New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ries, or to the top of thetower nine stories. At the same time, they both enlargedthe volume of their trade and added a few new branchesin their line until they came to manufacture all sorts of rine Butler, mothei of the Travers Brothers, who was alsofrom New York State, and on a visit. A rather interestingfact connected with the otherwise rather uneventful life ofMr. Travers was his friendship with Horace Greeley. Whenthe great editor first came to New York he lived in the samehouse with Mr. Travers for quite a number of ye
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ries, or to the top of thetower nine stories. At the same time, they both enlargedthe volume of their trade and added a few new branchesin their line until they came to manufacture all sorts of rine Butler, mothei of the Travers Brothers, who was alsofrom New York State, and on a visit. A rather interestingfact connected with the otherwise rather uneventful life ofMr. Travers was his friendship with Horace Greeley. Whenthe great editor first came to New York he lived in the samehouse with Mr. Travers for quite a number of years. Thethree brothers are married and reside in New York. Theyare members of the Board of Trade, and also of the CatholicClub, and it is known of them, what is not always the casewith brothers, that since they entered into business relations,more than twenty years ago, they have moved together inthe most perfect harmony and acted in true fraternal regard,to which as well as their high character and undoubtedbusiness capacity much of their success must be likOTHERS l-ACTOKV. twines, threads, yarns, ropes and cords, including fancytwines for druggists, binding twine for grain and twine forbaling the cotton crop, carpet yarn, in fact every variety oftwine used in the various industries of the country, for theproduction of which they possess the most complete andbest equipped establishment in the United States. Theyemploy 600 hands and trade with every State in the also export to the South and Central Americanrepublics, Japan, China, and, in fact, to all parts of theworld. Augustine Travers, founder of the business, wasborn in this city in 1820, and received an ordinary schooleducation. While a young man he went West and engagedin the real estate business. It was while on a visit to afriend in Michigan that he met his future wife, Miss Cathe- HENDRICKS BROTHERS. Any one taking the trouble to go downtown into CliffStreet, between Fulton and Beekman S
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