BUSINESSES
This page will feature businesses from the past
located in Schuylkill Haven.  Businesses and their
stories will be added regularly. Where possible,
pictures will be provided along with advertising
memorabilia from each business.
WALKIN SHOE COMPANY
Located at the corner of Parkway and Columbia Streets, the Walkin Shoe Company was founded in
1887.  It was organized in a 60' by 40' frame building along the banks of the old Schuylkill Canal.  It
began as Berger, Brown and Company.  In 1900 George W. Gerber bought the business and it's
growth created a need for expansion.  In 1908 the borough sold the old lock up and ground on
which it stood and an addition was made.  In August of 1909, it was sold to F. B. Keller, G. H. Michel
and Frank Brown and it became known as the Walkin Shoe Company.  Later the latter two men left
the business and H. E. Snayberger partnered with Mr. Keller. For many years the company
specialized in children's corrective footwear and were sold nationwide.  The 1968 anniversary
booklet about the company stated that at the time 2000 pairs of shoes were made daily by a work
force of 250 employees.  The Walkin later succumbed to a changing economy and foreign imports.
Invoice from company from August 1909 when
Gerber sold his interests in the business.
The Gerber Shoe factory in the original
building. Note the old canal in front.
The Industrial review published in 1898 shows the pictures of the
owners of the company that later became the Walkin Shoe Co.
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P. T. HOY & SONS CO. GENERAL STORE
Many residents can recall the beautiful Victorian brick structure at the corner of East Main Street
and St. John Street that housed the P. T. Hoy General Store.  The business had it's origin during
Civil war times located in Landingville.  The original store was operated by the father in law of
Pancoast Thomas (P. T.) Hoy, Lewis Huntzinger.  The store inventory was moved by canal boat to
Schuylkill Haven before 1875 and relocated at 24 W. Main Street.  In 1875, P. T. Hoy entered the
business and assumed ownership.  
In 1894, he moved the business to a building at Main and St. John Streets expanding it to the well
known three and a half story turreted structure that was a centerpiece of the business district.  
The store sold a wide variety of dry goods and groceries.  This building became the largest
completely electrically lit building in town between 1905 and 1910.  Part of the original building on
the site predated the Civil War.  A portion of that retained in the basement evidence of old store
fronts.  This was a remnant of the era when the level of that intersection was a full story below
present street level.
Hoy, ever the entrepreneur, sought out special contracts.  He supplied troops in Shenandoah
during the 1902 coal strike and also obtained contracts to serve traveling circuses.  Delivery
teams delivered groceries to outlying areas and also purchased goods from farmers for resale.   
Hoy was one of the first commercial enterprises in the county to utilize motorized trucks,
sometime around 1910.  The business also offered gasoline for sale in the early days of
automobiles.  Hoy discontinued his delivery business during World War One, maintaining the
fixed site operation only.  
It is said that P. T. Hoy was the first business in the area to offer Shredded Wheat and Quick
Mother's Oats during the advent of those staples.  It was reported that confectionery pioneer,
Milton Hershey, was an occasional visitor of the Hoy business as he began operations.  
A Lionel train display filled the front windows of the Hoy store at Christmas time.  According to my
uncle and others, at times, the store cat also shared this space with fresh sausage and other
goods.  The store operated into the 1960's with Rudy Hoy as proprietor until his retirement.  The
grand structure was demolished around 1966 and is now the site of Brok-Sel Markets.
P. T. Hoy was apparently a man who recognized the value of advertising.  Many items bearing his
store name still exist.  Below you will find pictures of some of those surviving items.  In addition,
is a picture of two unique items.  A flour sifter from the counter of the store bears the P. T. Hoy
name but is hard to read especially in a photograph.  The other item is a wooden washing
machine from over one hundred years ago.
These three images depict P. T. Hoys beautiful edifice before it's demise. Upper left is from
September 1959, upper right is from January 1963 and below is April 1966.
Here are some items related to the P. T. Hoy General Store.  Clockwise
from upper left: coupon book and money saving punch card, Deer Note
stationery designed for his store, ruler, medicine bottle and receipt pad
and lastly below is a button hook.
Here are two rare P.
T. Hoy items. At left
is an old washing
machine called a
"Hoy's Special" with
a patent date of
June 20, 1899. It was
manufactured by the
A. G. Christman Co.
of Reading. At right
is a flour sifter from
the counter of the
store. It is marked
Pancoast T. Hoy,
General
Merchandise,
Schuylkill Haven, PA.
All rights reserved.
On the left is
Pancoast
Thomas (P. T.)
Hoy and on the
right is his wife
Cora L. (nee
Huntzinger)
This picture is of the interior of the P. T. Hoy store on
Main Street.  The image appeared in the Industrial
Review of Schuylkill Haven in 1898.
The grave
stones of P.
T. Hoy on the
left, his wife
Cora on the
right and
their son
Rudy, below,
on the family
plot in Union
Cemetery.
MESSNER AND HESS
Anyone growing up in Schuylkill Haven in the 1950s through the 1970s would certainly remember
the Messner and Hess five and ten cent store on Main Street.  Recently I spoke to the last owner
of the establishment, Harry Naffin.  He related the following information about the business.
The original company was started by Clarence Messner and Daniel Hess, both hailing from
Lancaster County.  They had two other stores in Girardville and Minersville in addition to the store
in Schuylkill Haven.  The partnership became a sole proprietor when Messner bought out Hess's
half but retained the original store name.  Harry Naffin began his career with the business in 1939
when he was offered a job washing Messner's Packard while still a high school student.  He
worked part time at the store until graduating from Schuylkill Haven High School in 1940.  Harry
then accepted a full time position working sixty hours per week for a salary of thirteen dollars.  He
said he was the only graduate to obtain a job right from school that year.  Harry worked at the
Minersville store while his future wife, Kit managed the Schuylkill Haven store from 1942 until
1948.  When Harry returned from his Army stint in 1948, he became manager of the Schuylkill
Haven store.
In 1969, Messner died and by 1970 Harry Naffin had purchased the business.  He says that at most
times they employed eight to nine girls to work on the floor.  The store was always well stocked
with goods including toys, trains, hardware, school supplies, sewing notions and candy.  Entrance
could be gained from Wilson Street which was noted as a "shortcut to Main Street".
As I recall, when entering from the back door, train supplies and model kits were what one first
encountered along with glassware and knick knacks.  One would then go down a few steps to the
main floor.  Toys and games were in the two aisles to the left and hardware to the right.  School
supplies were located near the front of the store.  At the Main Street entrance was a large candy
counter where bulk candy could be purchased.  Harry states that the cases were quite special and
the company who made them used the display in Messner and Hess in their catalog.
With the advent of large chain stores and malls, Naffin was forced to close the store after Easter
in 1982.  I have the privilege of occasionally visiting Harry at his home in Pine Grove where we
enjoy discussing the past of Schuylkill Haven.  Harry has provided information used on this
web site including pictures.  Widowed after losing his wife Kit several years ago, Harry remains
busy doing various woodwork projects including making beautifully fashioned wooden bowls.
Harry Naffin, owner of Messner and Hess on Main Street,
peddles his wares at the first sidewalk sale in Schuylkill
Haven in the early 1960s.
