Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-19
"Williston's Daylight Store"


This is the title that might we'll be
given to the store which will take the
place of the present Hedderich store,
for which contracts were closed up
Monday and announcement made that
building would start May s.
The general contract was awarded
w. w. Horton of Waucondo, ILL.,, and
the figure is close to $65,O00. Fred
Kleinsorge gets the plumbing con-
tract and several other contracts have
practically been awarded but have
not yet been signed. The owners have
agreed to give over the building May
5 and big sale will be held at once
to reduce the stock so that business
may be carried on at some other To-
cation until the new store is COM
pleted. Completion is promised is
promised by September /.
The building will be modern in
every respect and the picture pre-
sented herewith gives the best idea
of general appearance. 1t will be seen
that the front and side of the building
will have an unusual amount of glass
which will make the big room inside
light in all departments when there
is daylight outside. It will cover the
entire lot, IS by 14O feet. ~
Big Floor Space
The Hedderich store will oicupy
$4,000 square feet Of floor space in the
new building, this being the amount
given by the first floor and a basement.
There will be ia feet of modern
show window space on one of the best
corners in the city to display the big
stock that will be carried.
The main store room will house
four large departments. The dry
goods department will have the big
center space in the room which will
be rs feet wide. The two sides of the
building will each give spacefor de-
partment, one to be devoted to ladies
ready to wear exclusively and the
other to have modern gents fur
nishing and shoe department. At the
rear of the big room will be the gro
Gerry department which will have a
space Of 40 by 60 and which will have
an entrance on First Avenue but will
also be accessible from the main en-
trance.
Basement Departments
A modern sanitary basement will
be constructed which will be utilized
to the full extent. Two departments
will have display space here-hard-
ware and novelty, including big line
Of variety space here-hardware and
novelty, including big line Of var
iety and and 10 cent goods.
Another improvement will be two
large and commodious rest rooms
which will be thrown open to the
patrons of the store. One will be re-
served for women only and this is a
feature that will be Of great value to
the downtown section generally.
These rooms will Of course provide
conveniences worthy Of the general
tone Of the new store.
The second floor of the building
will be divided into office suits of two
rooms each and these will also have
the modern office fixtures. There will
be 19 suites of rooms arranged on
this floor, making it the largest Of
flee building in Williston. Lots of
sunlight on the second floor is also
part of the plan as will be seen from
the picture presented-each room hav-
ing two large windows. Entrance to
the second floor will be adjoining the
Graphic building also on Second St.
next to the entrance to grocery store.
The main entrance to the first
floor will be in the center of the part
fronting on Main street apA will be
"a feet wide by IL feet deep, so that