The Minneapolis journal. [volume], April 29, 1905, Page 20, Image 20

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E Midway has become the
home of the greatest horse
market in the west. Years ago
tha Transfer used to be thesome
twin city stockyards. When
the Swift plant was established at
South St. Paul it compelled the stock
ards to center at that point. But the
dealing which had also estab
lished itself as an industry, remained,
and seemed to prosper thru the
rebuyers
moval of the other livestock market.
The Minnesota Transfer is geo
raphically the natural place for a
orse market. I is the distributing
fioint for the entire northwest, and at
he same time is the one point where
shipments cf horses can be brought in
with equal convenience by all railroads
running into territory where the deal
ers make their purchases. As the north
west develops, so increases the demand
for horses, and so continually will in
crease the size of the Midway horse
market.
The Midway a decade or so ago was
far from being the Midway of today
in the district where the horse market
is located, the north side of University
-mvenue, extending a number of blocks
down from Prior. Small barns have
been supplanted with immense stables.
Small running lots for horses have
given place to enough fenced-in acres
to make several respectable farms.
One firm alone has forty acres of run
ways for its horses. This particular
Iflrm is the largest individual horse
dealing firm in the country, Barrett &
Zimmerman a firm of men who have
come to the front thru their own ener
gy, thru honest and extensive dealings,
ndlast, but not leastthru the most
extensive advertising.
Advertising Made Them.
"It is advertising that has made
us" freely admits M. Zimmerman.
The firm name is always before the
public in some form of advertising.
Mr. Zimmerman's love of horses is,
Eim
erhaps, hereditary. His father before
operated a succesful stock farm.
"When hardly 16, Zimmerman found
himself with a little barn back of a
feedstore at 217 Washington avenue
]N, Minneapolis. The barn contained
but two or three stalls, yet here, .in
a small way, he began the business
which was eventually to make him the
greatest horsedealer in America. This
little place he occupied for two years,
1880-1882. By progressive steps he oc
cupied different buildings, till he finally
found himself doing a flourishing busi
ness at the corner of First avenue and
Fifth street, where the Boutell build
ing is~.now being rebuilt. Here he
handled the business of the streetcars
(in those days all cars were drawn by
horses), and in 1888 was the mainstay
of the streetcar company at the time
of the strike. About the same time
Zimmerman was the man who supplied
the then flourishing Herdic bus line
with all its horses.
New Firm I Formed.
Eleven years ago Mr. Zimmerman
absorbed the horse business of J. D.
Barret, who had a stable at Second
stree t, near the old Pence operahouse,
and took in Barret for a partner. The
auction business of the new firm soon
grew so large that other quarters had
to be sought. Far-sighted in business,
Mr. Zimmerman conceived the idea of
moving out to the Midway district at
the Minnesota Transfer. There land
was cheaper and shipping and receiving
facilities were unsurpassed. A site was
accordingly purchased, where the firm
is now located, and a barn 50 by 150
feet erected. The first year in this
location 4,000 head of horses were
handled. I later years the Barret &
Zimmerman main barn was enlarged to
its present size200 by 500 feetwith
numerous additional Smaller buildings
also occupied by the firm in the neigh
borhood. And the business has in
creased till the firm now handles 20,000
head a year.
Back of the main barn, the firm has
a new forty-acre tract, commonly
termed "the feeding lot.'' The Zim
merman horses are carefully looked
after. No horse is allowed' to stand
on the plank floor of the ban* too long.
And if he is poor when received, he is
immediately turned loose in the feeding
lot This lot easily holds 3,000 head
of horses.
Traded Horses for Land.
In 1894 Barrett & Zlmerman were a
great aid during the hard times to those
who had to have horses to continue
their business, but who could not pay
the cash. I this way the firm hap
pened to supply many lumber concerns
"with, horses, and in return took payment
in cut-over timber lands. A that time,
these cut-over lands were almost worth
less, and went for a few dollars per
acre. They have since increased vastly
in price, however, and today Barrett &
Zimmerman are just throwing them on
the market, finding ready purchasers at
from $8 to $15 an acre. Thefirmhas
25,000 acres to dispose of.
