. Baltimore : its history and its people . o the firm, and during the same year James H. Cator died. OnFebruary 7, 1904, one of the most disastrous conflagrations in the historyof the United States destroyed almost the entire dry goods or jobbing sec-tion of Baltimore, and the fine establishment of Armstrong, Cator & Com-pany was among those thus ruined. It was just prior to the commence-ment of the spring season, and preparations had been made on an unusuallylarge scale for the business of that year. The results achieved by weeksand months of preparation were obliterated in a single day, but
. Baltimore : its history and its people . o the firm, and during the same year James H. Cator died. OnFebruary 7, 1904, one of the most disastrous conflagrations in the historyof the United States destroyed almost the entire dry goods or jobbing sec-tion of Baltimore, and the fine establishment of Armstrong, Cator & Com-pany was among those thus ruined. It was just prior to the commence-ment of the spring season, and preparations had been made on an unusuallylarge scale for the business of that year. The results achieved by weeksand months of preparation were obliterated in a single day, but the deter-mination and ambition of the various members of this most enterprisingfirm were equal to the almost overwhelming task before them. A newlocation was immediately sought, warehouses bought at Nos. 104 and 106Hopkins Place where, within ten days of the fire, they opened for businesswith complete new stocks in every department, thus proving that energy andexecutive ability were a marked characteristic of the members of this firm.
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