TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143473, 21 April 1911, Page 4

TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

THE J.P. HARDWARE COMPANY

Messrs. P. H. Jackson and Ronald Paul open their business to-morrow as general ironmongorv-aiid hardware merchants under tho style of the J.P. Hardware Company. Their promises are situated at Devon Street East, just beyond Jjiardot Street, and will form quite an acquisition to this portion of the town. Tho.building has been entirely remodelled to suit the particular requirements of tho business to ho carried on within its walls. The old front has boon removed and .replaced by stylish show windows.. The largo onc on tho right will bo utilised to display general hardware goods and that on the left for silver and electro-plated goods. The entrance has been paved with red tiles, relieved in the centre with white tiles, which form the initials of the company. The main shop is a commodious one, having a depth of about -10 ft., and is . nicely fitted up with glass cases, and shelves arc arranged around the walls. Just inside. is a handsome show-case made of rosewood and fitted with plateglass shelves, on which will be displayed silver goods, and three largo counters, .specially constructed, are provided, two on the right and one on the left. At the hack, three offices, each,about 14ft, by 10ft., have been built, and arc divided by glass partitions. These will be used one as tho general business office, one for interviewing travellers, and the other for the marking of goods. Upstairs is a fine storage room and a splendidly fittod-np show-room for niahtles, grates, and tiles. The. whole of the prer misos are admirably lighted, for. in addition to the front and back windows, three supplementary windows have also been provided on the left of the shop, and at night the .shop will be brilliantly illumined by a ,1000-candlo power Lux light as well as tho usual supply of ordinary electric lights, ami another 1000candle power Lux light has been suppked for illuminating the front of the building. At the rear of the business premises is a large yard with storage sheds for. all classes of heavy goods, and also a shod for the storage of oil. Tho principals arc well known m the town and district, and their enterprise should be rewarded by flourishing business. Latterly they have been away in different centres selecting a splendid range of goods, which, in addition to all tho usual linos, include many novelties new to the district. Two of the main features in the management of the business will ho the plain marking of goods and strictly cash payments*. In this way the firm are imitating the new. methods adopted successfully in tho larger cities.