To the reader, however, for whom these sketches are more especially intended, such details would prove of but little interest.
The birth and life of a village in many respects correspond with the birth, infancy, growth and development of a human being. There were the earliest days and years of its being. Then came the period of youth. Then it must pass through its antagonisms and vitalize its dormant energies.
Through the earlier days, through the period of boastful youth, through the struggles that presage the strength of healthful manhood, this village now stands before the world with its ten talents actively employed, with manifest intent to assert its manhood and fulfill its mission of usefulness.
The manufacturing enterprises now presented in Fayetteville are of a varied description and include the production of furniture, flour and feed, tissue manila paper, gloves, canned goods, lime and cement, building materials and kindred productions. And the town offers liberal inducements to manufacturers elsewhere to come and settle here and help build up the place, and in developing its trade to a greater magnitude.
Manufacturers of every line of industry who contemplate enlarging their plants or starting new ones should visit Fayetteville before locating elsewhere. Real estate is cheap and building plots favorable for all kinds of works and factories are to be obtained on advantageous terms. The manufacturing and other trade establishments located here are as a rule intelligently and successfully directed and admirably equipped, a fact that is fully shown in the sketches of this issue of individual concerns and those that were published last week.
As pointed out heretofore the facilities offered by the shipping interests and the railroads assure the future greatness of Fayetteville. Another important agency to the progress of Fayetteville will doubtless be the electric railway between here and Syracuse. That this project will go through in the near future is an assured fact. Some people seem to think that an electric railway between Syracuse and Fayetteville would tend to take trade out of Fayetteville. This is not the case in other villages having an electric railway near a city, but on the contrary it has increased the population and brought more trade to the town.
In our former issue we presented the sketches of V. H.
Nichols & Son, J. M. Tillotson, Coon & Potter, Boynton Bros., H.
J. Knapp, Oscar H. Will & Co., Hoag Brothers, Frank T. Mott, F. W.
Lamphere, C. L. Hueber, Spring Roller Mills, Beard House. It is with
pride that we continue the sketches and call our readers attention to the
following:
Thirty-nine years of uninterrupted progress marks the
history of the well-known drug house of Mr. Delancey Bartlett. It
was in 1856 that Mr. Bartlett founded this enterprise and he has acquired
a wide reputation for excellent goods and good business management.
The establishment is conducted according to modern ideas, with professional
skill and intelligence, and fully sustains its old time reputation for
pure drugs, and the care exercised in preparing and dispensing medicines.
While the stock of drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical and special family
medicines, toilet articles etc. is of the very highest standard quality
and first-class in every respect. The laboratory is neatly fitted
up and is provided with every necessary facility to insure accuracy and
dispatch in filling physicians prescriptions and compounding and dispensing
medicines. Mr. Bartlett's long practical training as a druggist well
qualifies him to conduct the business with accuracy, a fact of no little
important to the patrons of the establishment. In connection with
his drug business Mr. Bartlett also carries a complete line of school books
and supplies, plain and fancy stationery etc., also a fine line of fancy
crockery. Mr. Bartlett is one of the most popular among the representative
business men of Fayetteville. His career has been eminently a prosperous
and useful one and he has to a considerable extent by his enterprise and
liberality promoted the industrial thrift of this community of which he
is an esteemed member.
Among the leading responsible contractors and builders
in this section, there is not one maintaining a better reputation than
Mr. E. F. Hopkins for thoroughly all around work in the building line,
and for promptness and reliability he is second to none in the business
hereabouts. Mr. Hopkins has been engaged in the contracting and building
business for the past thirty years, and is a man of practical skill and
ample experience. Plans and specifications are furnished and contracts
entered into for all classes of work in the building line. Estimates
are promptly furnished and satisfaction guaranteed in every instance.
Jobbing also receives prompt attention. Noteworthy among the buildings
erected by Mr. Hopkins are the following:--Fayetteville's new school building,
the residence of H. J. Knapp, that of Mrs. Huntington Beard, the residence
owned by Mr. Sherwood corner of Clinton and Chapel Sts. He also built
the M. E. church at Orville, also the Catholic church at Truxton.
Aside from these he built some of the most prominent buildings in Syracuse,
Watertown and Cazenovia. He has erected a score of buildings throughout
this vicinity, all of which are satisfactory evidence of this gentleman's
ability as a designer and builder. Mr. Hopkins' office and residence
is located on Genesee street, while the shop is located on Mill street,
in the building owned by the O. D. Blanchard estate. Mr. Hopkins
employs a number of skilled mechanics, and all work entrusted to him is
invariably executed in accordance with all contracts. Mr. Hopkins
is most well and favorably known, he is a member of the G.A.R., and is
senior Vice-Commander of R. B. Hayes Post No. 667 and during the late war
was an officer in the 149th New York Volunteers. He is highly regarded
for his honorable business principles and sterling integrity.
The marked advances made in the profession and science
of dentistry during recent years are of such a character as to excite the
admiration of the world. Yet, notwithstanding all these improvements,
much depends on the skill and knowledge of the dentist, for all are not
dentists who lay claim to that title. A prominent, popular and thoroughly
reliable master of dentistry in Fayetteville, who maintains a most enviable
reputation for superior knowledge and results is Dr. F. G. Tibbitts whose
office is located in the Baker block. Dr. Tibbitts at an early age
applied himself closely to the study of dentistry, and acquired a thorough
knowledge of all its branches, including the mechanical. He established
himself in business here in 1862, and from the start took a foremost position
in his profession, and which he has scrupulously maintained ever since.
Special attention is given to the painless extraction of teeth, cleansing,
filling and preserving them, also to the filling of teeth with gold, platinum,
or alloy, while crown work also receives particular attention. His
productions of artificial teeth and crown work are marvels of skill and
lifelike accuracy. Dr. Tibbitts also manufactures the Rose Pearl
Tooth Powder. It is one of the purest tooth powders on the market
and commands a ready sale wherever introduced. Dr. Tibbitts is a
highly proficient member of the fifth district Dental Society, he has resided
in Fayetteville for over half a century, and is a talented and thoroughly
reliable gentleman who stands high in this community.
Rich and beautiful jewelry is always attractive, and there
is nothing manufactured for personal adornment which is so much sought
after, and in which there is so extensive and charming a variety.
An old established house engaged in this branch of commercial industry
and deserving of more than passing recognition is that of Mr. George Barney,
watch-maker and jeweler, whose establishment is very conveniently located
in the Hoag block, cor. Genesee and Mill streets. Mr. Barney is thoroughly
practical and experienced in all departments of his business. He
inaugurated his establishment in 1867 and from the outset became very popular
in consequence of the excellent quality of his goods and the liberal management
of his business affairs. The premises occupied are very neatly and
appropriately fitted up with every convenience for the transaction of business
and for the display of his stock of goods, which comprises an assortment
of fine gold and silver watches of all grades and descriptions and warranted
correct timekeepers, also plain and fancy gold rings, watchchains, charms,
lockets, scarf and lace pins, also solid and silver plated wares, French,
Swiss, and American clocks, eye-glasses and in fact everything pertaining
to a well conducted jewelry establishment. The goods of this house
have been carefully selected and cannot fail to satisfy every want as they
are sold at lowest possible prices and guaranteed to be as represented.
Being a practical watchmaker and jeweler, Mr. Barney makes a specialty
of repairing watches, clocks and jewelry, and all work of this character
done by him is warranted to give the most complete satisfaction.
Mr. Barney conducts his business on the well known principles of equity,
and fair and square dealing.
Prominent among the business houses of this village which
have an established reputation for reliable business methods is that of
the meat market so successfully conducted by Mr. George Ebeling.
Mr. Ebeling established himself in business here in 1892 and from the start
took a prominent position in his line, his trade growing and extending
until today it is not equaled in its line in this section. Only the
finest stock is handled in this admirably conducted market, and patrons
can at all times rely upon getting a very superior article, honest weight
and prompt and polite service. The market is very tastefully fitted
up and with special reference to the business, and a large and first-class
stock is carried, including choice state and western beef, state lamb,
veal, pork, sausage, salt and corned meats, ham, bacon, poultry and game
in season, etc. Mr. Ebeling has an experience in his business covering
fifteen years and it may be safely asserted that in quality and freshness
the stock has no superior. Mr. Ebeling is an excellent judge of meats
and nothing but the very best leaves his market, which is plainly evidenced
by the large trade he enjoys. Mr. Ebeling has been remarkably successful
in his business venture; he is highly regarded in commercial, social, and
fraternal circles; he was under chief of police for two years, and for
three years chief of police which office he now holds; he was Noble Past
Grand in the lodge of Odd Fellows and is now the Noble Grand of that lodge,
and is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. He is a courteous
gentleman and has every occasion to be proud of the success he has achieved.
