 After doing contract work until the fall of 1893 Mr. Esser took sixty dollars that he had saved, bought some equipment for painting and established a business of his own at Thirty-third and Cherry streets in a room above a blacksmith shop.From that time forward Mr. Esser prospered.In 1894 he purchased a building at the corner of Thirty-third and Cherry streets using the ground floor for his shop and the second floor as his living quarters.