The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-08-13
A COMING BUSINESS CHANGE.
The Old Firm of A. D. Chase & Son to
20 Out of Business. The City National
Bank to Have a New Building.

The Old Firm OF A. y. C0aSe q SOu "
90 Out of Business. The City National
Bank to Have New Building.
The most important local business change
forEmany years was announced last week.
r. p. Chase of A. d. Chase & Son has sold
the brick building corner of Main. and
Church streets-"Chase's Corner to the
City National Bank of Belfast, and has
boughtlthe building at the junction of Main
and Beaver streets now occupied by the
bank. Mr.. Chase will retain this building
as an investment and will retire from active
business, and the bank will secure the ad-
ditional room it has long needed and very
desirable location. The present Chase
store will be taken down and new up-to-
date building erected, specially designed for
the needs of the bank alone. 1t will prob
ablysbe two story building, the banking
rooms occupying the entire ground floor
with directors room on the second floor,
and will be handsome addition to Bel
fast's business buildings.
When K P Chase closes out his stock
and turns the building over to the City
National Bank April 1st it will be the wind
up of business that has been continuous
in the same location for nearly SO years.
His. mother, Mrs A. d. Chase, established
the business April II, 1856, and gave her
life to it. She was one of the first business
women in Maine and one of the most sue
cessful In those days, and until the drum
mer" or ''runner" or travelling salesman
was abroad in the land our business peo-
pie went two or three times year to Bos-
ton or New York, or both, to buy their
stock and Mrs Chase soon gained reputa-
tiop in those markets as a shrewd and care
full buyer and established credit that the
house has retained to this day. 1t is worthy
of note that this firm is the oldest on the
books of the Boston Dry Goods Co. tor-
merly Jordan & Marsh) and of c. F. Hovey,
and nearly the oldest on the books of John
II. PRAY Sons & Co., and that these firms
are the only ones doing business in Boston
today which Mrs. Chase dealt with when
she started. Many other concerns, once
prominent, have gone out OF existence.
Mrs. Chase began with stock OF dry goods,
carpets, millinery and small wares, ana the
business has so continued to this day. NO
side lines have been introduced, and only
standard goods of the best quality have
been carried and sold at living profit. The
result has been reputation for reliability
and square dealing that ensured CONNER
cial success. Mr.. Alden Chase, who later
became associated with his wife in the
business, died October 80, 1906, and Mrs.
Chase died Oct %, 1907 Both had been in
failing health for some time and Tor some
years preceding their death the business
was in charge of Mr.. and Mrs. K. 7. Chase.
Mr. Chase had been identified with the
business from early boyhood and during
the years of his parents activity had charge
of the carpet department, in which he
achieved a marked success. His selection
of rugs and carpets attracted the attention
of visitors, and in many instances sales
were made to people from the large cities,
who said they could do better here than at
home. For about eight years Mrs. t. T.
Chase conducted the millinery department
and was noted for the fine taste shown in
the selection of goods and for her artistic
ago she gave up this line to assist her hus-
band in the store. Both have worked hard
and will be glad to relinquish business
cares and worries for the comforts of their
handsome home on upper Main street anu
their summer home at Rocky Point, Pitch
er's Pond.
Mr.. r. P Chase has been identified with
1n}, to
a note; has mastered enough wind and
stringed instruments to equip band, and
has been "a member of and played in every
band organized in Belfast in his day. While
member Of the Belfast Band, at time when
it had attained reputation second to no
similar organization in the State, he collect
ed,unaded, 81 200 with which to buy new in
struments. lie was also a member of San
born's Orchestra, led by Percy A. Sanborn,
the we'll known artist and musician OF this
city, of whose fine music many OF our peo-
pie have most pleasing recollectlons. MI
Chase has also been successful composer,
with more than a local reputation. One OF
his marches was played at concert given
here by Sousa's band. His most ambitious
work, to which he devoted months OF
thought and study, was the composition OF
local opera, The "Granger's Daughter
produced here by home talent, and which
musically and dramatically won the warm
est commebdation. Mr.. Chase not only
took part in the opera himself, but arrang-
ed and superintended all the details OF Its
production, work of no little magnitude.
He had previously shown his dramatic abil-
ity by his impersonation of Dick Deadeye
in local production of the opera Pinafore.
In his retirement Mr.. Chase will no doubt
find solace in the study and practice OF
music, and though he will be missed from
the scene of his former business activities,
it is pleasing to the many friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Chase to know that they are to
remain with us and participate in the social
life of the community.