Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
E. M. DICKEY COMPANY (THE): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
E. M. DICKEY COMPANY (THE). The E. M. Dickey Company, [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]], president and E. M. Dickey, secretary and treasurer, was incorporated August 1, 1886. The business was an extensive buyer of grain at almost all [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] points above Dubuque, and extended this business into western Iowa, where they constructed a number of elevators and warehouses on the main line of the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] and also at the principal stations on the Cherokee and Dakota extensions of the same road. | E. M. DICKEY COMPANY (THE). The E. M. Dickey Company, [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]], president and E. M. Dickey, secretary and treasurer, was incorporated August 1, 1886. The business was an extensive buyer of grain at almost all [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] points above Dubuque, and extended this business into western Iowa, where they constructed a number of elevators and warehouses on the main line of the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] and also at the principal stations on the Cherokee and Dakota extensions of the same road. | ||
In 1887 the elevator operated by the company at Dubuque was too small to handle their business. They have leased the new Illinois Central Railroad elevator under construction in East Dubuque, | In 1887 the elevator operated by the company at Dubuque was too small to handle their business. They have leased the new Illinois Central Railroad elevator under construction in East Dubuque, Illinois, and operated it as a cleaning and distributing house for both river and western grain. This elevator had a storage capacity of 200,000 bushels and a handling capacity of forty to fifty cars a day. | ||
The company made a specialty of furnishing choice grades of milling wheat, barley and oats in round lots. E. M. Dickey also handled anthracite and smithing coal, besides being an agent for the sale of the coal on the Illinois | The company made a specialty of furnishing choice grades of milling wheat, barley and oats in round lots. E. M. Dickey also handled anthracite and smithing coal, besides being an agent for the sale of the coal on the Illinois | ||
Revision as of 02:44, 27 September 2014
E. M. DICKEY COMPANY (THE). The E. M. Dickey Company, Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS, president and E. M. Dickey, secretary and treasurer, was incorporated August 1, 1886. The business was an extensive buyer of grain at almost all MISSISSIPPI RIVER points above Dubuque, and extended this business into western Iowa, where they constructed a number of elevators and warehouses on the main line of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD and also at the principal stations on the Cherokee and Dakota extensions of the same road.
In 1887 the elevator operated by the company at Dubuque was too small to handle their business. They have leased the new Illinois Central Railroad elevator under construction in East Dubuque, Illinois, and operated it as a cleaning and distributing house for both river and western grain. This elevator had a storage capacity of 200,000 bushels and a handling capacity of forty to fifty cars a day.
The company made a specialty of furnishing choice grades of milling wheat, barley and oats in round lots. E. M. Dickey also handled anthracite and smithing coal, besides being an agent for the sale of the coal on the Illinois Central and Minnesota & Northwestern Railways.
Besides the chief items of grain and coal, the company was a large dealer in salt, cement, lime, stucco, and land plaster. It was the supply agent of the Diamond Jo Line Steamers carrying a large stock of steamboat and raft supplies, manilla rope, tackle blocks, fire brick, tile and clay, oars and row locks, oakum, cotton duck and all other articles usually found in a first class ship chandlery store.
The 1890-91 Dubuque City Directory listed 1 Levee.