Two views of Messner and Hess include the photo above
with the front windows apparently decorated for the
Christmas season. The color photo at right shows the store
located between Cleland's Furniture store on the left and
Atkin's Five and Ten on the right.
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IMAGES OF BUSINESSES FROM SCHUYLKILL
HAVENS PAST ALONG WITH VIEWS OF
ADVERTISING MEMORABILIA THEY OFFERED.
BUSINESS IMAGES OF SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
FROM THE PAST
The Schuylkill Haven Paper Box
Manufacturing Plant was located on Penn
Street below Parkway.  The building remains
today, used by a door and window company.
The Union Knitting Mill was located on Williams
Street below the railroad tracks.  Owned by the
Reed family, it remains today but not as a factory.
The Haven Casket Factory was and still is located
on Liberty Street.  The building looks very much
the same today as it did when this was taken.
The Manbeck Ice Manufacturing Plant was
located on Liberty Street.  The building remains
today, used as a storage building
At left is the Reider Shoe Factory located on West Main Street.  The building is an
apartment building today.  At right is an unissued stock certificate for the business.
These two images are from a pamphlet promoting Schuylkill Haven in the first half of the last
century.  At left is Hoffman Knitting Mill, located on Margaretta Street, today the home of Alpha
Mills.  At right is Meck Knitting Mill on West Main Street looking much the same today.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
BUSINESSMEN IN 1894
Various businessmen from Schuylkill Haven were featured in the July 7,
1894 issue of the  "Journal of Commerce" published in Philadelphia.  The
individual narratives give insight into the businesses of the day.
J. F. Bast - Manufacturer of Knit Goods on Berne Street.  The manufacture of knit goods is a most
important industry here and one of the most extensive concerns is that of this gentleman, whose
factory occupies a two story main building, thirty by forty feet in size, with a two story annex of the
same dimensions, fitted up with modern facilities, including electric lights, steam power and a
complete equipment of the latest improved knitting frames, etc. for successfully conducting the
fine and medium grades of ladies and children's cotton, worsted and wool vests and
undergarments.  From fifty to sixty operatives are employed when running full force and the
factory has a capacity for the production of 325 dozen finished garments per day.  This important
enterprise was inaugurated in 1889by Bast and Fidler and they were succeeded two years ago by
the present proprietor, who is a native of Berks, but has been a resident of Schuylkill since he
was eleven years of age.  The steady demand for is products taxes his capacity to the utmost and
he is now enlarging the plant and increasing his facilities.
Robert Sterner - Contractor and Builder, Union Square near Margaretta Street.  Building interests
here are most ably represented by this gentleman.  The business was established 27 years ago by
J. H. and R. Sterner, and the present proprietor assumed sole control a little over seven years
since, having conducted the same with increasing success.  The premises utilized comprise a
two story shop, 24 by 24 feet in dimensions, equipped with all appliances and during the busy
season, a number of assistants are employed.  Mr. Sterner contracts for the erection of buildings
and does job and repair carpenter work.  This gentleman is straightforward and reliable in all his
dealings, a native of Schuylkill County and has executed many important building contracts here
and is well regarded generally.
George L. Burton - Dealer in Coal and Wood, Main Street and Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.  
This stand is popularly regarded as a leading depot for the supply of anthracite and bituminous
coal, kindling wood and foundation stone, brick, sand, cement, etc.  The business was
established about four years ago and has attracted an influential patronage.  The yard has a large
storage capacity and every requisite including a siding from the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad is at hand.  Mr. Burton makes a specialty of the Reading Company's hard and free
burning white ash coal, and is prepared to fill orders promptly at rates uniformly low.  All coal is
carefully screened and free from dirt and slate, and prompt service and honest weight is
guaranteed.  Three wagons are kept in service and he also contracts for hauling of all kind at
short notice in the most careful manner.  Mr. Burton, who is a native of Schuylkill County, is a
gentleman of enterprise and sound business principles, highly esteemed.
Pancoast T. Hoy - Dealer in General Merchandise, Main Street.  This representative mercantile
house was established by the present proprietor in 1884, and his honorable business methods
and liberal policy have gained for him the substantial; patronage of an appreciative public.  He
occupies the first floor and basement, each twenty by sixty feet in dimensions, where he carries a
complete stock of general and miscellaneous merchandise, including foreign and domestic dry
goods, dress fabrics, trimmings, notions, ladies and gentle mens furnishing goods and
underwear, a special line of boots and shoes, hats, caps, carpets, clothing, staple and fancy
groceries, provisions and food products, china, crockery and glassware, tin, wood, and willow
ware, lamps and lamp goods.  Mr. Hoy, who is a native of Orwigsburg and has been for many years
engaged in commercial pursuits, has recently purchased the store previously occupied by the
late W. D. Kline on the corner of Main and Saint John Streets, which he will shortly proceed to
remodel and improve, putting in a new brick front, thirty feet in width and making other important
improvements.  He will take possession of this property August 1, but will not occupy it for
business purposes until April 1, 1895., when he will open with one of the largest and finest stocks
in this section.  
H. Berger and Son - Manufacturers of Hosiery, Dock Street.  This concern was established four
years ago and in 1893 removed to its present quarters, where a well arranged two story structure,
forty by sixty feet in dimensions, is utilized for manufacturing purposes.  The works are
thoroughly equipped and an average force of seventy operatives is employed in the manufacture
of various products.  The factory has a capacity for turning out 200 dozen hosiery and
undergarments per day, the demand for which is steadily increasing.  Mr. Berger is a native of
Berks County, but has resided in Schuylkill Haven since childhood.  His son and partner, John D.
Berger, is a native and lifelong resident of this county and both members of the firm devote their
attention to the general management of the business.
C. A. Meck - Lumber Dealer, Columbia Street below Schuylkill Canal.  This gentleman entered
upon his business career forty years ago.  He was formerly engaged in mercantile pursuits,
embarked in the lumber business twenty years ago, and almost thirteen years since, gave his
entire attention to this line.  He has two large sawmills in Schuylkill County, well equipped,
propelled by steam, and turns out all kinds of lumber.  He also has a large mill in Center County,
which has twelve miles of railroad connecting it with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and two engines
are used for hauling.  At this mill he turns out wheelwright timber, telegraph poles, railroad ties,
white pine, hemlock etc and in all employs a large force of men.  His premises in Schuylkill Haven
contain a  large shed, where is carried a superior stock of rough and dressed lumber and
millwork, embracing oak, pine and hemlock, lumber, siding doors, shutters mouldings and cedar
and cypress shingles, etc. from which orders are promptly filled on favorable terms.  He is also
prepared to contract for the erection of all kinds of buildings, drawing up plans and specifications
for the same and furnishing estimates.  Mr. Meck, a native of Schuylkill County is highly regarded.
D. A. Krammes - Meat Market, Main Street below Saint John Street.  The premises occupied by
this house comprise a sales room of ample dimensions, equipped with all appliances, including a
