The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-11-10

he whole brilliant blaze thrown On the silk
or satin on exhibition, - the jets of Dickens
concentrated their ight O hin caBnl 6RF.
We examined moire antique, silks Of straw,
cherry and vapor coloTs, silks from the
looms of Lyons and from other silken cities,
and, in the presence of their airy radiance,
visions of all the dazzling beauties of the
past came flashing before "a When our
little girls get married they shall wear, if the
old folks cxm buy them, vapor-eolored silks
which borrow their hues from that shadowy
border land which hovers between the peak
of the Catskills and the brooding clouds.
These boys, who 60 BY the general name
of cash" are very active and very in
teresting boys. There are nineteen Of them
in this room, and each one is numbered, like
the hairs of our head. Each has till, box
and pigeon hole, with his number on it,
through which he does his work, and where
he leaves his check whenever he goes
out of the store. When cash"
is called by q salesman he receives, with his
package, bone check with the number Of
articles sold stamped upon il; he also receives
a paper on which are marked the number Of
pieces sold, what they are, the price, the
amount of money given to Cash" to get
u,
three other necessary facts. This paper and
check go into the till bearing the number OF
this particular Cash and they remain there
until counted the next morning. The bun
die department, which il . part Of this same
transaction, is guarded BY similar restric-
tons, no that it il almost impossible for boy
or a salesman to cheat in any way, in the
number of articles in bundle, in the change,
or in their delivery to the tight person. Each
clerk becomes sentinel upon the other, and q
mistake made anywhere almost inevitably
recti6es itself. The bundles thus made up
are distributed to purchasers not only in
every part Of the city, but also in East and
South Boston. in Cambridge, Roxbury and
CharlestOwn.
Among the conveniences of this establish-
ment are bells and speaking tubes from each
department to the other. Another fact
worth mentioning, and not to be mentioned
with any circumlOcution, ia the convenience
of water closets on every floor for the accom-
mediation OF employees in every department.
The ladies reception room is similarly pro-
vided, and this part of the establishment,
like the Others, Is a. we'll fitted up rs any
first class hotel, the wash stands, tables &c,
being of marble, and water being carried
through the whole building. Ladies who
wish to leave bundles can receive check for
them, as you do foe your coat at = hotel, or
have them locked up in a drawer-a large
number of which are constantly at
the disposal Of customers In fact
the ladies reception room seems to be per
feet in every particular, for the comfort OF
guests, for pleasant resting place, and for
the repository Of parcels while shopping is
| attended to in other parts Of the city. Near
il is the ladies' fitting room, where every article
of ladies' wear is made to order and finished
! in an incredibly short space Of time. Ia not
this the perfection Of comfort and the climax
of the best modern civilization?
Before lenying this floor We will look at
some of the rarer articles. Here are appli-
que shawls, worth 1915, and lace shawls, a,
t, from $500 to $500 each. And here is point
lace, ten inches wide, which sells at So a
ward. These things are not in excessive de-
mand-you do not have to arm statesmen
with club and stand them up in front o.
the counter to drive off customers. And
did not buy any; not even yard, or shawl.
| To buy these and similar articles it is neces-
sary to have partner abroad, and so Henry
Woods resides in Paris. He buys princi-
pally Of manufacturers and ships directly
! from them.
The elevator at the Avon street end Of the
building is used entirely for the accommOda-
ton of customers, and they get into the car
and ride thorugh the different stories a,
easily and pleasantly as they can ride in
4 their carriages. The dress rooms and the
rooms for manufacturing cloaks and suits
and children's wardrobes are the most inter
esting features in this part Of the store. All
kinds of ladies' underwear are made here,
and every article needed in housekeeping.
The newly married couple can order by let
ter every article needed to keep house and
all of the clothes for the first baby. Which
is convenient, not to say handy
One large room is used entirely foI
making up goods and suits, and
about three hundred young women
are employed. Their room is as pleasant Al
4 room in the Latin School, and looks not I'M
like it, were they boys and not girls behind
the desks and sewing machines. They are
paid honorable wages and look healthy and
well. We can Imagine that these places are
much sought after in n city where the girl.
greatly outnumber the boys, and where the
! wages generally paid to them are hardly sui:
fcient 10 keep them from starvation and
crime.
The basement is not generally visited BY
strangers, but there Is much there to see
There are three big gas meires-dry metres
imported from LondOn-as large ~ large
sized safe, and kept very busy in silently
registering the amount Of gas consumed by
five hundred lights, one hundred and sixty
! of which are in the retail room. And
| there are three huge boilers here, and if above
we have often been reminded Of hotel,
we think here Of the headquarters Of some
manufacturing establishment. So much j.
comprised in . first class dry-goods house
One of these supplies the steam for the
two engines which move the two elevators
and the other two furnish steam for the
miles of pipe which heat the building.
| The engines are a great curiosity in their
way, being Manufactured, by Campbell 4
| Whittier, ON a new locomotive principle,
and new thing in their applicatiOntO me-
chanical purposes. Like the locomotive,
they have the link principle, and like the loco
motive, they reverse their. action. sending
the elevator Instantly up and down. Their
cylinders are placed at right angles,
and the machine rests there, about
four feet of it perpendicular, and
and four horizontal, like strong asd intelli-
gent man, in a sitting posture, exerting .
twelve-horse power by the forward and back
ward movement Of his arms. But it moves
with the rapidly of lightning, it never gets
tired, and it makes no noise. A fine triumph
of Yankee skill which you could put into a
large dry goods box and roll out like a par
Gel Of goods. There are two stops to this
engine, one the ordinary one, and the other
automatic, SO that the motion of the elevator
will stop the engine and stop itself, and any
accident seems impossible.
The above may give you some conception
of a modern dry goods store. Ii N the
monument Of which Charles F. HOvey laid
the foundation stone, and which his partners
erected. The names Of the members Of this
firm are Richard &. Greenleaf, Henry Moods,
Samuel johnson, VIM. Endicott Jr., and
Thomas Mack They have achieved SUCCESS
by hard and honest work, and all trne men
rejoice in their good fortune.
THE r. 4 q. r. RAILWAY COMPANY
CNDEn 4 slOrD.
COTTONWOOD FALLS, Nov. "a 1874
7ofhe Editor Of n. Leaes"roth Tso.es:
The A. T. 4 S. F. X. r., has come to a
dead halt in this county. After We voted
bonds they undertook to avoid Cottonwood
Falls. Col. Wood has enjoined them from
crossing a section of land north Of town.
This compels the Company to build into
town or suspend work.
I In his petiriOn he ,<svx the cofnpan~ ~