El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
POPULAR MOVES
INTONEW ANNEX
Entire Force Works Sun
day to Arrange Stock in
New Fireproof Unit.

There was one buster place in FL
( Paso Saturday night and Sunday than
the political headquarters. This was
! the Popular store
! When the doors of the PopuIar
/ closed at noon Saturday for the week
( they also closed on the old Popular
/ forever. AS soon as the Popular
family" had had its lunch the work
I OF moving into the newly completed
six story annex was started IN order
! that the three story Popular building.
which was the finest office building in
FL Paso IS years ago. might be wrecked
! to make room for the new main Pop
ular building which wiz be six stories
high and will cover a half block with
the newly completed ffreproof annex.
President and Delivery Boys Work.
Everyone. from A. Schwartz. the
president of the company. down to the
smallest delivery boy. helped in the
work of moving from the old build
ing into the new annex where the
stocks were arranged temporarily until
the new main building is completed.
General manager Maurice Schwartz did
not go home from Friday night until
Monday morning and he was everywhere
experimenting the moving of the great
stock of goods from the three floors
and the basement of the old building
into the new annex 4 large force Of
carpenters worked all night Saturday
and Sunday and all day sunday re-
moving and setting up the fixtures in
the annex
Every clerk. department head and
saleswoman in the big organization
worked The women wore big bunga-
low aprons with tissue tied around
their heads. while the men worked in
overalls, jumpers. and they all looked /
like laboring men and women work !
ing overtime. as they toiled TO get the 1
stock rearranged
House in Order.
When the doors Of the Popular annex /
opened Monday morning for business !
at the usual time. the new unit Of the \
big new department store was q house I
in order. for everything was in place 4
as it Will be until the new building is !
completed and occupied on January !,
and the clerks were all in their places
as If they had not worked all Satur-
day afternoon Saturday evening. Sun
day and Sunday evening. The present
arrangement of the annex is only tenn
porary. pending the completion of the
main building Even the front. show
windows and entrance is temporary. as
the plate glass windows will be re-
placed with French glass single win
dows; the entrance will give way TO
display windows and the main entrance
Will De IN the middle OF the building I
New Arrangement.
The first floor of the new annex is
arranged for the jewelry, art glass. sill
toilet articles and misses fur
The first floor mezzanine
includes the Women's and children's |
hosiery and knit underwear depart
ment- The second floor is given over
to mems furnishings, clothing and hats !
The third floor contains the silk, wool
linen, wash and white goods The |
Nraam-=
department., the infants department, J
muslin underwear and corsets- The I Z
nth floor is given over to the women's J
and misses ready 10 wear The fifth |
iloor mezzanine is the fitting and stock I
rooms The sixth floor includes the ]
millinery The second floor annex in
dudes the general offices rugs and I a
iraperies. The first floor includes = j
art of the Schultz music store. which
las been temporarily leased as the (
he women's shoe department
All Finished January I.
This temporary arrangement will re-
1ain until October !. when the base I
lent and first floor OF the new building .
part OF the stock now in the new an L
eN- ON January 1 1t is expected to I
ave the entire building occupied per -.
The only permanent ar O.
angement now in effect is the fifth
nd sixth floors. which are the ready
} wear and millinery departments Il
heSe include y fitting rooms, an ap-
ointment room and other conveniences. =
he first floor mezzanine will be used
n the general offices of the store N
hen it is all completed and a large "
reproof vault has been built into the ]
all on this floor.
Mezzanine Basement ,
In addition 10 TIE SIX main floors
lere is a basement and a mezZanine
lseInent- The basement includes the 81
tipping department, which is connect
with the alley by box and bale
lutte and the mezzanine floor of the
isement is the delivery department.
the basement are locker rooms for ! &,
en- and women employees with toilets -
connection, and throughout the en- n
re annex there are toilets for the use n,
the public and OF the employees. all : =,
nished in white tile and standard .,
are There are three elevators in the ~
mex and there viii be six in the en- 81
re building when completed. These m
e hydraulic elevators that are pro- NJ
)unced absolutely safe. In addition n
.ere are dumb walters for CARRYING Z IL
ickages from floor TO floor. package / b,
lutes and q dust and trash shute 81
injecting all floors The first floor Z G
examine is a part of the rnezzanine I Al
oor of the main building and this will re
IN around three sides of the building ~
hen the main unit is completed The q
rand marble stairway of the main III
hiding will have its first landing on g
lis mezzanine floor bl
Cooling and Heating Plant. IN
In the basement there is a preceding 10
ad heating plant, a cold storage plant sc
II expensive furs. hot and cold wa ID
r plant and a ventilating system for Is -
le entire building. The new annex ~
III have floor space of more than -
1000 square feet. not counting the ~
mporary annex on the first and sec =,
Id floors. When completed the entire ~
'pular building will have floor space n,
ore than twice this great One Of by
ie plans is to have a roof garden on i
lie roof of the entire building with nj
n NJ 90, PaIh S3Tnehs ana fountains Z ed
The annex and main building will ~
the personal property of \. Schwartz err
hen completed 20
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