St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04

and occupies two mammoth buildings, both
highly ornamented and adding greatly to the
substantial and architectural beauty of this
extensive wholesale precinct. The buildings
are of yellow brick, elegant, and appropriate
in design The corner building, which is
four stories high above the basement. is one
hundred feet square, and its ompanion is OF
Eve stories with basement. and is 5OxloO
feet in ground dimen sions. Besides this
vast area there is an immense depository
5Ox15O feet beneath a great platform at the
rear, thus affording storage surface of near
" two and one-half acres. OF an even million
cubic feet of space calculating the height OF
the stories at only ten feet. These figures
will give basis on which TO construct some
idea of the magnitude of the stock carried by
this extensive concern. This great area is
constantly full of goods, and the stranger
would be lost in the labyrinth of aisles just
wide enough to allow the passage OF the por-
ters' trucks. Hundreds upon hundreds Of
tons of merchandise pass from this great
depository daily to be distributed throughout
the entire northwest, and the vacant spaces
are as rapidly filed with the constantly ar
irving goods from all parts of the world.
Here the products from the east and the
west meet, Europe sending multitude Of
rare commodities, while the eastern states
contribute thousand of the necessities of
life. From beyond the great Pacific ocean
come vessel loads of fragrant teas. and the
American slope of the same sea sends vast
supplies of delicious edibles, the products of
the sunny fields, the golden orchards and the
salmon teeming streams. A larger and
~ oft tlacz ARTICLES
in daily demand in the households of the
land can scarcely be found in the country
Did YOU ever try to enumerate the articles
carried in a grocery stockl If not, don't try,
but step into an extensive, well-oriered ware
house like this. and your bewilderment will
discourage you from undertaking the expert
ment.
The original establishment was founded in
1859. time when grocery business of
So, 600 or 500, 900 per annUm was consid-
cred very large. Now the territory to be pro
yided with goods has increased thousand
fold aud the yearly sales amount to millions,
vet the gigantic transactions are conducted
with even greater smoothness and facility
now than then, so admirably aud perfectly is
every portion of the intricate machinery of
the business arranged. The ''P- Il. Kelly
Merchantile Coz consists of P. Fl. Kelly,
president and Alfred Dufreue, Jerome Platt.
Rod. C. Gooding. Alex. ". Barclay, Jason
W. Cooper and Warren Granger, directors
Each OF these gentlemen has his special and
distinct apartment to which be devotes his
attention. and nearly eli of them have been
brought Up in the house BY the able general
who heads them. There are over one hun
dred men employed BY the company in the
various departments.
4 large portion of the second building is
occupied as the stOrshouse for the teas and
coffees Of the company and by the Minnesota
Spice company. separate branch Of the
grocery business The GLOBE representative
when he dropped in recently, found Col
Warren Granger, the chief of the depart
menr, deep in the perusal of invoices enum-
Grating the quantities and qualities OF new