Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa Saturday, Nov. 24, 1900 DAVENPORT TRULY A CITY OF PROGRESS AUGUST STEFFEN DRY GOODS CO. One of the Representative Wholesale Davenport Concerns. The August Steffen Dry Goods company, incorporated this year,but established in 1854 by August Steffen, Sr., deceased, is on of the representative wholesale dry goods houses in the city. The company occupies what is known as the Steffen block on the northwest corner of Second and Harrison streets, its floor space is 66 feet on Second street and 150 feet on Harrison street, and the wholesale business takes up the lower floor and basement. Thus the company has 28,700 square feet of space or 9,900 square feet on each floor. The annex to the Steffen building on the east is 22x75 feet and contains three floors and a basement. In this annex the company occupies the two upper floors and basement, also thus giving an additional floor space of 4,950 square feet or 1,650 square feet on each floor or total space of 33,650 feet. The company employs nine traveling men whose territory covers South Dakota, Nebraska, the entire state of Iowa, western Illinois, southern Minnesota and part of Missouri. This firm is sole agent for the Hawkeye Manufacturing company for workingmen's clothing such as shirts, overalls, duck coats and jumpers. This might be called its specialty. However, dry goods and notions of all kinds, nothing shoddy, are handled by the company which has a reputation for its stock of dress goods, upon which it has always prided itself. The house having been established by the elder Steffen in 1854, it is in consequence the oldest dry goods house in this city with but one sole exception. The company also deals in furnishing goods and has made a record in the sales in this department during the past several years. Its place of business is technically known as 224-226-228 and 230 West Second street, but is more generally known to the purchasing public as second and Harrison streets. New York office 335 Boradway represented by Thos. Howard, formerly of Davenport. Everybody knows Steffen's corner and everybody knows August E. Steffen who is the president and treasurer of the company and his brother-in-law B.F. Aufderheide, the vice-president. Rud Hauck [or Hanck] is the treasurer of the company. All are Davenport business men and have most praise worthy reputations in this city, where they are admired and respected by all who know them. The August Steffen Dry Goods Company takes pride in the fact that it is the largest house jobbing in dress goods in the state. Its patronage is evidenced by the fact that its nine traveling men are constantly on the road. May its clientele never grow less and may the efforts of its worthy members be crowned with fortune in the near future. TRI-CITY CARRIAGE WORKS Manufacturers and Dealers in All Kinds of Vehicles Two of the veteran carriage builders of the city compose the firm that operates as Tri-City Carriage Works established at 312 East Third street, Chas. P. Lathrop nd Chas. P. Nicholas, composing the firm of Lathrop-Nicholas, were reared in the business and each has worked at carriage building for the past 20 years. Mr. Lathrop's father was in the business before him. These works have been established for two years. All kinds of light vehicles are manufactured including light delivery wagons. The firm expects soon to carry a full line of stock of the latest makes most of which will be its own. It will also handle the best makes of rubber tires and be able to furnish the people with them at less cost than they are sold by any other establishment in the city. This firm built the new wagon in Hose house No. One and it is the best now in any of the houses of the department. It is the first first fire wagon of modern style that has been constructed by any of the carriage workers of this city. Special attention is given also to repairing of all kinds. The firm has done considerable of this class of work during the past year and those who once patronize them become their regular customers. Their business is gradually expanding as a result of the first-class work they are turning out and their fair treatment of the public. Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm