Show A BUILDING W U H wright sons successful business career the opening of the new store of the W 11 wright wrights bans sons company in their new now building yesterday marked an erent event in the business bu ainess history of the cia city of ogden which deserves more r t than n passing notice the new store is one of the dry goods palaces of tho the west it is au an establishment which would ba be a credit to a city of a quarter of a million inhabitants the buil ling cost and is the property of the company and was wag commenced in august 1890 1800 it is a very ornamental and yet majestic str structure of pressed brick and cut brown sand stone three stories in height with a basement bae ement appearing much higher owing to th very high studding 12 g of each etory story the building cove covers Ts feet on the ground and the whole lower floor basement and part of the second floor are occupied by the extensive business of the firm the ground floor or pria opal display room la Is feet a aquaro q as to nud and hag fits two eat entrances rc r C in the fr front ont on either side aide ol 01 tb the a arched entrance to the office floo floors ra above theo these entrances are fl flanked an ked by ele elegant gant display 0 play windows iwo two panes of 0 w which hie h are r feet of plata Klass lass the interior is finished cimpl complete ot in carter quarter sawed oak counters shelving and everything the sooth south entrance opens directly into the ahoe shoe department which in itself is canal to the te ordinary shoe store on the tight right of 0 tho the entrance after pissing in is an elaborate drinking fountain and shelving filled with rare potted plants the left side is for feet filled with shelving tor for shoes passing in i a at the north entrance is seen on the right the silk department and dress roods goods department on the left are large plato plate glass mirror and the glass and toilet article department bastin passing on down the store la the center canter is found the ribbon and notion dopart department part ment ent at the head of a long double counter and shelving facing this is a lar largo go oak settle some eighteen feet in length n with carved and paneled back some ten feet high oa the right eide side of the ribbon department la Is the ladiao furnishings department on the left lei t gents furnishings at the rear of th the 0 store tore is a large elegan elegantly tl y furnished cloak department and th the e private offices of the firm cashiers office and up over head the wrapping department the latest lates cash and anti parcel delivery system has bhea put in the of business on the floor the fixtures alone in this splendid store cost over the millinery and dressmaking departments P part a in ments bagts are on the second floor A brief of glance at the history of this firm will be of interest to the average reader in that it demon demonstrates stratos what hard and steady work and square deai dailing lag will do in this free country towards baulding buil bail Jing ding up a 2 successful business win II 11 wright was barn in birmingham england ct 61 years aei ava lie ile came to this country in 1859 w walking aki ng overland most of the way to th this i ter territory in company with bis his w wife I 1 lie ile came te to ogden in 1870 as he expresses it with only a nickle be between t him and starvation in 1876 he went into a retail general merchandise business in a small wa way wath with less than capital in a litif little adobe building feet ona one story high where peebles drug store now stands from that time on he prospered in business and moved from time to time into better quarters until be he reached the store jau vacated vaca vac taJ atad a littlemouth little south of the new store mr wright was blessed with six sons song and as they became of age he took them into business with him giving each on an equal interest in january 1891 the una of AV 11 II wright sons was incorporated under the name of IV 11 II wright sona sons co with a capital stock of the firm consists cf W 11 II wright A T wright 1 P T wright 0 11 II wright J E wright AV C wright and aud F L wright all equal stockholders today to day this firm stands at the had in their line and th they ey have one of the most in 08 elegant stores in the west success has flag crowned their efforts and will un undoubtedly shine favorably them in the at |