Not only has the land become valu
able, but on their holdings have been
DODSON, FISHER,
BROCKWANN CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF
Harness
and
Saddlery
15,17 & 19 Third Street North
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
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flow the Business Has Grown from Small
Beginnings to Its Present Mammoth
Proportions^Barrett & Zimmerman, Mc
Laughlin Bros, and R. J. Dickey the
Leading Dealers.
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discovered several iron mines", whiclf
the firm owns today i,n entirety,, tho'
negotiations are now pending, relative. to
of' this iproperty. $:. i
Purchases by the Traaulb'att.*1
Barrett & Zimmerman continually
keep fifteen buyers' on the road', who
ship their purchases into the Midway
market, not by the carload, but actual
ly by the special trainload. These
are all experienced horsemen,
and covef Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas1
and Nebraska. One qf these men
spends much time in Kentucky,' the
"blue grass" country, purchasing the
choice blooded thorobreds the company'
handles.
In the Boer war Barrett & Zimmer-,
man supplied a large number of horses
to the British government. The firm
also supplied hundreds of head .for our
ovemment in the war with Spain,
oday overtures are being made by the
Japanese government for the purchase
thru Barret & Zimmerman of 8,000 to
10,000 horses. Heretofore the Japs
have been purchasing their horses from
Australia, but now contemplate giving
the American horse a trial.
Recently Barret & Zimmerman
erected a handsome brick stable in. Du
luth, costing $35,000. I is located in
the heart of the business district, just
across from the zenith city's postoffice.
This stable is especially for the lumber
trade for the big heavy drafthorses
needed every fall for all winter use- in
the pineries.
Auction Sale Season.
Spring is the great auction sales time
with the firms at Midway. The auc
tions begin early in February and are
held every Wednesday afternoon. They
will continue for about a month more,
and the great bargains offered always
draw crowds.
Barret & Zimmerman are able to sell
cheap because they buy all their stock
for spot cash. At the same time, they
do a large credit business. Any man
who is poorly off for cash, but at the
same time is well supplied with hon
esty, can purchase a horse or team from
Barret & Zimmerman. This concern
now has between $100,000 and $200,000
in accounts carried on its books. Hun
dreds of men have been allowed to se
cure teams with a small payment down
in the season when teams were in de
mand, bringing $4 and $4.50 a day, and
thus the teamster is allowed to make
his horses actually pay for themselves.
Barret & Zimmerman, contrary to what
might be expected,' have made a great
success of this exceedingly lenient
credit business. They are good judges
of human character and are careful to
whom they sell'. Only twice has the
firm had to foreclose mortgages on
teams once because a man proved to
be an out-and-out deadbeat, and once
because the-purchasing teamster took to
drinking heavily and failed
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proper care of his horses.
Barrett & Zimmerman own nearlv all
the business property in that section,
including stores used as a barber shop,
tailor shop, harness manufactory and
store, two good-sized hotels, news
stores and,groceries. In short, the store
buildings owned by this one firm form
the main business district of Merriam
Park.
Perfumer Colgate's Purchases.
William Colgate, the New York
soap and perfume manufacturer and
multi-millionaire, was a customer of
Barrett & Zimmerman a few days ago.
For six months, he said, he had been
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MINNESOTA TRANSFER
looking: for-a fancy-driving team th at
suited nim. At Barrett & Zimmerman *s
wBat I want: a beautiful bay team."
lie also purchased lin horse, and
a Shetland pony ti-r Jsia little girl.
These have just hwn shipped out* to
Portland, Ore., wW* ike millionaire
is to spend this summer. Before going
he purchased a St. Libuis world's fair
prize carriage, of a Minneapolis dealer
for $1,800, to match his fine new team.
80 delighted was, he with his horses
that' the evening of his purchase he
insisted on the Zimmerman brothers
being his guests at a box party,in a
St. Paul theater*
McLaughlin Brothers' Stables.!
Mention of the Midway horse mar
kets would' indeed be incomplete with-
ONE OF THE UARGEST HORSE MARTS I N AMERICA.
out something relative to McLaughlin grand champions 2 reserve grand
Bros., America's leading horse import- ~1
ers and dealers in blooded stallions.