large refrigerator, holding a thousand pounds of ice.  The stock embraces choice beef, veal,
mutton, lamb and pork, a part of which is killed and dressed by the proprietor, salt, smoked and
cured meats, sausage, bologna and scrapple manufactured in season and fresh butter and eggs.  
The stock is the best to be had and the prices are reasonable, while competent assistants are
employed and a team kept for the collection of orders and the delivery of goods.  This business
was established by the present proprietor one year ago, but he has for the past four years
followed this branch of trade.  He is a native of Schuylkill County, well known as a reliable dealer.
Luke Fisher - Marble and Granite Works, Corner of Dock and Berger Streets.  Established by the
proprietor seven years ago, this enterprise has occupied the present site since the fall of '93.  
The premises are of ample dimensions and are well equipped, while attention is given to the
manufacture of fine cemetery work in foreign and domestic marble and granite including
monuments, columns, tablets and headstones.  The capabilities of the proprietor in this line are
clearly evidenced by the artistically designed and perfectly finished work shown in the numerous
beautiful monuments to be seen in the various cemeteries in this vicinity, executed either by his
own hand or under his closest personal supervision.  He also executes all kinds of builders work
and railings and enclosures for cemetery lots are handled.  Inducements are offered and
estimates furnished on all classes of work in this line.  Mr. Fisher is a native of Schuylkill County
and stands high in public confidence.
Star Knitting Mill - E. H. Baker, proprietor, Saint John Street.  These mills were established two
years ago by the present proprietor, who occupies for manufacturing purposes a two story
building 32 by 42 feet in dimensions equipped with improved machinery, propelled by steam
power, furnishing employment to from 15 to 25 operatives according to the exigencies of
demand.  A leading specialty is made of fine and medium grades of ladies knit underwear and the
works have a capacity for turning out from 100 to 200 dozens per day according to the number of
hands employed.  The trademark of this mill is recognized in commercial circles as a guarantee of
excellence and its products are distributed to all sections of the Union through Philadelphia and
New York jobbers.  Mr. Baker, who is practically conversant with the business, is a native of
Berks County, but has been a resident of Schuylkill Haven for the past twenty years.
Z. T. Hendricks - Steam Heating and Machine Works, Main Street.  This gentleman established
here in 1870 and conducts the leading house in his line.  He is prepared to execute steam and hot
water heating for hotels, dwellings, business blocks, schools, churches, halls and other public
buildings and is agent for the most reliable boilers and engines and handles pumps, wood and
iron tanks, pulleys, belting, iron and brass goods, and in fact all fixtures for steam and water.  
Sanitary plumbing is also executed in all its branches.  A prominent specialty of the house is all
kinds of electrical work, such as wiring for lights, fans, call bells, burglar alarms, telephones, etc.  
Estimates are furnished for all classes of work.  The premises are equipped with every
convenience and a force of skilled assistants employed.  A native of Schuylkill County, this
gentleman during his business career has won the esteem of trade circles through honorable
methods.
David Commings - General Merchandise, Main and Dock Streets.  The present proprietor
succeeded to this business nineteen years ago.  The premises utilized comprise a sales room,
fifteen by fifty feet in dimensions, well fitted up and containing an admirably selected stock of dry
goods, trimmings white goods, as well as teas, coffees, spices, sugars, table delicacies, canned
and bottled goods,dried and evaporated fruits, culinary requisites and laundry supplies, butter,
eggs, cheese, lard, smoked, dried and cured meats.  His stock is first class in every respect and
the prices low.  Mr. Commings, who is a native of Schuylkill County, is thoroughly conversant with
this business and highly esteemed by all.
T. D. Brownmiller - Marble and Granite Works, Corner of Dock Street and Broadway.  No house in
the Schuylkill Valley is better able to meet the demands of patrons in its line then this one, which
was established eight years ago by the present proprietor.  The premises are of ample
dimensions and are well equipped.  Both building and cemetery work are executed, but the
specialty is in the latter branch, which includes monuments, columns, tablets and headstones
and the artistic design and perfect finish of the work show that this gentleman is not excelled in
the art of marble cutting and designing.  He has devoted many years to the business and enjoys
an enviable reputation, many of the finest monuments in the cemeteries of this section having
come from his shop.  All work receives prompt attention and estimates are furnished upon
application, while the prices are low.  The house is also prepared to offer inducements in the way
of railings, enclosures and other cemetery supplies.  Mr. Brownmiller is a native of Lebanon
County, and since taking up his residence here has won the confidence of the community.  
Sausser Brothers - Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, etc. Main Street.  This firm established here six
years ago and occupies a prominent position in this line of trade.  The premises occupied
comprise two floors and a basement of a building 25 by 100 feet in dimensions, containing a large
stock shelf, builders and heavy hardware, stoves, heaters, ranges, oil and gasoline stoves, tin,
enameled and sheet iron ware, and kitchen furnishing goods in variety.  They are prepared to
furnish estimates and contract for hot air heating, range setting, roofing, spouting and guttering,
and sheet metal work of every description.  William and Jacob Sausser, the personnel of the firm,
are natives of Berks County, thoroughly identified with all that concerns the welfare of their
adopted county and enjoy the esteem of the community.
Samuel H. Butz - Groceries and Provisions, Dock and Centre Streets.  This store was established
by the present proprietor a year and a half ago.  The premises occupied comprise a sales room 16
by 24 feet in dimensions, conveniently arranged and the stock embraces teas, coffees, spices,
canned and bottled goods, vegetables, fruits and green truck in season as well as a choice line of
confectionery and notions, stationery, etc. guaranteed to be of superior quality and sold at low
prices.  Competent assistants are employed.  The proprietor, who is a native of Lehigh County, is
conversant with the trade and one of Schuylkill Haven's honorable business men.  
Charles Keller - Merchant Clothier and Tailor, Main Street.  This leading concern was established
by the present proprietor fifteen years ago as a ready made clothing house, the merchant
tailoring feature being added six years since.  The premises occupied comprise a two story
building, 18 by 34 feet in dimensions, used as a clothing store, and an adjoining building, 10 by 34
feet in dimensions utilized in the merchant tailoring department.  The stock embraces a fine line
of suitings, of both European and domestic manufacture, of fashionable pattern and design.  This
gentleman's son, Robert M. Keller, is a practical tailor and expert cutter, a graduate of John J.
Mitchell School of Cutting of New York City, and in this department six assistants are employed.  
The stock of ready made clothing comprises fashionable cuts in materials in dress and business
suits, for men, youth and boys.  Here is also a varied assortment of hats, caps and gentlemens
furnishing goods, hosiery, underwear and gloves, trunks, valises and umbrellas.  Mr. Keller is a
native of Berks County, and his son of Schuylkill County and both are esteemed in the community.
J. H. Sterner - Contractor and Builder and Dealer in Lumber, Corner of Union and Saint Peter
Streets.  This gentleman embarked in business in 1868 as the head of the firm J. H. and R.
Sterner, which partnership was dissolved seven years ago.  His facilities are such that he can
