New-York tribune., 1879-03-03
rE5DLycY or GE0IDW1T TRADE.

TWO CENTRES OF RETAIL BUSINESS.
ONr ABOUT TIE CITY HALL rtEk, ANp lhL olIlIH
BrrwrEN FOURTEENTH NND rwrNtY-IuIEp-eIS.
TIE ELEVATED RAILROADS mfsro>SIELa FOR
1ms CHANGE-orINIoNs or srNEhh Mai;-
CHANTS.
The recent discussion Of a possible surface
railroad in B.otdV.iy uuJ tuc fi.t tina, "a. arm q" '-
lin & Coz cloticrs Intend shortly 10 move from lh,H
D,oaivlv and Graul-.t store 10 their down
town building an Broadway and Warren r.. have
raised An utcir,,u. question n regard TO the tendency
ot Er,adwly trdt There appears lo br fr.Hne that
owing o. the ,rci the elevated railroads .at. s c'
.rn. ~ tDe yicm.tyof Clb Hal, Park aud between
Fourteenth ana TUcutv-fi.d-.s., aud That There Is
fenlcucv on the part of some houses to desoi.
Broadway, between Cana and Grani-s;s and L'-lh
and T,pfb-st, and To move either OF down town.
On the otucI hand, the recent removal oil stewart
Wholesale house 20 tuo T,uti-st sore appears to "'
an indication of directly opposite ten
U.lcv; luj fhi- aciuu hy SirWafis house
Wa, for a GiI,geut reason, -,uye Two h'oi-
of tie TcutL-.t rtole, which covers trre acres
contain as much u 40, more. room than The """I""H
store. Tnr opinion, OF the members of several we'll
known firm, wcr, obtained yesterday IN gard p" the
tendency OF trade Broadway and the effect "on the
elevated roads have had tn trade aud The probable
influence OF The proposed surface road On Icai hI-
ness.
~. r. Marvin of Marviu's Safe and Scale Company
said; There does appear - hc certain concentration
OF trade recently. up ana down town. think that IN
the future the vicinity Of city Han is bound to b. the
best locality for The convenience of the Park
MACE and Chanbes-st branch OF the Ne"-Hok Elevated
Road Will do much to tulL up business IA TINS ucghb"
hood. The elevated roaos, too, are bringing business
men with their families 70 this city from No"jersey
and consequenty more money comes here. Iouly hope
that enough Of tins class come back 10 rcyo'ui"n
ize the politics as we'll trade II the city. We have
mad better bus lucss tor months than had at thl,
time last year We have just filed an order for 100
sales for the American Express Company 80 ar aS the
surface road - rncd, think that II II u CON
structe Broadway VIII pick u9 good deai 2f thr Re-
are d9r S'I".NiS M Ii.s 10 yr"',d he tik,n OIL aud
don't drtcipate that There would be uu'h
ipfrrfercnce with travel should he IN favor ~ allow
e of car. o come down on his BrOa wuy track, and
considerable impetus ID this way Woud "e gwen ih'
BIo1dvav trade. Il then the tracks could Doe
removed from such thoroughares rs Greene
p.n3 and Irk would De- gladly usrd for the iructu.
wnich i, now done on Broadway. IN word, shon.d
he cad Broadway omit un for it does seem as II
trsde wus e,tjug away from It"
II. l. Claup. Of Tie fairbanks Scale Company. No.
81 BroaIwry, replied 20 inquiries: " N'I'
n. EroaGway has almost cscapcd from my mind.
Before the elevated roai was hult used 10 -ro up
Broadway ana bny an sorts oi ln~a the rt" store
f now gct INTO the train a Chslu u'"fSS and get ont
at Forty-,ecoud-sr and have n" temptation of t, kni
AZ an Indeed. tins fraction ot me cH{ , nS7
before the railroad hunt were accustomed 10 take
carriages do tnClr shopping all along Broadway,
now take a train aud stop AZ I"eniy-ihfd or -Four
ternth-sts lhu7 the dfYEOuus liiu' ~ sure ""
IN the locality winch II convenient Ci access by IN.
Elevated Road A surface road on Broadw'y "onId
dOubil ss do much To attract 10 'hf, sI,,tI th'
retail trade which apreaIs 10 DE ioaF'hL H. Inc Gu'~
on as t. where the centres oi 'Ane are 80 oe ten years
from now is an extremely interesting one
4 member of tuc firm of win Co., az the Grand-st
house concentrate their business down town, SAID
Probably before May sal d. All our business II our