Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-11-13
MARIETTA'S GROWTH
FIRMLY BELIEVED IN BY ONE OF
ITS MAIN BUSINESS HOUSES,
who Evidence Their Belief In n Practical
Way. A Large Addition to be Made
To the Already Largest Store
of Its Kind in This
Section.

The belief of many that Marietta is
bound to grow in the future as she has
in the past is what induced the Boiler
Works to locate here, is influencing
the men at the head of the glass plant
proposition, (now SO nearly closed up),
and has brought to Marietta many oi
the people who occupy the three hun.
dred and more new houses built with.
in the last twelve months alone. Moth.
ing pleases the citizens more than to
see money expended in building up
Marietta. Mr.. j. S. Pierpoint, former.
ly owner and proprietor in person OF
the BELLEVUE Hotel, man of large
means, has just arranged with Mr.. A.
w. Hutchison, Hutchisons Bargain
Store, to add a large amount of cash
capital to the business now conducted
by Mr.. Hutchisop, and the two gentle
men will, after January 1st, besides re-
arranging the present business, add to
it the entire second floor space of the
"Hutchison building" which is the
same size as the third floor, and in that
space will be several new departure n is.
The whole building, with all its thirty
or thirty. five departments, each well
furnished store in itself, will be con-
nected in such a way that one may en-
ter by either of three front entrances,
and before leaving, have purchased al
most anything that he or she might
wish to eat, wear or look at, for men,
women or babies.
This change of business will mean
thatMarietta willhave an esta ablishment
ofits kind larger than any in any of the
counties of this section of the state
The re.arranged business will occupy q
floor space of 1860 square feet, be-
sides ware and storage rooms of nearly
half as much more.
The entire building, of which the
new firm will occupy all but the Post
Office room, will be lighted by electric
ity, and the lights will be distributed
through the various departments and
halls and stairways in way to make
thorough display of goods by night
as well as by day.
Besides the two stairways now run
ming up from the street, one on either
side the building, and the elevator in
the present sales room, an additional
stairway will be erected in the center
of the building.
A ladies' parlor, something now un-
known in Marietta business estab blish-
ments, will be handsomely furnished
on the second floor. The clothing de-
partment alone will occupy room 75x
"a feet on the second floor. Another
room, 1oOx24feet, will be DEVOTED entire
ly to dry goods and notions. Among
the departments will be a crockery,
queensware and chinaware department
cloak department, ladies' ready made
snits, skirts and waists.
Travelling men visiting here some
times remark that Mariet tia is the only
town of her size that can claim such
we'll equipped department store as is
now operated, but when the eadjust-
is com pleted, the people of the city, and
surrounding towns will have an oppor-
tunity to trade at a place modelled aft
er the great stores of New York, and
with as great advantages offered them
except only in quantity of stock and
of articles of more rare use,
which would find no sale here.
1t is noticeable that all the money
that goes into this concern belongs
right here in Marietta, and will stay
here. 1t does not go into the pockets
Of foreign capitalists, but is kept in cir
in our own streets, except only
the original cost of the goods from 9TH
er cities.
1t may be interesting to know that
the business which is now being done
on such large scale by Mr.. Hutchison
and which last year brought in total
Of sl02, 10000 in receipts, was commenc-
ed only six years ago, Septem Der first,
1891. The store occupied at that time
only two floors, each 20x7O feet. The
reason that goods can be purchased SO
cheaplV at this store is that with busi-
ness done on such large scale, and all
corners watched SO as to save as much
as possible in the original purchase of
goods, and getting large quantities at
once to keep down the freight bills,
large percentages Of profit are not nee.
essary to enable it to do business at a
reasona BILE profit. With the additions
soon to be made, and business done on
a still larger scale TO the wholesale and
retail trade, the inducements offered
to the public will not find their equal
unless it be in the prese mt attempts be.
ing made to clear cut the present stock
in order to make the readjustment MT that
soon will follow. The present stock is
being reduced as rapidly as possible, so
the new firm will start with brand
new outfit on their new venture.