The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-28
By HARD WORK.
The Effects Of Good Management and
JudiciOus Advertising.

Tomorrow Sands & Boyce, in theirhand-
somely decorated and enlarged block, on
the corner OF Main street and West Broad
way, will make their annual fall opening OF
new goods. This year the firm will beyond
doubt eclipse anything in their line ever
Boyce entered the present firm as the
general business manager and junior part
ner. Then he found the house employing
three hands; o twenty-five persons are
required to conduct the business. At that
time the firm occupied but one room,
25x6o feet in size; now if the premises were
made into one room OF 25 feet in width it
would necessarily be 535 feet in length, and
there is not a foot of fool room to spare.
The stock Of goods carried has correspond
ingly increased, and has had to be divided
into numerous departments in order to
facilitate it's handling. The handsome
decorations, both throughout the store
and in the windows, is under the direct
management OF Mr.. McKeehan, and all
visitors to the place can see how tastefully
it is done. The heads OF
H VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
are as follows: dry goods, Mr.. Fenner;
domestic, Mr.. Roberts; notions, Miss Firth
and Mrs. Law; carpets. Mr.. Brownfield;
clothing, Mr.. McMurphy; gents furnishing
goods, Mr.. Papineau; BOOTS and shoes,
AAAs AAAAicOl SS1iS1dI oOlCSulCu, NlCOSIo %
0orham and CAVITY; orders, W.. t.: Boyce,
and d~ressmaking, Miss ..McCarrick. All OF
these employees are polite and affable to
customers, and with such a stock of goods
as the firm carries, no one mas any trouble
in being suited in the selection of whatever
may be wanted. Tomorrow, when the
opening takes place the store will present a
most handsome appearance, and every
lady in Butte will undoubtedly want to
see it.
THE NEW BLOCH.
One can hardly call the present quarters
of Sands & Boyce their old store, for so
many. improvements and additions have
been made to it that it has passed beyond
recognition. The front on Main street is
almost solid glass, some OF the panes being
92x132 inches in size, and are SO arranged
as to present a very attractive appearance.
On the ground floor, the north hall of the
block is occupied by the dry goods depart
ment, the shelves OF which are packed
closely with the latest styles OF carefully
selected articles, and are nearly all new
goods. The same may be said of the other
branches, as the old stock was nearly dis
posed Of during the recent sales at the re-
duced rates. The south half is occupied by
an immense stock OF clothing and gents
furnishing goods, embracing anything from
a pair OF socks to a handsome Wedding suit.
In the rear OF these is the order department
and the accountants quarters. On going
up stairs the carpet and window room is
IS first encountered, the stock and variety
OF which has been very materially increased
in proportion to the enlarged quarters. Oc-
cupying the front rooms on Main street, up
stairs is the suit room, with the dressmak-
ing rooms attached. This is the p%articu-
lar spot to which the ladies are attracted,
/ and where thew ran nJ1rrbaSa onvthip0 To
suit their fancy, from the most expensive
sea!skin to the cheapest garment desired.
HrNn in the cellar is where the money OF
80: .ir.n it locked up in pile after pile OF
new goods, OF all Imaginable description,
from which the selections are replenished.
In the cellar also, are three hot air fur
furnaces, with which the entire building is
heated, without the usual dirt and incon-
v%enience attached to stoves.
Throughout the building there are cleo
trio bells, speaking tubes and all the other
modern improvements that could be added
to the place for the use of the employees.
It is simply a model house OF it's kind,
and a be much better appreciated after
being seen than by further description.
All customers and the public are welcomed
by the firm at any time and particularly
on Monday.
The firm is undoubtedly one of the
heaviest advertisers, as well as successful,
in the Great Basin. Fully IS, 900 has been
expended in thai line during the past year,
and still the house believes that the Judi
cious use OF printers ink pays literally.
Walkeryille Fire Department.
The fire at the Alice mill Thursday deyel-
oped the fact hitherto not generally known
in Butte that Walkerville possesses 4 small
81 two companies, 1ksi5 Eethm agp tt,v t 6 ais9ns lit
Hose No. 1, and the Alice Mine Hose No. :.
Each have a nice hose reel with sixteen
hundred feet OF rubber hose. The re are
thirteen modern fire plugs in good condi-
ton. The pressure is OF sufficient power to
throw a stream a distance Of from 100 to
$50 feet with a Z nozzle, which would carry
the water over the highest point OF the
Alice mill. This car be done from seven
plugs at one time. The companies are each
comprised Of twenty MEN and are thor
oughly organized and differed, ave their
constitution, bylaws and regular meetings,
to say nothing Of frequent drills. AS a
proper protection to the people of the
village a four-inch main has been run and Il
| plug erected in ron OF the store OF Caplice
4 McCune. To supply the water in case OF
fire, an extensive reservoir has been built
| and the water is forced from it by two
KNOWLES dOuble-acton pumps, ettch having
a capacity Of 0 gallons per minute. The
reservoir, pumps, fire plugs, apparatus and
accessories are always kept in good repair,
and are in condition to be ready at IA
moments notice. Among those to whom
the present efficiency OF the department is
in a considerable degree due is Mr.. Charles
Ellis, foreman OF the mine, who has taken
a great deal of pride in the institution, and
who at the recent fire proved that he was a
| cool, clear. headed fireman.