I 1 M H W y V s w w M by WW W w 7 B ar v U MB U BB 0 i buys by the carload and trainload and sells at a mali margin of profit c THE PRESENT OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY ARE JOSEPH SCOW CROFTA president and HEBER vice president WILLARD v secretary and treasurer ALBERT director JOSEPH DECKER the business bus ineis of this firm the largest exclusively wholesale tUo house in the intermountain country was established in 1880 by john who u e with his family of crifo and five asiu i idron ha d emigrated from lancashire england a few months pt c joseph was admitted and the firm became known as john son jn 1 allard entered tho firm then heber in 1889 and albert in 1891 the john co wcroft sons company was incorporated in 1803 the growth of the firm has been most encouraging cou raging and from a email beginning ne of the great mercantile establish ments of the rocky mountain region has been created si f within the past year tho business re of the firm have forced the proprietors to secure more floor space the trade having outgrown the accod an washington avenue A modern wholesale i warehouse was con V f found in A tho three story strutted ted near the railroad yards thor hughly handle merchandise at of expense and with x greatest dispatch the new structure gave to the company three buildings in fabich business is transacted and goods landl cd one has four floors one has three floors one has seven floors this aggregates about equale feet of floor space shenew building with its seven floors is within 12 inches of the railroad cars avoiding hauling gooda being unloaded from the cars dt t erectly into the warehouse with an im L saving in transfer charges A four electric elevators each equipped laith a 15 motor carry the goods to tho different floors s i your chutes open into the basement f ry r y through which freight is dropped i ien cara can bo unloaded at ono t 1 J M s aldef f laforty horsepower bouer Bupp ll the with steam f i arc employed in the of y r f equipment of chichis chis inferior v to none in tho country everything i f f f arranged with a view to saving time anro adding bight r lc ala ewite makin invoices icat an handling correspondence gen grappio phonce arc in ser vice six used by heads of departments T in dictating letters by young la dac i in writing the die economizing the time of stenographers in writing letter JOHN founder of the firm april 1902 fi js t atho bouso has its own telephone ex 1 change eighteen telephones t ivsich aro located at convenient points throughout the buildings avoiding much 1 l n confusion and delay in transmitting i sages and aid ingin expediting business baeli any part of utah and adjoining the sample rooms and offices occupy feet space A sample of everything the firm basor sale is on exhibit i tion in the sample room which is up to date and facilitates alic showing of to custon Scra ho are thereby saved the trouble of going through the entire in order to sec tho different i lines this house handles full and complete lines of groceries dry goods gen apt ve goods hatsy caps S raw goods it employs 19 salesmen as follows FOURTEEN mena TRAVELING OVER THE STATES OF IDAHO WYOMING AND NEVADAS TWO ARE crr SALESMEN THREE MEN WHO ARE HOUSE SALESMEN 4 the salary udes tho name 1 w of 75 people three members of the firm arc kept in the eastern a great part of tho time attending to tho buying of merchandise joseph and albert spend five to six months of year in new york and adjacent fie arketa sir heber is in j I 1 sun francisco and other california mar si 1 kelai about four months each year by jhc thc CARLOAD is the motto of the house dy buying in larga quantities the lowest possible t prices are obtained from tho jurers by shipping in car lots freight rates arc secured at most favorable fig and these business methods enable the company to sell to within miles of ogdan at lowee i 1 than if goods were bought m acsa quan I 1 and shipped hero in there is abot a favorable movement inice markets of the M i k country chich Is by the members of com jj 1 they may confer jhc thc 1 benefits upon THE iss PICTURES ON PRESENT THE EAST anda WEST sf VIEW OF THE GOS SIX STORY WAREHOUSE THE largest IN THE intermountain COUN THE PORTRAITS OF aes DIRECTORS OP yohn sois ro ws a v Ii lerr christinas i boits aad th public generally 4 V rp