promptly execute the most extensive building contracts and a number of the finest residences
and business blocks in Schuylkill Haven and neighboring places have been erected and
remodeled by him.  He also carries a large stock of rough and dressed lumber and mill work
including siding, flooring, doors, mouldings, brackets and casings.  The premises occupied
comprise a lumber yard 56 by 110 feet in dimensions, fully provided with shedding for storage,
and a two story carpentry shop, 18 by 36 feet in dimensions.  He also carries in stock a large
quantity of hemlock lumber which he stores at the railroad.  A native of Schuylkill County, Mr.
Sterner enjoys the highest esteem of the community.
H. S. Deibert - Photographer No. 4 Main Street.  A representative exponent of this important art in
Schuylkill Haven is this gentleman, whose premises on the ground floor comprise a space 26 by
30 feet in dimensions, and equipped with improved accessories and all conveniences.  He uses
the instantaneous process and is prepared to execute every description of fine photographic
portraiture, outdoor and interior work in the highest style of the art at popular prices.  Orders are
also received for crayon work, which is done by the best artists in that line.  Mr. Deibert, who was
born four miles from here, is thoroughly conversant with the business, having established here
thirty four years ago.  His grandparents were among the pioneer settlers of Schuylkill County, and
his father before the advent of railroads hauled coal by the wagon load to Philadelphia.
Robert Jones - Groceries and Provisions, Dock Street near Coal Street.  This house was founded
by the present proprietor twenty four years ago.  The premises occupied comprise a sales room
of ample dimensions, well fitted up, and the stock embraces choice teas, coffees, spices, canned
and bottled goods, sugar, syrups, butter, eggs, lard, cheeses, flour and feed, fruits and
vegetables as well as salted and smoked meats, crockery and glassware, and a full line of dry
goods and notions.  The stock is of the best and sold at low prices: while competent assistants
are employed and goods delivered free.  Mr. Jones has for nearly all his life been identified with
mercantile pursuits and is enabled to give his customers many advantages in goods and prices.  
He is a native of Schuylkill County, well regarded.
John D. Coldren - Jeweler Main Street.  This attractive establishment was founded in December
last and has been accorded a large patronage.  The premises occupied comprise a sales room, 18
by 26 feet in dimensions, attractively fitted up and containing a large stock of English, Swiss and
American watches in gold and silver , plain and decorated casings, clocks, fine jewelry, silver
plated tableware suitable for wedding presents or holiday gifts.  Mr. Coldren is also a specialist in
optics, testing the eyes free and fitting them with glasses, of which he carries a full assortment.  
Repairing of watches, clocks and jewelry is also executed.  This gentleman is a native of Schuylkill
County and has been prominently identified with the jewelry business for six years.  
Mrs. George McWilliams - General Merchandise, corner of Dock Street and Broadway.  This stand
was founded by the husband of the present proprietor in 1872 and has since been under her
control for the last seven years.  The premises utilized comprise  a store of two floors, each
twenty by sixty feet in dimensions, attractively fitted up and containing a large stock of
fashionable dress fabrics, white goods, notions, linings, trimmings, tapestry and ingrain carpets,
oilcloths, window shades, crockery and glassware and lamps, all manner of groceries and mens,
ladies and children's' footwear.  The stock is first class and sold at reasonable prices, while
several assistants are employed, and a team used for delivery purposes.  Mrs. McWilliams, who is
a native of Schuylkill County, is a reliable business woman, well regarded.
H. Berger - General Merchandise, Dock Street.  This business was started by its present
proprietor in 1870and was previously conducted at Cressona.  The premises occupied comprise a
sales room, 22 by 58 feet in dimensions, neatly fitted up and containing a large supply of dry
goods, dress fashions, notions, trimmings, ladies' and gentleman's furnishing goods, and
underwear, tinware, crockery and glassware as well as teas, coffees, sugar, spices, bread stuffs,
canned and bottled goods, fruits and vegetables, butter, cheese eggs, lard, etc.  Mr. Berger is
also senior partner in the firm of H. Berger and Son Knitting Mill, and is a thoroughly reliable and
progressive businessman.  
Charles W. Sausser - Stoves and Tinware, Saint Peter Street.  This gentleman is located two doors
above the Schuylkill Hose House, where he occupies premises twenty by thirty feet in
dimensions, containing all tools and appliances.  All kinds of stoves and ranges including oil and
gasoline stoves, tin enameled and sheet iron and hollow ware, and a general line of kitchen
furnishing goods is in stock.  Contracts are taken for hot air heating, range setting, roofing and
spouting, painting and repairing of tin roofs, and a leading specialty is in the manufacture of
galvanized gutters and conductors, and the repairing of all kinds of tinware, which is called for
and delivered free, a team being kept in the business.  Mr. Sausser is a native of Schuylkill Haven
and a young man of enterprise and business ability.
George M. Ehly - Fine Bread and Cakes, Dock and Berger Streets.  This well conducted bakery
was established by the present proprietor a year ago.  The premises occupied contain a well
supplied sales room and there is baked fresh daily all kinds of wheat, rye, and graham bread,
rolls, buns, biscuits, pretzels, plain and fancy cakes and pies, only the best flour and other
ingredients entering into their composition.  Ice cream of all pure fruit flavors is also
manufactured and sold to customers during the summer months, while competent assistants are
employed and a wagon kept busy serving a route throughout town and suburbs.  Mr. Ehly
personally attends to all details of the business.  He is a native of Schuylkill County and is well
known for his honorable dealing.
Charles Schumacher - Dealer in Groceries and Shoes, Columbia Street.  This stand was
established by the present proprietor a little over five years ago.  The premises occupied which
are fifteen by fifty feet in dimensions, are conveniently fitted up and stocked with a choice line of
the best teas, coffees, sugars, spices, culinary and laundry supplies, pickles, bottled and canned
goods, preserves, butter, eggs, lard, fruits and tobacco.  About two months ago, a line of
fashionable footwear for men , women and children was added.  His stock is all   noted for its
purity and the prices are uniformly low.  Competent assistance is employed and a team is kept for
delivery.  Mr. Schumacher is a native of Schuylkill County, and previously conducted a barber
shop here for ten years.
D. A. Croll - Groceries and Provisions, 164 Dock Street.  This leading house in its line was
established two years ago by the present proprietor.  The sales room occupied is 16 by 25 feet in
dimensions, attractively fitted up and the stock embraces choice teas, coffees, spices, sugars,
butter, eggs, lard, flour and feed, fruits and vegetables, salt, smoked and cured meats,
confectionery, tobaccos, and all kinds of shelf and farmers hardware, as well as house furnishing
goods of every description, everything guaranteed to be of superior quality and sold at low
prices, while competent assistants are employed.  Mr. Croll has long been identified with the
grocery trade, is a native of Schuylkill Haven and one of its prominent businessmen.
Located in one of the most fertile parts of Schuylkill County, is Schuylkill Haven, a place of about 2,700
inhabitants.  It is an active town, possessing modern improvements and advantageously situated for
manufacturing enterprises of almost any kind.  From the hill sections of the town a most beautiful
view of the Schuylkill Valley is to be had and the environment is most healthful, while pure mountain
air and water are attributes well worth considering.  Large quantities of hay, and the cereals, fruits
and truck for home consumption, as well as poultry and dairy products are produced in the
