NEW WOOL STORE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 22, 20 October 1917, Page 14

NEW WOOL STORE

'J' UK LAKLiEST I.N SiuWJ Z£ALA.ND. Within t!io course uf a few days tho largest wooi siore in i\e\v /ivuluuvl will be completed, just in time to l>o nmuu inu luliwit iico ot iliimijj tile wool seuiuu Jiow aDoul to commence. This "store, which lias been erected for Jiessrs. ALuiiny, Xiouvrts' niiU 10., by Campbell u,ud iJurku, ironi plans provided by Criolitou aud Al'Jvay, occupies the best part of an acre of artmml, beiug part of the AValcrloo I'uay i-eclamaliou at AVelliugtou North. Tlie store, wkich is o£ brick and wood coiwtruction, lias afrontage of 226 ft. to Waterloo (Jiiay ;itid' 157 ft. to Cormrell Street. Tho back lines measure 201 ft. and L'.jaft. respeotively. Itlias two floors., the ground ilooi- being subdiridud into three sections. The largest of these will be for the handling of wool, llax, etc., which will be received by ii double-track railway (within the. building), which track alone will occupy a section of land 152 ft. by 2Gft., and will be fitted with special facilities for unloading and loading the trucks. Adjoining this apartment, and separated by a brick wall, will be the general merchandise store, BSVt. 'by 182 ft., at the rear of that will be the skin store, with a graded concrete iloor, and all essential drainage facilities.

The upper floor is one vast wool store, whid) will offer 37,296 square leet of space for the display of wool, space enough lo display with advantage between OflflO and 7000 impressed bales of wool. The upper floor is splendidly lighted by a sitw-tooth roof, each "Iod)1i" beins glazed on the southern side. The completion of the roof lias been checked by the fact (hut a mr.mlHy of American plate Rlnss was smashed during transport. The fitore is capitally ventilated thrtvii.rili. | out. by patent ironwork openings, wHh adjustable iron covers. An ul(r,-\clirc fanado provides fnr prPsaed-Hnek finish, with stucco relief in flip boldly ,'ireh«l : windows n'i'l pedimonts Co v «r <hc pntrnnce.O. Tlip new .=rnre wil' alpo linvo ! a of -nfficp' fnv I hi , staff. olwli-!i< ■ hoist.-: for Ilic ''anillinir of the bales, ami , a. pnloill irnvUir..; lieH i-flnli-ivn«(-« fm- j plnc.lcinj; sai'ks of jrass seed, manures, i etc. ' I