. The industries of Louisville, Kentucky, and of New Albany, Indiana. orty years. The establishment has always occupied a prominent relation in respect to the manu-facturing and commercial development of Louisville and the South. The foundry, whichhas very extensive manufacturing facilities and employs a large force of skilled artisans,devotes attention to the manufacture of and dealing in cooking and heating stoves, hol-lowware, mantels and grates, but its specialty is the Eureka cook stove, an article in highfavor in households and in great demand by the trade. This superior stove is shipped
. The industries of Louisville, Kentucky, and of New Albany, Indiana. orty years. The establishment has always occupied a prominent relation in respect to the manu-facturing and commercial development of Louisville and the South. The foundry, whichhas very extensive manufacturing facilities and employs a large force of skilled artisans,devotes attention to the manufacture of and dealing in cooking and heating stoves, hol-lowware, mantels and grates, but its specialty is the Eureka cook stove, an article in highfavor in households and in great demand by the trade. This superior stove is shipped toall parts of the country, and the trade of the house, in respect to its other commodities, isnot only local, but extends pretty generally throughout the South The industry is wellmanaged by those representing the estate, and the business is accordingly prosperous. 140 THE INDUSTRIES OF LOUISVILIJJ GERNERT BROS. & KCEHLER. Wholesale and Retail Dealers In All Kinds of Lumber, South-west Corner of Jackson Street and Broadway; Yard and Mill. Sixth and A The trade in building materials of allkinds is a iiourishing one here, owing to thevast aggregate of improvements annuallyundertaken, not only in the matter of newbuildings, but in the repair and enlargementof old ones. There is consetjuently a con-stant and heavy demand fur IuiiiIjlt, dressed and rough, doors, sash, blinds, moldings,dimension stuff, and every item pertaining to the carpenters and joiners craft. A pi>pular and prosperous house in this line is that of Gernert Bros, ct Koehler, withoffice at Jackson and Broadway, and yard and mill at Sixth and A streets. The enter-prise was founded by Messrs. Gernert & Stoinacker in 1879, and has been a very success-ful one throughout. Mr. Steinacker withdrew later, and established himself on Prestonstreet; the present firm of Gernert Bros. & Kcchler being organized in 1884, and com-posed of Fred Gernert, jr., John W. Gernert and Henry Ka-hler, experienced, capableand
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