This flourishing establishment devoted to the sale of
millinery has enjoyed a well merited, successful and prosperous career
under the very able management of Mrs. Balsley the courteous proprietoress
who assumed control of this business in 1884. The store is located
in the Beard Hotel block, as regards interior fittings is complete in every
particular and is one of the attractive features of the village.
Mrs. Balsley controls a first-class patronage, not only from Fayetteville
but from the surrounding country. She purchases direct from leading
importers and manufacturers, and not only brings out the new fashions,
but always sells at the very lowest prices. The stock in its assortment
is large, varied and complete, and is not excelled by any like establishment
in this section, the magnificent display made of fashionable millinery
being very attractive and unsurpassed and reflecting the highest credit
upon the good taste and judgment displayed. The styles are new and
in strict accord with the latest New York and Parisian designs. Hats
and bonnets are made to order at the shortest notice and a large stock
of made up hats is also carried. A very handsome display is made
of silks, feathers, lace, fancy ornaments and millinery trimmings generally.
Competent assistants are employed, while all work is under the supervision
of Mrs. Balsley who is a most reliable and energetic business woman.
A feature of Fayetteville's industries worthy of special
mention is the enterprise conducted by Mr. Charles L. Collin. The
enterprise displayed by this house is of such an aggressive character as
to center at this point a very large and important trade and gives assurance
of a continued increase and development. To the house of Mr. Charles
L. Collin dealer in lumber and kindred building materials, also operating
a saw mill and planing and shingle mill, must be accorded a justly prominent
position as one of the most extensive concerns of the kind in this section
of the state. The business has been in successful operation for many
years and the operations of this house is both wide-spread and influential.
A specialty is made of sawing lumber to order, and thousands of logs are
sawed up annually for the furniture trade, hemlock and basswood logs being
in continual demand and find a ready market at this mill. The plant
is comprised in a series of frame structures covering an area of about
two acres, while every possible facility is afforded for the prompt receipt
and shipment of supplies. The connections of this house with the
best source of supply enable it to command every favorable opportunity
of the market and to offer inducements to customers as regards reliability
of goods and liberality of terms and prices which challenge comparison
and defy successful competition. Mr. Collin is a reliable and responsible
exponent of the business in which he is engaged, and enjoys a commanding
influence, wide popularity and high repute in both business, financial
and trade circles.
Among the noteworthy industrial establishments of Fayetteville
which has been in successful operation since 1892 is that carried on by
Messrs. John L. Sherwood and C. J. Fisher under the name of the Fayetteville
Glove Co. As manufacturers of gloves and mittens this establishment
is prominently known and it bears a reputation of the highest character
in trade circles. During the three years that this house has been
in existence the goods that have been placed by it upon the market have
ever been held in popular favor by the trade and public while the reputation
that has been sustained for equitable and honorable dealing has never been
allowed to deteriorate. The factory is located in Genesee street,
and comprises four floors of commodious proportions and equipped throughout
with the most approved facilities for the prosecution of the industry.
A tannery is also operated in connection with the business. When
running at full capacity from 40 to 50 hands are employed, while
the greatest care is exercised in the manufacture and the output is one
of considerable magnitude and value. The product consists of calf,
sheep, horse hide, hog skin and buck skin gloves and mittens and are a
heavy grade of goods. The skin and buck skin gloves and mittens and
are a heavy grade of goods. The demand is constantly on the increase
which serves as the best evidence of the solid merit and uniform excellence
of the goods while inducements are offered to the trade as regards quality
and price, while challenge comparison and are safe for successful competition.
The reputation of this house for business reliability and commercial honor
is widely and favorably known.
