Hervey C. Parke President; George S. Davis, Secretary and Treasurer; Manufacturing Chemists and Importers and Dealers in Crude Vegetable Drugs; laboratories and General Offices, Detroit, Mich. Guoin and Atwater streets, Joseph Campau and McDougall avenues: New York Offices, 60 Maiden Lane and 21 Liberty Street. — This manufacturing establishment began as a co-partnership in May, 1867, upon a small scale as compared with its present dimensions, and, until its removal to its present site, (the blocks bounded by Atwater and Wight streets, and McDougall and Joseph Campau avenues), occupied rather modest quarters at the corner of Cass and Henry streets. In 1873 the firm was incorporated under the name of Parke, Davis & Company, beginning with a capital stock of $125.000, which the expansion of its business has required to be successively increased until it now amounts to $1,000,000. In 1874 the present site was first occupied with a more pretentious building than the one on Henry Street, and the need of greater facilities to meet the demands of its constantly increasing patronage has enforced repealed additions until now the establishment presents a frontage of 850 feet of an average depth of 50 feet; besides which may be mentioned the three story 65x180 feet building on the corner of Fourth and Abbott streets, where its empty capsules are manufactured, and the four story buildings at 60 Maiden Lane and 21 Liberty Street. New York City, where its eastern branch is located. The company has recently erected a handsome and spacious office building, 60x100 and four stories high, which is devoted solely to offices and shipping purposes. Upon the first floor is carried a large stock of all the products of the laboratory in packages ready for shipment, and in another part of the same floor the tucking and shipping is conducted. The second floor is entirely devoted to office purposes, including counting-room and business offices. The third floor also contains numerous offices and rooms for storage of circulars, supply of lists and other printed matter, besides stationery and the fourth floor is utilized" for general storage purposes. The company gives employment to 430 highly skilled employees in the manufacture of standard medicinal products, fine pharmaceutical preparations, fine chemicals, digestive ferments, pressed herbs, etc.. in addition to which is a force of 130 employed at the empty capsule works, besides about 30 clerks in its New York offices,

As importers and dealers in crude drugs the company is, without doubt, unequaled in the United States. This branch of its business originated in the importation of drugs for its own use. but it is now an extensive distributor of crude drugs in original packages. For the successful conduct of this part of its business, which is carried on exclusively through its New York office, the company has established its own purchasing agencies at the various sources of supply in order that the gathering, curing, and packing may be under its directions and management, and that it may have complete supplies of the "best quality always at Its command.

Parke, Davis & Company has made a specialty of the therapeutic and physiological investigation of new drugs, the results of which are published in the form of "working bulletins" which give the scientific name, synonyms, definition, natural order, botanical origin, history, commerce, production, cultivation, description, microscopical structure, chemical composition, medicinal uses, adulteration, and substitutions, pharmaceutical preparations and doses, antagonists , synergist's, physiological action, therapeutic properties, toxicology and antidotes. In the prosecution of these investigations much money is expended in securing supplies of the new drugs, experimenting as to the best form of preparations they are susceptible of, furnishing free to the profession samples for clinical test, with accompanying literature giving such information concerning each drug as is already available. The effect of this work Is to retire as worthless many drugs which seemed to claim the attention of experimentalist's, and to bring forward many of now acknowledged importance. In addition to its works in this city, the company, in order to accommodate the growing demand for its preparations in Canada have erected at Walkerville, Ont, a laboratory from which it is enabled to supply its products of Canadian manufacture. The business of the company extends all over the world, necessitating the establishment of agencies in London. Eng.; Berlin and Rotok. Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; Para, Brazil; Sydney. Australia; Auckland. N. Z.; Havana. Culm; Honolulu,the city of Mexico and in Caracas, Venezuela. In order to facilitate their importing business, the company maintain the offices before mentioned, at 60 Maiden Lane, N. Y., and a large warehouse at 21 Liberty Street, in that city.

In connection with the laboratory is a publication department from which is issued, "The Therapeutic Gazette," enjoying the largest bone fide circulation of any medical journal in the world — over 11.000 — and edited by H.C. Wood. M. D.. and Robert Meade Smith, M. D., of Philadelphia. Pa.; the " Medical Age." edited by John J. Mulheron. M. D.; "The American Lancet," edited by Dr. Laretus Connor; the "Medical Index." edited by John S. Billings, Surgeon of. S. A., of Washington. D. C. and the "Druggists' Bulletin." a pharmaceutical publication. Besides these regular publications, there are innumerable price lists, pamphlets, " Working Bulletins," label*, etc., etc., the printing and binding of all of which require a force of over thirty employees, four large cylinder presses, four label presses and other machinery in comparison.

It would be impossible to enumerate within the limit assigned to this article, the various branches with its attendant details, class of preparations and the special manufactures of this company, but when it is considered that its products cover almost the entire field of medicinal preparations, that many of these cost several dollars per ounce, and that they are manufactured by the ton and are applied to all countries by this firm a faint idea can be arrived at of the extent and importance of this great manufacturing industry.

A very large business is involved in the side of capsules, both empty and filled, the firm having turned its attention to this method of administering nauseous drugs, which has steadily increased in favor since the introduction of empty capsules and since the manufacture of soluble capsules has ceased to be a secret. In facilities for shipments by rail or water the company is most advantageously located. The transit railroad tracks parallel with the laboratory, and its large water front afford every opportunity for handling and shipment by water or rail. Business with the druggists and drug doctors of the country is aided by the services of twenty-seven active commercial travelers of large experience and wide acquaintance. That the trade of this establishment, great as it is. has not yet attained its maximum is evidenced by the fact that it is still constantly increasing. The company controls the water front and the large lot opposite the railroad track from their present premises, where it contemplates the erection of a number of additional buildings in order to add to its already unequaled facilities. The prosperity of this house has not been attained by any accidental means. Great enterprises like that of Parke. Davis & Co.. arc not built up without the aid of good judgment, a thorough knowledge of the details of business, and devoted, close and conscientious adherence to the highest principles of propriety and integrity. These requisites for commanding success have been supplied by the energy, industry, enterprise and sagacity of Messrs. Hervey C. Parke and George S. Davis, who, from the inception of the business have the active principals of the firm. Under their determined efforts ,and careful supervision, this vast manufacturing establishment has built up to a position which commands the admiration of interested in industrial and commercial progress.