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Blue Book of American Shipping. 425 GEO. B. CARPENTER. BENJAMIN CARPENTER. HUBBARD CARPENTER. JOHN A. CARPENTER. ESTABLISHED 1840. TELEPHONE: PRIVATE EXCHANGE, 1561 MAIN. GEO B. CARPENTER & CO., SHIP CHANDLERS and SAIL MAKERS Cordage, Oakum, Marine Hardware, Tackle Blocks, Wire Hawsers, Chain, Oils, Paints, Engineers' Supplies, Tents, Awnings, Flags and Covers. GENERAL WESTERN AGENTS RAINBOW AND PEERLESS PACKING. ANNISTON CORDAGE CO. 200, 202, 204, 206, 208 South Water Street, CHICAGO, ILL, GEO. B. CARPENTER, Pres. BENJAMIN CARPENTER, Treas. JAMES CHANNON, Gen'l Mgr. Telephone, South Chicago 58. ESTABLISHED 1893. So. Chicago Ship Chandlery Company, SHIP CHANDLERS and SAIL MAKERS Dealers in Cotton Duck, Steel and Iron Wire Rope, Chains, Blocks, Manilla Cordage, Cotton Waste, Paints, Oils and Engineers9 Supplies. 160 Ninety-Second St., SO. CHICAGO. Agents Standard OH Company. -== =-genanEEP5 suppuesE