Leading Business Men of Fairfield County

"Don't expose to the fumes of ammonia." " Don't let mud dry on it." " Don't scratch the varnish in washing." "Don't expose to sun or rain when not in use." "Don't let ihe axle- grease collect on the hubs." Few and simple as these rules are, it is not too much to say that if they be observed a gain of 100 per cent, in the durability of the painted surface will be obtained and we hope that our readers will practice them and give credit where it is due — to Mr. Gunder- man. E. J. Banks, Meats and Groceries, 116 and 118 East Main Street. — There is probably no firm in this city deserving of a more extended notice in a work of this kind than the one whose name heads this article. This establishment datta its organization in 1872, when it was started by its present proprietor, Mr. E. J. Banks, as a meat market and successfully conducted as such for fourteen years. During the past few months Mr. Banks has opened a new department in his house which is devoted to the sale of groceries. The premises utilized for the business is locat- ed at 116 and 118 East Main street and consist of a double store 40x60 fe< t in dimensions, which is well stocked with a large assortment of first- class goods, all new and fresh, including meats of all kinds and the best brands of staple and fancy groceries. The extensive retail trade gives employment to two clerks who are prompt and efficient in the transaction of their duties. The goods are sold at the lowest market price and are delivered free of charge to any part of the city. The fact that Mr. Banks is an enterprising business man is well attested in the able and energetic manage- ment of his large and steadily increasing trade. He is a native of Connecticut and a highly es- teemed citizen of Bridgeport. 78 LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF BRIDGEPORT. Hutchinson, Pierce & Co., 746 to 750 Broad- way, New York, Factories at Bridgeport and Norwalk, Conn. — One of the most celebrated and best known manufactories for its particular line of goods, is that of Hutchinson, Pierce & Co., whose office is at 746 and 750 Broadway, New York, and who have factories at Bridgeport and Norwalk, Connecticut. The business was established several years a?o by Morison & Hutchinson, succeeded Jan. 1, 1883, by tbe present firm. The products of this firm are noted throughout the country, and con- sist of the celebrated Star shirt, shirt waists and underwear. The trade is very extensive and ex- tends throughout the entire United States. The factory at Bridgeport consists of two three-story buildings and one five-story building with a capacity for 500 employes. The Individ ual members of the firm consist of Messrs. G. S. Hutchinson, H. B. Pierce, Ira Cole, and T. S. Morison, and are all well known gentlemen in business circles. Their factories are finely equipped with all the most modern improvements for the successful prosecution of their business, and their terms will be found as reasonable as is consistent with the class of goods manufactured. We feel as though nothing more could be said in their favor as they are too well and favorably known to the public to need mention at, our hands. They are in a position to fill all orders promptly and satis- factorily, and all dealers who have not already formed business relations with this house will find it to their advantage to do so at once, and they will greatly increase their sales by keeping these celebrated goods in stock. Bridgeport Beef Company, Commission Mer- chants in Swift's Chicago Dressed Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal and Pork, 320 Water Street.— Oc- cupying commodious premises, eligibly located at 330 Water street, on the line of the New York, New Haven & Eartford Railroad, the Bridgeport Beef Company are conducting a large wholesale trade in meats of all kinds. Established in 1878. The business was inaugurated in 1878, and has continued under the same management until the present, and the trade developed has attained most important proportions. The company occupy a two-story slate build- ing, admirably equipped with the appliances for storage and handling of merchandise, and the facilities for receipt and shipment are all that could be desired. A large quantity of beef, lamb, veal and park is handled by the concern and is supplied to the trade at low figures, and the quality of merchan- dise is of such excellence as to make this a most desirable source of supply. The company makes a specialty of Swift's famous Chicago Dressed Beef, and their methods and worth inspire utmost confidence with their trade at home and correspondents abroad. The stock is always kept in such quantities, varieties and condition as to enable the house to fill all orders with dispatch aud to meet in the most satisfactory manner every requirement of their extensive and wide-spread trade. Mr. Josiah B. Hallett, the head of the com- pany, has entire charge of affairs and manages the business with consummate ability and tact. He is a native of Massachusetts, and in his business career in this city he has ever been held in highest esteem and confidence as a