The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-07-02
Purchase Of Big Wholesale:
Buildings and Storage
Business Contaminated
IS TAKEN;
Deal Made is Of a Magnitude
of More Than One Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

VI more magnitude than one hun
dred thousand dollars was the trans
action in real estate and business
consummated Wednesday morning.
by which Clarence w. Leggett. the
merchandise broker, acquired in fee
simple from Armstrong, Crislip, Day
d Company, that wholesale. firms
large and handsome fiye-story bust
ness block at the corner of North
Fourth and Baltimore streets, Just
opposite the Baltimore & Ohio freight
station, and the business Of the Cen
trail Storage Company complete.
The deal as previously noted had
been on some time, but was not
closed until Wednesday morning.
when Mr.. Leggett took possession of
the property and began moving his
merchandise brokerage Offices from
the Rookery building on South Third
street into the property just purchas-
ed by him.
AS stated, the deal is one of such
magnitude and importance as to be
the largest of the kind within the city
In considerable period, and the ac-
quirement of the property by Mr..
Leggett signifies much in the bust
ness, in which he is SO successfully
engaged.
An Ideal business Block.
The five-story block acquired is of
stone and brick and one of the most
substantial and spacious in the state.
1T has frontage on North Fourth
street OF 100 feet and extends 200
feet on Baltimore street, which is
another frontage. and is readily ac-'
cessible to the railroad as sidetracks
run to the buildings. The structure
Is one especially designed for the kind
of business he conducts and affords
ample room for a great volume of
business transactions in the lines he
will devote 1t to. 1t was formerly oc-
cupied by the General Distributing
Company, at one time one of the
leading and largest wholesale grocery
concerns in West Virginia, and was
erected by Armstrong, Crislip, Day &
Co. especially for the purpose,of fur
nishing equipment for business on
an extensive scale.
The Office and other equipment,
which goes with the purchase of the
buildings, is modern in design and
rich in character. The Office depart
ments, the warehouses and the stor-
age halls are ideal in arrangements,
as we'll as all the equipment and fix
lures. including the electric plant and
elevators, and but little remains to
be done to convert IL to perfect
adaptation for the merchandise brok-
erage business.
More Extensive Storage.
The purchase of the Central Stor-
age Company's business in connec-
ton with the realty, which has been
conducted as subsidiary concern to
the General Distributing Company
and which is located in the buildings
bought, will add an important feat
ure to the business carried on by
Mr.. Leggett, as he intends to con-
tinue the storage business on an even
more extensive scale and will push 1t
rapidly to the front, with a view of
meeting the demand, which is of pro-
portions here, owing to the fact that
this is the chief distributing point in
the central part of the state, the
several adjacent counties at all times
having occasion to resort to storage
at this point. In addition to fully
meeting the demands of these coun-
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