. The street railway review . nt leh. i. iKijS, with headciuar-tcrs in the Ashland RIock, Chicago. May ist of the same year apartnership was entered into bclwccn Mr. Garton and R. P. Lee,and, having secured many important agencies, hey removed tothe Manhattan Building, No. ji$ Dearborn St. The business grewso rapiilly that May i, 1901, larger quarters being necessary, theyremoved to Nos. 118-132 West Jackson Boulevard, in the centerof the Vleclricrd district, where the company is at present located. .^l that time the company had approximately 2,000 sq. ft. of stock-room space and large general
. The street railway review . nt leh. i. iKijS, with headciuar-tcrs in the Ashland RIock, Chicago. May ist of the same year apartnership was entered into bclwccn Mr. Garton and R. P. Lee,and, having secured many important agencies, hey removed tothe Manhattan Building, No. ji$ Dearborn St. The business grewso rapiilly that May i, 1901, larger quarters being necessary, theyremoved to Nos. 118-132 West Jackson Boulevard, in the centerof the Vleclricrd district, where the company is at present located. .^l that time the company had approximately 2,000 sq. ft. of stock-room space and large general and private offices. Within the pastyear and a half, however, this space has been added to until thestock rooms cover an area of about ft., and although the officearea has been greatly increased, the company is now adding to it The special feature of the W. R. Garton Gos, business—electric^treet railway and mining supplies—has shown a wonderful increasefrom the start, each years returns being mdfc than too per cent. OFFICE OP W. R. GARTON CO. greater than those of the previous year. At first the company acteduS manufacturers agent only, but as the trade developed it wasfound necessary to carry a stock and handle many articles in addi-tion to the earlier lines, and in a short time it was deemed advisa-ble to manufacture certain articles which were not produced by themanufacturers the company represented. Within the past few yearsthe company has developed many specialties of its own and is con-stantly bringing out new lines. The W. R. Garton Co. represents a very large number of the bestknown manufacturers in the country. Some of these agencies ithas had several years, and it has conducted the business in a man-ner which is very pleasing to the companies. Ihe principal manu-facturers which it represents are the following: The Electric Railway Equipment Co., of Cincinanti, O., manu-facturer of overhead material, brackets, tubular poles and a fullline of general and rail
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