Arizona republican., 1903-11-03
A PHOENIX FIRM
The Berryhill Company Opens It's
News and Stationery Store.

. News anu ShO@
/ It is the frecuent practice Of thOza
about to engage in the mercantile bus
4 ness 10 announce the opening and then
/ launch into the ENTERPRISE with a great
/ flourish. II any finn ever had . righi
+ 20 have q grand opening il was the
/ Berrynil company which yesterday
quietly and withCIt any announce
iment at all. entered upon The news am
stationery business at the corner -:
First and Washington streets. in the
rooms formerly occupied b. the
/ Hcymau Furniture company. There is
l. not in all the southwest a more sDlen-
did business CT its kind. Ny. r. y
/ Berryhin was asked why he did moi
I have an opening He replied that
! the company could never get ready for
IT. The idea Of an opening is 10 pre-
sent everything in the business ct its
! best. 1t is proposed by the company &"
! keep making additions and improve
ments and expanding the business SO
that II cannot be said. while the news
and stationery business Of the Berry,
/ hill company is enc of the biggest in
the southwest, that it is yet at its
/ best. Therefore. it vas decided to have
no particular opening. but a daily and
/ constant opening.
| The members OF the company are.
beside Mr. Berryhill, NJ c. McDou%all
land J. r. Van Meter. all of whom
aave quite an. extensive Acquaintance
/ in the city and territory. Mr.. Berry
( hill spent several winters here before
/ he decided to make Phoenix his home.
he was engaged in the same kind of
I OF Ia rorn
/ he has disposed OF all his interest in
lit, the fame of it so spread through
I that part of the state that the new
/ owners decided not to change the name
/ Of it and il is yet called the Berry
I hill company.
When it was first made known in
/ Phoenix that the BerryhiH company
| had leased the quarters it now occu-
pies. a great many people asked what
/ it wanted with so much room. But
/ the big room is filed and there are
several hundreds of dollars worth of
goods stored in the basement and l.:
warercoms.
While this is a news and station
cry business on a big scale. it is some
thing more as one observes on enter
ing. for the most conspicuous object
on the left is a great fourteen-foot
soda fountain. known as the Tween
tieth Century sanitary fountain. so
called on account Of the popularity of
construction. The syrups are not kept
as in the ordinary fountain in com
partments which can never be cleaned.
but in handsome bottles which are set
down into the back counter in a semi
circle around the fountain. The struc-
ture has refrigerator base. The con-
struction is of hand-carved mahogany.
onyx and glass. The onyx pillars sup
porting the fountain alone cost $40
each. The counter is also of hand
carved mahogany and ONYX and is OF
the same length as the fountain. four
teen feet. Il has a working table like
I the high grade bars of saloons. with
jrsceDtacles for crushed ice and what
ever else is needed in the concoction of
delicious drinks. This fountain and It's
adjuncts cost $4,000. TIE carbonating
is done in the basement Immediately
below the fountain. The reservoirs do
not have to be sent away to be
charged. 1t is all done on the spot.
There Is a tobacco and cigar depart
ment. in which are kept the choicest
brands Of both articles. The next is
a. department Of Photographic supplies.
including full line of Eastman kodaks
and cameras. and everything else that
is needed to make a photograph Then
comes a line of typewriter supplies,
and here. too. nothing is lacking There
is a line Of Waterman's fountain pens,
ana a complete department CT office
supplies. There are typewriters fo-
rent and others for sale. There is an
Indian curiO department which win re-
ceive additions until a large and Sc
lect stock has been installed. The
right hand side Of the store on enter
ing is filed with books of every va
riety that might be expected to be
found in a well-crdered book store
There are the latest works of fiction.
and in another section the standard
classics. There is a large line of gift
books in handsome and unique bind
ing. In all. there are more than 5000
volumes. There is also on this side
Of the room a complete stock Of the
most select stationery ever brought into
this part of the country. In the cen
ter of the room are large and hand
some racks laden with current litera-
ture. the latest magazines and peri
cdicals and the leading newspapers,
beside all the best novels, classic or
modern, in paper. There is, moreover.
a wide selection of artistic views Of
western scenery.
All the furniture of the room is fin
ished mahogany to match the hand
carved mahogany of the fountain
There are nine plate-glass floor show