WITH 110 ORIGINAL MALF= j TONE ILLUSTRATIONS. f HOOPESTON, ILL., SEPTEMBER 22, 1904. ( Compiled by Alfred Gordon, Mgr. of the Industrial Pro- '/ motion Dept, of the J. Manz tngraving Co., Chicago. HOOPESTON, ILL. Most Economical City Government in the World—Story of Its lndus= trial Growth. One evening in April, 1SS1, Destiny entered the council chamber of the city of Hoopeston, and, tapping one William Moore on the shoulder, in- spired him to rise up and introduce J. S. M’FERREN, First Mayor of Hoopeston. a salary and fee bill making the pay of the chief executive fifty cents a year and that of the city aldermen twenty-five cents apiece. The motion written then and there into the records of the city put into concrete shape that form of government inaugurated first Council according to the statutes of the State of Illinois. The officials, however, invariably give back their pay to the city when their term of of- fice expires. This gives Hoopeston the cheapest form of city government in the world. STANDS WITHOUT PARALLEL. Hoopeston may have its prototype in the old world. It stands, however, without a parallel in the history of the western hemisphere; splendidly iso- lated in its ideals, alone in its code of public honor, its citizens no Utopian dreamers, but faultlessly arrayed in unity of sentiment, each one working out in a practical way the industrial salvation of the whole body. Hoopeston has so far done no pro- selytizing,, It has by its very existence drawn industries to its gates. It makes no boast, it vaunts no show, but with the simplicity of that first and great- est promoter of the Christian era it asks of the world’s captains of indus- try, “What think ye of Hoopeston?” Like the question of the great pro- selytizer this parallel question can only be answered by getting into touch with Hoopeston, by entering the city and by intelligent investigation of its resources. To draw people to its site—people of brains, capital and enterprise, men of action and nerve—is the object and purpose of this industrial ambassador. THE HOOPESTON STANDARD. But to the hard-headed business “man of affairs,” the man who expects “value received,” who looks for and sees that he gets his “money’s worth” —the man who measures things by the foot rule of ‘TOO cents iff .the dollar”— all this may sound extremely highfa- lutin'. Like old Gorgon Graham, they want you to talk to them in language they can understand, “in language that records as regards the output of its products: The American Can Com- pany’s plant turns out more cans than any institution of its kind in the world —in one day reaching the maximum of 000,000. The average is half a million daily. It is not necessary to prove that this record could not have been attained in another city. Not to go too deeply in- to the sociological question of Hoopes- ton’s environment, it is enough to say that Hoopeston DID IT. did it again. MAYOR J. A. CUNNINGHAM. and is to-day in consequence the tin can champion of the world. Again, the Sprague Canning Machin- ery Manufacturing Company can and does make more machinery used for canning corn than any factory in the world. It is safe to say that 75 per cent of the argument which influenced the location of these two industries, Masonic temple, $30,000 in an opera house, $10,000 in a public park,. How has all this come about in a city of this size and with no license fund to speak of to draw from? The people of Hoopeston have done it themselves—by working together, aided by munificent gifts on the part of two or three of the wealthier citi- zens. THE HOOPESTON WAY. To illustrate the Hoopeston way of doing things: When it is thought ad- visable to pave a street it is not a question of striving to obtain the con- sent of a majority of the property owners followed by the customary legal proceedings—the Hoopeston way is much simpler and cheaper. A peti- tion is circulated among the properry owners and EVERY man puts down his name, the amount he is to give be- ing regulated by the amount of prop- erty he holds. The money is collected as soon as it is required and in this way the street is paved for the bare cost of the material and labor. All court costs and attorneys’ fees are saved. Three years ago, for example, a quarter of a mile on Penn street re- quired graveling. In two hours enougii money was raised for the work and the street finished inside of two weeks. When Fourth street was paved every property owner paid his full assess- ment in spot cash. If the question is asked, “Who built Hoopeston’s magnificent churches?” the answer is, “The people did it.” All unite in subscribing to efforts of this nature, irrespective of creed. The opera house, one of the finest in the State, and the public park, a beau- tiful wooded grove on the edge of the town, owe their existence to one man. J. S. McFerren. Thomas Hoopes, after whom the city was named, left a large BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF CITY OF HOOPESTON. by .T. S. McFerren, when in 1877 he consented to become the first Mayor of Hoopeston, without salary, provided that no saloons were allowed a foot- hold within the corporation limits. This was the handwriting on the wall, the starting point of Hoopeston’s destiny. McFerren, Moore, strong, plain, simple men, with their patriotic coad.utors in the City Council, were the instruments in the hands of provi- dence in the cradling of a city de- creed both by man and God. This fee and salary bill has been ob- served religiously ever since, the fees being simply nominal and fixed that way so as to legalize the acts of the will grade regular on the Chicago Board of Trade.” And it is just to such men that Hoopeston is anxious to unfold its record. To these men then of the Gradgriud school, here is the table of facts and figures which arranged in order make up “the Hoopeston Standard.” (1) Labor conditions in Hoopeston have been made almost perfect by the decree forbidding saloons, so that this ordinance operates not only in allaying strikes, but in attaining the GREAT- EST POSSIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK OUT OF A GIVEN NUMBER OF EMPLOYES. To wit: Hoopeston holds two world’s and of all the others, was drawn from the invincible logic of “no liquor sold on the premises. ’ ANTI-LIQUOR PLANK. The two main planks then of the Hoopeston' platform may be briefly de- scribed as the anti-liquor plank and the no public salary plank. Add to this the unity of public spirit of its citizens and you have the sum total of the Hoopeston standard. There is no doubt that the no liquor and no salary planks have created much of this unity of spirit, and that without the first two the third could not exist. The industrial results accruing have already been alluded to, but the re- sults in the way of internal public im- provements are no less astonishing. Hoopeston, a city of little more than thirty years’ growth, and with a popu- lation of 5,000, has eight miles of paved streets, twenty miles of cement and brick sidewalks, a waterworks system owned by the municipality worth $100,000—a total of public im- provements equal to an investment of $350,000; $140,000 is invested in churches, $150,000 in colleges and schools, $25,000 in a new free public li- brary, $25,000 in a new club house and sum to endow Floral Hill cemetery and also for street improvements. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. Hoopeston was incorporated as a city only twenty-seven years ago. Bus- iness lots sold then at $125 and $150- Business lots are to-day worth $4,000 and upwards. Latterly building has been going forward at the rate of two hundred residences each year. Men CITY HALL.SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE MARKET STREET, LOOKING NORTH (Photo by Harkness). MAIN STREET, LOOKING EAST (Photo by Harkness). UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. HOOPESTON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Photo by Hosltinson). UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. MARKET STREET, LOOKING SOUTH (Photo by Harkness). MAIN STREET, LOOKING WEST (Photo by Harkness). GREER COLLEGE. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH. HONEYWELL SCHOOL.SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. ( h LINCOLN SCHOOL BUILDING. have come here with little or no capi- tal, purchased acre property, and are now making small fortunes from their subdivisions. And there are still ground floor propositions of this kind to be had for the far-seeing ones who are willing to come and investigate. Hoopeston’s geographical situation, both as regards its proximity to Chi- cago and the surrounding agricultural country, is all important. It has two trunk lines that cut one another at right angles, thus giving four outlets, north and south and east and west. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail- road touches Hoopeston exactly nine- ty-nine miles south of Chicago, and seventy miles north of Terre Haute, Ind. The longitudinal line is the Lake Erie and Western, which gives an out- let to the east and west. The C. A E. I. was built in 1871 and the L. E. & W. the following year. Hoopeston is the center of a rich agricultural coun- try; it lies well within the corn belt, and the main industries are of a na- ture that require a good agricultural country to promote them. Hoopeston is famous the world over for its sugar corn. Several thousand acres in the immediate vicinity of Hoopeston are corn producing “feeders” for the two canning factories. The Illinois Can- ning Company and the Hoopeston Canning Company own some four thousand acres. The presence of these two factories is a direct benefit to every farmer adjacent to Hoopeston. LARGEST INDUSTRIES, Hoopeston's largest industries are the American Can Company and the Sprague Canning Machinery Manufac- turing Company, mentioned before as holding the world’s records in their re- spective lines. In addition there are the Hoopeston Horse Nail Company, two immense elevators and several mills and smaller industries. Alto- gether Hoopeston’s tin bucket brigade is fully twelve hundred and fifty strong. Hoopeston’s wage bill foots up the comfortable sum of $550,000 annu- ally, an average of $40,000 per month, $10,500 per week, or $1,700 per day. The value of Hoopeston’s manu- factured products is four million dol- lars annually. In other words each la- boring man working in Hoopeston is able to produce nearly eight times the value of bis own wages. The destination of Hoopeston’s man- ufactured products is limited only by the natural boundaries of the world. Wherever American civilization is Hoopeston’s corn goes, wherever American civilization is Hoopeston's canning machinery goes; wherever American civilization is there are housewives opening tin cans of Hoopeston make and preparing dishes of sugar corn of Hoopeston manufac- ture. The above is a roughly outlined sketch of the city of Hoopeston as it may be viewed any day in the year by any stranger who takes the trou- ble to come to Hoopeston to investi- gate. It is enough, however, to arouse the curiosity of the investor and man- ufacturer. INVESTMENTS INVITED. If it is asked, “Has Hoopeston a cash bonus to offer the manufacturer desiring to locate?” the reply must be that this question has really never yet come up. For startling as the state- ment may sound, every industry in Hoopeston, without exception, has been the outcome of HOME CAPI- TAL. Rut that outside capital would be gi veil a generous welcome and met more than half way by the people of Hoopeston goes without saying. Any open proposition coming from the out- side will be received in the Hoopeston spirit of enterprise and with the good will that is characteristic of the city. That Hoopeston’s destiny is along the lines of industrial expansion is cer- tain. One of the principal subdivisions of the city, where most of the manu- facturing plants are now located (to rlie west of the C. A E. 1. tracks) is the original town of Leeds. Mark the name! In the early seventies, long be- fore the hum of machinery was heard, this tract of land was named Leeds, the prophetic instinct of the man who gave the name being now almost lost sight of in the newer and more mod- ern American name of Hoopeston, The street railroads' of Nottingham, England, a city of 250,000 population, are owned and run by the commonwealth. Last year the railroads made a profit of 11 per cent on the capital invested. The fare charged is about two cents a mile. Through springing fields of waving corn spins on the eager train; The happy sun of early morn lights up the verdant plain. Why rushes witli such lightning speed the handsome C. & E. I.? It hurries on, this iron steed, to Hoopes- ton, that is why! To Hoopeston, city of the brave and refuge of the fair; Where none may be foul liquor’s slave, and all good fortune share. BUILDING (Photo by Iloskinsoip. To Hoopeston, known as the Queen of all the middle West, The world’s support in time of need with sweet corn at its best. To Hoopeston with its fair eight miles of streets all paved and straight, With full five thousand souls all smiles, who soon will make it eight. See yonder wide world-beating walls— the Corn King’s canning home; Twelve hundred souls to work it calls, and even more to come. See yonder new imposing pile—the Union Station, where The C. & E. I. trains defile, and ship great cargoes there, This honest road that booms the town and scatters far its fame: That brings investors wealthy down and helps to land the same. What is it makes this town supreme in virtue, vim and vogue. What makes its streets with business teem, ne’er cursed by drunk or rogue? What makes its real estate to rise by leaps and bounds, I say, Its fame to blazon foreign skies and turn the world its way? What makes it such a paradise for manu- facturers That hundreds come and all the wise re- main, respected sirs? What makes its City Government so frugal, clean and square? Ask Cunningham, that noble gent, who fills the Mayor’s chair. HE knows, for all the town admits it owes a heap to HIM; The town clock ticks it where it sits, so give three cheers for “JIM.” Yet don’t forget those other men so stanch and brave and true, Who sit here in the council when it meets —let’s cheer them, too. They say that prohibition is fair Hoopes- ton’s strength and pride; No wine or beer or whisky here, nor booz- ing drugs beside. Yet though we praise our sober ways, ’tis irony of fate That everywhere the very air seems to intoxicate. Though prohibition has its claim we surely can’t forget The men whose efforts made the same a living fact, you bet! The Big Four flash upon our thought— those men of iron will Who stood in every battle fought, but never yet stood still! Ideal men with grand ideals these Four and all they lead, Who never shirk a public work and never stand for greed. Unique they stand as men who hand back to the town their pay. And also every Alderman pursues the self-same way. Of these Squire Moore, the true and sure, is not to be forgot, For since the early seventies he’s kept the movement hot. Brave Bushnell, Shuman, Hanly, Green, Lyons and Johnson, too, With Shankland making up the band, we have a PRICELESS CREW. Long may they man our ship of state and steer its course aright; Long may they boom our real estate by laws that bring delight. Long may they thrive and always strive with that high civic pride Which is to-day their chosen way, their one unchanging guide. But when we come to naming names we don’t know where to stop, For this one our attention claims, and that one swells the crop. There’s Hamilton, our honored sou, twice Mayor, and some more, McFerren Chief Executive five times; lie LEADS the corps. There’s Bushnell, also Mayor twice, who helped along the Hall, MASONIC TEMPLE AND CLUB C. & E. 1. TRAIN NO. 7. TIIE NEW ORLEANS SPECIA1 M’FEItREN PARK (Photo by Iloskinsou).SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE And Allen who gives good advice, and Oatherwood the tall. There’s Honeywell, the “Grand Old Man,” whose stories all enjoy; He is a favorite in the clan, he’s such a good old boy. There’s Crary, Mostoller and Trencii, Vogelsang, Cuy'kendall, And Dyer fitted for the bench, and Trego on the call; There’s Burton, Hawkins, Harry, Flint, Dale Wallace, Elliott, Warner and Pittser, who in print can tell you what is what. And so we might go on and call the roll, but it is long; Suffice to say that one and all deserve applause in song. With men like these to shape her lot no wonder Hoopeston stands Prosperity’s