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Edmund B. Quinby, Now One Of Most Successful Business Men Of Tampa
RECENTLY MOVED
INTO NEW QUARTERS

Has Outgrown Business Location For Third Time In Thirteen Years

The many friends of Edmund B. Quinby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Quinby, formerly of Accomac, now residents of Tampa, Florida, will be glad to learn of his success in his adopted home. The Tampa Sunday Tribune of Sunday, March 15th, carried a front page write-up of his new building and a picture of same. The write-up is as follows:

"The most recent buildings in the Estuary to be completed and occupied is that erected by Edmund B. Quinby, merchandise broker, who moved his business into its new home late last week. This is the fourth building to be occupied by the business since it was established in 1912, the former locations having been outgrown one after another.

"Mr. Quinby launched his business thirteen years ago at 1010 Tampa Street, moving three years later to larger quarters at 111 Whiting St. In 1923 he moved to 200 South Franklin Street, where he remained until he moved into his present quarters, built expressly for his needs.

"His present building, on which workmen are still putting a few finishing touches, is a two-story brick structure, containing 20,000 feet of floor space. It is served with railroad trackage for six cars, and has a covered loading platform which will accommodate ten trucks at the same time. An electric elevator provides facilities for moving merchandise to the second floor.

"The first floor is shared with the Mountain City Mill Company, distributors of flour and feeds, while on the second floor is the warehouse of the Trice-O'Neal Furniture Company, which shared the building formerly occupied by Mr. Quinby and moved to the new location with him. Offices have been built for the use of the two companies on the first floor.

"All three occupants of the building are well pleased with their new location, Mr. Quinby being particularly strong in its praise. He has, he says, been in his new quarters only a week and has already noted an increase in his business. He believes that results from the convenience with which his building can be reached by out of town jobbers and the even greater convenience with which they can take trucks loaded with merchandise out of the city.

"They have a straight shot, he points out, through Thirteenth St. to Fifth, then to Twenty-third and out by way of Seventh, thus avoiding all the heavy traffic and congestion which is always to be encountered when passing directly through the city. Because of this direct method of leaving the city, the Mountain City Mill Company reports its trucks are able to save considerable time in getting to the outside territory every morning. Both companies draw attention to the fact that most of Tampa's commercial territory lies to the east and south, and that the estuary is the most convenient location from which to serve that territory.

"Other features which the occupants of the building find especially pleasing pertain to its transportation facilities. It is equally distant from the Mallory Line docks, the Swann Terminals and the Municipal dock, with plenty of railroad facilities, they state. Further, they say, when the Lafayette Street viaduct is completed, they will have a straight route to the Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard or to the bay steamers, in addition to the advantage that their building is reached with equal ease either by way of Twiggs Street or Ellamae Avenue."