The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-02-18

The event Of next week will be the opening of
Scott Bros. IL Co.'s new store, in the Wolfe build.
ing, next door south of Fiske " Beem's. AS a
business house the building has no superior in
any inland town in Illinois. The building is 4Ox
100 IT,, two stories high, with cellar for heating
furnaces, &c The front is Ohio sandstone, fine.
ly dressed, and so ornamented az to be the pref
tiest front in Ottawa. The lower story is 4Oxl2O,
less few feet in the right rear corner for ladies'
and gentlemen's closets and toilet rooms; and is
l6 feet high. Here shelving extends the full
length on the left; also double shelving down
the centre, and on the right to the grand stair
case to the second floor. The furniture is finish
ed in oak and ash, with counters OF solid black
walnut; the floor is hard wood, and handsome
room is the result. 1t is abundantly hghtea
through wide and long well in the centre, over
which there is a skylight, and from six large
plate glass windows, which fill the entire lower
front-the largest plates said to be in the city.
At night the room will be lighted by four electric
lights, the light in the well being so hung as to
he raised or lowered as needed above or below.
This room will be used for general purposes, the
stock being divided into departments, each TO be
found in its particular place, in the rear being
the new department Of ladies' and misses fine
shoes, under the charge of Mr.. De Lapp, of \. Y.
The second story is reached by astaircase with
landing half way up, making an easy ascent, or
By an elevator near the rear Of the store This
room is the same width of the lower, but not so
deep, part of the rear being used for work rooms
in the cloak and suit making and carpet making
departments On this floor will be the carpet
hall, and also the millinery and manufacturing
departments. This room also is abundantly
lighted in all parts by skylight and an abundance
of front windows, and by electric light or gas.
10 is now some fourteen years since this house
began business in Ottawa. Their history is well
known in this county; and their great success
and rapid progress is the best testimony to the
fact that they have met with the favor Of the pub
lie. BY patient labor, by sntirng industry, by
close watching of the changes IN taste in the To-
cal market and the changes in styles in the mar
kets of the world, by presenting Legitimate goods
and the novelties of each recurring season at the
earliest moment, by liberal dealing with their
patrons, they have grown and grown-frst over
flowing their single room on La Sale st., nearly
opposite where they now are, and later, after
moving down La Sale ST., overlooking the double
room down stairs to the room above and the
smaller store fronting or Main ST., until we come
to last fall when forced by still further want Of
room and the demands OF the landlord, they Sc
cured this building, built expressly for them by
Mr.. Wolfe. Their history as a business house is
as fattering to them as it is gratifying to the
public spirit of Ottawa; for no ordinary country
not
and splendid house as Scott Bros & Co.'s of
o.day.
For the future the firm promise still further
advancement in their efforts to please the public.
The whole establishment will be systematized so
as to give the best satisfaction in goods and SER
vice to the public. Larger stocks than ever will
be put in at appropriate seasons, and kept full;
the newest fabrics will be received as soon as
they come into vogue, and every line of the stan
dard goods will be found at all times full and
complete,-in dry goods, Eotlons, cloaks, suits,
carpets, ladies' shoes, &c.
new department is ladies' and children's
0hoes, which will be stocked with a complete as
sortment.
Another is the order department, where coun-
try orders by mail or telegraph will be attended
TO promptly and goods prepared for delivery to
the railroad depots.
And the manufacture OF suits, millinery, &c,
will be in experienced hands, and all work done
under their immediate supervision.
All in all, this will be as complete house as
any to be found in the west-a pride to this coun-
ty; and the public viii find Scott Bros. & Co.'s
becoming daily even more popular than in the
past.
The grand opening will take place on TtnSday
next, and in the evening there will be a special
display by electric light; and, as we said before,
this will be the event pr eJcellence Of the month.