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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Stewart and Co

Stewart and Co. (James Stewart, Charles Stewart, and James Hutchen), Timber, Glass, and Iron Merchants, Courtenay Place and Victoria Street, Wellington. Telephones: office, 119; iron warehouse, 229. P.O. Box 365. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Cable address, Ralentirez. Code, ABC. Private residences: Messrs. J. and C. Stewart, Majoribanks Street; Mr. Hutchen, Ghuznee Street. This large concern was started by Messrs. Greenfield and Stewart in 1865, and has been conducted by the present firm since 1877. The extensive premises of the firm, which cover several acres of ground, include a two-story brick building, in which the hardware department is conducted; an iron store, used for the wholesale and glass departments; and a two story sawmill and factory. A sixty-horse-power horizontal steam engine drives the machinery, which produces all kinds of mouldings, architraves, and planed boards. About seventy or eighty hands are employed in all page 765 departments by the firm, sashes and doors being among the goods manufactured. Messrs. Stewart and Co., who are large importers of hardware, glassware, etc., keep an extensive and valuable stock, including plate, figued, eathedral, and enamelled glass. Three travellers represent the firm throughout the Colony, and a resident agent is stationed in Canterbury. All the partners hail from Scotland, but are now old colonists, having been associated with this business for over thirty years. Mr. James Stewart, with the late Mr. R. M. Greenfield, founded the firm, Mr. C. Stewart joining shortly after. Mr. Hutchen was for many years manager of the joinery department, becoming a partner in 1877.