bright garden spot—the wonder of all lands. AMERICAN CAN COMPANY’S WORKS (Photo by Hoskinson). FIRST METHODIST CHURCH (Photo by Hoskinson). UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Photo by Hoskinson). CHRISTIAN CPIURCH (Photo by Hoskinson).SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE L. F. Mostoller Mercantile Com= pany. The L. F. Mostoller Mercantile Company was established the 23d day of November, 1903, by L.. F. Mostoller, who bought out the D. T. Myers dry goods business. This stock was clos- ed out and an entire new one put in. The business grew from the beginning until it was found necessary to add more departments and more room, consequently on July 12, 1904, Mr. Mostoller purchased for $31,000 the entire stock and two-story buildings of A. B. Burtnett. This stock consisted of a full line of groceries, hardware and queensware. The business has been incorpor- ated with a capital of $50,000„00 and the new departments added are milli- nery, dressmaking, boots and shoes, hats and gents’ furnishings. The buildings comprise three two-story rooms and occupy a space of 25,000 square feet. The work of remodeling was begun August 1st, and a large wareroom has been built. A new mod- ern front for the entire buildings has been installed, with metal ceilings and a complete new steam heating plant. A modern cash carrier system and many other improvements have also been made for this large establish- ment, and every thing is being done for the convenience and comfort of customers. The dry goods department will remain in its old location, the main floor of the east room. The car- pets, house furnishing goods, cloaks, ladies’ suits and dressmaking depart- ments will occupy the second floor. The main floor of the center room will be devoted entirely to clothing, hats, furnishing goods and boots and shoes. The entire basement of this building is used for the queensware, hardware and woodenware departments. The grocery department will occupy the west room, where a large and com- plete stock of groceries and provisions will be carried. At the rear of the grocery is the bakery, where two expert bakers are employed, turning out fine bread, cakes, pies, etc. Three delivery wagons are employed regularly and goods are de- livered promptly. This firm buys in large lots direct from first hands. Their buying facilities are such that they have the advantage over smaller dealers and handle goods on a very small margin. They buy almost any- thing that the farmer has to sell, pay- ing the market price in exchange for what they may want in the line of wearing apparel or something good to eat. Each department of their large establishment is in charge of compe- tent salespeople. This is the largest store of the kind in this or any other city of its size in the State. It is a credit to Hoopeston and reflects much credit on the promoter of the enter- prise. Mr. Mostoller was born on a farm in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1SG2, where he resided until com- ing west in the spring of 1878, where he secured employment on a farm at $12 per month. At the end of one year he entered the store of E. E. Hornisli at Washington, Illinois. After remain- ing there several years he entered the employ of O’Donalioe A Sherfy, Oma- ha, Nebraska, where three years were spent in the silk and black goods de- partments. He has spent twenty-five years in the mercantile business, nun has a wide experience in all lines of trade, and his idea of Hoopeston is that it is the best city of its size he has ever seen. He has been in busi- ness for himself for the past eighteen years, and besides his Hoopeston in- terests has interests of some $35,000 at Gibson City, Illinois, a brick and tile industry of $30,000 at Washington, Iowa, and farm lands in Iroquois county, Illinois, and Hancock and Kos- suth counties, Iowa. J. S. M’PE It ItEN’S RESIDENCE. First National Bank of Hoopeston The First National Bank of Hoopes- ton was established in 1872 by J. S. McFerren and managed for some years as a private bank. In 1881 it was in- corporated as a national bank. It has a capital stock of $50,000 and a sur- plus of $115,000. The following are the officers; J. S. McFerren, president; I'. McFerren, vice president; E. C. Griffith, cashier; Mac C. Wallace, as- sistant cashier. Mr. Griffith has been with the bank twenty-seven years. He is in charge of the bank in Mr. Mc- Ferren’s absence. Mr. Wallace is the son of Judge Wallace and a very popu- lar young business man. H. O. Hoff- man, the accountant, has charge of the books. The First National has stood back FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, INTERIOR OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of nearly all the large Hoopeston enter- prises and helped them when required. As is well known, Mr. McFerren is the “first citizen” of Hoopeston, first Mayor of Hoopeston, and elected May- or live times. He is a partner in the Hoopeston Canning Company and in many other Hoopeston concerns. Mr. McFerreii’s gifts to the city have been many and munificent, among others be- ing a fine park in the city limits, called McFerren Park. Schools of Hoopeston. Hoopeston’s school enumeration this year is 900 pupils, of whom 135 are in the high school. There are twenty- two teachers, four of whom are high school teachers. There is a high school library of 450 volumes. Graduates are received on their di- plomas in any of the universities of the country. The principal of the Hoopeston school system, Professor S. A. 1). Har- ry, is one of the leading educators of the State, and a man of strong influ- ence in all walks of life. To him is due in a large measure the present sat- isfactory condition of the schools. Taxes from Factories. The taxes paid by Hoopeston's fac- tories into the city treasury amount to more than $0,000 yearly.SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE A VOGELSANG AND COMPANY. One of the Largest and Most Prominent Mercantile Houses of Hoopeston. DALE WALLACE’S RESIDENCE (No. 42.1 Penn Street). Parnell & Decker. The hardware firm of Parnell & Pecker began business on the 19tli of March, 1904. The establishment is a workmen are employed in the various departments. The firm have made a most successful start and have exceed- ed their own expectations in the vol- A. Vogelsang & Co. is one of the large dry goods enterprises that were attracted to Hoopeston by the stories of Hoopeston’s wonderful growth. Mr. Vogelsang purchased a half interest from .T. A. Williams & Co. on April 4, 1903. In June A. Vogelsang Co. pur- chased the other half. The company consists of A. Vogelsang and Sidney Wood and J. P. Matthews, of the firm of r. T. Matthews & Co., of Cliilli- eothe, 111., one of the oldest firms in the central part of the State. A. Vogelsang & Co. is one of Hoopes- ton’s best stores, devoted to dry goods, notions, skirts, suits and carpets. The carpet department is pre-eminently complete. The whole business has in- creased wonderfully in the last year. .T. II. DYER’S RESIDENCE (Photo by Hoskinson). J. H. Dyer Lumber Company. The J. II. Dyer Lumber Company was established in 1892. Louis H. Dyer is the manager. The plant occu- pies an entire block along the tracks of the C. A E. 1. Large lumber sheds cover the ground, all the lumber being under cover. Six men are regularly employed. Brick, coal and tile are also handled in large quantities. Complete house bills in lumber are furnished, the total business reaching $100,000 yearly. Mr. J. H. Dyer has lived in Hoopes- ton nearly thirty years. He is Hoopes- ton’s oldest attorney, was admitted to the bar in 1881, and is a graduate of the law department of Wesleyan Uni- versity of Illinois. Mr. Dyer is ex- Mayor of Hoopeston, and lias been on the Council for twelve years. He is ex-President of the Hoopeston Board of Education, and has been a member for a number of years. His law firm, Dyer & Wallbridge, is probably the leading law firm of the city. Mr. Dyer recently erected a handsome home, a cut of which appears in this prospec- tus. PARNELL & DECKER’S HARDWARE STORE. double store, and one of the hand- ume of business done. The firm consists somest in Hoopeston. None but expert of Geo. E. Parnell and Jacob Decker. A. PETERSON'S GREEN HOUSES (Photo 1)5’ Hoskinson). A. Peterson, Florist. Among other things Hoopeston is famous for its greenhouses, which are the property of A. Peterson. Mr. Peterson has 18,000 square feet of glass, and his plant is undoubtedly the finest in Vermilion County. Cut flow- ers and all kinds of design work are made a specialty. The business was established here by Mr. Peterson four years ago. He is the only florist in Hoopeston and takes a personal pride in keeping his plant up to date in every respect. The plant covers six lots, is situated close to the business center of Hoopeston and patronized by hun- dreds of customers. JOHN RUSK’S RESIDENCE (Photo by Darkness). Residence of John Rusk. John Rusk, whose residence is shown in this prospectus, is president of the John Rusk Evener Company, manu- facturers of the Rusk Four Horse Evener. The company also carries a general line of implements, vehicles and automobiles. WALLACE & CATHERWOOD’S OFFICE, REAL ESTATE, RENTING AND LOANS,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE VIEWS OF HAMILTON & CUNNINGHAM’S BANK. Hamilton and Cunningham, Bankers. The Hamilton & Cunningham Bank is one of the largest banking insti- tutes in Eastern Illinois and is com- plete in every detail. The interior of the building is the finest in the city. It was established in 1889 and has prospered from the outset. It has a paid-up capital of $50,000, and the in- dividual responsibility of the firm is $750,000. To meet the demands of modern banking the bank has recently added a savings department, where sums of one dollar and upwards may be deposited and bear 3 per cent in- terest. They have also added safety deposit vaults, do a general banking- business, and, being the only mem- bers at this place of the American and Illinois Bankers’ Associations, are in closer touch with the leading finan- cial institutions of America and thus are better able to care for the interests of their many customers. James A. Cunningham, President of the bank, is mayor of the city. .1. L. Hamilton, Vice President, is the chair- man of the Executive Council of the American Bankers’ Association, and ex-President of the Illinois Bankers’ Association. MAYOR CUNNINGHAM’S RESIDENCE. J- L- HAMILTON’S RESIDENCE. Whitman & Duffin. This firm has a most handsome suite of offices in the First National Bank building, the partnership having been formed the first of the year. Both partners are young men and hustlers in their business. They have been the means of locating a number of new parties in the city. J. E. Whitman came to Hoopeston from Rossville seven years ago and up to two years ago was assistant cashier in the First National Bank of Hoopeston. He had also been in the banking business at Rossville. Chas. A. Duffin was for- merly in the real estate business on Ids own account, joining Mr. Whitman the first of the year. Both members are Vermilion County men and have a large and valuable acquaintance. OFFICES of WHITMAN & PUFFIN, REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE.SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE Hoopeston Canning Company. S. S. McCall is the father of the canning industry in Hoopeston, having started the business in the early seven- ties. J. S. McFerren, A. T. Cather- wood and A. H. Trego succeeded him in 1882, when the Hoopeston Canning Company was incorporated. The pres- ent buildings were erected in ISdtl In 1890 Mr. McFerren and Major Trego purchased Mr. Catherwood’s interest, and in 1888 J. II. Cuykendall obtained a working interest and became super- intendent of the plant. The Hoopeston Canning Company owns 2,200 acres of ground, which is planted to corn. One thousand acres is contracted for with farmers in the vicinity; 149,000 bushels of corn are raised. The buildings cover four acres of ground and include three large barns for the eighty-six mules employed in cultivating the soil. The factory build- ing measures 70x100 feet, three stories high. The husking shed is 45x300 feet, two stories high. The process room measures 40x100 and the storehouse 100x120. The army of employes num- bers 300. In the height of the season 120,000 cans are put up in ten hours; the factory runs fifteen or sixteen hours a day. Three grades of corn are put up, fancy, standard and com- mon standard. The fancy brands are Kohinoor, Princess and Mallard; the standard are Occidental, Jersey Cream, Columbia and Defender. The product goes all over the coun- try, from New York to San Francisco, and from Texas to Michigan and the Dakotas. The product is all sold before it is even planted, so great is the demand, everything being sold by the 1st of December. A. H. Trego was born in Pennsyl- vania. He graduated from Lombard College, Galesburg, 1802, and was a member of the I02d Illinois Infantry from 1862-18(15. He came to lloopes- ton in 1875. He is a trustee of Lom- bard College and a director of the First National Bank of Hoopeston. MULES AT WORK ON IIOORESTON CANNING COMPANY’S LAND. HOOPESTON CANNING CO.’S PLANT. WORKS OF SPRAGUE CANNING MACHINERY COMPANY. Sprague Canning Machinery Com= pany. The Sprague Canning Machinery Company is the largest plant in the United States devoted to the manufac- ture of canning appliances. The plant comprises a floor space of over 80,000 square fecit, including the following- departments: Pattern and wood work- ing shops, fireproof pattern storage building, brass and iron foundry, ma- chine shop, boiler works, erecting shops, storage warehouse, etc., etc. Especially during the last two years has the company broadened the scope of its business and manufacturing fa- cilities by the addition of the follow- ing lines of machinery: C. H. Plummer Machine Co.’s (Wau- kesha, Wis.), line of Pea Filling and Pea Blanching Machines; Baker Man- ufacturing Co.’s (Muscatine, Iowa), lino of Processing Retorts, Scalders and Steam Chests; Valparaiso Boiler Works (Valparaiso, Ind.j, the John Baker line of Special Canning Machin- ery; C. S. Buck]in's (Baltimore), the celebrated Jersey Queen Tomato Can Fillers; John C. Winter’s (Mt. Morris, N. Y.), Automatic Calcium Processing System; Cox Bros., Brighton, N. J., Scalding, Filling Machines, etc. Every canning plant in the United States and Canada has in it machines of this manufacture. Shipments are also made to foreign countries, to Eng- land, Australia, India and South Af- rica. More than two hundred skilled me- chanics are employed in the large works at Hoopeston. representing the best paid labor in Hoopeston. Daniel G. Trench, president of the company, established the firm of Dan- RESIDENCE OF M. J, HAWKINS, RESIDENCE OF F. S. ULERY. RESIDENCE OF J, C, McINTYRE. iel G. Trench & Company in Chicago in 1883, as brokers in tinplate, metals and cans, and dealers in canners’ sup- plies. In 1892 the firm purchased the business of Welcome Sprague of Farn- ham, N. Y., inventor of the celebrated Sprague Corn Cutter, and a corpora- tion known as the Sprague Manufac- turing Company was organized. This company took over such part of the business of Daniel G. Trench & Co. as related to the manufacture of canning machinery. The steady growth of the business demanded better and enlarged manufacturing facilities, and the fac- tory was removed to Hoopeston. Since then there have been perfected and placed on the market many machines which have become recognized as the standard and best machines of their kind to be had. It is recognized throughout the trade that this com- pany has done more in recent years to perfect automatic labor saving canning machinery and general canning appli- ances than any other concern in the business. The product now covers machines and appliances for the complete equip- ment of canning plants. The four following cuts represent the homes of M. J. Hawkins, the su- perintendent of the Sprague Canning Machinery Company, and those of F. S. Ulery, J. C. McIntyre and J. P. Haight, superintendents of three dif- ferent departments. RESIDENCE OF J. P, HAIGHT,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE H. R. Cunningham. H. R. Cunningham is manager of the Cunningham Hotel, the leading hotel of Hoopeston. He is a son of J. A. Cunningham, present mayor of Hoopeston and one of the proprietors of the firm of Hamilton and Cunning- ham, bankers. Harry Cunningham, as he is popu- larly known