surrounding country, while fish abound in the streams and game in the mountains.  There is an
excellent system of water works and a well equipped fire department, as well as an electric light plant
of both the arc and incandescent systems for street and indoor lighting.  The streets are in good
repair and the sidewalks well kept, and a number of pretty residences with pretty lawns, present a
handsome appearance.  The business concerns, the more important of which we mention, are well
equipped and transact a large annual business.  Located in the immediate proximity of the anthracite
coal region, the generating of steam power can be done at a small cost and there is ample water
power that might be utilized.  Shipping facilities are afforded by the Philadelphia and Reading,
Pennsylvania, and Pottsville Division of the Lehigh Valley railroads, thus giving all the advantages of
competing rates.  The principal manufacturing enterprises in operation here now, consist of a shoe
factory and seven knitting mills, although every reasonable encouragement will be extended by the
people to deserving concerns in other lines that desire to locate here.  Pottsville, the county seat, is
but six miles distant and taken altogether, this may be considered one of the best places of its class
in the county.
hotel grand
Perhaps the best known hotel in Schuylkill Haven
history was the Hotel Grand located at the corner of
Main and Saint John Streets.  Below is an article from
the Pottsville Republican of February 28, 1896, noting
the quality of the establishment.
WHAT A MODEL HOTEL IS
Such as is the Grand Hotel
at Schuylkill Haven
COMFORT; CONVENIENCE!
A Luxurious Home for the
Traveling Public- An Ornament to
the Place and a Credit to the
Owner - A Monument of Enterprise
Staid old Schuylkill Haven, as many are accustomed to think and speak of her, is not making much
boast or bluster, but is keeping pace with the growth and progress with her other sister towns.  
In fact she is setting the other boroughs, in this vicinity, an example by the establishment of her
many industries, which include a diversity of manufactories, all of which are successful; giving
profit to the owners and employment to the people of the town.  The capitalists of Schuylkill
Haven when they found by reason of the canal being abandoned that her residents would be
compelled to look elsewhere for a means of support, set about to circumvent this and kept her
people there by establishing factories by which now about a dozen or upwards give employment
to hundreds of men, women and children.
The church edifices and school buildings of that town are all models as are also many of her
business places and residences.  For her first class hotels, Schuylkill Haven is noted and
consequently many of the commercial men and those who travel for pleasure seek that town and
make one or the other of her public houses their temporary place of abode.
Its principal public house is the Hotel Grand, owned and run by the prince of landlords, Daniel D.
Yoder.  Ten years ago, Mr. Yoder occupied the old Washington Hotel and finally purchased the
stand.  After but a few years under his proprietorship, Mr. Yoder found the building too
antiquated and too small to suit the tastes and accommodate his constantly growing patronage.  It
became apparent to Mr. Yoder that he must increase the capacity of his house, and he resolved
to raze the front building to the ground and erect upon its site a modern, commodious hotel.  The
owner set about immediately to procure plans and after due care and deliberation, decided upon
the plans and specifications, by Rudy and Richards, the Lebanon architects, and awarded the
contract for its erection to Jere Sterner, the well known builder and contractor of Schuylkill
Haven.
The Grand Hotel stands forth as a monument to the enterprise and thrift of the owner and to the
skill of the architects and builder.  It is a model of hotels and is an ornament to the town.  Built of
Philadelphia pressed brick, it is a substantial as well as a magnificent building.  Its windows are of
the very finest French plate glass.  Its exterior has been by no means been slighted nor was any
minor detail overlooked and the Grand Hotel is truly a thing of beauty.
But it is of the interior that this article will more fully speak of.  For after all it is comfort and rest
that the weary traveller seeks.  This, the hospitable landlord, D. D. Yoder, knows and to this end
did he plan and build and it may be said without contradiction that there is not anywhere a more
cheerful and homelike hotel in this broad land with the many model hostelries.  The two lower
stories of the main building are furnished in oak and the two upper stories in cypress.  The floors,
excepting the large public parlor on the first floor, are of tile, and there are exactly 12,000 pieces
of tile in the floor of the vestibule.  The ceilings are high and of metal.  The halls are wide and airy
and all the rooms cheerfully lighted and well ventilated.  Its fifty four bed chambers are furnished
with the most modern and magnificent furniture and with cozy, comfortable beds.  On each floor
are water closets and bathrooms for the use of the guests.  Both gas and electricity are supplied
for lighting and in every room and in all the halls are erected radiators, and every room from
basement to roof is comfortably heated by the steam plant of the hotel.  The fourth story of the
main building is occupied by Page Lodge Number 270, F. and A. M. as a lodge room.  The
basement will be devoted to billiard and pool rooms and to bath and sample rooms.  The barroom
and office furniture and fixtures are the handiwork of DeLong's factory at Topton.  In this
department that urbane and genial gentleman, J. T. Griffiths, presides as clerk.  A warm
handshake from Clerk Griffiths makes you feel at home at once.
The same care and thoughtfulness wee exercised in the furnishing of the interior that were
displayed upon the exterior of the building.  The exterior views of landscape, to be seen from
many portions of the building, are magnificent, and as one of the guests of the Grand recently
said, "it is a scene to inspire the poetic muse".  Not only were the comfort and health of the
guests considered by landlord Yoder in the construction of this model public home, but likewise
their safety in the erection of fire escapes of easy access should other means of egress be shut
off.  The building is also provided with Babcock Fire Extinguishers for prompt application should
occasion require it.  Landlord Yoder does not miss an opportunity to keep up the excellent
standard of this grand hotel.  His dining tables are always supplied with the very best the market
affords which is prepared in the best style and manner of the cuisine art, and served neatly and
carefully by the most obliging and considerate waitresses.  Here too, Mr. Yoder may be found
during meal hours studying even the whims and fancies of the most critical guest, so that nothing
may be overlooked to disarm any such from an opportunity to become cynical.
One of the most wonderful things in connection with all this luxury to be enjoyed at the Grand
Hotel is the fact that the rates are no higher than the ordinary commonplace hotel.  The traveling
public, quick witted to know a good thing, therefore travel from afar and pass other towns that
they may find food and shelter under Landlord Yoder's roof.
Above left is a letterhead from the 1890's from  the Washington Hotel which
was razed to make room for the new Hotel Grand.  Above right is an envelope
for mailing featuring advertising and a picture of the Hotel Grand from 1898.
The successful completion of the paving of Main
Street in 1909 was cause for celebration as can be
seen by this announcement below of a banquet at the
Hotel Grand.  At right is the article in the Pottsville
Republican noting the event.
In 1910, the Municipal League held their banquet at the renowned Hotel Grand.  At
left is shown the front and rear covers of the program with the officers of the
league noted on the back.  At right is the inside of the program with the menu and
agenda.  Below that is the Pottsville Republican article noting the event.
In 1898, the Industrial Review of Schuylkill Haven had this to say about the Hotel Grand....

