The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-28
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
Adams, Damon & Co.'s store ."
strcet-West Point Mills

The repaIrs to the hardware and nouse-.ui-
,,.h,,o estab,isbment of Messrs. Adams, Da-
mon & Co. have just been compleIeo.
0rore ia situated on the north side Oh broaa
a,rcet. two doors west OF State, and mas al
| with an entrance on State street. Tne 0roau
street division Is twenty-five feet from oy quo
hundred and sixty deep, and tsree Stolios
h,oh. with a basement corresponding 10 Inc
upper floors in size. The front OF Inc Hrs.
floor Is of Iron, painted green, and CONSISTS OF
fonr square Corlnthian columns, about twelve
foot high. forming three large door
wavs of uniform width. The cell
ing is of rough cast plasterlng, paint
ed white, and has q height of about four,
teen feet from the floor. Along the east wall,
extending backwards about sixty feet and
standing two feet from the floor, are a series
of showcases for fancy articles, consisting Oh
half q dozen lows of shelves about Two teet
apart, six feet long and " and q hail ieet
deep, enclosed by sliding sashes of mahogany
colored woodwork. Along the same wall,
from the rear of these showcases, extends a
long shelf, about four feet from The f1oor, de-
signed for supporting sample CRATES. Beneatn
this shelf will be arranged the samples oi
marble ~n,antles. Several tiers of ornamental
shelves, divided off into apertures two and a
half feet square, extend along the west WALL
sve feet above the floor, from the front OF the
s,ore to within twenty feet of the rear. the
shelves will be used for displaying coal scnt-
tles. water buckets, tinware Of all KINDS,
and various other articles. A sl1gnuy
elevated platform, about twelve feet square,
enclosed by a plain wooden raiilng "aist
high. situated in the northwestern angie OF
the store, constitutes the Office. The State
street division Ia three stories high and Sixty
feet deep by twenty front. The lower floor ID
fitted up with shelves similar to those on Inc
west wall of the Broad street division. The
upper floors OF each division preserve the
shape of the frat floor. The third and the
greater portion Of the second are used ior
storing purposes. The second floor front OF
the Broad street division Is separated Into
two departments, one for the plumbers, and
the other for the inner Each Is supplied
with all the tools and machinery necessary Tor
this business. Messrs. Adams, Damon q Go.
have brought out o new and large stock, which
Is now landing from the schooners Hawkins
and Myrover. The firm will be ready for
business by the 9Th Of October.
The machinery OF the extensive rice-pound-
ing mills, situated on Ashley Rlver, near the
foot of Bull street, known as West Point Mills,
has recently undergone a thorough overhaul
ipe. The defective pieces have been taken
out and their places supplied BY new ones.
Eight large boilers, two cylinders, cranks,
and various other pieces have been
nut In within the last Blk weeks at q cost Of
over twelve thousand dollars. The most OF
this machinery was manufactured al the Phe.
nix Iron Works of John F. Taylor & Co., but a
portion was also manufactured al the Eason
Iron Works and at the Iron Works OF 1essrs.
Smith & Walk. On the 10th instant, the work
of putting up being completed, steam was
and the machinery put In motion,
when everything worked to the satisfaction OF
all concerned. Since that day the mills have
been pounding steadily. TIL mills are driven
by two o%ne-hundred horsepower engines.
They were built In England In the year 1880
especially for these mills. A dredging ma.
chine Is now engaged In deepening the dock
alongside Of the mills for the accommodation
Of large vessels.
The residence on the southwest corner OF
Rutledge and Bull streets is being repainted
white, with green windows.
The clstern attached to the City Hall ID u n
dergolng repairs.