Leading Business Men of Fairfield County

G. F. Richardson, Dealer in Flour, Grain, Feed, Hay and Straw, 194 Main Street.— The commercial importance of this city has been greatly enhanced by the untiring activity of her merchants in attracting to this market a wide- spread and annually increasing trade from the surrounding country, by means of low prices and fine quality of goods. A prominent house in the Flour and Grain trade of this city, and one that enjoys a large patronage throughout the city and vicinity is that of Mr. G. F. Richardson, which was founded over forty years ago by Mr. G. Cranford, its present proprietor succeeding to the business in 1882, and has since built up the large and growing trade. Mr. Richardson occupies the premises located 194 Main street (which cover an area of 18x6 feet) as an office, and has an extensive warehouse out- side for the storage of his immense stock of Flour, Grain, Feed, Hay and Straw. Mr. Richardson has the assistance of two very reliable clerks and the business which is mostly retail, is efficiently handled and all orders are promptly attended to. In all respects this es- tablishment is a credit to the city, and the success it has attained is the well merited reward of an honorable and liberal business policy. Mr. Richardson is a native of Danbury and closely identified with the commercial advance- ment of this community, as well as thoroughly awake to all matters that will accrue to the bene- fit of his customers. In view of what we have recorded, Mr. Rich- ardson is well deserving of the support which has been extended to him — a support which is, and will continue to be well merited. 182 LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DAN BURY. HReed & Co., Dealers in Drugs and Medicines, ■etc., 143 Main Street. — One of the most neces- sary and convenient branches of industry to a community is a well conducted drug establish- ment, and the one to which we refer here is well known as among the best arranged and most ably conducted establishments of its kind in Danbury. The proprietor, Mr. G. H. Reed, is a thorough pharmacist and employs as assistants only capa- ble and courteous clerks. This house was established in 1885 by its present proprietor, Ms. Reed, who is the sole manager, the company being nominal. The store occupied by him is located at 143 Main street, and covers an area of 20x60 feet in dimensions, which is handsomely and conven- iently arranged, nicely furnished and supplied with all the modern improvements in way of elegant soda fountain, show cases and windows. In the two last named are tastefully displayed the elegant and attractive assortment of Fancy articles, and Fancy Toilet goods dealt in. The extensive retail trade requires the employment of two clerks, who are thoroughly conversant with the details of the business, which is man- aged under the direct supervision of the proprie- tor, and all patrons are assured that none but the purest drugs and medicines are here offered for sale. All prescriptions are accurately and promptly compounded. Mr. Reed is a native of Danbury, Connecticut, and in commending his house to the trade at large, we but reflect the general reputation it bears in this community by saving that its pro- ducts may in every instance be implicitly relied upon. H. A. Addis & Son, Largest Grocers in Danbury; Best Teas in the Market; Wood, Charcoal, Hay, Feed, etc.; also, Blacksmithing, Carriage Building and Livery Stables, 371 Main Street. — This well known house has for years been identified with the industrial and commer- cial growth of Danbury, and the operations of the firm as dealers in groceries and provisions, and blacksmiths and wagon manufacturers, mark them as leaders in their several branches of business in this town. The Grocery establishment was founded in 1873, by Messrs. Addis & Son, and has been carried on with most decided success under the able management of the junior member of the firm. Their store is eligibly located at No. 371 Main street, their premises occupying several large rooms, covering an area of 4,500 square feet, with every facility for storage of merchandise and transaction of business. The stock comprises everything desirable in Choice Groceries, Provisions, Teas, Coffees,Canned I Goods, Provisions and Produce generally, hesides j Wood, Charcoal, Hay, etc., and the great facilities j of the house for supplying reliable merchandise at bottom prices make this one of the most popu- | lar sources of family supply in the town. The Blacksmithing and Carriage Building is j conducted under the immediate supervision of | Mr. H. A. Addis, an experienced master in this line of industry, and orders for new and repair work are filled with dispatch at satisfactory prices in the best manner. In connection with their other business they carry on a fine Livery Stable containing eleven horses, which is open day and night. A fine Feed Business is conducted at the old store, 369 Main street. Messrs. H. A. & Seth P. Addis comprise this reliable firm They are both natives of this town, and occupy prominent places in trade and social circles. David Beers, Lumber and Coal; also, agent for Oil Stoves, Corner Main and Elm Streets. — In describing the manufacturing and commercial advantages of Danbury, we find a variety of enterprises that are worthy of notice in a work of this character, and which conduce in no small degree to giving the city the reputation she LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF DAXBURT. 