, 1876-09-21

A small army OF busy workmcn, boxes, pacls-
ugcs, and bales Of dry goods OF every con-
celvable kind; force Of bookkccpcrs, clerks,
and snlcsmen opening new accounts, making
out BILLS, nnl showing largo and well-sclcctcd
stock Of goods to curly and eager custa1ncrs;
such was the scene Of brlstlns actiytty present.
ed at tho new store of a. T. Stewart g. Co.
yesterday. Last Eonday morning there WAS
not piece Of goods Ia The store. Lust
evening, by dtnt Of almost nccasant work by
night and day, unt1 tho use of muscles Of iron
and steam ma welt rs those Of flesh, order was
Hcll-nyh evolved out Of chaos, and tho Chicago
house Is fairly opened. A few departments TO-
a'atn to be l!lco, but the bulk Of tic great work
has bccn done The presiding and directing
gcnius to engineer all thIs labor Is Mr.. ]. II.
Wulkcr, who has been with A. T. Stewart g.
Co. for years, md who, with Mr.. Sabin Smith,
will manage the nuw horsc. Ills ablc assistants
wcrc Afcssrs: l{dwett, Of tho domestic depart
mcnt; DloGt, OF the ch,ak departments; atOurc,
pl tiu flannel department; NneknuTn, who pre-
t.irs over tho drcss-Eootla division; Woodbury.,
wh''c gontls; an4 Carr1,fh, who knows Tho linen
department fru1n one cllI 10 tic other Tllcso
Eontlcnen, with band Of worltmcn who
did the unloading, the cartlng. tho hoist
lng, md the, unraeklne, have shown their
1as!illGrity With what Was to he done, promptly
and efficiently. All tic tl,le elevators laYo buc;,
kept In almost constant uRc, and lust night the
new house contained upwar.ls Of 9 900 pac!sugcs
ot EOOds, representing IN value 1nllllt,n anI q
quarter Ut uollnrs. OF thctr, 1000 packuCca
ind been opeued, and the remainder Will s1vu
be ready for inspection.
OF tic FIRMS general plans for doing business
In the West, readers ot i'm TRIBUNE have been
nov opened, In tho words OF Mr. Walker, to
Do husiness fslrly md squarcly, striving to sell
goods aa low MS possii'tp, md conducting o,r af-
fairs with special rc'crcure to. the wants Of tic
Western trnue," Several salesu.cn hayr been
already engaged, and others will he selected ~
taat MS Ia,sslhlc. Thousands Ut applications
have poured III from all quarters, and out VI
this pcricet mass Of corresponlcnce the r's
Will layc an abundance Of material to select
from. The rcmniHIng departments OF notiutls,
siSs, yelycts, cMbroidcrlcs, laces, aud sarpvts
will be opened within d week, mud the Chleago
duplicate of the Ntw York houao will SOON 10
fully ai'd tais'y under way
The new quarters wcro visited yesterday by
THOUSANDS or CITY AND COUNTRY BUSINESS
and the head Of the house was grati3cd al the
general friendly expression Ut I'LL newcomers
and at the uoro substantial rcsults Which tic
trst day's work accomplished, nunely: tic
p1Psning q 'arEe nuu,her ef new accounts
luz theif unhuunlcd appreciation oi tfe
Arms ,,1n, new departure, on tho GROUND
klltt II was not only mere
convenient to themselves to purchase IN Chiea.
60 tim fn New York, but also that the now
more IL ccrtAln to crate revolution IN tho
Western trade and, therefore, 10 build up the
West. Hgsass the old customers, many new
buyers called aud bought comfortable bills of
gU0t!s while soye, nj who had made pusrl,asts Of
other dealers assilrcd Tho new iouss TINT Oh
tAoir next trip to Chicago they woull give them
acall and bug goods.
4 TRIBUNE reporter took d walk through tie
new quarters, In company With Sir, Walker, mud
notlceu the
DISPOSITION or TItH VARIOUS sTocKs.
On the main n0or Of the Wilbur building arc
found the Lo,nestics and pruts, open for H.
tpcrtfon. 'Tf* department OF lrtss Eo0.ls Is in
lhe aecnNa story and the lincns lii the third. Tlc
fourth dlDot, With ~ extension into the uruke
AIld Kothbarth Blocks, tho whole forming onp
largo magnificent soo,n IL reserved for thu no.
s!un stock, which will urrlYe IN 4 few days. Tho
.utry End packing roU11!s aro in the Nth story
sf the Wilder lIullding, but this space will bU
used Nd packing-room exclusively in u few
lays, and Tho eutry-soom will DO found in tie
Drake Building, on tic salno foor The sixth,
,tnry Of tue Wilder Building Is used for sturo.
tttolA aud, Ut present "a shop where u1nbor
nf carpenters are turning out tubes, counters,
md shclscs for tho display Of g0ods. The
Dasemcns may well b. termed the original cl,-
from from Wagons ia the uiley. Once IN
until tho upper stoHes arc ready to receive
them, aud a1e then holsted by means Of the
elevators To- their proper departments. The
basement ALTO contalus tho epgiuca for the
steam power elevators, and the buscmcnt OF the