New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-07
THE EXPANSION or A GREAT BUSINESS

In the growth of this metropolis for gen.
GRAFTON have been the rise and expansion OF
several great business houses whose success has shown
in striking way what enterprise, thrift, business
gacIty and ability Of management can accomplish The
progress and outward Of the operations Of the
merchant princes OF NewYOrk mainly has been rapid
without rashuess. ambitious but not over weenng. and,
In good proportion OF the fit reward OF indefst'
igable diligence directed by uncommon foresight and
ample breadth Of purpose Perhaps in no one Of the
chief concerns OF the city has success been more
plainly the fruition OF ceaseless application.
careful judgment. and special aptness, than in
the case of Lord & Taylor. The beginning. over
forty years ago. humble, and the contrast between
the single owly building. then sufficient and the three
stately structures which firm occupies is remark
able In 1880 Lord Taylor started business together
In C.tharine-st with small store, 10 which in few
years another added In 1855 the well known retail
establishment at Grand and Chryste-sts was opened
i'm four years more the handsome edice at Grandst.
and Broadway was required There with the use OF
single room was begun the Wholesale trade In which
this firm Is now prominent. Ten years after. in
November 1862 the spacious iron building at Twentieth
ST. and Broadway received the retail trade transferred
from the lower Broadway establishment, which was
wholly given up to Wholesale The uptown store
has been the OF many noteworthy innovations
The opening OF y furniture department. about year
ago brought out much interest In artistic
designs and sumptuous beauty Of make up. In every
new line added abundant to excel
and the ambition has not stopped short OF
the best so this great dry goods house furnish
forth mansion Murray Hill or a superb Sound
steamboat in style which the chiefs OF the furnishing
FIRMS the men who give themselves to that alone, can
not surpass. And not only can Lord & Taylor nt up
uxurOnsly the abOdes Of wealth, but they make the
prettest toiettes desirable for the fair occupants
thereof In the dressmaking department they have
from 60 to rs dresnakers busy throughout the year
The diversity OF the stock this store shows the
flow OF restless many Yankee wit. Certainly It is
rare sight to see a diamond department and jewelry
department. in q dry goods house, But these Lord &
Taylor have and well-nlled they Their millinery
department their goods their ne silks, American
and foreign, their dainty laces and luxurious furs,
are the daily admiration of thousands OF visitors,
who find the elegant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
novel idea VI this house-charmingy conye-
nent. To them has been transferred the New
York agency Of the American silks Of Cheney Bros,
American manufacture which has made marvellous pro-
gress in the face OF great dlmcultes " Lofd q
Taylors display, OF all which IL has entered into the
heart OF woman desire the OF apparel, time
fails speak. Reerencemay be- made 70 tner recently
concluded arrangement to control with the manufac-
turer the sale OF the best perfumes made In this
country and to their buyinsup OF tue PRODUCTION ot
Tn the annals Of the firm Of Lord Taylor there are
some noteworthy Incidents. THIS has never been an
exclusively family partnership as IN some other great
houses in SewYork has t been jealousy limited in
any way one Of the present partners served the house
30 years ago II very Ss o S 0Se re,
since thu start i've partners have retred-each with
large tortune-maklng way Tor younger men, samuel
wealth He first established the oneprice system In
dry goods. 1t me. with much reproacn ~ n.ss bet be-
not generally known that there has been no one OF tile
of Taylor in the rm for some years but by special
act OF the Legislature Is allowed 10 retain the we'll
known OF Lord Taylor as long rs there may be
Lord connected with II.