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Title: The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Morrison, Andrew
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Publisher: New Orleans, J. M. Elstner & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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among the first to urge itsfeasibility, and have been steadfast assistants of the good work in that behalf. Mean-while, although thus identified with public affairs, they do not neglect their own con-cerns, but are considerate of the trusts confided to them by their patrons, and are de-voted to expediting the immediate business of the Press, which they have furnished withall the most modern appliances and accessories of the traffic. Personally they, havemany claims to recognition as representatives of one branch of the cotton interests, andthey are regarded, in all events, as upright, clever and thorough gentlemen. Messrs. Boyd & Herrick are also proprietors of the Pelican and Amelia Presses,situated on St. Andrew, St. Mary, Tchoupitoulas and Religious streets. Their jointstorage capacity is 35,000 bales, and compressing capacity 2,000 bales per day. TheAmelia is one of the largest presses ever built. Together they employ about 150 men.Boyd & Herricks P. O. address is Box 902.
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(See opposite page.) The Industries of New Orleans. YALE & BOWLING. Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions, 17 to 21 Magazine and 8S Common. Since 1840, when this house first ventvired into commercial life, there have beenmany changes in the designation of the establishment, but the trade and patronage havesteadfastly stayed with the old house, whatever its location or title. Cyrvis Yale, of NewYork City, and Joseph Bowling, of New Orleans, are the present proprietors. In thefancy goods line this house carries the most complete and best assorted stock, withoutexception, south of Chicago, but the specialty of this establishment is its full line of.heavy staple and domestic dry goods manufactured in and around New Orleans, in suchquantities, and by means of peculiarly advantageous facilities, so that the goods can besold in this market cheaper than any other stock. Besides its own manufactures, thehouse sells largely of fine fancy dress goods, Yankee notions, novelties of all sorts, gen-tl

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