A. H. Andrews & Co.

A. H. Andrews
Life Span: 1865-1871
Location: 111 State street
Architect: TBD

Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870

Andrews A. H. & Co.

Singer Mnfg, Co.

Chicago Tribune, April 21, 1866

DISSOLUTION—
The Co-partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, under the name of Andrews & Bigelow, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent. All partnership business will be settled by Alfred H. Andrews.
Alfred H. Andrews, Silas Bigelow.

Chicago, April 19, 1866.
I shall continue the School Furnishing business at the old place, No. 63 Washington-st.
Alfred H. Andrews.

Chicago Tribune, April 9, 1869

The Greatest Singer of the Age.
Of all the indices by which the march of our modern civilization la marked, there is none more significant than the multifarious invention of labor-saving implements which enable one hand to o the work of many, so increasing production, cheapening products and lessening the hardships of toil. The introduction of thee appliances bas been met not infrequently with sturdy opposition from the laboring classes, who ignorantly imagined that to increase production by the aid of machinery would be to diminish the numbers of the producers and reduce their wages But experience has demonstrated the fallacy of this notion, and it no longer prevails, except in regions where the densest ignorance abides. It would be difficult to convince an intelligent sewing-girl to-day that the invention of sewing machines has not been of infinite service to her and her class, She knows that while her labor has been greatly lightened, the demand for it has largely increased, and that she can earn more to-day with lss toil than her hard-worked sister of twenty years ago was able to.

The inventor of the first sewing machine did more to elevate woman and improve her condition than all the strong minded women and weak-minded men, with their contentious and stump-speeches and newspapers have ever done or will be able to do to the end of time. He was a practical benefactor, and has had many worthy successors, who haven given to the work of improving and perfecting the original invention—and so increasing its benincence—labor, skill, genius, time and money without stint. The purpose of this article is to give some facts in the joint career of a leading sewing machine and its makers.

The men to whom belougs the credit of basing originated the derice Laown as the Singer Sewing Machine,
TRauc DI. Singer and Edward Clark,
etruggled for resrs with silverse fortune to the
enort to perfect their Invention, and to bring it sefore the poblic fo such shape as to socure them.
Belses the rich profts
whích tier
knew were
walling for the man or men who phonia succeed in mating a fewing machtoc that should be some-
biag, muure than s curtoua tor, LowiL, a practica!
useful borehold nasistant. tinally
Their labora wen
crowned with success
They not onlg
made Fuch a machine, bat they were able to con-ince a fEeptical public that they had done so Du frum that lime ther future was made Having thur accomplisted the great purposo to hich so many yeare of their lites had been de-
roted, they resolted on rettrement from actire
busines to cajor the princely Income which tacy porke-ed as the Traits of their victors.
Bat thes
were too much interested in the future of their chil-3,97 genius to eutrust lia fortunes to carelega or unskillful hands.
They bad had for some time
in their employ four young men, who hail served them with Intelligence, chergy and Odellty.
These
were JuBie A. Hopper, their chief clerk: G. 12
MicKinzie,
master
W. P.
Sterilng.
and W.
F. Procter,
the honor of taking the kold medal at the Firat Paris Expositic o.
Mensrs. Singer and Clark hod that Insinctive Judgment of men which la a prime regnlatte la those whose burinces requires the labor at for ita conduct,
other
and ther were satisded that
theo
employer of theirs
were the rightmen, who,
it
they were promoted to the right places, would
“The Singer” a carcer of continual aud
increasing ruceess und prosperity.
accoringly they gare cach one o, these roaDg
LocO a Boare in 1bc bustnerg,
and organizel a
dent, G, IL NcKinzle: Tressurer, secretary,
Sterling.
In the then state of the commens & fortunes, tho pilt of these omces seemed but uttle, and the shares were of a merelf nominal Talue.
And B0
they would bare been and remained, ciplents been of common stud.
had the ro
But they were
life tact,
who knew
that the Invention,
the public.
How occurate was the judgment of the origiunl proprictors at the Singer Sewing Machine,
wech
ibey committed the future of their business to the hands of thosethey had selected, le attested by the fact that the marketable vaine of the shures they maye
ortunc.
now
e Cua oseneT
COnSCCa?ea
Independent
wonl4 825?
” How
lucky these fellows were.
” But men who know
the world know well that, as a rule,
“lack” la most
requentia synonym for
“pluctl anl asgac!ty.
These latter will beinclined to say, when looking et the immense ertent of the bualness now done by the Einger Sewing Machine Company,
” How
far-sceing was the totellect which
dietated tho
policy of pacing
these men at the head of tho
neerations: and how admirabir have

Chicago Tribune, October 4, 1871

School Furniture.
It is gratifying to Chicago pride to know that her enterprise can successfully compete with Eastern firms even on their own chosen fighting ground. The well-known firm of A. H. Andrews & Co., of this city, have been pushing their trade to the East until the present year they have the contract for supplying several large cities, including Philadelphia, their first order being 3,000 desks. By reference to the proceedings of the board, last night, it will be seen that the contract for seating the three new buildings just being completed in this city, was also awarded to the same house. Andrews’ “Gothic School Furniture” has acquired a national reputation.

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