Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-11-30
new Embellishments.
OWEN & MOORE.


Since the fire in April, ClarksvilI
seems to have suddenly expande,
from substantial village to a hand
some city, and our various bushes
establishments have changed thei
character accordingly. Owtsl 4
Moore havingnow nearly completed
the arrangement of their book anC
drug store, we had the curiosity t,
inspect the whole establishment
from cellar to attic, under the guild
ance of their polite and intelligent
head clerk, Mr.. John Reynolds
I We commence with the cellar
though it is only at the end Mex
Franklin street that this term gives
a correct idea of the large room t.
which we descended; the back por.
ton, owing to the declivity of the
ground, is simply another store, as
well lighted as the upper one. The
cellar proper is devoted to the stOr-
age of coal and the heating appa-
ratus. An immense furnace here
furnishes hot air for the warming of
the whole establishment. The
scale upon which this is done may
be inferred from the statement that
the air for heating, which is admit
ted from without through openings
under the show window, traverses
an air chamber the section of which
is five feet by eighteen inches. BY
the distribution of this air when
heated, the whole establishment
from the cellar to the third story is
kept at pleasant and equable tenn
perature, nowhere too hot or too
cold. The basement store is designed
to business transactions with house
painters. Here are apparently in
exhaustible supplies of paints, oils
and window glass, which make you
think that the rebuilding of Clarks-
vile is just beginning instead of
nearly completed. A striking fea-
ture in this department is the three
great metallic tanks, containing $50
gallons apiece, filed with spirits of
turpentine and linseed oil. These
are connected with the store above
by siphon tubes, so that a can can
be filled from them without going
down stairs.
We now ascend to the sale store,
a magnificent apartment, with the
ceilings beautifully frescOed by the
scenic artist, Mr.. West, and the
walls and windows resplendent with
polished walnut and plate glass.
Throughout its length of 115 feet
this room is occupied with shelving,
filled on the west side with the
books and stationery and on the
east with drugs and medicines.
About half way of its length is the
prescription case, fitted up with all
the minutiR of apparatus for that
complicated and delicate business.
Just here is the only thing we would
like to sec altered. The shelving
extends across The store and inter
cepts the light from the back win
dOws. From the great length of
the store, the central portion is
imperfectly lighted, and
this inconvenience would be in a
great measure remedied if the
shelves were open behind or backed
with glass. Behind the prescription
case is the pharmaceutical depart
ment, where all the chemical and
operations of a first
class drug store are conducted with
the aid of an elaborate and highly
finished apparatus.
One story higher we arrive at a
long room, the same size as the
store, occupied by the supplies OF
The establishment in the case as they
arrive from the iObbers and import
ars. A special feature in this is the
excellent arrangement for the CLASH
fcatiOn of the infinite variety of
glass bottles and Walls for sale or for |
use in the house. These are stored /
i'm cases along the sides of the WALL
to nothing but the !
Derths in a steamboat, each COM
Dartment being labelled so that any |
sort of vial can be found al a mo-
ment's notice. At one end of this |
is the sleeping room of |
the prescription clerks, a most COM |
fOrtable-lOoking room, with only |
Jne drawback in the form of Il |
bell at the head of !
the bed, which has malicious way /
Of waking up the unfortunate pre-
;criptiOnist at two O'Clock in the /
to get somebody mustard /
plaster or an ounce of iaudanum. !
they would not be much worse off
Is married men with baby in the
room.
We have gone to an UncOnsciOn-
able length and have not yet told |
the half, for there is yet another
story over this occupied as lumber /
room with empty boxes, packages,
etc.
All the different stories are |
accessible by patent ele-
vatOr working through the entire
height and depth of the establish |
nent; and, besides the front and |
back windows, all are lighted with |
A central sky-light which sends its !
light through Pavements of thick |
glass all the way down to the eel |
lar. We doubt whether there is as !
an establishment for all |
the departments of business trans |
acted in it III the State Of Tennessee,
and let it be stated that the whole |
business has been established in |
twelve years by the unaided indus
try and enterprise Of two young |
men, Messrs. Ben. Owen and John |
Moore.
We should be doing scant justice |
if we were to omit mentioning the |
aid which has been rendered by the |
excellent business talents and close !
attention of Mr.. John Reynolds, !