The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-11-17
MODERN GROCERY STORE
OPENING OF MAY & Co. LTD. NEW
BUILDING TONIGHT.
The Public Invited to See the Hand
some Quarters of the Firm-A Pro-
gressive Company's New Home.

Henry May & Co. will open their
new store in the Boston block this
evening. They extend a cordial invita-
ton to the public to call and see the
most modern grocery store in Homo
lulu. This firm has long enjoyed a very
heavy trade with housekeepers in this
city. With the natural increase of
business, it was found that a larger and
better store was required. The COM
pany arranged with the Brewer Es-
tate for their present quarters.
The new store is handsomely fitted.
The shelving throughout is of white
Oregon pine, and to all shelves bicycle
ladders are attached, thus greatly ia
cilitating the emptying and refilling of
the various compartments of the
shelves with new goods. The counters
have solid quartered oak tops, curly
redwood fronts, with white marble
bases. There are two cracker count
ers, one one each side of the store.
These are of the same construction as
tn others, excepting that the fronts
contain glass compartments for the
display of the firms complete assert
ment of English and American fancy
biscuits. A perfect network of the
latest improved system of cash rail-
ways runs from the office in the rear
to the various counters throughout the
establishment.
The retail department on the makai
side is partially divided from the
wholesale department on the mauka
side by a compartment in the front
containing the staircase and elevator
leading to the upper flats of the build
ing.
The set of shelving along the mauka
side of the retail department is deVot-
ed to teas, coffees, cocoas, chocolates,
extracts and spices, the base contain
ing a long line of handsome tea cad
dies.
Immediately behind the elevator
compartment, and in the center of the
store, is the marble top semi circular
delicatessen counter for cold storage
goods, etc. Behind this stands the re-
frigerator, which is eight feet long and
eight and a half feet high, made eX-
pressly for Henry May & Co., by the
Quincy Refrigerator Company of Fond
du Lac, Wisconsin. 1t contains four
tiers of compartments, and is made of
quartered oak, with nickel fittings. The
doors of the various compartments
have plate glass mirror fronts.
The offices in the rear of the store
are in keeping with the general ele-
gance of the whole establishment, the
fixtures being of solid oak and curly
redwood, surmounted by oxidized cop
per grill work and plate glass mirrors.
at the back, and screened from the
main store by a partition of white pine
is the wholesale shipping room and the
retail delivery department, which con-
tains separate counters for each de-
livery wagon, thus insuring accuracy
in the despatch of orders to all parts
of the city. To obviater the necessity
Of going TO the main retail department
for staple articles, a very large stock
of these goods is arranged on shelves
in the delivery room, from which an
elevator runs to the basement, which
is used for the slowing the reserve
stock of the firm.
The show windows, two in number,
at the front of the store, are of the
most modern construction and design,
with hardwood finish floors, heavy
plate glass mirror walls and plate glass
windows.
The entire establishment is lighted
by electricity and is a decided credit
to Honolulu and to the proprietors,
who seem to have spared no expense
in fitting it up in most modern style.