The Jersey City news., 1892-05-13
This City Shows Its Pres
4 ence by the New En-
terpr1ses of the
Retailers.
BUILDINGS LARGE AND COSTLY.
Extension the Rule with Old Houses,
and New Ones Are
Coming In.


come work in earnest about a year ago.
and the movement has by no means come
to stop. Look where you will about
the city and evidences of increasing pros
perity and growing trade may be seen in
new business enterprises. This TO Dus-
mess man and the taxpayers is encour- :
agement greater than words can give.
1t Is genuine and real encouragement.
1t is something tangible, and is guaran-
tee of good times and solid sue cess in the
near future.
THE PIONEERS.
1t is about q year since Brown & Van
Anglen. who stand foremost among the
dry goods houses in the city, found it
necessary to increase the size of their
store. The demands made upon this
firm bY it's patrons was acceded to and
the ground floor of the building was
doubled in size. This change would not
have been made had not Brown & Van
Anglen from their great experience ar
rived at the conclusion that the day had
passed when shoppers felt it necessary TO
go to New York to make purchases.
People had at last been made to realize
that the business houses in
this city were learning to compete with
advantage to themselves with New York
houses, where enormous rents, and the
salaries Of an army of clerks and sales
men and women increa ases prices. People
had learned that the merchants in this
city with comparatively cheap rent and a
corresponding decrease in other expenses
could furnish articles of merchandise
even cheaper than the greatest business
houses in New York
1t Is but Il few years since grass grew in
the great thoroughfares of our sister city.
Newark, Market and Broad streets. To-
day that city is metropolis for surround
ing cities. towns and villages. People in
tho ORANGES and suburbs Of Newark. and
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other cities for thirty miles around, have
learned by experience that the merchants
of Newark sell cheaper than those in New
York from the simple fact that they can
afford to do SO because of the compara-
lively little expense they are under.
Newark today is great retail business
city
It has been hard struggle for the mer-
chants OF this city to persuade the people
here that they can save money by patron
izlng home industries, but their persever-
anoe has at last met with the desired re-
suit and in consequence the present boom
in business enterprise set in. 1t is
boom that has come to stay if one may
judge from the following undisputed
evidence.
WALTERS NEW DEPARTURE.
Adolph Walters, for many years a
dealer in diamonds. jewelry, watches and
the usual accompanfmepts at No. SO New
ark avenue, has found thai the increase
of his business has rendered it necessary
TO enlarge his quarters. He has Leased
5he new brick building erected on New
ark avenue OIL the site where Furst's
dry goods store formerly was situated.
Mr.. Walters has taken that building for
ten years at an annual rental Of $4,000.
This store will be sufficiently large to
carry on one of the largest jewelry busi-
nesses in the State.
wATSON'S BIG VENTURE.
Hha1 fhara 10 (Iaarpa Wnts0n,C aufar.
prise. He but few months ago leased
all of the magnificent five story double
building erected by w. w. Farrier at
Nos. 95 and 81 Montgomery street, and he
has placed in 1t one of the largest stocks
of furniture In any store in this State.
Mr.. Watson is shrewd business man,
and had he not believed in business sue
cess in this city he would not have gone
into this extensive enterprise.
Il Abram Post Is also believer in the
business. present and future, of the city,
aud he has invested comfortable for
tune in five-story business building ad-
Joining Watson's store. The District
Cour5 occupies portion Of this building.
The store he expects to find an advan-
tageous tenant for before the fall season.
THE CLERIHEw STORE.
As great disaster aS a fire that de-
stroyed all In its way was not sufficient
to prevent the George w. CIerihew cloth
ing house from continuing business. AS
soon as the insurance companies adjusted
the losses on the totally DESTROYED building
Clerihew estate began at once to make
preparations for rebuilding. The new
store Is now practically completed. 1t
will be stocked from the ground floor TO
the roof. and new life and vigor will be
introduced into the old established and
management believed they could COM
pete with advantage to the consumer
with New York houses, the business
would not have been continued after the
fire.
THE BOSTON IN THE SWIM.
just adjoining Clerihew's store is the
big Boston House. TO meet the demands
of its patrons this company has crowded
every nook aud corner of the capacious
store with merchandise. 1t is carrying a
greater stock this year than ever, and Is
meeting with success that proves that
people here have learned that they save
money by not going to New York to
purchase.
MULLINS co.'s PROJECT.
John Mullins & Co., the largest furni-
ture dealers in New Jersey have found
their immense store on Newark avenue
inadequate to meet the demands of their
customers, and they have in contempla-
tion the erection of five story structure
adjoining the presentbiR double building.
Mullins s. Co. believe that the present
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are greatly pleased at the prospects.
II. B. RUSsELL'S IMPROVEMENT.
A noticeable improvement has been
made in the store Of H. b. Russell & Son
at Nos. 11S and 100 Newark avenue. For
eighteen years this firm has been success
full in its present location and the pro-
portions Of the business have SO extended
that the firm this spring was compelled
TO enlarge the store, considerably. This
has given the firm an opportunity TO very
much increase it's stock, and dry goods of
any description may be had there. The
store is nlpletely stocked with all sorts
of garments women purchase and hum
dreds of things their husbands desire.
HoOS s SCHULTZS IMPROVEMENTS
Hoos & Schultz, the well known furni-
ture dealers on Newark avenue have been
forced to greatly increase the enormous
stock they always carry. and besides,
have thoroughly renovated the nve story
double building they occupy. The firm
expect TO do greater business this year
than they have ever doue. The reports
from their branch stores are very encour-
aging.
FURNITURE COMPETITION
Another new enterprise Is the grand
transformation of the old time beer gar
aen at Nos. 81 and 33 Newark avenue |
into a very fine furniture store owned by |
Z, Brodefick The entire double build |
Ing is devoted to this business and Mr.. |