Hartford and its points of interest; illustrated from original photographs (1895) (14597858399)

Identifier: hartforditspoint00merc (find matches)
Title: Hartford and its points of interest ; illustrated from original photographs
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Mercantile Illustrating Company (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: New York : Mercantile Illustrating Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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arted in 1859 by Mr. Westphal, who came from Germany to the United Stateswhen-a young man, and began his busiuess career as a cigar-maker. Theknowledge he acquired while at that busiuess has beeu of inestimable benefitto him, aud it may be said that there is not iu the city to-day a better judge ofthe intrinsic merit of each variety of leaf tobacco than he. Mr. Westphalconfines his operations chiefly to Connecticut and other domestic tobaccos,although handling to some extent imported leaf. He also makes a specialty ofresweating, having for this purpose a sweating room, the temperature of whichranges from 125 to 130 degrees above zero. The tobacco is first dampened andplaced in the sweating-room, where the sweating process is forced by the ex-cessive heat, thus preventing the deterioration of quality likely to result fromslow natural sweatiug. Mr. Westphal employs an average of five assistantsthroughout the year, and is always iu position to fill the largest and mosturgent orders. 50 s
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ASYLUM STREET. E. A. & W. P. FUELER (Successors to Arthur G. Pome- rov), Packers and Dealers in Connecticut Seed-Leaf Tobacco, No. 236 StateStreet.—Connecticut has long enjoyed the distinction of being the only Statenorth of Mason and Dixons line in which tobacco is grown to any extent, andit naturally follows that Hartford, her capital city and metropolis, should be thechief centre of the great leaf-tobacco trade of the State, a trade whoce value isestimated by millions. Connecticut seed-leaf tobacco has a national reputation,and of hardly less renown is the firm of Messrs. E. A. & W. F. Fuller, prom-inent packers and dealers in the valuable weed. This firm are the successorsof Mr. Arthur G. Pomeroy, who was one of the pioneers in the trade, andwhose business they took ten years ago. They have an immense trade in theleaf, shipping to all parts of the United States. Their offices and warehouse areat No. 236 State Street, and consist of a four-story building, with a frontage