McLaughlin's largest stables are locat
ed at'Columbus, Ohio. Other handsome
brick stables are located at Kansas
City, Mo. And their newest stables,
those at Midway, in the horse market
district, are a duplicate of the Kansas
X-'ity establishment. The Midway
building is of handsome pressed brick,
stone trimmed, with the name of the
firm in raised letters on a large white
stone base over the main central en
trance. McLaughlin Bros.' three sets
of stables combined, make them the
largest horse importing establishment
in the world. At one side of their
building at Midway, is a runway for
IF YOU WANT A COACH HORSE
MIDWA SAL E & COMMISSIO N STABLE S
HORSES ANDMULES FOR SALE?r.
Bv,ry HorseOuar.mted.ij^^^^ ST. PAVL, MINNESOTA.^^SUIslictlomory^rMmtyReto&&
their horses, enclosed within a brick,
stone-capped wall. Here crowds often
gather to watch the magnificent blood
ed stalliotts which are so frequently ex
ercised within the wall.,
McLaughlin. Bros.' list of prizo win
nings is tho largest ever granted to one
firm and greater than the winnings of
all other importers. Tho they/import
only the best,, the importations are in
such quantity as to insure the lowest
purchasing expense to the firm. Hence
the establishment is in a position to sell
Wooded stock at a comparatively' low
figure for the excellent quality always
offered.
The array of prizes won by horses be
longing to McLaughlin Bros, is some
thing astounding. They aggregate 171
prizes in all, valued at $9,272, and may
be best sujmmarized as follows: 2
champions -5 champions 6 reserve
ehampiotote 15 gold medals 9 silver
medals 3 bronze medals 58 first
prizes 39 second prizes 18 third
prizes 7 fourth prizes, and 6 fifth
prizes. The company makes a specialty
of magnificent Percheron and French
coach stallions. The presence of Mc
Laughlin Bros, in the Midway horse
markets is indicative of the fact that
the finest blooded animals to be had in
the world are ever on han'd in the great
horse sales district of the twin cities.
The Dickey Establishment.
A prominent "horse, dealing concern
in the Midway is the establishment of
B. Dickey. The Dickey stables ad-
Or a Driver, Farm Chunlt, a pair Drafters, an Express
Horse or any kind of goo!d Horses we can sell them to
you right. Every horse sold guaranteed as represented.
GIVE US A TRIAL
SALE AMD
COMMISSION STABLES
R. J. DICKEY & CO.
..THE FIRST PRIZE..
in their respective classes at the World's Fair. All imported and owned by
MCLAUGHLI N BROS.,
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET ^ZSWlk ST. PAUL, MINN.
SAM ROSS, Salesman*
THE MINNEAPOLIS"JOURNAL. April, 29,^1905
M. W. ROSS
MERRIAM PARK,
MINN.
Twin City Pbon*, P.rk 6267.
STABLES Cor. Prior and University Ava.
THE MIDWAY HORSE CORRAU.
join the big main barn 'of Barret &
Zimmerman, and open advantageously
on University avenue. Mr. Dickey
handles coach "and general-purpose
horses. There is, no horse dealer better
or more favorably known thruout Iowa,
where he has a. large business estab
lished, than R. Dickey. The firm
used to be Brown & Dickey. Mr.
Brown died, and Mr. Dickey has since
(with two silent partners) operated the
entire business. Mr. Dickey has been
located in the Midway market for nine
years, and during that time has estab
lished a large and profitable business
and gained an enviable name lo fair
dealing and absolute honesty. Mr.
Dickey is a firm believer in the theory
that it is better business for all theaugmentation
big horse dealers to be located together
as they are then to be in different parts
of the twin cities. Being together,
they form a great market for those who
wish jto buy, and for horse breeders
thruout the northwest to dispose of
their stock,
The horse markets attract a large
number of non-residents to that part
of the intercity district, and as a re
sult a number of hotels, patronized by
horsemen of all sorts, horse-breeders,
shippers, sales agents, buyers, etc.,
have sprung into existence and do a
good business. Stores of all kinds inj
the vicinity are enjoying a prosperous
Take Interurban Cart
from Either City.
trade only made possible thru the
money brought into circulation by the
horse markets.
