DIMOCK, GOULD & CO.

They are manufacturers of wooden-ware and dealers in lumber. The busines was commenced in 1852 by D. C. Dimock and J. M. Gould, under the firm name of Dimock & Gould, who leased some land on the island and began the manufacture of woodenware and furniture, employing from 40 to 45 men. They continued on the island until the winter of 1867-8, when they purchased ground on the main land, dropped the furniture business and added that of lumber. They now manufacture wooden-ware and paper pails, the manufacture of the latter having begun in 1879. About 200 men are employed, and the firm's sales of lumber amount to 20,000,000 feet annually, their sales extending through Northwestern Illinois, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. It requires 12 acres of ground for their lumber and mills.

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