The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-02
CHESNUT STREET.
Improvements I'm Progress and I'm Com
temptation - The Progress OF Trade
Towards the Western Portion Of the

will present very busy aspect during the
present spring month From the number of
permits that have been issued from the Build
ing Inspectors office, there will be an unusual
number OF buildings erected and renovated.
OF the beautiful building at the southwest cor
ner of Sixth and Chestnut streets we gave
q description some weeks since.
A. T. Stewart, Esq, the great New York dry
goods merchant, will soon have his large,
double store ready for occupation, Mr., Stewart
we understand, guaranteed that the building
itself would make a safe Investment before It
was commenced. The store that he takes is
formed by throwing Nos. 602 and GOA into one
wide and spacious hail. that will be fitted up in
style TO do credit to himself and the city The
interior VIII be light and airy, and every ap-
pliance that can be made tor the comfort OF
customers will be added. The whole five stories
will be occupied In the wholesale dry goods
business. They are even now movingin a large
stock of dress goods and staple dry goods of all
kinds. The first floor fitted up in beautiful
style, and is well lighted. II has thirteen cham
deliers of a chaste and elaborate pattern in
bronze There Is wide and spacious entrance
where there will be any important change is
the magnificent double -fronted brownstone
store of Messrs. Homer, Colladay & Co., above
Eighth street. That firm are making prepara-
tons to remove their establishment west of
Broad street. We understand they intend buy
ing lot on Chestnut street. west of Broad,
where they intend to build handsome double
ance somewhat to that which they will leave
They are but yielding to the tendency that is
their
weil-known energy will make that portion OF
Chestnut street one of the best and most attrac-
tivebusiness locations in the city; The store
firm of Wanamaker & Brown, the great cloth
ing firm at Sixth and Market streets. Messrs.
Wanamaker u Brown intend to make some
extensive alterations in the store in order to
suit their style OF business. They intend 1t to
be a branch of their establishment at Sixth
and Market streets. They have secured IL at
cost of over $4,000 year. They will occupy
the whole building for wholesale and retail
purposes.
Caldwell & Co., the celebrated jewellers, are
preparing to leave their present magnificent
white marble building next to the Continental
and will move next fall into the capacious white
marble building at present occupied by Messrs.
Hafleigh Co., above Ninth street. Caldwell &
Co. are making extensive preparations to make
an entire renovation in the interior of the store
they are going to take and the interior will be
remodelled in the most beautiful and tasteful
manner and will be fitted up in style that
ufully finished in fresoo painting, and the wood
work will be repainted. and will be ornamented
All the building will be occupied by Caldwell &
Co., and every exertton will be made to secure
any way conduce to the comfort of
their customers. The store itself is S8
first floor is lighted by five skylights. All the
gas fixtures that are at present in the place Will
be removed, and will be replaced by Others of a
newer and more elegant design. Messrs. Cor
nelus & Baker will furnish all the gaS-fiXtureS.
The floor will be of marble, and the counters
will also be of white marble, polished and orna-
mented. One new feature that will be intro
Gnesd Will be the tp separation OF the so d
rate departments. Thus there will be one
portion devoted exclusively to silver goods,and
q second to bronze ornaments, while third
will be used for the watch and jewelry busi-
ness. About forty feet in the rear of the first
floor will be partioned off into counting
house and rooms for packing parcels. The
whole of the improvement will cost many
Thousand dollars Messrs. Caldwald IL Co. eX-
pect to move into their new store about the
frst OF November.
The enterprising firm of Hafleigh & Co., find
ing their palatial marble building, in Chestnut
street, above Ninth, too small to accommodate
their rapidly increasing business, are. about
magnificent white marble building west of
Tenth street. They have bought the two build
ings Nos. 1912 and 1914 Chestnut street. now oc-
cupied by Messrs Lejambre & Co. and MIR. De
GInther respectlVely Ihey VIII Tear ear down tne
the lot occupied by them white marble struc-
ture that will be the largest and handsomest
occupied by any one firm in the city. IL is in
tended to be AS feet in width, and will extend
in depth 235 feet to SAMSON street. 1t will be
be Is feet high, and the whole building will be
from 70 to rs feet, thus making up by It's
in rumber OF stories. The cost of the
building will not fall short of 100000, and when
il is nnlShed IL viii be credit TO our city. On
the lower floor, which will be used as the retail
d. partmeut, every means that can be availed
Of will be taken to render 1t light ana airy. ana
correspond with the outside. In the rear of the
first floor a space will be .partitioned off for
counting houses and for private rooms The
second and third floors Will be occupied by the
wholesale department Messrs. Haheigh d Co
intend TO commence operations about the 18th
of the present month, and by the exercise of
energy and enterprise, hope to be able to occupy
their new store by: the LIST of September. That
thew will do so any one who knows the spirit of
the head of the firm will readily believe.
10 make room for the Improvement contem-
Mated by Haheigh Co., Messrs. Legjambresand
De Ginther. have to remove from their present
places at Nos. 1912 and l0l4 Chestnut street. The
first, Messrs. Lejambre, have removed tempo
rarily to the upper part of the building occus
pied by Messrs. Schomaker * Co., NO. lIO3
ofra n
nf their own. Mr.. De Ginther, not being able
70 secure a situation as eligible as he would
wish, will sell out his extensive STOCK of fur
Perhaps the greatest change that is being
made in the appearance OF the street,
is In. the row of buildings which ex-
tend from Eleventh to Twelfth streets,
ON the north side. They are famtliarly known
to our citizens as GiraTdi Row, and are held In
trust by the city. Our municipal authorities,
havinga Just idea OF Inc as Te oi o
the buildings in that row, TO be aItered into
stores Two of these are already occupied as
stores and four others are IN progIeSs Oi aiCGTa @
Wenth street. has been leased by Messrs. n Needles
n Co dry goods merchants They are allerlne
the whole building, ana nave mace az. an Ken 3 9
aIon in the rear, Two stories In helghC, 10 Jne
aiIev on the first floor they Will nave large
TUIndoW on the Chestnut street front, anu aiso Z
large one on the Eleventh street 'front.' whieL
will give a very handsome appearance 10 In'
ruiIdin0 towards those who come up Cneshu
Street The interior is fitted up In a llghb hut
tasteful manner. The second story is occupies
by Messrs Ritter & Ferris, Wholesale @ - -
White goods, which has separate entrance y,
IcIeveIth street. The store Is well llghIeu
and the walls, being of sky-plueS aG' a
a very pleasing effect. The cost cost Oh Oh o,In Sn
20 over $4,000, of which Sl5,OOO were sup
DIied by the city. No. ll09 is being aitere'
nto store, and Will be occupied Oy MI. MI nSod