Hide Article Text (OCR)
A Few of the Leading Merchants of Owensboro.a DTK mix-* **i%r *irv.Ow*N9*n$o, Kv., Apr, 17, 1Hy$.Since Spring has uprned, W* notea marked Improvement, herein, btta*lues*, Merchants seem to 1* busy, more clciks ate in demand, owl, lilt farm era are laying in »t supply of grass seed** fert Hirer*. fanning imnplemrnta. tie., preparatory to tttako ing another ttop. Most nil the roan* ufactorif* are running at full capacity, which edit* greatly to the bust Hem* hit ol the city Owensboro, too,is rapidly becoming a business center* The lost census ' shows an In-c tense in her population sufficient to swell it considerably over 15.000.Htr numerous business Interests amiiniinstries have made n like improve* went. The surrounding Is rid a, which,five and ten years ago, were covered with timber and stood the yr.u round In water, me now I wing cleared, ditched, and tiled and cut up into spies -did farm a; and are proving to lw the most productive lands in the State. Tbii improvemcut in frinii lands hasincreased the population of Daviess county, and listed so largely in in* errant ng Owensboro's trade that she now stand* at the head of the ritics olKentucky, south-went of I,on is vide.With her splendid transportation facilities, Owensboro's merchants havebeen enabled tf build Up on extensive wholesale and jobbing business.The most prominent of Owensboro's Wholesale merchants are W A* Coen-ther son* and Hill Steitlcr, wholesale and retail dealers in hard'ware J. 1% Hite, wholesale and re* tail dniggUt; R. Mcjobnson A Co., wholesale grocers: and W, E I. N. Parrish, hooks, stationary, etc. K Mr Johnson Co. do a strictly wholesale business, and are, without rpaes* tirm, the lending wholesale grocers in Western Kentucky, The recent business stress has a fleeted them very slightly, if at all, and they now keep from four to five men cm the road,andtheir sales run from $1,000,000 to $1500,00 per ft it. Thin phenome* rial success speaks volumes for the business tact and management of this firm,and the solid growth of the city. Their spring trade *0 far has been unusually good J. I*. Hite does a large wholesale and jobbing business in drugs, oils lariats, etc.. and is gradually enlarging bis trade until it now extend* over the major part of Western Ke ntucky. He also docs a big retail bit**ifies#. tie to next door to the Owensboro Saving Bank, and occupies a splendid two store brick, filled with tin immense stock of good*. Formany years Owensboru bad no wholesale drug house.and Mr Hite deserves great credit lor being able to com (* tc with Louisville and Evansville houses in this Hue.
Newspaper Details
Hartford Republican
Hartford, Kentucky, US
Fri, Apr 19, 1895
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
CA, USA 04 Feb 2023
Other Publications Near Hartford, Kentucky
Hartford Herald
Hartford Republican
