Show THE CUNNINGTON COMPANY rt l = E4 i t C C h o 0 0 o a a 1 t r In 1 11 y I t 1 r 1 + 1 tl f f rID i Ie fnDfr 4 r A proof of the old adage that Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow Is splendidly Illustrated In the history of tho Cunnlngton company of this city of which William Stolneg is president John H Woodman Is secretary secre-tary and Samuel H Hill Is superintendent superin-tendent Oldtimers hero well remember remem-ber when tho firm started out In business busi-ness In a humble way Ten years ago the company occupied the old building on the ancient site on which Is now located the fine sevenstory building of McCornlck Co From this corner the firm moved to the Hooper block on First South between Main and State It looked then as If these commodious quarters wpuld give ample room for years to como but it has been evident during the past two or three years that another move was Imperative the result re-sult being that a location was selected on upper Main The location chosen was tho old R K Thomas stand In the rear of which a new twostory block has been built reaching to Richards street giving in reality two fronts to the establishment 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 38x275 feet there Is stored an immense assortment I of goods In bulk and In broken pnc1t ages Tho first floor occupies tho lama area as tho basement only that It Is divided Into sections the first or Main street apartment being 33x145 In dimension and it Is hero that the retail department of the store la located lo-cated The rear store Is 38 feet wide by 100 feet In depth and hero Is stored tho heavier mining machinery handled by the company the two storerooms being divided by a twentyfoot arched passageway which gives access by driveway either to South Temple or First South streets The second story is of tho same size as the basement and hero are stored goods of lighter bulk and material the system In vogue with the management 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 re-quired In mining camps including candles fuse cups powder mining steel pipe rails ore cars and light machinery It has built up an extensive exten-sive clientage In this line throughout the Western country and tho name of the company Js a guarantee of square dealing and reliability The many friends of the house are pleased that It la occupying such commodious and comfortable quarters |