Show 4 I 1 rt ean t S N V J t A ia i 1 i 1 J I 1 1 1 1 11 I 1 k in J ik j 7 f 1 14 1 1 4 A 1 I 4 it y it a C lq D TW Z the merchandise mart of chicago twice the size of the worlds largest business building to cost GIGANTIC merchandise MART 11 A RT TO BE RICE SIZE OF WORLDS LARGEST BUSINESS BUILDING new project for chicago Chi cagos great central market to cost involves the greatest single development of air rights in the IN west I 1 e s 4 6 foremost manufacturers wholesalers and importers will be housed under one roof in new whole sale district inbound and outbound freight station on ground floor of building club in tower for nations merchants chicago special chicago Is to haie hae a gigantic Merhan merchandise dise mart housed in its own building which will be twice the size of the largest business building buil diug I 1 lit lie world this mammoth structure clure tile city blocks bloch s in length IS 18 to 23 stories high Is planned for the aenice sen ice and conven lence of merchandise buyers of the united states stales and to t achieve for chicago a still greater prestige as a great central market it was declared today it will cost MO construction will begin immediately the project will be tile the largest single development of air rights the property of the new building except for chaissons caissons cais caiR sons begins 23 fret above datum the big bl g business of the country Is n now 1 dune done mainly in concentrated market places as evidenced by the lie Cari garment tient center and cotton goods center in it new york city automobile autom ollile rows in nil fill loading cities hinline lal buildings and hie lie furniture marl in chicago where more than furni ture i show their prod side by side in the most modern manner and under ideal conditions bu business ineis nien men have that lite nearer they are to t the centers of tiles these market Ilac cs the file greater Is their unity for vol volume ume and profit the establishment of tile the dise mart Is a dramatic develop development meni in the program iiO Krim to make chicago lite hie great central markol a movement which hie chicago i association of coin nerce started a number of years agi and nd a goal toward it lias has hoen been dev devoting otin its energies continuously aver since under the leadership of its I 1 reign and domestic commerce located on river front this great mart aich which will house sales ales quarters and merchandise 1 dis I ploys plays of several hundred of lie coun tays foremost manufacturer min leulf holers solers and importer will lie ile loen located teI in the rapidly developing new river di district stilt and will 01 occupy a distill distinctly consa conspicuous chous position just across the river from wacker drive at wells street where the vou bouthern thern facade of tho the structure will wil be Vis liole for blocks the site was form formerly erly flint of the chicago and north western hail ball way companas Comp anys passenger station alip be bu building will extend feet on mn kin ale street eti beet feet on tile the river from and feet acet on wells street with a diagonal frontage facing oi leans art and franklin streets it will be set baic from tile the i her nebout 80 feet to ne ac comin a broad upper leel ailtie extending front from wells to franklin the main entrance of lie hie building will face the th ii river and the drive the merchandise mart will have a total floor spice pace of about lovonzo lOVO noo square feet as compared with slightly less than square feet which Is the floor area of tile furniture start mart the next largest bul building iding each of the eighteen kiin floors will have an area of more than square feet within the walls walla of this huge edifice the retail merchants of the united states canada arid and foreign countries ill be able to see sec unkei anler one roof hundreds of lines of tile the worlds best merchandise the manu facture rs exhibits ill include tex tiles ready to wear toys laces gloves corsets millinery silverware glass rugs knit goods hosiery shoes mens wear bearr foncy fancy goods sport goods art and antiques jewelry trunks toilet articles house bouse furnishings office equipment and scores of other merchandise displays P ten largest business buildings Bui dings in in the world comparison of the cubage of the largest buildings in the world shows the merchandise mart to be erected in chicago will be more than twice the size of the th largest business livila ing ever constructed here are the figures in cubic feet 1 the merchandise mart 2 chicago furniture mart 3 equitable building new york city 4 general motors detroit 0 5 union trust cleveland 6 sy y exchange st lalu louis ls 18 7 illinois merchants bank chica go 8 continental commercial bank chicago 9 woolworth building new york nork city 10 straus building Chica chicago gd i among lite largest largess teni will 1 b e tile Abole sale and manufacturing sales departments part ments of marshall field company time saver for merchants every possible facility will be pro ldoa for the comfort and convenience of the retail merchant who under one root roof will be able to see hundreds of lines thus time and by doing in a few hours what ordinal ily would take him duys days to accomplish on all floors of the lie mart will lie e great corridors alth alth all the appe appearance i r of boulevards more than 0 lo 10 feet in length on either side of which will be the shops displaying their yap led I 1 lines ines i erl erit table alile business streets these grent great corridors will be impressively treated architecturally and with the large space available it nill M pe e possible to house the selling acihl ties lies ond and warehousing are housIng of many concerns on one floor door thus attaining attai tile the advantages of concentrated groupings the facilities for handling merchandise within tile building will embody the best and most modern achieve ments of engineering science including fust elevators freight conveyors of both the gravity and endless chain type and quick horizontal distribution on every floor probably no building la in the world will I 1 have such facilities for receiving and shipping merchandise as the new merchandise start mart the entire ground level below the street floor will be a modern freight station private for incoming carload freight will extend under the center of tire building tile chicago and north western rall kail way will operate an inbound freight station for less than carload lots as well as an outbound station which will connect with all other roads through its new proviso yards the merchandise as it comes into this big freight station will lie loaded into high speed conveyors and transported immediately to the exact floor and aisle of the merchant for whom it Is intended connection will be made with the illinois tunnel companas Comp anys system of f freight transports tran transportation tion which has more than sixty miles of tracks beneath the streets and buildings of the city reaching all other oilier railroad terminals A river dock for vessels will connect with the south freight elevators of the building club planned for tower one of the interesting features planned for the mart will be a merchants club in tile the tower of the building with lounging rooms tending leading and smoking rooms where tile retailer may inay relax and meet his friends friend the mart will provide the retailer with everything hut but a place to sleep lie ile can go direct from the train to the mart with its ills baggage bagg here his hotel reservations will be taken care of his baggage transported to ills fits hotel and placed in his fits room restaurants lunch rooms and grills in the mart will further economize his time lip HP will it have are the facilities of a barber shop nod and a branch postoffice posto post Oice office telegraph obilee and public stenographers will afford him lite opportunity to handle liis fits correspondence without leaving tile building one of tile gest gesl telephone exchanges in tile the worril still be installed lit in lite hie mart many other unique features are being considered for foi the mart including an assembly hull half where trade meetings balshi business ss conferences ant and fashion fas lilon shows may ile he held from time to timo time As the plans are worked out many other oilier features rany may be decided upon within recent years Chi cagos cen aral business district lias hiis been developing north northward warI across the chicago liver ilver east of state street along norb michigan igan avenue cass cas rush hush and other streets this development develop lae lias has readied reached impressive proportions elden evidenced ced liy fly more than twenty large buildings to the eaf west of state street a development Is iq under tinder any the site of the he new dise mart Is jn in tile the direct path of this new northward movement in the new river district wit where ere the merchandise mart Is to be located many grent great build Lg have been erect ell ed and others son so n will be begun the builders the engineers building the chicago Clil cago evening post ig have been completed appo site the new mart on wacker drive the new chicago Clil cago dally daily news nears build ing rind and the lie grent great new opera house hous of the chicago civic opera compan i are being constructed on the river three blocks south soua 4 V aff 21 M iz I 1 t ia I 1 W 1 4 tit 6 wi alp ilp I 1 afi 1 spa 1 P 0 birdseye birds eye view of Chi cagos new business district carrying out th the e city y beautiful theme in which the ole mercantile mart will de a dominant factor |