by his friends and by the traveling public, first had charge of the Cunningham some years ago, and recently he entered again upon the duties devolving upon the host of the leading house of the city. He has had ample experience in the hotel business, so that it is no wonder he is making a big success out of the Cunningham, even though he took over the management at a time when the fortunes of the house were by no means at its flood. Mr. Cunningham, as hinted, took hold of the manage- ment by the smooth handle and is steering his enterprise conservatively and wisely, meeting the popular de- mand of the traveling men for a good up-to-date $2 a day house, and also so supervising every detail as to make a financial success of the business. In these days of high prices for all food- stuffs and the scarcity of good help at any price to run a hotel successfully and at the same time providing a liberal and generous table is no easy task. This is just what Mr. Cunning- ham is accomplishing in Hoopeston. The public recognizes this, his friends recognize it, and the result is the Cun- ningham Hotel is now at the top notch of prosperity, and as long as Mr. Cun- ningham retains the charge it will continue in its prosperous career. The Cunningham Hotel is equipped with sixty-five rooms, a beautiful and spacious office and a dining room with a seating capacity of about 175 per- sons. It is being remodeled and reno- vated to suit present day demands and the growing business of the city of Hoopeston. In the management of the house Mr. Cunningham is assisted by Mrs. Cun- ningham, who makes it her duty to help in all matters of household econ- omies which properly come under the direction and supervision of a woman. In this way every department of the hotel is run on strictly business lines CUNNINGHAM HOTEL, w. A. Flint, Proprietor, H. D. Thomas. H. D. Thomas, the leading merchant tailor of Hoopeston, came to Hoopes- ton in 1882, and succeeded his father in business in 1884. He is the oldest tailor here, of twenty years' standing, and with a total experience of thirty- four years. Mr. Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Wales. He may be said to have inherited the busi- ness. His father, David Thomas, opened one of the first tailoring estab- lshments in Hoopeston in 1877. Mr. Thomas serves in a public ca- pacity as City Collector of Hoopeston. and the guests are insured the maxi- mum of comfort and convenience. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are both popular members of Hoopeston’s so- cial circles and from their residence in large cities are able to handle any emergency that may arise in the busi- ness of the hotel in a cosmopolitan manner. Burton=Enslow Company. The fine appreciative qualities of the Hoopeston trading public is responsi- ble in a large measure for the pres- ence in Hoopeston of the characteris- tically metropolitan dry goods store of Burton-Enslow Company. This magnificent store in the First National Bank Block reaches the high- est ideal of the shopper. With ten thousand square feet of floor space it has a solid plate glass frontage of fifty feet, with a handsome window display. The interior, consisting of two floors, is, as the illustration shows, a display of artistic arrangement seldom found in cities of three times the size of Hoopeston. The store is equipped with all up-to-date appliances—cash carrier system, etc. It is an emporium for dry goods, ladies' ready made goods, car- pets, millinery and ladies’ and chil- Hoopeston’s public library is one of the most recent additions to the public buildings of the city, and one which all citizens take a pride in. It cost $12,500. It is finished in classic style. It has a lecture room and a headquarters for the W. C. T. U. When thoroughly equipped it will contain 7,000 volumes. The site was donated by A. Honey- well. A. H. Trego is president of the Library Board, and the Rev. J. L, Everton secretary. BURTON-ENSLOW CO.'S DRY GOODS STORE. dreu's shoes. In the busy season as many as twelve clerks are employed. The goods are bought from the best markets of the East and West for cash, and are sold as cheap as good, reliable merchandise can be sold, and like the the establishment, Mr. Enslow manag- ing a similar store at Sullivan, 111. The Hoopeston store has only been in operation about two years, its great success is due to Mr. Burton’s splendid qualities as a dry goods merchant. In fifteen years he has built up from noth- ing, as it were, to two solidly estab- lished business houses. Mr. Burton is building a home on East Penn street, and is among the leading men of Hoopeston who have firm faith in the city’s destiny. WILLIAM MOORE'S RESIDENCE. best of the large Chicago stores, a cus- tomer can always get his money back if desired. Mr. B. R. Burton has full charge of William Moore. Alderman William Moore is the senior member of the City Council and one of the most vigorous of Hoopes- ton’s citizens, having helped in every progressive movement since the early seventies. He was one of the com- missioners for appraising and con- demning the right of way for the lx E. & W. railroad. In connection with Noah Brown he bought and laid out Moore & Brown’s addition, and in con- nection with J. S. McFerren bought and laid out the McFerren addition. He was interested also in many other additions to the original town. In conjunction with G. C. Davis Mr. Moore sent the first saloon keeper to jail for nine months for selling in- toxicating liquors in 1873. He is the author of the bill for making the sal- ary of the Mayor of Hoopeston 50 cents a year and of the aldermen 25 cents a year. To him is exclusively due the credit for Hoopestou’s first and best school building. In conjunc- tion with J. A. Cunningham and W. R. Clark he established the Illinois Can- ning Company, and with others helped to establish the Union Can Company and was president of the same. This afterward became the American Can Company. In conjunction with John L. Hamilton, C. S. Crary and A. H. Trego, Mr. Moore helped to establish the Hoopeston Horse Nail Company. In many respects William Moore, of Hoopeston, is the most striking person- ality in his home city.SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE P. W. Miller, D. D. S. A leading dentist in this section and a most popular practitioner is Dr. P. W. Miller. Dr. Miller has been in active prac- tice in Hoopeston for the last three and one-lialf years, in which time he has won the confidence, respect and esteem of a large and valuable client- age and of the public generally. Dr. Miller is a graduate of the Indi- ana Dental College, gaining his di- ploma in 3901. He immediately lo- cated in Hoopeston. He maintains a handsome suite of offices in one of the best business blocks in Hoopeston. Lewis E. Alkire, D. D. S. Lewis E. Alkire, D. D. S., is a grad- uate of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery of the year 1900 and has prac- ticed dentistry for four years. He has offices in the Williams block (over Dr. Geo. M. Hanly. Dr. Geo. M. Hanly came to Hoopes- ton in 1891 and is the oldest dentist here. He purchased the Hanly first and second additions in 3900, 14 acres, at $200 per acre. On the southeast por- tion of the subdivision lots sell at from $400 to $600. Homes with con- crete walks and shade trees, many completed and several under construc- tion, are evidence of the solidity of Hoopeston real estate investment. Un- der the skillful management of Dr. Hanly Smith's second addition was platted in June, 1904, and the lots are almost all sold. Dr. Hanly is one of the leading members of the Hoopeston City Council. Taylor & Taylor. Taylor & Taylor, exponents of the science of Osteopathy, came to Hoopes- ton in 1903 and have been most suc- cessful in their work. The firm con- sists of Dr. S. L. Taylor and his wife. Dr. Lola D. Taylor. S. L. Taylor, A. B., B. D., D. O., is DRS. TAYLOR AND TAYLOR. a Kentuckian by birth. After three years’ high school work he taught school for two years. He grad- uated at Lombard College, Galesburg, 111., with a B. D. and afterwards took RESIDENCE OF .T. Parnell & Decker’s hardware store,), consisting of a suite of three rooms. Dr. Alkire has lived in Hoopeston all his life and has a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He has built up a successful practice all over Vermilion County. He is one of the young and rising professional men ot Hoopeston. pit. LEWIS E. ALKIRE. A. HEATON, D. D. S. an A. B. at the same college. He final- ly graduated from S. S. Still College. Des Moines, Iowa, with the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy. Lola D. Taylor, D. O., is an Illinoisan by birth. She prepared for teaching at Strong’s normal, Galesburg. State normal, Bloomington, and graduated at S. S. Still College, Des Moines, Iowa, with the degree of Doctor of Osteo- pathy. Both are careful exponents of the science as originated and developed by Dr. A. T. Still of Kirksville, Mo.. Os- teopathy regards disease as the product of an obstruction to or derangement of nerve force and circulation. It re- quires no faith or drugs, but views man as a machine of so many parts. Its keynote is adjustment. When all parts are properly adjusted and not overworked, health is the result. Hence by adjustment of the bones, muscles and ligaments, the obstruction or de- rangement is removed, so that nature may resume her perfect work. Miller’s Concert Band. Miller’s Cornet Band was organized December, 1893. It gives concerts dur- ing the summer and keeps up rehear- sals during the winter. It consists of twenty-two pieces. John D, Miller i§ director. DR. HANLEY’S OPERATING ROOM. Cooper, Green & Knox. Messrs. Cooper, Green & Knox, pro- prietors of the well-known job print- ing establishment at 221 East Main street, have one of the best equipped printing plants in Vermilion County. Their presses, type and machinery are the very latest and most practical in use, the entire outfit having been pur- chased new at the time their printery was established, Oct. 26, 1903. Mr. Green, who is at present representing the Third Ward in the City Council as Alderman, is the oldest printer in point of experience in Hoopeston. He has been engaged in the business for over twenty-six years. Mr. Knox lias fol- lowed the printing busiiess over twen- ty years, and Mr. Cooper has been identified with the newspaper and printing business for ten years. This firm makes a specialty of printing fine catalogues, bank work, briefs, ab- stracts, commercial and society print- The Mary Hartwell Catherwood Club. The Mary Hartwell Catherwood Club was organized in 1895 under the name of the “Tea Club.” with eight charter members. Its object was lit- erary and social improvement and the founding and sustaining of a public library. The late Mary Hartwell Catherwood was one of the charter members and later the name was changed to Mary Hartwell Catherwood Club in her honor. In 1898 the club raised $500. which, with the nucleus of the public library, was turned over to the city for the purpose of establishing a per- manent Free Public Library. The membership of the club has been increased to thirty-five. It has for three years maintained a $500 lecture course, Avhicli has yielded about a hundred R. F. COOPER. II. C. GREEN. A. L. KNOX. ing. Aside from their regular line of job printing they print weekly, month- ly and quarterly publications and guar- antee in every instance to deliver them into the publisher’s hands promptly on date contracts call for. Since start- ing their new printery in this city this firm has printed a vast amount of con- tract work for the American Bankers’ Association and the State Bankers’ As- sociation, as well as the largest and best known firms and business men in this city and other parts of Illinois and Indiana. They guarantee all work and give especial attention to mail orders. dollars profit annually for the library. The library was first housed in the City Hall and then in the Town Hall, and is now settled in the new $32,500 Carnegie building. The following is a list of the present officers of the club: President—Mrs. Lillian C. Warner. Vice President—Mrs. Annie E. Chace. Recording Secretary—Mrs. Eunice C. Harlan. Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Fran- ces E. LeVin. Treasurer—Mrs. Anna H. Moore. DR. HANEY’S R ECEPTION ROOM,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE ELLIOTT BROTHERS’ DRUG STORE. Elliott Brothers. Elliott Brothers’ Drug Store is the leading drug store in Hoopeston and the general headquarters and rendez- vous for the majority of the citizens. The store is beautifully arranged and presents at all times a busy, active appearance. This photograph of the store was taken after shopping hours by flashlight. J. S. Dunscomb. The most aggressive and prosperous grocer in the city is Mr. J. S. Duns- comb, who came to Hoopeston in 1890 and lias labored continually and untiringly to serve his many custo- mers with the best goods the market affords. In this lie has made a com- plete success. Always catering to the wants of his customers, never allow- ing any one to leave his store dissat- J. S. DUNSCOMB. isfied, the public in general recognize in Mr. Dunscomb a man to whom the smallest child can go and receive the same courtesies accorded to ladies and gentlemen. A customer can have no better service than he can get there, for any confidence reposed in Mr. Dunscomb is never betrayed. The patron will always find the best to had at Dunscomb’s. Send a copy of this prospectus to any of your friends who might be in- fluenced to locate here. Hoopeston Planing Mill. The Hoopeston planing mill, operat- ed by Karl Matlies and George B. Putman as the Hoopeston Planing Mill Company, near the C. & E. I. railroad, on Washington street, is one of Hoopeston’s leading industries. The plant was established in 1895 by G. T. Putman. It covers one-half block and furnishes employment to about twenty men. This is one of the best mills of its kind, and does work that always pleases its patrons. An in- dustry of this kind which does satis- factory work is indeed to be appre- ciated by the community. It is one of the industries that lias helped Hoopeston attain her present enviable position. J. A. Seekatz. J. A. Seekatz, jeweler, optician and diamond merchant, is the leading mer- chant in his line in Hoopeston and has been firmly established in business for ten years. A specialty is made of op- tical work, Mr. Seekatz being a grad- J. A. SEEKATZ. PARKER & SCOTT’S Parker & Scott. The firm of Parker & Scott, furni- ture and undertaking, succeeded to the oldest business in its line in Hoopeston. FURNITURE STORE. The firm caters specially to the higher grade of furniture. The business is growing rapidly, and has been built up on a solid basis. JOSEPH DALLSTREAM’S SHOE STORE. Joseph Dallstream. Joseph Dallstream, proprietor of Hoopeston’s oldest shoe store, com- menced business in Hoopeston in 1874. He is among the oldest business men in the city. His store is a headquar- ters for fine shoes exclusively and is modern and up-to-date in every re- spect. II0OPE8TQN PLANING MILL, SALVATION ARMY HALL. uate in optics and watchmaking. He is watch inspector for the Frisco sys- tem. Mr. Seekatz carries an unusually large stock of jewelry and a most valuable line of diamonds, surprisingly large for a city of Hoopeston’s size. He has built up a valuable diamond business, is able to undersell Chicago merchants, and in this way he has many customers from Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis and other trade centers. The people of Hoopeston re- alize that they can secure the very best goods in diamonds, watches and jewelry from Mr. Seekatz, and the re- sult is that Mr. Seekatz has the trade of the city in all departments of his business. People from the nearby towns are also his customers. HEATON & EVANS’ CLOTHING Heaton & Evans. The establishment of Heaton & Ev- ans, exclusive clothiers and gents’ fur- nishers, commenced business in Feb STORE (Photo by Harkness). ruary, 1896. It carries full lines in all departments, catering to the best trade. The store has one of the best locations in Hoopeston and is metropolitan iu eyery respect,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE CIIAS. A. ALLEN’S Oscar Arnold & Co. The exclusive hardware store of Os- car Arnold & Company was establish- ed two years ago, and carries the larg- est and most complete stock in Hoopes- ton, valued at about $8,000. The vari- ous departments of shelf and heavy hardware, plumbing and