The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-28

pany was reorganized A new stock
company was formed, and A l..
/ Meyer and W A Rempe severed
T thier connections with the George h
Stifel company 10 assume the man
agement Of the Taylor store. At this
time the establishment occupied two
floors of a building on Main street.
22Xi35 feet. and the sales force con-
sisted OF eleven people In 1905
lease was taken on the Thornton prop
erty on Market street and the com
pany az once began the erection OF a
fourstory building.
/ The George H. Taylor company was
I the first 10 break through 70 Market
street with a dry goods store. The
old policy OF handling ladies' and chill
drens wear almost exclusively had
/ been followed. but the establishment
has been placed upon the department
store plan. modelled after tho most up
to-date business houses OF the east
The trade of this popular store has
grown TO such an extent that very re-
GENTLY another addition has been
started TO the handsome building on
Market street. The average employ
meut list OF the store IS l25 persons
The officers OF tho company ara A
l.. Meyer. president: w. a kempe.
Vice president and treasurer. c. Ed
ward Meyer. secretary and advertis-
ing manager.
George. E. StlfeI Company.
George +. Sufel company's nam
moth ury goods store Is credit TO
the city. II Is one Of tho few stores
in tho state that are uneXcelled by the
large stores in the largest cities OF
the United states. OF course II -
not So large a. many OF them. hut the
quality OF goods carried on the
shelves are OF the kind that women
luscr 20 admire. and feel proud 10
wear
This store handles everything In
I u" wearing apparel line for both men
| and reaches out 10 include almost
everything that could DE connected
with modern dry goods establish
mont The store il renowned for It's
/ broad dealings ia imported furs. rugs.
aTapcri's and ladies' wraps. Since
the firm started business IL has been
compelled several times 20 enlarge It's
| quarters and 40 present occupies one
] az the largest buildings devoted 10
I tho retail business Ia Wheeling
The establishment has two en-
] frances. one on Main street and an
/ other on Twelfth II was only a few
I days ago that a real estate deal was
cuusuumatcI whereby the George r.
Stltel company came into possession
or valuable peCe OF aMrket street
. PI.I'I.F oiItcIly IN 'front.' or us pres
ont homo II Is the intention Of the
company 20 erect a handsome. speci-
uIs building ON the new site 10 sun
plant the structure now upon Il. and
when this is done the store will have
TIRE" entrances. one On Market street
Geo. N. Shook Co.
In 1884 The Ohio valley was visited
by The most destructive flood In its
history. Houses and buildings were
swept down on the crest OF the tur-
bulrut waters. hundreds Of people
were rendered homeless and scores
az business men IN Wheeling alone
suffered ne loss Of their entire
stocks ono would have thought that
this was "A very inoppOrtune time to
establish @ business 81 any kind. but
nevertheless. ont OF The chaos
emerged a retail store that to-day
and best. and in fact one Of the most
modern In th" tristate district
DO was in February. 1854. that the
George VI Suook Company was or
F4iiZel hv George VI Shook. George
B'rtsch and Albert l. Wukie The
start was modest 20 say the least
Do store was opened a. No ITO
Market street iI "a room which had a
uor space ~ .UX'D feet a stock
That comfortably flied the room was
cons .d'rDd amply large fo- the IN
aueIrt''Jn Of the business some
doubted tho wisdom of the Young
. men iu undertaking. such an enter.
prise az that time. hut thev them
selves we're ~ thD opinion that the
future had success iu store fHr pro
rfsaf'rn establishment such az they
matelv expected to have-and ulti-
matDlg d.1 have
Immediately after fhe doors Of the
. now store wore opened fle owners
900 managers began f0 study their
toners instead u. paying their on