The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
NEW PALAIS ROYAL
NEARS COMPLETION
Many Modern improvements
Will Be Installed.

The first step in the work Of trans
ferring part of the big stock now In
the older section to the new part of the
Greater Palais Royal was taken yester-
day under the direction of Merchandise
Manager Morrissy. Although the new part
of the store will not be formally opened
until October 2, the quiet part of the
summer will be utilized in changing
some Of the stock and putting in new
fixtures.
Practically all Of the work except the
installation Of fixtures has now been
completed. and the many advantages of
the new arrangement are apparent to
those who are now crowding the old
part of the building.
The new store, on which work was
begun only last February, contains six
stories and a basement and adds 10000
square feet of floor space to the present
establishment. The older building has
LOO square feet on each floor. SO the
combined floor area. when the new
building is opened, will be about 114.0oO
square feet.
The store is of fireproof construction.
steel. concrete. and terra Gotta, and is
fitted up with all the most advanced
appurtenances Of large department
store. including the latest heating and air
cooling systems, inside fire-escape stair
ways. spiral package and stock chutes.
and new power-saving cash conveyors.
The building has a frontage OF hfty-
five feet on G street. giving the entire
store a frontage Of 155 feet on that
street by 40 feet on Eleventh street
The fixtures on all the four salesroom
floors will be OF solid mahogany.
A novel combined heating and cooling
system will be one Of the features Of
the store. The air will be drawn in by
suction fans on the first floor and be-
fore being distributed will pass first
through a washing process and later
over either refrigerator or hot coils,
according to the season. Then the cold
aid in summer or the hot air in winter
will be distributed throughout the lower
part of the building by means OF gal
vanized iron ducts through which the
air will be driven by series OF fans.
For the upper floors, radiators will fur
nish additional heat in winter.
Another modern feature will be a
system of three spiral belt chutes
through which packages may be deliver
ed to the asserting room Of the deliv-
cry department or by which stock from
the stockrooms on the two upper floors
ments. The chutes will have three OPEN
ings. one in the delivery room in the
basement, one at the first floor, and
one at the third floor.
An additional elevator is being in
stalled in place OF one Of the two stair
ways that are to come out. The new
building will have two stairways, and
those in the old building will be taken
out. The additional elevator will give
three lifts 10 the new buildings. All
the fixtures in the boiler room, boilers,
machinery and all. will be new. A new
automatic water refrigerating system by
which ice water will be kept at an even
temperature and pumped throughout the
building is being installed. A feature Of
the bettered accommodations for the en-
ployes, particularly the women and young
girls. will be additional rest rooms
throughout the building and steel lockers
for clothing. The Palais Royal people
are not making the mistake attributed