Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-20
CHANGE Or BASE.



Removals and Business Changes in East King
An unusually large number Of removals
are taking place among the business houses
in the first square of East King street.
Watt, Shand & Co., of the New York
store, having purchased for their own use
the fine new building lately erected by
Isaao Stirk, Nos. and 10 East King
street, and occupied as queensware
house by High s Martin. the last named
firm were compelled to seek another loca-
ton. They found an eligible one in
Sprecher's building, No. Is East King
street, nearly opposite their former stand,
now occupied by Russell & Shulmyer,
coal dealers. To afford more room for
High & Martin Mr.. Sprecher has built an
addition to the store-room extending 40
feet to the rear, making its entire length
40 feet. In this spacious room Messrs.
High s. Martin have placed new shelving
and fixtures. and are at present busily
engaged in removing their goods.
The addition built by Mr.. Sprecher to
his building No Is East King street adds
greatly to the convenience of Walter A.
Heinitsh, cabinet-maker, who occupies the
second and third stories (entrance No. 154),
by adding 40 feet to the length of his
ware-rOom, and giving him more space for
the display of his fine stock.
Meantime Messrs. Watt, Shand & Co.
are having the property vacated by High
s Martin fitted up in the best style for
their own use. Not only are new shelving,
counters. showcases, Sc, being put in,
but the partition that now divides the
front of the building into two rooms Zone
of which is occupied by the new gas COM
pany) will be torn out, throwing the en-
tire first floor into a single room, and
making it one of the largest and hand
soonest store rooms in the city. As soon
as these improvements shall be completed,
Watt, Shand & Co. will move into their
new quarters, vacating their present place
of business at No. % East King street.
Meantime the gas light company will re-
move their office to one of the stOre-rOoms
in the Examiner building, North Queen
street.
AS soon as Watt, Shand & Co. remove
from their present stand, that property will
be arranged for the accommodation of Aug.
Rhoads, jeweler, Sprecher s. Pfeiffer,
slate roOfcrs, and Russell & Shulmyer, coal
dealers. a partition will be put up divid-
ing the large store room into two apart
ments, the larger of which, No. 90, will
afford ample space for Mr.. Rhoads, and
No ho D;ol III
by Sprecher & Pfeiifer and Russell & Shul-
myer.
The store room, No. Is East King street,
to be vacated by Mr.. Rhoads, will be occu-
pied by Mr.. B. Astrich, of HObOken, New
Jersey, whose line of business will embrace
| a very extensive assortment of ladies' and
gents ware, laces and fancy goods.
The upper stories of the building will BE-
occupied by Philip Bernard, proprietor of
the Key West cigar factory.
The store room in Cables building, No.
30 East King street, is being occupied by
Swartz & Co., of Reading, who will within
| a few days open therein large assortment
of hats, caps, and gents furnishing goods.
Jacob Gable, the owner and late occu-
pant of the above store room, will remove
his office to No. 80 South Duke street.
Mr.. NJ. Levy will remove his boot and
| shoe store from No. East King to No. 3
East King street, and the room now oc-
cupicd by him will be taken by S. Cohen
& Co., of Columbia, and be opened as a
hat, cap and general furnishing store.
Colahan & Co., dealers in foreign and
domestic fruits, and now occupying No. ;
East King street, will in few days re-
move to No. 131 North Queen street.
DR.. I. Norman Broomell, surgeon dem
tist, has taken tho rooms No. IS East
King street, lately occupied by DR.. VIM.
NJ. Whitesile, deceased, and will continue
the practice of dentistry therein.
DR.. ]. o. Boyd is engaged to-day in re-
moving his office from No. II South Queen
street to No. 246 West King street, ad-
joining Mrs. McCOrmick's drug store.
Robert J. Evans, esq.,, will remove his
law office to the rooms vacated Dr. Boyd.