The industries of San Francisco. Her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures. Conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, (14773099022)

Identifier: industriesofsanf1884sanf (find matches)
Title: The industries of San Francisco. Her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce & manufactures. Conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Hackett, Frederick H Payot, Upham & Co., San Francisco
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: San Francisco : Payot
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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always present. First it was E. H.Jones & Co., then Jones, Tobin ijc Co., Jones, Dixon & Co., Jones, Pullman & Co., and, lastly, E.H. Jones & o., again Mr. Jones remained at the head of the house until his death in 1877, whenthe present proprietors purchased the business from the estate, and continued it under the old firmname. The purchasers were Messrs. Alex. Johnston, Daniel McLeod, Jr., Morgan Hill and Ed-ward B. Jones. These gentlemen were all reared in the house, learning the business in a serviceof many years under .Mr. Jones, and to their familiarity with the details is owing in no small degreethe continued success of the concern under their management. Mr. Johnstonsconnection with thehouse dates back eighteen years, Mr. McLeod having worked an equally long time; while Mr. Jonesand Mr. Hill have been connected with it for twelve years. Mr. Johnston resides in New YorkCity, the branch house there being located at No. 39 Worth Street, where he does the buying of
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The Industries of S^^n Francisco. 67 eastern and foreign goods, and attends to their shipments- to this city. Messrs. McLeod andJones give their attention to the general trade of the firm here, and Mr. Hill looks afterthe financial department. The firm deals in everything pertaining to the fancy goods business,the stocks being complete in every respect. These goods are from the best establishments ofEurope and America, procured at the most favorable rates, which allows of their disposal uponunusually liberal terms. Messrs. E. H. Jones & Co. have an enormous capital and do a busi-ness amounting to some three quarters of a million dollars a year. They are large employersof labor at their Market Street establishment, the pay-roll footing $30,000 a year. A large*city trade is done by the house, and its sales in the interior are as extensive as those of any otherfirm in the same line of trade. HAWLEY BROTHERS HARDWARE COMPANY. Hardware, Agricultural Machinery, Shelf Goods, etc.—South