,760 per annum. BREAD AND CRACKER MANUFACTORIES. The increased manufacture of bread, biscuit and cracker goods in New Orleans, within the past few years has far exceeded the most sanguine hopes of those engaged in the business. Although there are, according to the City Directory, no less than 160 small bakeries scattered here and there throughout the city, and supplying, for the most part, the demands of families, yet our data refers alone to those whose business is sufficiently large to enable us to classify them as wholesale manu¬ facturers. Of these there are six extensive firms, employing 497 persons, to whom $145,700 is paid annually as wages. The sales of these houses will aggregate, in round numbers, $1,700,000. CONFECTIONERY AND CANDY MANUFACTORIES. There is probably no. city in the country that enjoys a reputation so high as that of New Orleans for the manufacture of candies and confectionery, which latter embraces, all manner of sweetmeats. The business gives employment to 130 persons, whose annual wages are $45,000, and the products will reach $5j0,000. LIQUOR DISTILLERIES AND CORDIAL MANUFACTORIES. In addition to the importation of foreign wines and liquors and the jobbing of American whiskies, beer, &c.. New Orleans has a branch of business quite extensive in the manufacture of liquors and cordials. Two firms engage in distilling, compounding and rectifying fine hquors, and by their im¬ proved system of refining or repeated distillation or sublimation, are enabled to separate the finer quali¬ ties from the grosser and foreign substances. Four other firms engage exclusively in the manufacture of fine cordials, and it may be stated as a fact, that some of the bar and sideboard goods in this line are of such superior quahty that in other cities they are labeled and sold, drank and enjoyed, as direct foreign inigortations^ acomphment to our New Orleans manufacturers which they eminently deserve. The number of persons engaged in this business is 125; annual wages paid, $64,000; products, $590,000. • INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 59 \ MINERAL WATER MANUFACTORIES. The United States census for 1880 reports 35 persons employed in New Orleans in the manufac¬ ture of mineral and seltzer waters; wages paid, $19,166; products per annum, $81,900. Since that time the business has considerably increased and now there are 7 manufactories of soda and seltzer waters, 8 beer bottlers and 8 breweries. Altogether about 100 persons are given employment and fully $250,000 in sales are made annually. LUMBER AND WOOD WORKING ESTABLISHMENTS. The lumber trade of New Orleans is very great. It is destined to grow very much greater. Yet we venture the opinion there are but few, even of our best informed citizens, who have watched with sufficient interest its late developments and enlargements, or who have reflected upon the unlimited resources about us untouched, but certainly to be drawn upon in the grander conquests of that near and swift approaching future. We are so favorably located for the prosecution of this business, it would be really strange were this not the case. , „ . . Lumber for the New Orleans market is not only brought by boat but down the Mississippi river, while the schooners and other sailing craft navigate all the water courses that pay tribute to our doors, and when hundreds of these vessels are discharging their cargoes along the basin the scene would gladden the heart of a Norwegian and enthuse a lumberman from “way down m Maine.” The extent of the business however, can best be understood when it is stated that 27 firms engage in the trade preparing dressed lumber for market, and that within the city theie are no less than 13 saw mills, each one conducted on extensive scale, having all facilities in the way of improved machinery, employing a combined force of 546 men, and turning out manu¬ factured products amounting to $1,599,800 per annum. SASH AND BLIND FACTORIES. Eight sash factories, employing nearly 300 hands and turning out $518,000 worth of finished work per annum, are at present in operation in this city. In addition to the usual work done by such establishments, they pay special attention also to fancy scroll work and turning. The quality of their products is fully up to the standard established in other cities, and th^ offer as great in¬ ducements to customers as can be obtained anywhere in America. Dwellings, offices, churches and public buildings are fitted by the trade in a style of taste and elegance unsurpassed elsewhere, and which has commanded the admiration of parties from abroad. As large as the demand-is for borne consumption, it by no means disposes of the material turned out by these establishments, and large quantities of sash, window blinds and general finishings for buildings, are shipped to Central and South America and the West Indies. BARREL AND HOGSHEAD MANUFACTORIES The manufacture of cooperage stores is quite an important industry, and each year is increasing in volume. This business, in all departments, gives employment to 279 persons, to whom $107,< 06 is paid annually in wages, the total value of sales amounting to $552,000. PACKING AND CIGAR BOX MANUFACTORIES. Few persons, perhaps, are aware of the magnitude of this industry, and yet it numbers eight manufactories, employing 290 hands, to whom $59,000 are paid in wages, and whose annual products will reach $182,000. The material for manufacturing boxes, cases, etc., is for the most part obtained from the city mills, who get their supplies from interior Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The supply of Spanish cedar, used in the manufacture of cigar boxes, comes from Central America, there being two firms engaged exclusively in importing cedar, mahogany, rosewood, etc They own and run their, own vessels between this port and those of Honduras, Yucatan, etc. SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING. The ship and boat building interests of New Orleans, although sufficiently large to entitle it to mention among the industries of the city, yet is quite insignificant when contrasted with what it should be On the right bank of the river and opposite the city proper is Algiers, now incorporated with the city, where is situated the Ocean Dry Dock, and several ship yards for the construction and repair of sea-going vessels and steamboats. Four respectable firms are engaged in the boatbuilding business, and there are five dry docks altogether. They employ a combined force of 335 men, who earn $130,UOO annually in wages, and turn out work aggregating, on an average, about $400,000 per annum. JUTE MANUFACTORIES. During 1881, a company was organized and the first jute factory established in New Orleans. Although it is too early to give statistics, the enterprise has already proven successful. Among duti¬ able imports recorded at the New Orleans custom house during 1880-81 were 354 tons of raw jute, valued at $37,499, and manufactured jute, bagging, etc., to the amount of $26,117—the total busi¬ ness in this line footing up fully $150,000 per annum. Besides these foreign importations, jute “springs up like an evil weed” in Louisiana, and the soil of the State grows a hundred other fibrous plants, most of them indigenous and many of them suited for the manufacture of cordage, textile fabrics and paper. They wearily await development. FERTILIZER MANUFACTORIES. Four manufactories are already occupied in this business. The number of employes is eighty, to whom $26,500 is paid yearly in wages, ^otal products in 1881, $259,000. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS* 60 MOSS MANUFACTORIES. One of the most marked features of a Louisiana forest is the long’f parasitic Spanish moss which covers the trees of all species. It not only gives the scenery an appearance of luxuriant romanticism, but this moss is an article of great commercial importance. The moss gathering industry supply the laborers who have been unemployed through the %vinter months with ready means to embark in the main crops of sugar cane, cotton and corn. It is gathered along every creek and bayou, but is chiefly dependent upon the receding of the winter and spring floods, when the top of every cypress tree which has been felled by the swampers in the track of the numerous crevasses, affords many thousands of pounds of well rotted moss. Upon its successful rotting depends its chief value. Af¬ ter this it is picked and prepared for the manufacturer of mattresses and other articles of furniture, or baled and shipped to other cities. In the city there are five manufactories engaged in this busi¬ ness. Seventy-nine employes are engaged, and during 1881 the sales amounted to $184,000. GAS MANUFACTORIES. The New Orleans Gaslight Company organized in 1835 has now a capital stock of $3,750,000, par value of stock $100, on which a dividend of 634 per cent, per annum was declared August 31, 1881. The company gives emplojunent to 107 hands, to whom $107,192 is paid annually in wages. Their products in 1881 approximated $800,000. IRON, BRASS AND COPPER WORKS. The United States census returns for 1880 place the number of employes engaged in the iron, brass and copper works of New Orleans at 1,219; wages paid, $508,995; products turned out, $2;- 069,269. Since that time the various interests have in almost every particular increased so that at the beginningof 1882 a careful estimate placBs the number of employes at 1,463; wages paid, $632,- 000; products turned out, $2,484,000. CLOTHING MANUFACTORIES. Elsewhere we have spoken at length of the wholesale clothing trade of New Orleans. Those re¬ marks however, applied more especially to the sale of ready-made goods imported here from North¬ ern and Eastern cities, and did not include the manufacture of wearing apparel of aU sorts, which is one of the most extensive industries in the city. In fact, it will astonish a great many persons to know that this business will amount to not less than $1,434,764 per annum, and that there are 1,- 492 persons’in the city engaged in it, whose annual wages will aggregate $220,300. Thirteen large establishments devote attention to the business and much of the clothing sold" in New Orleans, and which people hitherto may have supposed was manufactured elsewhere is made right here in the city. MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. Seventeen establishments, several of them quite extensive, exist in our city for cutting and dress¬ ing marble, granite, building stone, etc. They employ 90 hands, pay them $40,000 annually in wages, and do a combined business of $200,000 per annum. PORCELAIN MANUFACTORIES. A manufactory of porcelain ware has recently been opened in New Orleans. The manufacture of this ware bids fair soon to become a valuable industry, since large quantities of kaolin, or porcelain clay, have been discovered near to easy navigation in some of the upland parishes. In fact, this clay abounds throughout Louisiana, and is of the finest quality. POTTERIES AND BRICK MANUFACTORIES. For the manufacture of pottery ware New Orleans has seven establishments. The superabund¬ ance of excellent clays and limes in close proximity, gives decided advantage to the industry, and especial attention is paid to the various kinds of pottery, terra-cotta and chemical ware, retorts for the use of sugar refineries, gas works, etc.; fire bricks, sewer pipes, tiles, &c., &c. Two companies are also engaged in the manufacture of artificial stone pavement material, arti¬ ficial hydraulic cement, &c., &c. Pressed brick for building purposes engages the attention of seven additional firms, and although we have no detailed accounts of the business, yet the combined sales of these concerns will not fall short of $400,000. SOAP AND CANDLES. In the manufacture of candles the New Orleans factories have been equally as fortunate. Recent advances in chemical science have wonderfully influenced the processes in the separation of constitu¬ ents, purification, distillation, pressure, and other arts and appliances, so that notwithstanding the influences exerted against this trade by the general use of coal oil in various forms, and the exten¬ sive use of gas, the sales and exportations are constantly increasing. Large shipments are made to the West Indies, and also toother foreign regions. The annual business in this line will reach $160,000. SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFACTORIES. Still another important branch of manufactures in New Orleans is that of saddles, harness and articles of kindred nature. Thirty-four firms engage in the manufacture of saddles and harness, and three firms pay attention exclusively to the manufacture of horse collars. Several of these houses are quite extensive concerns. Altogether, 250 men are employed in the business, to whom $87,000 is paid in wages—the total value of products amo^^nting to $667,000. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 61 SLAUC4IITER HOUSES. Classified under the head of “Manufactures in New Orleans,” the United States Census report for 1880 places the slaughtering- of animals at the following figures: Number of employes, 25; wages paid, $19,255; products turned out, $1,793,560. These figures represent not only the transactions of the butchers who prepare meat for the daily markets, but include exportations. MTSCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES. Under this heading the United Stafes Census report for 1880 groups a large number of small manufactories, and gives the number of employes engaged therein at 2,187; wages paid,.$l,157,106; products turned out, $2,434,53 . Careful personal revision of these figures show, at the beginning of 1882, totalnumber of employes, 2,564; estimated wages paid, $1,288,529; estimated totalK-^ducts lurned out, $2,920,836. ' These figures are rather an underestimate than otherwise, for they include hundreds of concerns whose operations can not be detailed. Among these, we mention: Four basket manufactories; one bdiard table manufactory; six broom and brush factories; forty-eight cabinet manufactories; nine¬ teen carriage and wagon shops; three cork manufacturiesj five cotton press manufactories;’one of creosoted lumber; nine cutlery; one Italian paste; two of maccaroni; one lightning rod; two look¬ ing glass: ten mattress; two mustard; two paper box; four patent medicine; three pump; ten roof¬ ing slate; two rope; six sail; five tarpaulin; one steam sausage; two saw; three show case; three steam trunk; three wireworks; three wood and willow ware, and scores of others impossible’to de¬ scribe without occupying more space than we can give them. The foregoing however, we believe to be the leading manufacturing concerns at present in opera¬ tion 111 the city of New Orleans, and we are moreover, of the opinion that we have thus far made the fairest and most complete exhibit ever attempted of the industrial pursuits of New Orleans. Still we are well aware that among the many different concerns there are quite a number of others worthy of mention which "we have not had time to visit. In by-ways and rooms, concealed from the public gaze, there might be found an army of industifious artisans busily engaged in transform¬ ing rude material into objects of utility or productions of taste and skill—“inventions for delight and sight, and sound,” and aiming, by superior dexterity in their handicraft operations, to compen¬ sate for the lack of machinery and business facilities. But these form a nuclei for larger establish¬ ments, and in time they will grow. Yet, even now they are indispensable features of a city’s busi¬ ness, and swell the aggregate of its commercial and manufacturing importance. TOTAL BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN NEW ORLEANS. The next thing in order is to recapitulate the result of our investigations, with respect to their ag¬ gregate importance in dollars and cents. In some departments we were unable to obtain the de¬ sired information unless it were founded on surmises of the vaguest nature, for the man has yet to be born, and besides, be vouchsafed prying qualities and inquisitiveness supernatural, to enable him to furm any correct idea of trades, where large dealers have a horror of tax-gatherers, and small dealers a jjenchant for making their business appear as large as possible, and oftentimes swellino- their volumes beyond such reason that even a newspaper reporter would be put to blush. However" after laborious and painstaking examination, we present below a statement, the result partly of our own conclusions; partly on information furnished by merchants and manufacturers as to then* own Dusiness; partly from a mean of estimates of those having some knowledge as to the business of reticent firms, and partly from information furnished from returns made to the New Orleans custom house officials and internal revenue department. From these sources, we repeat, is ascertained the following figures: Export trade of New Orleans for 1881. $104,150 450 import. T2;860;073 Total. $117,010,223 Increase over 1880. | 12 832 389 Value of produce imported to New Orleans during 1880-81 from the Mississip- -ru- ..•. $153.:«7,8.50 ihis enables us to estimate for commissions, rehandling, etc, Total Export, Import and Commission business, etc... $180,249,604 Total Jobbing Trade. 82^317’614 Total Manufactures. 23388’720 Grand total. $286,455,938 If to the foregoing figures be added, the transactions in real estate, operations of builders, and the many branches of business not easily ascertainable, it will advance the total annual business conducted m New Orleans to fully three hundred millions of dollars. In view of this result, a result as unexpec'^cd by the writer as it will probably be surprising to the reader, a result in which the constituents are given with such particularity as to enable any one of ordinary intelligence, who doubts its correctness, to test the general accuracy thereof by personal investigation; m view of this result then, may we not again truthfully assert that New Orleans is already a great commercial and manufacturing city! 62 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. THE PRESS OF NEW ORLEANS. The Press of New Orleans is peculiar. In these days when journalism may be said to be para¬ mount, when it directs public opinion, frames legislation, prescribes the code of morality, and at the same time furnishes highly seasoned and meretricious food to palates vitiated by excess of sensation, the press of our city is almost original. Its aim, thus far, has been “to hold the mirror up to na¬ ture,” faithfully to portray current events as they actually occur, to exaggerate nothing, “nor set down ought in malice ” The example set by several of the great dailies of some of our large cities, of transfcihning the most trivial events into matters of excijDement, through the magic of a vivid imagir^tion, or of relying entirely upon that wonderful faculty for striking impressions, has been oxtens^ely imitated by the press in many of the smaller cities of America. Public taste thus per¬ verted reacts upon public journais, and a morbid appetite is engendered which news papers find it difficult to satisfy. The press of our city has happily avoided the snare; and the public of New Or¬ leans, by its appreciation, evidences what it considers the true vocation of journalism. Our jour¬ nalists are men of culture, education and ability—and what is of infinitely more importance—inca¬ pable of prostituting the censorship they exercise for personal consideration. The entente cordiale is strictly observed between those engaged in rival enterprises, and rarely forgotten even in the arder of a political campaign. The history of the press of New Orleans would be exceedingly, curious and interesting but our space will only permit a brief reference to those newspapers at present in exist¬ ence. and wielding a patent influence in the community: l'aUEILLE DE NOUVELLE ORLEANS. [The Bee) Was established on the 1st of September, 1827. It was then a small paper, 22x18, and was pub¬ lished exclusively in French. It, however, supported the administration of John Quincy Adams. After a few months existence an English side was added to the paper, which was then called “The New Orleans Bee.” Later still, in September 1829, a Spanish side was added to the Bee, under the name of “La Abeja,” New Orleans being then the headquarters of a large number of Spanish and Mexican officers, during the war between Spain and the United States. In March, 1830, Mr. De- laup sold out to Messrs. Jerome Bayon A Duclere, one half of the ownership of “The Bee,” and during that same year the office, printing room and presses of the paper werg transferred.to its pres¬ ent location on Chartres street. In July, 1832, Mr. Bayon who had long since become sole owner of the paper, declared himself in favor of the Democratic party and of Andrew Jackson for the Pres¬ idency. The Bee took a very active part in politics, and was liberally patronized by the community. In January, 1839, Mr. Bayon sold the paper to Messrs. Alexander Bullett, BullenA J. Magne, who changed its politics. The fiee became the organ of the Whig party of Louisiana and warmly sup¬ ported Henry Clay for the Presidency In July 1839, Mr. Bullen sold out his interest to C. F. Weisse. In 1844. disheartened by the defeat of Heniy Clay, Alexander Bullett retired. In 1850, Mr Mayne, also, retired and his partner, Mr. C. F. Weisse, became sole owner of “The Bee. ” In January, 1853, he sold out one-fourth of the own- ship of the paper to each of the following gentlemen: Dr. Samuel Harby, his English editor; Numa Dufour, his French editor, and E. Duverger, his general manager. , In i860, the Whig party being defunct. The Bee supported Bell and Everett for the Presidency, and came out boldly against secession. But when Louisiana was taken out of the Union, the paper devoted all its energy to the support of the Southern cause. During the military occupation, in 1862, it was seized by Ben Butler, and the establishment remained closed for three weeks. Since the war. The Bee, like most Southern journals has rallied to the then cause of the Democratic party. In May, 1861, Duverger retired in favor of Felix Lemet. who was the editor-in-chief of the French side of the paper. Dr. Harby died June 11, 1862. and his share was bought soon after by the surviving part¬ ners. In 1866, Mr. Weisse wishing to return to France, sold out to his two partners, Dufour & De- met. In 1872, the owners of The Bee concluded to abolish the English side and to publish the pa¬ per exclusively in French. In March 1881, Mr. Felix Lenient retired and sold his interest in the es¬ tablishment to Mr. Oscar Donnet and Edgar Dufour, the firm now being Dufour, Donnet& Co. The Bee, or rather “L’Abeille” is now in the fifty-fifth year of its existence and is presumed to be the oldest daily paper in the Southwest. THE NEW ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT. The Times-Democrat made its first appearance on the 4th of December, 1881, and is the outgrowth as its name will indicate, of the Times which was begun in 1863, and the Democrat which began its career in 1875. It is not our intention to go into the past history of either of these papers, but to give a short sketch of the Times-Democrat of to-day. At the time of the consolidation of these two papers Major E A. Burke was the managing editor of the Democrat and Mrs. Sue Burke the sole owner. Under their management the Democrat became, what it had never been before, a suc¬ cessful metropolitan journal and when it was known that the Times was for sale Major E. A. Burke immediately began negotiation for the purchase of the Times and as above stated the consolidated pa¬ pers made their first appearance in December of 1881. In order to carry on the paper a joint stock com¬ pany was formed and Airs. Sue Burke took about three-fourths of the stock the balance being taken by leading merchants of the city. Mr. John Phelps was elected President and Major E. A. Burke, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. Manager Since the appearance of the Times-Democrat, it has been conducted with ability and enterprise, and independence of tone, its success has been, perhaps, unequaled in the annals of Southern journalism, and it is now in the enjoyment of a permanently established prosperity—hav¬ ing obtained a very large circulation and its influence is deservedly proportionate with its circulation and it may be justly said of it that no paper m Louisiana or the South has ever exhibited more can- der and independence or been more earnestly devoted to the interests of its section. The office is sit¬ uated on (Jamp street and in connection with the newspaper is a large job office and bock printing establishment In this they have all the latest and most improved presses and types and ^n dupli¬ cate any job done in the large Eastern cities. Tir^: NEW ORLEANS ricayunf:. This journal now in its forty-sixth year, is the oldest English daily paj^er in New Orleans, or indeed in thp Southwest. Its name is familiar throughout the United States and Europe, and it is regard¬ ed with respect and con¬ fidence throughout the South. F. A. Lumsden and George Wilkins Ken¬ dall issued the first num¬ ber of the paper January 25, 1837. These gentle¬ men were bom journal¬ ists, arul their venture was so successful that it lived through the panic which followed its birth, and its business grew apace. Kendall was a na¬ tive of Vermont, a printer by trade, and worked at the case in the same office with Horace Greeley. Af¬ ter a briUiant journalistic career, leaving New Or¬ leans before the war, he was one of the pioneers in Texas sheep raising. His first venture in that direction on the Brazos bottom was not success¬ ful, but removing to the New Bromefelo neighbor¬ hood he became one of the most successful in that line of business. He stood bv Texas in all her difficulties, indian raids, droughts, and prairie fires, and never complain¬ ed. He died in 1867. In December 1841, Mr. Kendall was taken pris¬ oner at Santa Fe and marched 2C00 miles to the City of Mexico, where he was cast into a prison for lepers. After working in the chain gang and un¬ dergoing many indigni¬ ties he was at last releas¬ ed. Mr. Lumsden was a na- -. ,, tive of North Carolina, a man universally esteemed for his talents and loved for his genial manners and social attributes. In September looO, while on a trip North he took passage on the ill-fated steamer Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan. She went down with 435 persons, of whom less than 100 were saved. The body of Mr. A u recovered, brought back to this city and interred October 19, 1860. 1 S 20 Q'vT ' ^®l^rook, also a native of Vermont, was admitted a member of the firm in June 1839; he be^me cashier and general business manager, a position of the greatest importance on a jornmal. Ihe paper soon made rapid strides in its business and circulaticn. In 1844, Alexander C. Bullitt of Kentucky, became a member of the firm of Kendall, Holbrook & Co. Mr. Bullitt was a Whig of the Clay school and assisted in the election of General Taylor. He went to M^ashington on the inaguration of the incoming administration and assumed the editorial charo-e of the Republic, a journal established there as a central organ of the Whig policy. On the death of General Taylor he retired from the active duties of the press and spent four years lu Euro¬ pean travel. He died in June 1868. , . r- • -.otA ^ i The nexl>'associate was Mr. Samuel F. Wdson, who became chief writer in 1850, and shortly after¬ wards retained an interest. For twenty years he labored in the editorial field, and finally died in harness. In 1872, the paper was purchased by a joint stock company of merchants, and alter a Jfyrief career of this management passed again into the hands of its former proprietors. On the death of Mr Holbrook in January 1876, Mrs. E. J. Holbrook (whose nom de plume. Pearl Rivers, was al¬ ready famous) became proprietress of the Picayune. To assume charge of a newspaper at anytime is hazardous for a woman, but was especially so in this case, as the journal was environed vithfinan ^^DunAg^thTl'ate unpleasantness the Picayune had suffered severely; the establishment was sei^d for confiscation and at a heavy cost escaped total annihilation. During Bank s reign m JNew Or¬ leans he closed the Picayune for the space of six weeks for publishing the late lamented President s boffus message, copied from a Republican paper. The New Tork World was closed for three or four hours for tlio SciuiG otitGusG. ^ Mrs. Nicholson had already a wide reputation as a poetess, and a pronounced disposition for gen¬ eral literary work, but under the circumstances her friends and relatives advised agamst her under¬ taking to run a newspaper. But she knew her own capacity, and refused to part with the proper y. Mr. George Nicholson, who had been business manager for over twenty years, and whose thorough knowledge of the business made his aid invaluable, was associated in partnership^ under the style of E. J. Holbrook & Co. On the 28th of June, 1878, Mrs. E. J. Holbrook and George Nicholson were married, and the Picayune has been since published by them under the style of JNicholson & Co A glance at the columns of the “Pic."’ will show that it is in many respects a success. Con¬ servative and dignified in its editorial conduct, its news columns attest energy and enterpnse, and its business patronage is not surpassed by any journal in the Southwest. TRICE CURRENT. Semi-Weekly; Wednesdays and Saturdays; Louis J. Bright & Co., editors and proprietors. This ioumal is devoted to the commercial interests of New Orleans, and on all questions relating to its special department, is acknowledged throughout the country as a thoroughly reliable and competent Ruthority. It was established in 1822, and its present proprietors maintain the high reputation which this journal has always borne. The typographical appearance of the paper is as creditable as its contents, and the tout ensemble presented is justly popular with a wide circle of patrons. THE DAILY STATES. This sprightly iournal, published every evening, has won a bright place in popular estimation. It is under the editorial management of Major H. J. Hearsey, who is known throughout the South as a talented and forcible writer. HERMAN GAZETTE—DEUTSCHE ZEITUNG. Every day except Monday, and weekly, Thursdays. This ably conducted German paper was established in 1847, and is very popular with the large and influential class of our people who speak that language. Jacob Hassinger is editor and proprietor. CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Weekly, Thursdays: the organ of the Methodist Chmxh South; established in 1851 Has a large circulation throughout th^ South and Southwest. G. T. Lathrop, publisher. No. 112 Camp stieet. PROPAGATEUR CATHOLIQUE. Weekly, Saturdays. Is a large and ably conducted journal in French, devoted to the interests of the Catholic faith. A. Button is editor and publisher. MORNING STAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER. Weeklv Sundays. The only English Catholic journal in the city; contains the latest foreign and domestic, religious and secular news. Is highly esteemed as a family paper, and enjoys a wide cir¬ culation, both in our own and neighboring States. DAILY CITY ITEM. Published every evening. A sprightly, readable paper, has a large circulation, is an ackno-^ edged authority throughout the South, holds a high rank as a commercial and family paper. M- F. Bigney, editor, No 39 Natchez street. THE JEWISIf SOUTH. Established October 1, 1877. Published at New Orleans and at Atlanta, Ga. I® ™ ^ weekly. Price, $2 per annum. Jewish South Publishing Co., proprietors. Rev. J. H. Chumacerio, Hon. C. H. Wessolowsky and Herman Jacobs, editors. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 65 To The People of New Orleans, BUSINESS MEN OF LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. We pres6nt to our readers and business community herewith a brief historical review of the prominent business houses and man^ifacturing firms of the City of New Orleans. It will be inter¬ esting as an exhibit of the growth of the city in the past. The notices, as a group, embrace num¬ bers of substantial and enterprising firms in every department of trade, including many specialties not to be obtained in any other market, and will be an assurance to those contemplating a visit, for the purpose of purchasing supplies, that their evei'y want can be fully satisfied, on as favorable terms, as at any other point in the United States. No firm of any importance has been willingly excluded from these pages. _ OTTO SCHWANER—Dealer in Fine Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silver and Plated IF are, Xo. 17 Baronne Street. No establishment in the city of a similar character will surpass that of Otto Schwaner. This business was founded by the present proprietor in 1872, with an ample capital His business |uem- ises are centrally located on Baronne street, and are conveniently situated and especially hHed un and furnished for the business for which it is being used. He carries a large assortment of fine watches, clocks, diamonds jewelry, silver and plated ware. Watches and jewelry repaired on short notice. Liberal cash advances made on all kinds of jewelry, watches, diamonds, (fee. He constantly carries a large assortment of unredeemed pledges, which he offers to the trade on the most liberal terms. Energ}', ambition and enterprise, always pushed in the right direction, are the surest harbingers of success, and so it has proven in the case of. Otto Schwaner. By prompt busi¬ ness habits and the possession in an eminent degree of the above mentioned characteristics, he has built up a flourishing and permanent trade, comparing favorably with the best houses in the ^outh. The successful prosecution of any business enterprise requires ability and intelligence, combined with natural genius for business pursuits. The result is inevitable, as it has jiroven in the case of this establishment. He is perfectly famdiar with his business, and a wide awake, energetic citizen. Mr. Adolph Schwaner. a son of the proprietor, who is connected with this well known estabhsh- ment, is fast developing into a first-class auctioneer. He has already, on different occasions, showed his quahfications for his new calling. He is young, active and energetic, and possesses in an emi¬ nent degree the esteem and confidence of all who have business relations with him. __ J. JANE — Confectionery, Pastry, he Cream, Soda Water 8lc., No. 164 Cana! Street. The manufacture of candy in its modern developments bears the distinctive marks of Fremh in¬ genuity and invention. In no other country does the preparation of sugar as a luxury afford a livelihood to so many persons, and afford a field for so much mental attention and artistic execu¬ tion. The competition existing has induced many to use very noxious and poisonous substances to give flavor and color to their products. In New Orleans the trade in confectionery is earned on largely. In the past few years important advances have been made by the estabhshment of con¬ cerns which deal solely in the finer grades of confectionery, obtaining their stock from m^uiac- turers of known probity and reputation, and basing their own reputation and claims lor public fa¬ vor on the purity and excellence of the goods they handle. Aruong such houses, who have a claim not only to those qualifications, but to enterprise and ability in conducting their business, Mr. J, Jane is entitled to first rank. His store is in a prominent locahty, and. is remarkable for its order and neatness. Fine French and domestic confectionery, home and tropical fruits, pastry, ice cream, soda water, crystalized fruits, &:c., and in fact every conceivable delicacy and luxury are attractive¬ ly and temptingly displayed in his handsome show-cases and on the shelves. In addition to this branch of business, Mr. Jane has connected with this establishment an elegant and handsom^y furnished Ladies' Lunch Room, where all the delicacies of the season are provided for those who visit , the model establishment. Mr. Jane established this business in 1860, w^ith moderate capital, and by his industry and personal attention to his business, has succeeded in largely increasing his trade, until at present he transacts an annual business of over $10,000. Six experienced and corn- petent assistants are kept constantly employed, who are always polite, attentive and courteous to the visitors of the establishment, and ready and willing to attend upon their every wish. Mr. Jan6 has won the respect and esteem of the community by his gentlemanly qualities and fair, square dealing, and he is in every way worthy of the confidence and patronage of the public. 66 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. BOERICKE & TAFEL—Homceopathic Medicines and Books, No. 130 Cana! Street The commercial interests of a great c% like New Orleans are so vast and so varied, that at first sight anything like a clear outline of them appears impossible, and many persons who have spent a life-time in the city are unaware of the existence even of certain branches, of business which exert a wide influence upon the commercial importance of the metropolis. It is only careful re¬ search and through investigation, that enables the editor of the present volume to procure reliable and trustworthy statistics of the representative houses engaged in the various branches of industry and commerce, which, in aggregation, constitute the wealth, prosperity, and material welfare of the city, and makes it a grea,t producing and commercial center. The business or profession of supplying homoeopathic medicines and books with the special articles required in that special busi¬ ness constitutes no inconsiderable item in a recapitulatory review of the trade of New Orleans, and one of the oldest and best known houses, engaged in this particular line, is that of Messrs. Boer- icke & Tafel, located at 130 Canal street This branch house was founded in 1877, with an ample capital, this establishment being a branch of the older houses founded in New^ York in 1835, and in Philadelphia in 1843. The stock carried is large and complete, embracing every article of medi¬ cine and books known to the homoeopathic school of medicine. The premises occupied by the firm are centrally located on one of the principal thoroughfares of the city, and are especially arranged and furnished for the purpose for which they axe being used. Their trade in these specialties is large and extends over the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Mexico, Cuba and South America. Branches of this house are located in the following named cities: New York, 145 Grand street; Philadelphia, 1011 Arch, 125 South Eleventh street, and 1216 Girard Avenue; Baltimore, 135 West Fayette street; San Francisco, 234 Sutter street; Oak¬ land, Cal., 971 Washington street; Chicago, 35 South Clark street. Boericke & Tafel received the only Centennial prize medal awarded at Philadelphia, for homoeo¬ pathic preparations, also awards at Valparaiso in 1875, and Paris in 1878. PELICAN STEAM BREWERY—Eugene Erath, Proprietor, No. 282 ViHere Street. The brewing of lager beer is fast becoming one of the most important branches of industry in New Orleans, and one of considerable magnitude. The products of the leading establishments are fully equal, if not superior, to the beer imported into New Orleans from any section of the Union. Particularly will these remarks apply, with propriety, to the favorite brands manufactured at the well-known and very popular establishment, the “Pelican Steam Brewery,” whose beer is regard¬ ed by beer drinkers as the purest and most palatable of any to be found in this city. This enter¬ prise was founded in 1872, with only a moderate capital, which, through the energy, enterprise and good management of the proprietor, has been very largely augmented, and at present is doing a large and prosperous trade. He carries a stock of about $10,000, and manufactures during the year about 9,000 barrels of lager beer. Nine competent and experienced men are kept constantly employed in the various departments of the establishment. The brewery is 40x70 feet in size, three stories high, is supplied with all the latest and most improved machinery required for the business. An 8-horse power engine is used to furnish the motive power that is required to drive the machinery throughout the building. In addition to beer, they also manufacture a light quality of ale, which is popular, and has become a favorite drink among many of our ladies Mr. Eugene Erath, the proprietor of this establishment, was born in Switzerland in 1835, and has had a life¬ long experience in this special line, and thoroughly understands all the details of the business. Mr. Albert Erath, a brother of the proprietor, is clerk and business manager of the concern LOUISIANA OIL COMPANY—Manufacturers of Cotton Seed OH, OH Cake and Cotton Seed Meal. Office, No. 43 Baronne Street. The present age is a progressive one, with competition in all lines of business so energetic as to call into active exertion the best business talent, unceasing perseverance and indomitable energy in order to succeed. Increased facilities are the true index of prosperity, and this proposition has never been so plainly verified as in the case of the Louisiana Oil Company, who commenced their present enterprise in 1871 with a capital of $200,000. The works are situated in the Third district, and consist of a three story building 60x300 feet in size, containing all the latest improved ma¬ chinery for this work, which is run by an engine of 100-horse power capacity. Eighty hands are employed in the manufactory, and seventy tons of seed are used per day, from which fifty-five bar¬ rels of crude oil is turned out per diem. This company pay the highest market -price for sound cot¬ ton seed, delivered on the landings here, and will furnish sacks and twine to responsible shippers, free of charge, thereby insuring the manufacture of the very best and purest of oil A large refin¬ ing department is also connected with the works, which can turn out 300 barrels of refined oil each day. About $200,000 worth of oil is sold per annum, and the annual business is steadily increas¬ ing. Mr. Jos. A. DeBlanc is the President of this company, Mr. A. C. Landry, Secretary, Mr. Wm. Erslew, Supeiintendent. These gentlemen are well known in the business community of New Orleans, and have been for many years identified with the commercial interests of this city, which they have done no little to promote As a desirable company they can ofter inducements to the trade that cannot be surpassed, and which buyers will find largely to their interest to favorably consider. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 67 g GARDNER & COPP—Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 50 Union Street. L The publishers and editors of works of a kindred nature to this, have, in collating- and elaborating ■ the business interests and estabhshments of a city unusual facilities and data for observing the im¬ portance of the different stjdes or classes of business, as to their bearing on the general thrift and de¬ velopment of the mercantile advantages and the inducements which those cities claim and t hold out to capitalists in quest of investments Among those we would unquestionably eive I precedence to the various enterprises connected with cotton in its manifold commercial and I manufacturing industries; of these there are none that tend in a gi’eater degree to the ex- i tension and enlargement of business, as well as artistic progress, than the cotton factors and commission merchants, or exert a more favorable influence in promoting business relations with other States ami other countries. Among the prominent houses devoted to this branch , in New Orleans, that of Gardner A Copp may justly be regarded as one of the represen¬ tative firms. This house was established in 1877, \rith ample capital, and has been a suc¬ cess from the start, the trade having been largely increased during the past two years, and thej’ are now doing a large and profitable business. They do a general cotton and commis- sion trade, their consignments of this staple article coming largely from the States of Louisiana and Mississippi. This fii*m having a large capital, are prepared to make liberal advances on con¬ signments. Seven educated and experienced male assistants are constantly employed in the vari¬ ous branches of the business. The firm are also connected with the house of i\Iessrs. Gardner, Gates A Co., of Mobile Mr. W. H. Gardner, the senior member of these firms, is the President of the Mobile Cotton Exchange. The ofiice and books of the New Orleans house are under the able i care of Mr. F. W. Siecke, a worthy and competent gentleman. The individual membei-s of this ■; firm are: W H. Gardner and Francis T. Copp, aged 48 and 34 respectively, both of whom have ‘ been actively engaged in this branch of trade for many years, and are A 1 cotton men in eveiy i sense of the "term. They possess the confidence and esteem of the members of the Cotton Ex- change in an eminent degree. This, with their courteous attention to all, and their high standing ■ in the community, has won for them the confidence and patronage of the public. : CROMWELL STEAMSHIP LINE—Alfred Moulton & Co., Agents, No. 41 Carondelet Street. Tliis Line has become so extended as to make its name as well known in New Orleans as their • flag is upon the sea. As the manufacturing and commercial interests of New Orleans surpass those of any other of our Southern cities, it becomes a necessity that its shippmg interests and fa¬ cilities should be correspondingly large, and the Cromwell line has nobly met the demand. This line runs direct from New Orleans to New' York, carrying both passengers and freight. The coni- ^ pany own the following first-class steamships, that make their regular trips between the ports named: The “Louisiana,” 3,000 tons; “Hudson,” 2,000 tons; “Knickerbocker,” 1,700 tons, and “New Orleans,” 1,500 tons. One of these steamships wdll leave the company's dock, “Cromwell Landing,” at the head of St Louis street, every Wednesday at 8 a. m. The steamei-s are unsur¬ passed for accommodations for passengers, everything being supplied to make it pleasant and . agreeable to those on board. Messrs Alfred Moulton A Co. are the gentlemenly agents of the hne j -■ in this city, with their ofiice located at No. 41 Carondelet street. It is hardly necessary to say that j the Cromwell Line occupies a position among others of its kind devoid of blemish. The impetus given to the industries of this community by the capital and entei-prise of this company, is not un¬ recognized, and the general consideration wdth which it is regarded is the natural outgrowth of a ;■ career which,*for a number of years, has embodied the highest principles of commercial integrity and personal honor. No more effective messengers of peace, civilization and commerce, can our nation avail itself of than American steamers, enabling that interchange of products and inhabi- ■ tants that shall bind the lands together in the bonds of a common brotherhood ! ___ _ ___ _ __ RED RIVER LINE OF STEAMBOATS — C. P. Truslow, President, Chas. W. Drown, Sec'y. Corner Camp and Graiier Streets. 1 This well known organization for the transportation of freight and passengers between New^ Or- j leans and all points on Red River, was started in 1881, and the operations of this popular company j have been successfully continued ever since This company was incorporated with a capital stock of $5,000, and twelve .boats are kept constantly in the trade. These boats are not owned by the line, but are all chartered for the trade. They do a large carrying trade in goods and passengers, and then- efforts in this direction have clone much toward the business prosperity of New Orleans. Large consignments of South¬ ern produce are brought to this city by these boats. All the boats belonging to this line are strong, staunch and seaworthy, and are kept in a thorough state of efficiency, ancl this favorite company cari'ies with it the confidence and support of merchants generally, the traveling public and all w'ith whom it has in any way had dealings. Mr. C. P. Tnislow is the popular and efficient President of I the company, Mr. Chas. W. Drowm the Secretary, in this city. Promoting the industries of the j city to a large degree, and at the same time occupying a place in the cominercial world which en- I titles it to success and respect, this line is accorded that consideration which is always attendant I upon the maintenance of an upright and liberal policy. \ INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 69 ! _ . 4 _ ■_ _ . . _ __ ZUBERBIER & BEHAN—Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants, K ^os. 23, 25, 21, 29 and 31,Peters Street, and Nos. 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Fidton Street. • Every city and town in tlie United States has within its limits material from which interesting ' biographies could be written, which would be of incalculable benefit in shaping the course of the rising generation, and influencing the future prospects of the country. While it is not the prov¬ ince of this work to enter into the minute details of personal history, it is nevertheless important in describing the great industrial and commercial enterprises of the city, to devote some space, even though limited it may be. to consideration of the steps by which the great business houses have achieved their success, and gained for New Orleans the proud position she now holds among the cities of the world. The house of Zuberbier k Behan was originally established by Schneider k Wise, in 1846, then Schneider k Zrrberbier, the preserrt firm succeeding to the proprietorship in 1878. Occupying the spacious birilding fronting on Peters and Fulton streets, at the comer of Gra- vier. three stories in height, and 150x150 feet irr size, this firm carr}’ on an extensrve trade rn the wholesale grocery and commission business. An average stock of about $300,000 is carried, and an engine of 15-horse power is required for hoistrng prrrposes. Forty employes are kept constantly busy, filling the large and numerous orders, in which they are of daily receipt. Fourteen travel¬ ing salesmen are employed selliner goods throughout the States of Loui^ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Tennessee. Arkansas, Texas and Mexico. The annual sales reach §3,000,000* Messrs Herman Zuberbier and W. J. Behan are the individual members of the firm, who have a reputation for industry and fair dealing, and are well known among the trade as reliable men. Mr. Zuberbier is a native of Hanover, Germany, and is President of the Germania Savings Bank, also of the Germania Insurance Company. In addition to filling satisfactoiily, positions of public trust and confidence, his success as a business man has kept pace vdth the growth of the city, and to be singled out as a representative business man in this enterprising community is a distinction that conveys more than ordinary praise. Mr. Behan is a native of "this city, and holds the position of President of the Crescent Jute Manufacturing Company, an enterprise but lately established in the city, and is entitled to favorable mention among thTe industries of New Orleans. ^Ir. B. enjoys the confidence and esteerti of all with whom he is brought in contact. As others have found them in the past, so will all others who consult their own interests find them in the future, enterprising, honorable and liberal merchants. VICTOR LATOUR—Cotton Factor and General Commission Merchant, 49 Carondelet St. Among the score of firms in'this city engaged in the cotton and commission business, with an of¬ fice at No 49 Carondelet street, the house of Victor Latour deserves mention in a work of this char¬ acter. This house was established in 1880 by the present proprietor, with ample capital, and has been a success from the start. He has had a successful career in his line of busmess, and has achieved a reputation for promptness and reliability second to none in the cotton commission trade of the city. He is an active member of the Cotton Exchange, and from this source enjoys advan¬ tages the benefit of which his customers always receive. Three male assistants are engaged by the house in the transaction of its business. Consignments are received from all over the cotton Row¬ ing districts, and the staple sold upon the market for the highest obtainable prices, their°sales amounting from 19,000 to 15,000 bales per annum; also does a large trade in futures in cotton for correspondents. Mr. Latour is a native-born Louisianian, with a large experience in this special line of business, fully conversant vdth all the requirements of his trade. To consignors of cotton to this market, we cheerfully commend Victor Latour as being as reliable, prompt and desira¬ ble a house with whom to do business as any in the city. E. MARQUEZE & CO.—Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes, No. 75 Cana! Street. There are some houses in this city that have acliieved a reputation and acquired a trade that places them in the front rank of enteiqirise and success, and of such, that conducted by Messrs. E. Marqueze k Co., in the boot and shoe hue. is a marked example, wliich demands fitting" recognition in these pages. _ This firm is one of the oldest in its hne in business in this city. Commencing about thirty years ago. they have moved steadily onward in prosperit^^ improving year by year, until now they have the satisfaction of being recognized not only as the oldest, but among the "largest dealers in the entire city. The storeroom occupied is 40x180 feet in size, three stories high, and well adapted to the requirements of their trade. Eighteen employes are necessary for the successful prosecution of the business. Large supphes are slapped to aU" parts of Louisiana. Texas. Arkansas, and Mis¬ sissippi: in fact throughout the Southwest. ^Ir. Emile ^larqueze, the senior member of the fiian, resides in Boston, and conducts a similar house there at No. 102 Pearl street, thus enabling them to offer all the advantages of the Eastern market, girfng first-class quality of work at prices that really surprise the small dealer. Mr. Alexis Bonnecaze manages the house in this city. With a lifelong experience in this business, the.se gentlemen have endeavored to offer the best "goods at the lowest price, and being always attentive to bu.siness, promptly dispatching all orders entrusted to them, their integrity, devotion to the trade and upright principles command for them a continuation of the patronage so hberally bestowed in the past. Special inducements are offered to the trade, and a pereonal examination will prove the fallacy of our assertion, while aU orders sent to Messrs. Mar¬ queze k Co. are filled to the entire satisfaction of aU parties. 70 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. '^KLEVORN/' THE TAILOR—No. 43 St Charles Street. This one of the finest appointed and best stocked merchant tailoring establishments in this mart of tire citv. The trade, which is largely local, is among the veiy best class ot our citizens e^jupciallv. very large. The store is a veiw commodious one. containing large plate glass show windows^ for the display of their elegant goods. They cariT a large and carefully of suitino-s, yestings. Arc., the stock always being kept up to the highest standaid Five stalled and experienced workmen are kept constantly employed in the estahlishment. Parties desinng a ‘suit made to order, and wanting a perfect fit. can make it to their ad\antage bj calling on ‘‘Klevoni the tailor, at No. 43 St. Charles street The individual members of .this weU-known and popular firm are. F. and Louis Klevoni, both of whom enjoy an enviable reputation for promptness and reliabiUty. and are highly appreciated by a large circle of fnends for their estimable personal qualities. __ ___ NORTON &. BELL—Ship Brokers and Commission Merchants, No. 43 Carondelet Street. Amonc- the industries of the Crescent City there are few which take precedence in excellence and enterprise to that of the firm of Norton k Bell, ship brokers, located at No 43 Caiondelet Stre^. This Lsiness was started in 1871, by the present firm, and has proven a success from the start. They do a o-eneral shipping and commission business, making contracts for freight for any foreign m dUesric ports. Thev are. also, agents for the -‘Boston Marine Insurance Co., for the port of New Orleans Six competent clerks are employed in the office, ’^o are courteous and attentive and ever ready to attend upon the wants of all who call at the office. The premises occupied^^e snacious, and conveniently situated on the principal thoroughfare of the city, the office bemg ..ox 100 feet in size, and especially funiished and arranged for their business. This final is composed nf Air Fdward P. Norton and Air. AYalter I. Bell, both of whom are practical men in line of business, and are well known in commercial circles as honorable, reliable ^and trustworihj citizens Thev are careful to meet all obligations promptly. They consider their ''’ord as their bond”. Vnd their bond is as good as gold. They have recently added to their force a stenographer in order to promptly, by dictation, answer their large con-espondeuce. _ L BONQUOIS—Manufacturer of Hand Sewed Boots and Shoes, No. 38 St. Charles Street. r»TiP nf fhp leading houses engaged in the manufacture of hand sewed boots and shoes, in this cit? is tU^of Mr. Squois^wL is the subject of this brief sketch. This f edbvthe present proprietor in 1879. with an ample capital. Enteipiise, abilih. a thoioue comorehensive knowledge of. the trade, and industrial courage, are elements that win in am of the active pursuits of life. Air. Bonquois, possessing these qualifications in a superior degree, is fa.t Wdin-^ an extensive trade throughout the city and entire 8tate This gentleman is a large manufect^^^ extensive dealer in all kinds of hand sewed boots and shoes, and all work turned out bv him is of the finest workmanship, and always guaranteed to be as lepresented. Eig y male hands all of whom are skilled and experienced workmen, are kept constantly ernploied in the variou^ departments of the establishment. He keeps constantly w hand a full line of iis o-oods and transacts during the year a business which amounts to over ^oO.QOO. The premises oc- fuSed are spacious and conveniently situated, being supplied with all the necessan- appliances for ^u?ceifuUv carnung on his special business AVith the accustomed thnft of Amencan citizens he has built up a trade^which is not only a matter of gratification to himself, but a ciedit to the city. A 0 -pntleman of ‘^terlino- integrity and worth, noted for enterprise, business quahfications and un oulsrioned reliability in all walks of life, he has attained a position as gratifying as it is merited. This is an enterprisJ of which the Crescent City may feel proud, and which is in everi* way de¬ serving of patronage and generous .support. _____ A CHARSKY—Merchant Tailor, No. 21 Camp Street. There mav be some controversy as to which city contains the most extensive business houses m fir*nf£ir 1iiip but it conceded bv even* one that New Orleans can justlj claim the best anl niol popular mL'chant''tailoims establishiJients. So well is this boast known, that customers. X are now resTdrats of eveiT poi-tion of our beautiful country, and have at one time been vesi- Who are nois resiaemb are constant patrons of this favorably known house. Mr Chirr stled in business in ¥ew Orleans in 1847, r^ith but small capital, but a perfect taiowledge of his business. The latter, backed up by a splendid judgment for which e\eij one p-ivp': him credit—has brought his establishment to its present popular and extensive pioportions. The simple fact that his trade is entirely custom and retail ana reaches the haudsome figuie of ^9.? 000 per annum is the best test of his nients as a clothier and business man. He carries an av- stw:k of 81.^<^00. giving employment to six competent and skilled woikmen The presses occupied are spacious aita convenientlv situated upon one of the most popular thoroughfares of the fpp? in ‘lizp and three stories high. The store room is filled ivith a large stock of gent s city,.20x80 feet in size, to be found in a first-class establishment of this kind._ house beiuriocaUs llrst eutirely confined to Xew Orleans, and the patrons ot Air Chapski' consist of manv of our best citizens, who have always fomid him a pleasant and agreeable^gentleman to do business with, and one worthy of their confidence and esteem. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 71 I I FLASH, PRESTON & CO.—Wholesale Grocers, Nos. 44 and 46 Canal, and 63, 65 and 70 Common Streets. Among the great number of notable commercial houses forming the channels through which the ! mighty streams of trade of this great city flow, there are very many that are deserving of extend¬ ed consideration and favorable mention in these pages, and are worthy, perhaps, of fuller notice than the scope and design of this work will admit The comparative!}' brief period that.an estab¬ lishment will advance to a leading position when backed by well directed energy, combined with high character, is nowhere better illustrated than in the histoiy of the house forming the subject of i this sketch. /This enterprise was established in 1871 by Flash, Lewis Co., the present firm i j succeeding to the control in 1878j and the house has pursued stoadily an uninteiTupted career of ^ j success since its very inception. They now occupy three buildings, 9 ' feet front by 120 feet in ; I depth, and each of the four floors are amply filled with the numerous variety of goods in which i [ they deal. Besides the usual stock of wholesale groceries, they deal extensively in sugar, molasses, ! I rice, coffee, wines, liquors, tobacco, cigars, case goods, flour, grain, produce, imported goods, etc., I in wholesale quantities. They are agents for the famous Dexter Whisky, and the Tolu Rock and ' Rye. An annual business ranging from )^2.000,000 to $3,000,000 is transacted, and a correspond- ] ingly large stock carried to meet the demands of their immense trade, which lies principally in i Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Twenty hands are employed, and the assistance of a large office force and ten salesmen are required ' I to successfully conduct so large an enterprise. Messrs. Wm. Flash, Henry M. Preston and H. L Flash constitute the individual members of the firm, Messrs. Flash, both late of the firm Flash, Lewis i I Co., Mr. Preston, late of Howard e- graphmp^ Mr Durant Da Ponte the genial and po^ularffident o^the Sdationls'an old iTei has, in an eminent degree, the esteem ^ liisiT,:,'?-.r s: too well known in commercial circles to require commendatioTi'^liPvP tTo r i t” “‘■‘r "* ’'“f s“"’ Express CompLy, and is SartiW enS’id by Mr M L«t«i aTS Irp!— “11 ^S-D^ld l?i4iJSe=£S'3 ness man in every sense of the term, and all those having husmess relations ^^th him find him straight forward and correct in every business transaction. The Texas Brokerao-e Assocla- tion, Lindei the management of such officers, is destined to become popular with the miblic and in hebSdressed to S. I. Flo^yd^'ec- l/l^. R. IRBY & BRO.—Wholesale Tobacconists, Nos, 55 and 51 Gravier Street, and Nos. 18 and 24 Tchoiipitoulas St. Of late years the consumption of tobacco has increased to such an extent and taken ‘^uch a hold upon the American people, that it can no longer be put in the list of the luxuries but must occunv a prominent place among the necessaries of life.--—^ occupy It has become a very important article in the trade of this city, requiring a dozen houses to handle it now, where twenty years ago three were sufficient. The above firm was established in 1865 by J. J. Irby, under the style of Irby, McDaniel & Co.," which was afterwards changed to J. J. Irby & Co , and later to J J. Irby & Son. The latter were succeeded in 1878 J by W. Ratcliffe Irby, the senior member of the pres- 4 ent firm, and on January 1, 1882, the style became W. I' R. Irby & Bro. They have one of the most com- ' plete assortments of tobacco, cigars, etc., in the South, and with an average stock of $80 000 do a business of $350,000 per annum. Eight hands are_ employed, and the trade, and facilities of the house! rir A HL 111 Hf ACCOM I STS \ \ are as great as were those of Irby, McDaniel & Co. :;1| Their trade extends through Louisiana, Mississippi, I Arkansas, Texas and Florida. They sell strictly on commission, to a large extent direct from the fac¬ tory, supplying the jobbing trade and employ no drummers. They are agents in the South for __ _ _ the celebrated “Double Sailor Knot” tobacco, manufactured by P. B. Gravely of Danville Vir gima. of the finest Henry County tobacco,. also Liggett & Mver’s “Star” NavV, as well as’othe leading brands on the market. ./1 c C. S. DERBY & BRO.—Agency of D. Appleton & Co., New York, Bound Subscription Books, No. 6 Carondelet Street. The New Orleanis agency of D. .4ppleton & Co. is one of the most important, and represents the interests of 9 ne of the ffirgest and most popular publishing houses in the world. This enternrisp was started in tnis city m 1881. by the present firm, with ample capital. The gentlemen coinnos- ing tne firm are men of great energy and decision of character, and. although tley met with a se¬ nes of obstacles that would have crushed the efforts of a dozen ordinary aspiring men vet thev overcame them all, and to-day they are doing the largest book business in the city of New Orleau* of New Orleans its stmggle, gi-owth and subsequent prosperity, sharing and promoting every inatter of pubhc inter¬ est, the house ot Frankenbush est knoum ot all the cotton tactors and comimssion houses m the citv, and among the most successful The mch^dual meinbers of the firm are: Mr. .J. M. Frankenbush and Mr. E. Borland, of New Orleans- and Mr. f 0. Englesmg, in commendam, of Fort Gibson, Mississippi. Thev are all practical and expenen^d men m the cotton trade, and thoroughly conversant ^\dth all the detads of their busi- ness. 1 hey bear an emuable reputation among the comiiiercial houses of this citv, for their prompt, reliable and honorable style of doing business. They give emplo\Tnent to an ample force of clerks, toeir ofiices and sample rooms being convemently situated and especially ai-Kanged for the purpose ' Iheir consignments are from a wide range in the cotton growing states. Having a large capital, thej are prepared to make liberal cash advances on consignments from their country customers. LOUISIANA CISTERN MANUFACTORY — J. Hussey, Proprietor, No. 265 Cana! Street. This important branch of manufacturing was founded m this city as early as 1859, by the present proprietor, on a small capital, which, by industr}' and perseverance, backed up bv a thorough Knowledge ot the biismess, has been mcreased with each succeeding year, until it has assumed the present mimense proportions. He keeps all kmds of new and second hand cisterns constantly on hand, vanung m size fi'om 500 to 20,000 gallons capacity. All lands of cisterns and tanks inade and lepaired at short notice, and all orders from the countiy are promptly attended to. Cisterns are shipped whole or knocked down, packed and numbered. 'Hie price of his cisterns vaiT accord¬ ing to the sizes, which range from Nos. o to 14, the price being from .^17 00 to 5;l.