The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-03
WORCESTER STORAGE CO.,
Il. adlcy street and Gold street Court

Bradley street and Gold street Court
Among the modern and more recent
enterprises that have sprung into ex.
isteace, extending the bounds Of the,
usefulness and grown to be factors IN
the world Of commerce, none is q
more Importance or beneficial than til.
system Of storage houses now in vogue
in the various cities Of, the United
States. In rhe field of usefulness 10
which they are directly adapted they
have ceased to be regarded as merely
q convenience and are looked upon TO.
day Is an actual necessity, as some
thirg Indispensable to the business IN
taresis of this country. Theirs is a
peculiar and varied field-no substitute
could answer to the want they have
filed, and the strongest evidence q /
their increasing popularity is the nun.
Der that are each year added {. the
already large list one of the leading
types of storage houses are those de-
voted to the storage of Household
goods Of every description, and The
simplifying of the problems of ship
ping and trans-shippng. COnsigu
lueutG Of goods of every conceivable
nature are made to these repositories
The dangers of damage or breakage
attendant upon the storing Of paint
ings, urockeTy, glassware or other de-
structible household articles have been
almost completely obviated, the most
careful and competent labor and the
most modem apparatus being employ
ed in the moving of these articles from
tAs owners possession to the ware
/ b. OF Id
his city and enc occupying an abs0-
, iuteis 5reproof new warehouse is the
| Worcester Storage Co, which was
| formed and incorporated in 1889. The
storage house Mt Pleasant and Clinton
streets is fva floors and basement
5OX50 fset In dimensions and has no
| wood used 10 It's construction outside
I Of the office, The one at % Gold Street
court Is Of brick, three floors, each Of
them being Of modern construction
They are divided into sections by brick
walls with hT5proof doors, shat at
night Above the first floor the build
! ing is divided INTO su17ll rooms OF oil,
terent sizes. with locked doors, rented
at rates from $3.50 per month up For
tina protection Of property. boilers for
steam heat ara located in detached
/ building, and the storage house is I'M
3
ants. The company rake feature
of packing, moving ana trucking, they
having large vans and 2 number OIL
expert packers who are Rent upon ths
/ receipt Of a telephone der or posta.
card to any address. " hen goods are
sent for storage they az" assigned 10
some particular floor. and are lifted 10
! this floor by a monster traulic ele-
| vator, capable of hoistiag five tons,
| before they have even b N unloaded
| from the van in which tn were trans
/ ported, and directly fl 1 This van
! they are stored away ntil 81 u time
/ as the owner may desire them returned
/ to his possession. The company have
/ storage for household furniture pI'
amos mirrors, statuary lainunEs
/ trunks, packages, bulky br ness pa
/ pers, carriages, sleighs, machinery
/ patterns and merchandise of various
and limited kinds. The service render
( ed is the best and the rates eXtremeI!
/ low, warehouse receipts being giVel
/ for all goods This storage house Is
/ pattonlzed by many of the LEADING
| people Of our city, among them qultt
= number Of our large industrial anC
commercial houses. The officers of th'
| company are Horace Wyman, presi
Gent; II. Winfield Wyman, treasurer
George A. Stearns, Jr., secretary, VIII
! G. c. Brown superintendent. 1t WoulC
| be useless to go into eulogistic praises
! OF these officers and directors, they be-
| ing TOO well known to need any intro
] luction.