The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-25

NJ. A. Calm. of San Francisco, H.
w. Roberts, II. H. Harsha. John
X. Breon, and Howard Tilton, DAN
lei B. Jackson, and the officers are:
President, Mr.. Webb: vice president. Mr..
Calm; sec rotary treasurer. Mr.. jackson !;
and superintendent of credit department,
Mr.. Roberts. The capital stock is $3.50, COO.
The substantial brick building which the
company owns has a frontage of sixty feet
on South Second street and Ill feet on
Jackson street. 1t is three stories high,
with a fine basement extending clear to
the outside edge Of the sidewalk on both
streets additional, making in all floor
area equal to more than four times the
ground dimensions of the building. Then
in addition to this the three floors of half
the adjoining building are now occupied.
giving total frontage on South Second
street of ninety feet. and total floor area
of nearly Al. 600 square feet.
On the first floor of the main building
and fronting on both streets are the large
and commodious salesrooms. all elegantly
lighted through the glass fronts on both
streets. Here are displayed in tasty show
cases samples of all the goods carried in
stock. Adjoining the salesroom is the
cigar and tobacco department, and in the
rear of the salesroom is the counting room
and managers office. The counting room
is finished in oak. with bevel plate glas,
all around the top, and inside are tasty
Office fixtures and furnishings. The re-
mainder of the first floor is devoted prin-
cipally to shipping, the goods coming in
being received at one door on the Jackson
street side and those going out being ship
ped at the other.
There are four elevators. one a large
electric lift of $500 pounds capacity, two
hydraulics and one hand elevator. In the
basement are stored the heavy goods. such
as syrups. lard, fish, canned goods of all
descriptions, etc.
On the second floor is the tea and coffee
department and packing room. The COM
pany is the heaviest importer Of teas and
rice IN the state. 1t has a full line of its
own special brands Of teas, one for in
stance, Japan tea. known as the Mount
Rainier brand. with Japanese painting
of Washington's favorite peak on the mat
ting around the chest. These and
large quantities of other goods are all i'm
ported direct from the countries in which
they are produced without passing
through the hands of outside dealers or
commission men. In the packing room
on the second floor are kept broken pack
ages from which orders for less than
whole cases Of goods are filed, though the
house is strictly wholesale and no orders
are accepted from any but dealers. The
balance of the space on this floor not taken
up by the stocks OF teas cotiees and rice is
occupied by -four, feed, soap, wrapping
paper. paper bags, etc.
On the third floor are stored light goods,
such rs woodenware, dried fruits, beans,
nuts. etc. and the company contem lates
putting in coffee rooster and spice mill
on the leased portion of this floor after a
time. In addition TO roasting coffee and
grinding spices regular manufacturing
department will be established for making
extracts and a thousand other things that
now have to be shipped in from the out
side.
But if there is one department on which
the company prides itself more than
another, il is on its cigar and tobacco de-
partment. This department is under the
management OF \. d. kerron. and is the
larges. in the state. The annual sales of
cigars alone run from 4,0o0, COZ 10 s 900. 900
The company is Washington agent for
Carl Upman's famous brands of cigars
Prize Medal" "Orientals" and Extra
Fines" besides number of other standard
brands. From $40. 600 to $4,000 worth of
cigars and tobacco is constantly carried in
stock.
H. II. Harsha and A. c. Wadsworth
are travelling statesmen for the house in
the Sound district, +. V. Dinginan travels
east of the mountains, George II. Leghorn
is resident agent at Spokane, representing
the cigar and tea departments; George E.
Hall has charge of the city trade in cigars
and tobacco. and John F.. Breon is genera.
city salesman. The pay roll consists of
thlrty-two employees, receiving about
s.. 500 in wages every month. Two large
double trucks and one single truck are
kept constantly employed hauling goods