Joseph A. Goddard
Wholesale Grocery, No. 90 South Walnut St.
The wholesale grocery house now conducted by Mr. Joseph A. Goddard has exercised an important influence in attracting trade which was formally diverted to more remote markets, materially contributing to the growth and developments which during the past decade the city has attained in the direction of an inland commercial metropolis. This extensive establishment, which is the only exclusively wholesale grocery house in Dela- ware County, was founded in 1872, and the business was successfully conducted until June, 1881, by Messrs. Adamson & Goddard, when the present proprietor assumed its entire management and control. The premises occupied, at No. 90 South Walnut St., embrace four entire floors, each 22 x 100' in dimensions, with the exception of 22 x 40' on the second floor, where is constantly carried a full and complete line a staple and fancy gro- ceries, teas, tobaccos, coffees, sugars, syrups, canned goods and miscellaneous merchandise pertaining to grocery supplies, which, owing to the facilities enjoyed by Mr. Goddard for procuring his supplies direct from importers, jobbers, and first hands, he is enabled to offer trade within a radius of 100 miles at rates which will defy competition from similar establishments in the metropolitan cities of the East or West. The valua- tion of stock carried ranges from $10,000-$20,000, and the annual transactions of this house will exceed $125,000, the trade being principally derived from emergence of this and adjoining counties, who have not been slow to appreciate the advantages and avail themselves of the opportunity offered for replenishing their stocks at a savings of time and unnecessary expense. Mr. Goddard is a native of Ohio, where he was born in 1840, but his resided in Indiana for the past 13 years. It is through the influence and exertions of such representative merchants that the city of Muncie has made such rapid strides within the past few years towards prominence as a commercial and trade center.
Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V publisher unknown, 1884.