tinning, sheet iron work, slate roofing and steam and hot water fitting are the nucleus of a large and constantly growing business. OSCAR ARNOLD. Four men are constantly employed. Es- pecially in the matter of steam and hot water fitting has the business devel- oped recently, and probably more work of this kind is done in Hoopeston than in any other city of its size. Oscar Arnold, the head of the estab- lishment, has had fourteen years’ expe- rience in his line and thoroughly under- stands every detail of the various branches of the business. His store occupies a prominent business corner on the main street of Hoopeston and attracts attention by its valuable stock of goods. S. F. Hoskinson. Stuart F. Hoskinson was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., in 1843. He emigrated with his father and family in 1853 to Schuyler County, 111., and with his father enlisted in the 73d Illinois infantry in 1862. He was in nearly all the battles ip the department RESIDENCE. of the Cumberland from Perryville, Ky., to Atlanta, Ga., in 1864, was taken prisoner Avith his father at Chicka- niauga, Ga.. both making their escape to our lines seven days afterward. At Chattanooga, Tenn., he was wounded in the left shoulder and lung and tak- en prisoner at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1804. After living in Kansas, California, Washington and Georgia, he came to Hoopeston May, 1902, where he is en- gaged in photo work on a small scale, making a specialty of view work. Hoopeston Grain and Coal Co. The Hoopeston Grain and Coal Com- pany stand at the head of the grain trade of Eastern Illinois, and are mine agents and jobbers of all classes of coal. H. L. Bushnell, the president, has been over twenty years in the busi- ness. He is one of Hoopeston’s leading public men, has served tAvo terms as Mayor, and is now serving his sixth term as member of the City Council. He is always abreast of all public events, and has always been one of the most valuable of the city’s officials. Mr. John Petry, secretary of the com- pany, has been Avith the concern for Thornton Buggy Company. The Thornton Buggy Company, H. L. Thornton and Earle C. Thornton, proprietors, manufactures all kinds of carriages. The plant consists of car- riage repository, paint rooms, varnish Thomas Baxter. Thomas Baxter’s Restaurant is one of the most popular of the establish- ments in Hoopeston Avhieh cater to the wants of the appetite. Mr. Baxter has lived in Hoopeston a number of years HANLEY’S SUBDIVISION and trimming rooms, blacksmitliing and woodworking departments. It Avas established in 1900 and has a reputa- tion for thoroughness and skill in all (Photo by Harkness). and has made a success in business by strict attention to the Avants of his patrons and by selling only first-class goods. HOOPESTON GRAIN AND COAL CO.’S PLANT (Photo by Ilarkuess). more than twenty years. He has seiwed the different branches of custom A’ehi- as City Clerk for five consecutive cle building and repairing, with a terms. steady groAvtli in output. Hoopeston’s Homes. Excelling as lit does in all matters of urban improvement, Hoopeston is justly famous for the number of its line residence properties. The illus- trations of several private homes in this work show only a few of the prin- cipal residences. P. J. Harkness. P. J. Harkness is one of the leading photographers of Hoopeston, and to him the publishers of the official pros- pectus of the city are in a large meas- ure indebted for a number of the fine photographs which embellish the Avork. Mi-. Harkness opened his studios on the 15th of April, 1904, coming to Hoopeston from Valpariso, Ind. He had been in the photo business for two years. Since locating in Hoopeston Mr. Harkness has won the good opin- ion of the merchants and citizens gen- erally by turning out first-class work at moderate prices. He is located at 308 Seminary avenue, opposite the City Hall. W. A. FLINT'S UESJpENCE (I’hoto by Harkness),SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE CLEMENTS' PIANO STORE. DR. M. W. STARK'S VETERINARY OPERATING ROOM. __^nClements’ Piano Store. Marion It. Clements, proprietor of Clements’ Piano Store, is sole factory representative for Busli & Gerts, Starr, Newman Bros, and Krell-French. Mr. Clements established the business eight years ago at 310 East Main street. It is an exclusive music store, and a large number of Hoopeston’s business men, as well as public institutions, are patrons of the establishment. M W. Stark. V. S. The illustration shows the veterin- ary operating room of M. W. Stark, V. S. Dr. Stark is a graduate of Chi- cago Veterinary College of the year 1890 and has been located in Hoopes- ton since 1892. J. J. PITTSER'S RESIDENCE (Photo by Darkness). R. T. MISICIMEN’S RESIDENCE. R. T. Miskimen. It. T. Miskimen, whose residence is shown in the illustration, is in the busi- ness of buying and selling commercial paper and loaning money. He has his office headquarters in the First Nation- al Bank of Iloopeston. C. & E. I. DEPOT. FARMERS’ ELEVATOR COMPANY (Photo by Darkness). Farmers Elevator Company. The Farmers Elevator Company was established in 1890 by H. C. Fin- ley and M. H. Lewis. The elevator has a capacity of 50,000 bushels, and 300,000 bushels of corn and oats are handled yearly. A large business is also done in coal. mtmm m '«* iiiirsajPii iiim. f s ll i ^ It 15 fiini . A. HONEYWELL’S RESIDENCE (Photo by Hoskinson), C. F. DAVIS’ FUR NITUR-E STORE. C. F. Davis. The accompanying cut is an interior view of the establishment of C. F. Davis, furniture and undertaking. A visit to Iloopeston would not be com- plete without an inspection of this store, which is beautifully arranged. Mr. Davis has been in business in Iloopeston for seven years,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE HOOPESTON GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. Hoopeston Granite and Marble Works. The Hoopeston Granite and Marble Works, C. T. Putman, proprietor, is recognized as one of the up-to-date business enterprises of the city, hav- ing been established in this city for twenty-six years, and under the pres- ent management for the past six years. They have one of the best equipped shops in the State. The business con- sists in all kinds of foreign and do- mestic granite and marble monuments. A specialty is made of stone and ce- ment vaults. Subdivisions. The first addition to the original plat of the city of Hoopeston as known was subdivided by Joseph Satter- thwaite. This addition is from the Lake One of flie largest additions is the original town of Leeds, west of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad tracks. Other important additions are Snell CHARLES W. WARNER’S RESIDENCE (Photo by Darkness). addition, an illustration of which ap- pears elsewhere, the W. P. Pierce ad- dition, and Claire Smith’s addition. Hoopeston’s Public Officials. Hoopeston is indebted to many of its officials for its public improve- ments. To A. H. Trego, H. L. Bush- nell and A. T. Catherwood is due the credit for the establishment of the city waterworks. William Moore and office, with five rural routes. The city has free delivery service. Charles W. Warner, editor of the Chronicle, is the present postmaster. The Name Hoopeston The City of Hoppeston was named after Thomas Iloopes, who owned about 2,000 acres of the land on which the city of Hoopeston is built. He HOOPESTON HORSE NAIL COMPANY’S PLANT (Photo by Hoskinscn). Erie and Western tracks to Honey- well avenue and east to 4th street. To the north of Honeywell avenue is what is known as North Hoppes- ton. East of North Hoopeston is Moore and Brown’s addition. , East of 4th street to 7th street is Honeywell’s first addition. East of 7th street is the Wallace and Catherwood first addition. South of Penn street to Lincoln and east to 4th street is Robert Casement’s addition. DANIEL G. TRENCH, President Sprague Canning Machinery Co. and Taylor’s addition, J. S. McFerren's addition, Lukens’ addition, Dale Wal- lace’s addition, G. W. Smith’s addi- tion, Hamilton and Smith’s addition, Adams and Davison’s addition, the Dice addition, Nathan Williams’ addi- tion, the Chase addition, the Hanly J. S. McFerren personally interested themselves in street paving. To J. L. Hamilton, as