Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-02
OUR BUSINESS HOUSES.
Dry Goods an 1 Clothing House.


Angeles. This house commenced here
about 1851, on a small scale, down in
Bells Row, near the present site of
KalishePs store. The building they
now occupy was erected in 1866, and
consists of one large store 1O0x37 feet,
and six storeroOms at the back of the
main building. On the plan of most
large houses, the book-keepers and
cashiers have offices in the centre of
the building.
The firm carries the largest stock of
dry goods in town and has always
been one of the principal wool dealers.
1t imports from England, Paris, New
York anil San Francisco, making,
however, all California woolen goods
special feature. Lazard & Co. sell
every month immense quantities of
goods from the woolen mills of Sacra-
mento, Marysville, San Jose and San
Francisco. The mills here, however,
do not offer goods to the merchants,
preferring to handle the sales them
selves. Seven clerks are constantly
employed in the store waiting on GUS
toners.
They do q large wholesale trade with
Arizona, Lone Pine, Bakersfield, San
Bernardino and Cerro Gordo. Though
importing largely from the East, they
prefer principally California goods, as
we'll in boots and shoes as in clothing,
and find so far that the quality is bet
ter than that of Eastern importations.
Mclaughlin and A. T. Stewart, in
New York, ship to them direct, while
Paris sends them silks and satins and
fancy dress goods, and Manchester and
Liverpool hosiery and linens.
Passing up the right hand side of the
store, the first department is devoted
to leather valises, satchels, trunks,
carpet bags, travelling rugs, etc. Be-
hind this is the lat store, embracing
felt and straw principally, and mems
gloves aid hosiery. The next branch
is devoted entirely to gentlemen's
furnishing goods, flannels, California
woolen goods, etc. BY far the largest
department on this side is the ready
made clothing. There can not be less
than 5000 pairs of pants in stock, that
are visible, and piles of vests to match
them stretch high up to the ceiling.
Adjoining this is the stock of boys
clothing sufficient to fit out all the
schools in the country. Above are the
coarser goods such as miners and EN-
gineers' clothing and overalls, ear
penters' suits, flannel shirts, etc. In
the center aisle are overcoats of the
latest style, imported from New York,
gentlemen's business suits, hunting
coats, linens, ,sheetings, mattrass goods,
fine eastern shirtings, WOODEN and
blanket goods. Elegant cases contain
ing silks, trimmings and laces, fancy
ladies' goods, etc., fill up the center
of the store.
On the left hand side, beginning at
the further end of the store are rolls
of silk, black lace shawls, black silk
velvets and fringes, cashmeres and
blue, brown, maroon, lilac, green and
white French silks. Above these is the
of warm Winter shawls,
and soft fiannels of every shade and
texture. The satin de chine goods are
exceptionally beautiful. They EN-
brace every color yet invented, viz:
blue, pink, grey, black, chocolate,
cream color, maroon, orange, olive
green, purple, lavender,crimson, lilac,
mauve, etc. Our reporter counted
% shades of these delicate goods and
doubtless there are more.
Next are the muslins, Scotch and
French plaids, and full line of dress
goods generally. There are reps, de
laines, French merinos, pique Mar
seilles, calicoes, ginghams, table cloths,
damasks, napkins, quilts, towelings,
table covers, embroideries, edgings,
Cluny laces, Barege, valencienne, ba-
by's dresses, ermine, grenadine, and
thousand other things.
Our reporter was commencing to
hope that the stock was almost ex-
hausted, when he came upon a new
of tissue, silk and velvet
ribbons, Irish and French linens, dia-
pers, handkerchiefs, ladies' and misses
clothing, ETC., tarlatan, Swiss lawn,
and host of fancy goods from para
soils and chatelaines to the smallest
fashionable knick-knacks.
AT the back of the main store, and
separated from it by Il yard, is the boot
and shoe department, which carries a
stock of from seventy-five to one hum
dred cases. Adjoining this are the
blanket stores, the wool sack store, the
storeroom for American prints and the
ladies' shoe and slipper department.
The firm is constantly improving
and increasing its business, being JUS
titled by the large increase of the pop
ulation in Los Angeles and the sur