The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04
TWO OLD FIRMS
TO CONSOLIDATE
1t Will Be Gardner and Adams
Company at all Early
Date.
WILL BE AMALGAMATED
ON NOVEMBER | NEXT
This Combined Firm Will
Occupy Half-Acre of Space
in Kearns Building.

When the new Kearns building is ready
for occupancy. which will be November
there will occur consolidation Of two
we'll known firms in Zion and on the win
dows OF the magnificent storeroom on the
South side of the big structure will be
emblazoned Gardner g. Adams Co. and
the firms OF j. p. Gardner and Richard
son 6; Adams will be amaIgamated. Two
we'll known clothing establishments will
be merged.
When the doors are thrown open there
VIII DC seen most beautiful storcroom.
there VIII be seen elegance without eX-
traEaeance, there will be beauty In fix
lures and furnishings In mahogany, there
VIII be mirrors and plate glass and light =
ing effects that will be perfect, but as
said while there Will be elegance there
Will not be extravaganza. The fittings
and furnishings Will conform to the mag
nifcent building.
And In this beautiful storeroom, which,
with the basement, will be occupied by
the firm. there will be 2o.3s5 square feet.
approximately half an acre, of space In
Which the goods and wares Will be shown.
There VIII be comfort and convenience
ior patrons as there will be for employees.
every modern convenience, there will be
Ten crossing rooms. In short It will be
model establishment in every particular
Half Acre of Space.
In dimensions the storeroom will be 90
feet wide. l55 feet deep. . feet high and
a balcony 22x5o feet. the balconies con-
taining 2065 square feet of space for
the convenience Of the various depart
ments. There will he. as said ten dress
ing rooms. there Will be wrapping desks
au1acent to each department where the
Samson Consolidated Store Service com
pany Will equip the store with the latest
pneumatic tube system for the quickest
service 10 customers. Elegance and con-
u Inrf mill
tablishment through without extrava-
gancc.
The cases and cabinets IN which will be
displayed the various wares will be ali
glass. In the clothing cabinets the yari- |
Gus garments can thus be displayed to the
pest advantage. the object In view to en-
able the customer to see the stock. In
the glove department specially designed
cases VIII display this line OF goods
There Will be 212 feet of show window |
space that Will be backed by solid ma
view of the interior Of the establishment
may be had from the double entrance
There will be shoe department which
WI De on the same scale as the other
departments. there will be leather goods
department in which all the novelties In
leather Will be displayed. This will be a
new feature and one not usually found IN
clothing establishments. but 1t Is a needed
department.
Comfort for ALI.
Handsome and easy stairways will lead
10 both balconies and basement On the
balconies Will be shown full dress goods,
oveIcoats' raincoats. etc. and In this de-
partment all goods will be hung up com
mensurate with fine clothing. Between
the stairways will be a dressing room for
trying on vests. changing neckwear and
comfortable rooms for changing linen In |
the hat department will be specially de-
signed cases and this stock will all be
under glass
-, In the children's clothing department.
ike In all others. the goods will be dis
played In specially designed glass cases
and here Will be shown garments that
VIII gladden. the eye OF parent as well
as child, and the same elegance in fit
tings and furnishings without extrava-
gance are seen here as in the other de-
partments.
The lighting system is such that Gus
toners can see colors as we'll at night
as they can during the day, and It was J
with the idea in view that You cannot I
get too much light on the goods that the
special lighting system was arranged for
both night and day.
An Ideal Store.
For the employees every comfort for
them has been supplied In that the bust
ness OF the establishment may be ex-
pedited. In short, as said, the estab-
lishment Will be a model one in every
way and will contain every comfort
ana convenience for patrons, while the {
lines carried In every department will be s
suoh that every one can be pleased II &
VIII De an ideal establishment in which {
everything necessary in mems and chill !
drens wares will be served ,
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