Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-05
Many important Changes to be
Made in the Building.
TO BE MADE A MODEL STORE
The Portion Occupied by shoe and
Clothing Department 10 be Raised
Three stories.

Az ~ 10 To-Day, tine tnlrty-Second an
nual stockholders meeting Of z. c. VI.
|, convened at the Institutions office;
President Snow presided. The Presl-
dents report was read by the secretary,
from which the following items are
CLEANED. In some Of the wholesale de-
partments 1t was found that taking an
account Of stock on the last day Of
January was inconvenient and there
fore change was made and stock was
taken on the Slst of December. At the
last meeting OF the board OF directors.
the bylaws specifying the commence
ment and termination of the fiscal year
was changed to conform to the above,
so the actual showing OF the Institution
this time Is for IL months.
The sales in the home department
for the II months ending December
3lst, were Sl25000 more than for the
corresponding period Of last year and
collections have been good
With each recurring stocktaklng, the
necessity Of changes and alterations, in
the store, is more and more apparent.
II Is almost % years since the store was
built and no material changes have been
made, consequently the interior is rath-
err out OF date, much worn and the
business has so grown that II seems
necessity that every inch OF space
should be utilized TO the best advan-
tage, The interior fittings should be 30
arranged as 10 save labor and, at the
same time, II should offer TO the friends
and patrons Of the store more attract
i've place to do their business in The
directors have, therefore, determined
70 make some changes and alterations
this spring and summer me front
windows viii be enlarged and lowered,
and the interior OF the grocery and hard
ware department viii be refitted with
modern hardwood fittings. so as to
make this portion of the store up TO
date. Next year, II Is contemplated to
take out the front OF the clothing and
shoe departments, replacing It with
Iron, and the structure Will be run up
three Stories to correspond with the
main building and this portion, when
completed, will In all probability. be
fltted up as a modern retail dry goods
store. The room now occupied by the
retail dry goods and glass and tlnware
VIII probably be fitted up as a clothing
and shoe department and, we gather
from the tenor Of the report. that many
changes win be Uade IN the interior, 80
mat when complete, the store will be
one OF the handsomest In the city.
The manufacturing departments of
the institution have had a successful
year. The shoe department turned out
upwards OF 10000 pairs of boots and
shoes, and the clothing factory IA 600
dozen garments
The president referred to the changes
and alterations made in the Ogden
branch The show windows there have
been brought to the front and lowered
and a very elegant addition has been
made on the west side and fitted I'D as
grocery and hardware department
The sales for the II mon MS have been
SS4sO'OOO. There has been paid to rail-
road and express companies during the
II months, S2l6,00O. Profits made dur
ing the II months have been sufficient
70 SET aside fund, 10 pay an per
cent dividend upon the capital stock for
the coming year and good sized sums
nave been set aside for the various inn
proyements to be made
II seems to be the policy OF the lnsti-
tuition to earn not only lite dividends In
advance, but to provide for the changes.
improvements and additions to the
store, In the same manner. OF course.
this is emlnently the safe way to do
business.
AT the close Of the presidents report
the officers and directors for the COM
ing year were elected as follows:
President Lorenzo Snow.
Vice president, George @. Cannon.
Secretary T, c. Wehber.
Treasurer, A. W Carlson.
Direetors-Joseph F. Smith Heber ]
Grant' Geo. Romnev, John r. Winder.
IL Dinwoodey, p, T. Farnsworth. John
r, Barnes, John Henry Smith. Francis
NJ. Lyman, Anthem II. Lund, William
X Mcintyre.
Five thousand two hundred and thlr-
ty-three shares Of stock were represent
ed out Of the total Of l,077 IN the com
pany.