The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-16
Absorption Of Big Firm
Is COnSummated
Today.
NO CHANGE IN POLICY
TO BE INAUGURATED
Personnel of Employees to Re-
main Intact, and Business
to Be Extended.

of the Oldest and best known dry
goods and department stores in New
ark. 10 The Gocrkc Company, of which
Rudolph j. Gocrke is president, was
cops,,Inmated today, the Goerke Com
p;ny taking possession of the mag
nidccnt building and stocks Of the Sny-
der company this morning and conducts
ing the business.
Neither the policy of the Goerke Com
pany. in its thriving store which ex-
tends from Market street around an
l. into Broad street, or that of the
Snyder store which has carried the
and catered to most exclusive trade AT
its store at Broad and Cedar streets,
Will be altered
Not only will the Goerke Company
continue at it's old store the policy
which has brought it such great sue
cess, but it announces that soon it will
start the erection of six or eight-story
building at Isl and 1913 Market street,
adjoining the present store, to expand
and increase the facilities for handling
the trade.
Any change in the conduct of the
Snyder store will be one of executive
management rather than in the char
acter of the store. 1t is announced that
the, employees in neither store will be
affected.
Louis Hood, counsel for the Goerke
Company, issued the following state
n1ent' today:
"W. Y. Snyder & Co. have retired
1sfronlf active business. The change in
hn oWnersi1i does not mean 4 change
(, IN the character Of the business. ano
we hppe to Keep all the patrons or tne
houSe, ana earnestly desire to retain
ne efI'p'oSees7~pis ana ntoe' oid ana
%pulS, VINO nave assisted SO noolF IN
hu'ldHE UP netnusihess, ana VINO nave
Hcen q snei' great co'nIof' 10 '',n Shop-
l'.Fs o' iNeNarh' W. '".eilo ~ .'ns oP
we WORK ai'o continue o'' ,,,9 49,
"i'suet ..
~ 'l'e .luture ioi na' ~ "'' u9i :" "
,rt'a ''oou 49,, =, 'ne 81, -. 10 49,,
~, .'otis us, - 49,.
- ,,,,,ato orgs,,,zs
81 .s, sei'a ~ .,.o,o,,t efJ5n;sn4
- S".'a,,' ,,,,,,oas.- sa,,a ~ bon, have
-, :, so,,.ice r,,. . ccora ns years and
,.'9'. .,,,I ,,,,r i,est cfforts and 'ene,.-
~ s,in he devoted 10 making w. ".
! n,,.ao,. -, ttn leadinr dry goods house
/, ~, rc,.snv
..r,,. r,anacenent of the Goerke
,.,,,,, ,,n, 1esiros to set at rest the
various runlors afloat by stating in the
5,,,,noost lanunase that thew have no
;,ten,t;,,, vbatever Of .discontinuiur
,i,rt,. M.rl,ot etreet store RI would be
,1n,,st !, crime to.destrov or disor-
ra,iga his Store of the neople. AS
,s rossii,le q new six or eight
9t',.,. +liidin. vii, he erected at ISL 10
1sh MARKET street adjoining our pres
-. stnra- "a answer the demand of
W. s,st,, .r.oryi,,y trade,
ou, ,,,,is s'ps e.. e. w " snvder g. co. was
as at..,,+ fftv years ago and
-, " s;s..aired a., axcentioraI,v bigl,
iias i.a. -, .i,,oe Jte success was
'.iia. l..a ena snIsndid until the great
eu 49, 1000 mbsp the whole store was
ooy,r1e+e,v destroyed by fire. But the
LII IN s,,ch an excellent
~, 80 ~. er,,, rahuiI+ a finer struc-
ao,t;,,ue6 its progress.
turs eita - the4 csoerka Company
h0 o Gaaul,. nresidert and Thso-
80 Icsart,, 1,ice -nresident and treas
~ lr,,o,, ore hoth residents of this
uin'er' uner' IT,, - tho C,oerke Company
Guy. n -. - ,,etsoric In business
Mt eleven wears. it's field has increased
sales ranks ranks with 'ne is'