It is absolutely certain that in no country of the civilized
world has paper making been brought to such a high degree of perfection
as in the United States. Taking up this industry as represented in
Fayetteville, it becomes necessary to make special mention of the Little
Falls Paper Co., the proprietors of which are Messrs. A. F. Holden and
O. M. George. This firm established their enterprise in Feb. 1885
and Aug. 1st of the present year they assumed control of the paper mill
plant here formerly operated by the Fayetteville Paper Co. The enterprise
is one of considerable value to Fayetteville. Employment is provided
to 16 hands. The capacity of the mill is two tons per day, the product
consisting of Tissue Manila paper. The plant is comprised in a three
story brick structure located on Mill street and having dimensions of 50
x 100 feet with a one-story L of about the same dimensions. The machinery
is driven by steam and water power. The plant here is under the supervision
of Mr. Wm. Hoffman, the resident manager. Aside from their extensive
business in Fayetteville, this firm also operates a paper mill at Little
Falls having a productive capacity of two tons per day. They also
have a mill at Newburgh producing four tons per day. The product
from all their mills is shipped to manufacturers at Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Albany, N.Y. From the commencement of its business this firm
undertook to make goods of standard quality only, and from that policy
it has never wavered. Its tissue manila paper is in heavy and increasing
demand, and is recognized wherever introduced as unsurpassed for quality,
reliability and uniform excellence. The abundant resources and perfected
facilities of this firm enable it to compete favorably with any similar
house extant.
Of all the great staple products that enter into general
consumption at the present day, there is perhaps none of more surpassing
importance than coal, and it is in the nature of things, therefore, that
the handling and shipping of this useful and indispensable article of fuel
should constitute, as it does, one of the principal departments of commercial
activity in every center of trade and industry. Engaged in this line
Fayetteville has some solid and substantial merchants among whom is the
firm of Snook & Smith, the well-known and responsible coal dealers,
whose order office is located at Hoag Bros. grocery store with sheds and
yard situated on the Erie canal. Not one in the business in this
section sustains a higher reputation for integrity and reliability and
none enjoy a larger measure of public favor. They handle the best
quality of Anthracite and Bituminous coals, carrying constantly on hand
a thoroughly cleaned and big stock. All orders receive immediate
attention, quality and quantity being guaranteed in every instance.
The co-partners, Messrs. Clark Snook and Edmund S. Smith established their
business in 1874 and their career from the first marks a history of steady
progress. They are thoroughly upright in all their dealings, and
are highly regarded in this community both as citizens and merchants.
Fayetteville is fortunate in having among its commercial
enterprises a house for its sojourners so favorably known as the Grove
Hotel. It was in 1874 that Mr. Grove purchased the old site, and
in 1880 the house was remodeled and rebuilt into the present commodious
structure, and under his able and efficient management the house has become
one of the leading hotels in Fayetteville. The location is central,
the building is of frame, three stories high, and has dimensions of 80
x 80 feet. The house contains 30 rooms single and ensuite, large
parlors and commodious dining hall. The rooms throughout the house
are well lighted, scrupulously clean and neatly furnished. The beds
are first-class and no feature is lacking to promote the comfort of guests.
The table is justly celebrated for the quality of the food and the manner
in which it is served and the house is thoroughly creditable to Mr. Grove
who brings to bear all the necessary qualifications as a popular and successful
hotel proprietor. Mr. Grove also transacts extensive operations in
the manufacture of cigars. He manufactures such popular ten cent
brands as Boney's Best and Boney's Perfectos; in 5c. brands Rosy Morn,
Old Tom and Queen Rose are leaders. Five men are constantly employed
and the output annually is upwards of 200,000 cigars. Mr. Grove is
a courteous and enterprising gentleman who fully merits the success he
has achieved by his ability and perseverance.
The glove and mitten industry of Fayetteville has no more
enterprising or progressive exponents than C. E. Harter & Co., who
enjoy a wide reputation as manufacturers of the best medium grades of gloves
and mittens known to the trade. The business now so successfully
conducted by this firm was established in 1888. They occupy commodious
quarters in the building located on Genesee street next to the bridge which
are supplied with every convenience tending to insure rapid and perfect
production, and employment is given to a force of skilled hands ranging
from six to ten. The output averages about 4,000 dozens per year.
The products of this house consist of sheepskin, calfskin, horsehide and
buckskin, etc., lined and unlined gloves and mittens, a specialty being
made of one finger mittens. The goods are sold to the jobbing trade
throughout the eastern and western states and are unsurpassed in quality
of material, finish, durability and workmanship, and in many markets are
preferred to all other medium grades of gloves manufactured. All
orders are promptly and carefully filled at the lowest prices, and customers
no matter in what section of the country can always rely on the ability
and good judgment of this house to meet their wishes and demands.
