The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-04-30
A Grand Establishment.
The Great Book Palace OF the [. s
BocIs ,ern fri. One Cen. to Three
Handled and Fifty DOlia-s sie..
Jansen, MccIurg 4 Co.

during our recent yIsli 10 Chic2go
we took occasion 10 visit and look
through the Magnificent Book Estab-
lishment OF Jansen, McC.urg i Co.
lit 4 1l9 State ST., and il occurred
to as that short description Of tbs
house would not prove unintsrestins
10 orr reajers-
A number OF years ago. away back
in the early history Of Chicago, Nj
$. Z. Griggs started an unpsstsnding
Book and Stationery Store. Two OF
the present firm, Z L Jansen and
A c. MeCiurg we're admitted into
partnership At diferen. times. ami
with the growth Of Chicago ard lie
grsas Northwest. they KEEP; even
pace and we're continually adding 10
their stock, and bessi.tying their
store mil in 1868 they had the
fnes. Book Store 10 America, AID the
second finest ia the world. Think
OF il, Awsy On. here il the west
~here less than 80 years be:ors xss
A. upbroker. urirh1n:fsd rssr.-----
gre o. Tie 2iobs- In ire latter
A.. Of January. les, about;he 2sts,
We believe. came TIE grea. LAKE
Street fire, and in few hours their
magnificent store was a mass Ct
rims. Their loss II this Ere was
over t20o0es. Before he smoke
had cleared away they reeiered tels-
grams from al the leading publish
ers 10 this and foreign countries,
tympstbizing with them in their loss
and telling them TO order what they
wanted to commence again, and pay,
when they coald. They immediate
~ re established their business across
the street, and went on as usual until
they moved into their rew ard tplen-
did building in Booksellers Row, on
State Street. They were inst get
ting fairly on their feet again when
the Great Confagration Of October
9th, 1871, came and again swept out
every vcs.ige Of their hard earned &C
cumulations. Nothing daunted, they
agsin r. established, and as they
could get no other room for some
time they occupied the elegant resi-
dsnce OF Mr.. e. L. Jansen, on Wabash
Avenue. until Booksellers Row
Was rebuilt, where they removed
in December, 1872. Ia April, 1872,
the partnership expired by limitation,
and the senior Of the 6rm, Mr.. S. C.
Griggs, retired from !. and started
publishing house, leaving Jansen.
McClurg. and Mr.. r. 3 Smith, an
old attachs Of the house, who took
an interest in the establishment, TO
go it alone" The young firm took
hold with renewed vim and energy
and their success has been all that
they could ask. They now have
store equal. il not superior. TO any
thing they have had before. We
think their room is far snpsrior to,
and better calculated for thu accom-
mediation Of their immense business
than the old one
The store room, proper, j. SO feet
wids w 100 tset long. lighted BY
largelplsts glass windows in front,
and runsing through to the alley is
ais, lighted from the rear. The
ceiling w should judge to be about
20 or 25 fsss high. The lower part
OF the walls, say 10 or. Ii feet, i
fitted up with shelves; which arc
CROW ded With books, while the mp
per part contains envelopes and sta
tionery. saad Is reached by : gallery
tupniag lie sntirs length Of the room.
[n the front part ofths store il
aeat reading room paled Of, fitted