The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-13
THEIR OWN BUILDING
Letts-Spencer Co. VIII Erect
Wholesale Grocery Plant.
CANNOT SECURE QUARTERS
Consequently Firm Is Forced
TO Take This Step.
CANNOT SECURE QUARTERS

Charles D. scort who will be in charge
of the local branch of the Letts-spencer
Wholesale Grocery company Of st. Joe,
stated yesterday that his nrm is unable
to secure a vacant building suitable for
their purpose in this city and according
Iy will at once make arrangements to
erect z building for their accommodation.
The company was negotiating TO procure
a lease upon the building formerly occu-
pied by The Banana Trust. but the deal
was not consummated Tor some reason or
other and consequently the concern will
set about to erect a plant Of its own at
once.
The Letts-spencer people, however, will
begin to ship in their stock of goods at
once and by next Monday they viii ue
prepared for business. Until their build
ing is completed the company viii store
their stoc.A OF goods in some three or
four large warehouses and will have an
office in the downtown district.
Mr. Scott said that his company will
ship at once at $4,000 stock TO Wichita
and will increase this within a very short
time The company is one Of the largest
( wholesale houses in the west. 1t was in
1 corporated January of the resent year
as the Western Grocery company, with a
capital stock of S5,OOo,0OO.
i The local house win supply the entire
southwest. They VIII engage quite a
large force of workmen and are here to
stay. Mr.. Let's, the president of the
company, was in Wichita Tuesday and
f I7Se
ing the future of the Peerless Princess
/ as a jobbing center.
II had not been in Wichita since the
days of the BOOM" he said, until my
present visit When I left the city at
that time III tell you candidly, I was
disguised and thought that this city
would never again come to the front.
am more than agreeably surprised after
what I have seen even during my brief
stay here. Wichita has made wonderful
advances and I firmly believe that she
viii forge to the front and become a
still greater city than she is. This city
has the opportunity to become the met
ropolis of the entire southwest. 1t has
the making of one Of the finest jobbng
centers in the country and within very
few years it win have this record. We
propose to aid in bringing Wichita to the
front and you may rest assured that in
whatever viii promote the interests of
the city we viii be with the other mer-
chants and jobbers now located here,
heart and soul For the present, our
house here will be supplied from the
headquarters at St Joe. What viii be
done after we are here and thoroughly
established I cannot say
Mr.. Let's returned 70 st. Joe last night
but viii again come to Wichita within a
short time to look after the affairs of
his house Just where the new building
viii be located has not yet been definite
ly determined. but it is likely to be in
the vicinity of the other wholesale estab-
lishments in the east part of the city.
Best of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle ard
truly beneficial manner When the spring
time comes, use the true and perfect rem
edy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, and for sale by all druggists,