History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.

68 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, AND
CITY OFFICERS. 2d Vice-President.-A. Nolte.
Mayor.-John W. Smith. Secretary.-W. B. Cowgill.
Clerk. —Frank Fleury. Treasurer.-F. W. Tracy.
Treasurer.-George W. Krodell.
Assessor and Collector.-Jas. Taylor.
cMarshal.-Thomas White. President.-John T. Stuart, Jr.
Street Supervisor.-John Nelch. Recording Secretary.-Jas. Fairchild.
Attorney. —Thomas G. Prickett. Treasurer. —C. J. Salter.
Comptroller.-E. R. Roberts. Vice-Presidents.-Geo. W. Ingalls and
Market Masters.-Wm. Alexander and H. N. Keener, M. D.
Charles Lorsch. Executive Committee.-Jno. T. Stuart,
Fire Warden.-Wm. Sands. Jas. Fairchild, C. J. Salter, J. W. Ingalls,
City Engineer.-James M. Bourne. H. N. Keener, E. A. Wilson.
Aldermen.-First Ward: Frank Hud- GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC.
son, Frank W. Tracy, Ralph J. Coates. Springfield Post.-E. B. Harlan, Post
Second Ward:' Hobert T. Ives, Maurice Commander; L. C. Reiner, Sr. Vice Post
Fitzgerald, C. A. Helmle. Third Ward: Com; W. P. Emery, Jr. Vice-Post Corn.;
John S. Bradford, Henry N. Alden, H. G. S. Dana, Post Adjutant; D. C. BrinkS. Dickerman. Fourth Ward: Ra. M. erhoff, Post Quartermaster; Rev. LD. F.
Ridgely, Obed Lewis, Lyman Sherwood. Carnahan, Post Chaplain; N. B. WigBOARD OF TRADE. gins, Officer of the Day; Chas. Layton,
President. —S. H. Melvin. Officer of the Guard.
1st Vice-President. —J. S. Vredenburg.
BUSINESS HOUSES AND FIRMS IN SPRINGFIELD.
There is no pretensions made towards nually. Corner Monroe and Eighth
giving all the mercantile business of the streets.
city, but the following notices comprise STALEY & TROXELL deal largely in all
some of the principal houses and firms: kinds of agricultural implements, farm
machinery, and field and garden seeds.
AGRICUPOSLTUseRAL IMPLEMENTS. wo Annual sales from $25,000 to $30,000.
C. R. POST sells about $65,000 worth Washington street, between Fourth and
of agricultural implements, annually. Fifth
His supplies come from manufactories in Besides those above named there are
New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana several other firms whose main business
and Illinois. Mr. Post also buys and is dealing in agricultural implements,
ships, each year, about $50,000 worth of and still others who have them in congrain. His place of business is near the nection with hardware stores, stove and
depot of the T. W. & W. railway. tin ware stores, feed stores, etc., etc.
FRANK R. MCCONNELL deals in agri- In another part of these pages will be
cultural implements and farm machinery. found a statement of the aggregate
His supplies are brought from Michigan, amount of sales of all kinds of agricultuOhio, Indiana and Illinois. His sales ral implements, for one year, in Springamount to from $40,000 to $50,000 an- field.