New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-13
READY VAST BUILDINGS.

nv REING INTRODvCED-F1RMs PUT
TING UP ADDITIONS TO THEIR AL
READY VAST BUILDINGS.
! ,,-.sse Of trade In the Sxth-ave shopping
10, ~ this city in years has been so re-
oYx.h. as 10 upset the calculations of many mer-
., other parts Of the city, and 10 cause dismay
'-arv small tradesmen. As result OF the HOOK
" a, thousands OF shoppers to that region every
=, there have sprung up great department stores
-,Ich almost every known commodity can be pur-
biased
yc,,ce the time when a. r. Stewart began TO at
-, trade at his bargain-counters at Broadway and
m,mbers-st there has been a tendency OF the trade
- keep moving from part OF the city TO another
= moved altogether away from the place in which
v, Stewart began TO make his millions. and it lam
l,shed so much In recent years at the store at
e-o.svay and feminist. which was hourishing at
4. time OF his death. that the store has now been
I,sd Grand-st is no longer the centre OF shopping
As, Il formerly was. although there are several
A,vsns stores in the street yet and many New
t,-ters remember the big drygoods and notions
to-s. that disappeared from the Bowery about the
dme-that Mr.. Bloom. the proprietor of one of the
,as, prominent of those stores. became desperate
~ .ccoIn; OF the movement; Of trade and committed
S,,c,ds IN the fremont House at Broadway and
Thirds;
The Broadway stores. with few exceptions. have
,.ar moving further up Broadway and into Twenty
Airi-s; Fourteenth-st. mas been changed from
stree; OF homes into busy thoroughfare OF trade.
pars OF ThIrd-ave. and Eghth-ave. have felt the
,r,n,lse and hundred nd twenty hfth-st.. from
rh,rs-ave 70 Eighth-ave has been marked as a
seadouar:ers for the bargain hunter.
TRADE INCREASED BY COMPETITION
~, the sxth-ave shopping disric; there has been
a. rim, Of decline in spite OF the increase OF trade
Z, n,her parts OF the city. There has been con-
,,snt Increase Of trade in the district for several
wears The elevated railroad in sxh-ave. with sta
lions al Fourteenth. Eighteenth and Twenty-third
s.s and cross;own lines passing two of the sta
CONS have helped to build up the trade in the dis
,ric, by making the stores more accessible to the
snoppers Mere access biliiy. however has not been
the cause OF increase OF trade in the district
Shoppers like sheep in the disposition 10 follow
tadsrs and keep in a crowd. Give them start. and
most OF them TO go together.
Bargains always the first attraction for shoppers.
have been plentiful at the Sixth-ave. stores. and
newspaper advertising has kept the public Informed
o. the places az which bargains could be found
Nacvs started IT, b. Altman & Co. Sheppard
Knapp & Co. II. O'Ne & Co. Simpson. Crawford
Simpson. A. J. Cammeyer. Enrich Brothers and
others kept il up. and now the Siegel-Cooper Com
panys huge store has been built attract some Of
the trade OF the district. Competition has been
the He of trade In Sixth-ave as in other parts of
the city and the competition there has been
the more thriving has been the trade of all the
stores
While the store OF the Siegel-Cooper Company was
being erected other stores in Sixth-ave were being
enlarged or improved. The work of that kind has
been going on constantly for years and is still In
progress The growth of the big store of II. O'Neill
& Co was steady for several years. one building
after another was purchased to make more room.
until all the old buildings removed gradually
10 make place for the imposing business structure
with its gilded domes Macy's has been growing
year BY year until buildings have been erected
on the north side Of Fourteenth-st to accommodate
departments which were crowded In the older build
ings B. Altman Co. will occupy more new build
ings soon The work of building and rebuilding
will continue the needs of shoppers Increase
THE MANY CONTINGENCIES.
Inncvations have been made frequently, and some
of the novelties in trade would make an old-tme
New York merchant gasp with establishment Gus
toners are attracted to the stores by all sorts or
accommodations and devices TO promote their COM
fort and furnish amusement. 1t is not enough that
the show windows are decked out with lavish dis
play and with high artistic skill The shoppers
must have all the comforts and luxuries OF hotel
ct places in which they buy goods At
sons OF the year the children think that one OF the
pleasures OF life IS TO go to the Sxth-ave stores
and rec the show windows. AT other times grown
I'D people take pleasure in lunching and visiting
ct some OF the stores. Women frequently go TO
the stores to write their correspondence. In sum-
Iner and winter the stores centres Of life and
activity
H. O'NEILL & CO.
There is building in the shopping district in
Eltth-ave which invariably attracts the frequent
ers OF that busy horoughfare by It's peculiar style
OF architecture 1t is the length of block; II ex-
tends down the side streets several hundred feet;
Il Is Whitehall Of which Is not unusual Of course
but II has upon its two front corners two gded
domes which can be gllstening under the
suns rays for long distances up and down Sixth