Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-11-11
NEW GARAGE
NEARLY READY
Johnson < Thompson Move To
Their New Quarters Yet
This Week.
BUILDING IS A FINE ONE
Large Floor Space in Structure to
Take Care of Rapidly Growing
Business.

Alma's new $4,000 Ford garage
at the corner of Superior street and
Park avenue, will be opened for
business not later than Monday ac-
cording to present plans, as John
son & Thompson, Ford dealers, now
expect that they will be able to
move into the new quarters the lat
ter part of this week, where they
will have much more room for their
business, something that they have
been badly in need Of for months.
Without a question the new Ford
Garage is the most modern and up
to-date garage of the kind in this
part of the state, the proprietors
and Ford agents having made every
effort TO erect not only a building
suitable for their needs, but one that
will contain pleasant waiting and
rest rooms for their patrons, and a
structure that will be well in keep
ing with the progress of a hustling
city like Alma.
There is still some days work to
be done in the new building, and
until it has been brought to com
pletion, the proprietors are unable
to decide upon a date for the formal
opening of the new place, but il is
believed that the work will have ad-
vanced TO sufficient extent that
they will be able to announce the
date of the opening in another
week.
Part Of the work that remains to be
done is the completion of the install
ing of the heating plant, which is
being rushed rapidly, and is expect
ed to be finished. within a day or
two. Some of the other work that
remains to be done will take a long
er period.
Ii has been expected that the
work on the structure would have
been. finisbed- some =. xeeks. -earlier
but the difficulty that was met with
in the procuring of some of the ma
terials, made it impossible to com
plete the building as early as had
been expected.
The building, which is constructed
on the northwest corner Of Superior
and Park, has a frontage or 30 feet
on Superior street, and is l6S feet
in depth. 1t is one story and base
ment in height, and constructed OF
faced brick. Large plate glass win
dows cover the front, except for the
entrance into the offices and display
room. all automobile entrances being
on the Park avenue side Of the
building, well towards the back Of
the structure The first forty feet
Of the building on Park avenue, back
from Superior street also has q
large plate glass window Numer.
Gus smaller windows furnish plenty
of light for the work rooms, etc, OF
the garage.
The display room and the offices
located in the front of the structure
are about 80 by 20 feet. A mezza.
nine floor which spreads over the en-
tire width of the building, contains
the rest rooms, toilets, etc, foI
ladies'.
7 ~ Vic AtdA VI Aiit OllAAtC anu us
play room are located a parts room
about 35 by 40 feet, in which will by
carried a full stock Of parts fol
both Fordson tractors and Ford
automobiles. The room for car re.
pair will be about 11S feet by q
feet, being large enough to accom-
modate fifteen automobiles at ono
time for repair work. There viii
also be the wash room and polish.
ing room, etc.
The rest rooms are TO be fitte1
up with wicker furniture, the pro.
prietors of the garage being out tc
make the rooms just as comfortable
as possible, and it is safe to say
that they will show Alma a garage
second to none in this part Of the
state. when the formal opening is
held. Dates for the formal opening
will probably be announced next
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