The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-28
MERCANTILE DEALS
Continued from First PSGe.)

site, Mr. House is. able to carry on
without any serious embarrass-
ment the business which he has
built up in the House & Herr
mann company. The complete
destruction Of the building and
plant, at the corner Of Market and
Fourteenth streets, in the fire De-
cenber 9, naturally created an
embarrassing situation for House
& Hermann.
Mr.. House, with his usual
energy. established new loca-
tion in the Hub building, and
conduct one or two lines. The
complete restoration, however, OF
concern so large as the House
& Hermann plant. and business,
could not be accomplished In a
short time. and the physical diff
culties Of rebuilding and re-estab-
fishing the property in the condI-
ton In which It formerly stood
are 80 great at the present time
that Mr.. House deemed it adV's-
able to make connection with a
growing concern that would be able
to supply the needs Of his former
customers, and thus render them
the service for which for many
years House & Hermann has
become noted.
Many Additions.
In looking nt"r This hr.G he ne
rided thar This best could he done
by the PaIare FHfnirur" company. al
ready equipped "i.h Il large and vel
appointed plant. capable Of quick eS
pansion and nrguilnIiQnS were there
fore taken up. which resulted in I'M
merger above noted
A. part Of the pan will he 10 make
some very importan; additions to ih'
Palace Furniture plant. increasing III
stock. which can be ampl! supplied
from the warerouluS of The House q
Hermann and The Palace. taking
over a considerable portion Of M
House l. Hermann force. and gen
orally taking tho Steps necessary Il
carry on The largely inCreu sed bust
ness resulting from the immergencE
Mr.. House Will Be Active.
NJ. George T.. House. who. for Ill
past Two years. has given his clos
personal attention 10 the House a
Hermann affairs. will continue It
render the same service To the Wat
kins. House & Hermann compan!
Mr.. House is The man who. put m
at" in "rredi'" in Wheeling, You
credit IL good Al House &. Herr
mann's" has become a slogan. striking
the eye from practically every MI
side In the vicinity of Wheeling an
from every billboard. Few homes q
the middle class. indeed, are j
Wheeling iha: do not owe part q
their home comforts 10 the lihera
credit policy pursued fo7" many year
by the House &. Hermann company
Mr.. House was the pioneer in the II
stallment business in this city. h
has constantly maintained the polio
OF liberal credit. which originate
when his first store was opened in
modest way.
It j. somewhat Of coincidence iha
thc House 4 Hermann compan!
then very small institution. fir:
opened its business in Wheeling q
No. 1900 Main street. JUST one doc
from the Palace Furniture company
location. which is the new locatio
of the Watkins, House & Herman
company. This was in 1855.
A few years before that Mr.. Georg
Z. House and Philip Herman
formed a partnership TO carry on IN
furniture business on an installmer
pan in the city OF Washington D.
They were successful, and dete
mined 10 establish n business !
Wheeling. Mr.. House came 10 Vince
Ing In the summer Of 1888 and !
the fall opened the House & Her
mann store at 1900 Main street Abor
tho same time. also. he esta blishe
the Wheeling instaliment company,
branch doing business on Ma7ke
street on the. present site Of IN
Schmulbach building.
Lease Pollock Estate.
In 1898 the business was incorporate
and soon thereafter lense was take
on the property owned by the Polloc
estate, Mt the corner Of Fourteent
and Markets treets. On this g7oun
the handsome six-story building occ,
pied by House & Hermann wa
erected, the property having from
age OF srty-si1 feet on Market an
ono hundred and ten feet on Fou