The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-12

Furniture-Systemaiic Work.
The storage warehouse for the safe
keeping of household furniture and arti
cles of value of every description has De-
come one Of the permanent institutions ot
this city. Ii is said that the amount of
property now in the custody Of these
storage warehouses will foot mp into the
neighborhood of $50, 600, 600. These
warehouses are almost numberless, aud
are situated IN nearly every section ol
Manhattan Island. especially where tle
population is Of such a class that makes
their presence practically a necessityaGud
they are of nearly every kind and qualItA
10 suit the surroundings. Some Of them
are absolutely ircproof others claim Oh
be treproof, but have collapsed DO %
greater or less degree when put 70 tho
crucial test. while the third class makes
little pretcnsion in that direction. trust
ing to chance and a certain amount ol
careful watching 10 prevent theirde trae.
ton by the flames.
II j. at this season of tho year that tla
capacity of the storage warehouse /,
tested TO the utmost, for it 81 during the
months o. summer that so many City
houses are closed while the occupant ar'
away, and la a vast number of instances
the owner prefer that their furniture
and all their belongings should BE cared
for in the safest possible place. So 10
speak the storage warehouse has become
the fashionable summer resort for tho
finest household goods of the city.
Through the courtesy of IL, manager. %
reporter was permitted To examine one of
the representative storage warehouse ot
this city. The building was. apparently
AS iudestructible as human ingenuity
could devise. There was nothing iu icft
for the flames to feed upon, even If in
some miraculous way they should chance
90 gain admission. for there were visible
only stone. cement. iron and steel on
walls. floor and ceiling The various
compartments I'm which were kept tho
| Thousands ot dollar, worth OF goods cn-
trusted to the care Of The proQriet0r5
were all separated lr0m the o,acr, $50
completely that d lile iu ono could not
communicate with iti ue.-lbor
What people do yol number among
I Your PATRONS asked the reporter. whcu.
! after q tour Of the building. tho aim0s.
| luxurious office of the manager WA,
reached.
DO you wish ne to give ou The names
} OF our most prominent customers. Well.
lrc,Iet that ID is against oar rules 90 do
ESQ. iou can see that il would NOT bo llir
O., aiyuige the names OF those Ulo favor
- with their patronage, AID. besides tho
load com. icitions which might result
would BE- itkaiy to be- serious
Why do tAe rich store their goods
when they have houses Ot their OWN Ia
which To- keep them.
We'll Tor various reasons. Many pro
ior tJ leave their goods with us Whenever
thcy 20 90 the country on 5CashOre. know
ing that they win be safer than m their
ouu houses. while others are almost
forced DO IJ SOD from the stress of circum-
stances. have iu my mind ono of the
most prominent brokers oI Wall street,
who sold Dis house q week or two ago. lC
was ID sudden transaction ou bis part. and
hp had made no provision for the disposal
ot his furniture So ho Immediately sent
il To us. Another similar case was that
Of tine vile 81 one 0f iho officers OF tho
chemical bank.
The number Of people vino have COMO
% Oh. ,ca-h0re. To the mountains 0r -
Europe This SUMNER has been something
wonderful ana within my experience /
have seen nothing like II, and. / fancy,
bat ID small proportion Of the pleasure
seekers have already gone. There arc
many of our patron, who do not store all
their household effects during their thrce
or Tour months Ol absence from town, bat
send as their silyerW are. bIc-a-brac,
paintings. bronze. etc lorWhich VIC have
especially prepared compartments
chicago has advanced wonderfully with
regard 10 the facility for removing furni
ture. $50 that ia a measure the annoyance
and loss which was occasi0ucd under tho
old order Of things is at 10 minimum now.
Let me illustrate suppose that You had
suddenly made up yodr mmd a. leave tho
city tor uu extended absence tomorrow
morning. and had I'D time t. attend To-
lhe removal oi your goods today You
would have only Go leave your order
with u- as % the time when you
would be- ready ~ have your furniture
taken away. and "a vans would be IN
your house i'm the morning. You could
eat your breakfast in peace and comfort.
Your seryauts would not have even
10 make up the beds and tho moment
after yOu had started on your journey our
wOrklncn would DO taking up your car
pets. removing your pictures from the
walls and carefully packing away your
bric d -brac. IN q few hours your house
would be absolutely deuulod OF every
thing. if you So desired. which would be
safely stored away until your return. 4
day or two before your Homecoming You
could telegraph your expected arrival and
the work OF taking back your furniture
| would be carried forward Is 5peediiy a.
| when il was taken away. Experienced
| hands would lay your carpets, while real
artists ia their work would hang your
pictures and arrange your c-a-b rac and
furniture. 50 that the moment you en-
tered your house you would find 1t IN bet
tor order than when you left IL after
breakfast Oh the day Of your departure.
What would you estimate as the value
Of the property in your custody al the
| present time
1t is difficult - make an exact esti-
mate, but / should say that IL - rot less
| than 50, 900. 900. New YORK siSil and
Expires.