Evening journal., 1897-06-12
A MAMMOTH ENTERPRISE.
N. SNELLENBURG & CO., THE
LARGE CLOTHING FIRM, WILL
OCCUPY MORE SPACE.

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OCCUPY MORE SPACE.
The celebrated clothiers Of this city
and Philadelphia, N. Snellenburg d
Co., have arranged to enlarge their
large store in the latter city. With the
completion of these arrangements, they
will have one of the largest clothing
stores in the country. They have Sc
cured full possession of the entire Gil
rard block, extending from Market
street to Girard street, and consider
ably more than one-half of the greater
portion of the square from Twelfth to
Eleventh street. The few following de-
tails will give some estimate of the area
and extent of the tremendous exten-
sions
The sixth floor,with an area of 5000
square feet, will be used for the eXami-
nation and sponging of cloth and for
the cutting of the good Philadelphia
made clothing for men, for boys. FOR
children.
The entire fifth floor with a similar
area, will be devoted TO the sewing
button-hOling, pressing and examining
of the finished garments
The fourth floor will be given over to
the wholesale department and execu-
tive offices, which occupy the third
floor in the present establishment. The
firm has leased the large ground floor
of No. S2S Broadway, New York city,
where a branch office, exclusively for
the wholesale trade, has been opened,
under The management of expert sales
men of Philadelphia products.
In addition to the already large force
of travelling statesmen, now visiting all
towns of importance from Maine to
California, the staff is to be increased
by half a dozen new representatives
who will travel through the South,
Southwest, the far West and the Pa
ciflc coast. That this alone is no small
matter will be appreciated when it is
understood that it means the added en-
ployment of hundreds and hundreds OF
Philadelphia workers to supply the in
creased demand sure to follow this new
wholesale activity.
A conspicuous feature of the removal
of the wholesale office on the fourth
floor viii be the establishment of a
series of private offices for visiting
merchants, where they may transact
all their business with the firm ana
others, as quietly, comfortably and
well as in the counting rooms of their
own establishments-in their own town,
the firms clerical force, telephones,
books and all else pertaining to office
work being entirely at the service OF
the merchants.
While, as will be seen from all this
the output OF the Good Philadelphia
Made Clothing will be increased, it is
the intention of the firm to reserve the
retail sale of their far-famed goods to
themselves in Philadelphia alone. In
other words no clothing of their own
make will be sold to dealers in Phila-
delphia and the public here will at all
times be able to take advantage of the
decreased cost of production caused by
an increased output, to the fullest eX
tent.
S. L. Bloch, of the firm, who sailed
for Europe, on May 29, will arrange
Immediately to open offices in Eng
land, France Austria, Germany ano
Belgium.
The Snellenburg NH bicycle has
already been exported by the firm and
there is no reason why other Ameri-
can products cannot be proftably in
troduced in the same manner.
New departments will be introduced
especially devoted to the sale OF such
goods as are made entirely or in part
of woolens, ready to wear, either fol
man, woman or child. Twenty-eighi
years of honor between buyer and
seller" has produced such a permanent
mercantile success as augurs hopefully
and well for the future of the immense
far-reaching business that will grow
up across the way from the Reading
/ Terminal.
These few simple words tell the
story of the Snellenburg success
Honor between buyer and seller; lib
erality toward Philadelphia labor; cor
diality toward the fellow merchants
and an earnest effort to foster Phila
delphia industry. These factors have
established the success Of the past
They guarantee the success Of the fu
ture. in the immense store Of the peo
pie at Market and Twelfth streets.