FAYETTEVILLE'S PROGRESS
ITS REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Submitted by Kathy Crowell October 1, 1998.
Source: "The Fayetteville Recorder," June l, 1899
Observations Concerning the Condition of Commercial Affairs of Many
of Its Leading Concerns.
The village of Fayetteville is one of the flourishing manufacturing
centers of Onondaga county, and is favorably situated for commercial
and manufacturing enterprises. The vigor and enterprise of
her industries, together with her great natural resources have in
recent years been transforming Fayetteville into one of the growing
and prosperous towns of the Empire state. In
her commercial aspect Fayetteville is manifesting decided marks of
development, and the town has within it many excellent and extensive
stores, that are under the management of a class of merchants who
are energetic and progressive as any of their brethren in the large towns
of the county. Situated upon a steam and electric railroad,
Fayetteville is a large purchasing and shipping center for a large section
of county, and is thus not dependent upon its own resources for its commercial
growth and prosperity.
PLATT H. SMITH, BANKER
The banker holds a position toward the community which has no counterpart
in any business and he has need of qualifications that are
given to few men. In him must be combined
shrewdness, judgment and knowledge of men and things.
In the banking house of P.H. Smith our residents have
an institution to which may be entrusted, without question, the transactions
which require the services of a banker. This bank is ably managed
and has developed a business connection of influential character.
Its clientage representing the leading business men,
capitalists, farmers and others, and its direction has been steadily
along the lines of enterprise. All commission in regular
banking lines receive prompt attention. The banking rooms
are nicely arranged and are provided with the necessary safety
vaults to guard against both burglary and fire. This bank is
an institution of appreciative value to Fayetteville
and vicinity. Mr. Smith is an able financier, and he is deservedly
popular and respected, devoting his services to all the details
of the bank with zeal and enterprise.
LAWLESS PAPER CO.
Fayetteville has no industry of a more practically
beneficial character, both to her labor and her capital
than that of the Lawless Paper Co. This concern has an honored
career, one of enterprise and experience based on the fundamental
principles of equity and a progressive policy, ever on the alert
to introduce ways and means to improve the quality of the paper manufactured.
The mill is an old established concern, having formerly been
conducted by the Fayetteville Paper Co., and Little Falls Paper Co.
The Lawless Paper Co., which is composed of D. T. Lawless and family,
who also operate an extensive Paper mill at Penfield, Monroe Co., succeeded
to this mill about two months ago. The enterprise is one of much
value to Fayetteville. Employment is provided for
eighteen hands. The capacity of the mill is two tons
of paper per day. The products consist of tissue manila,
which is a superior article and how well this concern has succeeded in
producing a tissue manila which holds first place in the trade, is
proven by the immense quantities manufactured and sold. Shipments
are made throughout the United States. Those who have dealings with this
concern have an opportunity of judging with what promptness and regularity
the business is managed. Therefore the success of the enterprise
of the Lawless Paper Co. has been as marvelous as it is deserving.
UNION MILLING CO.
In a descriptive review of the trades and industries in Fayetteville
in successful operation, the reader's attention is directed
to the Union Milling Co., proprietors of the Spring Roller Mill,
manufacturers of flour and feed, and dealers in
flour, feed, grain, baled hay and straw, fertilizers, and also
the McCormick Harvesting machinery, and the Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill.
The plant occupied is extensive, embracing a building of three
stories, each 35 x 100 feet in dimensions, also several store-houses
and other buildings. The equipments are first-class in every respect,
being provided with a full roller process, and the capacity is 50 barrels
of flour per day. They manufacture patent and straight flour.
Among the branches we notice Colonial and Bouquet, (Patent), Ivory,
Banner, and White Lily, (Straight) Snow Drift and
Pastry, (Clear), which are unexcelled for their excellence and purity.
A general merchant milling business is also done, and the trade in
each department is large and wide-spread. The Union Milling Co. is
an institution of great importance to this village. The officers
are Frank T. Rice, President, and Marshall C. Kelley, Sec'y.
and Treas., gentlemen who have at all times the best interest
of the village at heart, and are well fitted to guard and promote the interest
of the Union Milling Co.
H. J. KNAPP
Among the leading and representative furniture enterprises of
this section the business carried on by H. J. Knapp is
deserving of more than ordinary mention. Mr. Knapp has been
identified with the business interests of this town for 30 years.
For business purposes he occupies an extensive store and ware rooms, utilizing
upwards of 14,000 feet of floor space. Advantageously arranged
about the premises is shown a superior line of household furniture
representing all the newest designs and sufficiently varied
to meet the requirements of all classes of customers. A large
business is transacted which is steadily increasing for the simple reason
that the lowest prices are quoted. As a funeral director Mr. Knapp
is widely known. He is provided with the best facilities for
the successful conducting of this profession, and the manner in which he
attends to all details connected with the same is indication
of the greatest proficiency. Mr. Knapp is one of Fayetteville's
most progressive business men. He has always been allied with
the strictly upright and trustworthy side of life,
and his extensive business is a satisfactory outcome of a business
policy of integrity.
