. Hartford and its points of interest ; illustrated from original photographs. ities for prompt shipment by rail or water. The trade ischiefly through New England, but large consignments are shipped to manyother points. Payne, Cornwall & Co. Nos. 405 & 407 Allyn Street. . Wholesale Dealers in . . Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard,Salt, Beans and Provisions. ~pHE wholesale house-*- of Payne, Cornwall& Co. was organizedMarch, 1891, by EdwardS. Payne, Lester L. Pot-ter and D. W. Cornwall,and almost from the startsprang into a large andprofitable trade. In these days of sleep-less, untiring competitioni
. Hartford and its points of interest ; illustrated from original photographs. ities for prompt shipment by rail or water. The trade ischiefly through New England, but large consignments are shipped to manyother points. Payne, Cornwall & Co. Nos. 405 & 407 Allyn Street. . Wholesale Dealers in . . Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard,Salt, Beans and Provisions. ~pHE wholesale house-*- of Payne, Cornwall& Co. was organizedMarch, 1891, by EdwardS. Payne, Lester L. Pot-ter and D. W. Cornwall,and almost from the startsprang into a large andprofitable trade. In these days of sleep-less, untiring competitionit was no small undertak-ing to establish a whole-sale business in the midstof old and very wealthyhouses, and with men ofless determination andability the attempt wouldundoubtedly have beenfollowed by failure. The history of this firmis an exceedingly remark-able one. In three yearsthey have twice doubledthe volume of their busi-ness, and have pushedforward into the veryfront rank of New Eng-land merchants. TheirHartford offices are atNos. 405 to 407 Allyn. TAVNE, CORNWALL & CO., HARTFORD, CONN., U. S. A. Street, where they occupytwo floors in a handsomemodern building. Theirstock of goods in Hart-ford is a large one, butthey also hire storehousesin a large number ofcities throughout Connec-ticut and Western Massa-chusetts, their method ofbusiness being to shipcars from Western andimporting points direct tocentral places, from whichdistribution is made tothe smaller towns. Bythis method they savethe expense of one energy and skillwith which Payne, Corn-wall & Co. have steadilybuilt up and extendedtheir business, increasingtheir territory from timeto time, until now theycover almost all parts ofConnecticut and WesternMassachusetts, is com-pletely evidenced by su-perior standards and un-varying success. One of their most successful specialties is flour, which they handle in large quantities, and have perfected their shipping facilities so as to make the most extensive
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