Mr. Harter is a man of long practical experience in this line of manufacture,
and is highly regarded in trade circles for his promptness, enterprise
and business integrity.
Among the leading and deservedly popular enterprises in
the provision line should be mentioned that of Mr. C. A. Hopkins dealer
in prime beef, lamb, smoked meats, vegetables, etc. Mr. Hopkins founded
his enterprise in 1881 and has been remarkably successful in establishing
a wide-spread and influential trade not only with the citizens of the village
but from the surrounding country. The premises occupied on Mill street
opposite the Grove Hotel are fitted up in a neat and attractive style,
and the appointments include all the requisite facilities for the advantageous
handling an display of the large, carefully selected and complete stock
of beef, mutton, veal, pork, sausage, salted and smoked meats, green and
cured hams, poultry and game in season, vegetables, etc. Game is
made a specialty of and all the finest delicacies that can be procured
for the table are handled including all the early vegetables. All
the most modern refrigerating and cold storage processes are in use here,
and the meats are always to be found in a fresh and wholesome condition.
All orders are promptly filled and goods are delivered by courteous assistants
to all parts of the village. Mr. Hopkins who is a man of progress
and reliability conducts his business on a system of equity and probity,
promptly and satisfactorily.
Among hotels to which our attention is directed there
is none more worthy of recognition than that of the Wands House which is
under the enterprising proprietorship of Mr. Arthur S. Wands, who came
in possession of this house in 1892 at which time it was thoroughly renovated
and improved together with new furniture throughout. The building
is a two-story frame structure, is of commodious dimensions and is supplied
with all conveniences. The first floor of the Wands House contains
reading room bar, sitting room and a nice arranged dining hall. The
floor above contains sleeping rooms, single and ensuite. The house
is tastefully furnished and no feature is lacking to promote the comfort
of guests. The table is supplied with the best the markets afford.
Mr. Wands is a liberal caterer, believes in the best and plenty of it.
Connected with the hotel is also a livery stable which is provided with
several good horses and the necessary carriages and sleighs, while first
class stabling accommodations are also provided. Mr. Wands is a wide
awake and enterprising gentleman. He devotes his entire time to his
hotel and makes everybody comfortable while sojourning with him.
The leading representative of the plumbers and general
jobbing trade in Fayetteville is the well-known enterprise conducted by
Mr. Frank Mott Jr. with location on Genesee street, next to the Wands House.
This business was established by Mr. Mott in 1893, and ever since its inception
this house has enjoyed a liberal share of public favor, and numbers among
its permanent patrons many of the leading residents of this community.
Mr. Mott executes all orders for sanitary plumbing, hot-air heating, roofing,
tinsmithing, guttering and general jobbing in a skillful manner and in
accordance with the most approved rules, and makes a specialty of house-heating
by the latest improved means, also paying particular attention to furnace
and stove repairing. The premises occupied comprise two floors of
a commodious workshop and ample facilities are possessed for carrying on
the business in the most successful and efficient manner. Estimates
are given on steam work, plumbing and general jobbing, and the stock carried
by Mr. Mott embraces a complete assortment of lead cast and wrought iron
pipe and fittings, hose, roofing materials etc., while the work done in
the various branches of the business is thorough and workmanlike in every
particular. Mr. Mott is a native of this town and has been a resident
of Fayetteville all his life with the exception of 12 years, and is a gentleman
of excellent business standing, enjoying the respect and esteem of the
entire community.
Although established in business here but a comparatively short time the well appointed and excellent bakery conducted by Mr. D. S. Reid is in all respects a complete concern. The establishment is located on Mill street, and was formerly known as the Robbins bakery, Mr. Reid assuming proprietorship in August of the present year. The store is neat and inviting, and a complete assortment of choice confections, bread, rolls, pies, pastry etc. is always carried in stock, while families are supplied every day in the most prompt and reliable manner, while parties, receptions etc. are catered to in first-class style, special orders for fancy cakes, also wedding and birthday cakes receiving prompt and personal attention. A complete line of canned goods is also carried in stock. From the start Mr. Reid has enjoyed a large measure of public favor and patronage, the trade growing quickly apace until now it is at one prosperous and permanent. Making and handling a superior class of goods, of sterling integrity in his dealings and business relations, and devoting untiring attention to the wants of customers, the results could hardly have been other than the well-merited success which has attended his efforts in his brief business career.