Arizona republican., 1921-10-29

Then it was that Harry Gibbs, young, full of enthusiasm and conn dence in his own ability, set forth to dispose of his product. He was sell ing his work on it's merit alone. for he was an artist without name or fame. It was his first master piece. His chance depended upon his ability to. convince prospective clients that his work was a master crea tion, perfect in it's conception; flaw less in its color tones.
 But that was not an easy task, for the market was flooded with high grade works; a financial depression had made the money market unstable and those business men ordinarily in terested in art works such as Gibbs had to offer, seemed over-stocked. Still, Gibbs was undaunted.
 Some time previous, Gibbs had come to know local contractor. T. B. Stewart by name. Gibbs, a real estate man, had admired the business like methods of this man and his manner of doing things. But the two had been only mutual acquaInt- ances, and Gibbs plan was big one. It involved an outlay of not less than $60,000 cash-and last spring S6o,OUO >in cash was a great deal of money.
 MT. Stewart sent word that he
 would gladly receive MT. Gibbs and review his plans: Thirty minutes after he had entered the office of the contractor, Gibbs had convinced Ste wart that the plan was practical one; that it was a sound. logical business proposition even under the
 stress of a business depression.
 Stewart agreed to invest his money whatever amount might be neces- sary to complete the building-in the event that Gibbs was successful Tn
 completing other arrangements. He demonstrated his faith in Phoenix by undertaking a project of such glgan- l. | tic proportions, especially at tha' ! time. It was during the darkest per iod of the city's history that this l agreement was made and the begin l ming of construction furnished scores l of men with employment when worb
 was most needed.
 Having found a man willing t(
 erect a building along the lines he l proposed, the task of finding a suit l able location next presented itself 1 and this promised to be real man
 sized job, for there were so few 1 locations in Phoenix suitable for thu | purpose.
 l The ndulG OL INODtIL T. GeiL ASee with whom he had dealings as a req
 estate man, presented itself. MT Garnett, he recalled, was the owne of a valuable site at First avenue an' 1 Monroe street. The location wa
 ideal for market purposes, h
 thought. So Gibbs sought an inter
 view with Garnett, It was granted
 Mir. Garnett listened with interes
 to the plan put forth by Gibbs, for h
 is a good business man. But tn
 undertaking was of such proportion
 that he must have time to think 1
 over. It meant the raging of l
 structures on the property, iron which the owner was getting larg rentals each month; it meant als death of certain plans which Garnet
 had made for utilization of the prop erty at some future time as sit for a modern office building.
 Highly encouraged with Garnett' apparent interest in the plan, Gibb kept driving. kept constantly on tn job Eventually, MT. Garnett sub scribed to the plan. That was tn last straw in the way of realizatio of the Grand Central Market idea. Contracts were drawn and signe and on June If. last, raging of tn 12 structures on the Garnett site wa s started. Today, the Public Market opened for the first time. It stand y as an institution to the courage an \ foresight of three men-Harry Gibb s Robert F. Garnett and T. B. Stewar s The structure covers 1S,000 squai ' feet. having a frontage of TIA fe' on First avenue and 175 feet on Mor roe street. It represents an inves ment of approximately S250,OOO. The Grand Central Public Market the last word in marketing conveT fence. It was planned after an e ' haustive study of marketing cond tions throughout the west and 1t rel resents a combination of the ou standing features of some Of the biz gest public markets in the country. Convenience of the shoppers h' been uppermost in the minds of u planners from start to finish. Notl ing has been sacrificed to assure u H clean handling of foodstuffs. Scor z of passageways through the mark assure easy access to any portion \ the market at all times. An unloa' ing dock in the rear has been pr ' vided to relieve congestion in | E front of the building. The enti S frontage of the market, on First aV
 me and Monroe street, will be ava able to the auto patrons. The ma \ ket houses 26 different retail bu: A !