Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-14
REYNOLDS BROS,
To BRANCH OUT
Concern Will Take Bruck
Shoe Store and Cafe in Big
Extension to Store

Within the course of the next few
months, Perth Amboy will be honored
by being the home Of the largest dry
goods and house furnishing store in
Middlesex county or in this section of
h state. Arrangements have beer
made by Reynolds Brothers, known
throughout this section as the Merit
Store" to occupy the entire Hess
building In Smith street, which is now
only partly occupied by the concern.
This building at the present time is
occupied Jointly by the Reynolds
Brothres store and the Joseph Bruck
shoe store. Not only have Reynolds
Brothers taken over the complete Hess
building, but the building facing on
Ne wBrunswick avenue as well, which
Is now occupied by Peter Byrnes as a
cafe. The securing of this building
will give Reynolds Brothers an en-
trance on New Brunswick avenue.
The people of this city have seen
this business grow from a little store
on State street to the largest depart
ment store In Middlesex county. 1t
is their patronage and the vision of
George Reynolds which have made
the success of the concern assured.
An idea of the growth of this bust
ness may be obtained from the follow
ing facts.
On September Is, 1898, Reynolds
Brothers established q store in State
street, near Jefferson street, which is
now occupiedby Mrs. Richman as a
ladies' furnishing store. This store
contained LAO square feet of floor
space. 1t was occupied by the con-
Germ for two years, and in 1901 the
firm moved to its present location
occupying $500 square feet of floor
space.
On March s, 1904 the building was
destroyed by an accidental fire, that
destroyed the entire contents of the
Reynolds Brothers store and In which
they lost $4,000. The conca then
occupied temporary quarters at 40
Smith street and after the burned
building was rebuilt, moved back on
November Is, 1904, occupying 1900
square feet of floor space.
Five years g the firm added the
section of the building occupied by
Albert Leon as a furniture store. This
gave them an increase of $3.50 square
feet of floor space, making 1880
square feet of fioor space being used
at the present time.
When the firm takes over the shoe
store o fJoseph Bruck and the cafe
they will be occupying in all $4,000
square feet of floor space.
The stores to be taken over, al
though petitioned off at the present
time, will be turned into one large
building as soon as possible. 1he
Bruck store will be arranged to carry
a complete line of house furnishings,
consisting of tinware, glassware,
-woodenware and china. These goods
will occupy both the upper and lower
floors of this store, and will be In
charge of Edwin Moke, who is well
known In Perth Amboy and vicinity,
having been in the employee of Keyn-
Odds Brothers for the past nine years.
The second floor of the building
now occupied by the Byrnes cafe will
be utilized to house the offices of the
concern and as a rest room for the
sales girls. The lower floor will be
used as a shipping room. If possible
Mr.. Reynolds expects to also estab-
lish a lunch room for the employees on
the second floor of the building where
luncheons will be served to the en-
ployes for cost or less.
At the present time forty people
are employed in the store but with
the opening of the new line Mr.. Reyn-
olds expects to add at least fifteen
more to the force. During the holt
day lush eighty-three persons were
employed.
Mr.. REYNOLDS has great hopes con-
corning the future of the business
here and it Is the intention of the firm
to continue to increase the business
and selling space from year to year
until Perth Amboy has a store which
win ea"aI tho best in the state.
Mr.. Reynolds treats his employees
well and takes q great Interest in
their work and in things that are of
personal interest to tSem.