WATSON SANFORD, President. SAM.S. S.UTTER, Treas & Sec THE NATIONAL STOVE WORKS, Heaters Stoves Ranges, Hollow Ware.&c. 239 & 2411 WATER ST. (New York)) THE NATIONAL STOVE WORKS. This extensive establishment had its origin in 1840, when Mr. W. S. WHITNEY erected a small foundery at Peek skill, about 40 miles from New York, upon the site of the works whose history we now sketch. The operations of the firm were confined to the manufacture of some three or four styles of stoves, which were sent by sloops to the warehouse of the firm at New York. Since then the business of the house has steadily grown, though slowly at first, the style of the firm having been changed successively to WHITNEY & BROWN, WHITNEY, SANFORD & Co., and SANFOrd, Truslow & Co. Finally, in 1865, the business having become extensive, and the firm being desirous to admit some of their faithful employés to a share, the concern was resolved into a corporation, under the title by which it is now known. The President is Mr. WATSON SANFORD, a gentleman of large experience, who gave to the house the advantage of his energy and inventive ability, in the year 1853. One of his inventions, the wellknown "Sanford's Challenge Hot-Air Heaters," is very extensively used through the United States, and their manufacture forms an important part of the business of the Company. The other officers of the Company are Mr. JOHN TRUSLOW, Vice-President, who joined the house in 1858, and Mr. SAMUEL S. UTTER, Secretary and Treasurer. From the small beginnings already noted, the house has expanded into one which gives employ- ment to nearly 200 men ;—the catalogue, which, at the first, comprised but three or four varieties of Stoves, now includes an assortment of nearly 100 kinds of Cooking Stoves, Cooking Ranges, Parlor Stoves, Hot-Air Furnaces, &c., and a variety of Hollow-Ware, suited to the wants of all people. This Company is a true type of a New York house, full of energy and progress, not only in the extent of sales, but in the character of the wares, which are constantly improving on the past; so that now their Stoves are very different, and far more useful and elegant than when this establishment first began its career. P. LORILLARD. TOBACCO AND SNUFFS, 16 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK. The original LORILLARD family, which consisted of the father, PIERRE LORILLARD, and his two sons, PIERRE and GEORGE, the mother being dead, were driven from France at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and coming to this country, settled in New York. The family was a wealthy one for those days, Mr. PIERRE LORILLARD being worth some ten or twelve thousand dollars. The youngest son, PIERRE, commenced the Tobacco business about the year 1760. At thirty years of age he died, leaving his widow and three sons, PETER, JACOB, and GEORGE, the business being carried on by the widow until the sons were old enough to attend to it. Widow LORILLARD married a DANIEL HULSEMAN, and for a few years the business was conducted under his name. The two sons, PETER and GEORGE, inherited quite a handsome fortune from their father, and when they succeeded to his business, the style of the firm became P. & G. LORILLARD. It continued thus for a number of years, when GEORGE died, leaving no children behind, but possessed of a large fortune. PETER died leaving one son, who continued the business with his uncle GEOROE until his uncle died, when the business came into his hands, and was conducted under the name of PETER LORILLARD. A few years ago he retired from the business in favor of his two sons, PETER and GEORGE, and the House is again known as that of P. & G. LORILLARD. The LORILLARDS started the business upon a small scale, but with the determination of always furnishing their customers with a good article. As the country became more thickly populated, business gradually increased until it grew to be of enormous dimensions, and to-day it stands at the head of all the manufactories of its kind in the world. The reputation which it early and honestly acquired, and the monopoly which it so long enjoyed, gave it a position and influence among those who deal in tobacco which nothing has been able to shake or weaken during the century in which it has been in operation. This house has its buyers and agents in all the prominent fields, besides controlling a vast amount of improved machinery, and about 600 hands; it has facilities surpassed by none. These goods command a large foreign trade which is constantly growing; Canada consumes largely; the West Indies, to a great extent; in portions of South America, Germany, China, and Japan, they are becoming rapidly introduced, and meet with great favor. It is the largest Tobacco House in America, if not in the world, yielding to the Government in the form of revenue, in 1867, about a million and a quarter dollars. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SUCCESSORS TO I. M. SINGER. & CO., The "Singer" Sewing-Machine, which is the fountain from which has sprung the immense Corporation whose name heads this page, had a definite date in the month of September, 1850. At that time Mr. ISAAC M. SINGER had invented and put in practical operation the Sewing-Machine, which has rendered his name a “household word" throughout Christendom. The Singer Machines were used advantageously from the very outset ; and, notwithstanding improvements and modifications have been made from time to time, the original principles upon which the Machines were constructed have never been superseded. The manufacture and sale of these Machines have known no interruption since they were first introduced; and for manufacturing purposes, as well as for family use, none have been more popular. In 1863, the firm of I. M. SINGER & Co. was dissolved, and a Joint Stock Company, known as the SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, was formed to continue the business. This Company has achieved an unparalleled success, and stands to-day without a peer in the Sewing-Machine business. The following extract from one of our most reliable metropolitan journals, will convey a more fitting idea of the importance and magnitude of this Company, than any words which we can employ for the purpose: P. LORILLARD. TOBACCO AND SNUFFS, 16 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK. The original LORILLARD family, which consisted of the father, PIERRE LORILLARD, and his two sons, PIERRE and GEORGE, the mother being dead, were driven from France at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and coming to this country, settled in New York. The family was a wealthy one for those days, Mr. PIERRE LORILLARD being worth some ten or twelve thousand dollars. The youngest son, PIERRE, commenced the Tobacco business about the year 1760. At thirty years of age he died, leaving his widow and three sons, PETER, JACOB, and GEORGE, the business being carried on by the widow until the sons were old enough to attend to it. Widow LORILLARD married a DANIEL HULSEMAN, and for a few years the business was conducted under his name. The two sons, PETER and GEORGE, inherited quite a handsome fortune from their father, and when they succeeded to his business, the style of the firm became P. & G. LORILLARD. It continued thus for a number of years, when GEORGE died, leaving no children behind, but possessed of a large fortune. PETER died leaving one son, who continued the business with his uncle GEOROE until his uncle died, when the business came into his hands, and was conducted under the name of PETER LORILLARD. A few years ago he retired from the business in favor of his two sons, PETER and GEORGE, and the House is again known as that of P. & G. LORILLARD. The LORILLARDS started the business upon a small scale, but with the determination of always furnishing their customers with a good article. As the country became more thickly populated, business gradually increased until it grew to be of enormous dimensions, and to-day it stands at the head of all the manufactories of its kind in the world. The reputation which it early and honestly acquired, and the monopoly which it so long enjoyed, gave it a position and influence among those who deal in tobacco which nothing has been able to shake or weaken during the century in which it has been in operation. This house has its buyers and agents in all the prominent fielde besides controlling a vast amount of improved machinery, and about 600 hands; it has facilities surpassed by none. These goods command a large foreign trade which is constantly growing; Canada consur largely; the West Indies, to a great extent; in portions of South A Germany, China, and Japan, they are becoming rapidly intr meet with great favor. It is the largest Tobacco House not in the world, yielding to the Government in the for 1867, about a million and a quarter dollars. |