Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-27
THE COMMERCE OF DOUGLAS
The New Copper Queen and Other
Business Houses.

DuS-neSS houses.
Douglas, Arizona. Nov. %. Especial
| Correspondence to The Republican,
The new and magnificent Copper Queen
! store was opened to the public for the
first time on Tuesday morning, No
vember p. the old store being closed all
day on Monday for the purpose of NOV
ing The new store is one of the finest
stores, If not the finest store, in all the
southwest. 1t is built of brick. The
size IS 100 by 125 feet. 1t has a, base
Iment, two floors and a mezzanine floor.
1t has cost approximately 100000 ana
has been about two years in course of
construction. In the interior the build
ing is plastered. The finishings are all
of quartered Call which was shipped
from Indiana. The building is fitted
with an elevator. and with al trolley
casa system and basket carriage sys-
TEN. 1t IS lighted with electric arc
lights and heated with steam. The
basement viii be used fou storing gro
ccriCs and box goods Here will be
received all The wholesale and city Or
doris, ana these. orders will be iii d
from the same room. without any UNI
1eces sIIy connection with the office.
The old storeroom and warehouse in
the rear win be used as storcrcoms for
grain, hay, hardware, kerosena Gil |
gasoline, etc. The main floor will Coz
tain the Offices dry goods. boots ana
shoes, stationery, drugs, groceries, jew |
elry, hardware and clothing. The mez- !
canine floor viii have the bundle de !
partment. and millinery and dress !
goods departments. On the third floor f,
viii be found furniture, carpets and /
household furnishings. Besides the |
main stairs Of oak, there is a winding
stairway of iron in the corner of the /
room. i for the use Of employees only. }
The nev store is on the northwest cor
ner Of 8 avenue and Tenth stree, |
which his. Tor nearly a year be5n con- /
sided the principal business corner Of !
the city. on the other three corners Of !
the same streets are the Bank of Doug |
las the Douglas Drug company. and
The Ord hotel which property. is now
owned by the First National bank pe0-
pie. who will later build on that cor /
ner another magnificent building. The
manager of the new Copper Queen is /
Il. 4 Strodthofr. who says the stOve
viii open with n force OF about so, the .
force being soon Increased to 30. 1t Is /
estimated that the store will carry a |
stock Of goods amounting to about
81 TOO coo. The presence of this new
store has done about as much to inspire
confidence in the future greatness Of
this city as anything has ever dom,
people arguing that ii VIII take poDu-
latfor Of OF least 10000 resident and
tributary, to keep up a store Of such
and that the Copper Queen
l. = ls1K
faith in Douglas or they would not have
built such an immense store. At any
rate IT is a store of which all Douglas
s proud.
The large dry goods store Of O. s.
Long, in this city, was closed by attach
nent On the 1Gih inst. by the firm Of
swoi'ford Bros. of Kansas city, for a
lebt of $1,000. 1t was known for some
line that M. Long was financially en-
oarrae~ but il was hoped that he
would uuil through. At that time h
vas ID the east trying 10 come to soma
Ereclncut with his creditors. On His
'eturn from the east il was given cut
hat a settlement with them could net
% arranged by which the business
night he continued. Accordingly the
whole stock Of goods is TO be sold here
regardless Of cost. The
ale. begun Monday, the 23rd inst. is
Jeing conducted with the consent Of the
.reditors. by .. 2. Hickey. Mr.. Longs
issets and liabilities are about tbe
according to report.
J. G. EweH & Co, formerly of Ros- :
veil. y. NJ, on Monday opened up a. big &
lCthinr and gents furnishings store in
he new postoffice building, on the cor
Ter Of Ninth and G. avenue, adjoining ?
he room IN which the Postoffice is 10 i
ated. To start with he carries stock of {
GODS amounting to about $4,000, which
mount he expects to increase to 500, 600
n the spring. Associated with him in q
he same room, is the firm of Younger .
,ros., tailOrs. i
The Daily International American Of
his city is planning enlargement.
While it has been ia exist nee "a a daily
aper only "a little over three moHths, f
D the management. so that many inn i
rovemcnts VIII soon be added and the t
7aterial has been ordered necessary to
lcrcsa the size of the paper from a six
> a seveu-column folio. The prOprie- @
rs state that more than 1f5 new sub t
criDCrs have been added to the city list p
ithin the last thPta weeks. Il
Douglas viii soon have gas plant o
nd haT secured a permit from the
o1rd of supervisors to lay and place
as mains and service pipes for the II
arvica and distribution Of gas i'm this $
ty. The permit is given to Charles r. !