‘)4 00 ‘ A laro-e stock of cistern lumber is always kept in stock. The premises are 8:3x114 feet in size, wlnch^ is sup- plied mth ah the latest and most improved appliances used in this special branch of business. s^ed workmen are constantly kept employed in the various branches of this business. The trade of this house is spread out over the entire Southern country, but largely confined to the citv of New Urleans. Mr. Hussey is a prompt, rehable and energetic busmess man. able and intelligent, fully ^ mamtem and mcrease the splendid record of commercial honor and perfect reliability which has so long distinguished this house. i ^uiuy JOHN H. CLARKE — Photographer, No. 101 Cana! Street. estabHslnnent was started by Mr. Clarke about 1856, and has been a success from the ver>' ^ assortment of aU kinds of photographic materials, ^ of ’"^ork on the most hberal terms. He gives employment to four supphed with all the most unproved appHances '^known to the photogiaphic art. AU old photographs and daguerreotypes are copied any size and colored in aU styles From the very commencment he has been successful, and secured bv Ins ertdent merit in and f ^ increasing trade. His thorough practical education has niVtur?. ^ the busmess idea of provhig that as good and fiiithfuUv correct pictures could be taken from the landscape as from personal sittings. His portrait photography is remarkable for its faithfulness to nature, elegant finish and pleSsmg vaiitv. ffis polt?on?are charactensed by ease and ^ace, and his results mvanably satisfactory. He is an artist in the fullest sense of the word thoroughly understanding position and Hght in thefr effects. Taking pride Ld pleasure m tes art, his success is not to be wondered at. Mr. Clarke is a native of the Sfrite of Del- aware, and has had an experience of tlnrty-five years in this special line of business. J. B. JUNQUA—Commission Merchant and Importer of Foreign Brandies, Wines, Pre¬ serves, <&c., Nos 21 to 31 Bienville Street.. '^s is one of the oldest and most substantial houses in New Orleans engaged in the importation R -^ 1 ®^ foreign brandies, wmes, preseiwes, oUs and liquors, and was estabhshed in the year above hne, he also is the sole agent for S s celebrated Cognacs, fine champagne, and man&actur- tecr Waters and choice fr-uit s\Tups. Bmfing in ver\- large quantities, and pay- estebhshed an exceUent credit, Avliich gives him aU the advantages of ^sh bargains. The store occupied by him at his ehgible location. Nos. 27 to 81 Bienville street, is four stones Wh, and has twelve rooms, all of which is devoted to his business. Importations are S-tpL V the best houses, and the ample capital and extensive experience of the proprietor any similar estabhshment of the kind in the countiT. His trade is im- South, and is rapidly increasing. Mr. Junqua, the genial pro- ^ our leading and substantial merchants, and his credit and standhig, first-class m everj' respect. The tme cause of the success of the house energy- and commercial integrity, the only policy that can pros¬ per through the many vicissitudes of modem commerce. - i j f 80 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. MADAME GOILARD—Millinery and Dressmaking, No. 66 Royal Street There is no more important branch of commercial industry' than that of millinery and dress- inakine- While the e-rocer and diT goods merchant are important factors m admmistenng to the “ecSeslnd deS ~nity, toe is no one comfort, and to which the elegant and presentable appearance of the female poition of society is so much indebted. This elegant and complete establishment which ranks among ^es the its kind in the citv of New Orleans, was founded m 1881 by Madame Ooilaid. She occupies the commodious rooms, located at No. 66 Royal street, which are lected stock and assortment of seasonable millinery goods, consisting ol nbbons, laces, tlowms, flXrrSts bonnets, trimmings, silks and velyets, as can be found m any city, and transacts a large and satisfactory annual busmess—principally local—extending into the neighboring towns o this and adioining States The business of Madame Goilard embraces two distinct depariments, Sen- and Sessnmking, in both of which she controls the trade among the Me and fashionable families of New Orleans, and has iiroven herself one ot ing ladies of the Crescent City, and has been correspondingly successful. The woik conimg tiom he? estabhshment is noted for its elegance perfect taste and supenor rare o-iyes employment to from eight to ten hands. Madame Ooilard is a lady ot leiinement and la e rX-al bS!!,nd enjoys in S pre-emment deg.ee the respect, t hon^^^^^^^^ business with her. She is a natiye ot France. Deserying the position she has attained bj honoiabie business habits and merits, she is justly entitled to t he public patronage. _ THE BAYOU LAFOURCHE PACKET LINE. In compiling the statistics and industries of New Orleans, we are pleased to make ^ ■aboye named packet Cl3ih“ BhrL^r^^: tld Valley,together with all intermediate landings The steamer “Assumption," commanded by Capt. P. A. Charlet, with Mr. M. H. Landiy in the office, leaves New Orleans every Tuesday at 11 a. m., and on Saturday at 5 p, m.. returning down the coast on Mon¬ days and Thursdays of each week. The mew and elegant steamer ‘ * Belle of the Coast.'’ built expressly for the trade, com- • 11 _ ~\T/-v-rTT cs OTTOVTr IVTnvi- 1 1 lyyr r'.ayyf T T Aiicoiii witli Edwaixl Nickolle in the office, leaves New Orleans every Mon prlf 5 and Lto “ai O a. m mul returning down the coast on her regular days, g™g 4 - •ntP-nifl vill‘io-ps a boat each way, on four days ot the week. The accommodation extended w^these boats is deserving of’the liberal patronage of the merchants and planters •onte and which oives them an outlet for both freight and passengers. . ^ dnao^^hiL mi the'^Bavou between Laurel Valley and Lockport, reshipping on the flatboat Belle ‘mr-i ■' ^Tlie officers' of the boat are all thoroughly conversant i\ath the tnide and wants of t ^mnie and spare no pains to accommodate both the freight and passenger trade. The tables are ' with all the delicacies the market affords. Rates tor treight and x^assage can 1^ secuied mpphed vuth all ^ nr q+ lOi Decatur street We are glad to call attention to this line as being one c“e toife p]h“oot but ouethat Slds largely to the commercial actiyity of the city of New Orleans. ILV XIICVV - - - IHARTe^EAHNEY—D ealer in Groceries, Wines and Liquors, No. 249, 251 and 253 Poydrofi Stysct. • i , n 4-.*- h* mstom, ami ^ constantlv eniploved. ‘ The premises occupied are commodious and conven- Lentlv^SraiicrW for the business, the building being an elegant tlmee story brick, covering an area 0 the surrounding countr\ .1 . ,1 (ipioiia of the trade in which he is now and has been is the capable, polite and efficient bookkeeper ot the estabhshment. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 81 WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINE—W. S. Wilson, Manager, No. 103 Cana! St This company has been represented in New Orleans for about thirty years, during- which period it has been so intimately connected with every interest of the community as to demand special mention in the work. The office is a four story brick building centrally located on the great retail thoroughfare. It is by far the largest and handsomest office of this company in the south. Perfect system pervades eveiy department and the discipline and urbanity of all employes is very noticeable and agreeable. This agency controls sub-agencies in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, selling hundreds of machines monthly Of course all this immense business could not flourish so long without some good reason, this we find to be in the merit of their goods. They enjoyed an enviable reputation for a great many years on their curve needle machine, which is still regarded as par ex¬ cellent by shirt and dress -makers, Ac., but with their new straight needle No. 8 machine they have assur¬ edly attained the acme of perfection. This machine has received the highest awards by competent judges and juries possible by a sewing machine, an^ gives universal satisfaction. With this machine the com¬ pany have opened up a new era in sewing machine work. Without extra attachments, it embroiders and does in days, all kinds of fancy ornamental work with a precision and beauty that cannot be excelled by the most adept hand work, toiling for months. Not only the utility of the macliine renders it a necessity, but this new branch of elegant artistic work makes the work an elegant agreeable pastime for ladies with an esthetic turn of mind. We were shown elegant sam¬ ples of darning, name writing, applique work, embroi- \_New York Office 44: E. I4th St, Union Square.} dery and etching Printed instructions to do this work will be mailed their customers gratis on application. MRS. H. WEHRMANN—Importer and Dealer in Guns, Pistols, Amunition, Cutlery and Fishing Tackles, No. '75 Chartres Street. • Among those industries that it becomes the special province of this work to display, the enter¬ prise of Mrs. H. Wehrmann deseiwes mention. Identified so closely with the growth and commer¬ cial well-being of this city, she occupies a place that redounds no little to the establishment of a reputation for New Orleans in keeping with its real merits. This business was started, by the pres¬ ent proprietress in 1867, and has been a success from the very start. She cames a large and varied stock of guns, pistols, amunition, cutlerj- and fishing tackles, and does a lar^e trade, extending over the entire city and surrounding country. A number of experienced workmen are kept con¬ stantly employed, and all kinds of repairing is done with neatness and dispatch. All work turned *out from this establishment is warranted to give perfect satisfaction In her stock may be found the usual assortment of goods pertaining to her trade, of the best and most popular make- Cor¬ dially commending this house to the trade and the public, and directing attention to the manner in which it is conducted, and remarking that, as ranking first among its line of contemporaries, the establishment is of that class which commands the respect, confidence and consideration of the community at large. HERMN. WEHRMANN—Practical Engraver and Lithographer, No. 71 Chartres St. Among the numerous lithographing establishments in New Orleans, none deserve any more fa¬ vorable mention in a work of this character than does Hermn. Wehrmann, whose rooms are located at No. 71 Chartres street. This house was established in 1867, and has enjoyed a most successful trade ever since. Mr. Wehrmann does a general lithographic and engraving business, in bonds, diplomas, checks, notes, drafts, billheads, account sales, business cards, Ac. All his work is done in the most skillful and artistic manner, and compares favorably with any metropolitan establish¬ ment in the United States. His premises are 30x100 feet in size, and supplied with aU the litho¬ graphic machinery, and, in fact, everything necessary for the successful prosecution of his business. The trade of this house extends throughout the entire South, and is constantly increasing. Mr. Wehrmann was born in Germany, but has long been a resident of this city, and is one of our rep¬ resentative business men, of whom the city has a right to be proud. .82 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. HOWARD, FLOWER & CO.—General Produce Commission Merchants, 88 Magazine St 'Hie extent and niagmtnde of the produce commission business carried on in a great city like New Orleans is not generally appreciated by the public at large There are numerous large estabhsh- ments engaged m tins branch of business, whose transactions annually aggregate an amount almost mcredible. io properly handle and distribute the immense consignments of produce necessary to supplj a cit}, to keep fully posted on the fluctuations that are always occurring in the market and to be able to obtam the highest prices, requmes the highest business qualifications, constant at¬ tention and untimig energy-, together with the employment of a large capital. The house of Howard, Flowei ct Co. was first started in 1866 by Howard & Preston, the present firm succeeding to the control of the bi^mess in 1879. A large four story brick building is occupied, situated on Magazine street, and 40x1 oO feet m size, wliich is fully stored with the immense stock always kept 1 1 employed, and an ayerage stock of $500,000 value is ^rried Ihe Hade is general tlii'oughout the South, the annual busmess reaching from one to two milhons Consipiments are received from aU the Western States, and large supphes of produce, hams, etc.! are always kept on hand. The efficient and trustworthy bookkeeper of this estabhshment is Mr' Iheo. Comarge.^ j\Ir. R. S. Howard was born in Kentucky’, and has had about 35 years experience in this busmess m this city and m Northern cities. He is one of the prominent representative busi¬ ness men of New Orleans, and is President of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jas. Flower was bom m Louisiana, is thoroughly conversant with the business in which he is engao-ed active energeric, and in the prime of life. Prompt, rehable and entei-prising, honorable m alf their deal- mgs, this house is especially commended to the favorable consideration of the trade, both in the city and South generally. OUACHITA RIVER CONSOLIDATED LINE OF STEAMBOATS—Office 132 Gravier Street Among the many important entei-prises of New Orleans that have contributed largely to the city's wealth, as well as to the great convenience of the planters and merchants along the river, and for which this line of steamers should receive the thanks and patronage of the Southem coimtry, none have con¬ tributed more to the city's prosperity than the Oua¬ chita River Consohdated Line; always rehable, prompt and accominodathig, as well as affording an outlet to the Ouachita River trade, which has been of incalculable benefit to the people along the line traversed by the company’s steamers. The com- ^ ^ , pany owns ten steamers, all of which are ele- ^ntly fitted up tor the trade, both as regards freight and passengers. The tables are supphed with the best the market affords, and everjdlung provided to make it pleasant and agreeable for passen- gers. The owners and managers of the hne are some of the oldest and best steamboatmen in the South, and no nioney or pains Avill be sj)ared to make it one of the best as well as the most pop¬ ular steamboat lines m the countn". The boats of this line all touch at the landuigs of the Missis¬ sippi nver up to Red River, and at Harrisonburgh, Columbia, Monroe, Trenton and Camden. This IS a strong- and ably conducted consohdation, and which, for its regularity and accommodation to the Lower River trade, is of vast importance, and should be hberaUy supported by the merchants and plant^s residing along its route. With such a President as Capt. F. A. Blanks, they need never tear of its final su^ess. All correspondence concerning this luie should be addressed to Fred V. (tellos. Secretary,^No. 132 Gravier street. New Orleans. Messrs. Lord & McPeake are the agents of the company in New Orleans, who will always be on hand to attend upon the wants of aU in rela- rion to rates for freight or passage. The names of the boats composing this popular hne are: T Blanks, Cania, John Howard, Earle, Thorn Parker, John H. Hanna and St. John. We are glad, in wiituig a histoiy of New Orleans and its mdustries, to give space in our volume to this^enterprise, wliich is one of the most extensive in its line and operations of any steam¬ boat line in New Orleans. The company is a rehable and honorable one, and carry out ah them (^ntracts to the letter, and hence we see the extensive patronage they enjoy. Captains J. W. and A. Blanks have run a regular boat out from New Orleans for the past seventeen years. Capt. J. W. Blanks has built and owned more steamboats than any man who has run the river since the war. The steamer H. H. Blanks was named after a son of J. W. Blanks, the son talring his given name from H. Hanna, the grain king of the South. D. MORIARTY & CO.—Wholesale Grocers, and Dealers in Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Nos. 77 and 19 Poydras Street. The statement has often been niade that in her devotion to manufactures New' Orleans has neg¬ lected her mercantile or commercial opportuihties. Whether tliis is true of other branches of trade or not, the remark is certainly not applicable to her wholesale grocerj- estabhshments, as will be reference to the notices of her leading representative houses, and the statistics fur¬ nished relative to their importance and extensive trade in other portions of this w'ork. Possessuig alnmst unexampled facilities in her geographic position and modes of transportation, as w'ell as the high standing and enterprise of her leading merchants in this hne. New Orleans can to-day furnish &e staple articles of groceries at prices which wdll successfully compete ivith any city in the Union. Promment among the leading houses engaged in this branch of trade, may appropriately be men- INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. tioned that of Messrs. D. Moriarty k Co., whose spacious storeroom is located at Nos. 77 and 79 Poydras Street. The present firm consists of active, energetic and thoroughly practical men, and was founded in 1880, vdth an ample capital. Mr. Moriarty came to this city from St. Louis in 1858, while quite a mere boy, and engaged in the retail grocery business, which he successfully con¬ ducted for thirteen years, and done, perhaps, the largest retail grocerj’trade in New Orleans. He now employes eight competent and experienced hands in the ditferent branches of the business, to whom liberal wages are paid. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, the building being a massive thi’ee story brick structure, aU of which is occupied by the firm, and is filled with a large and carefully selected stock of both staple and fancy groceries, consisting of a full line of teas, coffees, sugars, s\Tups, spices, rice, canned goods, cheerfully commend the firm of D. Moriarty Co. as being one fully entitled to the patronage of a generous public. E. LILIENTHAL—Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, and Silverware, No. 95 Cana! Street Among the number of fine stores and plentifully stocked estabhshments in this section of the city, the jewelry house of Edward Lihenthal is deser\ung of remark. This enterprise was first founded during the" year 1847, the present proprietor succeeding to the business in 1869. He carries a full assortment of American and imported watches, diamonds, jewelry of aU kinds, a fuU line of ster¬ ling silverware from the most popular manufacturers in the country, silver-plated ware, mantle and office clocks, bronzes and fancy goods. From eight to ten hands are constantly employed in the es- J tablishment, all of whom are courteous, polite and attentive, and ever ready to attend upon the pa¬ trons of the house. Mr. Lilienthal is the sole agent for New Orleans of the “Diamond Spectacles," the best in use, and also for the "Gorham Sterling Silverware," wliich is so popular in this market. The premises occupied are large and commodious, and conveniently situated on the principal busi¬ ness thoroughfare of the city, the buildmg being a three story structure, the lower part of which is occupied by liim with his immense stock of goods, and the upper parts ^rith workshops for watch¬ makers, jewelers and engravers, of whom he constantly employs the best, with the latest improve¬ ments in machinery’ and tools for turning out fine work. A specialty of his watch repairing busi- | ness is, that he can convert any fine key-winding watch to a stem-vdnder, making the additional [ parts equally as fine as the original movements, m gilt or diamond finish. His trade is large, piin- cipally local, and extends over the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas. , I Air. Lilienthal has resided in New Orleans for the past thirty years, ^vith the exception of the years j from 1861 to 1865, in which he seiwed in the Confederate army during the ci\ril war. He is a prac- ] tical and thoroughly competent jewelry man, having made it a life-long study, commencing to learn his trade in early boyhood. His house stands pre-eminently at the head of the first-class houses in New Orleans, or, it may be said, in the South. Progressive, prompt and reliable, he is liighly es¬ teemed, and possesses, in an eminent degree, the confidence of all who dojbusiness with liim. DUNCAN & KENNARD—Agents for T. S. Atwater & Co., Manufacturers of Bags, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and New Orleans, No. 58 Lafayette Street. The commercial interests of a great city like New Orleans are so vast and so varied, that at first sight anything hke a clear outhne of them appears impossible, and many persons who have spent a hfe-time in the city are unaware of the existence even of certain branches of business which exert a wide inffuence upon the commercial importance of the metropohs. It is only careful research and thorough investigation, that enables the editor of the present volume to procure rehable and 1 trustworthy statistics of the representative houses engaged in the various branches of industry and commerce, which, in aggregation, constitute the wealth, prosperity and material welfare of this city, and make it a great producing and commercial center. The business of manufactming bags, with the special articles required in that business, constitutes no inconsiderable item in a recapitulatoiy review of the trade of New Orleans, and one of the oldest and best known houses engaged in this particular line, is that of Alessrs. Duncan ‘f prominent firms engaged tn this branch of inclustrj^ in Xew Orleans the house of Hal- len A to. IS deserving of special mention in a work of this character. A g-eneral commission busi¬ ness IS done besides being heavj^ dealers in staves, hoop-poles, oak and^ cypress timber Liberal advances made on consignments. The business was first started in New Orleans by Mr. Hallen in 18he having been engaged therein formerly at other points for ten years, and met with unusual annual sales in staves to the foreign markets will reach from $l,o00,0( 0 to f A000,000 Four male assistants are kept constantly employed. Hr Hallen, the head of the firm IS an experienced man in this branch of trade and well acquainted with aU the details and require¬ ments ot the same. Prompt, reliable and trustworthy, he is entitled to the esteem and patronao-e of MELLE. M. BAUMAN.—French Millinery, No. 172 Cana! St. There is no more important branch of commercial industry^ than the millinery trade, and it may not be umnter^tmg to the feinimne readers of the “Industries of New Orleans” to receive some mtognation pertaining to this department of trade which may result in future advantage Melle. M. Bahman succeeded Mrs H. Hirschburg & Co., in 1881 and occupying a storeroom 30x90 feet in size just 9pposite the Grand Opera House,on Canal street, posesses aU the advantages of an excellent location in bulling up a wide-spread trade. Melle. Baliman has acquired a minute knowledge of a a branch of trade requiring a fine perception of the gradations in color and a taste at once artistic and cultivated. Sixteen assistants are employed in the trimmmg department, skilled and experi¬ enced m this business, none but the best and most artistic trimmers being engaged and a porter is •also employed, altogether making this the most complete and fashionable house in the city Country orders are promptly attended to and in the latest styles for any season of the year she is prepared to otter to the trade a complete and attractive stock, difficult, if possible, in assortment and prices, to duphcate at any other point. ^ BAKELER & UGLAND—Ship Chandlers and Grocers, No. 22 Peters Street. From a careful perusal of the editorial mention made concerning the many commercial houses whose history and facilities are depicted in a measure in the preceding and following pages of this rernembered that few have had an existence of over twenty years, as is the case with the establishment forming the subject of this sketch and consequently are not as closely allied to and illustrative of, toe growth, development and greatness of this city, as compared with the stat¬ us two decades ago. This enterprise was first started m 1855. by Mr. A. L. Hasling who successfully prosecuted the business until 18/9, when the present firm succeeded to the control. A buildinn three stories m height and 30x160 feet in size is occupied by this firm and a full stock of groceries and ship cttandlerj- goods is constantly kept on hand, the average value being nlaced at $10,000. Eight and the proprietors give personal attention to the trade. Situated near the Lnited States xMint and close to the nver, this house enjoys a flourishing trade, selling mostly to ships, the sales reaching $100,^00 per annum. Messrs E. Bakeler and A. E. Ugland compose the to, the former a native of New Orleans, the latter of Arendal, both weU known gentlemen throughout the city for their enterpnse and general business qualifications It is not surprising that this firm should have nsen to the important standing it has attained in this community and from the unhmited knowledge pf the trade possessed by them a steady continuation of their success may be depended upon ^ AYCOCK, MIC HELL & CO.—Commission Merchants for the Sale of Live Stock, Office at Stock Landing. The amount of money annually invested in the live stock busmess of New Orleans is something which would startle a person knowmg nothing of its magnitude and proportions. The buying ® topics' handhng of cattle, hogs and sheep from stock yards of tliis city each year makes a bulk of transactions representing many millions of dollars. This has grown into a great supply depot from which the south draws largely to meet the demands of her consumers. The firm under discus- smn was first started by Imban x4-ycock & Co., in 1867, the present firm assuming control in 1877. Mr. Aycock remained in the business during several changes of the firm, and the career has been pros|)erous throughout owing principally to his excellent business quahfications. The office of this at the stock landing, and ten assistants are employed, perfectly reliable gentlemen and thoroughly • acquainted with the trade. Possessing ample capital, these gentlemen transact a large and ttourishing busmess, which amounted last year to $85^,000. Shipments of hve stock of all kinds are being constantly received and they are prepared to make advances on the same. The Wes¬ tern and Southern country contributes supplies to these enterpiising dealers,and they have such arrange¬ ments and facihties for receiving and disposing of stock consigned to them, that they can in eveiy instance secure better prices and terms than the owner of the stock himself, were he on the spot. Messrs. J- T Aycock, Henry Mich ell, Jas. Gitzinger and W. Frank compose the finn, rehable, prompt an(i honorable dealers in aU business transactions. It is no flatteiy to say that no more sub¬ stantial or desirable house can be found anywhere than that of Aycock, Michell & Co., and we are pleased thus to recommend them. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 99 IGNACE SCHWAB—Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Furniture, 74 and 76 Chartres St The furniture trade of New Orleans is yearly increasing in magnitude, not only owing to the country settling up rapidly, but the tastes of the people are changing in this respect, and ^ here benches and plain tables and beadsteads were used, now the people demand more elegant and hand- isomely finished goods. Mr. Schwab, after an experience of 25 years in this branch of business, stait- ed this enterprise about four years ago, and by fair and upright dealing has succeeded in building up a large and prosperous trade extending over the entire city as well as through the Southern States He gives especial attention to all orders received from the country and guarantees all goods shipped to be of excellent quality at the lowest cash prices. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, being centrally located at Nos. 74 and 76 Chartres street, in which can be found one of the largest and finest assortments of furniture to be found in any similar establishment in New Orleans The trade from the country are invited to visit his store and they can be assured of being satisfied at this popul ar establishmen t.__ __ _______ BAYOU TECHE STEAMBOAT COMPANY—Capt L T. Belt, Manager, Office Nos: Ti and 19 Delta Street. To the navigation of the Mississippi river does the-city of New Orleans owe its present and past prosperity. By it an outlet is secured, by which the agricultural and manufacturing products of the State can be transported by water to nearly half the States of the Union. In addition, the amount of capital invested in the different packet lines and the employment furnished to our citizens, gives this branch of commercial enterprise an importance second to none.. Of the different packet lines connecting with other ports, the Bayou Teche Steamboat Company commands especial attention. This company was organized in 1878, for the purpose of transporting both freight and passengers from all points from New Orleans to St. Martinville and return, a distance of 450 miles, passing through Atchafalaya, Bayou Chene, Grand Lake and Bayou Teche. The individual members of the company are Capt. L. T. Belt, T. R. Meygah, Wm. Smith and T. K Voohees; all of whom are men of large experience and well-known enterprise. Two elegant steamers are employed constant¬ ly: the “John M Chambers,” commanded by Capt. T. R. Meygah, with Mr. Geo. W. Belt as clerk; and the “Ashland,” commanded by Capt. P. E. Burk, with Mr. T. K. Voohees in charge of the office. During the three years of operations of this enterprise, Capt Belt and the officers of the company have displayed great energy and enterprise in the prosecution of this work as they have had “heavy winds” at times that blew the water out of the lakes, and many_ other inconveniences to contend with; often making their tnps financially disastrous, but overcoming all these difficulties they have given the smaller towns and planters along their route an outlet for their products during the entire season, thus largely benefiting that region, that rich Bayou Teche country, many thousands of dol¬ lars. and for which this company richly deserves the patronage of all the planters along the route. That rich Bayou Tache country usually known as the “Sugar Bowl of Louisiana,” is certainly entitled to receive more attention of people desiring to enter into the sugar planting businesss and a trip that way for observation would not be amiss. This company are justly entitled to the liberal and extended patronage of all the citizens residing in and along the route traversed by the boats of the “BayouTeche Steamboat Company.” Capt. Belt, the gentlemanly and able manager of this important enterprise, is a native of Illinois but for the past thirty-six years has followed steamboat¬ ing and understands it in all its various details, and a loss or $1,000 a trip from lying by on account of unfavorable winds does not dishearten him at all, but, he sends out his boats regularly and wdll, as the business demands, add more boats. He is a courteous gentleman, has a store of knowledge, and a high degree of ability, energy and industiy. His business is always conducted with liberality, integrity and a high sense of personal honor, and we are pleased to commend this enterprise to the readers of this work as one richly deserving of public patronage. MORRIS EUROPEAN EXPRESS.—Minor & Daboval, Resident Agents, 34 U2 Carondelet Stvc(yt • This important enterprise was establishedin 1866 in this city and in 1858 in New York City. It has been very successful ever since it was first started, and at present is doing a very prosperous and growing business. They give through receipts to aU ports of the Old World forwarding freight and merchandise four times per week to any place in Europe. The following is a list of theirprom- inentForeigncorrespondence: Z/?reiy)ooZ, Geo. W. Wheatley& Co.; Globe Foreign Express Co., No. 10 North John street; London, Geo. W Wheatley & Co., Globe Foreign Express Co., No. 156Leadenhall street; Manchester, Geo. W. Wheatley & Co., Globe Express, 31 Merely street; Rodinet Dmc- teur Messageries Nationales; Antwerp, Richard Bernes; Rotterdam, J. T. Verveloet& Co.; Bremen, H. Becker; Hamburg, P. Lehrs. The individual members composing the firm of the New Orleans agency of the Morris European Express are F. 0. Minor apd E. Dabovel, Jr., both of whom have been engaged in this business for several years, and are fully conversant with all the details and re¬ quirements of the Express business. They are prompt, energetic, and reliable business men in every sense of the term, justly entitled to the confidence and esteem ol the public. All correspondence sent to Headquarters, L. W. Moiris, No. 50 Broadway New York or to Messrs. Minor & Daboval at .34^ Carondelet street. New Orleans, will receive prompt and careful consideration. Infornaation con- ! cerning rates will be furnished on apphcation. Mr. M 9 rris has been twenty-four years in this particu¬ lar branch of business and not a single complaint against him has occurred. This Old Reliable For¬ eign Express has offices in all the principal cities and towns of the United States. 100 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. WILSON, CHILDS & CO,—Manufacturers of Farm and Plantation Wagons, Carts, Drays, (.offon Wagons, etc., Nos. 68, 70 mid 72 Carondelet Street, and Nos. 16 and- IS Perdido St — --- Seldom in searching for the en¬ terprises of a. city do we come in contact with a house that dates back upward of half a cen¬ tury of successful business activ¬ ity, but such is the case with the subject of this sketch, es¬ tablished in Philadelphia in 1829. Only the best material from their immediate locality and the states of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, and which localities are known for their superior quality of tim¬ ber, is used in the construction of their vehicles. After com¬ mencing business soon came a large demand for their work, and by fair and honorable dealings, from a small estab¬ lishment they soon became the leading manufacturers in the United States in their line of goods, and are at present turn¬ ing out thousands of vehicles annually for home use and ex¬ portation. They will be pleased to meet any of their patrons who have used their work, in New Orleans, where, for the past fifty 3 ^ears, they have been represented either by an agen¬ cy or in their own commodious .rooms, for the last thirtj^-five years, to show' a full and com¬ plete line of goods, same in quality as always made by them, and which they now keep on hand and are offering at the very lowest market prices. Mr. Moulton, with his assistants, will at all times be pleased to show their goods, and any orders from the coun¬ try wdll receive prompt atten¬ tion, and prices guaranteed to be as low as if personallj- pres¬ ent to select. We are pleased to call the attention of our readers to this house as de¬ serving of the most liberal pa¬ tronage from the public. CONGER & KELLEY—Successors to Foley, Conger & Co. — Cotton, Sugar and Rice Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 42, Perdido St. In giving a detailed account of the business and industries of the Crescent City, the Sugar. Cotton and Rice interests comprising a very important part of business in the Soutli, we are glad to call attention to some of the leading and representative houses engaged in this branch of trade; and, among this class of houses, that of Conger Kelley is deserving of liberal mention in a work of this character. This enterprise has been established for over thirty j'ears, and during that period, by their honorable, upright manner of doing business, have succeeded in building up a large and pros¬ perous trade, extending over all the cotton and sugar growing States of the South. Having a large ^pital they are amply prepared to extend every facility to the planters and countrj^ merchants. I he individual members of the firm are, Mr. W. B. Conger and Mr. H. Kelley, both of whom are old experienced men in the business. Prompt, reliable and honorable in all their business transact¬ ions and fully entitled to the confidence and esteem of the public. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 101 ROBERT E. LEE SALE STABLES — Alford, Bettis & Co., Proprietors, Nos. 129 to 135 Baronne Street. Among the many livery, boarding and sale stables in New Orleans, none are bettter situated or more popular than the ‘‘Robert E. Lee,” at Nos. 129 to 135 Baronne street. This well known en¬ terprise was begun in 1871, and has been a success from the start. They do an extensive sale busi- iness, amounting to from $500,000 to $809,000 per annum. Consig-nments from the country receive their individual, prompt and careful attention. Sixteen male assistants are kept constantly em¬ ployed in the various departments of this establishment. The premises occupied cover an area of one and a quarter acres of ground, containing eighty different stalls and pens, all of which are furnished with all the conveniences for the business, being supplied with running water and escape . pipes, so that no overflow occurs in any of the stables The trade of this firm being largely in purchasing and selling of mules and horses, is not confined to the city alone, but they have an ex¬ tensive trade among the planters in all the adjacent States,’ as well as in Mexico, Cuba and South America. The individual members of the firm are, 0. P. Alford, W. C. Bettis, M. F. Thompson land J. P. Hudson, all of whom are old and experienced Kentucky horse men, and thoroughly con¬ versant with all the details and requirements of their business. They are heavy dealers in Kentucky mules and horses, and respectfully solicit a call from buyers. The firm of Alford, Bettis & Co. are justly entitled to the consideration and patronage of the public, and the individual members of the firm to the esteem and confidence that energy, reliability and talent always inspire. It is essential to planters that they get healthy animals. The Robert E. Lee stables has the best arranged horse hospital that it has been our province to witness, and no animal is ever allowed to go out or be of¬ fered for sale unless in perfect health. Their veterinary department is also unsurpassed in any country. JOHN HOLMES—General Steamboat, Steamship and City Blacksmithing, 89 Delta St In a city like New Orleans, with the constant flow of boats, coming and going, an enterprise of this kind is almost indispensable, and the location of this establishment for convenience, &c., is worthy of special mention, and for being of great benefit to boats landing at this port Mr. Holmes started this enterprise in 1878, and being a thorough and practical engineer, has, by his excellent work and prompt attention to business, built up a reputation in business that few men in his line ever obtain. He employs from ten to fifteen hands, all of whom are skilled workmen, and steam¬ boats and steamships can rest assured that by leaving their orders with him that their work will not only be promptly done, but will be executed in a perfect and neat manner, and is always guaranteed to give satisfaction. In the absence of Mr. Holmes, his foreman, Mr Jahies S. Ward, is always attentive, prompt and courteous to the patrons of the house, and attends to aU the wants of custo-' mers. We commend Mr. Holmes to the readers of this work as being a man fully entitled to the liberal patronage being extended him. MRS. A. TESSON—Dealer in Staple and Fancy Goods, Bobinet and Cross Bar Muslin Bars, (£;c., No. 12 Chartres Street. This old established and popular establishment was founded by A. Tesson about thirty years ago, as a dry goods and notion store, and has ever since been conducted as such, until a few years ago, when the manufacturing of bobinet and cross bar muslin and mosquito bars was added to the en¬ terprise. The last named branch of the business having become so well known and the goods in such demand, the proprietor now makes a leading specialty of these goods. Mrs. Tesson having succeeded in the business, now carries a full and carefully selected stock of all these goods, ^ and is prepared to fill all orders, either large or small, on short notice and at the very lowest prices’. She is, by her long and practical experience in the business, well adapted to cairy on this special trade. She makes all sizes and qualities of bars for families, hotels and steamboats, both single and double. We can cheerfully recommend this house to the readers of this work as being an honorable, reliable and desirable place to do business. Mrs. Tesson is in every way deserving of esteem and confidence by the people of this community, and worthy of liberal patronage. //. J. MULLAN—Wholesale Hardware, Nos. 69 Common, and 50 Cana! Sts. As a branch of industry pecuharly successful in New Orleans, and forming an important factor of the commercial importance of the great city, the hardware trade and those engaged in it are en¬ titled to consideration in the compilation of a work having for its object a historical review of the mercantile and industrial resources of the city. This house was established in 1865 by Mullan & Co., and in 1876 Mr. Mullan assumed sole proprietorship. The building occupied is 25x135 feet in sizef four stories high, and contains an extensive assortment of articles coming under the head of hardware, besides an ample warehouse for heavy goods. Thirteen hands are employed, and three traveling salesmen are constantly on the road selling large orders throughout the states of Louis¬ iana, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas and Texas. Mr. Mullan was bom in New York in 1838, and since his residence in this city has, by energy and application to business, built up a flourishing and lucrative trade, which will compare favorably with that of any contemporaneous establishment en¬ gaged in the same line. Those dealing with this house will receive both courteous and prompt at¬ tention. 102 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. THOMAS F. KING—Bricklayer and Builder of Steamboat Furnaces; Factory, Mills, &c.. No. 89 Delta Street. In connection with Mr. Holmes, at No 89 Delta street, Mr. King carries on the building and re¬ pairing of fumacesfor steamboats, steamships, factories, mills and all other brick work. He is a practical man in this branch of business, having made it a life-long profession, and is weU adapted to caiTy on the trade, being fully conversant with every detail and requirement of his business. He carries a large stock of fire-brick, fire-clay, tiles, &c. He is, also, agent for the celebrated Eureka Boiler Felt, a non-conductor for steam, and especially adapted for covering for boilers of steamships, &c., to prevent condensation of steam, which is a great savhig and economy for aU vessels. Mr. King employs none but skillful workmen, and personally superintends his entire estabhshment. AU work turned out from his works is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. AU steamboats and steamships desiring work done in his line will please address Thomas F. King, at No. 89 Delta street. BICHABD M. ONG—Dealer in Paints, Oils, Budding Materials, Nava! Stores, Nads, &c , Nos. 92 and 94, Magazine Street. By the death of W. P. Converse, jr., the senior member of the firm of W. P. Converse, jr. & Co , Mr. Ong, who had been identified ^vith the same as salesman and partner for sixteen years, on July 1st, 1881, succeeded to the business. For several years prior to the change in the fiinn, the active management of the business devolved upon Mr. Ong, by which he has acquired a more complete knowledge of aU the details so necessary in the successful management of so important a business. He carries a large and carefuUy selected stock of paints, glass, varnishes, brushes, oils, naUs, Ume, cement, fire brick, plaster, rosin, tar, pitch, oakum, axle grease, kc. We can cheerfully recommend him in every particular, as a worthy successor to the old firm. Possessing aU necessary faciUties and caiTymg a full stock of each of his specialties, parties neediag anything that he deals in, if studying them own interests will not faU to see him before making their purchases. AUG. RAUXET—Wholesale Grocer, Nos. 55 and 57, Decatur Street. There are a great many houses in this city which, without any ostentation or striving for promi¬ nence, yet transact a business of unusual magnitude and employ capital and labor very extensively. Of such, that of Mr. Aug. Rauxet is an excellent sample and is ceriainly entitledto recognition in this work. This entei-prise was started in 1878, by the present proprietor and a large and flourishing trade has been built up. Two storerooms, three stories in height and each thirty by seventy-five feet in size are occupied, which are well adapted to the successful prosecution of tliis business. A stock of wholesale groceries, well selected and arranged is kept on hand, averaging $20,000 in value, embracing aU the staple and other groceries usually found in similar estabhshments. Seven assist¬ ants are employed at fair wages and in every respect this house compares favorably with cotempora¬ ry concerns throughout the city. The trade is general throughout Louisiana and Mississippi and is extending in every direction, the sales reaching $150,000 per annum. This house is enabled to com¬ pete with all others in the terms and inducements offered to buyers as well as the quahty of goods kept in stock. Mr. Rauxet was born in France in 1840 and since residing in this city has won many patcons and friends. He was engaged in the retail grocery trade in Monroe, Louisiana, from 1856 until 1871 and possesses a thorough knowledge of the trade in this section of the country. Possess¬ ing every facihty for transacting business, he is able to respond promptly to any demands made upon him and it is not too much to say, in conclusion, that the advantages^ to be derived by dealing with this house will prove so obvious by experiment, as to result m the verification of our remarks. ROBERT H. CHAFFE—Wholesale Grocer, Nos. 48 Cana! and 66 Common Streets. Such enterprise as characterizes some of the business houses of the Crescent Citjr is not excelled in any other city in the Union. Conspicuous among the public spirited and enterprising business firm^^ of New Orleans, where efforts to secure and retain trade from abroad have been rewarded by grati¬ fying success may be mentioned the house of Mr. Robert H. Chaffe, who started in business in 1880 under the firm name of Chaffe & Flower, assuming the entme control in 1881, and largely increas¬ ing the trade. His business premises front on canal and Common streets, the building being twenty-four by one hundred and thirty feet in size, four stories in height. A stock of groceries of the very best quahties and in large quantities is kept, the average value being estimated at $80,000. Thirteen assistants are employed and three travelinsr men are .constantly on the road in the interests of this house, and extending their trade in every direction. Mr. Chaffe devotes his personal atten¬ tion to the trade and besides his immense sales throughout the city, also transacts business with firms in all the cities and towns of Louisiana, IMississippi and Florida, his annual sales reaihing $450,000. Mr. Chaffe was bom in this State, in 1854, and commenced his trade in 1867, working his way to his present high position among the commercial men of this city by his own unaided efforts and unth'ing industry. He has thoroughly mastered his business in all its details and ramifications, being especially conversant in every department of the estabhshment. Enterprising, reliable and honorable in dealing, Mr. Chaffe is widely and favorably known in this commumty for these charact¬ eristics and is very justly accorded the general confidence of the public and a high place in the es¬ teem of the trade. I i I I I i I 1 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 103 [niRT jjjj uyigi^wnw® i j iJ lilMi' lANCE RICE'MILLS lUHiiftliii IlljiilulHipiUiil PERSEVERANCE RWE MILLS,—Louis Ruch, Proprietor, Nos. 8 to 14 E/ysian Fields St. The rapid growth and development which has marked the history of New Orleans in the past decade, is nowhere more strikingly illustrated than in the enterprise of Mr. Louis Ruch, proprietor of the Perseverance Rice Mills. Origi¬ nally established in 1870, with moderate capital, the growth of the business was rapid that they = w e r e enlarged m M1874 to the present p capacity. The two mills forming this establishment are situated at Nos 8 to 14 Elysian Fields K street, and occupy one four story build- : ing 126x140 feet in _size, every facility being provided for rapid and satisfac- tory work. Seventy lands are employed it liberal wages and he mills have a ca- lacity for turning ■ut eight hundred acksin twenty-four 10 u r s . Provided /ith ample capital nd all the latest in- entions devised for h e more perfect ^prosecution o f the business, Mr. Ruch is enabled to sustain a large and flourishing trade, which lies principally in this city and is rapidly and steadily extending in every direction. The turn-out of clean rice last season reached 53,000 bar¬ rels and the prospects for future increase are flattering in the extreme. Mr. Ruch is a native of Ger¬ many, and possessing undeniably energetic and enterprising qualities, calculated to win success on every side, has attained a prominent position in mercantile circles and controls the largest enterprise of this description in the entire city. Conducting business upon an upright and liberal basis, and quick to avail himself of every idea promising improvement, we must accord this gentleman the credit of being in a position to afford extraordinary advantages to his patrons. McCLOSKY & HENDERSON—Commission Merchants, Nos. 67 to 71 Magazine, and 93 and 95 Poydras Streets. This house enjoys a reputation of which the members have a right to be proud. In the third year of its existence, it has taken high rank among the leading firms handling Western produce in this city, and are deserving of more than a passing notice in a work devoted to the industrial and com¬ mercial pursuits of New Orleans. This business is conducted upon the strictest known principles of fair dealing which gives it the benefit of a most extended patronage among the numerous city buy¬ ers, whether for local use or distribution throughout the country. Their chief aim appears to be the handling of the finest articles of Western production, whether of pork packing or the miller’s skill. An idea of their extended connections may be realized, when we state that Chicago furnishes most of the meats they handle, Minneapolis, a large portion of the flour, whose special properties are so highly esteemed by bakers; oats from Galena and Dubuque, enter the list of receipts which the Western arm stretches out to the Missouri river at Kansas City, returning by way of St. Louis, reaching through Southern Illinois for the excellent winter wheat flour milled in that section. A most judicious selection of location was made in the removal to the handsome and commodious store atthe comer of Magazine and Poydras streets, which is always stocked with the staple articles of Western production. Long experienced salesmen assist the members of the firm, whose thorough, practical kn owledge of the business enables them to push sales of spot stuff to an amount aggregat¬ ing $200,000 per annum. It is proposed to extend their trade in the direction of Mexico, Cuba and other West India Islands. The time is at hand for the successful execution of this important step, encouraged by the progressive, enterprising and liberal spirit displayed by the firm at all times. The members of the firm are, John Henderson, jr.,' and George McClosky, who are largely identified with the material interests of the city, and will cgntinue in this useful sphere to promote the welfare and. industrial thrift of the community. 104 • INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. THE LOUISIANA TELEPHONE COMPANY—Executive Office, No 47 Camp St If any evidence were wanting in this progressive age of what can be accomplished by business energy, ability and appreciation, supplemented by zeal and integrity, they surely could be brought forward in this enterprising, active city, in numbers. A clear and well defined example of this is afl&orded by the organization and history of the above company. The company was organized with a capital stock of $200,000, being licensed to transact business m the States of Louisiana and Miss¬ issippi. The present officers are: John N. Bofinger, President: W. H. Bofinger, Vice-President and General Manager, and W. W. Huck, Secretary and Treasurer. Telephone Exchanges are lo¬ cated as follows: In New Orleans, Vicksburg, Natchez, Meridian, Columbus, Greenville, Shreve- poit and Aberdeen. Too high praise cannot be awarded the management of this company for es¬ tablishing an industry which will not only crown their labors with success, but redown to the credit of this, the “Crescent City” of the South. The impetus given to the industries of this community by the capital and enterprise of this compani^ is not unrecognized, and the general consideration with which it is regarded is the natural outgrowth of a career which, for a number of years, has embodied the highest principles of commercial integrity and personal honor. The managers of this enterprise enjoy the high esteem of trade, and the consideration of the general public, which derives such marked advantages from its enterprise and capacity. SHAKSPEARE IRON WORKS — Shakspeare, Smith & Co., Proprietors, Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Boilers, Sugar Mills, dtc., Girocl Street, between Baronne and Drgades. In giving a detailed review of the many manufacturing and commercial industries of New Or¬ leans, it is our duty to give mention to the leading and representative houses engaged m the .differ¬ ent branches of trade, and among such concerns we cannot omit mention of the well-known and rehable estabhshment of Messrs. Shakspeare, Smith & Co., who are the subject of this brief sketch. This is one of the oldest and best known estabhshments of the kind in the South. They manufac¬ ture every variety of steam engines, sugar mills, saw mills, draining and centrifugal machines, mill and gin gearing, grate bars, store fronts, columns, ventilators and blacksmith work of every kind. A large force of skilled workmen are constantly employed, and all work turned out from their es¬ tablishment is guaranteed to give satisfaction. The premises occupied are large and commodious, being supplied with all the latest and most improved machinery used in this branch of business. Their trade is large and prosperous, extending over the entire city, and throughout the Southern country. The individual members of the firm are, Joseph A-. Shakspeare, A. Smith and S. Swoop, aU of whom are well and favorably known to the community as honorable, upright and trustworthy citizens. Mr. Shakspeare, the senior member of the firm, was chosen by the voice of the people to the enviable position of Mayor of the city of New Orleans, which position he now holds to the en¬ tire satisfaction of his constituents. We are pleased to commend the firm of Shakspeare, Smith & Co. to the readers of this work as being one with which it is always a pleasure to have business relations. F. R. HARDON—Millinery and Fancy Goods, No. 29 Chartres Street. This well known establishment was started in 1858, with a moderate capital, which, through the industry, perseverance and close application to business by the proprietor, has from year to year been I augmented until at present he is the possessor of a large and prosperous business, giving employ¬ ment to twenty one hands, the monthly pay roll amounting to from $250 to $500. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, the building being 30x80 feet in size, and three stories high, which is entirely occupied and filled with a large and carefully selected stock of all kinds of milli¬ nery and fancy goods, which Mr. Hardon offers to the friends and patrons of the house at greatly reduced rates. He keeps all the newest and most novel and elaborate designs, and persons wishing a great variety to select from should give him a call. Mr. Hardon is a native of Massachusetts, but has resided in this city for many years, and has become thoroughly identified with New Orleans in all her industries and business interests. Prompt, reliable and energetic, he is deserving of the esteem of the citizens of this community, and worthy of an extended patronage from the generous public. DUNCAN S. CAGE, JR.—General Commission Merchant, No. 32 RienviHe Street. The produce Dusiness of New Orleans represents a very large share of the commercial wealth of the city, and it requires men of judgment, prudence and activity to carry it on to a successful issue. Mr, Cage seeing the necessity of more extended conveniences m the Southern produce trade, opened in June last, this present enterprise, at No. 32 Bienville street, where he has successfully inaugurat¬ ed and built up a prosperous trade. He handles sugar, molasses, cotton, rice, wool, potatoes, onions, hides, moss, beeswax, tallow, honey, eggs, chickens, Ac., for planters and country merchafits throughout the South and West, and on as liberal terms as can be had in the city He keeps an able corps of assistants in the office, and gives his personal attention to consignments and realizes at all times the very highest obtainable inices for produce. Having an ample capital he is always pre¬ pared to make liberal cash advances on consignments. Prompt and reliable in his business transac¬ tions, he is justly entitled to the liberal patronage now being extended. We are pleased to recom¬ mend this house to the readers of this work as being a firm with whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. I, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 105 BOSTON WAREHOUSEINO. 2.—J. D. Conway, Proprietor, 85 and 87 Tchoupitoulas St ’ In a city like New Orleans, receiving not only the products of our own State, but also the depot for the produce of the entire Western territory, it fc a matter of great convenience to the public as well as a benefit to the city, to have an enterprise like the Boston Warehouse No. 2 in its midst. Being centrally located near the railroad depots and steamboat landings, with an ample capacity for a large amount of storage, this warehouse is entitled to prominent notice in a work devoted to the industries of New Orleans. Mr. Conway, the proprietor, is a native of this city, active, ener¬ getic and accommodating, with a high sense of business honor, and highly deserving of the liberal patronage being extended. The premises occupied for storage purposes are spacious and conven¬ iently situated, being a three story bnck structure, with tight roof, &c., and no chani^ of damage to stock The conveniences for loading and unloading are unsurpassed, making this warehouse one of the most popular in the city. THOMAS KING—Commission Merchant and Merchandise Broker, No. 109 Poydras St Mr. King has been identified with New Orleans and her business enterprises for oyer thirty years as commission merchant and merchandise broker, and from his long experience with the business men of the city, is well adapted to this branch of trade. He does a general purchasing business for merchants in the city or country, charging only a small commission for the services rendered, and his aid to those unacquainted with prices of goods is very valuable. His office is conveniently and centrally located at No. 109 Poydras Street, where he may be addressed by any parties from the surrounding States who may desire to avail themselves of his seiwices. Having the implicit confidence of the business men of New Orleans, that he has served so long and satisfactory, he has secured a large and prosperous business, which the older houses in this special hne might covet. Prompt, reliable and just in all his business transactions, he is justly entitled to the esteem and confidence of the public. CRESENT CITY CIGAR STORE.—Louis Tiemann, Proprietor, No. 107 Cana! Street The annual sales of tobacco, cigars and smokers articles in the Cresent City adds very materially and prosperity of the community. Among the prominent ail tobacco and cigar trade, the house of Mr. Tiemann, to the a ggregate of the commercial wealth houses engaged in the wholesale and retail located at No 107 Canal street, deserves more than a passing notice in a work of this character He carries in stock a full line of all the finest brands of both Havana and domestic cigars, tobacco, mer- chaum pipes, cigar holders, and every article of smokers material. He is, also, sole agent of the “Old Judge,” “Turkish Patrol” and “Lone Fisherman” cigarettes, with all the popular brands of both cigarettes and tobacco, and which he offers to the trade at the lowest standard prices. This enterprise was started in 1865, and by a liberal and honorable business policy shown toward his pat¬ rons, has steadily increased his annual, sales, and he stands to-day among the representative houses in this line of trade in the city. His trade is largely local, being confined to the city and surround¬ ing country. He is a thorough and practical cigar man and fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the trade. Mr. Tiemann is amative of Germany but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and is well known in business circles tbr his excellent business qualifications, and honor¬ able upright life. He is justly deserving of the liberal patronage being extended. THOMAS H. ALLEN &. CO.—Cotton Factors, No. 32 Perdido St. There are few names better known, or which command more respect, than those which heads this article. Not alone in New Orleans, but throughout the United States, is the business enter¬ prise, punctuality and unquestioned integrity of Messrs. Thomas H. Allen & Co. understood and appreciated, while their urbane and courteous manners have gained them a favored and honored place in social circles at home and abroad The senior member of this firm has been engaged in business in New Orleans since 1840—was the senior member of the firm of 1'. H. & J M. Allen & Co , and afterwards of Allen, Nugent & Co. The present firm was started in this city October 1880, and is a branch of the Memphis, or main house, where they have been engaged in business for many years. They have an ample capital, and are prepared to extend liberal favors to their pa¬ trons, throughout the South and West. They receive large consignments from over the States of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and in fact from eveiy cotton-growing State Five competent and experienced men are kept constantly employed in the office department in the New Orleans branch, to whom liberal wages are paid. The books and office affairs are under the supervision of Mr. J. B. Houchens, a capable and worthy gentleman, who is evei’ready to attend to the wants of customers who visit the office. This firm, in addition to their estabhshment in New Orleans, have, houses located at Memphis and St. Louis, at which points they are also extensively engaged in doing a general cotton and commission business. The house in this city is under the able management of Mr. Harry Allen, a member of the firm, who is a young, active and energetic business man, who has been actively engaged in the cotton trade and is fully conversant with all the details and requirements of their extensive business. They have their regular correspondents in New York, Liverpool, London and in every foreign market of magnitude. The firm of Thomas H. Allen Co. is too well known to the business men of this part of the country to require any commendation at our hands We can cheerfully commend it as being a firm with whom it is al¬ ways a pleasure to have business relations. 106 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. EAGLE ODERLESS APPARATUS—Hussmann & Co., Proprietors, Office No. 21 Exchanae Place. • • This important enterprise was started in 1877* by a company composed of a number of our most enterprising citizens, and smce that time have been eminently successful. They have one of the most an^frovat nf vaults, and which has received the endorsement and ^ ot Health of ^N ew Orleans. They have all the modern machinery and fixtures ^cessary for carrying on this special busmess. They keep constantly employed five dLble teams with an ample corps of assistants. They are prompt and reliable m their work, and are a valuable company for the good of the city All orders left at No. 21 Exchange Place, will receive pro^t at¬ tention Tills woikhas been conducted with skill and abihty and the company are deser^ng- of the support of our citizens. j ^ viug ui tue FRED'S HOUSE—On European Plan, Wm. Troegel, Proprietor, No. 106 St. Charles St. The proprietor of this popular establishment started his present business about fifteen years ago and although the house is an old and tried one. it is a popular and well known one of over thirty y eirs standing, and familiar to the traveling public. About three years ago Mr. Troegel bought out his partners interest and smce that time has continued to cater to the tastes of the public. The house IS conducted as a restaurant u.nd has facilities for feeding several hundred guests daily. The lodg¬ ing aepartment of the house can accommodate from 100 to 200 guests, and is always kept in a clean and comfortable condition. His trade m the city is large m the way of day boarding, w&le his trade horn the country is large and constantly increasing. Parties visiting the city on business can always find No. 1 fare and a^ommodations at “Fred’s,” and are always sure of being elegantly treated in every manner. Mr. Troegel was born m Europe in 183-5, and is a genial and social gentleman in every sense of the term, and possesses the faculty of pleasing his patrons. RENSHAW, CAMMACK & CO.