HOTEL GRAND - Daniel D. Yoder, Proprietor

The cordial and cheery reception extended by Host Yoder, of the Hotel Grand, to all who favor
him with a sojourn beneath his roof, is one of the charms which combine to render the house
popular with wayfarers from all parts of the country.  The Hotel Grand is without exception, the
largest, most handsome and finest equipped building in Schuylkill Haven.  It is a four story
structure and basement built of Philadelphia pressed brick, the windows being of the very finest
French plate while the architectural design is magnificent.  The two lower stories of the building
are finished in oak and the two upper stories in cypress.  The floors excepting the large public
parlor on the first floor are of tile, and there are exactly 12,000 pieces of tile in the floor of the
vestibule.  The ceilings are of metal.  The hotel is conveniently located, comfortably arranged,
elegantly furnished, warmed in cold weather with modern steam apparatus, lighted by both gas
and electricity, provided with toilet and bath rooms, hot and cold water throughout and contains
fifty four airy and cozy sleeping compartments.  
The table is first class, lavishly supplied with the best and choicest food obtainable, prepared by
an experienced chef, and politely served by attentive and unobtrusive waitresses.  In connection
with the hotel, and by far the finest in the village, is the bar.  The fittings throughout are of oak,
polished to the highest degree.  Behind the counter in its elegantly and artistically arranged
framework, a large French plate mirror reflects the brilliancy of the glassware and lends a grand
and imposing effect to the general surroundings, which are of the most costly and appropriate
description.  Here the choicest and rarest of wines and liquors of imported and domestic product
are dispensed.  Mr. Yoder handles the very best and purest brands of lager, ale and porter while
his whiskies are well and favorably known to the trade for their superior and extraordinary
quality.  From the start of his present business, Mr. Yoder has succeeded in securing an
enduring hold on public favor which has resulted in the development of a very large and
influential trade, owing to the fact that only the best brands of wet goods are carried and the
wisdom of this policy is evidenced by the very large business done.  Mr. Yoder is too well and
favorably known this throughout this entire section to need any special comment.  He is a
courteous and pleasant gentleman and one who thoroughly understands his business and by
honesty, integrity and perseverance, has succeeded in placing himself among our representative
business men.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN GETS A HOSPITAL
THE OPERA HOUSE IS REFURBISHED
SWIMMING POOL AT BITTLE'S DAM
ADS FROM "THE CALL" IN 1892
MEMORABILIA FROM SOME OF THOSE ADS
A NEW CAFÉ IN TOWN, A NEW JEWELRY STORE
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE DENTISTS DETWEILER
Pottsville Republican of December 10, 1909

BANQUETTED HIS FRIENDS

Contractor John A. Rauen, of reading, who constructed
Schuylkill Haven's street pavement, tendered a
banquet to the members of town council and a few
other friends at Hotel Grand on Thursday evening.  
Covers were laid for thirty and when Landlord Souder's
efficient corps of waiters began to serve the following
were around the board: President J. C. Lautenbacher,
George A. Berger, Charles Bubeck, Robert Keller,
Milton Meck, James Umbenhower, Lawrence
McKeone, Dr. G. H. Moore of town council, Borough
Solicitor J. A. Noecker, Borough Engineer George W.
Butz, Supervisor Charles A. Becker, Clerk George E.
Runkle, Water Supt W. H. Werner, William Courtney,
Claude Bittle, Charles Keller, W. J. Saylor, Floyd Minnig,
I. L. Lautenbacher, James Schucker, Charles
Schucker, John Brown, William Brobst, Carl
Bitzer,Frank Starr, Earl Witman and James A. Rauen
and his wife and daughter.  President Lautenbacher of
town council acted as toastmaster.  Mr. Rauen
welcomed his guests in a neat little speech and after a
few remarks by the toastmaster, brief speeches were
made by Solicitor Noecker, Engineer Butz, Dr. Moore,
Supt Werner and others
Pottsville Republican of April 9, 1910

