The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-08
NEW BISHOP BULL DING NEAR
 COMPL LETI0N
will Be Occupied by Sterling
 Furniture Corporation,
CONCERN HAS 26
 STORES IN THE WEST
Bridgeport Store Win Be Ini-
 tfal Investment in East.

4-- sf
 One Of the most modern and airy loft buildings in Bridgeport built for N N Bishop is just nearing conpie- ton at Broad and John streets, ssAhe building is of brick throughout With white enanneled pressed brick for an exterior finish; with the cellar the building is six stories high and 1t contains about 35, GOO feet of floor space designed for the display of furniture stoves. carpets, etc
 The building, which will be complet- ed byy July l. will be immediately oc- eupied by the Sterling Furniture arg Carpet CO, of springfield, Ohio. affirm which operates 26 stores ethrough a. syndicate system. The ground floor is amply. equipped with rlette glass windows and show spaDe and the sec ond floor is also designed as show room with plate glass front and ar rangement to attract kthe attention or the passerby and make g. display to catch those in the street. There h S7 boo feet of show space.
 The building is of mill type constr11c- ton with sprinkler system Ernest ,G. Southey of 988 Broad street, was the architect. MT. Bishop, one of the largest property holders in the city and a member of the Board of Education, is the owner.
 The property was formerly owned by the late Stephen Nichols. On the site stood three story red brick store and tenement buildfn MT. Bfshop.l for some time, has contemplated inn provements on the property. The work of tearing down the old building was begun about six months ago.
 The new building has a frontage of, 79 feet on Broad street and 72 feet, inches om John street. Thee white en- ameled brick facing is trimmed with white glazed terra cotta and the fac ings of the plate glass windows are +<<1 +1,- white finish.
 Mir. Bishop has not Eselected a name for his building but 1t will probably be1called the Bishop Building. The firm which will occupy it is erecting a building in Detroit, Mich, which will cost $25o.o0O. The Bridgeport store is the first which it will establish in the east.
 When excavations were made for the new cellar,.Dit was found that sunken river flowed under the site and that almost the entire plot was a bed of ,quicksand Tn order that the Masonic Temple. which is next, might not be affected, Architect Southey had to ex- ercise extreme caution in planning the excavation. At present the building rests on what may be termed float ing foundation of concrete built above building next. door without any strain on the new structure This founda- ton has been made water proof.
 The building will be lighted by elec- trfcity,s the latest improvements in lights switches and chandeliers having been installed. It will be heated by a twin boiler system of steam which. gives just the right temperature for the early spring and late fall and the proper degree of heat in winter time. The plumbing is modelled after the most sanitary and modern inventions. There are sinks and toilet rooms on each floor and an arrangement by which all drain pipes in the building ares completely flushed twice every 24 hours The sbuilding is also equipped with hot and cold water.
 The lighting arrangement is such that at night the building will be one glare of light from cellar to roof A, number of local business men were In specting the lighting arrangementsato.. day with a view possibly to installing the same system in their own stofes The Sterling Furniture Go. has taken 8 long term guaranteed lease of the premises and it is expected that rep resentatives of the company will be in Bridgeport in "a day or two to prepare for the opening of the store There will be two elevators in the building, a passenger lift located in a well toward the front of the building
 with a capacity of ten persons and a freight elevator in the rear with a ca pacity of three tons These elevators will be operated by electricity and are said to be thes last word in elevator construcrioTl.
 The new Rashop building is one of the l han dsor1est strnctures in the city It testifes to the wonderful development in mercantile business in Bridgeport
 as well as in manufactory, and is an
 other mark on the change in Broad street from san almost residential thor ioughfare to one of the most important Ibusiness streets of the city