—Cotton and Sugar Factors and Genera! Commission Merchants, No. 32 Perdido Street. Prominent among the leading cotton and sugar factors of New Orleans, worthy of a liberal men- lon m a work devoted to a detailed account of the many manufacturing and commercial industries and advantages of New Orleans, the firm of Messrs Renshaw, Cammack A Co. are not to be over- ^^^^^ouse was organized as early as 1830, and from that period up to l868, the business passed through the hands of several different firms. In the latter year, 1868, the present firm was organized with an ample capital, and through the industry and excellent business management of the members of the firm their trade has been largely increased with each succeeding year, until at present they are m possession of a large and prosperous business. Mr. R. C. Cammack, father of the Mr. Uarnmack of Renshaw, Cammack & Co., originated the business, and his gveat capacity built for it a sohd foundation, which his several successors have added to and strengthened. They make a spec¬ ialty m the sale of the two leading staples, cotton and sugar, giving emplojunent to eight competent and expenen^d hands, who are ever ready to attend to the wants of the patrons and friends of the firm. Ihis firm bemg possessed of sufficient capital are amiily prepared to make liberal advances on consignments from their country customers Their trade is largely from the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, their sugar consignments coming mostly from Louisiana. They sell du'ect on the New Orleans market for the best ootainable prices, and make prompt return of account sales to their correspondents. The indiiudual members of the firm are, Mr. Henry Renshaw, Mr. Albert Cammack and James A. Renshaw, all of whom are held in high regard by the business community, and looked upon as bemg among our leading and most respected citizens. Mr. H. Renshaw, the senior member of the firm, was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in 1812, and has resided in New Oileans for the past fifty years. Mr. James A. Renshaw and Mr. A. Cammack are both native born Lomsiamans, and fally identified with all the busine s interests of the city. The members of this all experienced and well known business men, who by their energy, perseverance and relia- bmty have become thoroughly acquainted with their business, and deservedly hold the prominent position m the busmess circles of this community, which they have secured by their long, continual and honorable dealings with many of our prominent and leading citizens. HENRY MARKS—Clothiers Agent, No. 61 Customhouse Street. resident Agent of Messrs. Hornthal, Ubritcheais, Weisman & Co., Nos. 466 and 468 Hroadway, New York, and as such is enabled to sell to the city trade and throughout the en- tue oouthem country at as favorable prices as if the merchants were in New York themselves. The house represented by Mr. Marks carries $1,000,000 worth of stock, thereby giving him every facility for making selections and on the easiest possible terms for liis patrons. Country merchants tmoughout the South desiring to consult and avail themselves of Mr. Mark’s services, can address him at the above named location. He represents and sells all kinds of men’s, boy’s, youth’s and chil- 1 s clotmiig 111 every quality and style, all of which is made from the finest foreign and domestic cloth down to the common jeans. We are glad to be able to mention Mr. Mark’s agency in giving a ^tailed account of the industries of New Orleans as bemg one of great convenience to thepubHc. He is an active, wide-awake, honorable business man, deserving of the esteem and confidence of all who have busmess relations with him. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 107 B. ONORATO. — Auctioneer, Office and Salesroom, No. 45 Royal St. This establishment,.started in 1878. 'with a small capital, has built up a trade not only satisfactory to the proprietor, but a just subject of pride, as it has been done by close attention to business, en¬ ergy, high individual honor and square liberal-dealing. With the thrift characteristic of his na¬ tionality, Mr. Onorato, unaided, has to-day, by his o^vn exertions, as an attractive establish- j ment of the kind as can be found in New Orleans He transacts a general auction business, suc¬ cessions, portwardens, cargoes, undei-writers’ and sales of any description promptly attended to. ■ Liberal cash advances made on furniture and merchandise of ever>* description. He carries a large , and varied stock of goods averaging in value from .$20,000 to $25,000, while his annual sales will . aggregate over $1..500,000. Eight competent and experienced male assistants are kept constantly ! employed in the different branches of his busines, ever ready to attend upon customers who mav call j at his estabhshment. The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situated, the budding i being a four story brick structure. 40x1.50 feet in size, the whole of which is occupied and used by j this firm Mr. Onorato is a native of Italy, but has resided in this city for many ye^. His facilities | for conducting his business are first class both in extent and qualitj’. He is an active business man, givmg j promise of greatly extending his trade. For square, upright dealing, liberal principles and enter- | prise no house stands higher. Altogether it is one of the most fiourishing concerns in the city, and j in its commercial position holds equal rank with any similar establishment m the South. The ' principal department of this business is the sale of cargoes of fruit from Mediteraniam ports and the j sales for the present season will reach $3,000,000. i J. IN. ADAMS.—Agent Weston’s Mills, Pearl River Miss., No. 318 Delord St. 1 The Weston mills have been established since 1840, haring been originally founded by Carr & j Weston, and conducted by them until about nine years ago when Nr. Weston became sole proprie- j tor of the enterprise Mr. Adams the representative of this well-known firm in New Orleans, will ; receive all orders for lumber of any desenption which will be sawed to order at the Mills on short I notice. Cargoes for foreign markets made a speciality Fifty-five hands are kept constantly em- j ployed at the mills, which have been furnished with aU the latest and most improved saw mill ma- j chinery. Three large and improved engines, with five boilers, are used to furnish the motive power j necessary to drive the machinery in the various departments. The trade of the well-known mills is ■ spread out over the entire Southern States, Mexico, Cuba and South America Mr. Adams, the i gentlemanly Agent is an old resident of Neiv Orleans, and is well known to the lumber trade of this city as an honorable, upright, and trustworthy gentleman, of whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. CHARLES GERBER—Dealer in Hats, Caps, Gents Furnishings, &c,, No. 184 Camp St, \ also Corner Camp and Commercial Alley. j In recording any adequate account of the industries of New Orleans, and the progress made | during the l^st quarter of a century in commercial and manufacturing importance, it would be im- ! possible to omit meidioft of the houses of Charles Gerber. Established by the present ovmer in 1873, the resources and trade of this concern have more than kept equal pace with the general pros¬ perity of the Crescent City. Founded with but limited capital, but conducted with ever}’ advantage to be derived from a stainless business pohey, the success of the houses have increased with each j succeeding year, until at present they stand on a very solid basis. An average stock of about $2,COO i is carried in each of these establishments, and an annual business of .$10,0^)0 transacted. Two com- ; petent and experienced clerks are kept constantly employed. Mr. Gerber the proprietor of these well-known and popular emporiums, has resided in New Orleans for the past thirty years, and is ; well and favorably known in this community as an honorable, rehable and upright citizen, justly entitled to the patronage and prosperity that has attended his untiring efforts. Any person wishing to purchase an}i:hing in the above line can do no better than to call at either of Mr. Gerber’s estab¬ lishments and examine his magnificent stock of goods. MRS. B. SONTHEIMER.—Millinery and Fancy Goods, No. 567. Magazine St. Nothing pleases the feminine fancy more than to revel among the beauties and styles of loveliness | displayed in a first class milhnery establishment and if' anything could make a lovely woman look : more lovely, it is a tasteful and bewitching millinery adornment. In all the great city of New i Orleans there is no more attractive establishment of this kind than that of Mrs B, Sontlieimer at No. 567 Magazine street. Starting m February, 1881, Mrs, S. can-ie^ a fine assortment of perf'ectly new goods of the latest and most popular styles. Her storeroom is large arid weU adapted to the display of both materials and trimmed goods, the stock of fancy goods, laces, ruching, etc , of beautiful design, all tastefully arranged, the average stock reaching $3,0 0 in value. Four assistants are employed and the bonnets, hats, etc., purchased at this store are widely noted for excellence of taste in their trimming. The trade is general throughout the entire city and many residents of the surrounding country who make purchases in the Orescent City patronize this well deserving establishment. The annual sales reach $2 ),000 and prospects for future extension are very flattering. Mrs. Sontheimer is a native of Europe, thoroughly conversant ■with her business, and it gives us pleasure to thus speak of this branch of trade and her connection wim it, knowing that all -with whom she may do business will find satisfaction in giving her their patronage. 108 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. ^TNA STEAM PRESSED FIRE CLAY FURNACE AND POTTERY WORKS—J L Swan Proprietor, No. 121 South Rampart Street. ' the practical manager in this business, as a manufacturer has done much toward s the j^rodu ction of the manufacture of the domestic article known as a clay furnace, and now produces a home article pref¬ erable compared with that made in any market, and fully one-half less in price. He darted this en- erprise about axteen years ago, ind after many everses, has suc¬ ceeded m making t a success. He .. . i V e s constant ■' fZ'&gh? ott wSS and ev.-—rrice neceJary fortoS^g Sx i^lrZoi sz/z"' “trs brZh s iraae. ue is tiie mventoi of the best known furnace press, worked by steam and is fumished to j"t“ Nf ^27 SoZrR^™ .f ”• “y ordeS “.ed to large and general assortoent of crockerrZZhe'^r^To™ eZmlhto^^ whiS are sold aUhe itostpTeasure to have J. H. HINRICHS—Manufacturer of Show Cases, No. 21 Decatur Street. This enterpri^se was started m 1872, and has been very successful. The premises occupied in the roanufacture of show cases, with white metal for show windows, &c., is spacious anTconvenfen^^^^ s tuated on one of the principal business thoroughfares of the city, the building bdng akSS story structure, the entire premises being occupied by Mr. Hinrichs with his maLflctoiT anf sales- rooms He gives constant employment to from eighteen to twenty hands,and inanufacturL 1 OOOele- gant show cases during the year. Se, also,in addition to this business,does a general jobbing and finish¬ ing business, fitting up banks, offices, &c, with white metal sash and elegant show cases^ The first premium was awarded Mr. Hinrichs by the Louisiana, Alabama and Texas State fairs in i876 for the finest and most durable show cases. All orders by mail will be promptly attended to The hand¬ some show case m the vestffiule of the St. Charles Theatre, containing the presents -iven atay by Baron Seenian, was furnished by J H. Hinrichs, No. 21 Decatur street He is a native of G^^anf being born m 1848, but has resided m this city for many years. He commenced the study of his trade at the age of fourteen, and has been actively engaged in this special branch of business since that time. He is an active energetic and honorable man, who holds in an eminent degree the good opinion and confidence of all who do business with him. We are pleased to recommend hirn to the patronage being a gentleman in every sense of the term, and one worthy of the pubhc GEO. W. DAYISON & CO.—Commission Merchants, No. 47 Poydras St. Mr. Geo. W. Davison and Mr. Geo. Grundmann constitute the individual members of this old re¬ liable produce house, both of whom are men of large experience, and who have ably conducted the business in such a manner as to see a large and very flattering increase in their consignments Their liberality to their patrons m business transactions has won them a large number of reSr cSo- mers from over all the Northern and Western States. Their facilities for handling floui? corn mfal oats, bran, corn, hay, meats, lard, butter, cheese, potatoes, apples, Ac., are not excelled bvan/ sim- a?te? dS^eTfoV'V^^b^^ the firm is worthy of especial mention m a work of this- char- nJw ThpV regarding the various business enterprises of blew Orleans Then- business is conducted m all its various details upon principles of pure mercatile fbr^fhMr uif reputation and confidence of the house are indebted for their success ^ Before closing this sketch, we wish to call the attention of northern and western merchants and shippers of northern cities to the fact that Messrs. Davison A Co. make a speciality during the spring of handling large quantities of all early produce. Their arrangements for hand^ hng this class of goods IS so perfected w^^^ railroads that they ^place these products in western INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 109 PAUL GELP! & BRO.—Commission Merchants aud General Importers of Wines, Brandies, Liquors, Sardines. French, Spanish and Italian Produce, No. 43 Decatur street. There is no firm in New Orleans more generally and favorably known than that of Messrs. Paul Gelpi k Bro. Commencing business in 1874, armed with years of experience and a thorough, inti¬ mate knowledge of the importing trade, success crowned their ever}’ effort, from year to year they i have gone on increasing until to-dyy their store on Decatur street 82x217 feet in size will be found i filled throughout its entire extent w’ith an assortment of choice and rare w’ines, Hquors, cordials. | brandy fruits, sardines, the finest salad oil. with maccaroni, assorted paste, castile soap, etc., in fact i everything to tempt the palate of the most fastidious. When once introduced to the vast variety of ; good things contained in their sample room you no longer doubt the ability of the New Orleans Im¬ porter to gratify your every desire, and offer for your selection the choicest products of the old w’orld. ' Messrs. Gelpi k Bro. possess unusual facilities for the successful conduct of their business, for besides ■ an abundance of capital for all needs and a corps of assistants skilled beyond the usual requirements, among w’hom w’e cannot fail to name Mr. Augustas Lerts, .Tr., w’ho is of himself most affable, cour- ' teous and genially attentive to all wdio visit the house, he seems a necessarj’ part and parcel of the firm and pleasantly so to every buyer. This firm being sole agents for several noted foreign houses. ■ control many staples of evei-y day consumption enabling them to offer inducements to trade superior to fyat of any other house in the city. Their trade is not confined to the city alone, for they are in active correspondence all over the South and West, their shipments are to prominent houses in everj’ ' city of the West, for wherever foreign goods of finest quality are needed, there vnW be found custo¬ mers of Paul Gelpi k Bro., for they have long since learned that choice goods at reasonable prices wall always .sell, and good buyers soon learn where to purchase to best advantage. Messrs. Gelpi k Bro. are ahvays prepared to meet the demands of the trade and able to guarantee their stock as perfectly fresh and desirable. This, coupled with their evident desire to have all buyers feel at home ; in their store, makes their house a pleasant rendezvous, as all who visit them once feel a natural ' w’ish to call again. Their establishment is ever}’ w’ay w’orthy of liberal patronage. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. — S. E. Randle Agent, No. 85 Cana! Street. The New’ Orleans agency of this company is one of the most important, and represents the , interest of the Singer Manufacturing company in nearly all of the Southern States, and w’as estab¬ lished in 1869, during w'hich year the sales of the New’ Orleans Agency w’as 300 machines, while dur¬ ing the year 1880, their sales amounted to 17.513. The premises occupied are conveniently situated, large and commodious, the building being the hand¬ some four story structure at No. 85 Canal street, 30x121 feet in size, and especially fitted up and furnished for the business. This entire building is occupied by the company, the offices being on ‘the ground floor, and are the most handsomely furnished of any estab- , lishment in the entire city. This Agency which is , under the management of Mr. S. E. Rundle, gives em¬ ployment to 950 hands, w’ho are under the control of of the New’ Orleans Agency and subject to the orders of its Agent, iMr, Rundle. Tire trade from this city ’ is spread out over the States of Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama. The Singer Sewdng Machine w’as pat¬ ented in 1851 and subsequent years. The Machine ! makes a lock stitch by means of a straight eye-pointed needle and a longitudinally reciprocating shuttle. The needle bar "derives its motion from a pin on the end of the rotating horizontal shaft, the pin entering a heart-shaped groove in a block attached to the needle bar. A bevel w’heel on the main shaft engages a bevel wheel on the vertical shaft, j provided at its lower end with a crank, connected by link w’ith the shuttle-driver or canier. The four-motion feeding-dog is operated through the horizontal lever actuated from the vertical shaft. The feed is adjusted through a movable fulcrum, controlled by a set screw’. A take-up lever con¬ trols the thread betw’oen the tension device and the eye of the needle. Tlie Company has 1500 su- ! bordinate offices in the United States and Canada, and 3000 offices in the Old World and South j America. The New Orleans office contains a full fine of these EMachines, from the plain family Machine at $30 to the highly-ornamented ]\Iachine inlaid w’ith pearl, in polished rosewood cabinet ca,se, with folding cover, drawers, locks, etc., at $130, as well as the machines for manufac¬ turing purposes, and the patent improved Button-Hole ^Machine, having a chain stitch, w’ith w’hich | an ordinary operator can make 1000 button-holes in cloth, daily, or 1500 in leather with a complete as- ' sortment of attachments and parts. Mr. S E. Rundle, the gentlemanly agent of the company at New Orleans, was bom in New’ York State in 1838, but has long been a resident and closely identified i with the industries and business of the Crescent City. Like many of our successful business men, by | application and earnest devotion to his calling, from humble ^‘^gming he has risen to a prominent po.sition in the business community. With his experience and facilities, together wdth the just and ' liberal policy that has ever marked his business career, Mr. Rundle presents advantages^and induce- ineets that entitle the singer Manufacturing Company to the most favorable consideration of all classes of buyers who draw their supplies from this city" i 110 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. EDMUND M. IVENS & SON—Manufacturers of and Dealers in Stationary and Portable Steam Engines, and Plantation Machinery of all Discriptions, No. 104 South Peters Street. Among the manufacturers and dealers in the city of New Orleans the establishment of Edmund M. Ivens & Son, at No. 104 South Peters street, manufacturers of the Self Priming Irrigating Pump and the Double-Quick Self-Returning Screw Cotton press, and dealers in all kinds of portable and stationary steam engines and plantation inachinery, occupies a position that entitles it to considera¬ tion in this work. The history of these inventions and their work are so intimately connected with, the development of the trade and commerce of New Orleans and vicinity, that no record of the industries and business of this community would be complete that did not take cognizance of them. It is an all-important subject at present among the rice planters of how to thoroughly and cheaply irrigate their lands, and in order to thoroughly consumate this, a number of pumps are now invented and-in operation throughout the rice growing districts of this and adjoining States. Mr. Ivens see-. ing the great need of some machine for this purpose has invented and perfected the celebrated “Ivens’ Draining Machine,” for dry docks, draining cities, plantations, raising sunken vessels,- and all places where lai'ge bodies of water are to be removed He secured the patent to the wonderful machine January 28, 1868, and immediately commenced their manufacture; a large number have already been made and put into active and successful operation. With one of the No. 3 Patent Drainage Machines the “Steamship Minnetonka” was raised out of 21 feet 6 inches of water, with¬ out removing her cargo of 80iJ tons, in four hours and fifty-five minutes from the time of starting the engine, and was towed to the city and put upon the docks for repairs This same machinery was afterwards sold by Mr. Ivens for $10,000 Another one of these machines has been in successful operation on the Ashland plantation, owned by Duncan F. Kenner, of this city, for a number of years and has given the utmost satisfaction in every particular. Mr. Ivens’ patent does away with the bottom or foot valve, and now primes the pump with a steam syphon, thus operating the entire pump from the boiler of the engine. When the pump is in operation there is no valve or anything else for trash or dirt passing through to lodge against and thus clog its operation. It is clear of everything when working and will do as much as the largest plantation draining wheels have done, at about one-fourth the first cost. The Mechanics’ and Agricultural Fair Association at their fair held in this city in November, 1866, awarded Mr. Ivens the “Grand Gold Medal,” and in 1867 awarded him a “Diploma,” as a premium for the best draining pump. The No. 4 machines, with a discharge of 14x24 inches, the diameter being only 40 inches, has a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons per hour. Mr. Ivens asks a careful examination of the merits of this pump from all who have the slighest interest in the draining or irrigating of land or raising of vessels. The machinery attached to these engines is of the simplest character, subject to no breakage or disorder, and the whole con¬ struction speaks for itself in a manner which must challenge the admiration and wonder of all Louisi¬ anians. Mr. Ivens is, also, the patentee and manufacturer of the Double-Quick Self-Returning Screw Cotton Press, patented February 26 and April 9, 1878 and March 18, 1879. This press has a lock-chain box fastening, oil well base, improved hinge timbers, top roller stops, and a thoroughly bolted box. It is manufactured in sections, many of which can be placed upon other presses. This is beyond question the “Cotton Press of 1881,” and has already attained an excellent reputation throughout the cotton districts. About 400 of these presses have already been manufactured and are now in active use and in every case have given entire satisfaction in every sense of the term. The price of the “Horse Power” is $210, and the “Steam Power” $285. Mr Ivens has an extended trade throughout all the cotton growing States, which, through the industry, peresverence and close attention to business of the proprietor of this well-known establishment, will be largely augmented during the coming season. Mr. Ivens is well and favorably known to all the business men of New Orleans, as an honorable, reliable and trustworthy citizens, who has in an eminent degree the confi¬ dence and esteem of the community. We can cheerfully commend him to the readeis of this work as a gentleman with whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. LAGAN & MACKISON.—Hardware and Ship Chandlery Nos. 6 and 8 Common St. We desire to call the attention of our many readers to the superiority and excellent business capa¬ bility of this house. As compact and comprehensive in its details as any house in the city, it merits more than passing notice. This enterprise was started in 1856 by M. D. Lagan -with a small capital, and the business has increased steadily until now a capital of $5,0''0 is employed. Two large stores sixty feet front and three stories high are occupied by this firm and a full line of hardware and ship chandlery is carried, also steamer, telegraph, and railroad supplies, steam trains for the evap¬ oration of cane juice, etc., the entire stock being valued at $8,000. They are workers in copper, brass and sheet iron and dealers in gas pipes and fittings, the annual trade reaching $65,000 Twenty-five mechanics are employed and all work turned out from this establishment is guaranteed as bemg first class in every respect. Messrs. M. D. Lagan and James Mackison compose the firm. Mr. Lagan is a native of Ireland and learned his trade in this city. Mr. Mackison is a native of Pittsburg, and learned his trade in Louisville, Ky. The ample measure of success atten¬ dant upon the efforts of this house has been largely due to the enterprising, honorable, and lib¬ eral policy that has always characterized its business transactions, and it is just to say that no firm in the city has achieved a higher reputation for these qualities and for mercantile integrity than the firm of Lagan & Mackison. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS 111 ,G. R. FINLAY & CO.—Wholesale Druggists, No. 35 Magazine St. By. a careful examination of the commercial facilities enjoyed by this city, we find that among its cotemporaries the house of Messrs. G. R. Finlay Co. is one of the most important. This distinc¬ tion is accorded not only from the fact that the house is one of the largest in New Orleans, but in the magnitude of its operations and the enterprise of its business policy, it may be regarded as occupying an eminent position and exerting marked influence upon the trade. This house was started by Wheelock, Finlay Ball in 1866 with large capital, who were succeeded by Wheelock Finlay Co. 1 in 1868, the present finn assuming control in 1876. A large four storj* building 30x200 feet i m size is occupied, situated in the strictly wholesale pari of the city, and a large and com- j plete assortment of goods in this line carried, the average value being estimated at $150,000. 1 None but pure and unadulterated goods are purchased by this finn, and purchasers may rely on their goods being just Avhat they are represented. Twenty-six hands are employed at liberal wasres, and every thing is kept in perfect order throughout.' Five traveling men are constantly engaged in selling supplies throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama,^ Florida, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky', Mexico and Central America, the ^’Caching $500,000 per annum. Messrs. G. R. Finlay, .T. P. Alvey and Louis Faurie compose the firm, and they are fully entitled to the success they have achieved and the general consideration with which they are regarded. The enterprise of Messrs. Finlay A Co. has met with appreciative ; acknowledgment from the public, and the firm is regarded with that estimation rightfully due to a , business policy founded upon the stnctest integrity and the highest standard of professional accom- i plishlll6llt. C. E. SARRAZIN—Steam Tobacco Manufactory, Importer of and Dealer in Havana and Domestic Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, Snuff, Cigars and Pipes of all kinds, 2^os. 275 and 277 Decatur Street, and 13, 15, 17 and 19 Ursulines It would be impossible to give an accurate account of the commercial and industrial historj^ of this City without making favorable mention of the establishment which is the subject of this brief sketch. Mr. Sarrazin started his present enterprise in 1879, with a moderate capital, and the trade has been steadily growing ever since, and his business is now in a prosperous condition, canying an average stock of $.35,000. To the building up of such a business, strong, natural talent, coupled with years of training and seconded by an industry that has never flagged. He gives employment ^ hands in the various branches of the estatlishment, and transacts an annual business (H $2.50,0 0. The faetory and salesrooms is large and conveniently situated, being a large three story building 60x»175 feet in size, and well supplied with all the latest and most improved machin¬ ery for the successful prosecution of this business. He carries in stock a full and complete assort¬ ment of Havana and domestic cigars, chewing tobacco, smoking tobaccos, snuff, pipes, playing cards, matches, Ac., in fact everything to be had at a first-class establishment of the kind, can al- ways be found in stock at this well-knovtm emporium. In the manufacture of tobacco, this is one p ® largest and most complete in all its details in the entire Southern country, having a capacity of from 350,000 to 400,000 pounds per annum Mr. J. L. Sarrazin, father of the proprietor of this house, was the first to manufacture fine-cut tobacco in the city of New Orleans, and in this branch ^^^5" l^be son succeeded the father, and has continued its manufacture ever since. The trade ^^ fobacco house is almost exclusively confined to the city, a large proportion of which IS among the jobbers, and who purchase in large quantities, thereby securing all the advan¬ tages of discounts, Ac. Mr. Sarrazin has made a life-long profession of this business, having com¬ menced the study of his trade in early boyhood, and has ever since been activeh" engaged in the ^same line of business. Cordially commending this house to the trade and the public, and directing attention to the manner in which it is conducted, the amplitude of its resources and facilities, and remarking that, as ranking first among its line of contemporaries, the establishment is of that class which commands respect, confidence and consideration of the community at large. £. M. HOGAN & CO.—Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 44 Union St. IS entitled to a prominent place in the recorded an¬ nals of this city, so closely allied as it is to those enterprises which conduce so much to the genei'al comfort and satisfaction of life. This enteiprise was started in 1865 by Mr. W. H. Hogan, who conducted the business successfully until 1880, when the present finn was organized. They do a large and general cotton and commission business, making liberal advances on consignments, with prompt retums. All orders for merchandise from planters and country merchants will receive their careful and prompt attention, ^e sales during the year in cotton alone aggregated over 1.5,000 bales. Iheir consignments are principally from the Yazoo river country. Four competent assistants are kept em^oyed in the clerical department of the establishment, to whom liberal monthly wages are paid. Ihe premises occupied are 30x100 feet in size, well lighted and specially fitted up for the ■ purpose for which it is being used. The individual members of the firm are, E. M Hogan, M. J. ^ Hogan and H F. Warner, all of whom are known to the trade as A 1 cotton men, reliable and r. honorable in all their transactions, and fully entitled to the liberal patronage being extendgd them. ^ pleasure to record the grand success of young men like Messrs. Hogan A Co., who have left all their competitors behind, and now stand at the head of their business. s 112 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, BA TON ROUGE AND BA YOU SARA PACKET COMPANY.— Cajjt. J. J. B/'oivu Mannyer. Prominent among the steamboat enterprise of New Orleans, and which deserve a page in a work of this character devoted to the industrial and commercial interest of the city, we are glad to make mention of this company as one conducive, not only to the public good of New Orleans but as a great accommodation to the planters along the coast and the ditferent towms along the line. The ‘*Ed- ! ward J. Gay” is one of the finest steamers on the river, built expressly for this trade and with a view to the accommodation of Waterloo Hermitage. Port Hudson. Lobdells Store, Baton Rouge, Plaque- mine and other smaller landings, besides the sugar and cotton planters interests, and for which this company should receive a hearty support. She makes semi-weekly trips, learing New Orleans Monday's and Friday's at o p. m.. and can always be depended on. Capt. E. 0. Melacan is com- I mander, Mr. S. S. Streck in charge of the office, both of whom are attentive and accommodating • to the passengers interests. The cabin is a model of neatness and in every way adapted to the com¬ fort of its patrons, while no question can be raised regarding the supply and style of the table. The owners Capts. Leathers, Brown and Jenny are too well known to the public to presume that they would allow a boat to be run in their line except in first class order This boat when fully equipped requires the services of 100 hands. For freight or passage the public are requested to call on board the boat or to Capt. J. J. Brown. W. G. WILMOT & CO—Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Pittsburg, Anthracite and Canne! Coal, Office No. 166 Poydras Street. The industries which comprise of our prominent manufacturing establishments and the domestic I comfort and convenience of our citizens are indebted in a verj’ great degree to that important ■ mineral popularly tenned ‘‘black diamonds;" hence it is just and proper in compiling historical facts, figures and statistics of the leading business enterprises, manufacturing and industrial pur¬ suits, to give due importance to that branch which ranks as the “power behind the throne"—the coal trade. Among those firms engaged in this business whose transactions have assumed great magnitude, may be properly classed that of Messrs. W. G. Wilmot k Co., which was established in 1867, and have continued from that time the successful prosecution of their trade, year by year in¬ creasing it, until now they carry one of the largest stocks in this city, and give employment to about one hundred hands. Their premises are commodious, and have a yard at the head of Robin street, also are in Algiers, where they are fully prepared to furnish families, steamships, factories, planta¬ tions, steamboats, etc., at the lowest market rates Main office at No. 166 Poydras street, with a receiving office at the corner of Gravier and Delta streets. This house has a branch at the capital of the State, Baton Rouge, situated on the river convenient to coal any boats that need supplies At I this point th,ey have the Steam Tug “Nelhe” for general towing purposes. Planters on the upper coast can be supphed from this Point at reduced rates. This firm are the sole receivers South of Louisville, of the celebrated Faucett coal, which is undoubtedly the best grade of coal shipped from Western Pennsylvania. It is mined and shipped from Pittsburg to them by the well known coal firm of Thos. Faucett k Sons. The offices in New Orleans are connected with the Telephone Exchange and all orders transmitted by telephone will receive their prompt attention. The individ¬ ual members of the firm are. Mr. W. G. Wilmot, resident of New Orleans, and Mr. Thos. Faucett, of Pittsbug, Pa., who are both gentlemen of superior business qualifications. Kind-hearted and gen¬ erous, they have won the affection of all classes, and are respected and honored, not alone for their business attainments, but for the high qualities of gentlemen and upright citizens. Thorough-go¬ ing they conduct their business with great ability and upon principles of sound mercantile integrity and liberality'. _ TAMPA STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S LINYfLORIDA AND HAVANA STEAMERS—R. B. Post (& Son, Agents, Nos. 91 and 93 Magazine Street. Among the industries and commercial x>ursuits of New Grleans there are none occupying a more prominent position or exercising a more healthful influence on the general thrift and prosperity of the city than the house of R. B. Post k Son commission merchants and Agents for the Florida and Havana steamers. For the accommodation and convenience of transportation of both freight and passengers to Florida and Havana, this house might be termed a public benefactor. The office lo¬ cated at Nos 91 and 93 Magazine street, is conveniently situated and has telephone connections Avith all parts of the city, rendering it quite easy of access for aU business men, who can give their orders regarding freight or passage. As a commission house, they have a large and prosperous trade ex¬ tending over the State of Louisiana and throughout the South and West. Being possessed of ample capital they are prepared to make liberal advances on consignments. In the Florida trade, in gro- | cenes and produce, they ar« second to none in the city. For over thirty years this house has been well known to the citizens of New Orleans, and in all public enterprises have contributed their share. The house occupies a high position in commercial circles and in our eminent degree commands the respect of the community, who so largely derive advantages from their enterprise and business capac¬ ity. Steamers of this line touch Pensacola, Apalachicola, St. Marks, Cedar Keys, Key West and Havana, making connectionat Apalachicola with steamboats to all points on Chattahoochee Flint and Apalachicola rivers, at St. Marks with J. P. and M. R. R. to Tallahassee the Capitol of the state only twenty miles due north; at Cedar Keys with Florida Transit Railroad to Jacksonrille and Fernan- ; dina, and the United States mail line steamers to Tampa and all points on Tampa Bay and Char¬ lottes Harber. Bills of lading and passage tickets issued to all points. : INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 113 A. M. DERMOTTS DEPOT FOR ORTHOP/EDIC APPARATUS, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, Scc.— No. 153 Camp Street. The publishers and editors of a work of a kindred nature to this have, in the collating- and elabo¬ rating of the business interests and establishments of a city, with special mission to note their pro¬ gress and prosperity, unusual facilities and data for obseiwing the importance of the different styles and classes of business, as to their bearing on the general thrift and development of the mercantile advantages and inducements which those cities claim and hold out to capitalists in quest of investment. Among the numerous business enterprises of the city, in this connection, we cannot overlook that of Mr. A. McDermott, whose name appears at the head of this article. The business was founded by Dr. Blys, in 1866, who conducted it until 1871, when the firm changed and Mr. McDermott became the sole proprietor of the establishment He carries a large and i varied stock of goods, consisting of trusses, shoulder braces, abdominal supporters, elastic stockings, ' suspensory bandages of all kinds, pile pipes and supporters, crutches, and all the different appara- ; tus for the treatment of distortions and debilities of the human body always on hand, or made to order. The work turned out by Mr. McDermott is always guaranteed to give satisfaction. He car- ; ries an average stock of from $2,000 to $3,000, and trarsacts a business of over $5,000 per annum. ' Two competent and experienced male assistants are kept employed, who are always on hand ready and willing to attend upon the wants of customers who visit the establishment. A lady will wait on lady customers. All orders sent bv telegraph or letter will be promptly attended to. Mr. Mc¬ Dermott is the manufacturer of Dr. Blys’ celebrated artificial legs and arms, which are so well known throughout the South. It is an anatomical leg, with lateral or side motion at the ankle, like the natural one, which have been greatly improved, and are warranted in every respect. The trade of this concern, while it is largely local, extends over the entire Southern States, Mexico, Cuba and South America. Mr. McDermott has resided in this city since 1866, and is well and favorably known by all who have business relations with him. He is a genial, courteous gentleman, thor¬ oughly conversant with the details of his most delicate business, and one that can and will build up a reputation and maintain it. His residence here has made him many warm and personal friends, besides giving him an extended acquaintance throughout the entire country. • ■■ ■ . .. — - —.— ■ ' ... I .1 I . ... - - ■ ■ - ... - ' ■ ' III.. ' ' ■ " ’ J. B. C A MORS & CO.—Commission Merchants, No. 61 Tchoupitoulas St ^ The firm, composed of Messrs. J. B. Camors and J. H. Jackson, is one of the leading commission nouses in New Orleans This business was founded in 1848, by Willoy & Burdett, who conducted the business for *a few years, when the firm was changed to A. Willoy & Co., and afterwards to Willoy & Camors, the latter firm conducting the business until 1866, when the firm of J. B. Camors is a gentleman with whom it is a pleasure to deal. His success is genuine, and he is just the kind of a man to conduct such an important enterprise. ■ STAR PLANING MILL—Nicholas Connell, Proprietor, Corner Calliope and Rampart Sts. The Star Planing Mill is one of the most complete and extensive establi.shments of the kind in the State of Louisiana. The present enterprise was established about five years ago, with a moder¬ ate capital, which, by the enterprise and industry, backed up by the thorough knowledge of the proprietor, has been very largely augmented until at present he transacts an annual business of from $35,‘‘'00 to $40,f’09. Eighteen competent male assistants are kept constantly employed, the monthly pay roll amounting to from $600 to $80 b The planing mill and lumber yard occupies an area of one-half of a square, the mill being furnished with the most improved machinery used in this special branch of trade. A large assortment of rough yellow pine lumber, cypress, &c., also dressed flooring, ceiling, weatherboards, sashes, doors, blinds and mouldings are constantly kept on hand, and will be offered to the trade at the lowest market rates. The trade of this establishment extends over the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Mexico. Mr. Connell was born in New Orleans in 1838, is an active, energetic, honorable and trustworthy gentleman, and is fully entitled to the esteem and confidence in which he is held by the community. We cheerfully commend him to the readers of this work as a man with whom it is a pleasure to have business relations. _ R. ANGELL—Druggist and Manufacturer of AngelTs Chill Drops and Fever Powders, Nos- i53 mid 155 Julia Street. This old and well established Pharmacy was started in 1858, and since that time has been successfully conducted, and the trade has steadily increased. The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situated, where is kept on hand a choice stock of pure drugs and medicines, fancy | goods, toilet articles and everything pertaining to a well regulated estsblishment of the kind. Mr. ; Angell is an experienced pharmaceutist and pays especial attention to compounding physicians’ pre- | scriptions in a careful manner, using only the very purest and best ingredients. He is, also, sole proprietor and manufacturer of “Angell’s Chill Drops and Fever Powders,” for the cure of intermit¬ tent and remittent fevers, chills and fever, bilious and swamp fevers and other periodic malarial diseases. His trade extends all over the Southern country, and he enjoys the confidence in an emi¬ nent degree of the leading physicians of New Orleans, and his prescription trade alone is a large and growing one. Mr. Angell is a native of the State of Mississippi, being born in 1843, but has resided in New Orleans for twenty-eight years, and is highly esteemed and respected in the community for his many social and gentlemanly qualities. He was elected and filled the enviable position of aider- man at Mandeville, La., twelve years ago, and gained many admirers for the bold, straightforward and honorable course that he maintained while a member of that body. We take pleasure in rec¬ ommending this store to the generous patronage of the public. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 117 DAVID B!DWELL—Proprietor of the Academy of Music and St. Charles Theatre. The gentleman, whose career is the subject of this sketch, was born in June, 1821, in the town of Styuvasent. on the Hudson River, in the State of New York. Mr. Bidwell came to New Orleans in November, 1846, and engaged in the ship chandleiy business, in Triangle buildings, with his brother, Mr. Harry Bidwell. the firm being H. Bidwell & Co. The firm did a large and success¬ ful business, having’ besides a good tradt" from ordinary sources, the sup- phung of the Governmer.t transports for the Mexican war. In 1850 they purchased the well known and \videly popular “ Phoenix House," and in 1852 Mr Da\’id Bidwell withdrew from the firm, and with the late Mr. Jno Daniels refitted and furnished the Phoenix. Mr. Daniels soon retired, and Mr. Bidwell continued the busi¬ ness alone. In 1855 he purchased this property. The original Academy of Mu.sic was built in 1858. and until 1855 was conducted as an amphi¬ theatre, and then as a theatre, Mr. Bidwell always being the leading spirit connected 'with it. In 1856 Mr. Bidwell formed a co-partnership 'vvith Mr. Charles J, Rogers and Dr. G. Spaulding, the firm being Spaulding, Rogers Bidwell, and the Academy became one of the regular theatres of the city, soon wininng its way to popu¬ larity under tliis excellent manage¬ ment. Mr. Rogers withdrew from the firm at the close of the war. Messrs. Spaulding and Bidwell then bought the ground and built the Olympic Theatre in St. Louis, one of the finest theatres in the West, and hav¬ ing leased the theatres in Mem- phi.s* and Mobile, they rebuilt and remodeled them. These four theatres. New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis and Mobile, made a circuit, and their companies played artemately, two weeks at a time in each place, making the largest theatrical circuit ever established, and inaugurating the system of traveling combinations, which has since become so popular throughout the countiy. In 1867, three men, Mr. Bidwell, Dr, Spaulding and Mr. Avery Smith, projected one of the most ex¬ tensive amusement enterprises ever undertaken. We refer to the great American Champion Circus, which went to the World’s Exposition in Paris in 1867. After an eventful career of four months Mr. Bidwell returned home and resumed his management of the Academy As this period, 1867— 68, Messm. Spaulding A Bidwell had six theatres—New Orleans, St. Louis, Memphis, Mobile, Paris and Havana-^all in successful operation at one time. In 1871 the fimi was dissolved, and Mr. Bid- well in the dmsion of property, retained the Academy of Music in this city. This he has conducted with marked success and constant increasing popularity, not'withstanding the depreciation in prop¬ erty and depression in business. Among his feUow citizens, Mr. Bidwell is esteemed for integrity, liberality and enterprise. tSocially he is the best of companions, and in business he has attained an enviable reputation for honorable and upright transactions. Mr Bidwell purchased the St. Charles Theatre when run down, refitted and refurnished it and made it one of the best in the countrv. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. In a detailed rertew of New Orleans as a commercial and manufacturing center, ■with elaborate commehits upon her various institutions worthy of mention, there are none more appropriate for special attention, or which alfords more interest to our citizens engaged in all branches of business, and the travelers who are called to visit the city in the transactions of business, than our places of amusement. This place of amusement is deservedly popular -wath all who find themselves ‘“with¬ in her gates." Its name is never mentioned by our citizens except with a smile and expectations of pleasure, and especially is this so -with ladies and children, to whom the Academy Matinees" are always enjoyable events. The building was erected in 1853, by George C. Lawrence, for its present propnetor, Mr. David Bidwell, and was opened as an amphitheatre by the well knovm cir¬ cus manager, Dan Rice. In 1854 it was changed to a regular theatre, and as such held a front rank ever since. The interior arrangements are admirable. Neat and convenient reception and dressing rooms are provided for ladies and children. An elaborate steam apnaratus supplies the 118 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS auditorium with hot and cold air, according to the season. The Academy has a seating capacity of 2,000, and the seats are comfortable and the decorations elegant and attractive. Every arrange¬ ment has been made for the safety and comfort of guests. The entrance has been enlarged and beautified, the interior repainted and a new drop curtain adorns the front of the stage; and in fact, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 119 everything- is eleg-ant, pleasing and attractive. A series of entertainments are given v^hich embrace ' the leading artists in all departments of the histronic art, presenting a round of amusements which never fail to draw crowded houses, and give entire satisfaction to the patrons of the theatre. Mr. Bidwell takes great pnde in the profession, and superintends in person the entii*e business of his ; whole theatre. A visit there cannot fail to be productive of much pleasure and enjoyment. ST. CHAKLES THEATRE I.' I This old and popular place of amusement was built by the late .James H. Caldwell, in 1842, and for a number of years was styled the “Old Drury.” It was here that the Queen of Song, Jenny Lind, i on her triumphant tour through the United States in 1851, gave her concerts which crowded the house [ j from pit to dome. The extended experience of this gifted woman gives her opinion great weight, i and after testing the St. Charles Theatre thoroughly, she said, in a letter addressed to the Delta, a ; leading newspaper of that day,that it was the finest theatre for acoustics that she had ever sung in. Old I residents of New Orleans will remember the brilliant audiences that have gathered n the St. j Charles to witness the master efforts of Keen, the elder Booth, Macready, Forrest, Julia Dean, [ Eliza Logan and other bright stars of the dramatic firmament, and will be pleased that David Bid- well has become the proprietor of this renowned pleasure resort. It is the largest theatre in the South and \\nll comfortably hold three thousand people Mr. Bidwell is not only an energetic, far- seeing business man, but thoroughly devoted to the development and progress of the profession, which his liberality and enterprise have done so much to perpetuate and elevate in our section of the country. He has made a thorough over-hauling, remodeling and refitting of this old time f favorite. The entire front has been changed and a splendid stairway leading to the dress circle has been added Twelve hundred of the latest opera chairs have been put in the orchestra and dress circle, while the family circle and gallery have been furnished with arm-chairs. New scenery, new decorations and appointments throughout, give a lustre to th^ old St. Charles, which will eclipse its former appearance even in its palmiest days. Piverything in the way of adding comfort and pleasure to the patrons, is being furnished by the present management. Mr. Bidwell has done much n making the St. Charles the theatre of the South for grand opera and spectacular plays. We hazard nothing in saying that our amusement lovers have many a treat-in store for them at the St. Charles ! under its present proprietor, Mr. David Bidwell. FONT SONS—Dealers m General Ship Chandlery, Hardware, Hope, &c., 275 Julia St This business was originally established in 1852, by Mr. S. J. Font, father of the present firm, on moderate capital, which, by industry, perseverance and close attention to business has been aug¬ mented until at present they are doing one of the largest and most prosperous business, in this line, i of any similar establishment in the city. The premises occupied are conveniently situated, the I building being 29x120 feet in size, well filled with a full and complete-assortment of manilla rope, i tarred rope, pitch, .paints, oils, anchors, chains, general ship chandleiy, and hardware, also, gro- ; ceiies, provisions and boat stores. The salesroom is presided over by three competent salesmen, who . attend to the wants of customers. The trade of this firm is largely confined to vessels, steamboats, , &c., coming to this port. The individual members of the firm are J. F. Fontand S. A. Font, both of whom are experienced men in the business in which they are engaged, having been connected and in the business for many years with their father, Mr. S. J. Font Mr. J. F. Font was bom in Natch- i ez. Miss.,in 1842, and S. A. Font in this city, in 1847. Their father was a native of Spain, being bom 1 at Catalonia in 1816. The members of this firm are among New Orleans’most highly honored and I esteemed business men. They are gentlemen of experience, business sagacity and ability, whose house has contributed largely to the commercial importance of New Orleans. E. H. ADAMS <6 BRO.—Dry Goods, Notions, Etc., Nos, 594 and 596 Magazine St. I No detailed account of the industries of New Orleans would be complete without some reference i to an entei^rise that conduces no little to the general thrift of the community and the promotion of . its prosperity. We refer in this connection to the establishment of Messrs. E. H. Adams & Bro., ; dealers in dry goods, fancy goods, etc., at Nos. 594 and 596 Magazine street. These gentlemen start- ! ed their enterprise in 1876, the senior member of tliis firm has been in business in this neighborhood i for twenty years, principally of the late firm of Brazelman & Adams, and a management so able as I that which has always controlled the operations of this house, has necessarily given it an eminence I among the retail dealers in this portion of the city, to which few of its compeers can lay claim. Two i large storerooms are occupied and the display of fresh, first class goods from the finest to the cheap- 1 er qualities is attractive in the extreme, a large trade being carried on throughout the city and I Southern country. Fifteen clerks are employed, polite and attentive to the wants of customers, and ! an average stock is carried, estimated at from $25,000 to $50,000 in value with which an annual i business of $75,000 is transacted. In devoting themselves to the work in which they are engaged, I these gentlemen have achieved a position in the community involving the highest consideration and I a respect that arises from quahties without which no business can become eminently prosperous. Orders for fresh, first-class dry goods, fancy goods, notions, etc., sent to E. H. Adams & Bro., 594 and 596 Magazine street. New Orleans; will receive prompt and careful attention. Freight prepaid on orders exceeding $10.00. Notice.—Goods can be sent b^ mail for one cent an ounce. Register¬ ing costs ten cents for each package. Both postage and registering must be paid in advance. In send¬ ing orders, it will be well to give us some discretion, as it is beyond human power always to have the same article in stock. 120 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. McCRACKEN & BREWSTER—Dealers in Furniture, 33 and 35 Royal St, Manufactory, Corner Derhigny and Customhouse. This important establishment was founded 1832 by Mr. Wm. McCracken, who was afterward succeeded by William and James McCracken, and was conducted in a very successful manner by them until about ten years ago, when the present firm was organized Among the many promi¬ nent houses in New Orleans engaged in this branch of business worthy of special notice in a work devoted to a detailed account of the manufacturing and commercial advantages of New Orleans, that of Messrs. McCracken & Brewster is not to be overlooked. They carry one of the largest and most carefullv selected stocks of furniture of all descriptions that can be found in this or any other market in the South. They make a specialty of manufacturing office and bank furniture, and in this line cannot be surpassed From thirty to fifty skilled workmen are kept constantly employed in the various departments of their extensive establishment to whom liberal wages are paid The factory and lumber yard are spacious and commodious,'^ being supplied with all the latest and most improved machinery and tools used in this branch of manufacturing. The storeroom is conven¬ iently situated, the building having a frontage of 60 feet, and running back 120 feet, and four stories high, the entire building being occupied by the firm, and kept filled froin top to bottom with a full line of furniture. The store and manufactory covers an area of five entire lots, and is one of the most complete establishments in the city. They do an extensive city trade, their patrons com¬ prising many of our wealthiest and leading citizens. Their trade is also extended all over the iSouthern States, Mexico, Cuba and South America. The individual members of the firm are, Mr. James McCracken and Mr. George E. Brewster, both of whom are experienced and practical men in their business, fully conversant with all the details of their extensive business and the demands and requirements of the trade. The entire estabhshment is justly entitled to the consideration and patronage of the public, and the proprietors to the esteem that energy, reliability and talent will always inspire. LAFARGUE & BRIERRE—Dealers in Books, Church Ornaments and Fancy Articles, No. 167 Royal Street. The marked success attendant upon the career and operations of this house is of such a pro¬ nounced character as to demand more than ordinary attention in making a careful review of the commercial and manufacturing business of this city. This business was established in 1877 by the present firm, with a moderate capital, which, through the industry and perseverance displayed, to¬ gether with a thorough knowledge of the business, they have succeeded in largely augmenting their trade, until at present they carry an average stock of about $20,000, while their annual sales will reach over $40,000. They, carry a full and varied stock of all kinds of books, both foreign and do¬ mestic, church ornaments of every variety, and all kinds of French articles and fancy goods, A large corps of competent assistants are kept constantly employed, who are always on hand to at¬ tend upon the wants of their patrons. They have a large trade,' which is spread over the entire city, as well as throughout the adjoining States. The individual members of the firm are, Ludovic Lafargue and Paul Brierre, both of whom are natives of France, but have resided in New Orleans for years, and are gentlemen of unimpeachable integrity, and stand high in the estimation and con¬ fidence of the community, and they are both justly entitled to a prominent position among the rep¬ resentative self-made men of the city, and we gladly give them space in our book. W. B. DANIEL & CO.—Commission Merchants and Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Fruits, etc., No. 18 South Peters Street. Among the industries and commercial pursuits of New Orleans, there are none occupying a more prominent position, or exercising a more healthful influence on the general thrift aud prosperity of the community than the fruit trade. Among the houses engaged in this trade, the excellent Arm of W. B. Daniel &Co. stands in the first walk among the largest dealers in the entire city. A large four stoiy building is occupied, which is situated in business center of the city and contains every fa- ! cility for handling and storing fruit of every description, besides an immense stock which is required to supply the great demand constantly made upon them. Last season about four hundred thousand boxes of fruit were received at this port and the receipts of island fruit amount to three cargoes per week. Possessing ample capital, a widely extended trade is enjoyed and none but fresh fruits and nuts are offered for sale, the stock being constantly replenished. Seven hands are employed and the sales, which are general all over the South and West amounts to hundreds of thousands per annum. This Arm have long experience in the business, but have only been in the trade under the present Arm j name since 1878. Correspondence is respectfully solicited and all information regarding arrival of cargoes of fruits, prices, etc., will be cheerfully furnished, while catalogues of sales wAl be mailed to j all who desire them. Mr. W. B. Daniel is a native of Alabama and is one of our most popular and i substantial citizens. Mr. J. W. Demarest is a native of New York but has resided in this city for over forty years and is well known for excellent qualities by all residents of the Crescent City. This Arm occupies a high position in the trade, and to an unusual degree, commands the respect of the community which derives such advantages from their enterprise and capacity. Their business ope- i rations are based upon a policy of honorable and hberal dealings and being active and energetic in i the prosecution of their business, their large operations and wide spread populaiaty are but the out- i growth of those sterhng qualities which ever lead to commercial success. | I INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 121 H. MONTREUIL—Importer of Fancy Goods, Toys, Trimmings, Buttons &c, 17 Bourbon St. Among the many branches of industry in New Orleans there are none, probably, that aid more j effectually in satisfying the general public wants than the varied assortment of useful articles to be i found in a well-supplied fancy goods' and toy store. We are surprised as we enter, to find so much . that we need and so much that it seems impossible to^ do without. In 1879, Mr. Montreuil began I this enterprise at this place. His beginning was made upon a very small capital, which, by close i attention and judicious management, has been very greatly enlarged. The stock embraces fancy i goods, toys, trimmings, buttons, perfumeries, cutlery, statuettes, toilet sets, umbrellas, baskets, car- ! riages, velocipedes, dolls, Ac., in fact, everything that goes to make up athorougMy equipped busi¬ ness of this character. The store is neat and capacious, everything being especially arranged for i carrjung on this special hue of trade. Six competent clerks are kept constantly employed. His sales are large, with a very promising future, and are principally in the city and surrounding coun- ' try. As will be observ^ed,'^Mr. Montreuil is alone in the proprietorship and government of this busi- | ness. He is a native of France by birth and education, but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and is alive to the business wants of his trade. He has by industry' and fair dealing, arisen ■ from a small to a large and flourishing business, and is deservedly respected by all with whom he ■ comes in contact. i P. F. GOG ARTY—Bookseller and Stationer, No. 151 Camp St. Among the many prominent dealers in the above branch of industiy in this city, deserving of , especial mention in this work is Mr. P. F. Gogarty, located at No. 151 Camp Street. He founded , the business in 1864 on a capital of $600, which,"'by industry, perseverance and close attention to . business has been increased until at present he carries an average stock of $6,000, and does an annual business of over $10,000. The premises occupied are conveniently situated in the heart of the busi¬ ness portion of the city, the building being 27x75 feet in size, and handsomely fitted up for this busi- ; ness He carries a full line of all the school and text books in general use. Old school books are purchased. Mr. Gogarty, is also, agent for the sale of the Syrup of SpraceGum for pulmonary con- , sumption, coughs, colds, hoarseness and other alfections of the chest; the syrup for whooping cough , and asthma; the Compound Liniment for inflammatory rheumatism, sciatica, and pains in the loins. Also the Cyano Pancreatine, a sure remedy for dyspepsia and diseases of the chest The trade of ; this establishment extends over the entire city and all of the Southern States. Mr. Gogarty was bom in Ireland in 1824, is a man of ability and learning and a large experience in this branch of trade. He is ever prompt, reliable and honorable m his business transactions. 5ye cheerfully commend liim to the public as a man with whom it is a pleasure to have business relations. J. ROSENBERG—Fancy Goods and Novelties, No. 609 Magazine St. In writing a descriptive review of the commercial advantages and industries of New Orleans, and in mentioning the various enterprises which add so materially to the general sum of our vital busi¬ ness qualities, no house contributes more toward the grand aggregate than that of Mr. .J. Rosenberg, dealer in fancy goods and novelties of all kinds at No. 609 Magazine street. This enterprise was started in 1876 by the present proprietor who has enjoyed a continuously successful career. I he storeroom occupied by Mr. R. is ample and commodious and the stock of goods is displayed in an attractive manner. Ten clerks assist in the business and all customers are waited upon with prompt and courteous attention. The average amount of stock canned is estimated at about $8,000 value , and comprises everytliing classed under the head of fancy goods, laces, mchings, fichus, embroider-* I ies, etc., with many articles to please the feminine fancy. The trade is general throtighout New i Orleans and the country adjoining, the sales reaching about $15,( Oj per annum. Mr. Rosenberg j was bom in Mississippi in 1853 and is a yomig man deserving of unlimited success in his depart- i ment of trade. Occupying a central position in the retail portion of Magazine street, and conducting ; his business with honorable policy, he has a well-earned reputation as a bright, active business man i and as a consequence, has the best trade in the city, with flattering prospects for future stccess. GUSTAVE BECK—Wholesale and Retail Grocer, No. 528 Camp St. In compiling the various industries of New Orleans, the wholesale and retail grocery trade can not be overlooked. Among those who supply fresh groceries to our citizens and understand best how to cater successfully to the different tastes of the pubhc, is Mr. Gustave Beck, who established him¬ self in the grocery business in this city thirteen years ago and has gained a large portion of the trade in this part of the city. Situated at Nos. 524, 526 and 528 Camp street, he is in daily receipt of fresh .supplies of articles in season, and keeps constantly on hand a good stock of flour, fine teas and a great variety of canned goods. This establishment is kept in good order, the very best of goods in the staple and fancy grocer}^ line filling the shelves and replenished often so that everything for sale is in a good condition. Four employes assist in the business, and goods are sold in large or small quantities to suit purchasers, the trade beiug general throughout the city and Southern count-y, with a large and extended trade. Mr. Beck was bora in Germany in 1844 and having resided m this country thirty seven years is thoroughly identified with the industries of our city and is w dl Imown and highly popular among our citizens. He is enabled to give customers the very best goo Is at the very lowest prices, which accounts for his having so large and such a first class trade. Promptness and accuracy are leading characteristics of this house and it is deserving of unlimited patronage. 122 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. J. E. AUl/RAY — "^Mississippi"' and ""Iron” Coffee Warehouses, Fulton, befiveen Julia and St. Joseph Streets, Office No. 147 Front Street, This well known establishment was founded by the present firm in 1867, and carries an average I stock of 50,000 bags of coffee, and transacts an annual business of over 13,375,000. Employment is i given to from twelve to fifteen hands. The warehouses, two in number, are large and well arranged j for the especial business for which they are being used. The buildings are of the following dimen- I sions: One 125x266 feet in size, while the other is 110x125 feet, and furnished with all the conven- I iences to be found in an establishment of this character. The trade of Mr. Auvray is largely con- I fined to South America and Mexico, besides having a large and prosperous trade in the city, Mr. i Auvray was born in New Orleans in 1838, is an active, energetic and honorable business man, fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the business in which he is engaged. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY—Office No. 164 Gravier St ^ The Southern Express Company was established in 1865, being chartered under the laws of the State of Georgia, and has become one of the largest and wealthiest organizations'in the United States, or, it may be said, in the world. Mr. H. B. Plant, of Connecticut, is the President of the Company. Mr. T. M. Wescoat is the agent and manager of the New Orleans branch of the com¬ pany. Mr. Wescoat has been attached to the company for many years, and is well and favorably known in commercial circles for his prompt, reliable and honorable manner of transacting the busi¬ ness The business of the company comprises the transportation of parcels, packages, goods, wares, merchandise, money, &c., to all parts of the United States, and to the remotest part of the earth, wherever civilization has left its imprint So complete is the system of doing business, and so at¬ tentive are its superintendents, agents, officers and men, that mistakes seldom happen, and no de¬ lays have ever occurred, on its thousands of miles of route, that could be truthfully attributed to any neglect or carelessless on the part of the company or any of its employes. There are about twenty-five men, fourteen wagons and twenty-six .horses in constant requisition by the company in this city. The company uses all the principal railroads in the country to carry on their extensive operations, and they even send goods by Cape Horn at times, and also the Cape of Good Hope, until the name of the Southern Express Company has become familiar all over the entire inhabita¬ ble globe. The company safely transports and delivers money and other valuables, gold, silver, and other precious metals in buUion. All the money and other securities of the government are trans¬ ported by this company to the different trade centers in the United States. Mr. Wescoat, the resi¬ dent manager of the Southern Express Company, has, by his industry, perseverance and capable management, added much to the popularity of this well-knoym corporation. He is an energetic and thoroughly rehable business man, and is ever watchful and active, losing no opportunity for ad¬ vancing the material interests of the gigantic corporation whose representative and business mana¬ ger he is. DENEGRE & VILLERE—Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Pittsburg, Anthracite, and Cannel Coal, Office, Corner Carondelet and Common Streets, Yards, No. 293 Rampart Street. Of the several firms or individuals in the city engaged in the coal business, it may be safely asserted that none are better stocked, or conducted with a more thorough knowledge of the requirements of the trade than the establishment of Messrs. Denegre & Villere. The business was esfabhshed in 1880 by the present firm, with an ample capital, and has proved a success in every particular. They receive their coal direct from headquarters, making large purchases and shipping by the boat load directly from Pittsburg, frequently in tows of fifty boats or more. They handle all kinds of Pitts¬ burg, anthracite and cannel coal, and are prepared to supply planters, presses, factories and fami¬ lies at the lowest market rate. Coal in casks for shipment constantly kept on hand. Fourteen clerks are constantly employed in the various branches of their business. Their yards are centrally located and cover an area of 80x200 feet, and are supplied with all the conveniences for successfully carry¬ ing on this branch of trade. Their trade is principally confined to the city and along the coast, which aggregates many thousands of dollars per annum. The individual members of the firm are Mr. Henry Denegre and Gabriel ViUere, both of whom are practical men in their line of business, Mr. Denegre having been for years connected with the firm of Denegre, Desforges 00 feet of lumber is handled annually, the trade extending all over the South, as well as in Mexico and Cuba. The individual members of the firm are John Hobson and J. B. Hobson, both of whom are practical lumber merchants, having been engaged in the trade for many years, are fully conversant with all the details and requirements of their business. Mr. John Hobson, the senior member of the firm, was bom in England, while J. B. Hobson is a native of New Orleans. Their successful career is the result of ripe experience and excellent judgement. We cheerfully rec¬ ommend them to the readers of this work as being a firm with whom it is a pleasure to have busi¬ ness relations, and one worthy of the public patronage. ’I I t ) { I 1 1 I i ! ! [ INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 125 J, ROLLO KRAPP—Dentist, No. 41 Cana! St. ■ We boast veiy justly indeed of what we have done in the way of discoveries daring the last half centuiy. The railway, engine and car, is quite a notable instance of our inventions. Then comes the steamship, then" the telegraph wire, and more recently the achievement of Edison in the telephone and electiic light. These are all very well, and of much moment to the human r^e, but men appear in these great discoveries to forget many silenf advances that more unpretending arts have made. Enlightened dentistry, for instance; what a boon it is to a person who has a violent toothache. Thoughts of the railways, steamships, telephones and the like, affords no relief to the person with an aching tooth. The modern dentist takes precedence here, and shows the rapid ad¬ vancement that his art has attained, and with his present skillful appliances, compared with what he had in years gone by, makes it rather a pleasure than otherwise, to have a tooth plugged or ex¬ tracted. especially when done by a master hand. Mr. J Kollo Knapp has been connected with this business for years, having studied with*his father previous to starting alone He occupies a suite of rooms at Xo" 41 Canal street, elegantly fitted up and pro%'ided with all the modem inventions calcu¬ lated . to rob dentistiy of all its terrors The dental chair used by Mr. Knapp is a marvel of itself, ha\ing more various turnings than any other chair in the countrj’, and it took the premium at the Dental Convention held in New York. An engine used by him was made in Cologne from his own special directions, and there is none like it in the United States. Four assi.stants are employed, and Dr. Knapp gives personal attention to all work done in his establishment. There of course could only be one result to such complete and systematic supervision on the part of Dr. Knapp, and that is, a prosperous and lucrative trade. A. MARTIN—Pelican Saw and Planing Mill, Dorner of Galvez and New Basin. Among the extensive manufacturing establishments in New Orleans epgaged in this branch o trade, the house of A. Martin, occupies a veiy prominent position. He does an exceedingly large trade, and has constantly on hand an exten¬ sive and well selected stock. The business was founded in 1871, by Mr. Martin, on a capital of $100,000. He carries an average stock of $50,000. doing an annual business of $250,000, and employs seventy-five hands. An engine of one hundred horse-power, with bur boilers, is used to furnish the motive power necessary to drive the machinery'. The premises occupied are spacious and com¬ modious, occupying an area of two entire -quares of ground. Mr. Martin, besides leing the proprietor of the well known Pelican Saw and Planing Mill, is also, an ^xtensiv^ dealer in lumber of all grades, and timber of all sizes or length to seventy- five feet. All orders for cabins or any de¬ scription of buildings promptly attended to. Mr. Martin is a native of New York State, but has resided in this city for’’many years past, and is thoroughly and practically a lumber and saw¬ mill rnan in ever}’ sense’of the^term. Prompt, reliable and honorable, in all his business relations, he is justly entitled to the esteem and liberal patronage of the general public. J. &. A. BRANDIN—Slaters and Dealers in Roofing Slates, Hearth Slabs and English Ridge Tiles, Office and Yard. Xo, 41 Dai(j)}iine Street. In presenting for the consideration of our readers, both at home and abroad, historical and descipt- ive views of the great industries and commercial enterprises of New Orleans, it is necessary and im¬ portant to select representative institutions and establishments, and consider more particularly those whose success has made them conspicuous, and gained for the proprietors positions prominent in the mercantile history of the city, the character of business men being often measured by their success, reflecting the credit and reputation of the community of whichthey are members. This im¬ portant branch of industry, which is the subject of this brief sketch, was started about seven years ago, by the present firm, with moderate capital Their trade is mcreasing and their annual business will amply compensate for the risks attending their ventui-e into the uncertain waves of mercantile life. Their stock is ample, consisting of roofing slates, hearth slabs and English ridge tiles. Thej' are also the sole Agents for the South of the Chapman Slate Company, Chapman's quarries, Penn. They employ an ample staff of assistants, superintending personally all transactions of their house, thereby ensuring courteous treatment of their customers and fair dealing. Scrupulously correct them¬ selves in all dealings, and prompt in meeting all engagements, they exact the same from all attach- ees of their establishment. Progressive, prompt, reliable and thoroughly conversant with their busi¬ ness and its details, they are entitled to a high position in commercial circles and merrit signal pros¬ perity in their business operations. This firm are the pioneers of the slate trade of New Orleans, the first firm who made a success of the slate business in the city. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 126 R. B. MITCHELL—Cistern Tanks, &c., Nos. 183 and 185 Magazine St This house, of which Mr. Mitchell is sole proprietor, was founded in 1876. with a capital of $1,000, which has been increased from year to year until now an average stock of from $12,000 to $15,000 is car¬ ried, and an annual business of over $30,000 transacted. Among the specialties handled by Mr. Mitchell is the “Steam Cisterns,” of which he is the manufacturer and sole proprietor; also the “Crozing Machine” for tank and cistern work, of which Mr. Mitchelkis the patentee Eight male assistants are kept constantly employed, the monthly pay roll amounting to $400. The premises occupied are 64x170 feet in size, and furnished with all the latest improved machinei-y used in this branch of the man¬ ufacturing business. An eight-horse power engine furnishes the motive power nec¬ essary to drive the machinery in the different departments of' the establishment. The trade is extended all over the city of New Orleans, the entire Southern country, Mexico and Cuba. Mr. Mitchell was born in the State of Delaware in 1886, and jcommenced the study 6f his trade in early boyhood. He has resided’in New Orleans for many years, and is thoroughly identified with all the industries and business in¬ terests of this, the “Crescent City” of the South. Prompt, reliable and energetic, ^he is fully entitled to the liberal patronage that is being given him. JOHN HOLMES & CO^—(Established October 1867,) Warehouse Proprietors, No. 128 Tchoupitoulas Street. ! The extent and magnitude of the produce commission business carried on in the great city of New ’ Orleans is not generally appreciated by the public at large. There are numerous large establish- ' ments engaged in the above branch of business, whose transactions annually aggregate an amount | almost incredible. To properly handle and distribute the immense consignments of produce neces- ' sary to supply the city, to keep fully posted on the fluctuations that are always occurring iii the | market, and to be able to obtain the highest prices, requires the highest business qualifications, con- | stant attention and untiring energy, together with the employment of a large capital. Among the | very large number of reliable and enterprising houses engaged in the warehouse and storage busi- ! ness, the firm of John Holmes & Co., office at Union Warehouse, No. 128 Tdioupitoulas street, as regards the magnitude of their transactions, facilities p.nd expprience, is entitled to favorable con¬ sideration in these pages. They have commodious warehouses for storage purposes; the “Union, on the north-east corner Tchoupitoulas and Notre Dame streets, the “Rio,” on the south-west corner j Tchoupitoulas and Notre Dame streets. “Rainbow,” comer Tchoupitoulas and Notre Dame streets, the “India,” on Tchoupitoulas, between Notre Dame and Julia streets, the “Whitehead,” on Fulton, between Notre Dame and Julia streets, the “St Louis,” on Fulton, between Lafayette and Julia streets, and the “Home,” on South Peters, between Poydras and Lafayette, affording ample facilities for the storage for all descriptions of Western produce, coffee, bagging, rice, molasses, Am., at the lowest rates. The insurance on these warehouses is A 1. Special attention given to the in¬ spection of beef and hog products at the Union Warehouse, This firm having an experience of fifteen years in the business, are fully conversant with all the details of the warehouse and produce commission business. The individual members of this firm are both natives of Louisiana, prompt, reliable and energetic, honorable in all their dealings, they are especially commended to the favor¬ able consideration of the trade, both in the city and in the rural districts. AMERICAN, FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN EXPRESS—Davies & Co^, Proprietors, No. 3 j Botvling Green, New York; John C. Sporl, Agent, No. 54 Carondelet Street. Modern invention has been so taxed to discover means of facillitating and expediting travel and freight transportation, until at the present time there seems but little left to be desired in respect eith¬ er. One of the greatest improvements in connection with freight carriage, has been the introduc¬ tion of the expressage system, and one of the most important factors in bringing about this grateful change from the old-fashioned, slow-coach style of things to the present speedy and safe mode of transportation of merchandise, etc., has been the well-known and popular “American. Foreign and European Express Co.,” of Davies & Co This Company has been in existence for some years, and has, by its punctuality, attention and careful handhng and safe delivery of goods, entrusted to its care, won the entire confiidence of shippers, both at home and abroad. Their express carries freight and samples of every kind to ail points in Europe, Australia, Cuba, Mexico, etc. The convenience of an express company of this character to businessmen cannot be too highly estimated. Tt relieves one of an immense amount of labor and mental worry in connection with the transmission of goods, and makes it as easy to send a package to the “uttermost corner of the earth,” as from New York City to Brooklyn Besides this, speed and promptness of delivery is a great point with merchants and shippers; and the “Davies Expresss Company ” have so systematized their business that these are always ac'sured. Their “ fast freight.” in fact, is delivered with the same rapidity that letters INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 127 are carried by mail: and these operations are conducted mth such clock-work regularity that only some unforeseen causuality can possibly delay them in delivering merchandise, etc., at the port of destination." They ship by all the fast steamer lines, and also furnish cheaper freight transportation than any other express company in the country. A large proportion of the export merchandise passes through their hands, and having their own independent connections in Europe, they are the more to be relied upon for safety of transportation and quicker forwarding of goods, than any of their rivals, who trust to agencies on commission, they take charge of all kinds of freight, not binding them¬ selves to any particular cl^ss of goods. This company also attend to consignments and Cu.stom House business for importers. Alerchants can always know the company's fixed rates to and from any port of the world, and can regulate their sales so as to include expense of transportation. Mr. Jno. C Spoil, the resident agent of this well known and popular company in this city, is a live, energetic and reliable business man, and is favorably knovui for his many genial and social qualities, and is justly entitled to the respect and confidence of the general public. ALEX. K. FINLAY — Druggist, Corner Camp and Julia Streets. This house was originally established in 18"ri by Thomas K. Finlay, and is, with one or two exceptions the oldest drug house in New Orleans. Tt was conducted successfully until 1874. when the present proprietor became the sole owner of the establishment. This gentleman has developed the business to a very high degree, and achieved a prominent position among the merchants of New Orleans. In all things that pertain to medicine. New Orleans stands pre-eminent. Its medi¬ cal authors; professors, and its medical institutions have a world-wide reputation, while its pharmacies are not excelled, if, indeed, they are equaled in any country, for their fine preparations or their general management by the well-trained and educated men who control them. Mr. Finlay is a care¬ ful, energetic and attentive business man of many years experience in the business, and is in ever}’ respect, well qualified to fill the responsible position he occupies. The stock embraces drugs, medi¬ cines and toilet articles, and special attention is given to the prescription department, which is under his supervision. The store is neatly an-anged and handsomely furnished with all the latest and most improved fixtures. This house has had a long and prosperous career, and merits the confi¬ dence which established its success. WM. B. RINGROSE—Dealer in Furniture, No. 172 Camp St. One of the most popular and promising houses engaged in the furniture business in this city is that of Wm. B. Ringrose. which was established by the present proprietor in 1875,on a moderate capital and by industry and perseverence, backed up by skillful management, it has assumed large proportions, and is now.recognized as being among the leading houses in this line in the city. At present he carries a stock of about $9,000. and does an annual business of over $40,000, giving employment to four male assistants, whose monthly pay roll amounts to $800, The warehouse is located on St. Mary's street, while the store room on Camp is filled with a full and complete a.ssorment of lurni- ture of all kinds and qualities. Jobbing, repairing and moving prompily attended to, and fui’niture stored at low rates. The trade of this establishment while largely in the city, extends over the State of Louisiana and adjacent territory. The proprietor of this well known house, Mr. Ringrose, was bom in Ireland in 1848, but come to this country many years ago, and has been actively engaged in his present line of business since 1869. Is wide-awake, prompt and reliable, and fully understands all the details of his business. He is fully entitled to the confidence and esteem of tlie community. NEW ORLEANS MECHANICAL CORPS — J. H. Reynolds, President and Manager, Corner Poj/dras and St. Charles Streets. New enterprises, of whatever description, conducing to the convenience, well-being and comfort of citizens are an important feature in connection with the business of any city, and in a comprehen¬ sive work which presents in a permanent and attractive manner the business facilities of this city, we take pleasure in noticing the excellent establishment of the New Orleans Mechanical Corps, situ¬ ated at the comer of Poydras and St. Charles streets. This corps was started December 1, 1881, and is formed of plumbers, gas fitters, beU hangers, locksmiths, tinmen and electricians, each one having his own department, for the sale of various mechanical devices and their application. Among others they are agents for Day Bros. A Co., of Baltimore, ^Id., who manufacture Day’s Fire Alarm Electric Bell, hotel and house annunciators of all sizes, burglar alarms, electric clocks, tower clocks, fire alarm clocks, electric apparatus, etc.: also, for Jacob G. Miner's patent automatic globe street lamps, for lighting towns not having ^as, lamp posts and bracket lamps of New York City manu¬ facture; the Rhodes electric, self-lighting and extinguishing gas burner, the Wilson A Keagle wharf fishing lamp, the patent oil burner for wood cooking stoves, patent water cut-otf. are specialties in which they deal, and all work is done liy first-class artisans in every trade. They are also agents for Blemker, TiRman A Co., Evansville stoves, and have electric supplies of every description. Mr. J. H. Reynolds, is President and Manager of the corps,is a native of this city and is well known among our citizens, deserving of unlimited success in his present enterprise, of which the prospects are very flattering. Only the best materials and skilled, competent workmen are employed, thereby insuring perfect satisfaction in every respect. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. 128 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH CO.—Office No. 47 Camp Tt. This well known Telegraph Company has been in operation for a number of years, and has won a standing in the community which is as substantial as it is deserved. This company was organized in New Orleans, in 1875, with a capital stock of $200,000. The present efficient officers are, W H. Bofinger, President and W. W. Huck, Secretary. They have the exclusive right in the city of New Orleans for the transaction of this business, which they acquired from the American District Tele¬ graph Company of New York city. They now have laid in all of the business portion of this city, twentj^-seven miles of wire, and are prepared to furnish messengers at a moments notice, either night or day, to dehver and distribute bills, circulars, invitations, &c. Messengers are furnished subscribers of the company at the following rates: Fifteen cents for thirty minutes or less, and five cents for each additional ten minutes or fraction thereof, car fare or ferrage in addition. Signal in¬ struments placed in residences, offices or stores, at a rental of $250 per inoniji. A liberal reduction made when paid yearly in advance. The managers are practical and scientific men at the business, • being well qualified in every respect to successfully conduct the business in all its departments to the satisfaction of all concerned. Possessed of no ordinary ability, as well as a hierh sence of personal rectitude, their success is regarded as well deserved, entitling them fairly to occupy the prominent position they have gained in the esteem of the community. JOHN /. ADAMS & CO.—Wholesale Grocers, No. 43 and 47 South Peters St. In a history of the advance and development of New Orleans with reference to commercial affairs, the wholesale grocery trade must always occupy a very prominent position as a branch of mercan¬ tile industry, contributing in no small degree to the present commercial importance of the city. Among those houses whose extended transactions and high standing entitles them to special men¬ tion is that of Jno. I. Adams A Co , it being one of the largest establishments in the city. This house was founded by John T. Adams- about l841. with a small capital, and it had a very prosperous career under his management until 1878 when the presenf firm was organized and the business has been rapidly and steadily increasing since that time. The building occupied is 65x150 feet in size, three stories in height and contains a full and complete stock of well selected groceries in great variety. A large capital is invested, and a large stock, amounting to $90,000 in value, and com¬ prising eveiything in their line, is carried the year round and an annual business is transacted which will reach the handsome sum of $1,500,000. Twenty hands are employed in the concern and eveiy thing is kept in the very best order. Six traveling salesmen distribute their goods throughout the entire south, the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Arkans-as receiving the greater portion of their shipments. The individual members of the firm are, Jno. I. Adams and Win. H. Renant, both active business men, well known in the business circles of this State, and gentlemen of sterhng Avorth As men of large business abilities and experience, they manage their trade with consiimate skill. We take pleasure in offering this sketch of the house, and visitors to their establismiient will verify our statements both of the business and the proprietors. WM. KURTEN — Jewelry, Fancy Goods, Notions, Etc., No. 618 Camp St. Recording the success of men who, by their individual efforts and industry, rise from compara¬ tively humble walks of life to a fair prominence in their business or profession, is always a pleasure to the compiler of oiisiness notes' of a city. Mr. Kurten started his present establishment in 1858, and industry, courage and endurance crowned his efforts with success, and he now carries an ample and well selected assortment of jewelry, silverware, etc., together with a full line of fancy goods, notions, etc., this being one of the largest stores of this kind in this part of the city- Four assist¬ ants are employed, who give polite and prompt attention to the patrons of the enterprise. From its very inception this house has steadily prospered, and now an annual business of about $1'',000 is transacted, with flattering prospects of future advancement. He does a lucrative and satisfactory business, which will compare favorably with any similar establishment in the city. Mr Kurten was born in Germany in 1827, and being a thoroughly practical watchmaker and jeweler has, since his residence in this country, attained the highest regard and consideration of the public. We heartily commend Mr. Kurten to our readers as a man with whom it will be a pleasure to have business relations. As one of the oldest diainoud setters in the Crescent City, selling nothing but the very best quality of ^oods, everything being warranted just as represented, this gentleman is entitled to prominent mention among leading dealers in the city. RED SHOE STORE — J. E. Comes, Proprietor, No. 207, Royal St, Cor. Dumaine. Probably no industry of this large city has been carried to a greater degree of perfection than that of the boot and shoe business One of the leading houses in this portion of New Orleans is the sub¬ ject of this sketch. Mr. Conies started last year on a moderate capital, and in the comparatively brief space of time intervening, a complete success has been assured. The store occupied is par¬ ticularly well adapted for this business, being neat and attractive. Three experienced and attentive clerks are employed in the business, who are ever ready to attend to the wants of the patrons and friends of the establishment. Th6 trade of this house, which has exhibited a gratifying increase since its organization, is distributed over the entire city of New Orleans and surrounding county. Mr. Comes is a native born Louisianian, and is fully deserving the honors which his untiring dilligence has secured him. JAMES E. MAHER Copper and Sheet Iron Worker and Manufacturer of Improved Steam Trains, No. 171 Tchoupitoulas Street. In referencft to the copper and sheet iron work and the manufacture of improved steam trains for sugar rnaking, strike pans, evaporators,clarafiers, worms, juice tanks,chimneys and breechings,a busi¬ ness, which, from its magnitude and general influence upon the commercial interests of the com¬ munity, is entitled to extended consideration in this work, reviewing in detail the industrial and commercial interests of the city of to-day due prominence should be given to the popular and reliable house of James k. Maher, situated in the very center of the manufacturing institutions in the city of This business was started by Breen & Maher in 1880, who conducted the business ) AAA proprietor. He carries a full and complete stock valued at rom f^_,,000 to $ ,000, and transacts an annual business of over $20,000 Six male assistants, all ^ skilled mechanics, are kept constantly employed in the different departments of the establishment, the monthly pay roll amounting to $800. The building occupied is 50x140 feet in size, which is especially arranged and fltted up for the business, being furnished with the latest and most improved machinery necessary for the successful prosecution of the work. Mr. Maher was born in Louisiana m 1858 The greater portion of his life has been devoted to the business in which he IS now engaged, and as one of thepubhe-spirited citizens of the city he has become widely and favorably known A. L. CHOPPIN—Proprietor Cotton Gin and Press, No. 54 Carondelet St. The cotton trade of New Orleans has grown immensely in the last few years, and it is to day one of the greatest cotton centers in the world. _^This enterprise, which is the subject of this brief sketch, was started by the present proprietor, in 1871, on only a moderate capital, but by industry, perseve¬ rance and close application to business, he has increased it with each succeeding year, until at pres- ent he is in possession of a large and prosperous business. He receives cotton in the raw state and does the ginning and pressing His gin is of the latest and most improved pattern, being supplied with all the apphances used in this special business. The establishment gives cons tant employment to from flfteen to twenty hands, the capacity of his gin being from three to five thousand bales per an¬ num. A twenty horse-power engine is used to furnish the motive power necessary to drive the re¬ quired machinery m the various departments of the establishment. The premices occupied are twenty-three by one hundred and twenty-five feet in size, and three stories high, which are especial- ly arranged for the purpose for which it is being used. Mr Choppin, has been actively engaged in this branch of trade for many years and is thoroughly conversant with every detail and requirement of his business. He is highly esteemed for his promptness, fair dealing, and for his uniform cour¬ teous and poHte attention. BRITTON & MAYSON—Cotton Factors, Office and Salesrooms, No. 59 Carondelet St This is one of the leading cotton commission houses in New Orleans. The proprietors, Mr. John D. Britton and John R. Mayson, have been connected with the business since 1877, Mr. Britton having formerly been with the house of Messrs. Britton, Moore & Coleman, of this city, and Mr. Mayson, of the firm of Messrs. Mayson & Landers, of Canton, Miss. They are men of upright business princi¬ ples, and perfectly familiar with every detail of the important business in which they are engaged. They receive consignments from nearly aU of the cotton growing States, and do a large and pros¬ perous business. Having a large capital, the firm is amply prepared to extend to their customers the usual facilities, in making cash advances on consignments, &c. Four comnetent and experienced clerks are employed in the office, who are always ready to attend upon the wants of customers. The members of this firm deserve great credit for the ability and entei-prise they have shown in building up their business to its present high standard. They are live merchants, and their prospects for the future, judging by what they have accomplished in the past, are very bright JUREY & GILLIS—Cotton Factors and Genera! Commission Merchants, 194 Gravier St. This popular house ranks as one of the leading and reliable enterprises of the kind in the entire city, and merits liberal mention in this work. No house in this line offers such superior inducements and facilities to the country merchant and planter, and no house is more widely recognized for the excel¬ lent management. Its popularity is due to the liberal policy and prompt business habits of the proprietors, and the courteous and cordial manner with which every one doing business with them is treated. They do a general cotton and commission business, receiving consignments from over the entire cotton-growing district, their annual sales amounting to over 50,000 bales. They also make purchases of supplies for country merchants and planters, and are prepared to make liberal advances on consignments, and offer every accommodation to their correspondents. Twelve capable and ex¬ perienced male assistants are kept constantly employed in the various branches of their business The firm is composed of Mr. L. C. Jurey and Mr. M. Gilhs, both of whom are thoroughly conver¬ sant with the cotton trade in all its various details. Mr. Jurey, the senior member of the firm, is a native of the “Old Dominion, “ while Mr. Gillis is a native of France. Their business, in all its various details of management, is conducted upon principles of personal integrity and prudent, careful man¬ agement, and it is to these meritorious qualifications that they owe their credit, reputation and suc¬ cess and the confidence of the public. 9 f 130 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. J. C. MORRIS—Dealer in Wood and Willow-ware, Cordage, Paper, &c.. Nos. 40 to 4:4: Tchoupitoulas Street. The special branch of commercial industry pursued by J. C, Morris, is one of such importance and withal so conducive and necessary to the industrial advantasres of the community as to be deserving of special mention in this work. This enterprise was first found¬ ed in 1834, by Beebe & Co. Mr. Moriis has had more ex¬ perience in this business than any man in the trade in this city. His trade is increasing and his annual business will amply compensate for the risks attending his venture into the uncertain waves of mercantile life. He carries a • large and varied stock, w^hile the annual sales wdll reach from 1150,000 to $200,000. The stock consists of Axle Grease, Ax Handles, Bungs and Plugs, Bottles and Flasks, Bath Brick, Blacking, Brass Hand Lamps, Burners, Bar Tumblers, Baskets, Brooms, Brushes, (all kinds,) Candy Jars, Cui-ry Combs, Concen¬ trated Lye, Cotton and Wool Cards, Cheese Safes, Corks, Croquet, Coffee Mills, Clothes Lines, Dusters, r)emijohns. Dippers, Fire Crackers, Fur¬ naces, Fish Hooks and Lines, (a large assortment,) Gun Caps, Shot and Powder, Ham¬ mocks, Patent Ice Cream Freezers, Ink. Lard Tierces, Lamps and Chimneys, Lamp Wicks, Lanterns and Globes, Measures, Matches, Mops, Marbles, Mucilage, Night Lamps, Oars, Oakum, Oil Tanks, Pipes, Paper and Cloth Bags. Rat and Mouse Traps, Stone Jugs and Jars. Slates, Spinning and Flax Wheels, Sal Soda, Sieves, Sealing Wax, Spice Nests, Stationery, Twines, Toilet Soap, Tin Ware, (full variety,) Tacks, Tapers, Door Mats, Venetian Red, Children's Carriages, Ac., Ac , Ac., and a general line of store furnishing goods, with a constantly increasing line of new goods. The trade of the house extends over the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas and Texas, and Mexico, re¬ quiring the assistance of twelve competent and experienced men, two of whom are traveling sales¬ men, who are ever ready’ to attend upon the wants of customers who call at the establishment. Mr. Morris is President of the Canal Bank and stands deservedly high among the financial men of the Crescent City. Mr. Mackie and Mr Dyer have the management of the business connected with this house, who are both young, active and energetic business men. whose business sagacity cannot be excelled. This establishment under their control is both an honor to themselves and a credit to New Orleans. We can cheerfully commend this house to the readers of this work as being one with which it is alway’s a pleasure to "have business relations. They make specialties of the following goods: Paper Pails, Oak Kegs and Well Buckets; our owm brands of Wash Boards, to-wit: “Southern.” “Crescent Citv,” “Eureka” and “Louisiana, ’ and “CrescentCity.’ Stove Polish and “Delta” Blue. " _ PEOPLE'S INSURANCE COMPANY—General Office, No. 10 Carondelet St The People’s Insurance Company of New Orleans is one of the most popular institutions of the kind in this part of the country. It was chartered by the legislature of the State of Louisiana m 1871, and was organized with a paid up capital of $i00,00 . The company is authorized to trans¬ act a general fire, river and marine insurance business The transactions of the People’s have been restricted almost entirely to local business, and has been more limited in amount than that of other companies of its asre and standing whose operations were extended, in many cases, over all parts of the country. The aim of the Officers and Directors has been, not to do a large business, but rather a moderate and safe one, and their course has been strictly conservative as regards the investments INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 131 iu funds and the acceptance of risks offered them, as well as the region of country in which thej^ have transacted business. In selecting their risks they have exercised great caution, and when a policy has been issued it has, when a loss occurred, been promptly paid. As a result of this policy, date, has had but few suits against it for losses incurred. This not only shows that the People s is much richer in net condition, but also much richer in gross condition than at any previous period of its history, and reflects great honor and credit upon the management of the in¬ stitution, I^t also indicates strict economy, consideration for the insured, care in the selection of risks, and shows that the People’s Insurance Company is no longer an experiment, but one of the most firmly established and prosperous institutions of the kind in the United States The offi- cers of the company are as follows: Ernest Pragst, President; M. Popovich, Vice-President, and P. M. bchneidau. Secretary. The Board of Directors are: Jno. Wilson, E. Pragst, M. Popovich, B. Saloy, M Abascal, D. Hughes, A, D. Finlay, Theo. L. Sugg, Geo. Auer, F. Sancho, P. Thormaeh- * Vt Mellinger, A. Walz, F. Aufmkolk; Wm. Fagan, H. Schroeder, J. Sambola, A. Haber, S. M Miller, Geo. Ellis, J. H. Menge, M. Mann, A. Xiques, N. Seibel. The list of offi¬ cers, as well as the Board of Directors, are gentlemen who are well known in New Orleans for their influence, business capacity and high moral standing. The officers employ, as assistants, a number of gentlemanly and obliging clerks, who are familiar with the transactions in every feature of the company’s business, and who interest themselves in trying to increase and benefit the institution in every possible way in their power. With clearly defined principles of action, a sound policy, and years of experience, the People’s Insurance Company offers unusual and unequalled advantages to those who would avail themselves of the great benefits which insurance can confer The company takes rank as one of the most reputable in all essential points, in the countn*. It is grandly con¬ servative, yet justly liberal in management, and so evidently straightforward and conscientious in its course of action as to be singularly free from the taunts which so often appear against insurance companies. IV. C. SHEPARD & CO.—Impcriers and Dealers in China, Crockery, Glass, House Furnishing Goods and Plated-ware, No. 49 Camp Street. Among the sketches of industries earned on in this busy city, this one of W. C. Shepard & Co is by no means to be overlooked. This business was organized m 1843, with a large capital, and was resumed after the late war, and continued with a limited amount of capital, which, by industry and perseverance has been greatly augmented, until at present an averag-e stock of over $80,000 is carried, giving employ¬ ment to eight male assist¬ ants, all of whom are in¬ telligent and capable men and fully acquainted with all the details of the estab¬ lishment. The premises occupied are commodious and conveniently situated in the heart of the busi¬ ness portion of the city, at No. 49 Camp street, the building being an elegant four story structure twenty- • five by seventy-five feet in size, which is liUed from top to bottom with a full and most complete assortment of china, crockery, glass, house furnishing goods and plated-ware. Besides being extensive dealers in steamboat and hotel furnishing goods. Wood and willow-ware constantly kept in stock. Particular attention giv¬ en to novelties and specialties pertaining to the house furnishing department. The trade of this well known establishment is largely confined to the city of New Orleans and immediate surrounding Shepard is a native of New York, but has long been a resident of and closely identified with the business industries of the Crescent City. Prompt, reliable and honorable in all their transactions, the firm of Messrs. W. C. Shepard & Co. are fully entitled to the esteem and confidence of the community and worthy of liberal patronage. 132 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. A. B. LEHDE — Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes Made on Anatomical Lasts a Specialty, No. 81 St. Charles Street. \ One of the oldest, best known and extenfive houses in New Orleans, for the manufacture of gen- j tlemen’s fine boots and shoes, is tha,t of A. B. Lehde, of No. 81 St. Charles street. The'businesp was j founded in 1840 by Mr. G. H. Lehde, and conducted by him until 1880, when he was succeeded by | Mr. A B. Lehde, the present proprietor. Commencing in a quiet way, and with a limited amount ! of capital, but largely endowed with energy, resolution and determination to push the business to a i complete success, and how well this ha-s been accomplished, the immense extent of the business bears full witness. Mr. Lehde is the originator of the beautiful and durable anatomical lasts, with j which he makes a specialty in manufacturing boots and shoes, and is justly proud,'as they have i I withstood every test, made to impair the excellence claimed for them. The stock usually j carried by this house is about $3,000, representing an annual business of from $10,000 to $12,000, ! the trade extending all over the city of New Orleans and surrounding country. The high standing I of Mr. A B. Lehde, his reputation as a representative citizen, and the fact that his goods invariably I reach the standard claimed for them may well be regarded as having much to do with his success. I ^ ^ -- ! j POITEVENT & FA I/BE—Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and Dressed Lumber, \ ! Shingles, Laths, Sc., Mills at Pearlington, on Pearl River, Mississippi, Branch Ojfice, No I oi St. Charles Street. I The reputation and oommercial claims of a city center in the character of its representative busi¬ ness institutions, and in the historical review of the industries and enterprises of a community, those establishments of acknowledged merit and true mercantile abihty are considered important compo¬ nent parts, inviting of critical description and justifiable pride. Among the establishments which have materially contributed to the fame of New Orleans as a commercial center, possessing un¬ doubted advantages and facilities, and adding to the general progress of the community, the house of Messrs. Poitevent A Favre claims a decided recognition. This house was established in 1868, with a small capital, which close attention, thorough knowledge of their business, energetic, prompt mercantile habits and liberal principl'^s, have largely increased. They now carry an average stock of $75,000, and cut during the year over 25,000,^'00 feet of lumber, aggregating $250,000. In the I mills at Pearlington they employ one hundred and fifteen men and boys, to whom they pay month- I ly wages amounting to from $4,000 to $5,000. The mill is 85x200 feet in size, provided with five j one hundred horse-power engines, with ten four-flue boilers, thirty feet in length, together with all the latest and most improved saw mill machinery. The planing mill is 40x150 feet in size, which is also furnished with the most improved machinery in every department. This firm keeps constant¬ ly on hand la,rge quantities of dry, rough, floonng and ceiling; pine and cypress lumber sawed to order, and special attention paid to large and long ship and bridge lumber. The individual mem¬ bers of the firm are John Poitevent and J. A. Favre, both of whom are natives of Hancock county, Mississippi, Mr. Poitevent being born in 1840 and Mr. Favre in 1835. They are old and practical lumber men, having comnienced the study of the business at the age of fifteen years. They are well and favorably known in this community, and are justly entitled to a prominent position among the best class of representative business men of New Orleans, to whose enterprise, ability and in¬ tegrity the city is indebted for the prominent position she holds as an industrial and commercial I center. I THOMAS H. CHABLES—Fashionable Hatter, No. 13 St. Charles St. Ranking among the first and leading houses of the city in the above named business, is the house j of Thomas H. Charles. Established six years ago, he has, by prompt attention to all the details of his j business, won a steady, reliable and increasing patronage. He now I carries an average stock ot $7,000 and transacts an annual business of over $50,000. Five competent and experienced salesmen are constantly employed in looking t' the wants of customers who call at this model emporium. The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situated, the salesroom being 25x80 feet in size, and | is well filled with a complete stock of silk, wool, and other hats, i caps, &c . in fact, every variety of articles to be found in any first ' class establishment of the kind in the city. Everything in the j house is first-class in every respect and all goods sold are guaran- j teed as represented. Mr. Charles is a practical hatter and thorough¬ ly conversant with every detail and requirement of the trade. He, by his own-force of character and business capacity, has reached the first place in his line of trade, and richly deserves the patronage of the public and the abundant success which has come to him We cheerfully commend him to the readers of this work as being a man with whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 133 AGENCY KEEP’S SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR—No. 152 Canal Street, V. C. Merwin, Manager. Thf^ popular and well known house was established^in 1876 by the present proprietor, and has j been a success from the start. 'Beginning- in a small way, the business has increased until it now I requires for its operation the handsome budding, No. 152 Canal street. The stock consists of the : various grades ol Keep’s celebrated shirts, both laundried and unlaundried, and a fine assortment I ot collars, cufts, neckwear, underwear and umbrellas. But the strength of the business lies in the ' I special order department, in which shirts are made to measure and a perfect fit guaranteed or prices ; I refunded. Measures ot customers are all recorded, so that parties residing at a distance may have ' i orders duplicated without the trouble of taking fresh measures. Four male and fifteen female i ; assistants are kept constantly employed in the different branches of the estabhshment, to whom I monthly wages are paid aggregating from !|500 to $700. The trade of this admirable shirt empo¬ rium is largely drawn from the city of New Orleans, and among its patrons are many of our lead- I ing citizens, who are satisfied that this is to buy shirts. Being the sole representative in : .New Orleans of Keep’s great manufactury in New York, V. C. Merwin is prepared to offer to friends and patrons, every.facility known to the trade, in the way of low prices and excellent quali- j ty of goods. The proprietor of this concern having had long, practical experience m this special branch of business, is perfectly acquainted with ever} detail and requirement of the trade Posses- i ; sing unrivaled facilities for carrying out its puipose, and being under skillful management, this i house is fully entitled to the confidence and signal prosperity that marks its career. ELKIN & CO.—Dealers in Carpets, Rugs, OH Cloths, Mattings, &c.. No. 100 Cana! St. \ Among the many branches of industry in New Orleans there are none, probably, that aid more ' ; effectually in satisfjdng the general public wants than the varied assortment of useful articles to be ! I found in a well-supplied carpet and house-furnishing store. We are surprised, when we enter, to ! I find so much that we need and so much that it seems impossible to do without. In 1850—thirty-one I j years ago - this house was founded by the present firm, on a moderate capital, and from that time ! I until the present, success has attended their efibrts. They now carrv one of the largest and most | carefully selected stocks to be found in any establishment of this character in the South. The stock consists ot a full line of carpets, rugs, oil cloths, mattings, curtain damasks, lace curtains, window shades, (fee., together with a full line of upholstery goods, which they offer to the pubhc of this city and vicinity at the lowest prices. I'he premises occupied are a beautiful five-story edifice, conveniently situated at No. 100 Canal street, the building being 32x120 feet in size, and furnished -with all the necessary fixtures to make it convenient and applicable to the business. The individual members ot the firm are Mrs. J. M. Elkin and F. Stringer. Mr. S. has been many years engaged in this branch of trade, and is the active partner and sole manager of the business. Prompt, reliable and industrious, the firm is well worthy of the liberal patronage being extended them. OGDEN & RAYNE—Dealers in Bagging, Ties, Twines, &c.. No. 18 Union St. A prominent firm of the very first order, and best known for the quality, and the extensive variety I of their stock is Messrs. Ogden ^ great inducements. All goods manufactured by him are fuUy guaranteed to give satisfaction. For these mills the trade of the house is extensive, reaching all over the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, where local agents are appointed to attend to the business in their respective territorys. Mr. Graveley is a na¬ tive of South Carolina, is well and favorably known in commercial circles as a gentleman of high character and excellent'business qualifications, and his productions are equal, if not superior, in every respect, to those of any other establishment in the country. He is handling a full line of ma¬ chinery and is prepared to olfer it on such terms as will permit the f armer to realize something on it before his payments become due. Those washing to invest in machinery should address F P. Grave¬ ley, manufacturer and dealer. No. 16 Union street. New Orleans. PHILLIPP LEBER—Merchant Tailor, No. 7 Carondelet St Among the leading and reliable merchant tailoring establishments in New Orleans, the house of Phillipp Leber, located at No. 7 Carondelet street, is deserving of special mention. This enterprise was first started in 1854, by the present proprietor on a very small capital; but, by having a practical knowledge of the business, w^hich was backed up by pluck and energy, he succeeded from the very start in making his business a success. He now carries a large and varied stock, consisting of the finest qualities of suitings, cloths Ac. He employs skilled and experienced tailors, to w'hom he pays hberal wages. Mr. Leber attends to the cutting department personally and no suit ever leaves the establishment that is not a perfect fit. The premises occu jiied are eligibly located, in the very center of the business portion of the city, the salesroom being twenty-five by one hundred feet in size, and supplied with all the modern appliances, to make it a first-class house in eveiy sense of the term. His trade is largely local, and among the many patrons are numbered some of our leading and most aristocratic citizens, who have long since learned that the place to get an elegant fit was at the es¬ tablishment of Phillipp Leber, No. 7 Carondelet street. Mr. L. is a native of Germany, but has been a resident of New Orleans for many years, and has become thoroughly identified with all the indus¬ tries and commercial interests of the Crescent City. We can cheerfully commend his estabhshment to the readers of this work as being the place to get a fashionable and elegant suit of clothes made to order, and for less money than at any similar house in New Orleans. F. E. GUEDRY—Agent Allan Line” Royal Mai! Steamship Company, No. Ill Common St. Asa shipping point New Orleans is the most prominent on the Mississippi river, or in the South, not only in regard to the amount of general merchandise, manufactures and produce passing over her levee, but in the facilities and accommodations rendered to all water craft. The city has fur¬ nished and keeps in good repair the levee, and individual efforts have supphed first-class and com¬ modious wharves for the protec¬ tion of all freights and the ac¬ commodations of steamers. Mr. F. E. Guedry, heading this article, represents the “Allan Line” of Royal Mail Steamships, which is beyond all question the best and most popular fine for tourists from Boston to Liverpool calling at all the principal intermediate points. They offer unrivalled advantages to cabin, intermediate and steerage travel to and from aU points in the Middle and Southern States and the Old Countrja Parties sending for their friends will find this “The Best Route,” avoiding the transfer and expense of rail fare between New York and Baltimore. Tickets, and all other information, can be had of Leve A Alden, General Passenger Agents, 2o7 Broadway, N. Y., 5 State street, Boston, and 101 South Fifth street, Philadelphia, or of F. E Guedr 3 % Agent, No. Ill Common street. Mr. Guedry is, also, the representative of the “American Ticket Brokers Association,” and is prepared to purchase and sell railroad tickets to all points in the United States. He is well and favorably known in this city as an honorable, upright and worthy citizen, who is justly entitled to the confidence and esteem of the traveling pubhc. 138 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. WOODS COTTON PRESS — J. C. Van Wickle, Proprietor, Corner Claiborne and Canal Sts. We have many old and influential firms in New Orleans that have a national fame, and many others, younger in years, that are worthy of note for their energy, enterprise and high integrity^ Among the noted and popular cotton presses whose names have place in the commercial history of New Orleans, none hold a higner rank at home and abroad, than the “Woods Cotton Press,” whose name appears at the head of t^s article This enterprise was first founded in 1845, and was suc- cesstuUy run until 1878, when it was overhauled and new building and new machinery, all of which was ot the latest and m^t unproved pattern, was erected in the place of the old one. The pronertv •+ Wickle. This press has a capac- ity ot 80,000 bales per annum, giving employment to one hundred experienced hands, to whom montmy wages are paid aggregating $4,0'j0. One of Steers’ latest improved compresses is used by ^"'’obn^QAA ^ f’- ^ an elegant engine and pump, with a capacity of 30,000 tons. The premises are oOOxoOO feet in size, half of which is under cover, and everything supplied to make it one of the most convenient and commodious cotton presses in New Orleans. The trade for this press comes largely fr^ our city dealers m cotton, who have patronized this establishment for many years. Mr Van Wickle has been actively engaged in this branch of business for the past twenty yeari and ^^ 1 - t!i all the details and requirements of the cotton press business. Prompt rehable and honorable in all his business relations, he has won the confidence and esteem of the business portion of our people. The Wood’s Cotton Press, under the proprietorship and able man¬ agement of Mr. Van Wickle, will, no doubt, prove a financial success. THE MEHCHANTS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS— Office, No. 104 Canal Street*. The Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company, of New Orleans, was organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Louisiana, in 183*2, and now has a capital stock of $600,000 They do a general fire, marine and river insurance, and invite pubhc attention and confidence to these depart¬ ments, guaranteeing every accommodation to their patrons consistent with safety and integrity. In ' conformity with ^e requhements of their charter, the company publish the following stat<^ment for received-on fire risks, $265,530.92; on marine risks, $^,4 od.< 0; on liver risks, $26,518. 80; making a total of premiums received during the year of $318 - r amounted to $168,574.03, showing a net profit ot $120,9*28.40 I he total assets of the company aggregating at the present time $687,546.23. At ^ Board of DiiGctors, hold on Juno 11, 1881, it was rosolvcd to dGclaro a cash, dividend of 2o per cent, on the net earned participating premiums, and ten per cent, interest on the capital stock tor the year ending May 31, 1881, payable on demand The officers of the company are* Paul Fourchy, President, and Geo. W. Nott, Secretary. The Board of Directors is composed of the fol¬ lowing well-known business men of New Orleans. P. Maspero, Paul Foarchy, John B. Lallande, Edward Toby, M. W. Smith, J.T Fernandez, John Geddes, D. Fatjo, D. A. Chaffraix, Chas. Latitte, and B. W. iaylor. ihe officers and directors of the company are men of high financial ^ standing m the community, and within the range of their influence have always, to an equal extent with any other citizens, fostered and conserved m every way the interests of the city. The financial and general business management of the company falls to the care of Mr. Geo. W. Nott, Secretary who gives his personal supervision to the operations and workings of the company, for which he is admirably fitted by enlarged experience and his practical ideas of the insurance business. Durino- the existence of the company they have gained a success so signal and complete as to rank them with the best and most thorough insurance enterprises of this or any other city. Closely identified with the city of New Orleans, its development, industrial growth and general prosperity, and promotino^ these in the highest degree possible, no company has done more to increase her reputation as an msurance center. As a sound and reliable company they are too well and widely known to require commendation here. Their business, entei-prise and general usefulness speak for them in terms sufficiently expressive, entitling them to the esteem of this community, to whose prosperity their efforts have been so highly conducive. ECHARD PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY—Echard & Anderson, Proprietors, 145 Cana! St. In a complete review of the varied manufacturing and business interests of the city, the estab¬ lishment of Echard & Anderson, photographers, located as above, are entitled to special notice and a prominent position. This business was established by the present proprietors in 1882, with only a moderate capital; but, by industry, perseverance and a close appheation to business, they have in the very brief period, succeeded in building up a flourishing and prosperous trade The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situated on the principal business thoroughfare of the city, and IS especially fitted up and arranged for their business. Ten competent and experienced hands are constantly kept employed in the various departments of the establishment. The various styles of photographic work turned out from this Gallery is noted for its excellence and skillful workman¬ ship, and their entire establishment is fitted up in a most thorough and complete manner, and will compare favorably with any similar establishment in the South. The individual members of the firm are, Mr. W. C. Echard and Mr S. An^ierson, both of whom are energetic, active business men thoroughly conversant with their business and stand high in the community. If you want a per¬ fect likeness, give this well-known art emporium a call before going elsewhere. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 139 LAFAYETTE FIRE INSURANCE CO.—General Office, No. 631 Magazine St Among the financial institutions of the Crescent City, the Lafayette Insurance Company occupies | a prominent position, and ranks among the most successful and reliable insurance companies in the | United States. It was organized in 1869, with a capital stock of $lo0,000. Since the first organi- | zation of the Lafayette, it. has entered upon a very successful and prosperous career, and has had ; from the first the confidence of the business community. Its affairs have always been managed in | the most conser\^ative manner, and it has always inspired the most favorable consideration fpm its j patrons and the general public. Its officers and directors are men of high character, possessing the j - confidence of the community in an eminent degree, a fact that has largely contributed to the prom- I inence it occupies at present. Its business at first was mainly local, but has been graduaUy extended | throughout the country, and is still growing and widening. Its patrons are met with the most j liberal treatment, and its losses have always been met in the most prompt manner. The business j during the past year has increased over the preceeding year, w^hile the losses are not near so heavy, i thus enabling the company to add verj' materially to its growing surplus fund. The annual state- [ ment of the company for the year ending December 31, 1881, show's fire premiums amounting to j $56,039.23, and net profits for the year of $32,407.15. The total assets of the company at present i are $193,837.15 The present officers are: Louis Mathis, President; Robert Jackson, Yice-Presi- ^ dent; Godfred Gaisser, Secretary; John G. Haas, Inspector. At the annual meeting of the stock- | holders, held on'the 9th day of January, 1882, the following gentlemen were elected Directors for j the ensuing yeai: John F. Kranz, Geo. F. Baumann, E. H. Burton, Florence Pfister, Dr. Wm. B. I Wood, H T. Vennard, Adam Graner, Daniel Holderith, Louis Mathis, J. H. KeUer, Henr\’ Rice, | Henry Ellerman, D. A. Hams, Henry Bensel, Jr., P W. Dielmann, Frank Varenholt, James Wil- j son, Herman Wilke, Robt. Jackson, E. L. Bower, Joseph Mathis, H. P. Walter, Henry Donnen- felser. Dr. J. H. Mooney, 0. F. Thiesman. A. M. FELT—Importer and Dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Smokers Articles, No. 550 Magazine Street. I As a representative house in the line of the largest commercial industries of the city, the house of i A M. Felt is entitled to more than brief mention in a publication of this description. Founded in ‘ 1881, this house has already gained a reputation in the community for straight-forward, honorable i dealings, second to none in the city engaged in this line of business. He makes a specialty of hand- ! ling all grades of imported cigars, tobacco and smokers articles. He carries an average stock of | about $3,800, and transacts an annual business of over $15,000. A corps of competent and expert- i enced salesmen are kept constantly employed in the various branches of his business. The trade of this well known house extends over the entire city and throughout the Southern country. Mr. Felt, | the genial and gentlemanly proprietor, was born in Germany, in 1838, but has resided in this coun- i try for the past tw*enty-six years, and is well known in the community in wffiich he resides as an i honorable, upright and worthy citizen. His ample experience and the Hberahty, energy and enter- i prise which characterize his business transactions entitle him to a high rank among the progessive busi ness men of the State. _ ATLAS STEAM CORDAGE COMPANY—Factory, Corner Peters and Girod St It is only by a careful review in detail of the industries of New Orleans that an adequate idea can be gained in regard to the extent of those interests which are of such vital importance as factories tend¬ ing to extend and increase the reputation of the city as a manuf^turing point. It being the main object of this wo~k to present facts in this connection, brief descriptions of the representative enterprises in their lines is essential. In the manufacture of manilla and sissul rope, brooms, &c., there is, perhaps, no establishment in the South more entitled to extended notice in a work devoted to the display of the resources of the Crescent City. The “Atlas Steam Cordage Company,” was organized with a capital stock of $50,000, and is at present doing an annual business, nominally, amounting to $300,- 000. Eighty mffie and twenty female operatives are kept constantly employed in the different depart¬ ments of the establishment. The factory is spacious and conveniently situated and is furnished with all the modem and most improved machinery, necessary for the sucicessful prosecution of this special branch of the manufacturing business. A large sized, ne^y improved, Corliss engine is used to fur¬ nish the motive power required to drtve the massive machinery, in the various departments of the factory. This business, although comparatively new has been largely increased under the present management, and the company is now doing a large and prosperous business, the trade extending over the entire Southern country. The officers of the Atlas Steam Cordage Company are W. F. Tutt, President; E. L Ranlett, Secretary' and Treasurer; and a Board of Directors consisting of Geo. D. Whitney, D. L. Ranlett and Hy. Denerger. The Superintendent of this enterprise is Mr. C. J. Ranlett, who is an experienced and capable man in the business, and is recognized by all as one of the most efficient and reliable business men in the city of New Orleans. The individuals comprising this company are gentlemen of high standing and character, well known in commercial circles as honorable, reliable and trustworthy citizens, who deserve the praise and congratulations of all for building up this splendid system of economy and thrift in their midst, and we would here take occasion to remark that sdch men build up the reputation and trade of cities and enable them to retain it. It is sufficient to state in this connection that no establishment occupies a higher place or is more entitled to the position it occupies in the commimity for honorable and liberal business princi¬ ples and enterprise than the “Atlas Steam Cordage Company.” 140 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS LIGHTNING ROD CONIPANY—ONice and Depot, No. 246 Canal St This company was organized in 1870 with small capital, by Robinson & Co., and, through their mdustiy and perseverance,. together with a thorough and practical knowledge of the business, it has with each succeeding- year been largely increased untn at present they do a business aggregating $10,- 000 per annum. They are manufacturers, inventors, importers, and dealers in all kinds of lightning rods and lightning rod materials, or¬ namental iron railings for cemetery lot enclosures, drove well and pumps, mag¬ netic electric machines, every design of weather vanes and ornaments, im¬ proved water coolers, placed in the earth with pipes and faucets. The Robinson’s “Electro Magnetic Silver Cables. “ are made a special¬ ty by this compariy. It is the safest protection against lightning ever invented. Tiiey are of English manu¬ facture and of their own orders are filled mth ^spatch, and satisfaction guaranteed in aU cases, dhe enthe buSnti of thil concern IS under the able and efficient management of Mr. James M. Robinson, an old experienced man m the business, who is thorcughly conversant with every detail and requirement of the trade. Twelve competent and experienced male assistants are kept constantly employed in the different branches of this ^tabhshment, and from six to ten wagons are kept running Wivering goods from the house to different paits of the city and surrounding countiy. The trade of this company extends over the city of New Orleans and the entire Southern country. This is the oldest estab- hslied and on y house of the kind in the boutli. and by the able and energ, tic management of Mr Robinson, it has been eminently successful from its very beginning. It is composed of gentlemen who are weU and favorab y known to ttie people of this community as prompt; reliable and tmst- worthy men, who are entitled to the confidence as well as the liberal patronage of the public. A. PLASSAN & CO.—Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 198 Gravier St. We wi^sh, in recording the various enterprises of the city, to caU attention to the cotton and com¬ mission house of MessK. Plassan & Co this enterprise was started in 1879, with an ample capital and uy close attenfaon to the wants of their patrons, they have succeeded in building up a fine and prosperous trade. Their annual sales will now average from 8,000 to 10,000 bales, giving employment to four competent and experienced clerks and assistants They do a large business direct with the planted m the cotton-powing States, receiving their consignments and seffing the staple on the niarket at hipest quotations. Having an ample capital, the firm is prepared to make liberal cash advances to their patrons, and extend every facility known to the business. The individual mem- bers of the firm aie both native-born Louisianiuins. and are well and favorably known to their cus- tomere and in commercial circles as being among the most reliable and trustVorthy cotton men in New Orleans^ Always prompt and reliable in their business transactions, they are deserving of the confident of the community, and lustly entitled to the liberal patronage being extended them Progressive rehable and thoroughjy conversant with their business and its details, they are entitled to and merit the signal prosperity in their business operations. ROBERT G. T. SHEPHERD—General Insurance Agent, No. 191 Gravier St, Adjoining Cotton Exchange. •It account of the commercial and industrial history of this city without making frequent reference to the insurance business. Robert G. T. Shepherd, as agent of the most prominent pd reliable insurance companies of the country, stands in the front rank of his profession, and is doing the largest business of any agency in the city. His reputation and business is not only local, but extends thioughout th^ and adjoimng States, requiring the assistance of two com¬ petent and experien^ced clerks 111 the office, who are ever ready to attend upon the wants of custo¬ mers who call at the office. He represents the Western Assurance Company, of Canada havins- assets amountmg to $1,422,00.8.18, with an income of .$1,301,734.59 for the yekr endffiriiecembe? dl, 1880, Hamburg-Bremen Insurance Company, of Hamburg, Germany, with cash assets of INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 141 I I $1,246,468.43. This company has paid losses in the United States amounting' to over $1,900.^00. I He is also the agent of the Watertown Insurance Company, of New York, whose assets are $665,- j 715.04, having an increase for the past year of $130,133.56. This last named company having paid j losses since its organization amojinting to $1,867,980.70. These companies have been represented I in this city for many years, and persons desiring insurance will do well to examine these organiza- I tions, and, as the “best is the cheapest,” select the best. Losses are promptly adjusted and paid in I New Orleans. Farm property, dwellings, household furniture and merchandise made a specialty, j Pohcies issued to cover against fire and lightning. Mr, Shepherd being widely known as a prompt I and honorable business man, no firm can offer better inducements or guarantee in the accomplish- j ment of any matter entrusted to his care. He occupies a high social position, and takes an active j part by word and deed in all matters pertaining to the interests of the city L. J. DUFFY—Manufacturer of Trunks, Bags, Valises, etc.. No. 24 Baronne St. A just conception of the extent of the manufacturing .interests of New Orleans cannot be ob- ' tained from cursory examination. A descriptive history of them, each compiled carefully from sta- 1 tistical data is requisite, even to the hfe-long citizen. Such is the purpose of our work, to furnish a ! review of the development, progress, resources and capacities of the commercial and manufactunng j enterprises of this community, in a graphic and intelligent manner. The house of L. .T. Duffy was I originally started in 1850 by E. Cope, who was succeeded by J. A. Turn ell Mr. Duffy was after- j wardJadmitted as a partner, and Mr. Turnell dying in 1877, Mr. Duffy has since proi>ecuted the busi- I ness alone. The premises occupied consist of a two story building twenty-eight by one hundred ! and seventy feet in size, -where he is prepared to manufacture trunks, bags, vahses, etc., in all styles j and grades. A stock of goods incluchng sample cases and bags, sole leather trunks, fine traveling ! and sample trunks and trunk covers is carried, the average value being placed at $10,000. Twenty I hands are employed and a large business transacted throughout the city and vicinity. Trunks are j made to order, covered and repaired at the shortest notice and perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every j respect. Mr. Duffy is well known amonsr our citizens and commands a first class trade among our ! best citizens. He is entitled to the liberal patronage of the public and further comment from us is I unnecessary. JOHN B. LAFITTE—Agent Orient Mutual (Marine) Insurance Company, of New York, ! No. 25 Carondelet Street. I The insurance agency of .John B. Lafitte, doing business under the above title, was established I in 1870. Among the financial institutions represented in New Orleans the Orient Mutual (Marine) I Insurance Company occupies a prominent position, and ranks among the most successful and relia- I ble insurance companies of the State of New York. Its affairs have always oeen managed in the most conservative manner, and it has always inspired, as it justly merited, the most favorable con¬ sideration from its patrons and the generous public. Its officers and directors are men of high character, possessing the confidence of the community in an eminent degree, a fact that has largely i contributed to the prominence it occupies at present. Its business has extended rapidly year by j year, and is still growing and widening, as it justly is entitled to do. Its patrons are met with the i most liberal treatment at the hands of Mr. John B. Lafitte, and its losses have always been met in I the most prompt manner The agent of the company in New Orleans is a gentleman of high char- 1 acter and financial abilities. He is a native of Augusta, Ga., but has long been a resident of this ! city, since which time he has been closely identified with the industries and commercial interests of i the Crescent City. Mr. Lafitte is a gentleman of abilities, well-known throughout the State and ‘ city, and is universally esteemed for his many genial qualities. He was at one time elected to the enviable position of President of the National Cotton Exchange, was tendered a re-election in 1881, but declined on account of business affairs claiming his inrlividual attention. His abilities and energies have contributed largely to the success of the company he represents so faithfully. W. L HODGSON—Auctioneer and General Rea! Estate Agent, No. 13 Carondelet St. The extent and magnitude of the real estate business earned on in a great city like New Orleans : IS not generally appreciated by the public at large. There are numerous large establishments ; engaged in this branch of business whose transactions annually aggegrate an amount almost in- : crediWe. Among the very large number of reliable and enterprising firms engaged in this branch of industry in this city, the firm of W. 1. Hodgson, No. 13 Carondelet street, as regards the magni- ; tude of his transactions, facilities and experience, is entitled to favorable consid^ation in these ' pages. Mr. Hodgson commenced business in 1857, as an auctioneer and real estate agent, and by his industry and perseverance, backed up by a thorough knowledge of the business, has succeeded i in building up a very large and lucrative business, the annual sales reaching from $1,000,'00 to ■ $3,000,fX)0. Mr. Hodgson carries on a general real estate agency business for the purchase, sale 1 and leasing of city property, plantations and lands, for the sale of cargoes, merchan(hse,\otton, fiirni- I ture, stocks, bonds, afterward, by an amendment of the charter, reduced to rareer ^nTvis bad fr‘,fi theV’Trl ">'“8; has entered upon a very successful and prosperous career, and has had from the first the confidence of the business community. Its affairs have always f conseiwative manner, and it has always inspired, as it justly merited the most favorable consideration from its patrons and the generous pubhc.^ Its officers and directors are possessing the confidence of the community in an eminent degree, a fact that offici t the prominence it occupies at present. The company occupies a handsonle omce at No. 37 Camp street, fitted up m a neat and convenient manner. Its business has extended year and is stiU growing and widening, as it justly is entitled to do. Its patrons are treatment, and ip losses have always been met in the most prompt manner Its premium receipts the year ending April 30, 1881, were $166,086.78 The total Sirninffs for the $47,620.66. The Board of Dii-ectors on May 9, 1881, declared a dividend of five per cent., making ten per cent, interest on stock for the year, knd '''' premiums paid by stock holders, (making, with the rebate, twenty per cent, leturned thmn on premmms). At an election held on Mav 9. 1881, John Henderson was elected President, Thomas Smith ^ ice-President; and Thomas F. Bragg, SecretarJ^ The following Tpn M the cln-ectors: John Henderson, W. J Castell, Win. Hart, .Ino. H. Hannah Geo. McCloskey, .Tohn Irwm, Thomas Smith. Ino T. Gibbons. E. Gauche, F J. Gasquet, M e! Garv^ Amedee Coiitnrie, Richard Herrick. The .stockholders are representative businessmen of h.ew Orleans, each and every one m his individual capacity and influence adding strength and stabili- organization all being well and favorably kno^vm to the public. To this fact, and the great efficiency and capaffihty of the officers is due the admirable reputation which the Hibernia Ins iifance company of JSew Orleans, sustains as a reliable and healthy institution. Mr. Henderson, President • IS a gentleman of high character and financial ability. Mr. Thos F. Bragg. Secretary, with whom the patrons of the company more generally come m contact, is a gentleman of abilities well known throughout the State and city, and is universally esteemed for his many genial qualities. BEN. GERSON & SON—Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 61 Carondelet St. Among the old established houses engaged in the cotton business in this city, is the firm of Messrs, en. Oepon A Son, who have .since 1867 been closely identified with this special branch of business, and, by industry and perseverance backed up by a thorough knowledge of the business, have vear 1 mnT until now they handle from 5,000 to 8,000 bales of cotton and from ,UULI to ( 0 hogsheads of sugar per annum. Three competent and experienced male assistants are kept constantly epiployed. I he great specialty of this firm is seUing on the market on orders from customers Mr. Ben. Gerson, the senior member of the firm, has spent the most of his life in this ranch of Hade, and is considered one of the most capable and thoroughly practical cotton men in the city, through long experience m every detail of their business, and a high reputation for integ- nt> and fair dealing this firm is justly entitled to the confidence in which it is held by the trade Progressive enterpnsmg and liberal, it is not too much to assert that no firm in New Orleans has one more^to pimnote ^e welfare and industrial thrift of the comniunitv. Ben. Gerson ha^> been a member of the firm of Freedlander A Gerson from 1853 to 1866, from 1866 to 1877 carried the firm individually, and associated his son with him since 1877. FRANK A. LEE & CO.—Bankers and Brokers, No. 165 Common St. The amount of foreign capital invested in the United States aggregates several hundred millions 01 dollars, and it is one of the brightest signs of promise at the present time that European capit^- ists aie sending large sums of money here for investment. The banking houses of this city conduct an immense amount of intemational transactions of a public and private nature, and are weU f 1 ^ A T ^ t financial centers of the world. Such, for instance, is the house ^ 1 Common street, whose transactions have always been character¬ ized b’v a spirit of enterprise and integrity, and whose succe sfui business operations have gained for them a leputation second to none, either at home or abroad. Through them a large amount of capital seeks investment and transfer, and their services have been of incalculable benefit to the in- terests of American and foreign patrons. They act as advisers and agents for a large class of resi- dent loreipiers, while their correspondence is veiy large throughout t& United States and Europe, and aTOids tlmm the best facilities for all banking operations, and their system of business is the most thoroLigh, exact and reliable. Transacting a large local business, they are also advantageously connected ^tli an extensive circle of banks, bankers, associations, merchants, and individuals ^ country, and are also largely engaged in buying and selling government bonds of all denonunations and issues, as well as State, county, city, railroad and other first-class securities, AT ^?ive their personal attention to all orders and inquiries by mail or telegraph, r rank A. Lee, the senior member of the firm, is a member of the New Orleans Stock Exchange, niembers of this well-known firm are favorably known in financial and business circles, and then" house is one of the most solid and reliable among the staunch banking houses of the city. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 145 £. BAKER—Seedsman and Florist, No. 14 Camp St. * One of the neatest and most attractive Seed and. Floral stores in New Orleans is that of the courteous g-entleman, Mr. E. Baker, at No. 14 Camp street. This enterprise was first started in 1877 by the present proprietor, on a small capital; and, through the energy, enterprise and ability displayed the busi¬ ness has been very greatly enlarged until now he carries an average stock of *$4,000, while his an¬ nual transactions amount to $8 O'^O. Three male and one female assistant is kept constantly em¬ ployed in the different departments of the establishment. He has a beautiful nursery located at the corner of Camp and St Andrew, one hundred and fifty by three hundred and fifty feet in size, on which he has lately completed the largest greenhouse in the city. The premises occupied as a sades- roora is twenty-five by seventy feet in size and especially fitted up and arranged for this special busi¬ ness. Mr. Baker was bornm England in 1846, but has resided in this city for many years, and is an experienced man at his business. Cordially commending this house to the trade and the public, and directing attention to the manner in which it is conducted, and remarking that, as ranking first among its line of cotemporaries, the establishment is of that class which commands the respect, con¬ fidence and consideration of the community at large. The large and increasing trade of the house is very flattering, and indicates sure success in the futures H. HESKAMP — Tailor, No. 146 Gravier St. Perhaps no industry of this large city has been carried to a greater degree of perfection than that of merchant tailoring. One of the leading houses in the Crescent City is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Heskamp started in 1880 with a moderate but sufficient capital, and in the comparatively brief space of time intervening, a complete success has been assured. The store occupied is particularly well adapted for this business, being neat and attractive, and nine workmen are constantly employed who are skilled and experienced. A small but fine stock of suitings is kept on hand, and all orders are promptly attended to, good fits being guaranteed. The trade of this house, which has exhibited a gratifying increase since its inception, is general throughout the entire city, and Mr. Heskamp has gained the confidence of his customers, and enjoys an enviable reputation, based on his thorough knowledge of the b'^siness, for integrity and reliability. He is highly esteemed as a citizen for his excellent personal qualities. THEO. DANZiGER'S SONS—Dealers m Dry Goods, Notions, Underwear, Suits, 8cc., No 131 Canal Street. This is one of the largest and most prominent dry goods and notion houses in the city. The busi¬ ness of this house was started in 1849, by Mr. Theo Danziger, who conducted the business for a number of years, when it came into the hands of the present proprietors, and, through their industrj^ and energy, together with a thorough knowledge of the trade, has enabled them to dispose of goods in a most advantageous manner, increasing their business from year to year, until at present they carry an average stock of $100,000, and ti*ansact an annual business of over $300,000. In addition to the dry goods trade, the firm are extensively engaged in the manufacture of ladies suits, under¬ wear, &c., giving employment to fift^'-five hands. The premises occupied are spacious and conve¬ niently situated, the building being a four stor>- structure, located at No 131 Canal street, the entire premises being occupied by the firm, the lower floors being used as a salesroom, while the upper floors are devoted to manufacturing. They have a large trade throughout the city and extending over the entire Southern country. The patrons of this house include a large number of our leading citizens, who testify to the high standing and character of the firm, as goods purchased from this establishment always prove to be as represented. The salesmen employed by this firm are always courteous, polite and attentive, and ready to attend upon the wants of aU those who call at their establishment. The individual members of the firm are Messrs. Isadore and Da^dd Danziger, both of whom are practical men m this line of trade, haring had years of business experience, and are fuUy conversant with all the details and requirements of their extensive and varied business. Mr, Isadore Danziger was born in Paris, while Mr. David Danziger is a native born Lomsianian. In the many years of their business history, in connection with their present enterprise, they have become widely known, and are worthy of honorable mention, not only for the amount of their tran¬ sactions, but for their character as business men and citizens. EDWARD G. LEHDE—Watchmaker and Jeweler, No. 659 Magazine St. In a complete review of the varied business interests of the city, the establishment of Edward G. Lehde, watchmaker and jeweler, located at No. 659 Magazine street, is entitled to special notice and a prominent position. The business was established in 1877, by the present proprietor on small capital, and on a comparatively limited scale, but o^ring to his practical knowledge of the business, his industry, frugality and unremitting attention, his business has shown a steady and gratifying increase, compelling him from time to time to enlarge his facilities. He carries an average stock of $5,000, and does a business of from $10,000 to $15,000 per annum. He makes a specialty of repair¬ ing all kinds of jewelrj' and fancy articles. Old gold and silver bought. Spectacle glasses ground, &c. Mr. Lehde is a native born Louisianian and is well and favorably known in this community, and has built up a reputation as a business man second to none in the Crescent City. 10 i 146 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEA^^S. GEORGE LEONARD — Livery, Roarding and Sale Stables, Nos. 70 Baronne Street and ! ^ 63, 65cmd 61 Union Street. hen and how the system of hiring horses for longer or shorter periods originated, it is probably hard now to determine, but to whatever date and cause it is to be attributed, certain it is, that the system, as it is now canned out. is not only one of our greatest modern conveniences, but is an ab¬ solute necessihn With the growth of our population has increased the demand for livery t^^ams, car¬ nages, etc., and the business.has assumed great proportions. Mr. George Leonard started his pres¬ ent enterprise in 1865 and is now the proprietor of the most successful stable in the city The build- ing formerly occupied is one hundred and seven by one hundred and thirty-seven feet in size and one story in height, situated at tye comer of Baronne and Union streets, while a new building thirty- eight bv one hundred and ninety-five feet and three stories high is occupied as the stable proper, and thus the facihties of this house are greater than those of any similar concern in the city. The num¬ ber of horses usually kept on hand for purposes of hiring and sale and boarding averajres one hun¬ dred and forty and as many as one hundred and seventy-five horses can be accommodated at one time in the stables. There are ninety-five stalls altogether in the new staMes and seventy-five fine stalls, with accommodations for two hundred mules. The latter are sold in large numbers to plant¬ ers throughout the South, purchases being made altogether in the Xorth. Public sales are held every Saturday and all sMes are made in the city, planters and dealers generally coming to this mar¬ ket for supphes of this kind. Twenty-five hands are required to successfully prosecute the trade which is assuming vast proportions. Mr, Leonard has had several contracts with the Spanish Gov¬ ernment which were attended to promptty and satisfactorily and his reputation is wide-spread for reliability, enterprise and activity, his success is fully assured and he is now considered one of the largest dealers and most successful business men in the Crescent City. LOUISIANA SILVER AND PLATED WARE MANUFACTORY—IHaikell &Birtel, Proprietors, No. 151 Chartres Street. ^ Within tye last few years since the discovery of the process of electro-plating, the wares produced in an inferior metal, but covered over with a film of silver have become ouite popular. This is com- pai'atively a new process, not ha\'ing been brought to perfection until 1840, when the discoveiy of the cyanide solution enabled manufacturers to deposit any required amount of silver on base metals; but its progress has been very rapid, and there are numerous fimis throughout the country who now I devote themselves exclusively to the production of plated wares. It is one of the advantages of electro-plating that all ornaments however elaborate, or designs however complicated, that can be produced in silver are equally obtainable by this process. The house of Maikell & Birtel was first started in 1878, ^Ir. Phillip Loiselle having been fonnerly connected with Mr. Maikell in this work. The room occupied is 30x75 feet in size, and the requisite machinery run by an engine of four-horse power capacity, is found there, while ten hands are required to meet the demands of the trade. Silver plating of house and steamboat ware is made a specialty and headlights for railroads and steamboats, of all .sizes, firemen’s trumpets and findings, saddlers’ and silver findings and military equipments are made to order, special attention being paid to all jobbing. All musical instruments and boxes are repaired satisfactorily and gilding, galvanizing and bronzing done to order in the best manner possible. . Carrying ample capital, this firm do an annual business amounting to $15,000, the trade being general throughout the city and vicinity and larger cities of the State of Texas. Messrs. John ^laikell and F. Birtel compose the firm, and for style, finish and durability the plated wares manufactured by them have no superior, and their reputation for fair dealing is attested by a long list of customers They make a specialty of a new process called Sheffield or English electro¬ plating. Superior to aU the other metWls. { V. BIRI — Importer, Manufacturer and Dealer in Willow Ware, etc.. Nos. 120, 288 and 253 Chatires Street. There are many commercial and manufacturing houses in this city that are deserving of extended consideration and favorable mention in these pages, and are worthy, perhaps, of fuller notice than the scope and design of this work will admit. Among those which have been in active operation in New Orleans for almost half a centurj', the house of Y. Biri, founded in 184^', by Spindler A" Co., is entitled to prominent notice. Mr. Biri succeeded to the business in 1864 and he now controls the largest establishment of this kind in the Crescent City. The factory is situated at 288 Chartres rtreet, is 25x60 feet in size, and baskets of everj’ description, wagons, cradles and toys are made there in great variety. The storeroom is located at 253 Chartres street, and is two stories in height, 20x120 feet in size, while a branch store 20x60 feet in size, is conducted at 120 Chartres street. The stock which averages $5,000 in value, consists of willow ware of endless variety, wagons, cradles and toys, market and work baskets, chairs, clothes baskets and a large quantity of German and French fancy baskets are imported regularty for which they have an extended trade. Nine hands are employed and the work produced here is widely known for excellence and durability. The trade hes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Orleans, and its vicinity, the annual sales reaching $15,000. Mr. Biri came to ttos city when four years old, and has devoted the greater portion of a busy life¬ time to the business in which he is now engaged. He is thoroughly conversant with all the details and requirements of the business and his establishment is reliable and progressive, in every way a desirable one with which to establish commercial relations. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 147 G. H. MAGEE — Hides, Wool, Furs, Leather and Findings, No. 45 North Peters St and No. 48 Decatur street. For several years the enterprise originated and conducted by Mr. G. H. Magee, has occupied more than an ordinary’ place in the industrial system of this city, and is not to be overlooked in a work devoted exclusively to a careful delineation of the advantages and resources of New Orleans as a trade center. This house was established in 1878, and, though starting with moderate capital, the business has been largely increased year by year, and it now occupies a prominent position in com¬ mercial circles Two large buildings are occupied, one on north Peters '"street, the other situated on Decatur street. large and complete stock of hides, wool, furs and leather is carried. Eight assistants are employed at liberal wages, the whole establishment showing great energy and activity m the prosecution of the trade Two traveling men are kept constantly on the road. The sales are made through the North, East and West. A native of New Orleans, Mr. Magee is a young man, deserving of high commendation for the enterprise and rare business qualities evinced by him in his mercantile career. He commenced his trade in 1868 with the well known and old established house of B. L. Mann & Co., and ten years after started alone, since which time he has enjoyed a fine trade, and is one of the representative business men of the city. Prompt, liberal and enterprising to a marked degree. Mr. M. has secured and maintained the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. M. ESCOBAL—Manufacturer of Smoking Tobacco, Snuff, Cigars, &c., 205 Chartres St. One of the prominent and leading industries of New Orleans, deserving of liberal mention is the manufactory of M. Escobal, at No. 205 Chartres street. This factory was established in 1880, by the present proprietor, with ample capital. The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently sit¬ uated on one of the leading business thoroughfares of the city, the building being a three story stuct- ure thirty-two by two hundred feet in size, and supplied with all the latest improved and modern machinery used in this special branch of business. On the lower floor, he carries a large and care¬ fully assorted stock of smoking tobacco, cigars, snuft', &c., the upper floois being devoted to manu¬ facturing. He gives constant employment to thirty skilled workmen in the difterentdepartments of the establishment, the monthly pay-roll amounting to from $1,( 00 to $1,500. The average stock amounts to from $25,Of’0 to $30,000, while his annual business will aggregate $140,000. In addition to this immense establishment, he, also, has a branch store located at No. 203 Decatur street. The trade of this house is large, extending over the entire city and throughout the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas. Mr. Escobal was born in Spain, in 1886, but has resided in this city for the past twenty-six years, is well known and popular with all classes of the community as an honorable and upright citizen, and one whose care and attention to business is highly commended by all who know him This is an enterprise of which the Crescent City may well feel proud, and is ‘ in every way deserving of patronage and generous support. GOUDCHAUX & SILBERNAGEL—Wholesale Grocers, Liquors, Tobaccos, etc., No. 10 Tchoiipitoiilas street and 10 South Peters street. Possibly no business firm in the city of New Orleans to-day is ranked higher for probity, enter¬ prise and conscientious dealing than the well known wholesale grocery firm of Goudchaux & Silber- nagei, situated at No. 10 South Peters street. They established their present business in 1879 and have had a continuously successful career since that time. The building occupied is 40x110 feet in size, four stories in height and contains an excellent stock of staple and fancy groceries together with a fine assortment of liquors, cigars and tobacco. This firm carries one of the most extensive and variedly assorted stocks to be observed in any of the great grocery houses in the land, the average value being estimated at $20,^ Oi), while the annual sales reach from $200,0('0 to $250,000. Eight hands are employed and two salesmen attend to the wants of the numerous _patrons of this well known house Messrs, hazard Goudchaux and Albert M. Silbernagel are the ’ individual members of the firm, both popular gentlemen, deserving wide spread patronage throughout the South. The trade hes principally in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Florida, and the firm lack none of the push, energy and knowledge of the business that belongs to success. They hold a credit¬ able hand with houses much older and by successful competition with large establishments in other cities, have thus paved the way to commercial distinction. Liquors and cigars are made a specialty and those desiring the very best articles in this line should visit this estabhshment. E. CONERY &. SON—Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants, 2 and 4 Cana! St. A striking example of progress, and ot what energy, knowledge of business, and fair dealing may accomplish, is aflbrded b^ the history of this well known house which has become one of the busi¬ ness land-marks of the city. One of the most extensive and prominent wholesale grocery establish¬ ments in the city is that of Messrs. Conery & Son. This house was started in 1846 by Mr. E. Conery and in 1868 his son was admitted as a partner, under the present firm name The building occu¬ pied is sixty by one Jiundred and*twenty feet in size, three stories in height and contains as large a stock of groceries, boat stores, etc., as any similar establishment in the city. Ten hands are em¬ ployed and an exten.sive trade is transacted throughout the city and with all steamboats and ships that land at this city. Messrs. E. Conery, sr. and E. Conery, jr., compose the firm both popular merchants among their numerous patrons. Mr. C. sr. is a native of Ireland, while his son was born in this city. They are pains-taking, energetic and enterprising business men and deserving of the success that has attended them in the past, and further success m the future. t INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 149 S. B. STEERS—Proprietor Morse Cotton Compress, No.‘30 Carondelet St. The manufacturing interests of New Orleans while being exceedingly diversified in charac¬ ter, are of far greater magnitude than is generally supposed by those unfamiliar with the city. The enterprise of Mr. S B. Steers is an iflustration in point and as sole proprietor of the cele- brate^d Morse Cotton Compress, is a particularly apt subject for comment in this connection. Mr. Steers established his experimental press in this city in 1876, since which time thirty five presses have been built and sold. They are built at the Reading Iron Works, Philadelphia, and Fulton Iron Works, St. Louis, 400,000 pounds of material being required for a single compress, and iron of the best known grade is used altogether in their manufacture. It is perfectly simple in construction and less liable to disorder or breakage on that account, while their immense weight, strength and durability make them in the end the cheapest compress in use, perfectly meeting the conimercial demands of the present and future. Their superior power have reduced freight to a minimum and wherever located, has made the business of compress most successful and at many interior points has doubled the receipts of cotton. Three of these mammoth presses are in use in Memphis, three in Houston, three at* Norfolk, others at Mobile, Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Shreveport, Little Rock, Vicksburg, Atlanta, St. Louis and various other ports where cotton is received in large supplies from plantations, while nine are in constant use in New Orleans alone. Cotton received at the press measuring four feet in breadth, is reduced to from six to eight inches or one-third of its original size. The price of the largest size press in $A3.000, but some smaller sizes are made, and the lifting power is equal to 3,000 tons. The Southern Press in operation in this city is owned by Mr. Steers, which has a capacity for sixty bales per hour and if the men could handle the cotton fast enough could press as high as 160 bales ner hour, as many as 153 having been already accomplished. About 125-horse boiler power is used to give motion to the Southern Press and it works faster than any of the hydraulic presses, having no packings to give out when delays would be ininous. This is reco^ized as the largest and most powerful compress in the world, and parties contemplating the establishment of Compresses in any portion of the cotton growing country, or where large quantities are being received, should give this press a thorough examination before purchasing elsewhere. JOHN TOSSO & BRO.—Retail Hardware, No. 229 Decatur St. This important industry was founded in 1867’, by John Tosso, the senior member of the present firm, who conducted the enterprise with great ability until 1875, when the firm of Messrs. John Tosso & Bro. was organized. The business was started originally with but a limited capital, but it has been gradually increased with each succeeding year, until at present they are in possession of a large and prosperous trade, extending over the entire city as well as in the surrounding country. An average stock of $10,000 is carried, and a business aggregating $20,000 is transacted annually. Three experienced clerks are kept employed in the various branches of the business, to whom liberal wages are paid. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, being conveniently situated, 20x45 feet in size, and two stories high, the entire premises being occupied by the firm, with a large and carefully selected stock of hardware, consisting of shelf goods, heavy hardware, cutlery, mechanics’ tools, &c. Their trade, most of which is local, they have held since they opened their first stock, years ago, and many of their patrons who traded with them then, can still be numbered among their regular customers. The brothers are both natives of New Orleans, the senior having many years experience and regularly educated in the business. They possess not only the confidence of our business community, but also that of their customers, to which may, in fact, be ascribed their success. MRS. A. BETAT—Manufacturer of SHk, Muslin and Bunting Flags, Regalias, Badges, d'C., No. 192 Canal Street. This well-known fashionable establishment was started by Mrs. Betat, at the location now occu- E ied by the above named proprietor, in 1873, on a small capital, where, by taste and talent, she as built up one of the best and most important flag emporiums in New Orleans. This immense establishment does an annual business of at least $10,000, giving constant employment to compe¬ tent and experienced assistants, who are courteous, attentive and polite to the patrons and friends who visit her house. She keeps a full stock of everj* variety of articles, consistmg of silk, muslin and bunting flags, regalias, badges, rosettes, sashes, and aprons for all orders; metalic jewels, ballot boxes, carved emblems, as well as a full supply of gold, silver, silk embroidered and painted banners. All kinds of gilt and painted trimmings always on hand. Decorating of public halls a specialty. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, 25x114 feet in size, and two stories high, which are supplied with aU the modern appliances for successfully conducting this special branch of busi¬ ness. The trade of this house is large, extending over the entire Southern country, Mexico, Cuba, and South America. Mrs. Betat was born and raised in this city, and is well and favorably known to our people as an upright, honorable and worthy citizen. No one understands the business, or is more familiar with the wishes of the people of New Orleans than she. This house is, no doubt, the best in the city in this line, and we take pleasure in thus recommending her to the readers of this work as being worthy of a liberal patronage from a generous public. "We respectfully refer to any organization in the State of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans as to the quality, richness and durability of our paraphernalia. 150 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. J. P. MACH EC A &. CO.—Commission Merchants, No 7 Delta St, and 10 Fulton St As a very important branch of the commercial industries of New Orleans the commission trade is entitled to a larg’e share of consideration, in which connection it would be impossible to overlook the house of J. P. Macheca & Co., occupying, as it does, perhaps, the most conspicuous position of anv concern m that line of mercantile enterprise. This house was founded by the present firm in 1859 and from a small beginning have largely increased their buisness, at present occupying three large waiBiiousGs on TouIousg strGGt. 46x140 fGGt in sizG, throG storiGs high. TIig firm Crirry a largo stock of articles usually found in the commission trade, and are importers and wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic fruits and produce, then.’ warehouses being one day filled, the next emptied of the immense supphes which pass through their hands. The average amount of stock canned by the firm IS estimated at $10,01)0, while the annual sales reach $400,000, showing the immense amount of business transacted by this firm per annum. Seventeen hands are emploved, and this is one of the most active and bustling enterprises in the Crescent City. They are agents for the British Hondu¬ ras, Bay Islands and Jamaica Schooners, and deal extensively iii products brought from these islands The trade from this house lies throughout the entire-West and South and the firm are well known, popular and successtul business men. Messrs. J. P. Macheca and J. L. Mueller compose the firm both gentlemen giving personal attention to the business, and their marked success is due to their excellent business quahfications and their honorable, fair dealings in all commercial transactions. They are in direct communication with the leading exporters abroad, giving them the advantage of having the best articles at prices lower than others. They are the first to extend the trade through the North and West, having an extensive trade as far as Omaha, Cedar Rapids, etc., car lots being constantly shipped to all the larger cities, this being a specialty of Messrs. Macheca & Co. This firm is a representative one of this city and has acquired the esteem and consideration of all who have had dealings with the house. ALF. H. ISAACSON—Wholesale and Retail Grocer, No. 52 Gravier St ^ Amoim the many industries that have tended to extend and enlarge the commercial importance of New Orleans, and a description of which this work is designed, there is scarcely any class of busi¬ ness enterprises which deserve more liberal notice than the general grocery trade. This house was originally started by Isaacson, Seixas & Co., in 1865, and in a small way, the career of the house being very prosperous from its very inception. The business premises are located at No. 52 Gravier street, and consist of a three story building 40x80 feet in size, where a large business is done in canning molasses and syrups. A caveat has been apphed for. for a process of canning Louisiana molasses and syrups in air-tight cans, to prevent fermentation or granulation. A large stock of groceries is also earned, in large or small quantities, to suit purchasers, the very best quahties of articles in this Ihie being selected and kept on hand at all times. The average value of the stock is placed at $10,000, while the annual sales reach $125,000. Four male and four female hands are employed in this establishment, two traveling salesmen being constantly engaged in selling the goods of this house throughout the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Texas. Mr. Isaacson was born in Philadelphia in 1833, and has been a resident of this city a number of years. In 1878 he was made Administrator of Finances of this city, and held the position until 1881. _ During his term of office he retired from the grocery business, resuming it when his terni expired. Having that most useful quahfication, untiring energy, and possessing expenence in an unusual degree, he has shown marked proficiency in his business, strict integrity and hberal policy, acquiring a well deserved trade and reputation. SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY—James !. Day, President, H. Carpenter, Secre¬ tary j No 52 Carney Street. • When the “Sun,” of New York, then doing business through that able miderwriter, Mr. Leonard Matthews, (who died in 1854) decided to withdraw its agency from New Orleans, the result was the birth of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company, of New Orleans, incorporated November 24, 1856, with Mr. Thos. Sloo as its first President, and Mr. Jas. Edwards as Secretary. Of the original Board of twelve Directors, four are still living, Messrs. E. J. Hart, Henry Renshaw, John G. Gaines and J. H. Staufier, the three first named being still in harness, having served without intermission, and are still members of the Board. In July, 1872, Mr. Sloo resigned the presidency; he was suc¬ ceeded by Mr. Jas. 1. Day, the present President of the company, formerly a member of that well- kriown finn of Slark, Day & Stauffer,, and the present prosperous condition of the “Sun” is the fairest criticism on his management. Mr. Sloo died in 1879, ripe in years, a courteous Christian gentleman. Mr. Jas. Edwards, the charter Secretary, died May 5, 1866, and was succeeded by Mr. Thos. Anderson, who resigned, and the present incumbent, Horace Carpenter, was elected February, 1873. The original location of the company was the south-west corner of Camp and Common, from thence to the building 61 Camp street, until April 17, 1876, when they moved to the Company’s building, 50 and 52 Camp street. Originally a scrip, it became a stock company January, 1873, paying interest to the stockholders at ten per cent per annum, and cash dividends to its partici¬ pating insurers, and here we may remark that, save during the four years of war, the “Sun’’ has never missed an annual dividend to its patrons. The original charter having expired by limitation, (twenty-five years) the new “Sun” rose on the 23rd October, 1880, and is destined to make its future business a repetition of past success, and stands to-day on its merits a type of commercial energy and success. * INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 151 CHAS. HOLLOWAY—Wholesale Hardware, No. 25 Magazine St The term Hardware is one of those indefinite, comprehensive nouns of multitude, of which it may be said that it almost includes, as its name imports, every ware that is hard. Popularly it is understood to embrace all the unclassified manufactures of iron and steel, including all the append¬ ages of the mechanic arts, from a file to a mill-saw; many details of common hfe from a rat-trap to a coach-spring, articles as various in appearance, size and uses as can well be conceived, in fact, whatever is sold by hardware dealers. Mr. Holloway started his present enterprise in 1880, with ample capital for meeting the demands of his trade and he has been successful in building up a flour¬ ishing business. His store-room is twenty-five by one hundred and ten feet in size, four stories high and contains a full and complete assortment of goods of the very best qualities averaging $80,000 in value. Nine hands are employed, three traveling salesmen being constantly on the road selhng goods throughout the State, the annual sales reaching $100,000. Mr. Holloway was bom in Massa¬ chusetts, in 1848, and since his residence in this city has gained many warm personal friends and hosts of patrons by his obliging and genial manner and admirable business qualities. His ambition is to please all his p atrons and furnish them with first-class goods at moderate piices. _ JACKSON & MANSON—Importers and Dealers in Salt Nos. 41 to 59 Common St. The three great markets for salt m this country are New Orleans, New York and Baltimore. W 5 name them in point of prominence. The article itself is such an absolute necessity that the wonder has often been expressed from where does it all come. I'he fact that gentlemen of undoubted probi¬ ty and substantial resources have control of the salt market in New Orleans, should be an induce¬ ment to all buyers in the South and West to come to this city for their supplies. The facilities for importation are unequaled and the prices correspondingly low. The rates of freight and railroad transportation are not surpassed in this country for cheapness, dispatch and security to the buyer. I'he house of Jackson & Manson was established in 1858 and has been very largely increased. Two large warehouses are required for storing then- supphes, and the ofiice and salesroom are thirty by one hundred and twenty feet in size, four stories in height, an average stock of one hundred thous¬ and sacks being carried at all times. Thirty hands are employed at hberal wages and an annual bus¬ iness of about $200,000 is transacted. This firm have unexcelled facilities tor receiving and ship¬ ping supplies, having private steamboat landing and railroad switches. They sell this article all through the South and West and are the largest dealers in this branch of trade in the entire city. Messrs D. Jackson and R. Manson are the individual members of the firm, both popular and enter¬ prising citizens, fully conversant with their trade, devoting personal attention to its management and » well deserving of the esteem in which they are held, by an, honorable and reliable business career of almost a quarter of a centuiy._|__ A. ENSMINGEH—Crescent Steam Trunk Manufactory, No. 80 Cana! St. The special branch of manufacturing industry carried on by Mr. Ensminger is one of much impor¬ tance and withal so conducive to the wants and necessities of the general public as to be' deserving of special mention in this work. This enterprise was established in 1871 by Mr. Ensminger in a small way and has steadily prospered until now he does an immense amount of business per annum. His store-room is twenty by eighty feet in size, four stories in height situated at No. 80 Canal street between Magazine and Camp, the factory on Tchoupitoulas street between Lyon and Upper Line. A large assortment of all kinds of Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ traveling and packing trunks, valises, bags, etc.; also water-proof clothing is kept constantly on hand in the storeroom, while at the fact¬ ory trunks are made to order, repaired and covered. The factory is fifty by sixty feet in size, two stories high and contains all the necessary appliances for carrying on the manufacture of articles in this line, while an engine of twelve horse-power is required to run the machinery. Thirteen hands are employed and the stock carried averages $15,(J00 m value while the annual sales reach $30,0U0. The trade Lies in Louisiana. Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas. Mr. Ensminger was bom in France, in 1829 and is a thoroughly competent and practical manufacturer, giving personal supervision to sdl work done in his house. Any article purchased here can be implicitly relied upon as being the best of its kind. RICHARD RHODES — Sportsmen's Depot, No. 55 St. Charles St The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this article, is the proprietor of an establish¬ ment which is the recognized headquarters among that class of citizens termed “sporting men, ” interested in hunting, shooting, fishing, and other out-door sports. Mr. Rhodes carries a full and most complete assortment of all kinds of sporting goods, consisting of guns, rifles, revolvers, fish¬ ing tackle. Guns are imported to order. Game and cartridge bags, and every article needed by hunters will be sold by Mr. Rhodes for the lowest prices for cash. American and English shells of every quality kept m stock and for sale at wholesale and retail. All articles us«il by fishermen can be found at this establishment. This well-known headquarters was first established in 1852, by Folsom (fe Kittridge, who, a few years later, were succeeded by Dart & Watkinson, who conducted the estabhshment until 1874, when it was transferred to the present proprietor. Mr. Rhodes is the resident agent of Messrs. Scofield, Goodman & Sons, of Birmingham, England, and handles a large amount of imported goods in their line of trade Five male assistants are kept employed in this establishment. Mr. Rhodes is a capable and honorable man in all his business transactions, ener¬ getic, wide awake, and a thoroughly practical and experienced man in his business. We cheerfully commend him to^the readers of this volume as a man worthy of patronage from the general pubhc. 152 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. SEN AC & LA ROSE Retail Dealers tn Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Mattings, &c.. Cor¬ ner St. Ann and Chartres Streets. ^ notion establishment of the enterprising and driving firm of St. Ann and Chartres Streets, ranks among the leading houses of Its kind m the great and enterpnsing Crescent City of the South, and is worth liberal South offers greater inducements to the purchaser than this, ^tabhshment, at least m this section of the Union, is more widely known or enjoys a finer IS due to the liberal policy and prompt business habits of the pro¬ prietors, and the cordial manner m which eveiy one visiting their rooms are treated by themselves ^d their employes, as well as the general excellence of theh stock and the complete and choice as- soitment that is ^ all times displayed to retail buyers, and the low and popular prices at which their goods are sold This house was founded m 1873 by the present firm, on moderate- capital, which, increased, until now they carry a stock of between $^o,UOa and $30,000, and do an annual business of $100,000. The firm occupies a large and well appointed store-room, and arranged m departments to facilitate the most orderly transaction of business. Five clerks and assistants are employed in the different departments of the store, and e busmess yearly reaclms mcreased figures. The individual members of this firm are Mr. J. Senac and Mr. J. A. Larose. This firm IS recognised as a leading one among the number in this city of high commercial standing. Through long experience in evei^ detail of their business, andalugh reputation for mtegnty and fair dealmg, it is justly entitled to the confidence in which it is held by the people of this city . . THEURER & BECKER—Wholesale Grocers, 15 Tchoupitoulas St. A careful re^ew of the various commercial enterprises of this city renders apparent the justice of her reputation for busmess energy and entei-prise. This city, with her numerous prominent houses fho gi^hcepr trade, may Jiistly claim to be the chstributing center for the entire South. Among the houses that are justly qualified to rank and credit as being not only extensive, but foremost, in ^ deserving of such classification than ^ house was started m 1879, by the present firm, and has been suc- ^ ^^^1 ‘^^nior member of the firm, first started in the grocerv trade as earty as 1850, and still conducts the establishment on North Peters street. In the two ono\??f'rfn^ varied stock of both staple and fancy groceries, the value of which IS from $.50,000 to $60,000, and their annual sales amounting to over $600,000. Thirteen comnetent and expenenced male assistants are employed in the various branches of the business, the monthly storerooms are large and commodious, one being w 1 + ^ three stones high, while the other is 30x100 feet in size, and three stories in r'l P^^^^ses are filled from top to bottom with every article to be found in any first-class tabhshment of the kind, and the fimi having an ample capital, have every facility for making their purchases direct from first hands for cash, thereby enabling them to offer to their customers every advantage known m the way of cheap pnces, Ac Their trade is large and extends throughout the city and the entire South. Ihe individual members of the firm are both natives of Germany are enterprismg busmess men, and enjoy the confidence and esteem of all with whom they are brought the^city^ofN^ Organs entitled to a prominent position among the representative houses in JAS. A. LAFITTE—Cotton Broker, No. 25 Carondelet St. This gentleman may ^ fomih at his office, No. 25 Carondelet street, where he does a cotton brok- eiage busmess. Mr. Lafitte established himself in the present business in 1873, and has attained a high position m the esteem of the busmess men of our city. He makes a specialty of buying cotton on orders from customers and also buys and sells futures. Mr. Lafitte is a son of John B. Lafitte, Lsq., formerly Piesident of the National Cotton Exchange, and at present agent of the Orient Ma- rme Insurance Company of New York He is a native of Charleston, South Carolina, but has been a resident of New Orleans for raar^^ years and has become thoroughly identified with all the indus- tnes and busmess interests of the Crescent City. He is a gentleman of rare ability, and has estab- hshed a high reputation for integrity . C. H. SCHAEFER—Buyer and Importer of Cotton, Tobacco, &c.. No. 186 Common ^ Among the number of films or individuals in this city engaged in this line of business, Mr. C. H. fechaefer, the gentleman whose name heads this article, deserves more than a passing notice He commenced this enterpnse in 1877, with only a moderate capital; but by energy, industry and per¬ severance, together with a thorough and practical knowledge of the business, it has been increased from year to year until he is now doing a large and prosperous business. He does a general com¬ mission and brokerage business, making a specialty of burtng and exporting cotton, tobacco and other staple products His correspondents are numerous, being located in all the prominent markets of the world. During the time that Mr. Schaefer has been engaged in business in the city jof New Orteans, he has, by his umform courtesy and honorable upright dealings, succeeded in building un a busmess and a stanmng m the business circles, of which he has just reasons for being proud Mr Schaefer IS a native of Germany, but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and has become thorou^ly identified with all and every mterest that concerns the general welfare of the Crescent City. We cheerfully commend him to the readers of this work as being a gentleman”^in" every sense of the temi and one with whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 153 F. J. QUINLAN—Wholesale Hats and Caps, Nos. 34 and 36 Magazine St A detailed examination of the various commercial enterprises of New Orleans, renders apparent the justice of the reputation which she enjoys abroad for business energy and enterprise. Prom¬ inent among the business houses of the city, both on account of the magnitude of their business transactions and the ability and system¬ atic manner of conducting their business affairs, stands the establish¬ ment of F. J. Quinlan, which was started in 1864, by the present pro¬ prietor, and has been increased and extended to a large degree. The building occupied is 30x75 feet in size, four stories in height, and ^also two floors in the adjoining building; both are well adapted to the display of goods in this line. A stock of about $50,000 average value is carried, consisting of the latest and best qualities of hats, caps, etc. Eight assistants are employed, and courteous attention is paid to all customers of the house. Two traveling men are constantly on the road in the interests of the house, and a large busi¬ ness transacted throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, amounting to about $100,- 000 per annum. Such men as Mr. Quinlan are a credit and a benefit to any city in these days of show and greed, and give strong evidence of what may be accomplished by vim and push, coupled with honesty of purpose. STRANGERS’ HOTEL — Mrs. V. CaiHier, Proprietress, 131 Chartres St. There is perhaps no line of houses more appropriate for special attention or aflording more uni¬ versal interest to those engaged in all branches of business who are callled to visit our city than our accommodations for the traveling public. Among the first class hotels of this city, that kept by Mrs. Caillier at 131 Chartres street, well known as the Strangers’ Hotel, is entitled to favorable mention. Although having but recently established this house Mrs Caillier has been engag-ed in the hotel business in this city for the past twenty-seven years and is well known among visitors to the Crescent City. The premises occupied are 75x100 feet in size, three stones in height, and con¬ tain thirty-four rooms, with two large and handsomely furnished parlors and a large dining room with a seating capacity for forty people. Fifty people can be accommodated at one time at this hotel, and the table, it is unnecessary to state, is at every season of the year supplied with the best our home and foreign markets afibrd, the bill of fare being complete in every respect, presenting a list of dishes and delicacies that must meet the approval of the most fastidious. Six assistants are employed and Mrs. Caillier, with her charming daughters make this house a home for travelers and those visiting our city on business or pleasure. The Strangers’ Hotel is favorably ahd extensively known throughout the entire South, and its present efficient management has brought it to the highest point of popularity. Mrs. Caillier was born in this State, and possesses eminent qualities which have gained numerous friends for her among the traveling public. RICHARD FROTSCHER—Dealer in Seeds, Nos. 15 and 17 Dumaine St. It is only by a carefully compiled review of the various business enterprises of a city, that an idea can be correctly formed of the vocations that are carried on about us. In the seed business, the establishment of Mr. Richard Frotscher stands prominent and is entitled to worthy mention among the industries of the Crescent City The premises occupied are situated at Nos. 15 and 17 Dumaine street, and consist of a large building 40x60 feet in size, three stories in height, affording ample accommodations for the basis of a trade which not only embraces this locality but ranges largely over the Southern States. Six hands are employed, an average stock of $10,0 X) value is carried and Mr. Frotscher has established an excellent reputation for thorough proficiency and the most care¬ ful solicitude with regard to the superior character of the seeds and articles in which he deals, recog¬ nizing fully the paramount importance to his customers of furnishing only such as are properly matured and genuine. The trade of this concern is general throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Flori¬ da, Alabama, and Texas, and the sales amount to ^34,000 per annum. Estabhshed in ifed, this house has maintained throughout its existence a reputation which has ranked it among the best in this city, and warrants us in saying to our readers at a distance who are likely to need such suplpies as are kept by Mr. Frotscher, that they will confer a favor upon themselves by consulting this house with reference to their wants in this direction. MORIN & FAURIE — Rrokers, No. 155 Common Street. m The brokers have not been so busy for years as they are at the present time and among them ex¬ ists the best of feeling in consequence of the favorable outlook among eveiy branch of industry and trade In this connection may be mentioned the firm of Morin & Fauiie, Brokers, at No. 155 Com¬ mon street, who have ample means and transact an extensive business in buying and selling gov¬ ernment and municipal bonds, railroad and all other stocks and securities of a first-class, marketa¬ ble order. The members of the firm are Messrs Andrew Morin and Chas. Faurie, jr., the former a native of France, the latter of New Orleans. These gentlemen are money, note, bond, stock and ex¬ change brokers and pay city and State taxes and licenses, their personal attention being given to all transactions and their business conducted with conservatism and prudence. Two assistants are em¬ ployed and the dealings are mostly in the city. The latest market quotations and all information applied for, with reference to investments, is always promptly and cheerfully given and their reputa¬ tion for reliability and sagacity is of the highest. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. . 154 ST. LOUIS & NEW ORLEANS ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS—J. B. Woods, General Ayent, No. 104 Common Street. There is, perhaps, nothing associated with the growth and development of enterprises and conse¬ quent prosperity of this city, of paramount impoitance to our river and commercial interests, than this reliable transportation company, and their line of staunchly built and splendidly equipped steamers. The agency of this line was established in New Orleans in 1878 and under the present efficient management and with experienced and able officers, manager and agents the business has increased and the importance of the line to the city and river towns is incalculable. The company own six large steamboats, all speedy, well built and handsomely equipped and furnished. I'he ma¬ chinery is of the best description and all appliances and appurtenances for the security and comfort of passengers first class. It is really wonderful- to see the vast amount of freight brought here and carried to other points from here by these boats. Mr. Jno. A. Scudder is President of the company, Mr. R. C. Weirick, Secretary; Mr. James O’Neal, Superintendent; Mr. Jno. W. Carroll is General Agent; Thos. W. Shields, Agent, Cairo, Illinois; Mr. J. B. Woods, at this point. This trade is an important factor in thejcommercial prosperity of New Orleans’and has contributed no little to her reputation as a business I center. We give the names of the boats in this line for the convenience of the traveling pubhc and ; shippers generally. City of Alton, W. P. Halliday, Jno. A Scudder, City of Greenville, City of Baton Rouge and City of New Orleans, the two latter being newly ouilt, elegantly furnished and deco- ! rated and the comfort and convenience of passengers amply provided for. The Annie P. Silver and Belle of Shreveport also run int^^e interest of this line, making complete and ample accommoda- _ i tions for travelers and shipping of freight. This line is deseiwedly popular, the officers all obliging ' and attentive, and passengers and shippers can find no better crafts afloat tor speedy and secure ; transmission of freight, or more comfortable accommodations. The company intend budding new ; boats as fast as the trade requires. JOHN P. GASPaRU—M anufacturer of Cigars, Nos. 135 and 137 Decatur St. The reputation of New Orleans as a cigar manufacturing center, in connection with her commercial : industries can not be overlooked in a work of this kind, in giving a detailed account of their import- I ance, and the tobacco trade, in its various branches, is q factor of no insignificant dimensions, in the ! many and varied enterprises which influence the prosperity and material advancement of our city. : In the cigar manufacturing business, the annual production is an item of considerable magnitude, : and we deem a sketch of the most prominent houses engaged in the trade as an important part of i our mission. Mr. John P. Gaspard, at Nos. 185 and 137 Decatur street, may, with justice, be clas- 1 sed under this head, as he is not only one of the most prominent in the business, but also one of the most prominent, energetic and enterprising citizens in the city. He started this business m 1874, j with a moderate capital, and by his energy, perseverance and thorough knowledge of the business, ! has largely increased his trade, until at present he carnes an average stock of about $6,1.00 and does an annual business of over $25,000. He keeps twelve experienced and skilled workmen constantly employed in the chtferent departments of his estabhshment, to whom liberal monthly wages are paid. