The Portland daily press., 1899-06-03
sHAw's NEW STORE.
1t WIN Be Opened to the Pub
lie Today.
One OF the Beat Equipped and Finest
Finished stores in New England.

Finished stores I'm New England.
Tho new store OF George o. Shaw s.
Go. which win be opened In Monument
square today is BY all odds the finest
finished grocery store In Portland and
one Of the bost II not the best In New
England. IL lie not large store and for
hoor space win not compare with the
Ia rgs store further up Congress street
which was completely gutted by fire
few weeks ago, but there is no store of its
kind in New England in which the shelf
space Is larger or taken better advantage
Of than 1t is here. Magnificently finished,
well lighted, conveniently arranged with
careful regard for details which viii
enable the small army of clerks to be en-
ployed here TO do an immense amount of
work In short space Of time and sit
uated where a vast number Of people pass
back and forth every day this new store
Of Shaw's is bound to eclipse the record
for doing business which gave the uppcr
store on Congress street such reputation
In Maine
Arrangements had been made for the
lifting mp OF this store before the big fire
wrecked Shaw's upper store. The loss at
that IRE was enormous, not only for the
amount of stock destroyed but for the loss
Of business which resultsd. Many firms
would have felt little like branching out
after such disaster, but this firm is
made Of different material. By iudicious
advertising they had so largely increased
their business that even with the big
hoor space In the Congress square store
and the branch store on Middle street
they could not handle all the trade which
was coming to them. And as a result the
Monument square store was pushed on to
completion.
Tho first thing that attracts the eye in
passing this store is the magnificent plate
glass windows and door with handsome
signs. Here is attractively Displayed the
freshest and incest goods for which
Shaw's is famous. These plate glass
windows by the way are SO arranged that
by manipulating some ropes In the base
ment they can be lowered even with the
sidewalk throwing the whole front OF the
store open from the street. One OF the
windows has tile flooring where will be
displayed the goods from the bakery de-
partment Entering the store the general
effect Is almost dazzling in its richness
and briiliancy. The finish is in Indiana
with piano polish. The sides of the
store near the front ara pannelled in
heavy French mirrors giving one the i'm
preston that the store is very much
wider than 1t is and rejecting ones
image again and again. Directly in front
Of the entrance is the cashiers desk or
perhaps 1t might be termed pavilion.
This is magnificent piece of work in
quartered oak finely polished and hand
carved. This cashiers desk alone must
have cost large sum. On the right is
located the bakery department with hand
some show cases and the space here is so
we'll utilised that an immense amount of
goods can be displayed and stored. The
thing that wss aimed at here, as indeed
1t is in every part of the store, is cieanli-
ness and convenience. On the other side
of the entrance is the fruit and candy
department as handsomely equipped for
the display and care of goods.
The ceiling Of the store is OF pannele
steel and it is studded witch electric lights
SO arranged that the effect when all are
turned on Is very pretty. 1t would be
folly to attempt to describe in detail the |
hundred and one things which go to
make up this finely equipped store. The |
refrigerator where the butter and more
perishable goods are stored is model of
excellence. 1t is of quartered oak in keep
Ing with the other fittings, with roll top
doors and finished inside with marble |
bottoms and zinc tops. Near it is CON-
putting scale for the weighing Of butter
and cheese, giving at the same time the |
weight and the prize automatically. The |
store is divided into departing nts and |
sach one has its own convenient fittings
and arrangement. At the rear end of |
the store is the book-keeper's office which |
Is so situated that 1t takes up little of the |
door space and gives an opportunity for /
the manager of the store to keep general
oversight Of the floor without leaving his
work. This part of the store is SO ar
ranged that delivery teams can back |
right up beneath the managers office and |
load their orders from the floor without
delay In lifting heavy articles into the
wagons and with special regard for con-
venisnce and speed in loading.
SOIJTHERNERS AND COEFEE