Show THE cunnington COMPANY A proof of the old adage that great oaks from little acorns grow is splendidly illustrated in the history of the cunnington co of this city of which wm win 0 staines is president john H woodman is secretary and samuel H hill is superintendent old timers here well remember when the firm started out in business in a humble way ten years ago the company occupied the old building on the ancient site of which is now located the fine seven story building of mccornick co from this corner the firm moved to the hooper block on first south between main alain and state it looked then as if these commodious quarters would give ample room for years to come but it has been evident during the past two or three thre years eyears that another move was imperative the result being that a location was selected on upper main the location chosen was the old R ac K thomas stand in the rear of which a new two story block has been built reaching ncr to richards street giving in reality two fronts to the establishment A f few ew days ago a representative of the mining review was courteously shown through this now immense establishment by superintendent hill the house now has a large area in which to conduct its extensive and steadily growing business in the basement which is light and airy and covering a ground space of 38 by 2 15 feet there is stored an immense assortment of goods in bulk and in broken packages the first floor occupies the same area as the basement only that it is divided into sections the first or main street apartment being 33 by in dimension and it is here that the retail department part ment of the store is located the rear store is 38 feet wide by feet in depth and here is stored the heavier mining machinery handled by the company the two store rooms being divided by a twenty foot arched passageway sac which gives access by driveway either eit her to south temple or fist first south streets the second story is of the same ss size ize as the basement and here are stored goods of lighter bulk and material the system is vogue with the manao management ement being a place for everything and everything in its place access to the top floor and to the basement being made by means of elevators and slides the company deals heavily in all classes of provisions and supplies required in mining camps including 1 I candles fuse caps powder I 1 mining steel pipe rails ore cars and light machinery it has built up an extensive clientage in this line throughout this western country and the name of the company is a guarantee crua rantee of square dealing and reliability liability re the many friends of the house are pleased that it is i 8 occupying such commodious and comfortable quarters |