New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-19
ONE BrgLDING A BOON TO MANY
WIDESPREAD BENEFITS OBSERVED IN THE
ERECTION OF SAKS & cos
NEW

Whom = great building goes up most people limit
/ their attention il to the changes that are H'
! in the sidewalk front of it. Some re" stop ,,I'
look down where the workmen are dIssils gu . ,,,
/ foundation. or later gaze up to toiio" Soiie '7
! beam or girder it is ho!sted UP 10 10
! Mace Scarcely anybody stops to thlhk WHAT sun
q building means to industry in general ana now II
is possible to consider it a public oeheIac'I''
/ such in the highest sense of the word a great
mercantile building is from the moment 'h'' tie
first shove1ful of earth is cast for its excavation
until its days of usefulness are over and IL mas
| crtlmbed into its original elements.
In the first place. architect and builder are bene-
iciaries and then come the workers All lines OF
labor and almost all industrial crafts are behented
in the of the construction OF SkySCIaPeI
/ from the boys who carry water for dusty, thirsty
shoveIers of earth and drillers of rock to the
! artists and artisans who design and execute the
stone and marble and wood carvings ana mould
ings which aGorn the edice. There are engineers
and their corps of assistants. who superintend one
part OF the work: bricklayers and stonemasons
who execute another: carpenters woodworkers
plumbers maChinists, workers in brass ana steer
and iron and lead. representing many crafts ana
lines of industry which mingle together to fit iii
place the numberless portions OF stone ana metal
and wood that go to make up an up to date retain
store like that of Saks & Co. in Herald Square
one class of carpenters makes window sashes' an
other doors, and third fits on hinges, LOCKS anu
fastenings. In this way practically all hneS OF
labor have a chance to profit by the erection OF d
mammoth building. The steam filters come IN Tor
their share of the profits. and the af"Sl VINO
frescos the ceilings does not look down-eXcept IN
a literal sense-upon the one who gIlds the faolh-
tors or those who paint and polish and stain the
woodwork.
When the structure itself is completed. ana the
workmen in overalls and jumpers nave sa'hereH
together hod and troweI. mallet and ch1SeI, nam
uer and plane and have taken away the scalloId-
ir md 1rI,nher and 1nsightiy debris that have hid
the beauty of the building, then the work OF com
pleting the interior begins. Walls ceilings anu
floors must all receive their proper treatment ana
furnish employment TO their own peculiar trades.
After this come the uphOlsterers, carpet layers anu
nersons who select and arrange furniture ana HNl-
ures AT the time stationery establishments
are supplying all the goods in their line needed oS
such house: printers dealers In lightning ar
rangements and all the many inventions "hici
add to the systematic workings OF the vast ousi-
ness conducted in a big store benefit IN every Inc
by the necessary outlay in their wares
And not only at hand are seen the oeHeii'S
Of such a building. Lum5ermen III the lores's'
in the Mills, workmen IN the guar ., all III
miners of ore together with the artisans IN al
the man1factrrers Of goods with which to stock a
great establishment all share IN the genera 81
The workers a the loom and at the sewing ma
c1e IN for their share in the common prosperity
Deft fingers that fashion pretty things 10 Wear anu
artistic brains which design tlgIn an nf' t, ~
camille establishment like Saks Co sets ITS ma
ohnery I'M n f1 steam am on and no brakes Turkish
women in the harems Of the East ana lhe ~ ~
tFo e e anp Of recempense FOR labor done
Then there is get another view from Whlcn 70
consider the opening Of great mercantile eStao-
Iishment as public benefactlon. II employs an
army of workers within its walls There are sIlri
Intendeufs of departments, and BUYERS VINO hi.t
the ickle tastes of a fanCitul world 10 c9hsne.,
clerks almost without number; floor Walkers 70
80 an eagle eve upon the workings OF their Dc
nartmeuts and a dovelike mien toward visitors;
irrard gtrs and bows. cashiers, hookkeeperS ana
sccoIIntants stenographers and typewTlteTs ma
cbinists and workmen various sorts and many
W. aSeei assistants whose places in mercantile
eet ~ hshrn ents must all be well hed In order to
maintain the smooth equilibrium Of modern pusl-
ness methods. 49,, IL. e ,-as. ,,5
,,Io- 80 enumerated the erection and conduct or
" iarea commercial house. such as that or Saks q
% unon which all eyes are centred IN ahllciIa-
ZION Of its brilliant opening, 70 take place Inc ialle
part OF month. are one OF the ercstGSt
al desire-the opportunity to earn their hFlnS
tIrO,7o-b honest work.