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, the building being a four story struc- I ture, 50x60 feet in size, the lower rooms being used as an office and salesroom, while the upper stories j are devoted to manufacturing purposes. His trade is principally local, the most of his product being I sold direct to city dealers. Mr. Gaspard is a native of Gerjnany, but has resided in this city for the ' past forty years, and is well and favorably known to the business community as a reliable, honorable j and trustworthy citizen, and is justly entitled to a liberal and extended patronage. . QUEYROUZE & BO IS—Wholesale Grocers, Importers of French Wines, Dealers in Liquors, Brandies and Western Produce, Corner Decatur and Bienville Streets. \ In displaying the advantages of any city with reference to its commercial and manufacturing resources, no method affords so complete a representation as that which depicts fully the various individual and corporate enterprises. It is therefore with pleasure that we present for the consid¬ eration of our readers, and especially such as are engaged in the same line of trade, some facts with regard to the house of Queyrouze & Bois, which may perhaps prove valuable now or in the future. The foundation of this house was laid in 1842 by J. Avet, who was succeeded by the present firm in 1866. The business premises occupied by this firm consist of the office and store at the comer of Decatur and BienviUe streets, a three story building 65x65 feet in size, together with a three story ; warehouse 25x120 feet in size, where the immense quantities of groceries, wines, hquors and produce I required for the trade and for which their storeroom has no room, is stored, the average stock being valued at $20,000. As importers of wines, brandies and hquors they are well known throughout the South, and have a widespread reputation for excellence of stock kept on hand. They handle large INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 155 quantities of Westem produce of every description, and in this line are among: the largest dealers in the city while the entire concern is not excelled but compares favorably with any similar house in the entire city. In the wholesale grocery department they keep a large, fresh and desirable stock, and an immense trade is earned on principally through the State of Louisiana, reaching $300,000 per annum, with future prospects of most flattering success. Five hands are employed and the indi¬ vidual members of the firm are Messrs. Leon Queyrouze and Oscar Bois, both natives of France, and well-known, popular merchants in New Orleans. Mr. ‘Queyrouze is the oldest grocer in the city, having been engaged in that business as partner in the house of Queyrouze & Langsdorff from 1850 to 1861 and no further comment from us can add to his already well-established reputation. Mr. Bois is a genial, enterprising gentleman deserving of unlimited success and with such admirable qualities as this ' firm possess they are sure of extended and continued prosperity. /. S. WEST, JR.—Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions, Nos. 2 and 4 Magazine, Corner of Canal Street The jobbers of dry goods, we presume, would ask no other or better representative to be placed at their head than this house. It is one of the oldest houses in the trade, and dates its organization as far back as 1838, in those flush times of the republic and at the beginning of a generation whose rep¬ resentatives are now silver-haired and venerable, and fast rounding their lives towards the inevitable grave that overtakes us all. • Mr. W H. Tompkins estabhshed and successfully conducted this en- tei’prise until 1875, when it passed into the hands of the present proprietor. The store-room is 60x130 feet in size, and each of the four floors are fully stocked with dry goods and notions, selected especially for the wants of the Southern market, and comprise eveiything desirable in their line, both of foreign and domestic manufacture. Fifteen employes assist in the business, while three trav¬ eling salesmen are constantly on the road looking after the interests of the house. The trade lies principally throughout the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas, and the house has been long and favorably knovni throughout this entire section, and is noted for its rehability and fair dealing. Tne long experience, dating back to nearly half a century, in constantly studying the wants of the people of these States, with unexcelled facilities for supplying these wants, and a large capital enabling them to make then* purchases, direct from the manufacturers at the lowest cash prices, entitles it to the respect of the trade and the consideration 9 f the public. LAURENT LACASSAGNE—Commission Merchant, Wholesale Grocer and Importer of Wines, Liquors, etc., No. 97 Decatur Street. In a work devoted to a detailed review of the diversified business interests of New Orleans, noth¬ ing demands more faithful notice than the wholesale grocery and commission operations of our bus¬ iness men, which have contributed so largely toward giving New Orleans a standing and name abroad and in the markets of the world. Among those men and firms who have aided largely in bringing to ohr city a reputation in this particular, second to none in the United States, the house forming the subject of this sketch, has contributed most liberally. This enterprise was first started in 1874 by Manade & Lacassa^e, the latter succeeding t > the entire control in 1876. A large two story building is occupied, which is 38x226 feet in size, and admirably adapted to the chsplay and storage of goods in this line of trade. As commission merchant, wholesale grocer, importer of wines and liquors, and dealer in Western and country produce, this gentleman carries a large and diversi¬ fied stock, the average value of which is estimated at about $25,000. Eight assistants are em¬ ployed, and orders of any size are promptly filled immediately upon their receipts. Mr. Lacassagne IS agent in this city for Treyeran Freres, Durey Freres and P. Montauge Bordeaux wines, J. Sorm A Go’s cognac and the Balzamique des Pyrenees. The trade of this well known estabhshment is general throughout the State of Louisiana, and the sales reach $300,000 per annum. Mr. Lacas¬ sagne was born in 1835 and is an upright reliable business man, consulting the best interests of his customers, and his house has, for promptness and undoubted rehability, achieved a position that entitles him to no small degree of consideration among those who have fostered and promoted the best interests of the Crescent City. __ MORRIS McGRAW—Wooden and Willow Ware and House Furnishing Goods, Corner Gra~ vier and Tchoupitoidas Streets. Adding in no small degree to the general industrial thrift of this community, the house of Morris McGraw naturally demands the attention of a work, the objective point of whose aim is a proper and detailed display of the resources and advantages of New Orleans. Estabhshed in 1864 in a small way, this house has been very largely increased, and to-dav is numbered among the most ex¬ tensive houses of ihe kind in the South. The business premises are situated at the corner of Gra- vier and Tchoupitoulas streets, the building being 65x160 feet in size, four stories in height, and admirably adapted to the display of goods in tms line. The stock embraces everything in the wooden willow ware line and house funiishing goods, the average value being estimated at $175,- 000. Twenty-five hands are employed, and the sales reach $500,000 per annum. Goods are shipped to all points in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama and Tennessee, and the fame of tlie house is wide spread for the variety and excellence of the stock kept on hand. Mr. McGraw is a native of Rhode Island, and being almost always enabled to ofter great advantages to buyers, is rapidly establishing this fact by the remarkable increase of his trade and the favor with which the house is regarded by the best buyers in the city. ^ With a numerous staff of assistants, and a stock nqted for the good taste evinced in selection, the house of Morris McGraw is heartily commended to the pubhc as affording facilities in this line of trade hard to duplicate in this or any other city. 156 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEAI^S. PLANTERS' SUGAR REFINING CO. — S. R. Rogers, President, Levee, between SVLouis, Toulouse and Decatur Streets. The art of refining sugar, it is believed, has attained a higher standard in this country than in any part ot hurope, and the excellence of this manufacture is not approached by any imported arti¬ cle. Ihe Planters Sugar Refine^ was first built and started by Edward J. Gay, about five years ago, and until the _31st of December, 1881,.was known as the Gay Sugar Refineiy. The building occupied IS SIX stones in height, and 120x300 feet in size, and a warehouse two stories high is used tor stonng the large quantities of sugar turned out. Nine boilers with an aggregate of 400-horse power are required to keep the works m motion, and there are eleven different engines also six pumps. About oue hundred and twenty hands are employed in the various departments of the iiia.niii3;CtiirG, six liundiGd b^iiTGls ot sugar arG turned out por day. Most of the sugar is sold as manufactuied, and the products of this refinery being well known in the market for puri¬ ty and standard qualities, and therefore favorites with purchasers, they are in great demand The trade is general tln-oughout the South and West, and the business amounts to a large sum per an¬ num. Mr. fe B. Rogers is the enteransmg and efficient President of this company, and the affairs are m conipetent hands, as all the officers are reliable and trustworthy. New Orleans is undoubt¬ edly destined to become a great market for both crude and refined sugars and molasses, and the character of the gentlemen who control the trade should be a sufficient inducement for purchasers to ^ek our city, when the other inducements offered compare so favorably with other places. The Planters ougaj Refinery brings to our market an immense amount of money, gives employment to worthy of being placed among the leading representative institutions of the Crescent City of the South JOHN INENDLING & BRO.—Manufacturers of Brooms and Brushes, 25 North Peter St nothing that contributes to a disclosure of the advantages of New Orleans as a point for manufacturers and a market for every commodity, we are not at liberty to overlook the enter- pnse of John Wendhng & Bro., who, as manufacturers of brooms and brushes, have added materi¬ ally to the welfare and commercial status of our city. This firm started their enterprise in 1869, and by the manufacture of a superior article in these goods, has attained a wide-spread reputation, with a correspondingly large trade.* The premises occupied consist of a five story building, 30x100 feet m size, which contains all the requisite machinery necessary for the work, of the latest improved make, run by an engine of 20-horse power capacity. Thirty hands are employed, all skilled work- of manufacture, and a stock of materials and manufactured articles is kept on hand which IS estimated at about $10,000 value. The trade is general throughout the State and the annual sales reach $40,000, with a steadily increasing and extending business. Messrs! John and Daniel Wendling compose the firm, both natives of France, and commencing business with m(Merate capital, have largely increased their facilities, and are gradually extending their trade. Both individually and as a firm, they are fully entitled to the confidence and esteem which they have inspired, and those interested will find that the facilities of this house will conduce to their interests in consulting this m anufa ctory for t heir needs in this direction. F. GIEFERS—Saddles and Harness, No. 58 Baronne St. The special branch of manufacturing industry carried on by Mr. Giefers is one of much importance and withal so conducivG to thG wants and nGCGssitiGs of thG g*GnGral public as to be dGSGrving of special mention m this work. This enterprise was started by Mr. Giefers in 1859, in a small way, and has been continued by him ever since. He now enjoys a large share of patronage in the city and vicinity. Saddles and harness of all kinds are made to order, and a full assortment of saddlery j prices also kept in stock, specialties in this line being manufactured in large numbers and the reputation for excellence of workmanship is widespread. Five hands are employed and sales throughout the city and surrounding country amount to $7,000 per annum. Mr. Giefers is a native of Germany, and in his Ime has one of the best establishments in the city. All sorts of repairs are promptly and neatly done by him and his assistants, who are all competent and sMful work- men, and Mr. Giefers gives personal attention to all manufacturing- in his establish ment. If. OEHMICHEN—Dealer m Hardware, No. 239 Decatur St., Bet. Domain and St. Philip Sts. It is our duty in recording the various industries of this community, to mention those firms or men in any particular branch of trade who have achieved prominent positions through the force of natu- ^^ ^bility, unaided by any influence except those evoked by their own capacity. Such a firm is that of Mt. V. Oehmichen, located at No. 239 Decatur street. This house was founded in 1836, by Wm. Armstrong, who conducted the business until 1864, when the business was changed and the present house was organized By energy, enterprise and close attention to his business he has largely increased it with each succeeding year until at present'he carries an average stock of $38,000 and does an annual business of over $70,000. Six competent and reliable clerks and salesmen are constantlv l^pt employed in the various branches of the business. The premises are large and commodious, the building being a three story structure, 25x105 feet in size, which is completely filled with a full line of heavy and shelf hardware, tools, cutlery, &c., in fact, every article known to be had in any first-class establishment of the kind, can be found in this hardware emporium. His trade is large and extends over the entire city and surrounding country. Mr Oehmichen was born in New Orleans, IS well known as a gentleman of sterling integrity and worth, and noted for his enterprise, business qualifications and unquestionable reliability in all matters pertaining to the social walks of life, as weU as in his commercial transactions. This is a house well deserving of liberal patronage. NEW ORLEANS CANAL BANKING COMPANY—Corner Camp and Cana! Streets. The New Orleans Canal Banking- Company is a financial institution of the citj[, the wisdom of whose management has been endorsed by success, as well as by the high position it enjoys in the esteem and consideration of the community, This bank was organized in 1833, and now has a cap¬ ital stock paid in of $1,000,000. According to their annual statement for the year ending December 31, 1881, they make the following report: RESOURCES Real Estate . . Other Bonds and Stocks . . Loans on Mortgage, maturing after 90 days.. Loans and Discounts, maturing after 90 days. Loans and Discounts maturing within 90 days Loans on demand... Suspended Paper. New York Exchange. Eoreign Exchange. Checks for Clearing House Exchange. Coin. National Bank Notes... . U. S Legal Tender Notes. Total. . . .$86,300 00 . 22,865 00 $337,347 51 . 95,796 78 1,801,845 35 905,417 16 -3,140,406 84 . 15,837 53 . 276.382 60 . 11,587 15 . .355,764 07 . 357,811 50 . 387,390 37 . 87,500 00 -1,476,413.5 69 .$4,741,845 06 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in. Surplus. Undivided Profits. Dividends Unpaid. Individual Deposits. Due to Banks and Bankers subject to check. Circulation.. .$1,000,000 00 . 100,000 00 . .37,795 69 .. .. 35,594 94 $3,362,928 80 196,855 63 - 3,5.59,784 43 . 8,670 00 Total.$4,741,845 06 The officers are prominent in the various industries of the city and are as follows: Mr. J. C. Morris, President and J. B. Montreuil, Cashier tern. The Board of Directors are: I. H. Stauf¬ fer, E. J. Hart, A. H. May, W. B Schmidt, J. J. Gidiere, J. B. Lallande and J. C. Morris. These gentlemen are ail so well known as successful merchants and business men as to require no per¬ sonal mention. Very few banks in the Crescent City have done better, or more deservedly enjoy the confidence and respect of the public. M. F. DUNN & BRO. — Stationers, Lithographers, and Blank Book Manufacturers, No. 70 Camp Street. Pursuing the avocation of the art preservative of arts, no firm of printers, stationers and engravers mthis city have established a better reputation for perfection in work than M F. Dunn & Brother, or are more justly entitled to notice in this publication. This firm commenced business in 1878 at their present location. The building occupied is 25x150 feet in size, four stories in height and all the necessary machinery for prosecuting their trade is found in their establishment. A large and well assorted stock is carried and a large and flourishing trade transacted throughout the city and country. Twenty-three male and two female hands are employed and their work has become widely Imown for its excellence and finish. Their business is extensive and is enlarging steadily, then’ facili- tiesenabhng them to fully meet the demands of the trade Messrs. M. F. and D. J. Dunn are the individual members of the firm, both natives of this country and thoroughly conversant with their business, having been engaged in it in this city since 1863. As hthographers this firm have estab¬ lished a fine reputation, and those desiring work done that reflects the highest progress of the art should at once address themselves to this firm. They have established a lucrative and eminently satisfactory business^ which will compare favorably with that of any similar enterprise in the Cres¬ cent City. E. F. VIRGIN—Seed Store, No. 98 Gravier St. In a work devoted to a minute display of the resources and advantages of this community, this industry must occupy a position of importance commensurate with the prosperity and general devel¬ opment of New Orleans traceable to this source. Tliis house was started about 1865, by Mr. Virgin, who has been successful in establishing a good trade throughout the city and country. His store¬ room is .30x75 feet in size, three stories in height, and contains a stock averaging $5,000 in value. Three assistants are employed, and the annual sales amount to $20,000. Mr. Virgin is a native of the State of Maine, and a gentleman highly respected and esteemed by all who know him, for his general qualities and upright, honorable life. 158 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. CLAVERIE HOTEL — Mrs. T. G. Noel, Proprietress, at Stock Yards. Located conveniently near the Stock Yards, there is no other house in the city which offers the peculiar advantages to the traveling public which is presented by the Claverie Hotel. This building is owned by Mr. John Claverie, and was opened to the public in 1878. It is now under the man¬ agement and control of Mrs. T. G. Yoel, a lady of experience and ability, and through her industry, perseverance and close attention to business, has succeeded in making a first-class establishment as well as building up a large and lucrative trade. The building is two stories in height, and has ' accommodations for twenty-five guests at one time. It contains one large and one small dining ‘ room, and ten sleeping rooms, all of which are elegantly furnished with clean and comfortable fur¬ niture. The house is supplied with all modern improvements, and nothing is left undone by the hostess to make it pleasant and agreeable for her guests. Five male assistants are kept constantly I employed, who are always attentive and polite, ready and willing to attend upon the wants of patrons. A large and weU stocked bar is run in connection with the hotel, in which is found all the finest i hquors, brandies, beer, &c., which is presided over by gentlemanly bar keepers; and everything, in ; fact, to make one feel at home, is found at the Claverie Hotel. Mr. Claverie was born in France in 1824, but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and is well knowA in this community for his i ■ many social and genial qualities. Prompt, energetic and reliable, he is entitled to the confidence of the public. The ‘‘Claverie,” under its present management, is one of the coziest, most home-like ! hotels in the country, and a desirable place to get good accommodations at reasonable prices. M. POPOVICH—Wholesale and Beta! Dealer in Groceries, Wines and Liquors, Plantation Supj^lies, d'C., Nos. 3 UrsuUne and 4 North Peters Streer. The vast amount of capital invested, and the thousands of persons to which the grocery trade of this city affords employment, ranks it among the first in power and influence, and its interests must j always be regarded as of paramount importance. This business was estabhshed in 1867, by the pres¬ ent proprietor, upon an ample capital, which the necessities of increasing trade has considerably I augmented. The stock is large, fresh and varied, selected with unusual care, and includes both sta- j pie and fancy groceries, teas, sugars, Ac., and all the finest brands of imported and domestic wines, liquors, &c., besides carrying a full and complete stock of ship and plantation supplies He keeps j constantly on hand, potatoes, hams, bacon pork, beef, butter, lard, rice, beans, paint, oils, rope and ; oakum. He carries an average stock of |15,000, and does a business of over $10(b000 per annum. : j The business furnishes employment to ten competent male assistants, and the trade is large, and de- | servedly so, and extends throughout the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and surrounding country, | I being largely with dealers in the cities along the rivers and on the coast'. The premises occupied by I I this firm are spacious and conveniently situated, the store-room being a two-story structure, forty by ; oiie hundred feet in size, and especially arranged and fitted up for this special branch of business, i The building is situated in the very center of the business in this part of the city, facing directly up- , on the ‘“French Market,” which gives this house an excellent opportimity for becoming acquainted [ with the many patrons of that renowned establishment Mr. Popovich was born in Dehnarcia, Aus- | tria, but has resided in New Orleans for many years past, and enjoys an enviable reputation for busi- j ness integrity and reliability, and is highly esteemed for his excellent personal qualities. I ^ BASSETT! & XIQUES—Importers of Wines, Cognacs, Gips, etc., and Dealers in Do- ■ mestic Liquors, Nos. 67 and 69 Decatur street. In every large community there will be found one or more extensive houses dealing in Wmes, Li- i quors, and similar products, which with acquired advantages and the most sedulous care in regard i to the selection of stock, have established a reputation and a trade that insures them the confidence I of the public. Of such concerns in this city, we may give to the house of Bassetti & Xiques a promi- j nent position. This establishment was originally founded in 1860 by Mr. N. Marinoni, who was j succeeded by the present firm in 1878, and the principal idea in the mind of this firm upon assuming | control of the business, was to create a depot for the sale of nothing but the purest, choicest and I most rare brands of foreign wines and liquors. That the original intention has been carried out is I beyond question, for it is here that dealers and private consumers can obtain such goods only as bear ; the stamp of perfect excellence. Two store-rooms are occupied, one four stories in height, 30x200 i j feet in size, the other 40x200 feet and one story high, which are fully stored with imported wines, cog- I nacs, gins, rums, Scotch and Irish whiskey, ales, oils, vermouth, absinthe, etc., together with a : complete stock of domestic liquors in great variety. This firm are agents for the following firms in i ; foreign countries. Champagnes of Moet Chadnon. Epernay; Cognacs of E. Gregoire & Co., An- i i gouleme and Comandon & Co., Jarnac; Fine Wines in cases of P & E. Rudelle, Bordeaux; Bur- t I giindy Wines of Chas. Bernard, Beaune (Coted’Or); Clarets of L. P Baron, Bordeaux and Coutrean i I Fils, Branne; Alimentary Preserves of J. Fiton Aine & J. NouviaUe, Bordeaux; Italian Paste of Andreas Sturla, Genoa: Bass Ale and Guiness, Porter bottled by Ihlers and Bell, Liverpool* all i| of which are widely celebrated for excellence and purity. Eight employes are required to success- ! fully conduct the business, and an average stock of $100,000 is carried, a large trade being car- I ried on throughout the United States amounting to $400,000 per annum. This year they will im- S S ort large amounts of fruits, etc., in which department they will certainly do an immense business. | lessrs. U. Bassetti and A. Xiques are both natives of New Orleans and thoroughly identified with 8 her industries. Their reputation and high standing may be regarded as a guarantee of the highest I character for the prompt and satisfactory fulfillment of every obligation which they may assume. 1 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 159 C . . DILLARD & CASSARD—Commission Merchants for Live Stock, Office at Stock Landing. For many years the commission business in live stock has shown a large and healthy annual increase which goes far to indicate that the facilities and advantages enjoyed here for the trans¬ shipment of stock of all kinds, are fully equal to those possessed by any other locality in the entire South. Largely engaged in this line of business, and occupying a prominent position in the trade, though but recently started, we find the firm of Dillard & Cassard, who started their present enter¬ prise in 1881, and possessing ample capital, have established a large trade which is increasing in size and extent each month The office is located at the Stock Landing where every facility for receiving and selling stock is enjoyed by the firm, and six assistants are employed. Advances are made on shipments of stock, and these gentlemen are enabled, by a perfect knowledge of the busi¬ ness, to obtain the highest market prices for live stock of every kind. Supplies are received from all the Western and Southern States and the reputation of this firm is constantly enlarging, the numer¬ ous producers this work will reach, adding considerably to it Messrs. Thos. H. Dillard and L. J. Cassard are the individual members of the firm. Mr. Dillard is a native of Alabama, Mr. Cassard of Louisiana Since residing in New Orleans, they have gained for themselves a large circle of friends by their enterprise and general liberal policy in business transactions. SOUTHERN TRANSPORTATION CO.—Cincinnati and New Orleans Steamboats, Office, No. 82 Gravier Street. Those means by which a community is brought into contact with the world at large, are of such momentous importance with reference to a proper unfolding of its material resources that we feel it necessary to inform the alien reader concisely of our advantages in this regard. The Southern Transportation Company, which was established in 1878, is one of the most reliable and staunch corporations of the kind in the country, and among the numerous transportation lines and steamboat companies which center here, is ac¬ corded due prominence for the advantages pos¬ sessed for passenger or freight traffic between Cincinnati, all way points and New Orleans. Eleven boats are owned by this company, viz.: Mary Houston, Charles Morgan, R. R. Springer, Guiding Star. Thos. Sherlock, Golden Rule, Golden City, Golden Crown, Will Kyle, Pans C. Brown and U. P. Schenck. Two of these boats leave each week, and they are fitted up in the best manner possible for the convenienre and comfort of passengers, are among the largest boats running into New Orleans, and for accommodation for freight or passengers, are unexcelled in the Southern or Western country. The management of each is placed in competent hands, and persons traveling for pleasure or on business will find them perfect m every detail. The Company is represented here by Mr C. G. Wayne, a most courteous and affable agent, always ready to give information in regard to this line, both to passengers and shippers. The affairs are conducted in such a manner as to make this line not only popular, but profitable. This transportation line receives a large share of the patronage, and the success of the enterprise is thoroughly established. CRESCENT JUTE MANUFACTURING CO.—Manufacturers of Bagging, &c.. Office and Works, St. Ferdinand and Chartres Streets. Among the many important manufacturing establishments in the city worthy of liberal mention in a work devoted to a detailed account of the industries and business interests of New Orleans, is the Crescent Jute Manufacturing Company, located as above stated. This Company was organized in 1881, with a capital of 1250,000. The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situated, the building being a three story structure 130x160 feet in size, and is supplied with all the latest and most improved machinery necessary for properly conducting the business. One ISO-horse power engine is required to furnish the motive power necessary to drive the immense machinery in the various departments of the establishment. Employment is given to two hundred skilled workmen, to whom monthly wages are paid aggregating from $8,000 to $10,000. This extensive factory, when in full operation, has a capacity for manufacturing fifteen thousand yards of bagging in ten hours. The article made at this establishment is used entirely for baling cotton, and is sold exclusively to the trade in New Orleans and vicinity The present officers of the company are: Gen’l W. J. Behan, President; Clias. Roberts, Vice-President; Thos. Thorn, Secretary and Treasurer, and S. D. Randall, Superintendent. These gentlemen are distinguished for their thor¬ ough comprehension of all the details of the business and other valuable characteristics, which have no small influence in conducing to the prosperity of the concern which they represent, and it is highly gratifying to their ability to observe that the business of the company is rapidly on the increase, exhibiting an active vitality which insures future success. The gentlemen composing this company deserve the praise and congratulations of the citizens of this community for building up this im¬ portant enterprise in their midst, and we would here take occasion to remark that such men build up the reputation and trade of cities, and enable them to retain it. 160 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS* N£W ORLEANS INSURANCE COMPANY-Office, Corner Cana! and Camp Streets. New Orleans Insaran^ Company was established in 1805 as a marine insurance company With a capital of $200,000. The charter was amended in 1826 giving authority to also insure against fare risks. In 1859 it was again re-organized with an increased capital of $500,000. The company has always from its inception pursued a career of unbroken prosperity, and its management has been in cha:^e of capable and efficient officers and directors, and its policy always somid and con¬ servative. t he present officers and directors are gentlemen prominently identified in the commercial annual statement *for the year ending December ol, loblj the New Orleans Insurance Company shows: Assets. $774,712.28; premiums received dur- mg the year, $494 922.03; the net earned premiums being, $362,712.80; and the net surplus $110,- 247.55. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the 12th day of January, 1882, it was resolved to pay on deniand the semi-annual interest dividend of five per cent, on the capital stock to toe stockholders or their legal representatives. The officers of the company are: Mr..!. Tuyes President; and Mr. J. W. Hincks, Secretary. The directors are Jules Aldige, Theo. Brierre, W. A. Bell, Ank Carriere, C. T. Dugazon, D. Fatjo, H. Gaily, Chas. Lafitte, Pierre Poutz, Ad. Schreiber, Chas E. Schmidt, .Jules Tuyes. Since the organization of the New Orleans Insurance Corupany it has passed through epidemics, wars and financial panics, and has grown steadily and solidly to its present unequalled strength. It has an honest and conservative record, and is a reliable company, in every respect of the highest character. The officers of the com¬ pany are all honorable business men, standing high in position and influence. A large corps of able assistants are kept constantly employed in the various branches of the company’s business. Taking it, all m all, the New Orleans Insurance Company is destined to hold a leading position among the foremost of those of the Crescent City. This institution is an honor and a credit to New Orleans. THE AMERICAN SALT COMPANY — R. Ranger, President; Office 48 Broad Si., New York, P. A. Liilhig, Agent, 17 Tchoujntoulaft Street, New Orleans. The marked success attendant upon the career and operations of this company is of such a pro¬ nounced and obvious character as to demand more than ordinary attention in making a careful re- business of this city. The office of this company was famished in this city in 1881, and a large amount of business is transacted throughout the South. The company has salt depots located in New Orleans, Mobilgand Galveston, and an average stock of one hundred thousand sacks is carried, ^vith which an immense business is transacted per annum. This company have their own mines, situated in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, which, so far, have a ca¬ pacity for two thousand sacks per da 3 % but can and will be extended indefinitely. Seventy hands are employed and the salt is shipped to all parte of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and the West generally. Mr. R. Ranger, of New York, is President of this company, Mr. F. A. Luling; the General Agent at this point. With able and efficient officers, the business of this enterprise rs steadily increasing and bids fair to obtain unlimited success. The business in aU its va¬ rious details of management, is conducted upon principles of pure mercantile integrity, and it is to these merits that the credit, reputation and confidence of the company owes its success. The salt excavated from the above mines is superior in purity and strength to any other salt, the analysis from the well known Professor E. W. Hilgard, giving the following results: Chloride of Sodium, 99-880; Chloride of Calcium, no trace; Sulphate of Calcium, 120; total 100,000, and owing to this unequaled purity it is calculated that its use will insure a saving of thirty-three per cent, in compari¬ son with other salt. It has also been ascertained by actual test, that meat killed in the greatest sumrner heat and packed with this Louisiana salt has given the most satisfactory results. The com¬ pany s sacks are manufacturedof the best matenal, and guaranteed to contain full weight, two hun¬ dred lbs. Within a short period, the above mines will connect by rail with the Morgan La. & Texas R. R ., at New Iberia station, thereby bringing it in direct connection with all the roads in the United States. B. F. SIMMS & SON—Commission Merchants, Wool, Hides, Furs and Skins, 38 Natchez Street. There can possibly be no house better or more favorably known throughout all of the immense territory tradingr with the city of New Orleans, than the acknowledged leaders of this branch of trad^ Messrs. Simms & Son, at No. 38 Natchez street. This enterprise was started in 1840, by Mr. B. F. Simms, his son being admitted as a partner in 1876. Four hands are employed, and all pur¬ chases as shipped immediately, and all consignments are sold immediately to the best advantage. The annual business amounts to about $100,000 to $150,000, the principal part of their shipments and sales going East. Messrs. B. F. and B. J. Simms compose the firm, and their success as busi¬ ness men has kept pace with the growth of the city, and to-day has an elevated rank creditable to a city that is well known for the eminent qualities of push and forward movement that are to be witnessed on all hands. To be singled out, then, as prominent merchants in such unenterprising community, is a compliment that conveys much more than ordinary praise. And yet, no one will dispute their full claims to this position. Farmers and country merchants are advised to ship aU their wool, hides, furs and skins to this firm, who wiU do better for them than any one else, as they have the best New York and Boston connections of any house here. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 161 I ! H. BUDDIG—Lumber Commmission Merchant, No. 401 Julia St. ! The mention of the above house in lumber circles carries with it a prestige and confidence that is seldom enjoyed by any finn, and this has been gained by a business career of twelve years, Mr. Buddig started this entei-prise in 1870. with only a limited capital, and being a man of more than j ordinary detei-mination and business abilities, he has succeeded and prospered until his original capi- 1 tal is more than doubled, and he enjoys an extensive and growing trade, which not only embraces | New Orleans and vicinity, but extends throughout the entire Southern Country. He transacts a general lumber commission business, his annual sales aggregating over $250,000. A large corps of male assistants are kept constantly employed in the various branches of the business, who are cour- I teous and attentive to all who visit the establishment. He handles a large assortment of hard and i soft lumber, timber, &c., and in fact everything pertaining to this special line of trade can be found 1 at his yards. Mr. Buddig was born in Germany in 1836, and hds resided in New Orleans for many j years. He is in the prime of business usefulness, and devotes his personal energies and qualifica- j tions to his business with telling effect. He is an enterprising, able and energetic citizen and busi- j ness man with whom it is a satisfaction to form business relations. This is one of the best known j and most extensive establishments of the kind in the South, and the high estimation in which the j house is held has been secured by the meritorious characteristics of the proprietor for integrity, relia- j bility and the liberal manner of conducting his business, as well as the superior quality of the product j sold. We can cheerfully recommend the house of H, Buddig to the readers of this work as being | one justly entitled to the liberal patronage being extended, as well as the esteem and confidence of , the business community. This firm solicits consignments of and makeliberal advances on lumber of all kinds and sell at the highest market price. COCHRAN & MIMS—Engineers and Machinists, Brass and Iron Founders, &c., No. 292 and 294 Peters and 306 TchoupitouJos streets. In a historical review of the manufacturing and busmess interests of our cit>% this establishment is deserving of special mention and a prominent position. This house was originally founded about twelve years ago by Hunter A Cochran, who conducted the business until four j^ears ago, when the firm of Cochran & Mims was organized and became sole proprietors of the establishment. They have succeeded, through their industry, perseverance and close attention to business, in increasing their trade year by year, until now they do a business of over $8 '0,000 per annum. Sixty skilled mechanics are kept constantly employed in the various departments of the establishment, the monthly pay roll amounting to $8,600- The premises occupied are spacious and conveniently situ¬ ated, the works being supplied with one fifteen horse power, and one ten horse power engine, which are required to furnish the motive power to drive the necessary machinery . Everjdhing in the way of the latest and most improved machinery for this special business is provided in these works. This firm do a general and varied business in all kinds of engineering, brass and iron foundry work, boiler maMng and blacksmithing. Marine work made a specialty. Their trade is extended over the Southern States, Mexico, Cuba and South America. The individual members of the firm are J. Cochran and Alfred A. Mims, both of whom are practical as well as theoretical engineers, fully conversant with ever>" detail in connection with their immense establisdiment. Mr. Cochran was bom in Scotland, and Mr. Mims in England, but both have resided in New Orleans for many years, and have become thoroughly identified with all her industrial and business interests. Prompt, reliable and honorable in all their business transactions they are justly entitled to the confidence ana esteem of the business men of this community. MME. M. LEVY — Milliner, 603 Magazine Street, next door to M. Levy's Dry Goods Es¬ tablishment. Prominent among the industries on Upper Magazine street is Mme. LeNy s millinery establish¬ ment which was started by her in 1871, and a successful and increasing business has been gained. The building occupied is admirably adapted to the requirements of the trade, and a complete and well selected assortment of goods in this line of the latest and most desirable styles is always kept on hand and eight skilled and competent women are employed, who have had experience in this line The trade is general throughout the Southern country, especially in New Orleans and the sales amount to $20,000 per annum. Mme Levy^ is a native of Germany and is practically ex¬ perienced in this business herself and all who patronize her will receive satisfactory work. M LEVY, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, ETC., AT NO. 605 MAGAZINE STREET. This well known and popular establishment was also started in 1871, and a large two story build¬ ing is occupied. The stock embraces eveiy^ variety of articles usually found in dry goods concerns, with a complete supply of fancy goods of all kinds, which are offered at the most reasonable prices. Three as.sistants are required to supply the wants of customers, and the trade is widely extended over the Southern country and is general throughout the city. The assortment of hosiery, kid gloves, also matting and window shades kept Viy Mr. Levy, is not surpassed in this part of the city, and the annual sales reach a large sum. Mr. Levy has resided in the Crescent City for the past fifteen years, is a native of Germany, and his enterprise, with that of his most excellent wife, are leading and representative industries of this portion of New Orleans. Both stores will be made in one to accommodate the increase of trade. Mme. Levy imports all of her stock of goods. 11 162 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE CO. — 0. L. Geer, Manager, New Orleans Agency No gradually but surely becomingr recognized thi’oughout the country as a mercantile center, that has improved more during the last few years than any city in the United States The merchants are beginning to see the advantages she possesses in position as a distributing point: the climate, and the absence of that terrific competition noticed in Chicago^ and other orthern cities, which makes the race for a living almost unbearable to all who have not solelv siv- en themselves up to tlm acquisition of wealth Manufactories are springing up on everv hand and the merchants of the Crescent City never lose an opportunity when, by a display of the? inventions r manufactures, at home or abroad, they can meet with competitors in trade worthy of their steel. builcl|n|!was thrm%nm?ent^Cem Mrchiif were a great many machines competing for the grand prize which ^as’a rom OFFICIAL. “American B. H. O. and Sewing Machine Company, Pliiladelphia Pa “Grpup 7, class 31. ®^^ibit is worthy of special praise for: Artistic arrangement. ‘^‘^s^-nty of specimens of needlework shown. of ‘Americp’ sewing machines to all kinds of work. Luaste design, and the small amount of power to operate them.” “American B “Group 25. class 179. H. O. and Sewing Machine Company, Philadelphia, Pa. struction.”*^^ display of ladies\ misses’ and gents’ garments, showing great skill and patience in their con- “American B. H. O. and Sewing Machine Company of Philadelphia Pa. “Group 7, class 31. fui^iJfthev a?e^m?^e^v1th Perfect copies of hand-made button-holes, and more beauti- pml, and do an annual business of from $75,000 I to $100,000. Six male assistants are kept employed in the different departments of the estabhsh- ■ ment attending to the wants of customers. They receive large consignments from all over the I country, making liberal advancements, as well as being purchasers from New York and other j Eastern markets of all kinds of foreign produce, which is placed on the market in New Orleans on the most reasonable terms. They deal heavily in oranges, apples, eggs, potatoes, onions, poultry, cabbage, peanuts, pecans. Arc., which are frequently'sold by the cargo at the wharves thereby saving' the purchaser the expense of transfer and cartage The individual members of the firm are Stephen D'Amico, A Sidoti and P. H. Lewis, all of whom have been engaged in this special branch of busi¬ ness for the past twenty-six years, and are capable, industrious and thorough business men in every sense of the term. Mr. D'Aimco and Mr. Sidoti are natives of Europe, while Mr. Lewis is from the State of Texas. This establishment is without exception not only the largest but the best arranged in all its appointments of any of the leading houses engaged in this class of trade in the city. I J. S. A IT KENS & SON—Importers and Dealers in Hardware, Tools, &c., I Nos. 236 to 242 Tchoupitoulas street. The Hardware house of J. S. Aitkins A: Son, traces its origin back to 18^34, h-aving been estab¬ lished originally by S. S, Aitkens, and during all these years, under the change of proprietor¬ ship it has mamtained a prominent position among the representative business houses of the , Union The buildings and warehouses now occupied cover an area of one-eighth of an entire ! square. The entire store-room, which is arranged expressly for this business, is filled with an im- j mense and complete stock of foreign and domestic hardware, including eveiy variety of mechanics ' tools, builders’ hardware, shelf goods and heavy hardware, locks, latches, and all articles pertain¬ ing to this branch of business. These gentlemen are direct importers of foreign hardware, and are exclusive agents for the sale of the various products from a number of the leading manufacturers in the United States. The average stock of this firm ranges from $18,000 to $20,000, and their trade, which extends into almost every State in the South, will reach from $40,000 to $60,000, and com¬ pares favorably vuth that of any similar establishment in the city of New Orleans. A force of from six to ten clerks, salesmen and assist-ants -are constantly employed in the various departments of this extensive establishment, and the business is conducted under the immediate supervision of the mem¬ bers of this firm, who are gentlemen of experience and abihty. The facilities and advantages en¬ joyed by this well knovui and thoroughly reliable house, are such as to entitle it to the favorable consideration of dealers everj’where, and give it a national reputation as one of the leading repre¬ sentative hardware houses in the South. Mr. .J. S. Aitkens, the senior member of the firm, was bom in New ITork in 1815, and Mr. C. L. Aitkens in New Orleans in 1838; both of whom have been actively engaged in the hardware trade for many years, and are thoroughly acquainted with all the details and requirements of the business in which they are engaged. E. F. DEL BONDIO—Commission Merchant, Nos. 42 to 48 Poydras St, Corner Peters. Among those firms which are most itimately connected with the history of New Orleans, its stmggle, growth, and subsequent prosperity, sharing and promoting every matter of public interest, the house of E. F. Del Bondio will assuredly take a prominent position. For twenty-five years its career has been cldsely allied to the commission and produce trade in all its various stages, and to a marked degi'ee conducive to the thrift and importance that places this branch of our commerce upon so solid a foundation. This house started in a small way, and the increase has been very large, the house being one of the most prominent and best known in the city, and among the most successful. The buildings occupied are spacious and conveniently situated on one of the most prom¬ inent business thoroughfares m the city, and is a large three story structure, covering an area of an entire square, occupying Nos. 42, 44, 46 and 48 Poydras street, and is filled from top to bottom with a full hne of all kinds of Western produce, which he ofi'ers to the trade at the lowest standard prices. Twelve competent and experienced clerks and salesmen are kept constantly employed in the various departments, who are courteous, pohte and attentive to all the patrons and friends who call at the estabhshment. To no class of her merchants does New Orleans point with more pride than she does to her commission merchants. Not only have they been largely the means of advertising her as a cheap and pleasant business locahty, but through them her commission merchants have come to be looked upon as the most generous and stable of her business men. This house is recog¬ nized as a leading one among the number in this city of high commercial standmg. Through long experience in every detail in this business, and a high reputation for integrity and fair dealing, it is justly entitled to the confidence in which it is held by the trade. Mr. Del Bondio is a gentleman enterprising and honorable, and sustains a hign reputation in commercial circles. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 167 ROBERT FASNACHT—Importer and Dealer in Wines, Liquors, &c., No. 36 and 38 Pot/dras Street. of the liquor trade of the United States is exceedingly great, and influenced by the present stimulus m nearly all other departments of business, is likely to increase in importance m the not-tar-distant future. Wliile the efficacy of really pure liquors is generally admitted, a dis- cnmmatmg public cannot fail to condemn those deleterious compounds which are unworthy the place Uiey assuine in the market, and with which unscrupulous dealers, at times, place upon the ui *1 injurious Giiocts ot udultGrutG 1 and ^^doctorod’ liquors havG boon frGquGntly and thor- oughly demoi^trated, and not without a beneficial effect, as evidenced by the rapidly increasing de¬ mand for the better grades, and a con^esponding decrease in the consumption of inferior and com- mon kinds Among the reliable houses of New Orleans engaged in this branch of business, and noted for the excellence of their goods, that of Robert Fasnacht is worthy of recognition and con¬ sideration m a work devoted to commercial as well as manufacturing interests of New Orleans. This ente^rise was established in 1857 by the present proprietor. The premises occupied are spacious, the building being a double store-room, and three stories high, where he ca,rries a large and careful¬ ly ^sorted stock of foreign wines, brandies, cordials and liquors, together with a general line of ^nctJy pure old whiskies of the finest brands, and most undoubted reliability. He is also agent for Cmcmnati and Milwaukee lager beer, in barrels and bottles. Mr. Fasnacht was bom in Switzer¬ land, but has resided in this city for many years, and is well and favorably known in this communi¬ ty as a business man who has done much to elevate the standard of the trade in this city. LOCHTE & CORDES—Wholesale Grocers and Importers of Wines and Liquors, 46 Tchoupitoulas Street. Scarcely any enterprise has been hailed with a greater expression of popular favor or been pro¬ ductive of so satisfactory results as the business of the firm under discussion. Messrs. Lochte & Cordes began business in 1872 as successors to Ohmstedt & Schultze, an old and standard house of good repute. They deal in first-class goods and have established for themselves a reputation as a good and reliable firm—giving a good article in trade As wholesale dealers this house has hardly a compeer of its kind in the country. Moines and hquors of every description and quality are ever kept on hand, so that they are always up to and equal to the demand. They import their wines and liquors and insure them to be of the best quality, pure and undefiled. The house is more widely known as a gi-ocery house. There are seventeen male hands employed in the various rooms, and these men are chosen with the view of their liabihty to do good work and in regard to their responsibility to the duties resting upon them. The members of the firm came to the country several years ago, and through diligence, thrift and economy were enabled to build up an extensive trade and to win a large circle of friends. Mr. Lochte is of German origin and retains that disposi¬ tion to succeed which is characteristic of so many of his race Mr. Cordes is also of European birth. These gentlemen carry a full stock of staple and fancy goods. Their sales are very large rang¬ ing from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This great traffic has been reached through skillful multiplication of a previous smaller stock, with all due care and observance to a successful issue. The above firm occupies a fine four story brick at 46 Tchoupitoulas street, comer Natchez alley. The building is 30x160 feet in dimensions, and is well adapted to the stock of goods. All the needed conveniences of a commercial house are there, making it an attractive place for the transaction of business. The trade of this house is extensively carried on between the city and country, and the firm is bound by its good word to supply the demand with pure goods. Drumming is carried on by responsible agents who keep the trade lively and extending. The proprietors of the house are gentlemen of undeniable integrity and truth. They have made their business a life’s work, and have shown their good qualities in their long experience mth the pubhc. Nothing can be more pleasant than to have the satisfaction to recommend to all the standard firm of Lochte & Cordes, distinguished alike by its en¬ terprise and straightfoi-wardness, and to be permitted to mention the names of its proprietors, men whose every act is justice, whose personal bearing and social standing are the most salutaiy. GEO. D. LUCE—Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of Star Brand Moss, No. 162 Front Street. Tlie proprietor of this establishment was bom in Vermont in 1845, but has been a resident of New Orleans for many years. The business of this establishment was first started about fifteen years ago, and was taken in possession by Mr. Luce in 1874, who started with moderate capital, which, by his good management, backed up by energy and perseverance, it has been ver>- largely increased. He now carries a stock of from $5,000 to $10,000, and does an annual business of about $100,000. Twelve male and twelve female hands are kept constantly employed in the different de¬ partments of the mills, the monthly pay roll being $500. The premises occupied are commodious, the buildings covering an area of one-half of an entire block. All the latest improved machinery is used in these mills. A 40-horse power engine furnishes the motive power to drive the necessary inachinery in the various departments. The trade of Mr. Luce, while being confined largely to the North, also extends over the entire Southern States. Mr. Luce is a wide-awake, active and ener¬ getic business man. Prompt, reliable and honorable in all his transactions, he is entitled to the esteem and confidence of the community. 168 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. ED. & JAMES O'ROURKE—Steam Roiler Manufacturers and Blacksmiths, Nos. 183 and 185 Fulton, and 213 New Leree streets. This house was established in 1865byO'Rourke &Meagher. who conducted the business un¬ til 1871, when they were succeed¬ ed by the present firm. They carry a stock of from $1,000 to $2,000, and transact an annual busines*s of from $30,000 to $40,000. Employment is given to twenty five male assistants, all of whom are skilled work¬ men, whose pay roll foots up from $900 to $1,000 per month. The buikhngs occupied are 44x120 feet in size and provid¬ ed with all the requisite iha- chinery for caiTjung on the business. The specialties man¬ ufactured at this establishment are low pressure, locomotive, flued and cylinder boilers, clari¬ fiers. filters and juice boxes. They will make contracts for boilers and all necessary con¬ nections, such as fire fronts, grate bars, steam and stand pipes, valves, etc., cliimueys and breeching, all of which will be furnished at the lowest foundry prices. All work done at this establishment will be ^ guaranteed equal in point of I workmanship and material to I .... _1_ any in the city or elsewhere. Planters and Merchants are respectfully invited to call and examine their work and prices, f Xew and second-hand boilers constantly kept on hand The firm of Ed. and .Tas. O'Rouike have a large, and growing trade extending over the entire South and in Mexi¬ co. The mdividual members of _ this firm are both natives of ! Ireland, who have had a long I experience in this branch of manufacturing, having com¬ menced the study of their trade jl m early boyhood. They are i perfectly familiar with all the theoretical and practical minutiae of their business. JAMES. J. REISS—Manufacturer of Confectionery, i/ermicelli. Macaroni and Extract of Coffee, Nos. 93 and 95 Decatur Street. In expiating upon the industries of Xew Orleans in a detailed way, which after all is the only manner in which their importance can be clearly conveyed to the reader, we should deplore omitting some mention of the well known house of Mr. .tames J. Reiss, manufacturer of confectionery, etc., at Xos. 93 and 95 Decatur street. The confectioner)* business, which, in this city, has been brought to great perfection and employs an immense aggregate capital, has like the other great trades, its specialties. Some of these, the finest, are represented most admirably by the house which forms the subject of tliis sketch. This enterprise was started in 1860 by Henry Xormanj and James J. Reiss, INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. IF,9 the latter succeeding to the proprietorship in 1880. Starting with very limited capital and small facilities, the house has a most prosperous and honorable history. A large and commodious three story building is occupied which is 80x200 feet in size and provided with all the necessary machinery and appliances required for this branch of manufacture, an engine of fifteen-horse power being u^d as the motive power. Confectionery of every description, vermicelli, macaroni and extract of coffee : are made here and the reputation enjoyed by this house is wddespread for special excellence in the | productions placed in the market. The stock carried averages $75,000 in value and is ample for the > requirements of the immense trade. Fifty hands are employed, all skillful and experienced wmrk- , men in this line, and an immense amount of confectionery goods are manufactured here, while the j annual sales reach $300,000. The trade is general throughout the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, | Texas, Florida, Arkansas and Alabama, and the wide, extended reputation which Mr. Reiss enjoys > in his manufacture is fast increasing the boundary of the trade and which is assuming large propor¬ tions. Mr. Reiss is a Director in the People’s Bank in this city, has been engaged actively in his present business for a number of years in lisew Orleans and closely identified with her commercial interests. Possessing perfect knowledge of all its details, Mr. Reiss prosecutes his business with an energy and ability that is full}^ recognized in mercantile circles of the city. __ G. C. PRUSCHEN—Sewing Machine Agent, No. 197 Cana! St This is an establishment of which the people of New Orleans may well feel proud, and which is in every way deserving patronage and generous support. This enterprise was started in 1869, by the present proprietor', and his business has increased in such rapid proportions that his large and com¬ modious quarters are hardly adequate to accommodate his constantly increasing trade. He is the sole agent for New Orleans and vicinity of the well known and popular sewing machines: the “New Remington” and the “Homestead,” both of which are well known in this community for the many excellent qualities that each possesses. The “Remington” is without doubt the easiest running machine in the world, and presents quahties that can not be equalled by any other machine. He is also agent for all kinds oi silk twist, thread, needles, oils, &c. Machines exchanged and repaired on short notice His trade is large and extends over the entire city and surrounding country, his annual sales amounting to from $10,000 to $20,*'00, and gives employment to three competent and experienced hands. Mr. Pruschen is a native of Bremen, Gennany, but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and is well and favorably known in the community as an honorable, upright and worthy citizen, who is justly entitled to the confidence of all who have busine.ss relations with him. We can cheerfully commend him to the readers of this work as a gentleman in every sense of the word, and worthy of a liberal patronage from the generous public. _ JOHN P. SCHEMEL—Manufacturer of Horse and Mule Collars, 8, 10 and 12 Cana! St. In disclosing the advantages that pertain to New Orleans in the great channels of eoinmerce and manufacture, it is our intention, while avoiding unnecessaiy minutiae, to so represent the industries of this community, as to leave no doubt in the minds of distant readers that this market not only can, but does, compete as a source of supplies with any in the country. In so doing we cannot ignore the claims of prominence to Mr. .John P. Schemel, manufacturer of horse and mule collars, at No 12 Canal street. This enterprise was started in 1878, and has been largely increased, the demand for this article of manufacture being equal to the capacity of this establishment. A three story building, 25x90 feet in size is occupied, a stock of $5,0U0 value being carried, and all the necessary facilities for the manufacture of collars being found there. Fifteen hands are employed, all skilled workmen in their various departments of the trade. One traveling man is employed in visiting the merchants throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Alabama, the annual sales reaching $30,l00. He makes a specialty of Dannemann's patent moss collar, and his work has gained a wide celebrity for superiority and excellence of workmanship. Mr. Schemel was born in this city in 1857, and has attained a remarkable success for so young a man. He is well-known throughout this community, and commands respect for many excellent characteristics, which have tended to place the house in its present eminent and influential position. MICOLO & LACAZE—General Commission Merchants, No. 99 Decatur St. The present age is a progressive one, with competition in all hnes of business so energetic as to call into active exertion the best business talent, unceasing perseverance and indomitable energy in order to succeed. Strict adherance to purpose, unremitting exercise of brain and steady application are the sole reliances or chief corner stones of success One of the largest and best known firms in this city, engaged in the general produce commission business is that of Micolo & Lacaze, situated at No. 99 Decatur street between Conti and St. Louis streets. This enterprise was founded by Mr. J. Y. Micolo in 1878, Mr. Lacaze being admitted as a partner in 1880 under the present firm name The building occupied is three stories in height and 25x160 feet in size and no house in the trade carries a more ample stock or possesses better facilities for the transaction of business. The average amount of produce kept on hand is valued at $25,000, and seven hands are required to keep the house in per¬ fect order. One traveling salesman is employed constantly on the road looking after the interests of house and the trade is general throughout the North, South and East, the annual sales reaching $100,000. Messrs. J Y. Micolo and Geo. E. Lacaze compose the firm, the former a native of France, the ikter of Louisiana, both gentlemen possessing admirable business quahties and in every way eminently qualified to stand at the head of this line of trade in New Orleans. This establishment and its able management will bear comparison with any similar institution in the country and is worthy of most favorable consideration from the thousands of readers of this work. 170 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. MUNCY & MARCY—Wholesale Dealers in Cypress Lumber and Am/te River Shingles, Nos. 418 and 424 Delord street. ^ A careful review of the various commercial enterprises of New Orleans renders apparent the jus¬ tice of the reputation which she enjoys abroad for business, energy and enterprise. Prominent among the business firms engaged in the sale of lumber and shingles is the estabhshment of Messrs. Muncy A Marcy, located at Nos. 418 to 424 Delord street. Started in 1870 by M, B. Muncy, who conducted the business until 1878, when the firm became Muncy & Marcy. By in¬ dustry, perseverance and close application to business, they have succeeded in building up a flour¬ ishing trade, extending over the States of Louisiana, Texas,- Mississippi and Alabama. Fifty male assistants are kept constantly employed in the various departments of the establishment, and an annual business of over $10ij,000 is transacted. This firm, in addition to their lumber trade, are agents for the steamer “Ahce,” which makes regular trips to the Amite River country. The indi¬ vidual members of the firm are M. B. Muncy and Frank P. Marcy, both of whom are practical lumber merchants and thoroughly conversant with all the details and requirements of the business. They make the -sale of Cypress Shingles a specialty, in which they are prepared to offer extra in¬ ducements to purchasers. They are also the owners of the steamer “Georgia Muncy.” which makes two regular trips per week between this city and Mobile. The house of Messrs. Muncy & Marcy IS so well known and established that any word of commendation from us would add "but httle to its popularity and high reputation. Suffice is to say that no more honorable or reliable gentlemen than Muncy and Marcy lives. MICHAEL HACKETT—Retail Grocer, Nos. 395 and 397 Dryades Street, near Dryades Market. Among the many industries that have tended to enlarge and extend the commercial and manu¬ facturing importance of New Orleans, perhaps none has had a more favorable influence upon the mercantile relations of the community than the grocery trade, and certainly no house in the grocery trade exhibts more energy and entei-prise than the subject of this brief sketch. This house was established in 1871 by the present proprietor, with limited capital. The business gradually enlarged until it became, and has remained for years, a controlling influence to the trade in this portion of the city. The business premises occupied are situated on one of the principal thoroughfares of the city, is a two story structure, every arrangement being perfectly adapted for convenience and com¬ fort in the transaction of his business Four competant clerks are kept constantly on the alert to serve the immense numbers who visit this estabhshment every day. The stock contains everj^ vari¬ ety of articles pertaining to this Ime, being complete in all its departments. A full line of both staple and fancy groceries are always kept in stock, consisting of the choicest coffees, teas, sugars, syrups, spices, flour, rice, canned goods, Ac., and in fact everything necesssry for family use is to be found at this popular and weU regulated establishment. Mr. Hackett was born in Ireland, but is now American in every respect, and stands high in the estimation of contempories and the commer¬ cial world at large. This house enjoys a splendid reputation, and we take pleasure in recommend¬ ing it to the trade generaUy as being prompt, reliable and trustworthy in every respect. DOLBEAR COMMERCIAL COLLEGE—Levi Dolbear, President, No. 203 Cana! St, Third Story. The past twenty-five years have shown throughout our vast country great progress in the cause of education. The different states have vied with each other in perfecting their systems, and in pro¬ curing the most learned and efficient instructors, providing the most styhsh and costly scientific instruments and appliances—to say nothing of the magnificent buildings erected for that purpose. As citizens of this great repubfic, we take pride in the steadily increasing interest manifested in the cause of education, and the milhons of money freely bestowed for that purpose. In our large cities we find one or more commercial colleges, devoted exclusively to giving to those who desire it, a thorough business education. To the Dolbear Commercial College of this city, situated at No. 203 Canal street, under the management of Professor Levi Dolbear, can our citizens point with just pride. This institution was established in 1832, being chartered by the legislature of the State of Louisiana, and under rules and regulations at that time considered the best for acquiring a thor¬ ough and practical business education, the system has met with the full approbation of its patrons. Educators are progressive men of intelligence, having the experience of the best instructors to study, and observant of the changes and wants of to-day, they adopt the best features of instruction of the past and embrace any new plan, principle or theory that is calculated to advance the interests of the pupil. Experience has fully demonstrated that the system adopted by the commercial colleges of to-day is the best in use. At this time you may find m the leading business houses, banks, in¬ surance companies, manufacturing establishments, railway offices, steamboats, and in every avoca¬ tion requiring the services of brains, persons having diplomas from such institutions, holding the most prominent positions. Professor Levi Dolbear assumed the proprietorship of this college in 1832. He has very materially improved the course of study in the past few years. The college building is spacious and conveniently situated, being elegantly furnished throughout with the most modern and comfortable furniture. Prof. Dolbear has devoted his life to study and imparting instruction to others. His system and mode of instruction is as thorough and practical as can be found anywhere; his success has proven him a practical business man, and fully competent in the INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 171 capacity of teacher to impart information to others; his assistants are thorough masters of the special branches to which their attention is devoted; they instruct annually a large number of students, and the general satisfaction expressed by the patrons of the excellent methods of instruc¬ tion pursued, a much larger attendance may be expected the ensuing year. To parties at a dis¬ tance this institution commends itself, while the city offers every inducement as regards society, health and economy to the student while pursuing his studies. This is the oldest, most efficient and successful commercial college in the United States, and a diploma from this college is a pass¬ port over the world. There is a full faculty, and a special professor for each branch of study, so as to save time and money to the students. There is no vacation. Board from |20to $25 per month. When clubs of three or more enter at the same time from the same place, ten per cent deduction will be made. An education that enables the student to earn $1,000, $2,000, $8,000 a year is the fortune parents can give their sons. The South must now educate all its sons procticallif. Ladies’ classes in penmanship, arithmetic and book-keeping are in session the year round. Ladies desirous of entering for any one or all of said branches, can do so at any time. LOUISIANA RICE MILLS—Warner & HcbIzbI, Proprietors, Nos. 268 and 270 Tchoupi- toulas Street. The establishment of Messrs. Warner & Hoelzel is a well known New Orleans institution, and has been for many years. ' It is one of the class of busmess houses so common in the Crescent City, which, commencing on a small capital, are carried, by the force of enterprise, economy and business habits, to a point of high success. The business was commenced in 1867, by Mr, P, Hoelzel, who conducted the business until 1877, when the present firm was organized. They give employment to twenty-five male assistants, to whom is paid about $800 monthly wages, and transact an annual busmess of from $30,000 to $40,000. The mills and warehouses occupy an area of one-half of an entire square, the mill being supplied with all the latest and most improved machinery. A 65-horse power engine furnishes the motive power to drive the machinery in the various departments of the establishment. The trade is spread out over the entire Southern country, while their sales are largely with the jobbing trade in the city. The individual members of the firm are Henry Warner and Phillip Hoelzel, both of whom are natives of the State of Louisiana, Mr. Warner being born in 1851, and Mr. Hoelzel in 1859 They are young, active, wide-awake and thoroughly competent men in every sense of the term. In the many years of their business history, in connection with their present enterprise, they have become widely known, and are worthy of honorable mention, not only for the quality of their manufactures, but for their character as business men and citizens. RICE, RORN & CO.