The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-08

Tho Wonderful Trade Done by n
Cheyenne Eirm-Somo Notes
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Of Their stock.
To surpass every other business firm
dealing in carpets, furniture, and
crockery; not only in the Territory of
Wyoming but west of the Missouri
river as well, in the value and quantity
of goods sold, is a most difficult feat,
but the performance of which is
claimed by the firm of F. E. Warren &
Co., of Nos. 374, 376, S78, and 3S1
Sixteenth street, Cheyenne. Those
who observe the constant arrival of new
goods at their warehouses, and he
quantities sent away day after day, are
aware that a great volume of business
Is being done by the house, but only =
visit to the various departments of
their business houses a give an ade-
quRte idea of their immense trade.
In the elegant blocks of buildings Just
being finished they have fifteen large
uarerooms fairly packed with goods, in
the aggregate the largest stock that
they have yet had on hand at any one
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business finds it impossible to carry
away with him anything more than an
impression regarding the bulk of their
stock. An attempt to remember a list
Of the contents Of a single department
must result in failure. In carpets, the
stock is SO great that, even with the
space at their command their is not suf-
ficlent to show it to advantage, and
they will therefore o o open a new
wareroom of ample area entirely devot-
ed to the exhibition of this class of
goods. Hundreds of rolls of carpets
are now standing in stock, and large
orders for making up parlOr and bed
room carpets are being executed every
week.
One must perforce be surprised at the
variety, quantity, and richness of the
furniture exhibit of Warren & Co.
They have Queen Anne and Louis XVI
parlor suits by the score, together with
chamber suits, parlor and dining
tables, ladies' desks, office desks, side
boards, &C., in walnut, ash, mahogany,
and other fine woods. Sofas and sofa
chairs, models of luxury, and dining
hall, camp, and reception chairs are on
all sides to choose from. A new style
of gentleman's shaving stand, which is
a fine piece Of chamber furniture, is
selling well. A hat rack with beveled
edge mirror and a marble shelf is a new
thing which is much admired. The
profusion of elegant veneering, highly
polished woods, and imitation of medi-
eval carving is remarkable. Furniture
for people of moderate means-very
neat and tasteful-is in great quantity.
All pockets are suited. Suit of cot
tage furniture made of ash will attract
attention by their beauty.
AS lie proceeds from loft TO base
ment he is amazed at the variety of the
stock as well as the quantity iof each
kind of goods. Lamps and shimneys
by the thousand, coflns by the dozen,
mirror plates by the box, ticking for
mattresses by the bale, are passed by.
On the main floors the stock Of crock
cry, china, silver, and glass ware Is dis
played. There is a glittering array of
glassware of all descriptions, notably a
fine assortment of wineglasses, pitch
ers, punchbowls, &c. Splendid speci-
mems of hand-painted Haviland and
Royal Worcester china, of curious and
elegant designs, are also on the shelves.
Messrs. Warren Il Co., in addition,
are dealers in pianos and musical in
struments generally. A large stock of
sheet music is always on hand. They
keep in their storerooms the famous
pianos of Chickering and Steinway, be-
sides those of other makers.
In the entire stock of this leading
house there is an embarrassment of
riches, though, as before mentioned,
there are styles and prices to suit all,
The wonder of it is that there should
be such an extraordinary demand for
their superior class of goods in this ter
ritory. 1t speaks volumes for its great
progress in wealth. The frm-Messrs.
F. E. Warren, W. p. Gannett, and E.
M. WarreR-will doubtless advance
with the times and build up such a
trade al is not known except in the old
and wealthy cities of the East.