Arizona republican., 1908-07-28

will have been adjusted to a very per | feet routine.
 The new store is or will soon become
 a very notable show place for Phoenix.
 It is not the largest mercantile estab- lishment in the territory, there being
 a very few general wholesale houses
 that have a larger floor space, but it ] is undoubtedly the largest institution
 in the territory devoted exclusively to
 the grocery trade and the lines that
 go with 1t, such as tobaccoes. meats. etc It occupies the entire basement of the O'Neill block. and the entire ground floor, except for the offices of Dr. Win Wylie and. the undertaking
 parlors of Geo. F. Merryman. The
 ground floor consists of one store room on the corner of First avenue and
 Adams street, 5Ox90 feet. or with a floor space of 4500 feet; another store
 room to the west. connected by huge
 arch, 25v145 feet, running clear back
 to the alley. a floor space of 3625 feet; a basement under the corner 50X145,
 or 7250 square feet; and the basement
 under the west store room 50X90, or
 4500 square feet This gives the es- Establishment a total of 19,S75 square
 feet. If anybody thinks that will not accommodate a pretty good sized stock
 let him fill it up ten feet deep with coffee at 90 cents a pound, or even
 soap at cents a pound. then count his cash and see what he has left for a summer vacation.
 The corner storeroom on the ground floor will be devoted to the retail es-
 F.I s., .-f.. .I.. all the shelf goods lines there will be in the center of the front a coffee de- partment larger than any .other in Arizona and equipped with two big mills, one for grinding high grade cof- fees and one for grinding low grade coffees. This will be enclosed by proper shelving for display and other fixtures. Another feature of the retail department will be the meat section, devoted to cured and cooked meats, the cooking being done by the firm This section is surrounded by marble top counters and surmounted by racks, while in the rear is series of cold storage receptacles both for the meats and the dairy products. These are so constructed that in the event of dis aster or obstruction to the cold storage pipes. huge ice boxes in the rear may be filled for temporary service. In the front part of the retail store, along the First avenue wall will be the retail cigar department About so brands are now in stock and many more will be added It is designed to carry the largest and best tobacco stock in the territory. These are only the big features in the retail store. There are many others.
 The adjoining storehoom to the west 25x145 feet, will be devoted to the pur- poses of a wholesale salesroom. From the rear half of it goods will be trans ferred into the area-way in the rear of the retail store, where they will be packed for shipment and through the | side arch they will emerge to wagons on First avenue. The office | is in the front end of the wholesale | saiesroom fronting on Adams street.
 The basement, which few will ever | see except they have business or ask | to be shown, the real works inside the | big case, to use a watchmaker's ev- pression, is one of the most impress | sive features of the establishment. The | floor space is much larger than that | of the store above, taking in very near y the immensiky of the entire building | from Adams street to the alley. The | basement is floored entirely with con crete, is as dry as a bone as cool as cucumber and has a high ceiling It IS divided into three large storage | rooms in any one of which a carload 1f starch, soap, sugar or meats can be stacked without seeming to take up ! great real of space. In the rear of ihe eastern and middle rooms is an irea way the same as in the rear of he storerooms above. An elevator on he First avenue sidewalk will let such stock into this area way as must De handled with care Another ele- Iator at the read end of the area way where it joins the west basement con- lpctS that nartmant ,yitb tha x.yb0Ia l