Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24
I, c, MI. WILL CLOSE
RETAIL BUSINESS.
Will Make in Ogden Large Whole
sale Distributing De-
partment.
Jury FOR THE CRAIG TRIAL.
councilman Before the Court for Mis-
appropriation of City Funds
Other Court Business.

ogden, Feb. 24--General Superinten-
sent r. G. Weber of the Z,c.M.l. with
headquarters mt Salt Lake city, came
10 ogden on the noon train yesterday,
and spent about three hours In consul
,ation with Manager John Watson of
the local branch of the institution, on
the matters pertaining to the proposed
change of the Ogden branch from a re-
rail store to wholesale department.
The change is certain and Will be made
lust AS soon as possible. Manager Wat
SON was seen after the consultat ton and
stated that he had but little to give out
at present on the situation turher han
the fact that the change has been un-
dor consideration fer "A long time past,
AS the u. q. NJ. l. is very anxious to
have a distributing point at Ogden for
A great part OF its immense wholesale
business, and In order to accomplish
that the retail business would have TO
be sacrificed, which viii be done.
Already the management has received
number of propositions for several OF
the departments Of the store. 1t is un-
d,rstood that some of the employees or
o.
Mr. Weber TO buy the clothing and
hardware branches, taking the entire
stock In these two departments. Their
offer will be presented to the board OF
directors Of the corporation who viii
likely accept the same. However, Man
agar Watson was not DESTROYS OF Civ
ing out the names of those contemplate
lpg the purchase. These two depart
ments of the store, it Is understood,
have paid better than some OF the 9TH
els
The stock Of dry goods, crockery, and
groceries 1t is understood will be closed
out at once to the public at reduced
prices, and the sale may be commenced
as early as Monday morning, but II IS
believed It will take at beast three
months to sell the entire stock.
In the z. Z. NJ. / retiring from the
retail field In Ogden II Will mean that
many thousands of dollars, reaching, 1t
IS understood, over 100000 annually,
win be distributed among the other
retail merchants which has heretofore
been deposited with the u. {. NJ. !.
The building NOW occupied by the H.
G. NJ. |. Is one of the best In the city,
hut needs many modern Improvements,
such as large show windows, and in
terror renovation, but II IS not
thought the institution will make these
improvements as It is DESTROYS OF SELL
mg the building and site just as 1t Is.
The site Is one Of the very best In Og-
dem. and will bring a good price when
sold
When all the plans have been deter
mined upon by the company, a ware
house site on Wall avenue, near the
railroad tracks Will be purchased, and
a large warehouse built, but what lines
Of goods will be carried at the ogden
wholesale department has not been
given out ogden Is recognized as the
best point in Utah for large whole
sale businesses, having an advantage
over most other cities In railroad IA
cilities. as there are railroads going
north. south, east Gnd west from Og-
den. thus enabling the wholesalers TO
get their goods out to their customers
with little delay. While Salt Lake -
the best distributing point for the
southern part of the state, Ogden has
a great advantage for all other parts
Of Utah and the surrounding states
and the u. G. NJ. /. has realized this to
a greater extent during the past few
years than ever before, since compete
ton Is becoming so keen, 1t therefore
proposes to make Ogden one Of It's larg-
est distributing points,
The ogden branch of the u. c. NJ. l.
employs about 80 persons in all the de-
partments OF the store, and the closing
out Of the retail branch will leave a
number OF them without employment.
but as most Of the clerks are competent
it Is believed they will soon be able to
secure positions In other stores.