Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-01-27

Alma certainly has reasons TO be
proud of her business houses. There is
no town of its size in the state where
you will find more finely equipped
houses for their respective business
than in this city. Within he last sew
cal years many new improvements
have been made and new buildings
built. The new provision market just
being completed by J. A. BARLEY.
About a year ago Mr.. BARLEY felt
his business increasing TO the extent
that he needed larger quarters and
his natural business mans instinct
prompted him to tear down the old
building and give Alma a meat and
provision market that would be sec
ond TO none in equipment, absolutely
sanitary, and a business block that
would make decided improvement on
Superior street.
Consequently, last June work was
started on one of the finest equipped
and most sanitary meat markets in
the state. Mr.. BARLEY engaged Mr.
Wood the local architect to draw
up set of plans and Mr.. Fullerton to
superintend the construction. Mr.
BARLEY then began an exhaustive
search for the best materials of CON
struction and sanitary equipment
The building now nearing COM
pletion has a red brick front and oc-
cupies a prominent position on East
Superior street. AS one looks in the
large plate glasses of an absolutely
dust proof window, if he happens to
know anything about store fronts, he
will at once recognize the all metal
front as being one of the Kawneer
Fronts, the very best store front
made. manufactured at our sister city
Niles The prism glass in the dis
play window carries the daylight into
the interior of the store and yenti-
| Iator is also installed at this point
which keeps the air in continuous cir
culation.
The interior of the store is entirely
finished in oak. The ceiling is of steel.
Along the west wall are two counters
one with glass front back of which
is shelving and bins for various bulk
products. Everything is under dust
picof Cover. Among the fixtures on the
west wall is dust proof bread case
and a rack for biscuit boxes. The Ma
tional Biscuit Company's sanitary tin
boxes fit into compartment and can
be pulled out and in like drawer
which is a great improvement over
the old way of pilling them one on tor
of the other.
On the east wall is shelving for
canned goods, bins for vegetables anC
tea, coffee and spice bins Across the
north wall Of the rear of the show
room is the meat counter, with glass
front and cooled. These fixtures are
of the well known Walker-in Manu-
facture, made at Penn Yan. n. Y, sole
by Arthur Donnley o. this place
representing Lee & Cady of Saginaw
The store room is electric lighted
has a Compo-stone floor which il
moisture and germ proof. The com
bination Of the oak finish and whit,
walls make a most attrctive and san
itary salesroom.
Directly back OF the meat counte
and separating the salesroom an'
wor<room is the large refrigator. Thi
is one of the we'll known Diamon'
Brand Butcher Boy" refrigators. |
is of the best construction and corl
insulated.
it occupies the east half of the spac
and is divided into two compartments
One is the meat room and the other
to be used for cooling purposes. tn
west half of the space separating tn
salesroom and workroom is used as
flour room. Directly over this flou
room is Mr.. Bartley's private offic
! with windows opening to the sales
| room.
The workroom is a large well ven