. The city of New York. le in the world. There are many men still living whoclearly remember the early days of theTelephone. To them the present conditionsare simply short of marvellous. The Swamp For nearly two centuries that portion ofour city devoted to the leather trade hasbeen known as the Swamp. It formerlyextended from about John to Cliff, andfrom William to Gold Streets, and in earlydays was occupied by tanners. Even now,when excavating for new buildings, some ofthe old vats are encountered. Many famous firms have had their head-quarters here—the Hoyts, the Fayerweath-crs, Ladews, Schi
. The city of New York. le in the world. There are many men still living whoclearly remember the early days of theTelephone. To them the present conditionsare simply short of marvellous. The Swamp For nearly two centuries that portion ofour city devoted to the leather trade hasbeen known as the Swamp. It formerlyextended from about John to Cliff, andfrom William to Gold Streets, and in earlydays was occupied by tanners. Even now,when excavating for new buildings, some ofthe old vats are encountered. Many famous firms have had their head-quarters here—the Hoyts, the Fayerweath-crs, Ladews, Schierens, Youngs, Mulfords,Careys, Conklins, and many others sinceabsorbed by the Leather Trust. The Schieren building occupies the siteof old St. George Chapel on the corner ofBeekman and Cliff Streets and is now themost imposing building in this historicneighborhood. Our picture on page 34shows this corner in the days of its socialeminence when_ it was one of the leadingfashionable residence streets of old NewYork. 271. The huge Schieren business now almosthalf a century old is a monument to thebusiness sagacity and industry of its founderthe Hon. Charles A. Schieren, who someyears ago was elected mayor of Brooklyn,and served with distinction. He retiredfrom active participation in the businesssome years ago, the management of whichis now in the hands of his sons who areproving worthy successors of a worthy is probably the largest tanning and belt-inghouse in the world, owns its own tan-neries in Tennessee, and controls the sourceof all of its other supplies. Mr. CharlesA. Schieren, Jr., is the president of thecompany; G. Arthur Schieren, vice-presi-dent; and H. V. Schieren, secretary andtreasurer. Few concerns in or out of theSwamp have achieved greater successin their lines, and the firm is known inevery important commercial centre in theworld. Notwithstanding the changes in manyother lines, the leather trade still sticks tothe old Leister farm although the Swampthat
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