FAMILIES OF OLDE N DAY S
According to Authentic Records, They
Were Often Remarkably Large.
The north of England seems to be a
fertile soil for large families, for in
1797 we read of a Cumberland man and
his wife, accompanied by thirty of their
children, all attending the christening
of the thirty-first child, and in earlier
years another north countryman,
Thomas Greenhill, applied to the then
duke of Norfolk, earl marshal, for an
to his coat of arms on
the singular ground that he was "the
seventh son and the thirty-ninth child
of one father and mother."
In Conway churchyard there was to
be seenit can scarcely be there to
daya tombstone bearing the follow
ing remarkable epitaph: "Here lyeth
the body of Nicholas Hocker of Con
way, gentleman, who was the forty
first child of his father, William Hock
er, and Alice, his wife, and the father
of twenty-seven children, 1637.''
If a man's family be considered as in
cluding all his descendants, that of
Peter Smith, who flourished in New Jer
sey in the seventeenth century, is enCity
titled to a high place of honor, for at
The northwest's
Greatest Horse Dealers
Grand Horse Auctions Every Wednesday
PRIVATE SALES DAILYr
From 500 to 1,000 Head of Horses Constantly on Hand
If YOU NEED ANYTHING IN THE HORSE LINE COME TO
BARRETT & ZIMMERMAN'S%-\
GREAT MIDWAY HORSE MARKET
a recent gathering of Peter's progenyr
no fewer than 7,000 met and dined to-,
gether under the apple trees in the or
chard attached to the ancestral home
In families it is not an unknown
thins for one child to be old enough to
have a sister or brother young enough
to be his or her great-grandchild. Thu
the eldest.of Thomas Beatty of Drum
condra had passed his seventy-third
birthday when his youngest Mother
?Tost
ualiSea for the-cradle. When William
of- Galphay, near Ripon, died in.
1780, his eldest child was a sturdy boy
of 88 summers and his youngest was|
hardly 16, and the Lady Powprscourt'
of today is half a century older' than
her latest brother.
There are cases on record where &
century or more has divided the wed
ding days of father and son. The first
Earl of Leicester was first married in
1775, and his son led his second wife
to the altar in August, 1875 while
Captain Francis Maude, who was mar-!
ried on June 28, 1849, was following the
example his father, Lord Hawarden,
had set him ninety-three years earlier,
in 1756. But both these cases are quite
eclipsed by that of General G. Steven
Son of Bristol, who was united to his
third wife in 1834 at the age of 82, and.
whose father was first wedded in "1704,
the year of Blenheim. This seeming
impossibility is accounted for by the
fact that the father, who was born in?
1680, was married forth third time
at the age of 70, and the general was
the son of the late union. Thus we get
the remarkable result of a man whose
father was born in Charles II.'s "reigni
wooing and wedding within the memory
of many people still living.
The Famous "North Star Xdmited"
Leaves St. Paul Daily at 7:45 p,m. for,
Chicago via the Minneapolis & St. Louis.
R. R. Solid train of Pullman ComparU
ment Sleepers, Buffet Library Car, Din*
inr and free reclining Chair Cars.
Call on G. Riokel, City Ticket
Agent, 424 Nicollet Ave.
The Bock Island Limited
Runs daily between Minneapolis and
Chicago, Rock Island, Davenport, Bur-.,
lington atrti St. Louis. Pullman sleep-*
ing cars, chair cars and dining cars.
Leaves (Milwaukee depot), at 7:30
S.m.
Office 322 Nicollet avenue, A. L
teece, City Passenger Agent.
One Way Half Bates.
The Northern Pacific will continue
sale of the one way( Colonists Excursion
tickets to points in Montana, Idaho,
Washington, British Columbia and Cali
fornia, daily until May 15. Call at
Ticket Office, No. 19 Nicolie*'
House Block.
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