The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-20
HANDSOME QUARTERS.
The New and Conveniently Arrange
Store of the Palmer Hardware Com

The New and Conveniently Arranged
Store Of the Palmer Hardware Com
pany.
While great deal OF taste and origi-
nality has been displayed in the construc-
tion Of clothing, dry goods and crockery
/ salesrooms, the general hardware stores
throughout the country are not calculated
in their arrangement to attract the eye of
an admirer of beauty and elegance.
There is, however, in this city, a ware
house and show room which far sur
passes any structure for convenience and
unique arrangement that has ever been
erected for the purpose 1t is the Pal
mer Hardware COmpany's new building
on Bay street.
Even the citizens of Savannah, except
ing those who have dealings with this
firm, have no idea of the magnitude and
magnificence of the store which is oc u
pied by this company. 1t is worth visit
to the establishment to see how attract
lively the large stock of goods is displayed,
and the convenient manner in which they
can be handled
In this completely arranged building
there is sufficient room to hold the enOr-
nous supply of everything requisite to
the business, and yet all available space
is filed. The entire building covers an
area of 80 feet by POS feet. The main Of
flee is on the first floor, front, and is 20
feet wide by 80 feet long. II is encased
in glass, and is elegantly furnished with
desks and all proper furniture for the
convenience of the proprietors and sales
men. On the same floor is a large show
room which is filed up with wide coun-
tiers, shelves and movable ladders, which
run around the sides of the room. On the
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as cutlery and other small ware. In the
center of the room are large tables, on
which are samples of everything kept in
the establishment, a separate table being
used for each department. There are
carpenters tools, cutlery. locks, tinware
turpentine tools, farming implements and
various other articles Near by, on the
floor, are samples of stoves, blacksmiths'
outfits, cotton gins, etc. A large and
conveniently arranged gun case stands
against the wall, and a novel and practi-
cally arranged rack for leather and rub
Der belts is another noticeable feature.
The floor above contains their stock of
woOdenware, guns, tinware and lamp
goods, all arranged in the most complete
manner for easy handling. Deep shelves
are constructed against the walls for
holding broken packages of goods, so that
small orders can be quickly filed from
them.
There is another commodious ware
room just back of the main building on
the ground floor. Here is kept the stock
of farming implements, and it is like Wis
iting county fair to look at the various
styles of ploughs, cultivators, mowers
and other implements which are dis
played in such an attractive manner.
Back of this is still another warehouse,
where the heaviest goods are kept, and
where the drays drive in to deliver the
stock or receive shipments of goods. In
this room is large rack, capable of hold
ing ten carloads of iron and it is filed
with every desirable size of iron from a
a inch round rod, to a 4x215 inch fat bar
Here is also great piles of nails, barbed
wire, stoves and other heavy articles.
The entire building is lighted by cleo
tricity, and every conceivable contriv-
ance is on hand, so as to facilitate the
business.
The proprietors are justly proud of
their elegant new quarters, and take
great pleasure in showing all visitors
through their handsome hardware ex-
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