The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-30
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mr.. N,w Establishment of messrs.
Furchgott, Benedict 6 Go

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/ The New establishment OF messrs.
Furchgott, Benedict 8 CO.
The new dry goods store Of Messrs. Furcn-
pott, Benedict & Co., at No. 27e King slree''
will be open and ready for business this morn
Ing. The store has been fitted up WIFI Oh
elegance and elaborateness that make IL the
finest establishment Of the kind that mas oeen
opened In Charleston since the war. Inc
building is three stories high, twenty-elen
feet wide and one hundred and hfty oeep'
The front of the two upper stories ID
painted in q light cream coior' WIN
green windows. On the first floor is q
handsome iron front cast at the founderles Of
the Phoenix Iron Works. 1t consists OF 1our
| Corinlhian columns supporting a transverse
iron beam, and is divided into a large ooor-
| way in the centre, nine feet wide, Wilt q sno"
| window eight feet wide or either side, all
with square headings. The windows ave
each two vertical lights of French plate glass,
four feet wide by ten feet high. Across the
doorway is q square transom with one hori.
zoptal light, two feet wide, of plate glass, on
| which the name of the firm and the number OF
the store are dlsplayedi In handsome gold let
tering. The door is recessed from the street
| about two and a half feet.
On entering the store, the effect npon Tue
| eve is brilliant and effective. On elmer sue
are long rows of shelving, divided into sec
lions of three feet long by small circular col
umns. and surmounted by broad and elaborate
| cornIces. In front of the shelving are ranged
q series of white counters, with mahogany
tops, bearing a number of handsome snow
cases.. Before the counters are neat
iron stools, with red velvet cushlons'
screwed to the floor at regular Intervals.
On the south side, about the centre OF the
store, is the office, enclosed by q wooden par
tItitlon, four feet high, surmounted oy q
light wooden railing. On the north side OF
The store, directly opposite the Office Is a
commodious stairway. communicating with
the second floor. The ceiling at the entrance
is about fifteen feet high, of white polished
plasterIng, and orHamented with several 70
settles, ranged along the centre. About the
middle of the store, the ceiling suddenly rises
TO the heIghth OF nineteen or twenty feet.
During the day, this floor receives an
abundance Of light and air from thirteen win
dows, with circular headings, cut IN the slide
and rear walls. at night 1t Is lighted up by a
series oltwo light brackets attached at short
Intervals to the cornlces ~surmounting the
shelving on either side of the store. These
brackets are bronzed, with gllded tips and Or
nameuts and handsome c~ut-class globes. The
Office is lighted by a handsome two-llght pen.
dant, extending down from The ceiling. These
fixture were brought ont from New York BY
the firm. and put up by Mr.. P. L. Gulllemin, OF
This city. Next to the entrance on the
north side Is the cloth department, In which
are kept every kind OF foreign and do
nestle woollens, longcloths, casslmeres, DC.
Next, on the same side, is the hannel
department. Beyond this again, in the order
In which they are named, follow the gentle
mems furnishing goods, white goods, blankets
and shawl departments. Next to the entrance
on the south side Ia the ladies' department.
This extends to the office, and will be nnder
the charge OF three hrst-class saleswomen. 1t
Ia subdlvIded into the ladies' hosiery, g.ove,
trimming, velvet, notion, ribbon, artificial
flower, feather, plume, ladies' underWare, cor
set, handkerchief, linen goods, hoopskirt ana
hustle departments. West OF the office on the
same side are the foreign and domestic dry
goods and silk departments. The platform In
the rear of the store Ia divided into the three
departments of mourning goods, fine dress
goods, and all kinds OF novelties, which are
respectively located on the north, west and
south sides.
On the sec ond door ls a large room sixty
eight feet long by twenty-elght Wide, cons,i-
tuting one OF the wholesale departments. A
ledge three feet deep, raised about one foot
from the floor, extends around the four walls.
In the centre of the floor are 3 series Of long
tables ranged t%ransversely with the length Of
the room, and at short distances apart. On
the ledge aud tables are piles Of goods Of
various kinds, such as sbirtings, sheetings,
cambrlcs, dress goods, Canton Aannels,
shawls, blankets, velveteens, fine cloths and
millinery goods. An inclined shelf running
along the north wall, about four fee: from the
floor, supports a full assortment OF ribbons
and notions.
In the rear of this apartment, and reached
by six steps through a wide passage way, is
the carpet and mating department. Here Is
q full and rich assortment Of carpets, OIL
cloths, mattings, rugs and every Imaginable
belonging to the department. In this
room is a circular hatchway for e~levatlng
goods from the frat floor.
A. flight OF: steps on the south wall connects
with the third story. This a room slxty.eight
feet long, by twenty.eighs feet wide. The
north and west walls are lifted up with
shelves, the south and east with a ledge SINH
lar to that on the second floor, and the
centre Of the floor ID supplied with q similar
set of tables. This comprises the wholesale
department for jeans, ~satinets, cloths, tick
IngV, plaids, osnaburgs, fannels, handker-
Chiefs: gentlemen and ladies' underwear,
white and linen goods, hats, umbrellas, soaps,
perfumerieB and other goods.
Messrs. Furchgott, Benedict & Co. have not
yet completed the arrangement of their store,
owing principally to the detention of their
goods caused by the unprecedented rush of
ireights. both by rail- and steamer. They hope,
however, 10 be In thorough working order by
Wednesday. Their stock will comprise one