The Portland daily press., 1888-12-13
ATKINSON HOUSE FURNISHING
COMPANY.
What Has Been Accomplished by
Push and Energy.

Some three years ago Mr.. Isaac c. Akin
son came to Portland and established him
self in the furniture business. He was a
competitors in his line. Today Mr.. Atkin-
son has trade that compels him to occupy
the whole of the great four story and base
ment block at the corner of Pearl and Mid
die streets for the accommodation of his
goods, and another large block on the OPP
poslte side of Middle street. But Portland is
but one of the cities in Maine where Mr.. At
kinson is known. About all, if not quite all,
the cities in the State support branch houses,
all built up by the push ane energy of Mr..
Atkinson who has also been ably served by
very smart and competent body of as
sistants. AS result the furniture business
controlled by the firm is one Of the largest
in New England. The payroll for service
is something enormous. which indicates the
immense sums represented ia the annual
sales.
A representative of the PRESS looked over
the main warehouse yesterday and although
he was able to only take flying glance as
he passed through the different departments,
OF an hour. AS a result he was struck by
the opportunity afforded people of small
means to procure articles of furniture at
moderate price and of excellent make and
style, and it is this class that preponderates
in every community, and whose trade makes
tradesmen rich. We saw black walnut chairs
upholstered in crushed plush that are gen.
orally sold at $25, marked down to SIS; an
others for $40; and third-an easy chair and
rocker-for $50. the latter with the arms, back
and seat, network of springs, covered with
elegant plush, and as good as any Turkish
rocker. These chairs are sold at these prices
because the firm managed to secure them in
a lot, and give their customers the same adj
vantages they obtained themselves. The
same may be said of the parlor sets offered
at $45, that require nice judgment to dis
tinguished from those priced at 500. In
short it is this fact that by purchasing such
large quantities OF goods at time that en-
ables the Atkinson house to give their Gus
toners such unexampled advantages.
To those who wish the most expensive
goods they are as easily procured as the
others. The Phoenix folding chairs are so
constructed that while they are great adorn-
ments to room they are of prime con-
venience, and range all the way from $50 to
$120. The half octagon etageres, for the
display of China, are beautiful adjunets to
the furnishing of parlor, and only lately
Mr.. E. b. Mallett, of Freeport, had one put
in his house. OF course it would be i'm
possible here TO enumerate all the sets of
furniture and crockery, chamber sets,
carpetings, stoves, hanging lamps, desks,
cabinet organs, cabinets, in every conceivable
form and at every imaginable price, the
building contains. 1t is now the time of the
year when every one is thinking of the
holidays and Mr.. Atkinson is determined
that if they desire anything in his line they
shall get it. In conversation with one of
the firm yesterday the PRESS representative
asked him to what he attributed Mr.. Atkin-
sons wonderful success, "To the fact" he
replied, ''that he not only is man of great
push and energy but, in dull times, when
most tradesmen are moping and wondering
why the custom don't come, he advertises
freely letting the public know what he has
got and giving them to understand that they
can get goods at remarkably low prices.