Arizona republican., 1907-12-22

But all this will be remedied very soon.
A force OF men is now engaged in tear
ing down the old building. or nest of
buildings on the corner of jefferson
and First streets, next door TO the
present quarters of the Pratt Gilbert
company. This nest of structures con-
sists of the rooms occupied by the
Hay * Grain company, the old Smith
Touring mill and what was formerly
]. W. Frakes' livery barn. In their
stead will he erected a two-stOry and
basement structure. 50x137ls feet. To
be occupied also by the Pratt Gilbert
company. The company has no idea
II moving. 1t is merely spreading out.
and more than doubling its present ca
pacity for il will then have three ad-
ditional store rooms for its business,
each as large as, either Of the two
present storerOoms. or a total compact
business structure l00N131Is feet in
size, two stories and basement, equal
To three stories. for vehicle busine ss.
The front of this building and the JEFF
ferson street side. sixty feet back from
First street viii be of glass. and huge
arches will be cut in the wall between
the present and the new building. so
that all will be lighted up much bet
ter than the present storeroom is.
There will be cement sidewalk
around the entire structure and alto
gether ii will be as fine Il building as
can be found in the southwest for that
purpose. Travelling men who know
about such things. say there will be no
better building and stock i'm that line
Of business between the Mississippi
river and Los Angeles. and it is doubt
full If its counterpart can be found in
the latter city. Some idea Of the mag
nitude of the firms business can be
understood when il is stated that dur
ing 1907 between fifty aud sixty car
loads of vehicles and implements have
been shipped into Phoenix. and they
are not all unsold by any means.
But what about prosperity" one
member of the firm was ahked. DO
you think there is or will be hard
tines
This doesn't look like II, does ito"
was the question in response. from
which anybody could draw the right
inference. Answering more pointedly.
the speaker said the firms business
for 1907 was 80 per cent better than
for 1906. and that the December bust
ness was - per cent better than De-
cember Il year ago. Six rigs We're
turned out on Friday. Five Of them
We're paid for in cash and the other
was as good as as cash. There is no
merchant but who likes to get the cash
for in the individual transaction it
looks and feels good. but there Is one
deduction To draw when everybody is
paying cash. That is that there is still
a little lack Of confidence. else the
money would be in the bank and the
bill paid by check. The same money
then does more work and IL is a restor-
alton Of this confidence that the val
ley needs. the only thing " does need
Just now And the best way To- show
the people that this confidence can
not be misplaced. is by such recitals
IS this which demonstrate that the
people all have money. There is a
good moral in the story of the Dutch
man who wanted his money out of
the bank very badly until H. found
he could get il and then he didn't
want it at al. II has been fully dem
onstrated that the money il right here
in greater volume than ever and it *
now time for people To cut their purse
strings and le: /; circulate