The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-06-27
Houghton Department.
TELEPHONE SOUTH 80
PAINE WEBER & COMPANY
MOVE INTO NEW OFFICES

| brokerage offices in Houghton this
morning found Paine. Webber & Com
pany snuggly ensconsed i'm their ele-
| CANT new quarters on the main floor
of the Dee building, directly below the
rooms they formerly occupied on the
second floor and I'm the space that was
formerly filled by the Board OF Trade
buffet. The offices were moved during
| SATURDAY. afternoon and Sunday and
| business opened up i'm the new rooms
without hitch.
The trader who entered these new
offices today found himself i'm what is
probably one OF the most beautiful and
well arranged brokerage establish
ments in the world and he also prob
ably was impressed with the idea that
| there is plenty of room for him in
these new quarters. the rooms being
somewhat larger than those formerly
Germs and the arrangement being so
carefully planned as To make the best
use of all the space. The main en-
trance To the suite is from Sheldon
street and there are other entrances
from the vestibule of the entrance to
the second floor of the building and
from Isle Royale street through a long
court
The front offices are provided with
a mahogany wainscotting, which is an
example of artistic woodwork not
equalled i'm the copper country up 10
this time. Each panel is formed of two
mahogany planks so joined as 20 leave
knot i'm its upper center. The PAN
els are uniform because sawn from
the same log. The fixtures are the
work OF the r. Brand & Sons of Osh-
kosh, Wis, and the Bodine- Bateski
company of Chicago did the decorat-
ing which is in the new mosaic-Tif-
fanny effect.
At the left of main entrance at the
front Is the private Office Of Manager
Byrne and connecting with this To the
rear are two other private offices for
board meetings or consultations with
customers. These offices follow the
general scheme of banking room, be-
ing divided by partitions of maho-
gany with brass grillcs. The managers
office is furnished with massive maho-
gany desk of severe lines and other
furniture in keeping and telephone
booths are placed between his room
and the private rooms next TO it, ac-
cessible from both departments.
The counting room connects with
these private offices in the rear. This
is a large room equipped with every
modern office device. A feature is a
steel filling case with drawers adapted
10 the big office safe for safety out
OF business hours. Here is the en-
trance TO the board room. A long plat
form starts at the edge of the count
ing room and runs along the front of
the board. The telegraph desks are
at the counting room end of the plat
form for the convenience of both send |
ing and receiving operators. /
The blackboard is S5 feet long and |
stretches along the west end of the !
big room. Back from this board. half |
the width Of the room is a private |
branch telephone exchange which will |
have a special operator. Connecting |
are two booths with wide windows |
opening out on the board, as convent
ences TO customers using the tele-
phone while taking information from
tho board.
Back OF the blackboard is a big |
store room. other details are toilet |
rooms. ample seating for customers, |
artistic electric light fixtures. pris-
matte glass i'm the windows to afford |
a generous flood Of daylight during |
Office hours.
Copper country traders will find in
the new Paine, Webber q Co, oper-
ating force only old friends, as the
force has been with the firm for
number Of years. Manager Samuel Il.
Byrne is in charge. Ivan Hart is
cashier and bookkeeper and Henry w.
Grams Is bookkeeper and has charge
N the sending wire. Peter M. Nc
Intosh Will continue to mark the board
and receive all wire messages. Albert
Foote is assistant bookkeeper and
telephone operator and Jos. Richard is