The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
CROWDED FOR SPACE.
A PROSPEROUS FIRM COM
PEELED TO SEEK
New Quarters to Accommodate Their
Increasing Business-A Colossal
Structure TO BE Erected.

The dry goods trade Ct Memphis is
assuming vsst proportions and Duy ers
are now attracted to this market who
have in previous years confined their
purchases 10 the get mar's of TIE
East mr. 10 the nearer markets OF Chicago
and S.. Louis. The amount OF dry
goods sold by jobbers In this ma'ket
during the past yesr will app oxmste
1000, 900, nearly two thirds of which
has been hsn5led by one finn, a firm
tn whose push, energy and eDterrri @
the present. imp rriance 81 Memphis 20
a dry 40 IDS mark,t II lrg.ly due. We
reier, Of course, TO the firm OF B. Lowsn-
rt.in Il Boz, who stsnd at The head OF
whole-als dry goods horses in The
South, and wboce businers Is iucreUi1-g
30 rapidly thst cors ant additions to
storage CAPACITY OF its warehouses ers
rendered necersMy by the or owing de-
m.pds Of its customers The la,e 8 ore
house at the corner OF Msin and Jeifer-
eon has proved entirely inadequate
for the purpose OF handling The
goods needed. To satisfy the
demands OF the trade en-
larged accommodations have be-
CONS nece ,ssry. To meet this de-
mand tue firm have decided to build a
colossal estsb ishment seven etodes
hilh-tWo beneath the level Of
tho street and five above-oi
ample diners ous and provided with
every appli 9nce tht the INGENUITY vi
man can susg'rt for the rapid ard com
molious handling Of lsTge quantities
of good. Tne present store will BE-
torn down, and new one 75Kl50 feet
will be er cted in its stead, equipped
with three steam elevators aud ether
improved facilities for expedit GUS
transsc ion OF business. In order that
the firm might have the beneht OF sll
the latest contrlvances in tae line, Mr..
J, A Goodwin, a irus ed representa-
tive OF the house, has spent several
weeks in careful inspection OF the
hest equipped dry goods houses in
New Yore, Boston, Chicago, st Louis
ard Cincinnati, and has picked up an
idea here and another there, all OF
which will be embodied in the con-
etruction of the new building.
Pending the erection o, the proposed
building, Messrs. Lowenstein q Bros.
will occupy the three bui dings Nos.
229, 23l and 1888 Msio etreet, to which
thy have recently removed, and
which is now packed from root t. GIL
lar with the largest stock OF dry goods
ever displayed IN Memphis. Toe di
mensions OF their present quarters ars
75xl50 feet, and every iuch OF the
space covered by the five stori s OF the
building is c'owded with goods. In
addition 10 there buildings which are
used as salesrooms, the firm have
rented the two buildings on From,
street formerly occu pied by Goyer d
90 and are using them rs warehouses
for the storsge Of goods 10 unb'oken
packages. A building on Man street
opposite their present location is de-
voted to similar purposes.
Reference wss made in the intro
ductory ines OF this article TO tie
fact that 1t Is largely due to the
efforts OF b l. )weoslein u BIOS. that
Memphis is gaining imporiante
AZ dry goods market. In proof
OF this it is simply necessary to
cite the fact that an intending pur-
chaser can 90 ~ their establish
ment aud select from as complete an
assortment Of dry goods as he will find
anywhere in tie Unitei States, New
York Guy not excepted. This stick
is purchased from first hands at the
North aud from foreign manufacturers
without the mediation of middle men,
and in such quantities end on such
terms that Concessions in the mat
ter OF prices ara invariably ob-
taired. Mr.. Bernard Lowenstein
is row in Europe placing orders
for present and early spiog DE-
livery. The result is that they ars
enabled to offer the intending pur-
chaser every facili y in the way OF va
riety Of assor ment aGd l1wneee In
price that he has been accustomed to
look for only in large and pfetentious
markets. These facts are rapidly en-
forcing themselves upon the conviC-
ton, Of merchants in adjacent States,
and they are now to very general
extent awaiting themselves OF the BEN
eft OF market that combines 80 many
advantages with nearness TO home.
b. Lowenstein & Bros. have even
made 1t possible for their country pat.
ions 10 buy their goods without lesv-
ing home, Capable and active travelling
statesmen with full lines of samples
are securing the country tributary to
Memphis in the interest OF the house,
and their orders for goods are coming
in with gratifying rapidity. The weH
established reputation of the firm for
the etric'est honesty and fair dealing
makes this easy and advantageous to
the purchaser, rs he has been taught
TO rely with confidence on receiving
precisely the very thing he has pur-
chased. With half dozen firms like
b. Lowenslein 4 Bros. it would not be
long before the business OF Memphis
in all branches would be double its
present proportions.
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