Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-19
[. Zeekendorr ( Cn.,s Nem store.

The new store Of L. Zeckendorf Ss Co.
 IS said to be the largest room used for store purposes on the Pacific Coast, and
 although because Of its peculiar shape there is not a square corner in the build ing itisso oonstrgc,ed that its inequal- it.es are Tot discernable to the un- ] prac;iced eye Wuh frontage of eiEh,y-fye feet and depth on the north
 side O. I57 feet with the wall on the
 south side exceeding 1t by twenty-eight
 additional feet giyss the whole 1 structure a close neiehborhood 30 about I4ooo square feet of store room The 1 building is oi the composite order wi;h the vhok interior finished in what is known a ,he East Lake style, which Tor plain ahd neat. ye, tasty finish, has no
 superior The entire front with the ex- cepu5n of the two double doors Is com
 posed o1 glass plates twelve and a half
 feet high, which serses th= double pur- pose oi light and jhe advantageous dis
 play of the difieren, wares. The goods
 in each separate window indexns their arrangement in the interior. The hrst
 gindov Co the extreme righ, of entrance
 U.l display nothing bat boots and shoes. the second wth gents furnishing goods,
 ,he third and fourth with dry goods and 
 the fi.a with hard ware. each part of the
 store being especially designed for the
 proper keeping and advantageous
 handling of each particular branch or
 line. Facing lhe boot and shoe window
 Is that deparmeu, aith jts seventy two
 drawl1s, each one capable of holding a
 regulation box Of boots, while above
 them and below the gallery floor, which.
 with the exception Of the from. circles
 the entire building, is the counter shelf and shelves On the opposite side of the house comes the hardware with its gun case and counter. beneath which is tae1y-r.ac iron lined naH bins. and below ile counter shelf are thIr,y-eight large drawers and above t CT, smaller ones which will be properly labeled with 1 a fixed specimen 1r sample of the con tents ot each. Facing -he boo. depart meut and af equal length IS Jle gents 1 furnishing goods, while at their back and l facing the center of the store is the right | wng Of the dry goods division, the left 1 fronting from ihc opposite way and at the back Of which looking to- y ards the hardware is the grocery department with many an Ingenious de- vice for their proper keeping and easy handling. Each different department has .ts own counter, shelving and accessaues SO complete that nothing can be found wanting. At the end of and between the dry goods divisions is three com ra-tment office. The central office in which staudsa three-tou safe,will be used .or general purposes. The left for a private business and theone on the right win be occupied by tLe book keepers. ELs rear half of the store will be filled -itl tables for the storage Of goods and o7 wholesale uses. The gallery is reach .d hy four separate stairways. The rail- ngs tor them and gallery will be Of pol shed black walnut as will be the coun-
 e- and counter shelves The ceiling Is
 h1ut eighteen feet high with nine ven lators and iorty-Gve places for gas attachments In the cellar running
 he entire length Of the building the -1u and various other articles of the ind will be kept The two wells will acA asuppliei with strong force pumps | 1Ee'her with the necessary hose for ( se il case of fire OF as necessity may enand. The entire building with it's lany and various appliances, not half of mich has been described, is so complete hat its questionable if 1t can as a whole
 e matched on the entire coast. But to lrn an accurate idea of it, the building { aust be seen. otherwise it is impossible ( D have bare understanding of It. It ll bc ready for occupancy in about ( NO weeks and will have cost in the eighborhood of S40000, a snug sum for be building and tt-ing mp of one ca- i 1cious room. The entire work was one under the direction Of the Prince
 rothefs, and SD well has it been per '-med that they are deserving of the Islcst commentators and the store " ands testimonial Of their accomplish ! l.rlf.reft