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Show Sail Lake Hardware Company 'Will Slave Modern and Commodious Store fbmmMAMivui-iw' 1 1 t 1 ) . mtMtMiiilum Wim n n-nr . . .. ,4,1 ,.Vn i i .11 1 - sawn nrv . , ... r -nun Quarters on Main Street Arranged With Especial View to Convenience Con-venience of Patrons. Within a few weeks one of Salt Lake's big business concerns will move into new quarters. 'Hie . Salt Lako Hardware company's new store building build-ing will be ready some time hotwoon now and tho first of .June. Tenants of the .Main slr'ccl pari, of the new place will be out by iMay 1 in order to let workmen got busv on the changes that will bo made in the front and the interior in-terior of tho building. Tho new part, of (lie building in the rear of the lnin street, building is nearing comple-lion. comple-lion. The accompanying photograph shows the building fronting on Main street :is it. will appear when the contractors have linished. following the plans drawn by W. It. Loppor, the firm's architect. One feature of the new store will be the llours. Tin; floor supports of tho old building will be reinforced and tho (irsi Moor made to sustain any weight that mav bo placed on it. Tloavy floor timber "will .be placed on edge and spiked together with twenty-penny nails. Over this will be laid hard maplo flooring, not only giving extra strength to the floor but also ovenness of surface a ikI the smoothness, necessary in a hardware hard-ware store where heavy objects are moved about frequently. Tho store front will bo changed to give the best possible window display service. Heavy plate glass windows will be built in. The ground floor of the front part of the building will contain con-tain a balcony for stocks, running around Lhc room. Specially designed shelving will bo used in addition to modern floor showcases. Tho now place will carry floor space equal to the store on Second South now used by the coinpanv. By bringing the stocks closer together in a narrower room, customers will receive more prompt attention. In making the changes in the now store the firm has had in mind the convenience of the customers. In arranging to stock the store, tho varied demands of the patrons have been taken into consideration. consider-ation. Probably in no hardware store west of Chicago will thero be found a more complete stock of goods than in the new retail store of the Salt Lake Hardware company when plans finally are completed. |