Show SOLOJION BROTHERS A Historical Sketch of Ono of the Pioneer Firms of Utah BOTH ENTERPRISING AND RELIABLE wonr Senn 1 ngwced to InUn ohu aranufatturineother luterrst Inc Item Few of the business houses 01 Salt Lake I City can advance so many claim to public notice and favor as the one hose name blinds at the head of this article Their long experience ex-perience the high funding which the firm Ins nlwijs maintained in the mercantile world the honorable reputation it heirs nil over the 1 eta et-a well as the magnitude of its bus fness operations all unite to render Solomon Brothers deserving of the highest commendation in the pages of a work devoted to an impartial presentation of the advantages of Utah and Silt Lake I City from a commercial md industrial stand Joint This I house has hid I a most creditable i b anti prosperous career Just ten years liter than the Pioneers Pio-neers of 47 Mr Alfred I Solomon came to Salt Lake I I Ie was a young man but skilled in his trade as the follow ing incident shows Soon after irrung he applied for work at a shop where a number of hands were employed making pegged shoes He spoke of the kind of work he had been accustomed to and was told that he would not be table to make shoes like they made them in this country lie VMS willing to try however and was given some work and sitting down among those who hid been driving pegs long enough to have become experts he soon caught the knack and at the close of the day hAd made more shoes than any of them lIe was a desirable hand and had I no difficulty in getting employment in the best shops in town and soon was emploed is foreman at the shop of Mr Robert Golding A few years later his brother James arrived and he too soon secured steady employment and gained a reputation as an expert and reliable workman The two brothers labored together and soon established a factory of their own They purchased the stock and machinery belonging to Win Jennings who up to that time had been I one ol the principal shoe nnnuhcturers of Utah Demand for the product of their factory increased steadily and rapidly and they were obliged in a short time to increase their capacit and facilities and consequently the number num-ber of their cmploes For more thin twenty ears the hive l been engaged in the business of wholesale and retail dealers and manufacturers of boots and shoes at I 70 S East Temple street James Solomon being a salesman oi lifelong I life-long experience and Alfred having a general oversight of the factory They have built up one ot the largest trades of any house in the State They occupy a commodious tl story building for n factory and r salesroom which is filled with choice xt t j goods In their line I fp The factory gives n iisdc est to for sods who Are constantly employed em-ployed Their pay roll amounts to a large sum annually being one oi I the largest in the city The value of their plant and stock aggregates tJ 25000 and their sales range from a 0o ooo to 75 coo annually They sell goods throughout Utah > and the sounding states and their trade is constantly increasing The quality of the goods manufactured by this firm is such that they are in I constant demand all over the sections m which they lire sold The Solomon J Solo-mon Brothers are publicspirited liberal and enterprising gentlemen I standing deservedly high both as merchants and citizens The younger of the brothers Alfred was marshal and chief ol police of the city for four years During ze3isa official career he was recognized as an honest conscientious t con-scientious man mid a gallant officer f offi-cer lie is universally esteemed and respected by all who have I f the pleasure of his acquaintance r j and is recognized is a man of ability tits t-its commercial i circles i I Connected with the firm and giv ing to it oung blood and enterprise are Alfred E Solomon foreman of the factor Brigham Solomon Rich aril II Solomon and Charles F 1 Solomon and Frederick 1 Beesle bookkeeper and salesman As a firm the Solomon Brothers I odd greatly I to the building i up of the I citys interests and deserve dossifi t cation among the leading commercial commer-cial and industrial enterprises of Salt Lake and Utah I j I I |