The Dickinson press., 1911-07-22
PARKER eco.
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Opens Coming Week. Finest
Market in State. New Refrig-
Grafton System Does Away =
1 With Ice. 81
The new Parker & Co. building. east
of the Merchants National bank. facing
south on First Street North (old Oakes
street) is one of the largest, if not the
largest. market store structures west of
Fargo and for equipment and finish there
is nothing in the state to excel il.
This brick block, which is almost
completed, the store part of which will
be occupied the first of the coming week.
is go feet deep by 30 feet wide. two
stories high with deep basement.
Notified buff pressed brick from a local
yard were used for facing on the street
and alley sides. making handsome
appearance. The heavy plate glass, four
in number. two "a by 95 inches, and
two 80 by 95 inches. gives the first floor
a flood of light and affords windows for
any display of goods that may be
wanted. The copper covered bu)khead
under the plate. glass, is the heaviest
and finest material of it's kind in use.
1t is known as the Kawneer system of
store fronts and is much admired.
The market sales room is 80 by 30 feet
and has beautiful mosaic floor thing
set in four inches of cement. making a
weight of 80 tons for the floor, requir-
ing four center piers in the basement
The ceiling is finished light green
tint.
On the west side the wall is enameled
in white for quite heighth on which
the meat hooks are fastened, and all
walls and ceiling are finished to permit
of washing. the same as the floors.
in order that everything may be kept
in the most sanitary condition possible.
A marble covered counter is used for
the meat side. and plate glass re-
frigerator counter, in which the tenn
perature is kept at 40 degrees. displays
delicacies. such as berries. vegetables,
chickens and choice cuts of meat. Oak
shelving and counters on the east side
provide room for large line of grocer
les. 60
At the rear of the market apartment
is built-in cold storage box % feet
deep by IL feet wide. II is constructed
on the double circulation plan and is
kept at temperature of "a degrees and
lower when desired. The capacity of
this refrigerator is 40 to so beeves, 50
arranged BY system of tracks that the
oldest meats come first to the block.
The Office rooms. raised three feet and
finished in oak. with fire proof vault in
Iear, are on the east side of the build
ing. just back of the sales room. Still
farther back is a sto.e room opening to
the alley on the east. Three cash
carriers center in the Office and enable
the bookkeeper to make all change and
entries for every purchase.
A: feature of this store. first seen in
Dickinson, is the Parker 8. Co. .
sign in the window, which is always
] frosted. The higher the temperature
of the atmosphere the greater will the
frost stand out on the pipes, in plair
view of, those who may be swelterinl
in the street without, or if within the
spectator can step to the window ant
bury his finger in half inch of fros
on July day as we'll as in December.
The cold storage machinery. installed
by W. M. Peattie for the Creamer,
Package Co. of Chicago. having four
ton ice capacity. makes the refrigerat.
ing system perfect and sanitary in the
Parker & Co. store. The cold storage
room at the rear on the first floor has G
% foot tank containing 1900 pounds
Of calcium chloride brine which il
maintained at temperature of ter
degrees below zero. This regulates the
temperature of the cold storage room,
and by means of centrifugal pumps thu
window display sign and the refrieera'
tor counter are kept right. The machin
cry in the basement is operated about
four hours out of the twenty-1our ant
the principal ingredient is so pounds
Of ammonia. a years supply. The ict
attachment has moi been installed, thu