F.C. Letts |
Letts- Fletcher Co. |
Letts-Fletcher Co.
A business enterprise of Carroll of which every citizen is proud
and which is indeed a credit to the city is the Letts-Fletcher
Co. wholesale grocery house. The main house of this company is
at Marshalltown. In 1882 the firm of Lacey, Letts & Gray
established a small wholesale establishment in Marshalltown,
Iowa. The house continued to grow and prosper and in 1886 the
prospects for future success were so much better that more
capital was added by the organization of a company. The name of
the institution was changed to the Letts-Fletcher Co., with F.
C. Letts as president. H. G. Spencer vice-president and A. P.
Spencer , secretary. Fortune smiled upon the new enterprise and
by two years from the time of forming the company, it was found
necessary to add more room to take care of their trade and a
large four-story building with basement was erected. At this
time the management conceived the plan of establishing branch
houses at some of the points through the western part of the
state. Carroll was chosen. When first established it was
expected that this would be merely a distributing point, but it
soon developed that this was destined to be a very important
part of their business and the first year the business was more
than doubled that expected by the management. Since then its
sales have continued to grow. The present Manager is Mr. J. C.
Letts, a brother of the president of the company. Under his
management the house has rapidly gained in business and favor.
Its trade is rapidly growing and becoming extended over wider
territory.
Mr. J. C. Letts never allows an opportunity to skip wherein the
house can gain a business advantage. He is careful, and
methodical and the present prosperous condition of the business
is greatly due to his efforts. In 1895 another branch house was
established at Mason City which is proving to be a very well
paying enterprise. |
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