The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-18
MORE ROOM
is NEEDED
Letts-Lpencer Grocery Com
pany Desires Warehouse.
EMPLOY MANY statesmen
VIII Go Into New Territory If
They Can Get Building.

F. c. Let's. president, II. L Spencer,
first vice-president. A. P. Spencer. secre-
tary and John c. Let's, manager Of the
St Joe and Wichita houses Of the Let's
Spencer Grocery COMPANY. arrived in the
city yesterday and the members Of the
company conferred with the local man
ayers and some Of tia business men or
this city IN regard 70 building another
building north OF their present quarters
on Santa Fe avenue and considerably
enlarzing their business ia this territory
We have established ourz.eIves IN this
city ana we are here to stay ~. 1Ir
Amos 7. Spencer. secretary OF the COM
pany. 20 a reporter for the Eagle, last
night Our only trouble al the. pres
ent time, IS that We have not room
enough for cur present trade and as we
are going to put more statesmen on the
road and carry q larger stock. L Is I'M
perative that we have a larger build
Ing and or visit to this cit7 was 70 con-
Yer with the owners Of our present home
and with others who own property near
there and who might be Induced % build
and see II we could not make some ar
rangements for larger warehouse.
wv hen We first came here we did not
get z building large enough Tor our bus
mess az THAI time and now with a large
Increase OF trade We are cfwded t. the
very doors and then have not near room
enough. There is a great deal Of coun-
try that should becoms Wichita territory
that IS not covered at the present time
and we propose % 90 into this new ter
ritory and bring the business To VVfch-
:ts- We cannot do this with our present
quarters We want 10 put more men on
the road, but we cannot handle the goods
they would sell with our present ware
=
since coming to this city and are after
more.
We have asked Dir. T. II. Grin Il. who
owns the property north OF US 10 thi1k
over the matter and get an architect 10
make his plans and furnish US with the
figures and at what price he would give
rs q long lease. and al our annual meet
ing we would decide whether we would
take the building. II we and Mr.. Griffith
cannot make some arrangements then
II VIII be necessary for US TO lease or
build a building OF cur own. Mt Grif-
nth wants 10 build q warehouse on his
property = he can make good arrange
ments for the use Of the building. and
see no reason why We could not use
that building ourselves If he viii make
1t large enough.
This city is admirably MATED for the
wholesale trade OF al this southwestern
country and the time is coming when
Il VIII control the trade We came here
70 ser in on the ground floor so we pro-
pose 20 stay and build UP the business
a. fast as We can.
The Letts-Srencer Grocery company. IS
one OF the largest wholesale grocery
houses i1 the west. Some Of the uem-
bers Of the company have been in the
grocery business for over thirty years
and they now enjoy AZ immense trade IN
The west 1t Is one Of the largest whole
sale firms in the west. owning Uine
wholesale houses IN Missouri low MIN
1es0ta. and Kansas. John a. Let's. OF
St Joe. 40. is the general NAM ger ~
the southwestern division ~ the com
pany's business, having under his super
vision the 81 Joseph and Wichita houses.
The local manager OF the company is 9.
D Scott With Frank +. Brady as assist
ant.
Mr.. Griffith said last night that he
would consider the firms proposition in
regard 20 building the warehouse and
would know definitely in a rev days what
he would do.