successful and responsible representative business man. The National Clcthing Co., who-e store is at 429 Main street, is a branch ot one of the largest manufacturing houses in this country; their head- quarters are in Boston, their branch stores may be found in all the principal cities of New Eng- land. The aim of this firm is to manufacture exclusively for the retail trade, thereby coming iu contact with the consumers of their goods. Knowing the wants, using every effort to pro- duce good, honest clothing by the use of first- class material, having only experienced workmen and in fact making a class of goods that will recommend themselves, and having such as a customer having once used, will prefer to all others. Mr. A. H. Davis established this branch 9 years ago, and has won by straightforward busi- ness principles a host of friends and customers. Mr. John M. Pnndle and Mr. Joseph Finn, his salesmen, have had a long experience in the clothing trade and have the confidence and pat- ronage of a large circle of friends. All goods are marked in plain figures and guaranteed to be as represented. Ellis & Reilly, Granite and Marble Works, Mountain Grove Street, near Cemetery. — The trade represented by the above house is second to no other of its class which may fairly claim to combine with a manual handicraft the richest embellishments of art. The various forms of marble and granite carvings, polishing and en- graving which have in the present day reached a degree of perfection hitherto unknown, had their origin, rude and unpolished though it was in the remote prehistoric era of an incipient civ- ilization. The perfection attained in this direc- tion may be plainly seen in the work turned out by Messrs. Ellis & Reilly, whose works are locat- ed on Mountain Grove street (near cemetery) where may always be found a large variety of monuments, gravestones, etc., which evince a combination of taste and skill rarely seen in do- mestic manufactures of this kind. Messrs. Ellis & Reilly manufacture and deal both wholesale and retail in monuments, head stones and vaults, coping and all kinds of ceme- tery work. Designs and estimates will be given in Westerly, Niantic, Quincy and all leading granites and marble. Cemetery lettering is also promptly attended to. These gentleman began business in 1883 and have since continued it with marked ability and success. The plant consists of a yard 100x131 feet in dimensions, with ample buildings and facilities for the business, a ten horse -power steam engine being employed in the manufacture. Ten skilled workmen are employed and kept constantly busy. Specimens of their work may readily be seen by a walk through the cemetery, beside many orders from abroad. Mr. Reilly is a native of New York and Mr, Ellis of Maine. They are both practical men with an experience of many years, aud are noted for their skill in execution aud unsurpassed taste in designing this class of work, all of which is done to order aud from original designs. LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF BRIDGEPORT. The De-Oxidized Metal Co., W. W. Keys, Superintendent, southwest corner Railroad and West Avenues. — This important industry was founded in July, 1885, and in December follow- ing the company was incorporated under its present name. The business has, from its incep- tion, been carried on with marked ability and tact, and the concern is already established among the foremost of Bridgeport's important manufacturing enterprises. The valuable plant of the company is eligibly located on Railroad ave., and comprises two sub- stantial brick buildings, equipped with all the machinery and appliances for the purpose of the company, and a force of skilled workmen are employed in the works, and the facilities for the production of the manufactures of this concern are all that could be desired. The output consists of De Oxidized metals, principally bronze and copper in ingots, wire, tube and castings, also all grades of anti-friction met- als and genuine Babbitt solders and white metals, and in "their ability to supply merchandise of more than standard excellence at lowest margins above cost of production, the company success- fully compete with any house in their line in New England. This metal is used for boilers and digesters where acid or water impregnated with acid would de- stroy an iron boiler. It is the only metal that can be used by pulp manufacturers to convert the wood into paper pulp by the bisulphite process. It is also used for boilers in mines where they are compelled to use sulphurous water. One prominent superiority of the De Oxidized bronze or copper over all other metals is due to the fact that it resists the action of sulphurous and sulphuric acid, muriatic and acetic acids. Exclusive rights to use this metal have been sold for large amounts. The company reserving the right to manufacture for the parties using it. The trade of the company under sagacious management has attained large proportions and extends to all parts of the United States, and the uniform promptitude and honorable methods of those entrusted with the business inspires uni- versal confidence.