The Industries of the city of Indianapolis : the advantages offered for business location and the investment of capital . 50,000 820,000 40,000 11,5,000 85,000 150,000 175,000 600,000 400,000 350,000 95,000 70,000 60,000 For the purpose of exhibiting the volume of the business in dis-tributive lines carried on in the city there can be no more valuablemethod than the particular mention of the more prominent firms,which have contributed to and continue to promote the importance ofIndianapolis as a trade center. For this purpose the notices whichfollow have been prepared, and will be found to con
The Industries of the city of Indianapolis : the advantages offered for business location and the investment of capital . 50,000 820,000 40,000 11,5,000 85,000 150,000 175,000 600,000 400,000 350,000 95,000 70,000 60,000 For the purpose of exhibiting the volume of the business in dis-tributive lines carried on in the city there can be no more valuablemethod than the particular mention of the more prominent firms,which have contributed to and continue to promote the importance ofIndianapolis as a trade center. For this purpose the notices whichfollow have been prepared, and will be found to contain valuableinformation in regard to the history, growth and present status ofmany of the leading mercantile establishments of the city. In theaggregate, they exhibit a gratifying activity in nearly every branchof distribution. In detail, the houses which have been selected,while the list is not claimed to be exhaustive of all the meritoriousfirms, will be recognized as representative of the best elements of thebusiness life of the city, and worthy exemplars of its commercialimportance. THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS. 17. MURPHY, HIBBEN & CO., 9/ AND 99 S. MERIDIAN STREET AND 36, 28, 30, ^2, 34 AND 36 E. GEORGIA STREET. MURPHY, HIBBEN & CO Wholesale Dry Goods and Notions, 97 and 99 South Meridian Street, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36 E. Georgia Street (annexed). This, the oldest and most important jobbing dry goods and notionhouse in the State, has for more than twenty years maintained thehighest position in the esteem and confidence of the trade, steadilyretaining its supremacy through the several changes of title andinterest occurring in this period and surviving the decline or retire-ment of various competitors in this and adjoining markets. Con-centrating their energies in the prosecution of the business andlimiting the employment of their resources to its constantly wideningfield, their present ample capital and assured financial position havebeen acquired by no doubtful methods, b
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