Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-06-12
JACOBSEN HAS
LEASED STORE
Reynolds Building to be En-
larged-- bigger Hall.

s. NJ. Jacobsen will remove his
grocery business from Sigmund Spit
zer's building at Smith street and
New Brunswick avenue to 152 Smith
street about July /, to make room
for new First National Bank head
quarters. The Allen Piano Company
now located in the former Wilder
building at 152 Smith street Is seek
Ing other quarters and George Rey-
nolds, owner of the building is plan
ming to enlarge and remodel the en-
tire structure. A new store front
will be provided for Mr.. Jacobsen
and the second floor Will be enlarged
and remodelled SO as to convert 1t
into modern place for dancing, bas-
ketball, theatrical exhibitions and the
like.
The spacious corner store on the
ground floor of the former Scheuer
building now owned by Sigmund
Splitter, will be remodelled to suit
the purposes of the First National
Bank. Plans are now being prepared
by j. X. Jensen and G. w. Brooks
for the work. Several individuals
and firms are said to be after the
present bank quarters in the Haney
building at 110 Smith street. The
owners say 1t will be leased to the
party Offering the most money for 1t.
Mr.. Jacobsen, who recently became
successor to S. Scheuer & Sons as
grocery and provision dealers in this
city, has purchased the lease held
by the Allen Piano Company Mr..
Reynolds has had plans prepared and
issued for bids for new store front
to suit Mr.. Jacobsen's ideas. Other
changes on the ground floor include
the removal of a frame addition to
the northerly side. The rear brick
wall will be extended up to the top
Of the second floor and that floor Will
be extended northerly to that point
Thus the space on the second fiool
win be almost doubled in size
The alterations and extensions tC
the second floor will be made after q
lease now held by the Goodwill Asso-
citation has expired, which win be at
the end of the year. 1t Is the inten-
ton OF Mr.. Reynolds to convert the
second floor into a modern hall to re-
place the Auditorium, which was re-
moved by the installation of a thea
ire. The dancing and general floor
space will remain about the same as
at present, minus stretch extending
about twelve feet from the easterly
wall to be used as a stage. This will
be twelve feet deep and have a twen-
ty-five foot opening. North of the
hall proper will be smoking room,
ladies room, kitchen, cloak rooms,
etc. The entrance will be about the
same as at present, with the excep-
tion that there will b. erected tick
ct Office at the head of the stairs and
the entrance from that point on will
extend eastward and then southwark
around a ladies' room, which is to be
isolated from other compartments.
The hall proper viii be flfty-seven
feet and six inches by gixty-two feet
and six inches in size. There will be
two dressing rooms, each 10x16 feet
in size. The dining room will be Fix
80 feet IN size and the smoking quar-
ters will be nineteen feet and six
inches by nineteen feet and eight
inches Other Dimensions are: Kit
chen, 10x16 feet; ladies retiring
room, 13x14 feet; ticket office, 6x8
feet; cloak room twenty-four feet
and six inches by eight feet, and the
length of the entrance hall Is thirty
feet. 1t will be eight feet wide. The
entire interior will be equipped with
new metal ceiling.
1t is intended to rent the hall aud
adjoining quarters from day 10 day
as desired for balls parties, theatriC-
al performance, various kinds OF
meetings and the like.