Wholesale. Carriage Goods. Iron, Steel, etc., Corner of Woodbridge and Wayne. Streets.—Prominent amongst the wholesale firms of Detroit is that of Roehm & Davison, off which Messrs. Herman Roehm and Clement A. Davison are the members. The business was established in 1865 by Roehm Brothers, to whom the present firm succeeded in 1873. They occupy n spacious and elegant livestory and basement brick building fronting 60 feet on Wooduridgc street and running back 150 feet on Wayne street, with handsome offices and show rooms, etc. They deal very largely in Iron, steel, axles, springs, hubs, spokes, rims, wheels, and wagon wood and iron goods of all kinds, paints, oils, varnishes, trimmings mid everything that goes into the construction of carriages, wagons, etc.; also in horse shoes, horse nails and every description of blacksmiths and wagon junkers' supplies and tools. They carry very large and complete stocks, carefully assorted, willi social reference to the needs of the trade in this section. A clerical force of twenty-five men are given employment in the house and five traveling salesmen represent the firm which has a heavy trade and extending to Indiana and Ohio, and covering the State of Michigan in its entirely some business in Canada. They have a prosperous branch house in San Francisco which does a large business in California and all the Pacific States and Territories. The firm has built up its trade in a commanding and representative position by steadily maintaining its prosperity and stability upon the basis of upright and honorable principles, and dealing with its customers in a prompt and satisfactory manner.

Source: The industries of Detroit: historical, descriptive, and statistical: Her ... By John William Leonard