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Show II New Building for the : Ogden Wholesale Drug, I 24th Street, to Cost $45,000 j III Further evidence of Industrial ex- pansion in Ogden Is Riven in the an- I nouncemcnt that the Ogden Wholesale 1 Drug company had perfected plans for I the construction of a new building on I the lot adjoining the company s estah- I lishmcnt at 151-157 Twenty.fourth I street Plans and specifications for I tho new structure, which aro now In I tho hands of tho architects, Shreovo I & Madscn, call for a three-story re- I inforced concrete structure that will I be absolutely fireproof. The building I -will have a frontago of 42 feet. It will I he 134 feet long. Tho cost wilt ap- I! proximate $45,000. I; Excavation work, preliminary to I construction on the principal part of I the structure, will begin as soon as I the contract is awarded. Charles Em- I pey, manager, states it Is possible the I construction work will begin within I the next two -weeks I The new building will form an addi- I lion to tho present establishment and I the two will have a frontage of 100 feet. "When the new structure is cora- i pleted, the company will have more I' floor space for tho conduct of its busi- ! ness than any wholesale drug house ! west of Denver. The plans of the company call for a transfer of the office rooms to the I. new building, which will include equlp- I ment for that purpose. The space now I occupied as office in the present estab- lishment will be converted injo the r sundries department Mr. Empey said the building exten-f exten-f sipn was decided on to permit the J company to expand its business Into new territory which had begun to show recognition of the fact that Ogden Og-den Is the logical shipping center of j tho intermountaln country. Incidentally, Mr. Empey said the im-provement im-provement was necessitated by the de- mands on the soda fountain phase of the company's business. This feature has assumed enormous proportions, , the company now being the exclusive : wholesale agents for fountains manu- i factured by the Walrus Manufacturing j company in that portion of tho United I States between the meridian through j Omaha and the Pacific coast. Soda Fountain Business. The soda fountain business will con-; con-; stituto .a department separate from others of the company and will he In charge of H. T. Gee, who is an expert In the business, being both a designer and builder of soda fountains. Recently Re-cently Mr. Gee, as tho representative of the Ogden company, installed a fountain at Pocatollo, which is hold to be the finest in the Gem state. The fountain cost 2,500. The company is now preparing to install a new fountain in tho drug store at Twenty-fifth street and Washington Wash-ington avenue, which was recently taken over by Drow Marshall and asso- ( ciates. Five carloads of fountains will bo placed In stock, in tho new building as soon as it is ready for occupancy, t The company also will add to its stock all kinds of drug store fixtures as well as Increase the stock of heavy chemicals. The company now Is surpassing any other wholesale drug concern In the Intermountaln section in tho heavy i chemical business. Three months ago the company received the first straight car of denatured alcohol con- , slgued to one party ever shipped Into the intermountaln country, Another t car of the chemical is in transit now. J Heaviest Buyers. ) In conjunction with the soda foim- tain business, the company is laying i plans to expand Its wholesale business j in supplying the intermountaln west with fruits and syrups used at soda fountains. Tho company recently re- J ceived a shipment of 5 carloads ot the products of the J Hungerford Smith t company, of which they are exclusive agents, nnd which manufactures a pro- duct that Is recognized as standard all over the country. Mr. Palmer, sales-manager sales-manager for the Hungerford company, on a recent visit to the city, made the statement that the Ogden Wholesale Whole-sale Drug concern purchased more 1 Hungerford supplies than nny other i patrons of the company in the United -States. Mr Empey retributes the growth of tho business of the Ogden Wholesale i Drug Co. to an efficiency system, which, he declares, is the outgrowth of perfect harmony prevailing among i employees, many of whom are high- j priced workers. ' "The company finds," Mr. Empey ( continued, "that a hundred-dollar man ; is worth a hundred dollars and that an oven higher priced men is worth the amount of his hire. It Is tho policy , to make every employe responsible. That creates an interest in the work and leads to co-operation, which is i necessary to the success of any business. busi-ness. Co-operation has resulted In ( efficiency, which is to be found in j every department." ' The genial manager of the company then produced a letter. It was from j one of the company's patrons in a city in Oregon, The last two lines of the letter read: ( "Thanks for the promptness always j shown in your shipment of orders. You y have the other drug houses beaten a ( mile in efficiency." ( "That was unsolicited," said Mr. Empey. "It tells moro and is bettor ( explanation of a company's success than I could possibly give." |
