Show The J C Penney Co I Val Wai ehouse in St Louis LouisI I I I I Plans for the establishment in St StLoUIs StLouis StLouis LoUIs ofa of a n general distribution center for the J C Penne Penney Company natIOn nationwide nationwide wide VIde organization of department stores were announced today y by Mr Ir Glen G White hitI R hite director in 10 charge of the real estate department The total investment of the J C Penney Company in the S1 St LoUIs ss will be approximately tely 2 00 this estimate to include both land and building A plot of running feet on Spruce feet on Thirteenth feet on n Poplar and feet on Four Fourt tenth sheets was as purchased for the sIte from the Charles II H Peck estate and others It includes an entire city M block with the e exception of the corner occupied ed by the Columbia Terminal Com Company atay Two thirds of the trait tr wIll as the site for the ware warehouse warehoused house and the remaining one thira wilt WIll b bra be held for future de The proposed warehouse will extend feat fet feet on Poplar street with a foot frontage on Fourteenth street Thi Thiais is regarded as an unusually good goo warehouse location as it is 19 co r 1 venture to transportation centers cente s and andIS andis andis IS in m mill ill vi midst of a rapidly growing district which promises a consider considerable considerable considerable able increase in land alues The building will be twelve stories high ands and and will have hale i a floor space of square feet Construction wIll start rt the first part of March Mr l George attorney rep represented represented represented resented the Peck estate and others and Mr lr White represented the J C Penney Company in m the tr IThe The S L Louis luis Chamber of Commerce extended its fullest cooperation to the officials of the J C Penney Company at the time the negotiations were made This is the second warehouse es- es established established es established by the company in m the last two o years e 11 The New cork warehouse costing 3 00 was wis completed r January 1926 When the rapid e ee c pans IOn of the company made it necessary ry essary to establish a distribution cen center center ter outside of New York St LOUIS ah cady the center of the company shoe and leather goods bU buying wa was the logical choice It further establishes establish es St Louis as in n ideal distributing center for their nearly one thousand stores Distribution through the tho St LoUI Louis alehouse warehouse will mean a saving of from two t to ten days in 10 transit tr time for shipments to western stores Through it will be handled aU all type types of merchandise sold in the J 13 Pen Penney Penney ney company comp stores with the I tion hon of or Ready Reidy toWe r which will con continue to be distributed exclusively from New York Mr Ir Wilk a director of or the J C Penney company is 18 in m charge of the St Louis office He lie has been associated with the company since th the days when it comprised but a few western estern stores Formerly the man manager manager ager of the Walla Walla Washing Washington Washington ton store he was placed in m charge of the footwear buying in 10 St Louis some years ears ago Missouri 1 is his home state as well as that thit of the founder Mr J C Penne Mr lr Penney was born bom in m Hamilton where store num number number ber hsc h hundred is located There are twenty t six J C Penney company stores in m Missouri I The St Louis warehouse has been desIgned by Mr John r F Miller con conI suiting engineer of New Nev York in as association association with the T B D Barnett Corn Com Compan pang pan architects and Taxis and Bech Becher Becher Becher er structural eng both of St StLouIs StLouis StLouis LouIs Starrett S1 Brothers Inc of New York City will have charge of generl construction |