Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-12
Starting Work On
Hargis Building
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with plate glass fronts sixteen feet
six inches in length.
There will be three entrances, one
located on Market Street, one on
Clarke Avenue. and one on Vine
Street. A large Otis combination
passenger and freight elevator will
descend to the side walk level on Vine
Street for receiving freight and eX-
tend to the surplus stock room on the
third floor.
The interior of the store will be
extremely light. having streets on all
sides except for distance of about
eighty feet. where the building adj
joins the drug store of Lloyd &
Blaine The floors will be of edge
grain Georgia pine. All column. win
dow and door trim, including the
wood work of the show windows, as
well as the office partitions and all
other exposed wood work will be of
quartered oak. The fixtures will be
built to order by the Grand Rapids
SHOW Case Company of Grand Rap
ids. Mich, and will likewise be of
auartered oak; the finish of all show
windows, office partitions and other
wood work in the store will be iden-
teal.
All departments Of this big store
will be located on the first floor eX-
cept the Music. Furniture, Carpet and
Rug departments, which will be dis
played on the second floor.
The bookkeeping. and advertising
and other Offices, including the re-
search department will be located on
the first floor, extending across the
entire rear of the store. The book
keeping Office will contain a reinforc-
ed concrete fireprool vault. The pur-
chasing offices, pricing room where all
merchandise will be priced, stock
room and employees rest room will be
on the second floor just above the Of
fees on the first floor. Special attcn-
ton has been paid to the employees
rest room. which will contain Il fire
place. ample cloak room space. and
also an alcove with kitchen sink, and
a small stove. for the convenience of
those employees who eat their lunch
in the store This room will be splen
didly furnished with furniture that
will contribute to the pleasure and
comfort of the store employees.
For the convenience Of the custom
erS Il large rest room will be erected
directly in the center of the store on
the first floor. This will be fitted up
with comfortable chairs, writing
desks. telephone, and other convent
ences.
The cellar of the building will be
entirely water and fire proof, CON
structed Of concrete throughout. the
ceiling as well a the walls and floor.
All openings will have fire proof
doors, so that should fire originate
in the cellar il will burn itself out
without doing further damage or
spreading to any other part OF the
store. In the cellar will be installed
the heating plant, waste paper baling
plant. vacuum cleaning motor and Il
storage bin for 100 tons of coal.
The entire building will be heated
10y the Brommell Vapor System of
heating. Special attention will be
paid to the wiring Of the store thru
out. there being electric outlets At
short intervals, so rs to provide all
possible uses for current in the dis
play Of the stores merchandise. All
columns of the store will BE- wired for
electric fans thus assuring perfect
comfort for shoppers during the sum
mer months. The building will be
sprinklered, containing COO sprinkler
heads, 80 that should u fire originate
at any point. from cellar to roof. the
operation Of the Sprinkler system will
quickly extinguish the flames. All
exposed windows will be equipped
with fire shutters.
Altogether this building will be
the equal of any store building in the
state, either city or country. in both
construction and equipment, and will
be a credit to the Bigger and Better
Pocomoke."