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BANQUETS

The second annual banquet of the Municipal League of Schuylkill Haven was held at Hotel Grand
in that town and was attended by about fifty of the members.  The members met in the parlors of
the hotel at 6:30 o'clock and marched in a body to the dining room.  During the serving of the
banquet and at intervals during the speech making, Bensinger's orchestra rendered several
renditions.  President of the League, acted as toastmaster.  The following toasts were responded
to: "Sanitation" by Frank Brown, "Schools" by Professor E. P. Heckert, principal of the Schuylkill
Haven High School, and "Commission Government in Municipal Government" by J. A. Noecker.
The two ads below appeared in the 1895-1896
Boyd's Directory for Schuylkill County.
Below are some ads as they appeared
in the Call newspaper in 1892
The August 13, 1892 Call newspaper printed the following information
on local dentists, Peter and Samuel Detweiler.  The ad above is for
their practice.

He was born in Kutztown, Pa, July 23rd, 1833.  
He is the son of Charles and Catherine
Detweiler, and spent his boyhood years in his
native borough and attended the public
schools of that town.  At the age of fifteen he
learned the carpenter's trade and followed it
from the age of sixteen to twenty one.  He
then studied dental surgery and immediately
thereafter established in this business in our
town, locating here in October 1856.  He has
followed the same calling ever since, with but
a year's interruption in 1873, when he
preached the Gospel at Shamokin, having
been previously ordained by the United
Brethren Conference.  He was twice married,
the first time to Miss Rebecca Bowen, who at
her death left him with a few children.  His
present wife and mother of his younger
children was Miss Lucetta Horne.  Dr.
Detweiler has served for several terms in our
Borough Council as well as in our School
Board and has always favored progress.

He is a son of Peter and Rebecca Detweiler
and was born in our town on September 22nd,
1861.  He was educated in our town schools,
being one of the first class that graduated
from our High School in 1879.  Like his father,
he learned the carpenter's trade and followed
it for two years, working for Sterner and
Brother.  After a short absence from town he
returned and at once began preparations for
his present calling by studying at the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at
Philadelphia, from which he graduated in
February 1885.  He has ever since been
associated with his father in the practice of a
successful business.  He was married on
October 27th, 1887 to Miss Gussie Saylor of
town and is the happy father of two children.
DR. PETER C. DETWEILER
SAMUEL B. DETWEILER D.D.S.
Below are examples of advertising pieces given by some of the merchants in the ads shown
above.  On the left is a china plate from I. B. Heim, in the center is a biking cap, ruler and pencil
holder from Michel's and at right is a wooden hanger from Charles Keller.  Clicking on the images
will enhance the view of each item.
A NEW HOTEL AND CAFE IN TOWN
The Call of January 2, 1892

STITZER'S NEW HOTEL AND CAFÉ

One of the most attractive improvements of the past year in our neighboring borough of
Schuylkill Haven was the erection by that old, tried, and well known constable and tax collector,
William F. Stitzer, of a handsome three story hotel and restaurant on the main street opposite the
Reading depot.  From a couple of old time story and a half frame houses in this prominent locality,
Mr. Stitzer has built up a double building which is imposing in exterior proportions and is fitted up
within a style that denotes not only comfort but luxuriousness which strangers and hotel patrons
delight to indulge in when from home.  It is within these new home precincts that the captain
today celebrated his fifty seventh birthday surrounded by an interesting family and his friends.  A
few weeks since he opened a temperance restaurant and hotel from which he had been
dispensing the finest oysters we have met with this season, in every style and everything else in
the eating line.  The rooms in the new hostelry are large, airy, convenient and accessible by both
elevators and stairs.  Captain Stitzer has applied for a hotel license and as his new house is as
the law requires and the owner so well known for his uprightness as a citizen and his official
connection with the court and finances of the county for more then a quarter of a century there
will be but little question as to its granting.  The house is furnished throughout in the finest style,
thoroughly heated and lighted by gas and electricity.  In short it is one of the coziest hotels in this
section of its kind.
The Call of February 19, 1915

OPEN JEWELRY STORE HERE

On or about April 1, Schuylkill Haven will have a
real jewelry store.  During the week arrangements
were made by a practical and experienced jeweler
to open a store in the town and in the course of
several weeks the stock will commence to arrive
here.  The store will be opened and conducted by
Mr. S. M. Ruplay who at present conducts a large
jewelry and optical store in Monaca Pennsylvania.  
The lower portion of the S. L. Pflueger store has
been rented and will be occupied by Mr. Rupley.  
Mr. Rupley has had several years practical
experience in the jewelry business and intends to
give this town an up to date and first class store.  
He has already rented a house and will move his
family and household goods here as soon as
possible.  While in town the past week, Mr. Rupley
and his father S. G. Rupley, of Mercersburg, made
many friends.  They have been acquainted for
years with several prominent families now
residing in Schuylkill Haven.                                                                  3/29
The news article at left announces a
new jewelry store in town.  Below is a
sign from that long gone business.
The opening of a long forgotten
swimming pool in town is announced....
The Call of August 5, 1927

TO OPEN NEW BATHING POOL

For some months operations have been underway a short distance above the Columbia Heights
Lake, formerly Bittle's Pond, under the direction of Dr. G. H. Moore.  They have now so far
progressed that there has been evolved a concrete swimming pool of no mean size which is to
be thrown open to the public shortly.  It is 125 feet by 140 feet.  In depth it will be from one to nine
feet.  It will be within ready and easy access from Columbia Street and promises to become one of
the most popular outdoor swimming pools in this section.  One of the special features of this pool
will be that it will contain filtered chlorinated water.  For this purpose a large filtering tank has
been completed and will be filled with eight different sizes of stone pebbles and sand.  The pool
will be drained daily and for this purpose a five and one half horsepower electric motor was
installed this week in a pump house near the pool by electrician Dewey Graeff.  A system of pipes
has been placed which will make it possible to drain the pool in a short time.
Around the pool is being built a six foot rustic boardwalk upon concrete supports.  a large slide is
to be built at a later date.  There has been erected a large bath house at the west end of the pool
with separate compartments for men and women and each provided with lockers and will be
provided with showers.  as a means of safety a steel rope will be placed about the pool at its
deepest point.  The water which will be used in the pool will be that of several good sized fresh
springs that are in the vicinity.  This water will also be filtered and chlorinated.  Dr. Moore intends
to provide every convenience to bathers and to offer to the general public this healthful
recreation under every first class and clean condition.  Operations will also be continued tending
the development of the vicinity of the pool into an inviting park.  There will be a caretaker in
charge of the pool at all times and also an instructor in swimming will be present.  The pool will be
thrown open to the general public shortly.                                                                                                                                                        3/29
The Call of February 19, 1926

