Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-17

telephones and speaking tubes from all of the departments of the building. as well ns water service and hose to be used Tn case of fire There will be l2 departments on the first floor These Include jcwelry, cut plnss, imported, china, hardware, groceries, clothing, cigars, pipes ann tobaccos, shoes, etc. The l.welry department Is equal Q any to be found in any city, he goods will be displayed in mirror plate cases, with velvet trimmings, the cases flu. isied ,n nickel and marble. The cigar aad pipe department will be lined with zlnc, surrounded with mirrors and water circulating throughout the whole The shoe department will be divided into five separate departments, in which will be arranged settees for the ladies, and electric ians. There will be 5000 stock boxes made to order th' h"it"e't ut tpaf Nu'ht VIII po toIu' pleto in every particular, The gro cery department will be model In the tea, coffee and spice department, there will be 26 canisters, which cost S25 each They are works of art On this same floor will be the meat de. partment, which IS eucased with glass, aud kept at the same temperature as the cold storage room All of the meat will be cut before being brought to this room. hence the customer can see just what he Is buying. The offices for the different managers of the store are on this floor in the rear of the building, cut oT from the main build ing by ground glass and grill work, but we'll ventilated and lighted The store vault Is in the rear of the offices It Is burglar proof, but so surrounded by electric wires that 1t would be im. possible to approach 1t day or night without an alsrm Tn three different parts of town. The second floor will be deyored entirely to house furnish ing goods, in which anything from a scrubblug brush to rare pictures and tapestries can be had The stock will ! be as complete as can be found ill any clty west of Chicago.
 There are sixteen departments on the third floor The second or third floors can be reached either by star ways or elevators, which are run for the accommodation of guests.
 The above gives but faint idea of the grandeur and beauty of the build, ing, which must be seen to he sppre- ciated It Is sald to he the finest and best arranged building of its class in America. Certainly there Is nothing t, compare with 1t west of Chicago. | THE NEW HOTEL
 The Era was informed that plans are now being drawn for new modern | stone hotel for Morenci, which will be erected and furnished with the same disregard of cost as was the store ! building. lt will be erected and own ed by the same company. and will be located on commanding emlneuce nt the head oi the canyon In addition to the hotel, the company will alsu erect fine modern church editice
 Such permunent and costly improve. ments are not only uuusuul, but are iii | fact, uuheard of, heretofore, in the average mining camp. The Phelps Dodge company Is au old firm. It has bsen doing business ID New England 1 for more than century. It Is com posed oi philauthropists who believe Iu doing good 10 the human iamil, while they are on earth. They realize that their mines at Morenci will las, almost as long as the hills exist They are all grand producers. The firm h making improvements for the next generation, and in this grand work they are most ably assisted by corps of bright and energetic local managers, who are up to date ID all their meth. ods.
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