EVERINGHAM & CARR
One of the most important and favorably known
enterprises of this village is that conducted by Everingham & Carr,
and since they established the enterprise, it has proven to be one of the
most popular establishments in this section. The finely equipped
store is filled to overflowing with the choicest novelties in dress fabrics
in all the newest shades and patterns; also ladies' muslin
underwear, shirt waists, skirts, hosiery, gloves, corsets,
etc. Men's hats and furnishing goods are also largely
dealt in. The shoe department is complete
and embraces all the leading and popular makes. The same remarks
apply to the grocery and wall paper departments. This firm
makes a specialty of carrying the first goods in the market, and no other
house in the trade in this section has better facilities for
procuring these goods and placing them before patrons at lowest
prices. The co-partners are active and enterprising business
men. Mr. Everingham is widely and favorably known in this vicinity,
for several years being identified as clerk with one of our leading
business houses. Mr. Carr was formerly clerk in the Hoffman
House, New York city, and is also very popular.
DR. F.G. TIBBITS
Dr. Tibbitts has been engaged in the profession of dentistry for the
past 36 years, practicing dentistry in this village during
that period. He is a gentleman of practical experience in his profession
and during his career he has built up a large patronage derived from the
citizens of Fayetteville and surrounding country.
His office located in the Baker Block is suitably arranged with every
convenience for visitors, while all the modern appliances are
at hand for the successful manipulation of affairs. Doctor
Tibbitts executes dental work in all its branches. He pays
special attention to the filling and beautifying of the teeth, also to
crown work and bridging. Teeth are extracted by the painless
method, while his artificial teeth, either single or in sets
are marvels of lifelike accuracy. Dr. Tibbits
is the manufacturer of the widely known Rose Pearl Tooth Powder which
is one of the purest tooth powders on the market. It
commands a ready sale and is endorsed by the
leading dentists. Dr. Tibbits is very successful in
his practice and is conscientious in giving the most careful attention
to all classes coming to him for treatment. Dr.
Tibbitts is a member of the Fifth District Dental Society.
He has been identified with the Masonic order since 1865, is a member
of Fayetteville Lodge F. & A.M., 578, and Manlius chapter, No. 72,
R.A.M.
DeLANCEY BARTLETT
The all-ruling secret of a man's success in a business
venture may usually be traced to the fact that he keeps in touch
with public demand, and a bright example of this rule is found in the prosperity
attained by DeLancey Bartlett of this village. This gentleman
conducts one of the most reliable drug stores in
this vicinity. He has carried on the business
since 1856, and has met with gratifying success.
He keeps a complete stock of the highest grade drugs, extracts, medicines,
fancy and toilet articles, druggist sundries, etc. He also
makes a special feature of keeping in stock a full
line of blank books, stationery and school supplies. His prescription
department is endorsed by the leading physicians,
and prescriptions are compounded only by licensed and
thoroughly qualified pharmacists. Mr. Bartlett has not
alone held the patronage that has been part and parcel of the success
of this house since its inception, but he has gone on increasing
his list of customers. He has adhered to all that is
strictly upright in his dealings, and the result is a name worthy
of all the confidence that is bestowed upon him as a well versed pharmacist
and careful business man.
V. H. NICHOLS & SON
One of the leading houses engaged in mercantile
business in this village is that of V.H. Nichols & Son who have just
reason to feel proud of the success they have achieved in establishing
themselves in such a prominent position in the trade. The premises
occupied are embraced in an ample store which is filled with a large and
varied assortment of the best goods embracing staple and fancy dry
goods, ladies and gentlemens' furnishing goods, boots
and shoes, crockery and wall paper,
shelf hardware, groceries and everything belonging to
the business. The stock is kept replenished with frequent
invoices, and the one price system is rigidly adhered to, and bottom
prices are quoted on all articles handled, the result being
that the inexperienced are equally sure of getting full value for
every dollar expended. The enterprise was established in 1882, under
the firm name of Nichols and Austin, and continued as
such until 1895, since when it has been conducted as at present.
This house has contained a large trade as a just result of equitable methods
and low prices. Messrs Nichols & Son give their personal
attention to all the details of the business. They have
in connection with their business the Toll Station and Public Telephone
office. They sustain a high reputation for their sterling integrity
and well balanced business methods.
FAYETTEVILLE MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS
Frank Boynton, Proprietor.
The Marble and Granite Works conducted by Frank Boynton, are
the largest of the kind in this section.
The enterprise was established by John Mead in 1840.
Twenty-six years ago J. Boynton succeeded to the business,
and for the past nine years the business has been carried on by Frank
Boynton. The premises occupied are thoroughly equipped and contains
a splendid sample stock of the class of work produced
here. The output
includes American and Scotch Granite and American
and Italian marble monuments, and cemetery work of all kinds.
Mr. Boynton has unequaled facilities for furnishing monuments from
the plainest to the most elaborate, in original designs. Specimens
of this concerns' handiwork in designing monuments exhibit decided genius,
and attract wide-spread admiration for artistic workmanship in this
direction. The work from these works have given the utmost
satisfaction, and among the many from whom Mr. Boynton bears testimonials
are Norris Beard, of Pompey; Gertrude Bernie Webster, of Jamesville;
Russell R. Stewart, Syracuse; Jacob A. Nottingham, Syracuse;
W.T. Gaynor, and T.W. Sheedy, Fayetteville; Rev. Theodore
Babcock, Manlius, and many others. Mr. Boynton is widely known,
he is also Fayetteville's very efficient Postmaster and maintains
an excellent reputation as a clear headed business man.