1*3 enjoys as bang a great center from which to obtain any desired merchandise. Among others, we may mention the Lumber and Coal business of Mr. David Beers, who is located at the corner of Main and the New England Railroad cross- ing. This business was established by its present proprietor in 1884, since which date he has been so successful that to day he is doing a large business in the Lumber and Coal trade. The premises occupied for this wholesale and retail trade cover an area of one half an acre, with sheds which are well stocked with the best Lumber and Coal to be obtained in the State. The services of ten men and seven teams are required to transact and keep pace with the increasing business. Mr. Beers is a native of Roxbury, Conn., an energetic and enterprising business man. In connection with this already named business, Mr. Beers acts as agent for Oil Stoves, in which he carries a fine line. Christian Quien, Real Estate, Starr's Block, Main Street — Prominent among the most reliable and leading Real EstateAgents located in Danbury, is Mr. Christian Quien, who established his busi- ness in 1871 and during the fifteen years since that date, has established a reputation for always being found prompt, accurate and thoroughly reliable in all business transactions. The premises utilized by him comprise an office located on the second floor of the building situat- ed on Main street and known as Starr's block, where Mr. Quien will be found constantly in readiness to conduct every department of the Real Estate business, such as buying and selling of Real Estate, collecting rents and claims, and negotiating Foreign Exchanges, etc. His highly esteemed opinion is constantly solicited by all classes who are desirous of assis'ance in this line of trade. He is ever attentive and obliging to all clients, and has therefore gained a well merited and widespread popularity. Persons entrusting tbe care of their property to Mr. Quien, either for the sale of real estate or the collection of rents, can rely upon its being promptly attended to in the most reliable man- ner. Persons suffering from temporary embar- rassment and desirous of hiring the use of money, will find Mr. Quien a fair and honorable business man, too bish minded to take advan- tage or charge exorbitant rates. By bis honora- ble upright career he has won the confidence and respect of the citizens of Danbury. H. M. Robinson, Watches, Jewelry, Silver- ware, Books and Stationery, 189 Main Street. — A business enterprise, which by reason alike of its old establishment and the push and energy shown in its management, can hardly fail to be universally known to our readers, is that con- ducted by Mr. H. M. Robinson. The inception of this business was in 1854 when it was founded by Mr. Huntington, who in 1859 became associated with the present proprie- tor under the name of Huntington & Robinson. Mr. Robinson has had sole contiol for the past twenty-five years, during which time the growth of the business has been steady and large. The main store occupied is of the dimensions of '211x75 feel. A very heavy and varied stock is carried of watches, clocks, jewelry, silverware, etc. As well as a full line of fancy articles, optical goods, books, stationery and kindred wares. The trade is wholly retail and has reached large propor- tions, as it has long been known to the residents of Danbury and vicinity that this establishment is a most excellent place in which to make pur- chases. Mr. Robinson is a native of Ashford, Ct., and is one of the best known of our veteran mer- chants. Charles Rider, Insurance (Fire, Life and Acci- dent) Starr's Block, Main Street. — Careful and painstaking study and research is the price paid for material advancement in any line of endeavor, and in nothing is this more strictly true than in that relating to insurance. Thousands, yes mil- lions, of figures have been gone over again and. again and the tables of mortality have been closely perused and thoroughly digested in order to offer to the publ c the many inestimable ad- vantages derived from Fire and Life Insurance to-day. The insurance business enlists the ser- vices of many of the most energetic and enter- prising of our men of business, and among these may be mentioned Mr. Charles Rider, whose of- fice is in Starr's Block, Main street.