The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-03
0PPENHE|MER'S
NEW PURCHASE
TO EXTEND THE SYMONS STORE
1909 FEET WEST ON. PARK,
THROUGH TO GALENA.
New Four-Story Brick Building Ad-
dition to Symons, Rear of the
Maule Block, Through to
g.. Galena, to Be Occupied
,,Aa.... Early in November.

The recent purchase by J. E. Open
heimer of the Symons Dry Goods COM
pany, of the buildings in which are To-
Gated, to the west of the Symons store,
Barnes. the confectionery; Blume the
hardware merchant; Gilbert, the milin-
er, and Strausbeger, the cigar dealer-has
caused no end Of wonder as to what
so large real estate deal means.
In answer to questions by an Inter
Nj lntain representative, Mr.. Open
heimer said that the property is to be
used to extend the store room for the
Symons Dry Goods company. The new
ly acquired property fronts 109 feet on
Park street and 11S feet on Galena street.
There is an alley between Park and
Galena. The buildings just reach back
to the alley. The erection of three
story and basement brick building will
be begun at once. running from the alley
to Galena street, and to be ready for
occupancy early in November. This
building will be connected with the pres
ent Symons store by bridge, and the
walls between will be replaced by hand
some iron pillars. All four floors of the
new building will be occupied by the
Symons Dry Goods company. The main
floor, with the new Gaena street ad-
odds, the largest single floor in Montana.
Within a few months when the stores
on Park street included in the purchase,
shall have been vacated, 80 entire new
front will be put in, the full length of
the combined stores. There will be one
mammoth main entrance, with elegant
tiled vestibule; and there will be ten
plate glass show windows. Another pas
senger elevator will be required or, may
be, two more. A complete system of
pneumatic tubes will be installed for the
more speedy handling of .he money. The
aisles will be much wider than those in
the present SymOns store; and, whilst
1t is not at present contemplated to add
any departments, the present depart
ments will be greatly enlarged, and their
stocks of goods increased accordingly.
When all the newly acquired floor
space shall have been added, the
Symons Dry Good company will occupy
the enormous floor space Of 1850 square
feet.
1t will not be tin the 14th OF next
October, that the Symons Dry Goods
company will have been in existence full
four years. 1t opened where the Brown
field Canty Carpet company is now, east
of the present store. with 4,20O square
feet of floor space. The following year
it moved to it's present location, occupy
ing the York block. a floor space of TO-
200 square feet. Within another twelve
month it had acquired the store room
adjoining the York block on the east,
increasing thereby it's floor space by
2. 900 feet. 1t was not many months af-
ter that that the three story brick was
added, from the rear alley back to Ga
aena street, thus gaining 5000 feet more
foor room. The third floor of the rear
building is now devoted to clOaks and
millinery. and it occupies as much floor
room for those departments alone. as
the firm had altogether when it first
obened in 1897.