Flannagan & Allegree.
Of the livery sale and feed stables in
Charlottesville a recognized leader is
the one conducted by Flannagan &
Allegree at 608-610 East Market street.
The stable is a new one and beyond
doubt the largest and finest in the city.
It is erected on the site of the old stables
where the firm successfully conducted
business for many years. It
is not only one of the handsomest
buildings of its kind in the city but in
the entire South. It is constructed of
a fine new graystone patent material
and brick. It has three floors with an
aggregate area of 23,500 square feet.
The first floor is used exclusively for
the rooming of horses and the second
is utilized as a repository for vehicles
and horses while the third is devoted
to storage of feed, grain, hay, etc.
There is stall accommodation for 125
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Flannagan & Allegree's Splendid New Stables.
head of horses, a large portion of which
are boarders. In this branch the company
has an especially large business
and take the most excellent care of the
animals. Only the finest grades of
feed and grain are used and a large
force of hostlers is employed to cleanse
and groom the animals thoroughly
morning and evening. In the livery line
the concern rents conveyances of all descriptions,
open and closed, and have a
line of hacks which meet all trains.
They make a specialty of commercial
trade and have a corps of drivers thoroughly
familiar with every foot of
ground in this section. Their rates
are exceedingly moderate and they
have animals of every description from
a fast and spirited stepper to the most
docile horse imaginable. Their sales
are mostly in private, though they
have auctions on the first Monday in
each month. The members of the firm
are Messrs. W. L. Flannagan and O. T.
Allegree, and both are thoroughly experienced
horsemen. Mr. Flannagan
was born in Albemarle county, but
early in life moved to Fluvanna county,
where he remained until he was eightteen
when he moved to Charlottesvile
and remained for four years. He then
went to California and remained for
sixteen years. Three years ago he returned
to this city and entered the
present firm. He is a member of the
Woodmen of the World and prominent
in that order. Mr. Allegree was
born in Fluvanna County, and moved
here twenty years ago. He first entered
the clothing business and for
fourteen years followed that line. Six
years ago he entered the horse business
and has been engaged in it ever since.
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T. J. Williams, Chief of Fire Department.
He is prominent fraternally being a
Master Mason, and has passed through
all the chairs in the Odd Fellows and
its higher branch, the Encampment.
