Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-27
]. M. YOUNG & SON
MAKES GREAT GROWTH
IN FIFTY YEARS
Continued From Page 81

the building now occupied by the Girls
Community club and, consolidated with
their then new Building, would extend
it from Main street to Church street,
giving them an entrance on Main street
and an outlet on Church street. These
i5Gans were about to be contaminated
when the splendid space now occupied by
the firm was offered to them as their fu-
ture home They Immediately gave the
matter full consideration and, fndin-
this the most advantageous buildiI q
gave up the plans of the new and too
over the quarters now occupied by them,
saturated at from 1856 to LAB Main street
Here the Plaut-Cadden company once
more showed their pluck and ingenuity
and at great expense to them, removed
the entire front from the building and
transformed 1t into one of the most mod
ern and complete store fronts that skill
could construct. The present store COW
ers over 100 600 square feet of floor
space. having four floors and a basement
extending from Main street through to
Water street. with an annex from Main
street to Shetucket street.
After operaE Fling The PSutl Cadaen
companys present store for a period of
| four years, it became evident that me of
the most essential things in merchandise
ing successfully, in or Ter to secure the
very best trading conditions, would be
an outlet sufficiently large for buying
in great quantity survey proved that
Norwich and New London were in a 20
siticn TO serve the trading public Of APP
proximately 10000 people. and that a
store of the character of that conducted
| by the PlaLt-Cadden company of Nor
wich, Connecticut, in the city OF New
1 1r1r Il
and profitable business enterprise So,
| Immediately after the great Foran &
| Son company's fire. during the summer
o 1921 the firm seized the opportunity to
secure the location. good will and ware
house stock of this firm that had a clean
record of more than thirty years of sue
cessful merchandising in this same line.
The addition of this location and store,
tcgether with the energy characteristic
of the aut-CaGden conTpany's methods
seemed a fitting climax for the proper eel
| ebration of it's fifty years in business In
July of last year, the firm completed ar
| rangements for the taking over of the en-
tire Bank street property in New Londen
formerly occupied by Foran & Son, aro
arrangements were made for completine
what is destined to be one Of Americas
! great stores. In a short time this ma q
roundings, adding to the lines of furni-
tpen TO the city of New London and sur
ture, rugs, etc. carried by Foran & Sor
company the lines. carried by their store
at Norwich, namely, pianos, hfct-olas
musical instruments etc. This connection
furnishes Immediately the very outlet
that was necessary for buying and retail
| Ing on scale sufficiently large to place
the Plaut-Cadden company in class BY
Itself in New England, offering tradine
Lao zfor-r, r+ u,
that were heretofore padreamed of. II.
i Norwich force today numbers over sixt,
lpeoplez7-daily engaged in the business o
serving its very large clientele-and ;
fierce relatively large will be ready at TIL
graf New London store within the mex
ninety days to offer the same service t,
the people of New London and vicinity