Show I SEARS StARS STORE TO 10 MOVE TO WALKER SITE 3 to Be Spent on Location at Main Broadway REMODELING IS STARTED Change Changed Will Take Place About August 31 The Sears Roebuck Co retail store will be moved from South State street to the former Walker store at the southwest corner of Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way and Main street about August 31 Approximately will be spent in irs remodeling the new l location to meet the company's retail store sped These announcements were made here Saturday Saturday- by W. W E. E Kern manager manager man man- ager of the Salt Lake store after he received word from J. J JM M. M Barker vice president of ot retail administration that a lease on the building had been signed Scars Roebuck Co will occupy the he basement basemen first and mezzanine floors of the building The other four stories will be remodeled by the owners own owners own own- ers of the building and office space rented to jobbers and manufacturers' manufacturers representatives W W. J. J Halloran rep rep- of ot the Metropolitan Life insurance company owner ovner of the building said WORK ALREADY STARTED Work of remodeling and renovatIng lag Ing ng the space to be occupied by Sears Roebuck Co Ce has already started and approximately 20 men are at work vork each day dar Harry Anderson representative representative rep rep- of the J J. J B. B Rose Construction Construe Construe- tion lon company which has the contract contractor for or the remodeling said union workers work work- ers will be used in every instance where the class of labor labor- needed for fora a certain certai type e of work r is organized PLAN LAN AUTO AUT STATION An autom automobile tire and battery serIce service ser- ser vice Ice station will station will be constructed at the rear car of the Walker building on ground leased eased from Charles Wanless Wanless- Co Mr lr Kern said a driveway for motor motor- Continued on Pare Faro T Two o. o TO MOVE 10 SiTE Continue Prom Pace Pire One On would be built from place signed by tn the includes an option to building the announcement buy the r r 1 Ul Barkers Barker's headquarters in said If the option is taken would represent a trans up j ining in- in ing more than a million dollars building has a frontage of r Main way street and feet 3 on fig In announcing plans for 1 the upper floors of the remodel g Halloran said a new and modern X trance and elevator system built No estimate of the cost of work t was available j Work being done on the portio J be occupied by by Sears Roebuck Roebuck company consists of laying a asphalt tile on the main floor iff o surfacing other floors and the the electrical heating 1 sprinkler and ventilating general rearrangement of the of the building will be made to company store requirements When completed the company urn will have more than square feet sales feet space of stock zt- zt Ho age space and an additional MM square feet for other purples iff Kern said W Mr The approximately 1 handled by the company will ili t grouped into 12 specialty shops shop wt with in the store EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE Our moving and enlarging ular par for the Salt Lake store mca moan S our company's confidence in tt growth of Salt Lake and steady Vv in- provement in business conditions hij been justified Mr Barker said saif i his letter to Mr Kern we anticipate increased business ity and economic stability along alone witt future growth we are moving to thes thea new quarters 1 The present Scars Roebuck W pony pany store was located in Salt Sait Laki Lake five years ago Much of the work lo to be done nfl wili be lot let out to other contractors wh who will hire their own men Mr Mc Ander son said but these also must be men wherever possible No men ah being hired at the building he said S 4 |