, 1881-10-09
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Another Wholesale D-J-Goods House
III the Field,

Another wholesale 19-T.Goods 1Aoasc
III the Field.
Chicago is to have new wholesale urygoo1S
house ON tho first Of tho year, when tho new
ilrtn of Burke, Walker s. Co. will open out iii tho
new building Of Mr.J.Q Q Adams. on Atinms street,
l00 feet west Of Franklin, aud enter into lively
rs,ce with the old-cstahlished dry-goods firms
Of Chicago for SHIRE OF the business centcring
iii the cnsntnrrcini metropolis nf the West. The
ir bus been t. n 9d for day Or SO as to
announced. though tho fact that
the street ind was common talk in tho count
ing-uoins. One story Ind 1t TINT Il nephew Of
William II. Vanderbilt was to exercise a potent
,ut.lrrct in its affairs and to supply il urge
,uachlno and keep IT, in order. Tho latter part
Of tho cnrrent rnmors was wide Of the 1lnrl.
some ot tho largest carpct stores IN
the floors ot tho new lirn.'s storc,
in-luw uf Vanderbilt. There was just that much
truth III the story. and lit more. No nephew pr
other relative OF tho great railroad n1ngnate Is
new firm: The xentlcnen who will couposc it
are Mr. Edward Burke. former dry-gooas mer-
chant, who has been ror many Years q member
sun L Co.. Mr. j. ii. Walker, late manager
of Il. r. Stewnrt & Co.'S Chicago branch. and
Mr.. e. H. Cummings, the special partner 1T tho
cOuCtFH VIII IL WILL k1lDNH EctlEtHl
and rlilrou.i circles us the President Ut tho
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railroad.
MR. j. II. WALKER.
who is perhaps the youngest, but the most cx-
pc:ienCed member Of the tirtu, WAS seen ycstcr-
day evening by L TRIBUNE reporter. and read
lily impaired such information as was desired
with regard to tho plans OF the new orsan'zt-
ton. The building which the tiru will occupy,
Is 100 feet frunt by 1tai feet deep. and
consists Of five stories and II basement. Ii Will
be cumplcted about the ls1 OF Dece'lher. antl
the tirnl will move in and be ready for business
by Jan. l.. Buyers will lie dispatched ~ Europe
ut un curly uuy, anu Il full stock Of American
goods. fresh from the manufacturers. viii be
on haTll aud ready Tor the inspection o the
trade by the tiMG tho tirln Is rcaty 10 open lis
doors to the public
1t is nnt every day in the year. that Il
new whe!csate dry-gnods hrm springs :s,,r up,
sion. among the outsid: public at !cas1,
Is that the ied Is already pretty well covered,
uud that venture like this might well be re-
girdcJ us something very i.: hazardous OK
pertinent. Mr.. Walker evidently had no fears
Of that sort.
~ know of no city IN the country" said he:
ours. There has been general eomplni.,t
au,ong customers III tho Wholesale drs-soods
houses ,nis fail that they ,.,., couant , ;e $e5
for goods. The dry-goMls houses, never
dill 50 mitch business lis they have done this
full, and will venture TO say tfat tho srowth OF
the tr,.tie in one year is enough to give soa'l
business III one large htuse-1u5t the lncreusc
III the trade tor one year. 1t Is
u POPULARITY OF THE DIS-GOODS BUSINESS
that there ure fewer people engaged in it in
proportion to its magnitude thun there are in
any other business. Chicago. for INSTANCE, has
thlrty-thrce wholesale srocery houses. twenty
lloot and shoe houses. 1wenty-sfX clothing
houses and only ily. ury-goo'!s houcs:: ami vet
the goods business Is the largest nf niI:
Oh, No, there's no lack Ut field even in Chicago.
How is the venture looked upon by tho
established houses Us far us the verdict has
cu,lle 10 your ears?
.-.' The general testimony is that every ad.
nitioua s,rouE house improves the trade for I'LL
the res., by bringing more trade tn the city:
Marshall Field {; Co., ]. v. Fnrweli & ca. and
Carson, pric, Scott & Gu CHIN thai they are
gtal IL know Of our venture. aud thMt the re-
suit will be to make trade better for utl OF Is -
"Nave you selected your complement OF
heai> Of departments and usSfsthnts!
We are engaged upon that brunch OF the
matter now.
rims posiions:'
~ know ot M city in the country where you
can more easily obtain tho services Of really
talented men III every department uf business
than in Chicago. The brightest YOUNG men at
the country are attracted here, and we find that
VIC have all tho material we need to select from
in fact, more than enough