The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-26
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 4.
Extension of the Enterprise Insurance
CompAny's Building.

Extension of the Enterprise Insurance
COmp1ny's Building.
The Enterprise Fire Insurance Company has
removed to the second floor of the large build
ing No. 421 Walnut street. owned by the Board
of Brokers, where it will transact business
until the alterations and extension OF its former
quarters at the southwest corner OF Walnut aud
Fourth streets, which IL has occupied since
1859 are completed. When finished the new
edifce will be of remarkable beauty of appear
ance, and conspicuous adornment to that
business centre. The Walnut street front Will
be thirty eight feet in length; that on Fourth
street twenty-six feet. The material of which
these facades will be composed is the gray Pictou
stone, a stone closely resembling sandstone, but
more durable. The building will be capped by
a Mansard roof, tastefully ornamented and
from the corner, to relieve the mono.ony, will
rise o slight tower. The first floor will be
divided into corner Office 80 by 80 feet, with
the entrance on Walnut street. This room will
be furnished with polished walnut counters,
desks, ETC., frescoed walls, aud elaborate gas
fixtures. In the rear of this room will be a num-
Der of other rooms for the especial use of the
various offices of the corporation. The entrance
to the second story will be on the west side of
the building, opening into Walnut street, and
will be divided into rooms Of convenient sizes to
accommodate the officers of the Enterprise
Company, which is to occupy the entire build
ing. Adjoining this edihce on Fourth street is
brick building new in process of entire altera-
tiOn, and when completed will have lost all sem
bance TO its former self. The entrance will be
by folding doors. The Offices on the first floor
will be used by the agency of the Widows and
Orphans Beneficial Life Insurance Company,
and the second floor by the agency of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company of New York.
This building will be ready for use on the 1st of
June; the corner edifce will not be finished
before the 1st of November.
The entire cost of these improvements will
fall not short of $50, 000 which is sustained by
the Enterprise Company, the owner of the
property.
The Union Transfer Company.
The new Office of the Union Transfer Com
pany, at the southeast corner of Ninth and
extremely attractive appearance, being fitted up
with every accommodation necessary to expe-
dite the transaction of the very large and rapidly
increasing business of the company. On the
east side is a large department furnished with
immense racks containing railroad tickets for
all parts of the country which connect with the
Camden and Amboy Pennsylvania, Phladel-
phia and Reading and Philadelphia, Whining
ton, and Baltimore Railroad Companies, which
may, of course, be said to embrace every Sec
tion. On the opposite side is another depart
ment for the checking of baggage, and there
are checks for over eight hundred cities and
and across the continent. In one corner is
handsome telegraph Office, which has also
local wire to numerous city stations. Thus
person can go to station near his home aud
send word for men to be sent for his baggage
which is there checked to its destination at the
regular railroad rates.
This concern employs in the transaction of its
local business 101 men, rs horses, IL coupes and
81 one-horse and two-horse wagons 1t is daily
rising in popularity, which it has by fidelity to
its patrons richly merited.