—Dealers in Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Cutlery, &c.. Nos. 89 and 91 Camp Street, and 591 Magazine Street, Warehouses: 143 to 147 Magazine Street. New York Office, 97 Chambers Street. There is no establishment in New Orleans more widely knovm throughout the vast district that centers here to trade than that of Rice, Born & Co. This house enjoys a reputation of which the proprietors have a right to be proud. It is an establishment deserving more than a passing notice in a work devoted to the industrial and commercial pursuits of New Orleans, The business of this establishment is conducted on the highest principles of honor, with great energy and ability, and to these facts, together with the genial, courteous manners of the members of the firm is due the eminent success it has attamed and the prominent position it occupies in the commercial affairs of the city. The establishment is metropolitan in all its features, and a large, varied and complete stock of heavy and shelf hardware, consisting of builders’ hardware, cutlery, agricultural imple¬ ments and plantation supplies, nails, iron, bar and sheet, castings, ua the immediate suiTOunding country. The individual members of the firm are G. P. Mamson and L ine Bettison, both of whom are well knowui as honorable and high-minded gentle¬ men, who have the entire confidence and esteem of the community. Mr. Harrison was bom in j issouri, and has been actively engaged in the commission and produce trade for the past thirty years. x\lr. Bettison is a native of Arkansas, but has been a resident of New Orleans for manV years and is well known to the trade as a straightforward business man in everv^ sense of the term\ _ s a firm Messrs. Harrison & Bettison are deserving of a hbera l patronage from the general public. BH-LET Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &c. A 05 .113 and 115 South Rampart Street, Corner Perdido. years the name^of Adolph Billet has been identified with the business interests and material prosperity of the Crescent City. The extensive business house of wliich he is at present the ^le proprietor was established in 187o, and by industry and perseverance he has gradually increased from year to year until now he carries an average stock of over $40,000, and transacts an annual business aggregating from $2o0,000 to $300,000. Sixteen experienced hands are kept constantly empl^oyed, to whom monthly wages amounting to from $800 to $1,000 are paid. The premises oc- Tfail the building being 52x150 feet in size and two stories high, which is com- large and well selected stock of groceries, wines, liquors, cigars, (Src., which he otters to the public at the very bottom prices. In addition to his storeroom, he also occupies a large and commodi^s warehouse at Nos. 79 and 81 Perdido street where he keeps in stock a large f goods. His trade is largely confined to the city and surrounding country. Goods de- tbe city free of drayage, as he keeps five delivery wagons and his facilities in Connected with the Telephone Exchange, and all rLtdprW^? m Shlet is a native of Germany, but has r ^ Orleans for many years, and has had an experience of fourteen years in the grocery conversant with the business in all its details. In this citv he has S T reputation, and assumed a high position among the grocer/ dealers J^Lp^ o ^ .his well appointed store is a pleasure at any fppiia r, o always received by Mr. Billet and his gentlemanly clerks in a pleasant and cour- Lcuuy iii3.rixi0r*. 176 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. G. W. DUNBAR'S SONS—Distillers of Liquors and Cordials, Manufacturers of Fruit Syrups, and Packers of Shrimps, Oysters, Fruits. Vegetables, etc.. No. 8 Tchoupitoulas Street. Jt is only careful research and thorough investigation that enables the editor of the present volume to procure reliable and trustworthy statistics of the representative houses engaged in the various branches of industry and commerce which, in aggregation, constitute the wealth, prosperity and material welfare of this city, and make it a great producing and commercial center. The house of Messrs. G. W. Dunbar’s Sons was started m 1866 by Mr. Geo. H. Dunbar, with limited capital, and its career has been prosperous from the very start. The business premises consist of one-half square of ground, two-thirds ot which is built up, where a flourishing trade is pursued in manufactur¬ ing, distilling and packing An engine with three boilers, constituting about 150-horse power, is used, and all the requisite machinery for rapid and successful work is found in their factory. Forty male and one hundred and fifty female hands are employed and about twenty-five thousand cans are turned out per diem. This firm can shrimps by their own patent process, and excel in the manu¬ facture of French cordials and fruit syrups. As packers of semi-tropical products, orange and fig preserves, artichokes, okras, etc., they do an immense business, and the annual sales amount to over $100,000. The factory is situated at the corner of Levee and Desire streets, and their products are sold all through the United States, England, France, Germany and South America. Mr. A. H. Gandin is the efficient and trustworthy book-keeper, and the firm is composed of ^George H. and Francis B. Dunbar, both natives of this city. They commenced their trade in BoiMeaux, France, in 1864, and are thoroughly conversant with the details of their business, and give personal atten¬ tion to each department Parties transacting business with the house cannot fail to receive satis¬ faction. LOUIS GRUNEWALD— Piano, Organ, and Music House, Nos. 16 and 22 Baronne Street, and 121 Canal Street. A carefully detailed examination of what may be called the industiies of New Orleans reveals the fact that many extensive enterprises are carried on in this city, which demand special attention at our hand, and will arouse the interest of the reader, not only by their magnitude, but by the prom¬ inence which they have achieved. Of such, the establishment of Mr. Louis Grunewald, the char¬ acter of his enterprise, and the impetus which his efforts have given to the general thrift of the community, become fit themes for . remark, and are sufficient apology for some comment on his op¬ erations. Mr. Grunewald commenced business as dealer in pianos, organs and music in 1856, near Magazine street market. In 1858 he removed to Chartres street, and afterwards to his pres¬ ent attractive stand, on Canal street. His career throughout has been continuously successful, and in 1876 he built Grunewald Hall, on Baronne street, which is well and popularly known by all our citizens, and those visiting the city in search of amusement or pleasure. The building on Baronne street, in which the Hall is situated, is four stories in height, and 76x180 feet in size. Here is kept the large stock of pianos and organs which is required to meet the demands of his immense trade throughout the South. The Steinway. Knabe, Weber, Fisher and Pleyel, the latter imported from France, and peculiarly adapted to the climate of this section of the country, the Behr Bros., Fischer and Pease pianos are always kept on hand in the various sizes and prices offered by the manufac¬ turers, while organs of all the best makers can be obtained at this, the cheapest and best piano, organ and music house in the South Pianos are taken in exchange, rented, moved or repaired, as desired, and all transactions are perfectly satisfactory, in which the house is concerned. The building on Canal street is quite large, and is favorably built to admit of the artistic display of the smaller instruments and general musical merchandise required for the supply of the musical trade. The show-windows are especially noticeable, and every article in this line can be procured at this comprehensive establishment. Circulars containing the wholesale and retail prices of the differ¬ ent articles in stock can be obtained upon application. Pianos are sold on easy monthly payments, and old instruments taken in exchange for others. The four story building, situated in the very center of the retail business portion of our city, is 65x160 feet in size, and is the leadinir emporium in the music line in the entire Southern country. Fifteen employes are required to successfully pros¬ ecute the business, and the trade of the house is general throughout the United States, Mexico and Cuba, and the business amounts to over $75,000 per annum. Mr. Grunewald was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827, and came to New Orleans in 1852. The hall bearing his name is an architect¬ ural structure forming an ornament to our city, of which we may well feel proud. The interior is artistically frescoed, and adorned with oil paintings of many of the old masters. The acoustics are as near perfect as it is possible to obtain, every sound being easily heard in the extreme part of the hall. Some of our best musical artists have given concerts in this hall, and it is patronized by tlie elite of the city For more than twenty-five years identified with the industries, prosperity and de¬ velopment of the Crescent City, maintaining through all that period an untarnished reputation, we feel at liberty to say that the claims of Mr. Grunewald upon the public patronage are second m force to none of his contemporaries. He is an eminently practical musician, thoroughly conversant with the Southern and Western trade, and liis pleasing, courteous treatment of all who visit his establishment has made him popular. His opinions on musical subjects are of great weight, and no one occupies a higher position in social circles at home or abroad. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 177 REYNOLDS IRON WORKS — E. S. Reynolds, Manager, Cor. South Market and Fulton Sts. In a work devoted to a minute display of the manufacturing and commercial resources of this community, the iron manufacturing interests must occupy a position of importance commensurate with the prosperity,' and general development of New Orleans. Conspicuous among those firms that have added no little to the celebrity of our products in this department of trade, the Reynolds Iron Works must always occupy a prominent place. This enterprise was started several years ago, and has been under the management of Mr. E. B. Reynolds, a joractical man in this line of busi¬ ness, with a comprehensive knowledge of the wants and necessities of the trade. At these works is manufactured all kinds of iron fronts for buildings, columns, and iron work in general; also rail¬ ings, castings, blacksmith and machinery work. They are also sole manufacturers of the celebrated “Reynolds Plantation Cotton Presses,” and “G. C. Tiinpe’s Patent Elevator.” They carry a large and varied stock of all kinds of these manufactured products, doing an annual business of over $140,000. Eighty male assistants, many of whom are experienced and skilled mechanics, are kept constantly employed, the monthly pay roll amounting to from $8,200 to $4,000. The premises oc¬ cupied are large and commodious, covering nearly a square, the shops being furnished with all the latest and most improved machinery used in the business. The trade of this establishment ex¬ tends over the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, South America, Cuba and Mexico. Mr. Reynolds, the popular manager, was born in Natchez, Miss., but has long been a- resident of this city and has become thoroughly identified with the industries and business interests of the “Crescent City.” As a firm, the Reynolds Iron Works is regarded as being at the head of the trade, and is justly entitled to the high consideration resultant upon an honorable and enterprising career.__ WM. DASTILLON—Feed Store, Nos. 107 Decatur and 2 , 4, 6 and 8 St. Louis Sts. This establishment, started in 1879 with small capital, but has built up a trade not only satisfac¬ tory to the proprietor, but a just subject of pride, as it has been done by close attention to business, energy, high individual honor and square liberal dealing. With the thrift characteristic of his nationality, Mr. Dastillon, unaided, has to-day, by his own exertions, as attractive and well selected stock of feed as will be found in New Orleans, consisting of hay, corn, oats, bran, &c., in prime condition and at the lowest market prices. IIis business room is ample, 20x75 feet, three stories high, all well arranged and adapted to|the business. He is an experienced man, a prudent buyer, thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of his trade, and he labors to please his customers in every way. He carries an average stock of $2,500, which is replenished almost daily, and his yearly transactions 'will amount to $40,000. Four assistants are employed, who attend to delivering goods to the customers. Altogether it is one of the most flourishing concerns in the city. Mr. Dastillon is a native of New Orleans. His facilities for conducting his business are first-class both in extent and quality. He is an active business man, giving promise of greatly extending his trade. For square, upright dealing, liberal principles and enterprise no house stands higher. LOUIS GIMBLE—Dealer in Hats, Caps, Trunks, Boots and Shoes, Nos. 554 and 556 Magazine street. Among the best known and most deservedly successful merchants in this section Louis Giruble is prominent. He commenced business here about fifteen years ago, with a limited capital, which by his great energy, perseverance and close application to business has been gradually increased from year to year, until now he carries an average stock of from $5,000 to $6,000, and transacts an annual business of over $10,000. Two competent and experienced clerks are employed in the sales depart¬ ment to whom liberal monthly wages are paid. The premises occupied are large and commodious, the store room comprising a double room at Nos. 554 and 556 Magazine street, which is filled with a large and carefully selected stock of hats, caps, trunks, ladies’, gentlemen’s and children’s boots and shoes of all kinds, which he offers to the public on the most reasonable terms. Shoes made to order a specialty. The trade of this establishment extends all over the city and surrounding country. Mr. Gimble is a native of Germany, but has resided in New Orleans for many years past, and is known in this community as an honest, upright and reliable business man and justly entitled to the confidence and esteem of the public. He is worthy of an extended patronage. W. H. PETERS—Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, French Corsets, Etc., No. 600 Magazine St. The wants of a great commercial and mercantile city call into existence many special industries. Among our well known dry goods firms is the house of Mr. W. H. Peters, located at No. 600 Maga¬ zine street, near St. Andrew street. This gentleman started his present enterprise in 1863, with medi¬ um capital, and the business has steadily increased until now he enjoys a large and flourishing trade. The store-rooom is large and admirably adapted to the attractive display of dry goods, fancy goods, etc , of which a large and select stock is constantly kept on hand. The manufacture of corsets is carried on to a large extent, and are made to order and repaired at this establishment. French corsets are kept in every variety and size to suit the trade, which is quite large throughout the city and Southern country, many visitors to our city availing themselves of the advantages held by this concern. Six clerks are employed, and customers receive prompt and courteous attention. Mr. Peters is a native of Poughkeepsie, New York, and his business is conducted on those principles of strict justice, integrity and fair dealing which has made him popular and successful, and given his house a prominence as one of the staunch and reliable business houses of the Crescent City. 178 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. T. A. BECK—General Cooperage, Nos. 27 and 29 North Peters St. It is impossible, we are convinced, for the reader to examine tbe contents of this work without being forcibly impressed with the wonderful diversity which the industries of this city have assumed within the last two decades. Within this period much has been done to constiiict avenues of trade hitherto unknown in this community. In this relation the enterprise of Mr. T. A.. Beck must be viewed and accorded such consideration as should be awarded one of the most important and promi¬ nent manufactories in New Orleans. Mr. Beck started his factory in 1860 and by close attenfion to the trade, being thoroughly conversant with its every detail, has‘enjoyed a prosperous career, the business having increased to a large extent in every direction. The business premises consist of an office and warehouse at Nos 27 and 29 North Peter street, fom- stories high and 30x100 feet in size, also the Star waiehouse and another on Juha and St. Joseph streets, and cooner shops occupying one-third of the square, situated on Carondelet Walk, the latter containing all the necessary machmery and appliances for this department of manufacture. Sixty hands are employed and molasses and sugar packages, rice and flour barrels are constructed especialy in large quantities and none but the best materials are used in their manufacture. The average stock of materials and completed work kept on hand is estimated at $20,000 value and 1,000 barrels, etc., are turned out each week. The trade is general throughout Louisiana, Cuba, Texas. Mississippi, Alabama and Mexico, the annual business reaching $50,000, and the trade is steadily extending in every direction. Mr. Beck was born in Germany in 1833, and deserves high consideration for establishing so import¬ ant an enterprise in our midst and adding so materially to the general prosperity of the Crescent City. We will conclude bv saying that from the already weU-eamed reputation of Mr. Beck, business rela¬ tions entered into with him can only prove profitable, pleasant and permanent. ! NEW ORLEANS SUGAR REFINERY — KirchoffBros., Proprietors, No. 103 TchoupitoulasSt. j Among the sketches of industry carried on in this busy city, this one of the New Orleans Sugar I Re^ery is by no means to be overlooked. It is a branch of industry which, though closely connected j with the extensive grocery trade of the city, is yet pecuhar to itself—requiring great business sagacity and skiU to make it a success. This enterprise was started during the present year by the present proprietors, with an ample capital for successfully carrying on the busmess. This refinery has been supphed with all the most improved machinery used in the sugar refining business. The sugar for refining is received on the ground floor, where is also situated the most of the machinery, supplied with the most improved engine, toilers, vacuum and water pumps, everything in fact that is required j for the expechtious and thorough performance of the work required in such an establishment The carbon used in the refinery is prepared with the greatest care, for upon its quality, largely depends the classification of the sugar. The second story contains the centrifugal machines, which are in successful operation night and day. The clarifying room contains a large number of clarifiers and I tanks for the sugar solution, and hot and cold water tanks for cleaning the carbon. In the melting i department, the raw sugar, so to speak, is emptied, to be reduced to a proper liquid and thence ; transferred to the highest story to go through the “filters.” From this story the liquid comes down j again, stage by stage, until it reaches the packing department, where it is put m barrels or hogs- I neads ready for market. The individual members of the firm are both young men, active, energetic I and enterprising, having a thorough and practical knowledge of the business in which they are I engaged, and fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the trade. Prompt rehable and honorable in all theh business transactions, they have in an eminent degree won the esteem and j confidence of the business community. We can cheerfully recommend the firm ofErchoff Bros, to the readers of this work as being composed of gentlemen with whom it is a pleasure to trade. We I predict for this refinery a successful and prosperous career under the present efficient management, ; and one worthy of an extended patronage. I *----— — - ■ ■ . ■ — — --- - - ■ _ ■ C. H. LAWRENCE & CO.—Commission and Fish Merchants, Nos. 29,31 and 33 Tchou- I j)\toulas Street. \ It is only by a careful review in detail of the industries of New Orleans that any adequate idea ; can be gained in regard to the real magnitude of those interests which are of such vital importance I not only to this community but to the American public at large. It bemg the main object of this work to present such facts, brief descriptions of the principal business industries are not only proper but essential and in this connection the house of C. H. Lawrence A Co., is entitled to more than passing notice. This establishment w’as started in 1865, by Mr. C. H. Lawrence, and in 1870 Mr. I W. E. Lawrence was admitted as a partner under the present firm name. They occupy the spacious warerooms at Nos. 29, 31 and 33 Tchoupitoulas street, 55x160 feet in size, four stories high and keep on hand a complete stock of western produce, meets of aU kinds, etc. The butter, cheese and meats are kept perfectly cool by their process of refrigerating. An engine and boiler of twenty-five horse¬ power is used for refrigerating the warehouses and for elevating purposes which is the only one of the kind in the city. The stock averages $100,000 in value and an immense trade is transacted throughout the city, the annual sales reaching $800,000. Fourteen emplo 5 ^es are kept constantly busy attending to customers’wants and keeping the stock in perfect order The individual mem¬ bers of the firm are Messrs. C. H. and W, E Lawrence, both natives of Massachusetts, and since residing in New Orleans closely connected with her material welfare. Amply supphed with fachi- ties for filling orders in wholesale or retail quantities to suit buyers, the business in aU its details of management is conducted with enterprise and energy, upon principles of pure mercantile integrity and it is to these qualifications that the credit, reputation and confidence of the house is due. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 179 M. L. HUDGINS & CO.—Wholesale Tobacco Merchants, No. 46 Magazine St. Among the industries for which New Orleans is particularly noted, the wholesale tobacco trade occupies a prominent position as a source of commercial and industrial thrift. Occup^^ing no incon- spicious place among its cotempoi-aries, the house of M. L. Hudgins &. Co. is deserving of special mention in a work designed to disclose in detail the resources and advantages of this city as a pro¬ ducing and mercantile center. This enterprise was started in 1878 by the present firm with medium capital which has largidy increased. A large three story building is occupied 25x75 feet in size, and the stock carried embraces all the most desirable and popular brands of tobacco in sufficient quan¬ tities to meet the demands of their extended trade. The average amount of stock carried is esti¬ mated at $40,000, and three assistants are employed, two traveling salesmen being constantly en¬ gaged in selling their goods throughout the South, the trade lying principally in Louisiana, Mississ¬ ippi and Texas, while the annual sales reach $250,000, and are steadily increasing. Messrs. M. L. Hudgins and Peter Burke compose the firm. Mr. Burke is a resident of Mobile, Mr. Hudgins is a native of Virginia, and possesses a thorough knowledge of this business, purchasing none but the very best article, thus insuring perfect satisfaction to all their customers. Among the many firms pursuing the same branch of industry, no house occupies a more honorable position than this and none surpass it in a liberal, prompt and reliable business policy to which is owing the ptosperity of the concern and the esteem with which it is regarded. JAMES DE BLANC—Manufacturer and Dealer in Ladies', Gents' and Childrens’ Wear, No. 98 Royal Street. Mr. De Blanc, the subject of this brief sketch, was born in St. Martin’s Parish, Louisiana, and after serving a thorough apprenticeship of three years, about six years ago commenced business for himself at the comer of Miro and Columbus streets, but soon after removed from there to No. 149 Bourbon street, where he continued until 1881, and being required to seek more commodious quarters, he removed to his present quarters at No. 98 Royal, where he is now engaged in manufacturing all kinds of ladies’, gents’ and childrens’ boots and shoes, which for per¬ fect fit and excellence of workmanship cannot be equalled in the city He gives constant employment to from twenty to twenty- five skilled workmen, and personally oversees his entire estabhsh- ment, everything being conducted with the greatest care and in a systematic manner. He carries a large and varied stock of ladies’, gents’ and children’s wear of all qualities and sizes. Mr. De Blanc is comparatively a young man, enterprising, reliable and courteous in all his business transactions, and is justly en¬ titled to the liberal patronage of the pubhc. MOYSES & MEYN—Manufacturers of Show Cases and Cabinets, No. 63 Chartres St. In this branch of manufacturing enterprises of New Orleans, there is, perhaps, no house better adapted to prosecute the work with better success or in a more perfect manner, than the house of Messrs Moyses k Meyn. Mr. Moyses is a European by birth, and having had an experience of twen¬ ty-one years in the cabinet business, commenced his present business in this city in 1881, associating himself with Mr. Meyn, the present firm was organized. By giving their personal and close attention to their business and closely watching the interests of their patrons, they have seen their business increase with each succeeding year until they are now in possession of a large and growing trade, extending over the entire Southern country. They give constant employment to six skilled mechan¬ ics, two floors of the building being used for the business of manufacturing, which is 30x100 feet in size, and supplied with all the necessary appliances and machinery for successfully conducting then- special business. Mr Meyn having had ten years practical experience in the show-case trade, gives his personal attention to the supervision of this branch of their business. They manufacture all kinds of German silver and walnut show cases, show windows, together with all kinds of cabinet work. All orders from the country are promptly attended to. We commend this house to the read¬ ers of this work as well deserving of especial attention and liberal patronage. HUGH FLYNN—Dealer in Furniture and Mirrors, Nos. 167, 169 and 171 Poydras St. Amoiw those industries that it becomes the special province of this work to display, the house of Hugh Flynn occupies a conspicuous position, and from the character and magnitude of their ope¬ rations are entitled to more than brief mention. This firm commenced business about seventeen years ago, by Mr. Flynn, the present proprietor. Ten male assistants are constantly employed. The premises occupied are commodious, the buildings being each 25x100 feet in size, four stories high. All the latest improved machinery used in the furniture trade is supplied and the store rooms hand¬ somely fitted up and arranged for the business. Mr. Flynn’s trade, while quite largely confined to the city, he has a large country demand which he supplies. Mr. Flynn was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1829, fifty-two years of age, and is a Avide-awake, energetic business man, throroughly convers¬ ant with the requirements of the trade, and has won the esteem and respect of the community in which he has located, by his upright course and courteous manner. 180 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. » ANDRIEN BROS.—Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, No. 37 Bienville St. The manufacture of boot and shoe uppers, in New Orleans, while comparatively only a new en¬ terprise, IS a very considerable part of the commercial value of the city’s business. Formerly it was supposed that Lynn, Mass., was the only place for manufacturing boots and shoes. At present the manufacturers in New Orleans are able to compete not only in good work, but also in low prices with any establishment in the country. Messrs. Andrien Bros., after a practical experience of twenty-four years, m all the various details of this branch of manufacturing, in 1881, opened their present business at No. 37 Bienville street; their establishment being supplied with all modem ma¬ chinery and equipments, and they turning out the the neatest, best fitting and durable work to be found m the city, all of which is made from the best quality of leather. The demand for their work has so increased that they now employ from twenty-five to thirty-five hands, and will add more as the business demands. Three floors of the building are occupied in the prosecution of this work and it already compares favorably with similar enterprises of the city. They carry in stock custom made boots and shoes, and also boot and shoe uppers^ which they offer to the trade at the very lowest cash prices. They are also prepared to do job work for city or country, guaranteeing the best workmanship and on short notice They are courteous and gentlemanly, in the prime of life, full activity and public enterprise, and well deserve the esteem in which they are held by the citizens of this community We can assure the public that no more prompt, upright and reliable boot and shoe establishment can be found in the city, and we commend the house to the readers of this work as being one worthy of confidence and a desirable one with which to establish business relations. P. THORMMHLEN—Dealer m Leather and Findings, Tanners' and Curriers' Tools, &c.. No. 65 Chartres street. This important enterprise was started by the present proprietor in 1863, and having had a pre¬ vious experience in this line of business for thirty years, was well prepared to conduct the present en¬ terprise to the full satisfaction of the community as well as the numerous patrons of the establish¬ ment The premises occupied are large and commodious, being conveniently situated at No. 65 Chartres street, on one of the principal business thoroughfares of the city, in which he carries a large and carefully selected stock of leather and findings, tanners’ and curriers’ tools and oils, as well as all kinds of fittings made to order on short notice. The stock includes both im¬ ported and domestic kip and calf skins, oak and hemlock sole leather. He makes a specialty in green salted alligator hides, for which he pays the highest market price. Shoemakers tools, find¬ ings, lasts, nails, pegs, thread, awls, ink, etc., can be found at this establishment, and at the lowest cash prices. He invites the attention of purchasers in general to his large stock of goods, assuring them of courteous and liberal treatment. We can cheerfully recommend the house to the readers of this work as being one worthy of their confidence and liberal patronage. Mr. Thormsehlen is a native of Europe, but has r sided m the city of New Orleans for many years, and is noted for his liberality in all public matters pertaining to the good and general prosperity of the city. Personally he is respected in the community in which he resides, and his business policy is based upon the strictest principles of honor and fair liberal dealing. J. E. BROWN—Fashionable Merchant Tailor, No. 188 Poydras 5L The question of the largest house is often contended for, but there is no question that J. E. Browm’s establishment is one of the most fashionable and reliable houses where good fits can be ob¬ tained. He carries an ample stock of goods for the trade, -ot first-class quality, replenishing often and thereby keeping late styles of goods from which to select. He commenced business m February 1876, with only his thorough knowledge of the trade and by close attention to the wants of his patrons has built up a thriving business, comparing favorably with similar concerns in the city. From eight to ten skilled workmen arc employed as the exigencies of the trade demand and gives his personal attention to all work before it leaves his house, cutting the work himself and never failing to give satisfaction. He occupies a three story building as residence and storeroom and is always found at his place of business. He is a gentleman highly esteemed for his social qualities and thoroughly conversant with his trade. Prompt, reliable and actively energetic, he has made his house a favorite with those who appreciate well fitting clothes at moderate prices. This is the lead¬ ing enterprise of the kind in this part of the city. ORLEANS TURNING MILL—Special Manufacturers of Furniture, Gebsi & Hablizel, Proprietors, Nos. 94 and 96 Perdido .street. This well known and extensive establishment is located in the central part of the city, in a com¬ modious structure 45x160 feet in size, where since 1874 the firm has done an immense business. They manufacture and keep on hand a well assorted stock of all kinds of turnings in wood, metal and ivory, consisting of newels, ten-pin balls, rollers, balusters, mouldings, furniture turnings, handles, awn¬ ing posts, faucets, patterns, Ac. Twelve skilled workmen are kept constantly employed, to whom liberal monthly wages are paid aggregating from $600 to $700. One 15-horse power engine is used to furnish the motive power to drive the necessary machinery in the different departments of the establishment. While their trade is principally confined to the city of New Orleans, they do a large business, by orders, from all the surrounding country. The individual members of the firm are Mr. B. Gebs and Jno. Hablizel, both of whom are men of large and practical experience in this branch of manufacturing, and are well acquainted with all the details and requirements of the business. Prompt, reliable and energetic, they are fully entitled to the esteem and patronage of the public. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 181 M. SCHWARTZ & BRO.—Dealers in Engines, Pumps, Machinery, etc., 149 to 169 Mag¬ azine Street A detailed description prepared with a view of giving a careful review and comprehensive sum¬ mary of the various enterprises of a manufacturing character which have conduced to' give New Orleans the reputation that she enjoys, would be incomplete without reference to this representative establishment, exerting as it does a powerful and vital influence upon the prosperity of the city. Messrs. Schwartz & Bro. started their present enterprise with a small capital, and by close attention to business have increased their facilities until now they are numbered among our large and influen¬ tial dealers. Two lots are occupied and three buildings used for storing the immense stock required for their extended trade. Twenty hands are employed, the weekly pay roll amounting to $350. The assortment kept by this firm consists of new iron, engineers’ and railway supplies, engines, pumps, machinery of all kinds, steam and gas pipe, and fittings, etc., the average value being placed at $100,000. The trade is general throughout Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Mexico and Cuba, the sales reaching $200,000 per annum. Messrs. Schwartz k Bro. are agents throughout the South for Dean’s steam pumps, Friedman’s patent injectors and Kelley steel barb wire, each of them widely celebrated for points of excellence. The individual members of this firm are M;essrs. Moses and Louis Schwartz who commenced this trade in 1865 and are thoroughly conversant with its smallest details. Mr. Moses Schwartz was born in Germany in 1849, was formerly President of the New Orleans, Spanish Fort and Lake Railroad, is now in the prime of life and a popular, highly respected citizen. Mr. Louis Schwartz was also born in Germany in 1845, is an active, enterprising business man, fuUy cognizant of the requirements of the business. One book-keeper and four sales¬ men are employed and the firm devote their personal attention to the trade, giving customers a courteous and pleasant reception and retaining their patronage by fair, honorable dealings in all business transactions and prompt attention to supplying orders sent to the house. They are entitled to unbounded success and will attain true prosperity. M. POKORNY — Manufacturer and Dealer in Boots and Shoes, No. 103 St. Charles Street. In compiling the business industries of New Orleans it is safe to assert that this house is one of the most enterprising and rehable establishments of the kind in the city. Mr. Pokorny started in business in this city in 1860, and conducted the estabhshment until 1869, when he removed to New York where he resided for a short time, but subsequently returned to the Crescent City and has been in active business ever since. By his industry and perseverance, backed up by a thorough knowledge of the business, he has established a lucrative trade, the annual sales aggregating from $100,000 to $125,000. From twenty-five to thirty hands are constantly kept employed in the different depart¬ ments of the estabhshment, the monthly pay-roll amounting to from $1,200 to $1,500. The prem¬ ises occupied are conveniently situated and especially fitted up and arranged for this special branch of business. Mr. Pokorny does a large jobbing trade with the wholesale dealers in the city, besides having an extended trade over the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and other Southern States, supplying the sugar and cotton planters with stocks of boots and shoes He manu factures to order all grades of boots and shoes, and also carries a full and complete hne of Eastern made goods, which he offers at reduced rates. Mr. Pokorny is an Austrian by birth, and has a life long experience in this branch of trade, having served his time as an apprentice in Vienna. He is a live, active ^siness man. He sohcits a share of the pubhc patronage, and wiU manufacture every article in his line of business at prices to suit his patrons. MEMPHIS, HELENA AND NEW ORLEANS PACKETS—Office No. 82 Gravier St, John F. Douglas, Agent. The marked success attendant upon the career and operations of these Packets is of such a pronounced and obvious character as to demand more than ordinary attention in making a careful review of the commercial industries a city of New Orleans. These boats start¬ ed the trade in 1878, for the purpose of running a line of steamers in the inter¬ ests of the local trade between New Or¬ leans, Helena and Memphis. They now have running regularly two boats, tho “Chas. P. Chouteau,” and the “Henry Frank, ” two of the largest cotton boats ever built. They leave New Orleans on their regular trips every Friday. The local office of the company is located at No. 82 Gravier, and the business at this end of the route is looked after by Captain .John F. Douglas, an old and experienced steamboatman, who is thoroughly conversant with all the details of the business. He is a gentleman of unimpeachable integrity, and stands deservedly high in the esteem and confidence of the community. They have purchased two more boats for the trade, the Laura Lee and a new one not yet named. Jesse K. Bell, corner Gravier and Delta street, is financial agent of the packets, and Brockett & Carter, 38 Magazine street, sign all bills of lading over the Arkansas Valley route via Arkansas City. 182 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. EDWARD BOOTH—Wholesale Hats, Caps, Trunks, etc.. No. 32 Magazine St. This, we believe, is one of the oldest business houses in the c%, dating as far back as 1839. Mr. Edward Booth succeeded to it in 1848 and has increased the business until now he is at the head of one of the leading hat houses of the city. A building 30x75 feet and four stories in height is occu¬ pied and a complete stock of well selected hats, caps, straw goods, ladies’ hats, trunks, show cases, etc., carried in suflBcient quantities and in great variety, the newest and best styles being always found there. Ten assistants are employed and a good stock kept on hand. Four traveling men are kept on the road selling goods throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama and Florida. The prices at this house are proverbially low; fair and square dealing being their motto, and live and let live then* rule of action. No house in the city possesses facilities for trade superior to this old and favorably known establishment Mr. Booth is known as a man of the strictest in¬ tegrity and business tact, and it will pay our readers to give bun a cal) when they want anything in his line G. YALETS—Wholesale Beer Depot and Sole Agent for Wm. J. Lemps*, St. Louis La- ger Beer, No. 68 Fulton St. Among the industries of the city of New Orleans there are few which take precedent in excellence and enterprise to that of Mr. G. Yalets, at No. 68 Fulton street, sole agent of Wm. J. Lemp’s cele¬ brated St Louis Lager Beer. This beer has obtained popular favor wherever it has been introduced for its sparkhng purity and excellent qualities. It has met in competition with the largest and best known estabhshments of the Western and Southern country, and from the best judges has claimed the highest meed of honor. Mr. Yalets keeps a full and complete stock of this beer, as well as the genuine German Seltzer water, constantly on hand, both bottled and on draught. A force of sixteen male assistants are constantly kept employed in the prosecution of this large and constant¬ ly growing business. The premises occupied are 25x150 feet in size, and four stories high, being es¬ pecially fitted up and aiTanged for the business. Mr Yalets, not only has a large city trade, but has orders daily from all the surrounding country, where he has a large acquaintance in business circles. Mr. Yalets was born in Pennsylvania, but has been a resident of, and connected with, the business interests of New Orleans for many years. He commenced the study of his business in 1866, having a practical experience of over fifteen, years, and has, by his courtesy and business ability, gained the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and no man sustains a nobler reputation than he has acquired. It is a pleasure to refer in a book of this character to a man who has succeeded so admi¬ rably by his own efforts as has Mr Yalets. TENSAS AND BAYOU MACON PACKET CO.—Office, No. 132 Gravier St. In a detailed account of the mercantile industries and business interests of New Orleans, and which have added no little to the commercial wealth of the city, we are pleased to notice that of the Tensas and Bayou Macon Packet Company, which besides having aided the city has given the planters on the Tensas river and towns along the route, an outlet for their freight on which they can always rely, and which should receive the hearty support of merchants and planters along the route traversed by the company’s steamers. The following magnificent boats are running in this Hne: the “Tensas,” L. V. Cooley, master, and Thomas Knee, clerk; the “Yazoo,” J. B. SuUi- van, master, and W. B. Poulke in the office. They are elegantly fitted up both for freight and passengers, and supphed with every convenience and comfort for passengers. The officials are coufteous and accommodating, the tables be- f supplied with-an abundance of the “good ” which the market affords. The line has er the present management become one of the most popular as weU as the safest line to travel on of any in New Orleans. Passage and freight rates may be secured either on board the boats or at the company’s office, at No. 132 Gravier street, from Messrs. Lord & McPeake, agents. The boats make regular ten day trips going as far- as Floyd’s landing on Bayou Macon, and, also to the upper Tensas. PAUL SAUYE — Stationer, Book and Job Printer, Ruler, Lithographer, Binder, Engraver, Blank Book Manufacturer, Etc., 74 St. Charles Street. Identified with the business industries of New Orleans, Mr. Sauve and his work have acquffed an enviable celebrity. This house was first started in 1874, with very moderate capital, but by perse¬ verance and strict attention to business his trade has largely increased both throughout the city and country. Mr. Sauve is a native of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, where his father owned several sugar plantations, the name dating as far back as a quarter of a century in this State. He is a wide awake energetic and honorable business man, who has won the confidence and esteem of aU those who have business relations with him, we therefore cheerfully commend him to the public as one worthy of their confidence and patronage. Mr. Sauve carries a full line of stationery, together with pocket books, frames, albums, papettries, etc., etc. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 183 ABITA SPRINGS — W. G. Coyle, Agent, No. 33 Carondelet St The Abita Chalybeate and Saline Springs of Louisiana are located on the banks of the Abita river twenty-eight miles from New Orleans, and two and one-half from Covington, in the parish of St. Tammany. The Abita Springs formerly belonged to Capt. Bossiere, is remarkable for the volume and quality of water which it discharges, and for the force of its ascending current, as it makes its exit from the ground. The surrounding country, which is undulating and heavily timbered, is ele¬ vated on an average of about twenty-five feet above the usual surface of the Abita river (from which the spring receives its name). Geologically speaking, the section is alluvial, and covered by a beau¬ tifully symmetrical growth of various species of pine, interspersed here and there with patches of oak. The surface soil is sandy, and generally of light color; underlying the surface, at a clepth vary¬ ing from one to two and three feet, is a sub-stratum of blue clay. With proper tillage, it has been found adequate to the production of all the various grains and vegetables. In regard to the origin of the spring, the character of the water contrasting m appearance so strongly with the waters of the Abita River, which flows close by; its volume, (the main Abita spring yields one hundred and twenty (120) gallons per minute, or two million of gallons per twenty-four hours—running constantly;) and the fact that it holds in solution so considerable an amount of silicic acid, seems to favor the idea that its source is very deep in the earth; in other words, that it is a kind of natural “Artesian WeD.” The temperature of the water, 60—air being 74 —seems to favor the same opinion The analysis of the Abiti Springs—as simple carbonates—under the direction of Prof. W. P. Riddell, of the University of Louisiana, contains: Carbonate of Soda.(Na. 0. Co2.).... 5.3270 Carbonate'of Iron.(Fe. 0. Co2.).3.5766 do of Lime.(Ca. 0. Co2.).2.7500 do of Magnesia.(Mg. 0. Co2.).9624 Chloride of Magnesium.(Mg. Cl.). ... .9634 Silica and Alumina. .3.3000 Potassa and Organic Matter.4800 Carbonic Acid (free) Co2. . ...5.4850 Total.22.8442 In view of the valuable medicinal qualities of these springs a company was formed consisting of wealthy and influential citizens, and in 1855 was incorporated under an act of the Legislature of Louisiana, with a capital stock of $50,0o0, divided into shares of $100 each. It is estimated that more than half the population now leave the city to remain away during the summer months, or one- third of the year. Most of these seek the small towns along the lake and gulf shore, to find but little change, except in place—the water generally being bad, and the mosquitoes still with them Others find a refuge among the springs and watering places of the North. These last are the wealthy classes, and persons whose business lasts only during the winter season. Still a large portion are left unprovided for—those who, either from a lack of means, or whose business requires that they should remain near the city, cannot seek an asylum at such a distance. Those are they who feed the yellow fever and cholera. The Abita Springs is a refuge from pestilence, offering more inducements for health and comfort, than can be found at the far-famed Northern springs. The Abita Springs is situated in the parish of St. Tammany, on the Abita river, two and one-half miles East of Covington. The “Abita Company” have made many valuable improvements at the springs, erected hotels, cottages, &c., and in fact, have supplied every thing necessary for the convenience of guests while sojourning at this very popular resort. Two large and elegant steamers, the “New Cameha” and “Heroine” are run regularly between the city of New Orleans and the Springs, touching at Mande- ville, Covington and other landings making all the principal points on Lake Ponchartrain. The lake breezes are always pleasant and exhilirating, and there is no reason why the “Abita Springs” should not be as noted and as popular a water ;place for New Orleans and the South as “Long Branch” is to New York; for here can be had a choice of sea, mineral or fresh water baths, pure air and enchant¬ ing scenery. Any correspondence regarding the Springs, or for passenger or freight rates, should be addressed to W. G. Coyle, Agent, No. 33 Carondelet street. During the heated term in the summer months regular excursions will be given from New Orleans at reducpd rates, and every accommodation will be extended by the steamers to make it pleasant and agreeable to passengers. £. M. SIVORI—Wholesale Dealer m all Kinds of Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nos. 24 and 26 Poydras Street. There is a vast amount of enterprise among the fruit dealers in New Orleans, and they have given the city an excellent reputation for activity in this business. There is no dealer in this branch of trade that has done as much in building up the business as E. M. Sivori, who is located at Nos. 24 and 26 Poydras street. One of the leading specialties of this house is the sale of all kinds of fruits, vegetables and country produce ; also, oranges, lemons and bananas. Mr. Sivori is a native of Europe, but has resided in New Orleans and been actively engaged in the fruit trade for many years past, and is a gentlemen of progressive ideas, and infusing this characteristic into his trade, he soon rose to distinction in commercial affairs, and his business has increased until the annual sales will reach from $!< 0,000 to $125,000. He occupies a building 60x80 feet in size, which is filled from top to bottom with a full variety of both foreign and domestic fruits, vegetables, &c. Mr. Sivori is a ytraightforward, active business man, and a very worthy citizen of New Orleans. 1^4 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. LEED S FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS—Corner of Delord and Constance Streets. Although it must bo confossod that thoro are manufacturing centers in the United States of more seeming prominence than New Orleans, yet from a critical examination it is very questionable wheth¬ er anv other community of like size can exhibit so great a diver¬ sity in the character of the in¬ dustries carried on and promot¬ ed as are found in active opera¬ tion in this city. Among those enterprises which strike us as being particularly prominent is that of Leeds&Co. manufacturers of engines, boil¬ ers, cotton com¬ presses, sugar mills, vacuum pans, and all kinds of sugar machinery. This foundry was or¬ iginally known as the New Or¬ leans Foundry, merely a repair shop and con¬ ducted upon very small capi¬ tal until 1825, when Mr. Jede- chal Leeds became interested in it, becoming sole proprietor in 1826. The hmited scale upon which the concern was first established is rather a matter of astonishment in view of the enlarged facilities of the plant at the present time. About two thirds of a square of ground is occupied by their found- ry, ten or twelve buildings being used in the various departments of the work. Here are employed about one hundred and fifty hands at present^ as many as four hundred being required at times. Two large engines for turning lathes and smith and boiler work are used, having two double fined boilers besides two smaller engines for various purposes. A steam hammer and all the latest improved machinery required for heavy work, such as large lathes, planers, cranes, furnaces, etc., are found here and they claim an improved style of work, especially in sugar machinery, in which line they have had great experience. Sugar mills and kettles, clarifiers, vacuum pans, centrifugal machines, drammg machines, saw mills, gin gearing, furnace mouths, grate bars, cotton compresses, boilers of the best quality, etc., are made in large numbers at these works and a wide-spread reputation has been established for excellence of work, throughout Louisiana princinally. The stock of materials etc., usually carried, is valued at about $100,000, and the annual business reaches about $250 OOO’ with, a capacity for from $500,000 to $600,000 per annum. This foundry has been in the same fam¬ ily since 1826 and the present firm is composed of Mr. Chas. J Leeds, who has been in the business since 1841, and Mrs. 0 B. Leeds. The members of the firm are both natives of New Orleans and the standing and reputation of the firm is such as to warrant the entire confidence of those with whom it has business relations and entitles it to the consideration of that community whose general interests the concern has done so much to promote. The foundry occupies, in all respects, a com- mandmg position in the Crescent City and the worthy superintendent of the works, Mr. A. Mitchell, having been employed in this establishment since 1840, has largely aided in promoting the material welfare of this enterprising concern and deserves high commendation, the manner in which the work IS conducted being such as to inspire the confidence of dealers throughout the South and wherever their manufactures are in use. B. ALLEN—Saw Repairer and Furnisher, No. 108 Tchoupitoulas St. In 1878 this gentleman established the above business, which by close attention and judicious management, has since been greatly augmented. The store room is 30x75 feet in size, and the trade is distributed among the mills in the city and throughout the States of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Florida. Three hands, all of whom are skilled workmen, are employed. The work turned out by Mr. Allen is first-class and warranted in every respect. Mr. Allen was born in New York State in 1833. and has been engaged in this special line of work since early boyhood He is a thorough practical machinist and fully competent in every sense of the word. His personal attention is given to his business and nothing transpires in his establishment but what he is fully conversant with all the details, and we cheerfully commend Mr. AUen as a man worthy of the confidence and patronage of the general public. Mr. Allen makes a specialty of filling orders from the saw mills throughout the entire Southern country, and all work consigned to him will receive prompt attention, and saws will be returned immediately after being repaired. This is the only house in New Orleans making a specialty of this work, and it is well worthy of the extended trade that he is receiving. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 185 B. GRISWOLD & CO.—Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, &c.. No. 119 Cana! Si. This old establishment was first founded by Hyde & Goodrich in 1815, and under that firm name the business was conducted for forty years, but finally the name was changed to the above, Messrs. A. B. Griswold & Co , it has, through its extensive business transactions,become as well known through¬ out the South as any establishment in the city of New Orleans. This great establishment is located at No. 119 Canal street, in the very center of the business portion of the city, the premises occupied being a beautiful four story structure, 28x100 feet in size, and filled with a large and carefully selected stock of all kinds of jewelry, watches, diamonds, &c Being possessed of an ample capital, this firm, is prepared at all times to take advantage of the market in making their purchases direct from first hands cheap for cash, and are consequently prepared to offer to the trade of this city and customers throughout the country, all the advantages known to the trade in prices, &c. They carry an average stock of about $60,00), and transact an annual bus¬ iness of over $150,000. Eight skilled and exper¬ ienced artizans and ten clerks are kept constantly employed, to whom liberal wages are paid. The individual members of the firm are, Mrs. A. B. Griswold and Henry Ginder, both of whom are well and favorably known to the citizens of this community as being honorable, reliable and trust-worthy in every sense of the term, and enjoy in an eminent degree the confidence and esteem of the busi¬ ness portion of this community. This establishment is without exception not only the largest but best arranged in all its departments of any of the leading imuses engaged in this class of trade in the city. We can cheerfully recommend the firm of A. Griswold k. Co. to the readers of this work as being one of the most prominent and reliable in New Orleans connected with the jewelry tra de. A. WOLF—Wholesale and Retail Crockery, No. 24 Magazine St. A gratifying fact in connection with this business, to those interested in the industrial prosperity of this country, that may be stated, is the fact that, whereas in the earlier history of this house, the great majority of the articles dealt in were, of foreign manufacture, and were imported in very large invoices, requiring the employment of large capital and necessitated the carrying of immense stocks, now more than two-thirds of all the goods sold in this line are of American manufacture, show¬ ing the rapid strides that have been made in this as well as all other branches of industrial progress, while it also enables the great jobbing and distributing houses to more frequently replenish their stock, and does not necessitate the employment of so large a capital as formerly. The house of A. Wolf is one of the leading, as well as one of the oldest houses in this line of trade in the city, having been established in 1865, and enjoys a very extensive wholesale trade throughout the South. The building occuped is 28x120 feet in size, four stones in height and is fully stocked with a complete line of crockery valued at from $40,000 to $60,000. Seven hands are employed and two traveling salesmen kept constantly on the road selling wares throughout the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas and Florida, the annual sales amounting to $100,000. Mr. Wolf is a native of Germany, and commenced business in 1854, at first in the dry goods trade which he carried on for eleven years, afterwards in his present line. He is an able and intelligent business man, fully com¬ petent to maintain and increase the splendid record of commercial honor and perfect reliability which has so long distinguished this house. JOSEPH DAVID—Wholesale Groceries and Rice Mills. No. 32 Decatur St. In reviewing the manufactures and commerce of this city, there are interests so closely allied to and essential to the promotion of that part of the commerce of New Orleans that has its connection with water traffic, as to make them appropriate subjects for comment, not only on account of their general usefulness to the community, but also as being particularly interesting and available to the great mass of people engaged in business in the city and vicinity. Of such houses as are largely engaged in this relation that of Mr Joseph David, in its line, the most conspicious and reliable This enterprise was started in 1860 by the present proprietor, and the facilities have gradually been extended and increased until now the business assumes large proportions. The storeroom occupied is 85x125 feet in size, three stories in height, each floor being fully stored with an ample and most desirable stock of wholesale groceries, the average value being estimated at $80,000. The rice mills connected with this establishment are located at Nos. 16 and 18 Toulouse street, are 69x175 feet in size, two stories in height and contain all the latest improved machinery for this especial work which is kexjt in motion by an engine of 50-horse power capacity. Twenty hands are employed by this house and a large trade carried on throughout the United States, amounting to $500,000 per annum, Mr. David was born in France in 1826 and has been a resident of New Orleans thirtv-six years, during which time he has been thoroughly identified with the commercial interests of the city and possessing thorough practical knowledge of every detail in the various departments of his business, has fully established himself as a representative business man of the Crescent City. 186 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. H. ROLLING & CO—Carriage Manufacturers, Nos. 158, 160 and 162 Poydras St Every business venture that evinces in its conduction genuine enterprise and energy, is entitled to a work of this character. Among the numerous carriage building establish¬ ments m this large and prosperous city, we notice that of Messrs H. Rolling & Co., who have been their business o^y since the early part of 1881, but who have already established a large and growmg trade Twenty male assistants, many of whom are experienced and skilled workmen, are kept constantly employed in the difterent departments of the establishment. The premises oc- T f u’ • ^uildiiig being 125x180 feet in size, and especially ranged and furmshed^for the business, being provided with all the latest improved'machineiy used extensive trade, both m the city and surrounding country. The individual members of the firm are H. Rolling and Charles Rolling, both of whom are nativL ot iNew Orleans, young, active and energetic business men, having a hfe long experience in the business, they are fully conversant with all the devils of the trade. They manufacture all kinds of ^ swing wagons, and painting and repairing is neatly done at reasonable jnices. While their trade is as yet m its infancy, it is gradually spreading out, and we predict that it will not be many years until they occupy the leading place in their line in this city. S. ALEXANDER—Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Red Stores,’' Nos. 1 and 2 French Market. ^ ‘J extent of the commercial houses of a city, largely indicate the business thrift What names are more familiar in the history of the great Eastern cities than the old influential dry goods houses. The diy goods concerns of this country have always ytuelded a most potent influence, and as culture, taste and refinement become the lea^ng character- istics of commumties, that influence grows and expands. In this connection we select the house of b. Alexander, as a representative one in the dry goods department of trade. This enterprise was tir.