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Fredich Livery
1902, Picturesque Watertown booklet
1895
05 08 A hack
from Behl’s livery conveying two couples to the dance
last evening was driven into a sewer hole on North Third Street and
swamped. The young ladies were carefully
lifted from their precarious condition and their gallant escorts had to wade
through the much to the direful injury of their patent leathers. WR
05 13 The hack
which was tipped in the North Third Street sewer Tuesday evening of last week
was from Fredrick's livery, not Behl’s, as first
reported. WR
1899
05 30 BASEBALL
SUPPORTER
Three persons have
agreed to back the baseball team this year. They are Gustav
Buchheit, Albert Fredrich and Reinhold Schott.
A lease has been granted for Washington park and everything will be done
in the proper way. The season will open
about June 2 and it is hoped that only success awaits the undertaking. WR
1900
01 09 The livery
business of Al Fredrich was last week removed from the old Kennedy stand to Mr.
Fredrich’s recently constructed building, corner of First and Market
streets. The new quarters are
commodious, substantial and fitted with every
convenience, making on the whole one of the best livery stables in the state. WR
11 23 The livery
barn of Al Fredrick on First Street is now lighted and heated by a Joseph Moehn Automatic Gas Machine. He also uses the gas generated by the machine
in his gas stove for cooking purposes. This
machine has a capacity of 100 lights, and the cost of lighting will be about 55
to 60 cents per 1000 feet. The
illuminating gas consists of 97 per cent air, 1 1/2 per cent gasoline, 1 1/2
per cent, water, and the heating gas is only about 75 per cent air. The gasoline tank is stationed outside the
building and the machine in the basement.
The machine is connected with the city water,
and when either heating or illuminating gas is wanted all that has to be done
is to turn on the water and the machine does the rest automatically. WG
1901
12 18 As a
result of the carelessness of people throwing water upon streets, Al Fredrich,
proprietor of a livery stable on First Street, says he lost a valuable horse
this morning. The animal was one of the
bus horses and while being driven on Madison Street yesterday it slipped and
fell, receiving internal injuries from which it died this morning. Mr. Fredrich feels very
sorry over his loss as the animal was one of the best he owned.
He stated this morning that the
animal slipped on ice which had frozen from water which he believes was thrown
upon the street and he intends having the matter investigated to find out who
is to blame for such occurrences. The
animal was valued at $150 by Mr. Fredrich.
WDT
c.1908
-- -- ALBERT
FREDRICH LIVERY (office and entry to office)
1917
08 31 KLINGER
& MAYER LOCATED IN NEW FORD GARAGE
Klinger & Mayer, the well-known
Ford dealers, are now located in their new and commodious garage in First Street,
formerly the Fredrich livery barn. They
removed from their old stand in Third Street this week and are now ready for
business. This garage is an authorized
sales and service station which deals directly with the Ford company. Its territory includes the city of Watertown
and the towns of Emmet, Shields, Watertown and Milford.
The garage is a most commodious one,
the firm occupying the basement floor, street floor portion of the second
story. The basement, which is 50x90, will be used for the storage of cars. The
show room on the street floor is 27x34 feet with tin office and accessory room
12x34 feet. A stock room and private
office is also located on this floor. There
is also a repair floor 50x74 and a service room 50x30.
In the basement there is a room
50x30 devoted to recharging, repairing of storage batteries, welding
and tire vulcanizing.
Besides the Ford car the firm handles
the Smith Form-a-Truck [1], which is a handy and convenient addition to the
Ford car, easily put on. The firm will
employ twelve men and the plant is equipped with all the latest devices and
machines necessary for prompt repairs.
The garage in Third Street vacated
by Klinger & Mayer will be used by the Auto Garage, J. B. Wilkes, proprietor,
who now- conducts garages in Market Street and Main Street and sells the Saxon
car. The
Watertown News. [volume], August 31, 1917
[1] Smith Form-a-Truck
brochure: www.cimorelli.com/mtdl/1915/1915form-a-body.pdf
1921
06 29 A big real
estate deal was made on whereby Edward Schnitger
became the owner of the property at 200-202 South First Street, owned by Al
Fredrich and for many years conducted by him as a livery business. The deal is a large one and one of the
biggest transactions here in years. The new owner intends putting in a first-class
auto livery which will be a credit to the city.
History of Watertown,
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