The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-19
Excellent Management, Intelligent Elm
plOyes. a Large and Well Select
ed Stock and an Immense
Business.
The Fine Blackberry Building and its
Tenants-One of Great Falls Great
est institutional Perfect
Store Throughout.

On the northeast corner of Central
avenue and Park drive may be seen one
of the finest buildings in the state. 1t
is the Bach Cory block, costing $4,000.
This building was begun in May of 1880
and in April last was ready for its occu-
pants. 1t contains four stories and a
basement. is built of pressed brick, has a
frontage Of fifty feet on the avenue and
extends rearward 80 feet. The base
ment is occupied by the firm of Bach.
Cory & Co. as a wareroom. The ground
floor and part of the second floor are
used by the same firm. The remainder
are occupied by offices and the fourth
floor contains the elegant rooms of the
Rainbow club. e of the finest in the
west. The building is in itself a model
of magnificent architectural beauty.
The long front of solid pressed brick i'm
presses one with a sense of business Sc
curity. Within, the finishing is of the
finest character. 1t is hard wood
throughout, oak prevailing, and a hard
oil finish brings out to its fullest extent
the natural beauty of the wood. Even
the wainscotting is of this character.
The offices, f%orty-one in number, are
models of convenience, comfort and ele-
gance. Each floor is furnished with
bath and closet rooms; the entire build
ing is heated by steam and lit with cleo
tricity, and throughout seems to lack no
modern convenience.
A TRIBUNE reporter dropped in yester-
day morning and with ID. L. Willard, the
genial manager, as cicerOne, took a stroll
through the building. first to the base
ment. This is 50X150 feet in size. About
its entire course runs an area. twelve
feet wide, which is bricked off from the
main part and used for cold storage. In
this are kept the immense quantities of
meats, fish, ETC., which the firm keeps
always on hand. The basement proper
is a storageroom for groceries and hard
ware. At its northwestern extremity is
located a tinshop. Beside this are stu
ated great boilers, the largest in the city,
which furnish the building with steam
heat. Stepping then or to the elevator
n rises to the ground floor. The front
of this. 3Sx1OO feet. is used for a retail
and sample storeroom. To the right of
the entrance is the grocery department.
to the left the hardware. The rear part
of the building is used by the wholesale
department. On the second story is an
other storeroOm, SOx20 feet. which is
filled by the mammoth stock of teas and
cotfees which the firm carries for whole
sale purposes.
The retail business which the store
JoaS is an pycnllnpt ono Tho cto.k of
goods could not be excelled in New
York city, and besides customers meet
only courteous and intelligent clerks,
who attend to their wants with celebrity
and careful attention. 1t is to the
wholesale department, however, that
special attention is devoted. This. as in
deed is the entire establishment, is un-
der the careful personal supervision of
ID. L.. Willard. and it is but due to this
courteous gentleman to say that
throughout there prevails an air Of
thorough and careful business manage
ment. a close attention to details and a
neatness most c~Ommendable, which re-
fleets great credit on his management.
The stock is both large and complete.
1t represents not less than 100000.
There is nothing in the lines carried
which a retail merchant might desire
that cannot be found at Bach. Cory a.
Cos. They have everything in the gro
Gerry line. canned goods of all varieties,
teas, ~cotfees. sugars, cured meats and
fish. cigars Of the very finest quality and
anything which may be found in a first
class grocery. The hardware line is
equally complete. !! full line Of crock
cry is also carried.
The investment being large and the
management excellent a result most nat
ural succeeds. The business done is
enormous. 1t runs from $4,000 to SJO,-
900 per month, and as the country grows
is continually increasing.
II stOre heir enormous stock four store
are required, two being in the
building. OF the other two one is a powder
magazine containing two car loads Of
powder and is located out OF the city
limits.
The firm employ sixteen men, all affa-
BILE gentlemen, we'll versed in their bust
ness. Among them may be mentioned II.
W. Sherman, chief bookkeeper. who is
assisted by +. W. Pickett.
Since it's establishment, three years
ago, the business has constantly grown
as it's superior excellence has been recog-
nized. 1t occupied its handsome new
quarters in April Of the present year.
and all must admit. that in quarters,
stock and employees, it is one Of the best.
if no the best equipped store in all
Montana.