TOWN UNDERWEAR MILL GOES OUT OF BUSINESS

One of the first of Schuylkill Haven’s industries is to be discontinued.  In fact operations have
been recently discontinued and some of the machinery already has been disposed of.  The plant
to be discontinued is that of the Spring Garden Knitting Mills, operated by Berger Brothers.  The
bleachery, a very large unit of this plant, will however be continued as heretofore.  The other
large brick buildings will be used for storage purposes.  The reason given for the retirement of
this well known firm from the cotton underwear manufacturing business is that the market for this
class of goods is heavily overloaded and that the demand for this product grows less every
season.  The firm is one of the oldest of the local industrial concerns.  It was established on
March 4, 1889 in a small frame building on the site now occupied by the Harry Butz and Mrs. Sallie
Butz properties on Dock Street.  The building had first been used as a warehouse.  The
manufacture of hosiery was first begun.  It was operated by Mr. Harrison Berger, father of the
present owners of the plant, Daniel Berger and Elwin Deibert.  A year later Daniel Berger sold his
interest to his nephew, John D. Berger, the present senior member of the firm of Berger
Brothers.  The elder Berger a year later purchased the interest of Elwin Deibert and the firm name
was changed to H. Berger and Son and the name of the mill, Spring Garden Knitting Mill, retained.
In 1893, the Seifert Grist Mill on Dock Street was purchased from Mrs. George McWilliams and
converted into a mill and the manufacture of ladies cotton underwear was begun.  In the year
1902, a large additional building was erected which housed the machinery for the bleachery.  In
1905 another new two story brick building was built and the mill proper transferred to it.  In 1907,
Harrison Berger sold his interest in the firm to his two sons, Harry and Thomas, and the firm name
was changed to Berger Brothers.  The Berger firm up until recently employed during the busy
season as hig as one hundred persons.  When hosiery was the product of the mill as high as 144
persons were employed.  Many of the employees of this industry have already procured
employment in other local industries.  
Miss Ella Kipp, of Cressona, holds the distinction of being in the employ of the Berger firm for the
greatest period of time, namely thirty seven years.  Miss Lizzie Shadel has been employed for a
period of thirty one years.  The Berger firm from the date of beginning the manufacture of
underwear continued this line, always manufacturing ladies cotton underwear.  Goods were
shipped to all parts of the United States, England and Australia.                                                                                                                4/9
The Call of October 19, 1917

NEW HOSPITAL OPENED HERE

A visit to the Dr. G. H. Moore Private Hospital on Main Street, which has recently been opened,
will prove interesting and surprising indeed.  The hospital located on the third floor of the Moore
residence contains in all eleven rooms.  All of them at this time have not been quite completely
furnished as the mechanics still have some of their work to finish.  Entrance is gained either
through the doctor’s office entrance or around the side of the house and over the second story
porch.  By the use of the latter entrance, the Moore family need not be disturbed or interfered
with.  A sun parlor will be constructed on the second floor for the use of the patients later.  
On the third floor there is a cheerful comfortable and roomy living or reading room.  Here also is a
dumb waiter from the kitchen on the first floor.  A large south side sun room permits a fine view
of the rolling hills of Long Run Valley and the Schuylkill Mountain.  Then there is an emergency
room of good size and a chapel for the use of persons who wish to be alone for a period.  On the
walls are three beautiful pictures, “Returning from Jerusalem”, Suffer the Little Children”, and
“The Last Supper”.  Then comes a large sized bedroom with which to connect a signal system
from all the other departments of the hospital.  It contains a novel idea of a three in one built in
chiffonier, wardrobe and dressing table.  From this room is obtained a view of Main Street, the P
and R railroad to the Mine Hill crossing, the mountains and the hills.  Then comes a laboratory
with equipment for examining blood, disease germs, etc, microscopes, electric sterilizers and
numerous other appliances necessary for a hospital.  A stationary hot and cold water stand is also
found here together with wall closets for the storing of additional equipment, chemicals and
appliances.
The bathroom is next door containing the usual bathroom features with three large medicine
chests.  Here is also a large gas heating boiler to be used in summer time when there is no fire in
the living quarters.  The gas is lighted and in a short time hot water is furnished for the bathroom,
the sterilizing room and the operating room.  The eighth room is a bedroom containing two beds,
where “The Call” man found two young patients asleep, who underwent operations for the
removal of adenoids the day previous.  The next room is another bedroom with two single beds,
dresser, etc.  This room faces on Main Street and plenty of light is obtainable.  The room is large
and finished in white with a special hardwood floor.  It will be very pleasant.  In the sterilizing
room is found a large metal stand whereon is a sterilizing tank for dressings, a hot water tank, a
cold water tank and an instrument sterilizer.  Here also is a wash stand for the use of the
surgeons or nurses in order that it will not be necessary to touch the usual spigots to turn on the
water; the water pressure is operated by foot pedals at the floor.  One presses one of the pedals
and the water flows from the pipe.  Communicating with the operating room is a large closet.  The
instruments and bandages, etc are placed in the closet from the sterilizing room.  They can be
procured from the other side of the closet in the operating room.
The operating room is a large well lighted room facing on Main and High Streets. Here is the usual
operating table, an operating chair for nose work. McKenzie light for special eye work, electric
appliances for suction making tonsil operations almost bloodless, and various other operating
room equipment.  Most of the rooms are in white with sanitary mineral flooring.  The operating
room, sterilizing room and the bathroom are in white enamel.  Direct and indirect lighting system
is in use.  The entire building will be heated with steam heat.  As high as eight to ten patients can
be accommodated at one and the same time.  The institution will be known as the G. H. Moore
Private Hospital and will be used exclusively for eye, ear, nose and throat work.                                          5/15