mayor, is due the credit of building the City Hall. Hoopeston’s Postoffice. Hoppeston has a second-class po-st- IIOOPESTON ELECTRIC LIGHT & HEATING CO.’S PLANT (Photo by Darkness). Hoopeston Electric Light and Heating Co. The Hoopeston Electric Light and Heating Company operates 5,500 incan- descent lights and forty-five arcs lights. A power circuit was recently estab- lished for pumping city water, for which a ten-year contract was made with the city. The company has a capital stock of $30,000. The following are the officers: C. J. Wakeman, president, treasurer and manager; M. A. Harbert, secre- tary’; James E. Malone, of Juneau, Wis., vice president. purchased this property in the early ’50s. Hoopeston, which originally was one and one-fourth miles square, was in- corporated in 1877. Population figures: In 1880 the population of Hoopeston was 1.200. In 1900 it had increased to 1,911, in 1902 to 3,823, and in 1904 to 5,000. Hoopeston’s Opera House, built by J. S. McFerren, is one of the finest in the State of Illinois outside of Chi- cago. M. J. HAWKINS, Supt. Sprague Canning Machinery Co,HOOPESTON CHRONICLE How Hoopeston Grows. The following article, picked from the columns of the Hoopeston Chron- icle this summer, is worthy of being preserved, as it shows forcibly the restless activity of the people of Hoopeston in regard to street improve- ments, and also how the local press aids and fosters progress of this kind: “At the last meeting of the Board of Local Improvements a decision was reached to order pavements this sea- son on the following streets.: Wash- ington street, from Euclid avenue to M-cFerren Park; Seventh street, from Penn street north to Thompson avenue; Third street, from the Lake Erie and Western Railroad north to SUPPLEMENT TO THE Young avenue; McCracken avenue, from Market street west to the C. & E. I. Railroad. The aggregate of this paving, already definitely decided upon, is just a fraction short of two and one-quarter miles. “Great pressure is being brought to bear upon the local board to order the paving of Lincoln street from Euclid avenue west to Fifth avenue. While the board has not yet reached a deci- sion on this street, it is likely to be ordered. This string of pavement will be a little more than a mile long. “Work is already in progress on Market street from McCracken avenue north to the city limits, and on Sem- inary avenue from Market street east STAR BARBER SHOP. The Star Barbershop. ton’s leading tonsorial establishment. S. B. McCarty, proprietor of the The Star Barber Shop has five chairs Star Barber Shop, conducts Hoopes- and is modern in every respect. D. M. HOOKER & SONS’ PIANO STORE. D. M. Hooker & Son. D. M. Hooker & Son, pianos, have been established in Hoopeston ten years. They also have an establish- ment in Oklahoma City. They are fac- tory representatives of the Cable Com- pany’s pianos and organs, and of Price & Teeple, Sweetland & Lakeside. The firm lias been twenty years in the piano business. ARCADE CAFE, H. Arcade Cafe. II. L. Melton established the Arcade Cafe some ten months ago. The Ar- cade Cafe is a first-class restaurant u. MELTON, Proprietor. and short order house. It is open day and night and carries a fine line of fruits and confectioners’ supplies, be- sides having an ice cream parlor and dining room. to the city ilmits. These two pave- ments are just a fraction short of one mile in length. “Countingthe pavement already laid, which is fully six and three-quarter miles long; the pavement now being laid; the pavement already decided upon, and the pavement which is like- ly to be laid, we will have an aggre- gate of eleven miles, as follows: Miles. Pavement already laid......... 6% Pavement being laid, short.... 1 Pavement decided upon......... 2*4 Pavement in prospect, long.... 1 Total.......................11 “It is safe to say that not another town of five thousand inhabitants in the State of Illinois, possibly not in the world, has eleven miles of street pavement. And possibly no other town in the world needed it so badly. However that may be, it is also cer- tain that in no other town is the pav- ing tax paid so willingly, for it has been demonstrated time and again that the money paid for street paving is the most profitable real estate in- vestment possible to make, yielding a larger and more certain profit than any other investment. Possibly the cost of the pavement seems a little bit heavy just at the time, but the sys- tem of dividing it into ten equal an- nual payments makes it come easy. People who were not fixed well finan- cially, and who have paid out on pave- ments already laid, unite in saying that, while they were opposed to the; pavement when it was first suggested, and did all in their power to prevent it, they are now glad it was put in, and would not have it taken up for twice its cost laid down all in one lump in cold cash.” PARK’S STEAM LAUNDRY HOOPESTON LUMBER CO.’S Hoopeston Lumber Company. The Hoopeston Lumber Company was established eight years ago by the PLANT (Photo l»y Harkness). present owners, J. C. McKibben and T. G. Adams. The company carries a large stock of lumber, building mate- rial of all kinds and coal. CITY SHOE STORE. City Shoe Store. The City Shoe Store is one of the new stores of Hoopeston, and was established Feb. 22, 1002. The propri- etors, Messrs. Snyder & Smither, are well-known business men and have made their store popular. They carry all lines of up-to-date footwear,SUPPLEMENT TO THE HOOPESTON CHRONICLE \ ILLINOIS CANNING CO. HOOPESTON’S PRODUCTS GIRDLE THE GLOBE AND IN THE MATTER OF ITS FOOD PRODUCTS IT GETS NEARER TO THE GREAT HEART OF HUMANITY THAN OTHER CITIES On an endless chain of activity, whose broad belt touches every State in the Union, Hoopeston’s foods are carried to the kitchens of America and the thrifty housewife opens a can (also a product of Hoopeston), and in a trice the King of table dishes is ready for the hungry ones who recognize the succulent fare under the various euphonious names of “Pride of Illinois,” “Cream of the Prairie,” or “Baby Bunting.” The eager haste, so characteristic of young America, has torn the label from the can, and it may have escaped the notice of some that their staple article of diet was manufactured, possibly but a few weeks ago, by THE ILLINOIS CANNING COMPANY OF HOOPESTON. The brands, however, are household words, common in the mouths of millions, old and young, proverbial because of an ac- quaintance of a quarter of a century, grown familiar through custom and usage and with the ripe acquaintanceship and “bon camara- derie” that cries aloud for more. This cry for more springing from a million throats proclaims the fact that SUGAR CORN is KING. The proclamation would be wanting without a relation of the leading facts in the history of the Illinois Canning Company. The Illinois Canning Company is Hoopeston’s first factory, and was established in 1879. The original building is still standing, but many additions have been added from year to year. Shipments of the canned products of this company are made to Europe, South Africa, Mexico, Alaska, Cuba and the Philippine Islands. The company sells and distributes annually the product of over 6,000 acres of Sugar Corn, and 2,000 acres of Red Kidney Beans, which together with the output of its associate plants, where peas and tomatoes are packed, makes a total output of over 750,000 cases of two dozen cans each, or more than 18,000,000 cans. This is probably the largest output of any vegetable canning institution in the world, and when it is considered that the cost of these empty cans alone approximates $300,000, and the value of the output is $1,250,- 000, we are quickly impressed with the volume of the Illinois Canning Company’s business and not surprised that it is Corn and Beans that have made Hoopeston famous. The Illinois Canning Company is a co-partnership owned and operated by William Moore, James A. Cunningham, and Charles S. Crary, Mr. Crary being the active manager. The figures in regard to the growth of this company are not particularly astonishing to those who are familiar with the growth of the canning industry in recent years, and the success of the company is only incidental to that usual success which follows the efforts of its members.