The Industries of Cleveland: A Résumé of the Mercantile and Manufacturing Progress of the Forest City, Together With a Condensed

Excerpt from The Industries of Cleveland: A R sum of the Mercantile and Manufacturing Progress of the Forest City, Together With a Condensed Summary of Her Material Development and History and a Series of Comprehensive Sketches of Her Representative Business Houses

In this, as in all similar works, the projectors have had many and serious obstacles to contend with, principally at ’the hands of those who should have been most earnest and liberal in their encouragement consequently the space devoted to some Important Interests IS limited but we have at least the, satisfaction of feeling that we have conscientiously performed the duty-assumed to the best of our ability. We wish in this place to acknowl edge our obligations toall who have extended assistance in the. Matter of data or otherwise, prominent among whom are Librarian Brett of the Public Library; Messrs. Bowler Co.; the Leader Publishing Company; the Plain Dealer; Mr. A.-a. Pomeroy, editor_o f the ‘marz'7zg Reward, the Cleveland Stone Company (who supplied the material used in the construction of the High School and Masonic Temple, illustrated in these pages) the Globe Iron Works Company; the Cleveland Ship-building Company; Wm. Ede wards mcintosh, Huntington Co.; Benton, Myers Co.; Root ‘mcbride Bros; Cleveland Co-operative Stove Co.; Chisholm Steel Shovel Works; Johns Co., lithographers; The Williams Publishing Co., and others.

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