J. M. TILLOTSON
The exigencies of modern times makes it important that every
man who would succeed must become a specialist,
no matter what his line of business, and in this respect
the good judgment of J. M. Tillotson has come into play. He
is one of the most reliable dealers in groceries, meats and
provisions in this section, and his establishment has been a popular
trading post since he started in business here twenty-three years
ago. The store occupied is spacious, the counters and shelves are
neatly arranged and present a pleasing attraction to the eye. Mr.
Tillotson deals in all the best goods, and while he handles goods for
a profit, his prices are as low as the lowest, quality of course being
duly considered. Mr. Tillotson from the beginning laid down the rule
that nothing should pass through his hands that he could not put
the seal of recommendation upon, and in this respect he has adhered to
his original determination. He is a merchant to the manner
born, and a popular man in business circles. He
attends strictly to his duties as a tradesman, and has won
the confidence of the purchasing public by dealing honestly
in honest goods.
F. T. MOTT
Among the representative business enterprises of this village we note
that of F. T. Mott. The business has been
conducted by him since1892, and from the outset has been carried on with
gratifying success. The premises occupied consist of an amply large
and well equipped store. The house is particularly distinguished
in the hardware trade owing to the fact of its reputation in handling
a wide variety of goods, including hardware, iron, steel, stoves,
ranges, tin, copper and iron ware, paints and oils, fishing
tackle, standard makes of oil stoves, farming implements,
etc. The largest stock of screen doors to be seen in this section
is here kept; also refrigerators which are warranted to give satisfaction.
A special feature is also made of tin, copper and sheet iron work, roofing,
plumbing, steam and hot air heating and general jobbing.
Mr. Mott purchases his stock from the most reliable sources, and at
the most advantageous rates, making this store a leading headquarters
for the most prudent buyers. Mr. Mott is a man of enterprise and
energy, and is accounted among the noted and substantial business men of
this community.
WANDS HOUSE
A. S. WANDS, PROPRIETOR
The Wand's House is a representative hotel. It is well arranged
and handsomely furnished. The house is capable of accommodating
twenty-five guests. Mr. Wands is an
experienced hotel man and has conducted this house since 1892.
The house has been remodeled and many improvements instituted throughout,
making it the leading house in the village. The hotel
is located near the park, on the line of the Street Railroad, and is situated
in the best residential part of the town, making it an ideal house for
commercial men; and also convenient to the business portion of the
village. Mr. Wands is careful in the selection of his help, and fully
appreciates the fact that even the most skillful supervision cannot give
satisfactory service if that important point is neglected, and one reason
why the Wands house stands so high in the favor of the traveling public
is because the service is maintained at a uniformly high standard
of efficiency, hence it is not to be wondered at that the Wands House
under the proprietorship of Mr. Wands has become such a popular hotel.
L. O. MOTT
While it may with truth be asserted that there is nothing
new under the sun, and while upon the other hand it is held
that most modernly equipped convenience known as the
bicycle, in its origin can be traced back to antiquity, it is equally true
that for perfection in this machine the public must look to today, and
for a perfect wheel it is necessary only to go to the establishment conducted
by L. O. Mott. Mr. Mott has a finely equipped shop where he
has excellent facilities for repairing bicycles. We will
say right here that Mr. Mott is an expert at bicycle repairing, having
learned his trade from a skilled workman who was formerly with
the Pope Manufacturing Co. He also deals in bicycles
and cycling accessories, tools and supplies. He handles such
popular wheels as the Columbia and Hartford. Mr. Mott is an enthusiastic
cyclist and is popular among his customers, not only in a business
way but socially. He is a strictly honorable man of affairs,
and carries with him the confidence of his patrons by
adhering to the one unfaltering rule of commercial probity.
SUBURBAN CAFE
COSTELLO AND CAMPBELL, PROP'S.
It is such establishments as the one which we have mentioned
at the head of this article that are calculated
to give a higher tone to the liquor trade of our village. Upon entering
the Suburban Cafe one is aware that it is a first-class place of
its kind. The surroundings are cheerful. The
establishment is finely furnished and excellently arranged and reflects
credit on the good judgment of the proprietors,
Messrs Costello & Campbell. The stock of wines and liquors are
all that can be found in any of the leading first-class
City Cafes, while in malt beverages they draw Thomas
Ryan's fine stock of ales, and the Zett lager beer. They also
carry a fine line of cigars. Mr. Campbell of this house is a musician
of no small note, being the leader of the
St. John's Military Band and Orchestra, he is also agent
for the well-stone Wegman Piano which is one of the best on the market.
The co-partners Messrs. Costello & Campbell are very popular,
and the past record of this concern and its present flourishing
condition entitles it to our esteem, as an illustration of what energy
united with dexterous management can accomplish.
Submitted 1 October 1998