Arizona republican., 1920-07-04
MELCzER CO. NEW
 HOME THE BEST IN ALL SOUTHWEST
Wholesale Grocery Concern Now Occupies Building That Is Last Word In Construction and Equap- ment


 Construction and Equap-
 ment
 Phoenix can well afford to be proud Of the newly completed Melczer build ing which is the home of the Melczer company, wholesale grocers. The firm is now established in the new head quarters and boasts of the finest build ing of it's kind, with one exception, be- tween Kansas City and the Pacific coast. This building represents in vestment of $250,000 with a capacity of 800 carloads of groceries.
 The Melczer company is one of the biggest wholesale grocery concerns in Arizona, featuring the best brands of nationally advertised goods and cater ing to a trade which extends all over the state. It is doing tremendous business in Phoenix and around the Salt River valley. This company is an offspring of the firm of Goldman and company, which established the first wholesale business in Phoenix nearly half a century ago and was absorbed by the present company on February l. 1919, and since conducted under the firm name of the AIelczer company.
 Buys in Goldman Go. in 1916
 During the year 1916, Louis Melczer bought an interest in the firm of Gold man and Company with his son, Joseph q. MelcZer, and in July. 1918, another member of the Melczer family by mar riage, c. l.. Symmetrical, bought the remaining interest of the Goldman company. It was not until February |, 1919, that the firm name was changed to that of the Melczer company. and since then the business has been car ried on under that firm name.
 The new building is a beautiful structure with grace and character Gh i'm detail and ia nal termed after the warehouse type. It is three stories high with provisions made for adding to the building with the growth of the business. The base Inent is the same size as the main and other floors. Standing on a lot 150 by 200 feet it faces Fourth avenue and ex- tends with its own spur track on it's own property to the Santa E'e right-of- way.
 An innovation was made in the con- struction of the building by including ample space for the loading of trucks. The space opens through hugh iron doors from Fourth avenue to the main floor. The office occupies a space 50 by 50 feet and it's fixtures are of mas sive design and bear a resemblance to bank fixtures The lobby of the office is finished in golden oak. Locker and comfort rooms have been provided for the men, and there is very attrac- tive rest room for women and for cus-  toners.
 Every Modren Convenience
 Every arrangement in the office has been made with the view of transact ing business in the most efficient man. z1er and modern fixtures and up-to date methods win assist in facilitating the large volume of business done by this firm. There is a bank vault installed and an accounting room, besides the board of directors room which will be used as a conference room for the salesmen as well as outer offices and private offices for officials.
 An automatic fire sprinkler system has been installed. and among the latest devices is a spiral chute for pass ing goods from upper floors to the main floor, six compressed air tubes for passing orders to all parts of the building and two three-ton elevators The building itself is built of rein forced concrete, faced with red brick and no wood. other than that used ir the office fixtures appears in the ma terial used in construction.
 On top of the building is water tank with a capacity of 10000 gallons The water sprinkling system starts from this tank and runs to every par of the building. Small valves art placed fin the pipes of this system anC the water is held back by means of wa7 seals. Tn the event of fire these wa, seals will melt, allowing the water tC escape and sounding an alarm on tn, outside of the building. Tn addition t, this precaution and as an added pro tection against fire, a watchman is em pioyed who makes the rounds of tn building, visiting each floor in turn an, recording his visits by the clock am key system.
 Owns Own Spur Track
 On the second floor is the re- packin room with two men in charge. Thi room is one of the most important i the building, all the re-packing bein done here while the full cases ar handled elsewhere. The main flool aside from the space devoted to the of flee. will be used for the receiving an distributing of all merchandise. Tn company,,s spur railroad track con nects with the tracks of the Santa F nearby and will hold three cars at on time. By owning their own spu track. their cars will not be disturbe by the switching engines after the car have once been placed on the spu track.
 The city delivery station is locate on the Fourth avenue side and truck may back in there, finding complet protection against rain or sun. Tw large Toledo platform scales are in delivery will be handled from the Mad ison street side of the building an will be made by the fleet of truck that make the valley towns and Il surrounding country.
 Space for the storage of tobacc candy and canned goods requiring cool place has been arranged in tt basement The furnace room and il blower for operating the pneumat tubes are also located in the basemen There is also a chute arrangement the basement for transporting gooC on the spur track to the basemen Each floor has a storage capacity