-,t started m 1871, with smn 11 capital. By possessing energy, perseverance and eminent business quahties Mr Alexancler ^s attamed a prominent position among the dealers of our city. A three story building, 60x80 in pze is occupied, which is admirably adapted to the display of goods, cheap, fresh and fashionable, which are constantly kept in stock, new bargains being otfered every day. h ifteen assistants are employed and kept busy attending the wants of patrons and a large, flourish¬ ing trade throughout the city generaUy is enjoyed by this popular house. Having been formerly connected with the house of Wallace A Co., dealers in dry goods, at the corner of Magazine and Common, Mr Alexander possesses a thorough knowledge of the trade, keeps a stock as complete in selection, as elaborate m detail and as perfect in style, quantity and quality as is to be found in the city. Mr. Alexander is a native of Germany, and has resided in this city since 1857, during which time he has gamed hosts of friends and numerous patrons, and has become well known and popu¬ lar throughout this section. In the consideration of the community no house takes a hio-herrank or IS more deserving of the success it has achieved or the spotless reputation it bears. ° GEO. D. MOFFAT Successor to Moffat & Gugenheim, Manufacturing Confectioner and Baker., No. 33 Tchoupitoulas Street. in^stnes that it becomes the special province of this work to display, the establish¬ ment ot Mr. Heo. 1). Moffat occupies no mconspicious position and from the character and magnitude of his operations, is entitled to extended notice, conducing in so high a degree to the substantial benefit of tke community and occupying a place that redounds no little to the establishment of a reputation for New Orleans in keepmg with its real merits. The office and storeroom situated at • o- ?to^ies in height. The bakery department IS 2dxo0 feet, the confectionery 3oxl0 ) feet. The latest improved machinery is used, run by an en- gme^ot 15-hoise power and the manufacture of Moffat’s lemon sugar and fruit syrups is carried on to a large extent. The stock averages $20,000 in value, while the annual sales reach $150,000, the trade extending throughout Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alabama and Arkansas. Sixty bands are required m the manufacturing department and four travehng salesmen distribute their products throughout the South. Mr. Geo. D. Moffat, late of Moffat & Jaeger, and of Moffat & Gugenheim, is the proprietor of this house, which, though established m 1880, has assumed a leading position among the enterprising and substantial business firms of the Crescent City. M. CARROLL—Dealer in Furniture, No. 125 S. Rampart St. leading business enterprises of this city is the furniture house of Mr. M. Carroll, at No. 125 S. Rampart street. Phis house was estabhshed iii 1879, by the present proprietor, with a moderate capital which by energy, perseverance and close attention to business has so largely in- carries an average stock of $4,000, and transacts an annual business of over $12,00(). h ive male assistants are constantly employed. The premises occupied are 25x54 feet in size, weU arranged and fitted up for his business. He does a city trade principally, but ships large amounts of goods to the adjacent country. Mr. CaiToll was born in Dublin, Ireland, in October ^11 A! engaged in his trade for many years. He gives his own personal attention to all the details of his business, arid is justly considered one of the most prompt, correct, reliable and agreeable men in the Crescent City. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 187 HERMAN ISAAC—Wholesale Tobacconist, No. 69 Cana! St This house is one of the oldest and most respectable of this character in the entire Southern countiy. It was established over twenty-five years ago, by the prese^it proprietor. He is an active, energetic, careful and attentive business man, of twenty-five years experience in the business, and is thoroughly conversant with all the details of his extensive business and requirements of his trade. H€ does a general jobbing business, carrying a large and varied stock of all kinds of tobacco, cigars, er and t-AXVAS. Beautiful, durable, and econom¬ ical. Adapted for the fiuest as well as the liainblest Daellinsrs. Depota. .Station Hoa»e«. .Seaside Resorts, etc., etc. Those Q| haying rooms to tinish or partitions to make, r J wi3, please seud for samples. Liberal lU ^ disc:;unt to dealers. r M EDWARD THO^P.SOV, k. T Sole Manufacturer, Dr J 112 & 114 Poydras B*;, l.’ew Orleans, La. supphed free. This paper is elegant enough for fine building, the cheaper quality being suitable for humble dwellings, and in two years has given perfect satisfaction, so that its sales is superceding all other make. The manufacture of paper carpeting is also carried on by Mr. Thompson and it is hand¬ some, durable and economical. He is sole agent for patent metalhc shingles. Monarch Corn Mill and Home Corn Sheller. Imperial house colors, three-ply ready roofing, roofing-felt, roofing pitch, paper pads, prepared Windsor lime in cans, lapboards, Japanese paper od cloth, cement, plaster paris and nearly all articles used by budders. With ample capital and close attention to the interests of his matrons, he has seen his trade increase steaddy untd now it is assuming vast proportions, adding no ittle to the commercial wealth and prosperity of the Crescent City. His goods are now ordered . argely for use in aU the Southern States, Mexico and British Honduras. The International Exposi¬ tion Budding at Orizaba. Mexico, now about to open, a large and magnificent budding of some 540 square yards interior surface, is entirely furnished with Mr. Thompson's building paper, whde the entire roof are covered with his three-ply ready roofing. AU orders are carefuUy selected and ship¬ ped by competent assistants under Mr. Thompson's personal supervision. His business in aU its various details of management is conducted upon principles of integrity and prudence and it is to these meritorious qualifications that he owes Im credit, reputation, success and fuU confidence of the pubUc. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 195 JOHN FRANK & CO.—Importers of and Dealers in Leather and Shoe Findings, Manu¬ facturers of Boot, Gaiter and Shoe Upi^ers, No. 14:2 Poydras Street. One of the most enterprising firms,-which it is our pleasure to mention in connection with the industries and business of New Orleans, is that of Messrs. John Frank & Co., importers and dealers m leather, &:c., at No. 142 Poydras street. This concern was starfed by Mr. Frank in 1863, on a small capital, who continued the business until 1872, when Mr. Adolph G. Ricks and George Muth became connected with the firm, and the present firm of John Frank & Co. was organized, which has since conducted the estabhshment very successfully. They now carry an average stock of about $60,000, while their annual sales will reach $200,000. Employment is given to eighty skilled workmen, and the monthly pay roll will amount to $3,000. The premises are 30x90 feet in size, and three stories high, which IS occupied with the business, together with the upper floors of an adjoining building. A silent gas engine of two-horse power is used to furnish the motive power necessary to drive the sewing machines. The trade of this well known house extends over the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas. The individual members of the firm are all natives of Germany, in the prime of life, active, energetic and thoroughly practical men their business, having had a life time experience in this specialty. Mr. Ed. Beeg is the gentlemanly book¬ keeper of the establishment, who looks closely after the ofl&ce affairs. This firm is a desirable one with which to estabhsh pleasant and profitable relations, and is fully entitled to the prosperity that has attended an honora¬ ble career. GEORGE LEMLE & SON — Copper, Tin and Sheet-Iron Workers, No. 169 Raronne St. This business was first organized in 1841, by Mr. George Lemle with an ample capital, who suc¬ cessfully conducted the business for several years, and was succeeded by the present firm of George Lemle & Son. Six male assistants are constantly kept employed in the transaction of the business. A large and well selected stock of copper, tin and sheet-iron is constantly kept in stock. Special attention is given to all kinds of guttenng, slating, Ax., at the most reasonable terms. Repairs exe¬ cuted with dispatch, and satisfaction guaranteed. They are the inventors of Lemle’s patant Rain Water Cut Off, the best now in use. Estimates for city and country work. The building occupied is 30x100 feet in size, and well arranged for this especial business. The trade of this establishment is spread out over the city of New Orleans and surrounding countr 3 ^ The individual members of the firm are George Lemle and David Lemle, both of whom are energetic active and experienced men in this particular branch of industry, and fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the trade. Mr. George Lemle, the senior member of the firm, was bom in Europe, while his son, Mr. David Lemle, is a native of New Orleans, and has devoted his life to the business in which he is now engaged. Determined to be in advance of all contemporaries in every respect, it is not too much praise to say that they have achieved this object bej’ond cavil, and this, together with the high standard of commercial honor and enterprise with which they conduct their business, well merits the respect accorded them. MAR TIN WEYDIG—Manufacturer of Harness, Saddlery and Military Goods 170 Poydras St. There are few branches of industry that are of more interest and importance to the general pub¬ lic than the harness and saddlery business. What business is carried on in this or any other city of any importance that is not, in the daily transaction of their operations, dependent upon the harness maker, and entirely at the mercy, in that dependence, of his honesty, good judgenient and skill? The impor^nce, therefore, to any community of an honest, reliable, prompt and sknlful establish¬ ment of this kind is very great; and such an one, in an eminent degree is that of Martin Weydig. Selecting the above business for his pursuit in life, Mr. Weydig commenced to leam his trade some thirty-five years ago, and from that day his ability, skillful workmanship, square, honest dealing, and genial and affable deportment has won him friends, and his trade has steadily grown and pros¬ pered. He carries a stock of $8,600, and does a yearly business of from $12,000 to $15,000. He employs seven hands, all thorough, skillful workmen—he will have no others—to whom he pays liberal wages. His store, which is 30x80 feet in size, three stories high, is completely stocked, and his business is the best in the city. He manufactures and deals in harness, saddlery, militarj’- goods, fireman’s and lodge supplies, saddle cloths, horse coverings, buggy robes, fly nets and whips, and, in fact, everything to be found in any similar establishment in the South. Mr. Weydig is a gentleman worthy of the confidence and patronage of our citizens, and one whom it is a pleasure to deal with. OF NEW ORLEANS. t, Proprieior, No. 49 Chartres Street In preparing a history of the various industries oi New Orleans we find it necessary to speak in terms of praise of many of the different estabhshments which tend to enhance the real value of New Orleans as a manufacturing and commercial center. We would consider our work incomplete were we to omit mention of this wonderful patent of Mr. Paquett’s, and at the same time give his establishment the prominence which it so well deserves. The Sun Light gas machine was patented by Mr. Paquett, in February, 1877, and again in April of the same year, and since that time has been in constant demand and the patentee is to be congratulated on its won¬ derful success. Mr. Paquett is a practical plumber and has been in the business in this city for a num¬ ber of years, and since starting has met with the success which energy and close attention to business together with honesty and fair dealing, always bring. We do not deem it necessary, nor do we consider ourself equal to the task, to give a descrip¬ tion of this wonderful gas machine, and would therefore advise the thousands of readers of this work to visit the establishment and see it for them¬ selves; and we will further guarantee that they will be treated with that courtesy and respect char¬ acteristic of the proprietor, J. J. Paquett. MERCHANTS’ RICE MILLS —7. A. Kendig & E. Daboval, Proprietors, Nos. 108, 110 and 112 Magazine Street. In recording any adequate account of the industries of New Orleans, and the progress made dur¬ ing the past quarter of a century in commercial and manufacturing importance, it would be impos¬ sible to omit mention of Messrs. Kendig & Daboval, proprietors of the Merchants’ Rice Mills, locat¬ ed at Nos. 108,110 and 112 Magazine street. Established by its present owners in 1881, the resources and trade of this establishment have more than kept equal pace with the general prosperity of the Crescent City. Founded with an ample capital, and being conducted with every advantage to be derived from a stainless reputation and business policy, the success of the firm increased with each succeeding year, until at the present time it stands at the head of all similar establishments in the South. Thirty-five experienced hands are kept constantly employed in the various departments of the establishment to whom monthly wages are paid aggregating '$1,.500. The premises occupied are spacious and commodious, the mill building beinsr a substantial three story structure which is sup¬ plied with all the latest and mqst improved machinery, all of which is of New Orleans manufacture, the motive power being furnished by a sixty horse-power engine of the latest patern. The firm, also, have a large and convenient warehouse in which is stored all of their surplus stock. They are the inventors of many improvements in the art of hulling and cleaning rice, which are now in use in the “Merchants’ Mill.” The individual members of the firm are both natives of Louisiana, having a practical experience of seven years in this special branch of business and are fully acquainted with every detail and requirement of their extensive business. Prompt, reliable and honorable in every business transaction, they possess , in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of the commu¬ nity, and are worthy of an extended patronage from the business men of New Orleans. F. C. CARLISLE & CO.—General Commission Merchants in Western Produce, No. 78 Magazine Street. This firm, though of comparatively recent start in this city, have had some fifteen years experience, thus thoroughly fitting them for the commission business in all its details. Being from Missouri their effort will be to make the West and South understand the advantages in a common exchange of pro¬ ducts as they are on the spot and enabled to see the wants of buyers here. They propose in giving information to derive some benefit therefrom, making the business not only reciprocal but mutually profitable. Prompt in their dealings, energetic and gentlemanly in all their transactions they have already drawn around them a circle of commercial friends, to be envied by houses older in the busi¬ ness. Possessed of such qualifications there is no question as to ultimate success, for with integrity and fair dealing they offer every recommendation, a cordial reception and enjoy continued patronage of the public. Messrs. Carlisle & Co. refer to Messrs. LarmoreBros , of St. Louis, Glenn k Sons, of Cincinnati, and State National Bank at New Orleans, and with the increased volume of trade from the West by way of the Mississippi river and the L. & N. and Northwestern Railroads soon to be completed, they will be prepared to meet the demand for live, active merchants to take charge of and execute the business offered. Fully believing that the future is rich with success for Messrs. Car¬ lisle & Co. and wishing them all speed, we cheerfully introduce them to the favorable consideration of the entire South, feeling fully satisfied as to the results. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 197 BRICE SEMBRE—Importer of Canes, Umbrellas, Corsets, Trimmings, Sh rts, Toys, dtc., No. 104 Noyal Street. ^ One of the most favorably known importing- houses m this line, in New Orleans, is that of Mr. Brice Sembre, located as above, on one of the most prominent business thoroughfares of the city. This industry was founded by the present proprietor, about twelve years ago, with only a limited capital. His business, however, has steadily increased since that date, until it reaches a very hand¬ some sum, and is regularly improving each succeeding year. He occupies a storeroom 30x30 feet in size, and transacts a general trade in canes, umbrellas, corsets, trimmings, shirts, undershirts, draws ers, stockings, socks, toys, &c., and all kinds of fancy goods. Canes, umbrellas and parasols, repaired. A large assortment of children’s carriages constantly m stock. The trade of this well known emporium is not confined to the city alone, but extends over the entire South. Mr. Sem¬ bre is a native of France, but has resided in New Orleans for many years, and since he has been in business in this city has won many friends and patrons among our citizens. Two competent clerks are constantly kept employed, who are courteous, polite and ever ready to attend upon the wants of customers who visit this popular establishment. E. H. WILSON & CO.—Commission Merchants, No. 73 Carondelet St. l^is iniportant enterprise was founded as early as 1837 and successfully conducted fro^p that time- until 1870, when the present firm was organized, with ample capital, and through the industry and perseverance of the members of the firm, together with a thorough and practical knowledge of the business, the trade has been increased with each succeeding year, until at present they are handling from ten to fifteen thousand bales of cotton, seventy-five thousand sacks corn and fifteen hundred hogsheads of tobacco per annum. Their consignments of cotton are largely from the States of Lou¬ isiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, while their tobacco comes from Kentucky and Tennessee, Seven competent and experienced men are kept constantly employed in the different branches of the busi¬ ness, who are always- courteous and attentive to all the patrons and frien is of the establishment. The individual members of the firm are E. H. and J. T. Wilson, both of whom are natives of Ken¬ tucky, but have been residents of New Orleans for many years, and are well and favorably known to the trade'as -an honorable, prompt and reliable house with which to establish business relations. A. T. MATHER — Rea! Estate Agent and Appraiser, No. 71 Camp St. This well knowii enterprise was established in this city, in 1881, by the present proprietor, and is deserving of due mention in a work of this character. This establishment does a general real estate business, will sell, purchase, (at private or auction sale,) lease real estate, collect rentals, negotiate morigage paper and attend to-the payment of taxes and correction of assessments. All business entrusted to this office will receive prompt attention. Telephonic connection with all the principal parts of the city and all orders transmitted will receive prompt and careful attention. Special and satisfactoiy arrangements made for advertising in daily papers. A brokerage of two per. cent, will be charged on the amount of the lease. Mr. Mather is a native of St. James Parish, La., and is a thorough, practical and energetic business man, with an experience of five years in this special line, fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the trade. Prompt, reliable and honorable in every business transaction, he is justly entitled to the esteem and confidence of the public, and worthy of an extended patronage. C. B. BUDDECKE & CO.—Commission Merchants, No. 56 South Peters St. . Among the leading representative houses engaged in this branch of commercial business deserving of special mention in a work of this kind devoted to a detailed account of the manufacturing and commercial advantages of New Orleans, the firm of Messrs. C. B. Buddecke & Co. are not to be overlooked. This important enterprise was founded in 1836, by the father of the present proprietor, and was known by the name and style of C. T. Buddecke & Co., until 1881, when Mr. C. B. Bud¬ decke succeeded as sole proprietor of the business. Energetic, enterprising and reliable, he has been successful from the start. He does a general commission and produce business, receiving con- si^nrnents of all kinds of produce. He is also resident agent for a number of the finest flouring mills in the Northwest, and always keeps on hand a full and complete stock of well-known brands of fancy, choice and family flour, which he offers to the trade at the lowest cash prices Among the Threads,” “Creole XXX,” and “Pine Mill.” Being possessed of an ample capital, he is prepared to make liberal advances on consignments. Four competent and experienced male assistants are kept constantly employed in the different branches of his business, who are ever ready to attend up¬ on the wants of all visitors to his establishment. The premises occupied are spacious and commo¬ dious, the building being a large three story structure, situated in the very center of the business portion of the city, and is wholly occupied by this business. Mr. Buddecke was born in New Orleans le 1845, and has been actively engaged in this branch of trade for the past seven years. He is well known in commercial circles as perfectly reliable, straightforward and honorable in every business traansction, and is a gentleman deserving of the fullest confidence and esteem of our citizens. He is justly entitled to an extended patronage from the public. 198 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. A. iN. HYATT — Stationer, Printer, Lithographer, Engraver, Book Binder, and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 13 Camp Street. Of the several firms or individuals in this city engaged in the stationery and book business, it may be safely asserted that none are better stocked or conducted with more thorough knowledge of the trade than the establishment of A. W. Hyatt. This house was first started by Christian & Co., in 1869, who conducted the business until the latter part of that year, when the firm was changed to Christian k Hyatt, and so continued until 1871, when Mr. Hyatt became sole proprietor of the estab¬ lishment. The stock carried is large and varied, comprismg all articles pertaining to this line of business. With an elegant site, the largest printing office and bhideiy in the South, and a fuU and complete stock, the enterprise of Mr. Hyatt is justly entitled to the consideration and patronage of the public, audits proprietor to the esteem that energy, reliability and talent always insphe. I Twenty-five male and many female assistants are kept constantly employed. His trade is not con- j fined to the city alone but extends over all the surrounding country. Mr. Hyatt is the agent for the j following firms: Mackellar, Smith k .Jordon, typefounders, Philadelphia; Chas. Enu Johnson, ! printing inks, Philadelphia; and J. H. Wilson, military goods and regalia, Philadelphia; Levison & I BljThe Celebrated Champion Violet writing and copying fluid ink. Mr. Hyatt was bom in Brighton, • England, October 26, 1832, and commenced the study of his profession at Galveston, Texas, about 1843, on the Galveston ISlews. He is prompt, energetic and reliable, and has through these qualifi- ’ cations laid the foundation of a competence that will be a pride and pleasure to him in the future. Mr. Hyatt will always duplicate Eastern and Western prices for hthographing and printing. i STEPHEN DuLAC—Western Manufacturing and Milling Agency, Office, No. 109 Poydras SU'eet. The handling of flour in New Orleans is one of the mammoth enterprises of the city, and repre¬ sents a veiy large amount of capital as well as conducing largely to the commercial thrift and enter¬ prise of the Crescent City In giving a detailed account of the many industries of this city we can j not omit mention of the house of Stephen DuLac, established in this city in 1881 He does a gen- eral agency business, representing the Southern Mills, St. Louis. Mo., Crown Mills Company (Belle- I ville), Gardner's and Ruma Mills, Ill. From the Southern Mills he handles grits, of all grades, j cream meal, pearl meal, Southern ]\Iills com meal, Louisiana Queen meal, Robert E Lee meal, and 1 K. D. meal. From the “Crown Mills Co.” he handles the following celebrated brands: The “Royal Crown” (patent process), which received the first premium at the St Louis fair, October 7, 1881; the “Crown,” extra fancy brand, and the “Charm,” both of which have received the first premiums at several State fairs. In addition to the above, he handles other choice brands of flour, and offers it to the trade on advantageous terms. Mr. DuLac has been identified with the trade m New Or¬ leans for the past ten years, and is a man that conducts his business upon a basis of sound mercan¬ tile integrity and ^vith a liberal policy to his patrons. It is unnecessary’ for us to comment further than to say that all goods consigned to him will be handled to the best advantage of the consignors. AU orders from country merchants wiU receive his prompt attention. His address is post-office box No. 1978, New Orleans, La. J. 0. LABOSE—Dealer in Building Materials, Nava! Stores, &c.. No, 37 Natchez St. The large, handsome and splendidly stocked establishment of Mr. Larose, is located at No. 37 Natchez street, and is recognized as a leading house in this line in the city. The building occupied is a three story, 25x100 feet in size, and filled from top to bottom with a full and complete stock of naval stores, paints, oils, bmshes and building materials of all descriptions. He also occupies a large warehouse at No. 62 Notre Dame street, in which he carries a large and well selected stock of goods Two male assistants are constantly employed in the business, which is not confined to the city alone, but extends over the surrounding country. Mr. Larose was bom in New Orleans, in 1836, and is well known and highly esteemed by all who know him. Mr. Larose has, by his tact, energy and square dealing, made himself exceedingly popular and placed himself on the high road to success. i S. JAMISON'S SON—Sole Agent Shelby, Ala., Lime, Office, No. 69 Carondelet St. \ An estabhshment worthy of mention, is that of S. Jamison’s Son, at No. 69 Carondelet street, j sole agents Shelby, Ala., lime, sole proprietor of the celebrated Crescent Sugar lime, and dealer in all kinds of lime, cement, roll sulphm*, fire brick, plaster paris, white sand, hair, laths and building ! materials generally. The proprietors’father started this business in 1868, and has continued ever since, his son, Ii-win Jamison, has lately become proprietor. He carries an average stock of $5,0(X), and transacts an annual business of over $25,000. Sis male assistants are constantly employed in the business. Mr. Irwin Jamison, the proprietor, is a thorough and practical man, with years of experience in the business, under his father's direction, having, also, the benefit of his father’s ex¬ perience and help, is fully conversant with all the details and requirements of the trade. Mr. J. R. Flood is the gentlemanly book-keeper of the estabhshment, and takes care of the office affairs. Mr. Jamison has an extensive city trade, besides furnishing the sugar plantations with a large supply of lime, together with a good jobbing business among country dealers. !Mr. Jamison was bom in New Orleans in 1860, is an attentive and obhging gentleman, and remarkably well qualified to succeed in his special business. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 199 WfNTELER & RICKS—Dealers in Leather and Shoe Findings, Tools, Oils, &.C., No. 109 Poydras Street. The trade of New Orleans in leather is an important industry, which is constantly growing in importance and well worthy of proper recognition in this compendium of the city’s wealth and commercial standing. Among those who have done no little to establish the leather trade upon its present admirable foundation, the house of Winteler & Ricks is, perhaps, the most widely known. Since its establishment in 1879, with but a limited capital, this house has held a prominent place in the leather trade, through all the changes incidental to a career covering that portion of general depression in business. Their efforts were sustained by rare j adgment, natural talent and unwav- erring integrity. With these, year after year, their business increased, until, at present, the stock carried will average $10,00 *, while an annual business of over $70,000 is transacted. Sixteen male assistants are kept constantly employed, the weekly pay roll amounting to $250. The individual members of the hrm are M. Winteler and F. Ricks, both of whom have an experience of over twenty years in the business. Mr Winteler was born m Switzerland, and Mr. Ricks in Germany. The premises occupied are 80x100 feet in size and three stories high, the entire building being used in their business. A full and complete stock of leather, shoe findings, tools, oils, &c., are kept con¬ stantly in stock. Besides, they do a large business in the manufacture of boot, shoe and gaiter uppers. The establishment is well provided with all the latest improved machinery used in the business. While relying to a certain extent upon city custom, they have a large and growing trade from the surrounding country. With a stainless business policy of the most liberal and enter¬ prising kind, they deservedly hold the high position accorded them in commercial and manufac¬ turing circles, and a continuation of a prosperity so well merited. I JOHN T. HARDIE & CO.—Cotton Factors, No. 67 Carondelet St. One of the oldest and most reliable houses engaged in this branch of the trade, is that of Messrs. John T. Hardie &: Co., whose name appears at the head of this article. This house, founded as far back as 1853, has been successful from the start. Commencing on a moderate capital, through in¬ dustry and close application, backed up by a thorough and practical knowledge of the business, it has been increased from year to year until at present they are in possession of an extensive and gradually increasing trade, extending throughout the States of Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Loui¬ siana and other cotton growing States. They have an ample capital, and are prepared to make liberal advances on consignments from the country’. This firm have an enviable reputation, both at home and abroad, as being prompt, reliable and honorable in all their business transactions, and have, in an eminent degree, the esteem and confidence of the dealers and merchants throughout the South. Ten experienced male assistants are kept constantly employed in the various branches of the business, to whom monthly wages are paid aggregating from $500 to $800. Their sample rooms and offices are large, commodious and well lighted, being especially arranged and fitted up for this special business The individual members of this firm are Mr. John T. Hardie and Wm. T. Hardie, both of whom are natives of Alabama, and have been engaged in the cotton trade for the past twenty-eight years, giving them a thorough knowledge of the business in which they are engaged. Energetic, reliable and honorable in every sense of the term, they are, in an eminent degree, entitled to the liberal patronage being extended them. The firm of Messrs, John T. Hardie & Co. is composed of gentlemen with whom it is always a pleasure to have business relations. ALEXANDER HILL—Dealer in best American Slates, Slabs, Hearths and Files, No. 110 Caroudelet Street. Few establishments in New Orleans are more favorably known than the house of Alexander Hill, at No. 110 Carondelet street. The present firm succeeded Davidson & Hill, in about 1840, and has controlled the business, and very successfully, ever since. The same may be written of this house that goes to make up the history of all large and successful wholesale houses. To the building up of such a business strong natural talent, coupled with years of training, and seconded by an industry that has never flagged. The average stock carried amounts to $15,000, on which an annual busi¬ ness of $40,000 is transacted. The stock contains the best American slates, slabs, hearths, tiles, &c., and every article kept in the largest wholesale houses of this character. The marvelous success of this house is deserved and has been reached and attained by a faithful study of the wants and needs of the trade. Prompt, energetic and reliable, the house of Alexander Hill is in every way worthy of the most liberal public patronage. CARONDELET HOUSE — M. S. Burk & Co. Proprietors, NO. 88 Carondelet St. This hotel in the past has been one of the most popular in the city, and deservedly so, but under the management which has recently taken charge of the house, it promises to become not only one of the most popular family hotels in the city but of the entire South. The building, a three story edi¬ fice; is large and commodious, containing thirteen rooms, besides an elegant parlor, dining room, Ac., and can accommodate from thirty to fifty guests. The rooms are all newly refurnished, and the house thoroughly cleaned and renovated from top to bottom. A first class table, in every sense of the word, is one of the many attractions at the “Carondelet.” Families desiring a first class house, where all the conveniences of a larger hotel can be had at reduced prices, can do no better than by patronizing M. S. Burke A Co,, at the Carondelet House. The proprietors have had an ex- L perience of over twenty years in the business, and are thoroughly conversant with all the details of the business. Rooms in suite or single, with or without board, on most reasonable terms. 200 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. J. F. McCRYSTAL — Tm, Copper and Sheet Iron Worker and Manufacturer of Tin and Japan Ware, No. 4J Lafayette Street, up stairs. The manufacture of the various articles of coinmerce from tin, in their dilTerent forms, is sufficient¬ ly extensive, in the aggregate, to constitute an important industry, which is worthy of recognition and c9nsideration in this volume. The house of Mr. J. F. McCrystal was started in 1875 and since that time the business has been steadily increasing year by year and now it occupies a prominent po¬ sition among the industries of the city. Two floors, 24x60 feet in size, are occupied, at No. 47 Lafa- ette street, where all the machinery usually found in an establishments of tliiskind is used and a sup¬ ply of materials sufficient for the trade generally, kept on hand. Eight hands are employed and a large trade enjoyed throughout the city, Mr. McCiystal being fully prepared to supply city dealers and country merchants at short notice, heavy dealers giidng this house large orders for special work. The annual sales reach $5,000 and at times have been as high as $11,000, the capacity being equal to a larger and more extended trade. Mr. McCrystal was bom in New Orleans, in 1849, is a thor- 9 ugh, practical man, having a life experience in the business and in special manufactures of tin and japan ware deserves high commendation for the enterprise he has shown. He is an able and relia¬ ble workman, a leading representative in this department of trade and his enterprise is eminently worthy the respect and patronage of the community. W.^ F. GOLDTHWAITE — Antiquarian, Law, Medical and Miscellaneous English and French Bookseller, Exchange Place-, near Catial Street, Branch Store, No. 42 Exchange Alley. None of our friends should fail to visit the bookstores of Mr. W. F. Goldthwaite. He is not only an enterprismg merchant, but a gentleman of refined and artistic taste. He has made it a study to collect in his establishments the oldest and choicest gems of literature, the latest legal and miscel¬ laneous works, m many languages, in fact, almost every publication to make his stock the most select and valuable in New Orleans. That he has succeeded will be the verdict of every one who visits his stores. This enterprise was first established about thirty years ago, and his is one of the oldest houses engaged in this oranch of business in this city. Beginning with a small capital he has by industry, perseverance and close attention to business, succeeded in largely increasing his trade, so that now he has the largest and most lucrative ^ook trade of any similar house in New Orleans. He makes a specialty of collecting second-hand law and miscellaneous books, of which he keeps on hand a large and varied assortment. Persons desirous of making rare and valuable additions to their libraries, for a moderate sum of money, will find it to their interest to call at his establishments before making their purchases. Attentive and competent salesmen are employed at these well known and popular resorts. Mr. Staub the original cheap news man, has charge at No. 2 Exchange Plax^e, near Canal street, and Mr. Bauer, at No. 42 Exchange Alley, between Customhouse and Beinville streets, the proprietor personally superintending both establishments. Mr. Goldthwaite is a gentleman of liberal education, has resided in the State and city over a quarter of a century, is well known in the community as an honorable, upright citizen, and is justly entitled to the confi¬ dence and liberal patronage of the pubhc. Law and miscellaneous libraries purchased. J. W. LEE—Practical Slater, Importer and Dealer in American and English Slates, Ridge Tiles, d-c.. No. 109 St. Charles Street. Every business venture that evinces in its conduction genuine enterprise and energy, is entitled to due con¬ sideration in a work of this character. Among the many prominent houses in this large and prosperous city, we notice that of Mr J. W. Lee, who commenced this business in 1881, and by his energy and persever¬ ance has succeeded in gaining a strong foothold with the commercial men of the city, as well as building up a large and lucrative trade in the community. He employs from six to eight hands, and carries a large stock of goods, consisting of American and English slates, ridge tiles and fire bricks, cement, lime, sand and hearth slabs, which he is prepared to ofter to the trade on the most reasonable terms and at low rates, yards are located at No. 817 Magazine street, the and salesroom located at No. 109 St. Charles, be- ^ _ __ _ _ 60x100 feet in size, and especially arranged to dis¬ play the goods and laciiiLate ineir sale. The trade of this house is extended over the entire city of New Orleans and sun-ounding country. Mr. Lee is a young, active and energetic business man, and has been indentified with the business industries for many years past, and by earnest apphca- tion to business, backed up by a thorough practical expenence and commercial integrity, won for himself a prominent place among the dealers of the city. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 201 CRESCENT CITY ICE COMPANY—Central Office, Nos. 71 and 73 South Front Street, Up Stairs, Depots, Nos. 11 and 13 South Front Street, Soraparu Street Opposite Soraparu Market, and Nos. 35 and 31 Victortf Street, Near Pontchartrain Rail Road. In a city like New Orleans, with its long and extreme heated term, it necessarily makes the ice trade an important one in the commercial and business interests of the city. This company is com¬ posed of Addison, Gage & Co., of Boston, and Mr. John F. Kranz, of New Orleans, and this is the oldest establishment in the ice business in the Crescent City. It was organized over thirty years ago and has ^ven to the citizens here and residents of the suiTOunding country pure Northern and Western ice, formed bj" nature from the pure springs and lakes of those healthful climates. Many of their customers have been dealing regularly with this company for the past twenty-five years and long continued patronage shows the high estimation in which it is held. A large trade has been enjoyed for a number Of years with sugar planters on the coast, in neighboiing cities and surround¬ ing country, large shipments being made to all parts of the Southern country. Every facility for filling orders and supplying the demands of consumers is possessed by this coinpany and any quantity desired may be obtained at the lowest possible price. The long and successful career of this firm is due to the integrity and liberal, upright dealings in all business transactions. GRAND ISLAND HOTEL RESORT—JOHN E. KRANZ, PROPRIETOR, LOCATED ON GRAND ISLAND. This extensive and popular bathing resort was commenced in 1858, and consists of a little village of beautiful cottages, capable of accommodating conveniently four hundred guests, some of the buildings being from two hundred to three hundred feet long. This Island Hotel is known as one of the most comfortable and popular bathing resorts in the entire South, in fact the surf bathing is not surpassed in the United States. The hotel is furnished with modern furniture and every improve¬ ment for the convenience of guests. It is a model pleasure resort and during the epidemic of 1878 in New Orleans, no case ot yellow fever occurred at this healthful resort and no accident has ever hap¬ pened since under the management of Mr. Kranz. The proprietor, Mr. J. F. Kranz, who is also a member of the Crescent City Ice Company, is building, under the supervision of Capt. T. P. Leathers, a beautiful and fast-running, boat, in every way adapted to the business, and which will run to Grand Island and return regularly. The route wdl be through Harvey Canal, Bayou Terre, Little Lake and Grand Lake, affording visitors an excellent opportunity of viewing the surrounding country. Parties desiring to make summer tours in 1882 will find this a pleasant resort. G. T. LATHROP—Dealer in Books, Stationery and Notions, 112 Camp St. One of the most enterprising firms which it is our pleasure to mention in connection with the industries and business of New Orleans is that of Mr. G T. Lathrop, dealer in books of all kinds, stationery, notions, school books, - as regards the quality of goods i ’ sold by our merchants, and among others the house of Mr. P. Desmaries is noted for carrying j I' a first-class stock of both French and American goods. He had for a number of years been an . assistant for Mr. A. F. Ricau, and was favorably knoi^Ti to the patrons of the house, and only in | i 1881 did he become sole owner and proprietor of the house, and we are glad to say endeavors to ; '] keep up the high standard and executive abihty of the house for fair and honorable dealing. He ! occupies the three-story house No. 36 Chartres street, 40x80 feet deep, as a salesroom, and here can . be found on sale at low rates a full assortment of all leather goods usually found in such a store, i ' consisting of foreign and domestic kip and calf skins, hemlock and oak sole leather, morocco, sheep I skins, shoemakers' findings, lasts, threads, nails, pegs, inks, awls, etc.; shoemakers’ tools of aU ^ kinds and descriptions, and also all the different articles for boot and shoe stores’ use, such as but- ; tons, button hooks, heel plates, stiffeners, blackings, dusters, twines, peg rasps, punches, silk tas- | sels, cork soles, etc. Tlie third story of the builchng is used for the boot and shoe-upper factory, ^ where all styles and qualities of boot and shoe-uppers are made by skilled workmen, with the cheapest American calf skins as well as with the best imported French. Mr P. Desmaries intends i i to conduct his business in such a manner as to be entirely satisfactory and profi^ble to his city and i country patrons, and when goods are ordered by mail will receive prompt shipments and at low | figures. P. MACOU &. CO.—Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, No. 204 Poydras Street, corner of Baronne. i In writing a descriptive review of the commercial advantages of New Orleans, and in meiitioning ! the various enterpiises which add so materially to the general sum of our vital business quahties, no house contributes more toward the gi'and aggregate than that of Messrs. P. Macou A Co., wholesale and retail dealers in fancj" and staple dr\’ goods, Ac., at No. 204 Poydras street. This house was ^ founded in 1844, on a moderate capital, which, by the industry, perseverance and close attention to i the business manifested by the different individual members of the firm, has been very largely in- j creased, until at present they are in possession of a prosperous and steadily increasing trade. The i firm now carries an average stock of about $35,000. and transacts an annual business of over i ■ $80,000. Twelve competent and experienced male assistants are kept constantly employed, the ! monthly pay roll amounting to from $700 to $800. The premises occupied are spacious and conve- : mently situated in the business center of the city, the storeroom being the corner building with a depth of 200 feet, which is filled with a large and carefully selected stock of both staple and fancy dry goods, potions, Ac., in fact, every variety of articles to be found in any similar establishment of the kind in the city. The trade of this house extends over the entire city of New Orleans and sur- ’•ounding country. The individual members of the firm are P. Macou and L Philippe, both of whom are natives of France^ but have resided in this city for many years, and are well and favor¬ ably known in this community as upright, honorable and worthy citizens, who have every industry and business mterest of the Crescent City at heart, are justly entitled to the confidence and esteem of they people with whom they have become so thoroughly identified. As a firm, Messrs. P. Macou A Co., are deserving of a hberal patronage from the general public, and we cheerfully commend them to the readers of this work as being gentlemen with whom it is always a pleasure to have j business relations. j KIRKPATRICK & CO.—Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, 71 Carondelet St. ; One of the oldest and best known cotton factor and commission houses in New Orleans is i that of Messrs. Kirkpatrick A Co., who stand prominent among the houses of similar business in the j city. This estabUshment was founded before the war. with a small capital, and by industry and | perseverance the trade of the house has been increased until at present they handle a liberal busi- i ness both in cotton and tobacco. They receive large consignments from all over the States of Lou- i isiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Tliey have an ample capital and are able to ex- ; tend liberal advances on consignments from their customers. Five capable office men are kept con- j stantly employed in the various branches of their extensive business This fiiin was formerly en- ! gaged in the wholesale grocery trade in Nashville, Tenn., and removed to this city in 1859. The in- | dividual members of this firm, Mr. E. Kirkpatrick and H. F, Kirkpatrick, are both men who have | had a practical experience in the cotton trade of over nineteen years, and are well known on the j streets as thorough, practical and reliable business men in every sense of the term. They do. in ad- i dition to their cotton business, also, an extensive trade in leaf tobacco, in which line Mr. E. Kirkpat- ; rick, the senior member of the firm has had an extended experience while engaged in business in I Kentucky and Tennes.see. This house has prosecuted a successful trade through the legitimate chan- ! nels of commerce, and is justly regarded as taking rank among the first of its kind in the city, and ^ full}’^ entitled to the consideration and esteem in which it is universally held. Both members of the firm are energetic, active business men, thoroughly conversant with their business, and are members ’ of the cotton exchange. t 206 INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. PATTON & BENEDICT—Western Produce Commission Merchants, No. 98 Poydras St Among the more prominent mercantile institutions in connection with the industries and business of New Orleans worthy of special mention is that of Messrs. Patton & Benedict, commission mer¬ chants, at No. 98 Poydras street The business of this house was first started in 1857 by Watts, Pleasents & Co., and earned by them until 1863, after which time it was successfully conducted by Charles Pleasents until February, 1883; at which time the business was transferred" to the present firm, Patton & Benedict. They have an ample capital with which to handle their large and increas¬ ing trade. Seven male assistants are constantly employed in the establishment. The produce received by this firm is largely from Illinois, Indiana, and the North, while the trade is spread out over the city and surroundmg country. The individual members of the firm are John Patton and Wm. T. Benedict, both of whoin are old and experienced commission merchants, and fully conversant with all the details of the business. Mr. Patton, the senior member of the firm, is a native of Indiana, and has been engaged in the grain and hay business for twenty-nine years here and in Vevay, Indiana. Mr. Benedict was bom in Lafourche, Louisiana, and has served in all capacities with the above named firms since 1859. Prompt, reliable and energetic, they have achieved a remarkable success, retaining the high consideration of the trade and the conhal esteem of the public. In their business policy and characteristics they are liberal, enterprising and honorable, commanding the respect of the community and inspiring a degree of confidence that few houses are fortunate in acqmriiig. H. DeVERGES & CO. — Hardware, 17 and 19 Decatur St, Opposite Post Office. The firm ofDeYerges & Co., was started in September, 1877, under the auspices of the proprie- tois who now direct its transactions. The capital layed out at the beginning was sufficient to secure an extensive business, and the business-hke manner with which the enterprise was followed up brou^t success as a natural consequence. The firm has had a continual increase in capital and trade. The average amount of stock carried on is about $45,000, while the business rises to the amount of $100,000 per annum. Seven hands are employed—hands that are enured to their tasks and with wlioin there is no failing or indiscretion. They are paid good salaries. DeVerges & Co. deal largely in iron, nails, cutleiy, agricultural implements, oils, paints, cordages, plows, &c., and ^erything in the best possible condition, taking good care of any machinery in their possession. They occupy an excellent four story building on Decatur street, and part of an adjoining building. The business rooms are capacious and well lighted, admirably suited to their present purpose. The stock of hardware is comprehensive, including aU the varieties of inventions and kinds of articles made in that especial department of manufacture. The trade of this firm extends to all the important points of Louisiana, and to many towns in Texas. The local trade is greater than that of many houses of the same capacity Messrs. DeYerges are natives of Louisiana, and Mr Lacoste was bom m ^ew Orleans. Having been brought up in this section of the comitry it is evident that they are weU acquainted with the tastes and wants of the Southern people. Thus from circumstances they have ingratiated themselves into the hearts of their fellow men, and necessarily have thg-t grip on the popular feeling which only similar circumstances can insure. From a business career of pre¬ caution and study they found out the wants of the people and the kinds of implements needed by the planters. This firm has long suppHed a great number of farmers with necessary tools, and keeping pace with the popular demand has been enabled to supply all new improvements. Mr. Henry DeYerges, Richard DeYerges, and P. N. Lacoste are gentlemen whose social and business qualities are of the highest, and whose reputation for integrity, honesty and business is that of men who have devoted their lives to a noble work and have received the favor of the best citizens in the community. Messrs. DeYerges & Co., at Nos. 17 and 19 Decatur street, will handle the celebrated standard paint, manufactured by Messrs. T. Hammar & Co., of No. 177 East Pearl street, Cincin¬ nati, Ohio, and in connection with this well known house will no doubt enjoy an extensive sale throughout the city and surmunding States. A. OLIVIER & CO.—Importing and Foreign Agents, No. 17 Decatur St. This enterprise was started in 1854, and has been in successful operation ever since. Beginning with a small capital, but through the industry and perseverance of the members of the firm, it has been increased from year to year, until at present the annual sales will aggregate $200,000. They carry' a large and varied stock of all ^nds of imported hardware, cutlery, &c., and are prepared to ' fill aU orders, in bond or otherwise, giving the merchants every advantage known to the trade They are the agents of the following well known foreign manufacturers: W. & S, Butcher, Sheffield; Alfred Field k Co., Birmingham, and the sub-agency of Jos. Rodgers k Sons, (limited) Sheffield. The premises occupied by Messrs. A. Olivier & Co., as a sample and salesroom, are 30x50 feet in size, m which they have a full assortment of goods from all of the popular manufactories in the world, engagedin manufacturing this special line of goods. They do a large trade with the hardware houses in New Orleans, besides having an extensive trade throughout the Southern States, Mexico, Cuba and South America. This firm is composed of Mr. Arthur Ohvier and Mr. T. Generehy, both of whom are native born Louisianians, and have resided in this city, and been actively engaged in business for the past twenty-seven years. They occupy an enviable position among the commercial houses of New Orleans, as well as all others with whom they have business relations. They are en¬ ergetic, prompt and rehable business men and are entitled to the respect and confidence of the peo¬ ple of this community. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. 207 P. J. COCKBURN—Cotton Facior and Commission Merchant, No. 77 Carondelet St. Among the old established and most prominent of our commission merchants, is the house of P. J. Cockbum, whose name appears at the head of this article, and is deserving of more than a pass¬ ing notice in a work of this character. This house was founded as early as 1839, and has been ac¬ tively engaged in business ever since that date. Mr. Cockburn is one of the oldest cotton men in New Orleans, having been continuously in that branch of trade since the year 1839. He is recog¬ nized among the business men of this city as a thorough and reliable cotton man in every sense of the word, and one in whom the dealers of this community have all confidence, both in his manner of doing business and his integrity and honesty as a private citizen. The trade of this well known establishment comes largely from the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the way of consignments from his country customers, the staple being sold on the market in this city Being possessed of ample capital he is prepared to make liberal advances on consignments, and the account sales are promptly rendered. Mr. Cockburn is a native of England, but has resided in New Orleans for many years and is thoroughly identified with all her industries and business interests. He is deserving of an extended patronage from the generous pubhc. H. & N. SAMORY — Genera! Auctioneer and Commission Merchants, Nos. 45 and 47 Decatur Street. Sales of boots, shoes and hats are a specialty on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. Messrs. H. k N. Samory are about the oldest firm in this business in New Orleans, having been thus en¬ gaged some forty years, so that we may say without fear of contra.dication, they fully understand their business in every way. They keep on hand for sale to the jobbing trade, at all times a stock of their specialties, strictly on commission, and they employ about fifteen men all the time in order to give their transactions dispatch. Receiving large consignments, for part of which they make, from time to time, advancements, they are enabled to give the country merchants bargains not to be obtained elsewhere. Their Tuesday and Thursday auctions are always hberally attended, for buyers have long since found that this is the place to obtain goods of standard quality at the lowest price. Having been so long in the business they have an extensive acquaintance and flourishing trade throughout the adjacent States, and we are sure that no firm more richly deserves the high standing to which they have attained than Messrs. Samory, and it gives us great pleasure to be.enabled thus to refer to a house which has made itself one of the features of the city. Messrs. H. & N. Samory in their business, serve as a connecting link between the past and the present, with all the prudence of the conservative days of “ye olden time” added to the fire and progress of the present, they stand a worthj’^ example for the beginner as well as a bulwark against the rash and imprudent. They occupy two stores, each 60x120 feet in size and three stories in height, substantially built of brick, where for years they have, month by month, converted large supplies into ready cash to make way for fresh invoices. Thus, it is al’v^^ays changing, keeping the enthe stock new and desirable.. With a high appreciation of their integrity, probity and rare business capacity, we gladly commend them to buyers who appreciate the old saying, “Goods well bought are half sold.” LOUIS SCHWARZ — Nursery, New Levee Street, between Joseph and Arabella Streets. Store, No. 15 Chartres Street. About ten years ago Mr. Schwarz started the business in which he is now engaged. He has suc¬ cessfully demonstrated beyond a doubt that grapes can be grown in New Orleans as nearly to per¬ fection as in France, and that the wine made from them is unequalled in quality, flavor, &c. It is the pure juice of the grape, perfectly free from any artificial ingredients or adulterations. In addi¬ tion to wine growing, Mr. Schwarz is extensively engaged in flower culture, making a specialty of camellias and azaleas. He has his hot-house furnished with all the modern conveniences, using a small engine with which he furnishes steam that is forced through iron pipes all through the build¬ ings. thus enabling him to keep up an even temperature at all seasons of the year He is able to furnish families with cuttings from the most delicate flowers, for birthday parties, family gather¬ ings, &c., on short notice. All orders left at No. 1.5 Chartres street will receive his prompt attention. Mr. Schwarz is one of the most prominent representative men of New Orleans, and is justly enti¬ tled to a high degree of consideration for the services which he has rendered the wine producers, m the improvements and inventions introduced by him. Prompt, reliable and energetic, honorable in all his dealings, he is especially commended to the favorable consideration of the trade, both in the city and in the rural districts. Mr. Schwarz is also engaged in the book and stationery business, at No. 15 Chartres street, and has been for thirty-five years, where he carries a full and well selected stock of foreign and domestic books and stationery, artists’ materials, chromos, paintings, engrav¬ ings, frames, fancy and Russia leather goods, wax and paper flower materials, scrap pictures in large varieties; the most beautiful selection in natural, dried and colored flowers and grasses; also moss in all the different colors. He has a large city trade, besides doing aif extensive business in jobbing throughout the States of Louisiana, Texas and adjoining States Mr. Schwarz is a Euro¬ pean by birth, being born in 1819, and has been engaged in his present business since early boyhood. By his own force of character and business capacity he has reached the first place in his line of trade, and richly deserves the patronage of the public and the abundant success which has come to him. INDUSTRIES OF NEW ORLEANS. LHOTE & CO. — Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc., Works, Office and Yards, Head of Old Basin; Branch Office Xo. 34 Carondelet Street. The enterprise dis¬ played by those engaged in the lumber business in the Crescent City has been and is of such an active and aggressive character as to center at this point an enormous trade, and give every assurance of rapid in¬ crease and development. iVIany operators in this direction are now trans¬ acting a business that involves a large amount of capital and results in a product, the dimen¬ sions of wliich are al¬ most colossal. Among such, Lhote A Co. must be accorded a conspicu¬ ous and justly’ promi¬ nent position, as one of the pioneer firms in this line of business. This enterprise has been in existence since prior to 1850, and was founded by Mr. G. Lhote, and at present the yards extend for five blocks along the Old Basin, from three to five mills being con- stantl}’ in motion, pre¬ paring lumber for the trade. These works con- ; sist of planing mill, and sash, door and blind factory, all the usual machinery required for rapid and satisfactory work being in use, and two engines of 80-horse power each are neces¬ sary to keep the various machines in motion. In addition to the manu¬ facture of sash, doors, blinds and moulding, they deal extensively in all kinds of rough and dressed lumber; planta¬ tion cabins are cut to order and designs fur¬ nished for all Mnds of buildings. The lumber* is sawed across the lake and a large number of laborers and mechanics receiving Hberal wages are required to handle the immense amount of material used by the -—^--- - - woi'ks, a large force of clerks and foremen being, employed. The saw mills are located in Louisiana and Mississippi from which the most of the lumber is obtained, while the mahogany is imported from the Honduras. With long experience, sufficient capital, and every facility for business, this house will long retain the commercial standing and business prosperity which, by probity in their dealings, is their due. NEW ORLEANS CARD RACK—a M. LEHMAN, DEALER IN Fancy & Staple Dry Goods, l^TOTIOn^TS, cScc., Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Hats k Caps, 455 A 457 l>ryartes St., near Kuterpe. Gents’ Furnishing Goods a specialty. See Page 163. F. FREDERICKSON, Wholesale and Retail DRUGGI ST Hub llmportcf, (TOPKO Bni.DlXtjJS.) See Page 164. A. B. GRISWOLD & CO. Importers of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry & Silverware, Corner Canal and Royal Sts,, NEW ORLEANS. See page 185. JOSEPH COOPER, S T EV’" EIZ) 015 E, AND Opposition Towboats^ Steamers C. C. KEYSER k J. COOPER, Jr. •70 Old Exchange Building, NEW ORLEANS, LA. ^ CABLE ADDRESS Use “Scott’s ’81” and “ Anglo Ameri¬ can Codes, P. A. BARKER, GENERAL Insurance Agent, Fire. Marine, Life and Hull Insurance Agency. Xo. 58 Cai'ondelet Street. NEW ORLE.ANS. -K/f I 1 .'T Bar and Billiard Saloon, 143 Common, St. Cor. St. Charles Sts., Opposite St, Charles Hotel, NEW ORLEANS, - - LA. JOHIT MILLEH, PEOFEIETOB. Ribbons, Labels, Edgings, Brands, etc. liOui^iana Steam Power Wood, 0igiP & Paper Box Factory Every description of Cigar Box. Every de¬ scription of Wood & Shelf Box. I_i. Xj'O.clsiiner, Sr., 93 A 95 Magazine 8t.. JV3ES-W OH.IjEA.-IVS. Goods of our manufacture are the best made in the South or West without exception. Correspondence (or prices and samples solicited. t MILLER & DIELMANN, 1 50, 52 &L 54 Sou+h Peters Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA. T77"li.olesa.le Oon.fectiorLers, dealers in CaliforniaWines & Liquors, Agents for Adam Bez’s celebrated Bottled Beer and H. P. Diehl’s Fireworks. A. Q. Kennett. W. R. P. Huey KENNETT & HUEY, SHIP CHANDLERY And Boat Stores, No. 11 Delta Streets. E. E. LELAND, Wholesale and Retail MILLINERY Straw Goods, Flowers, Feathers, Laces, Ruch- ing, Crapes, Ladies’ Neckwear, T rim- ! mings, Corsets and Parasols. 135 Imported pattern Hats for City and Country Milliners, See page 173. NEW ORLEANS CARD RACK—b NORTON & MANNING, 93 & 95 South Peters Street. i STERN, H. STERN, 84 Summer .Street, Boston, Mass. New Orleans H. STERN & CO, ' AUCTIONEERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS For the exclusive Sale of IBoots a-nd. Slices, At Auction and Private Sale, WKW ORIiEAXS. Auction Sales every Monday and Friday. Liberal cash advances on consignments. ROBERT W. CASEY, -HORSE-SHOEING,- Blacksmithing & Wheelwright, 105 & 107 Peters Street,- Between Lafayette & Girod, NEW ORLEANS. • ESTABLISHED 1869 . J. CURTIS WALDO, PHOTO ENGRAVER, And Publisher of The Present Age. The Royal Herald. The St Louis Commercial Age. Jf^ew Orleans Annual Cominercial Review. Gazetteer of Great Jackson Route. Missouri Pacific Gazet¬ teer. St. Louis Exposition Guide Directories, etc., etc., 61 Camp St^et, | Room 34, McLean’s Build’g. New Orleans. | gt. Louis. MRS, CHAS. WEIS, COSTUMER & RENTER OF COSTUMES. No. loi Baronne Street, THOS. J. CARVER, Cotton Factor, 60 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, La. Odd Fellows, Masonic, and other Societies can have Regalia made on short notice. S. MEYERS, Commission Merchant And Dealer in WESTERN PRODUCE, 53 Poydras St-^eet, bet. Tchoupitoulas &. Peters Streets, NlEl^ ORIiEA^IS, L.A. PROCTER & GAMBLE’S Soaps and Candles Extra Olive Soap, full weight, Star and Adamantine Candles, also Signal laght Railroad, Coach, Carriage and Church Cancfles! Office and Warehouse: 49 Poydras Street, C. A. FRENCH, Agent, j Specialty in Potatoes, Apples, Onions, Cabbage, Sour Krout, Cow Peas, Beans, Dried Fruit, &c. LEVI & CO., Importers and Dealers in CrocReri^, (Glassware And House Furnishings, 48 CHARTRES STREET, P. 0. Box 780 . New Orleans. 0. G. Jones, E. S. Dumee, New Orleans. Mobile. JONES & DUMEE, COTTON BUYERS AND EXPORTERS, | 60 Carondelet St., 1 New Orleans, La. | NEW ORLEANS CARD RACK — E. K. CONVERSE, Commission Merchant Provisions and Produce, 3^0- 'T’^Z Street, NEW ORLEANS. A. G. RAMSEY & CO., -LEAF TOBACCO - No. 148 Common St., REFERENCES: Citizens'Bank. Z. B. Vance, N. C. Union National Bank. John D. Adams, Ark. Wm. McLaughlin. Thomas Sheehan. WM. McLaughlin, DEALER IN Western Produce, Sa,lted. lsJIea.ts, Bacon, Pork, Lard, Flour, Corn Meal, Grits, &c. Ko. »1 Poydras ^itreet, NEW ORLEANS. Eugene Barbler. Louis Thourot- Barbier & Thourot, ' f (Successors to S. Fournier,) eW' (fe m