The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1946, Page 10

PAGE TWO CHARLES GOLDSTEIN NOW PREPARED FOR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA i i R « e R rcr s i TR T SR i GREAT EXPANSION OF RETAIL BUSINESS NEW STORE PROVIDES CUSTOMERS' FACILITIES Immense CEJ Storage Vault One of Finest on Pacific Coast fur business 1 steadily pr Goldstein ding pre-eminence Charles 10W [ his retail in it business Alaska That aim has governed the desig and outfitting of the Charles Gold- stein Fur Store on the floor of the Goldstein Building here. Hav- ing suffered too long from cramped quarters forced upon him by the fire that wined out his old store and splendid retail fur stock, Goldstein has assured himself plenty of space in his rebuilt building here “Everything caguht in Alask s tc be found in his retail store. That is Charles Goldstein’s boast; a boast that he backs up. Everything caught in Alaska is to be seen there, truly in made-up form or in raw state as the shopver chooses. In addition, | furs from other parts of the world everything valuable and wanted ‘n furs——is to be seen there, too. That is, with, the exception of furs from other parts of the world which com- pete with Alaska’s own native fw products. No such furs as the lass are to be found therc—ever | To assure that his furs will always | be offered in the very finest condi- | tion, Charles Goldstein has incor porated in his reconstructed build- ing here what is the largest and finest cold ‘storage fur vault in Alaska and one of the largest and finest on the Pacific Coast. Of all fireproof concrete and steel con- struction, this vault—located across the rear of the basement of building below the Goldstein store 1s 24 feet \J\ 60 f(‘t’l in dimen- street the VALUED DENIZEN OF THE NORTH—; Someday she will have it; give much fer. whose business it is to bring it to her: enough to hold the l\w\l\\)\d\ of raw furs that Gold- stein's wholesale business frequently requires him to have on hand; lar enough to hold too his entire rets stock-and also large enough to pr vide finest fur service tc local fur coat owners. By fully automatic d-air vault maintains ¢ tempers of ro, fahrenheit ture for furs to hold easily sides Large storage this nt rol, [ de the [u‘xu(! Racks 500 W cor tur tock plenty more high piles raw furs om parts of Alaska readied for shipment to the States; ship- to be made after he has st the finest of them for sale here to his 1 customers Already this year, since compl tion of the building, Goldstein h 1ad upward of a half million dollar worth of raw furs stored at one time in his big new vault—between 10 ind 12 thousand pelts piled there all it the same time: marten, mink, muskrat, lynx, fox, otter, beaver, rmine; e Ala furs world's choices!, To further exp: to offer his customers store here, Golddtein soon as the highly skilled personnel re- \uired is available, plans to put in a ull fur manufacturing, remodelling, | leaning and glazing department. | 7ine raw furs may then be selected in his store and will be made-up wre exactly to the purchaser’s de- ire. Only for tanning will the pelts \ave to be sent outside, for only in the tanning centers around New Yok is that art developed to its highest degree But, though Charles Goldstein has reat plans for his retail business, wholesale dealing in furs undoubt- edly will remain the bulk of his business. He will always continue to ship and solicit furs from all over No shipment, too still his slogan Goldste wddition, there of red fr bei fur markets all wnd he his and the service has at is eek silver fox. after Reynard hi Trapper, buy His long glo: passed it Features of Reconstructed Goldstein Building Pointed Out by Architedt H. B. Foss Features of Reconstructed Goldstein Building Pointed Out by Archifect H. B. Foss Interesting features of construc- vides adequate space for workshops|three buildings, each containing 10 | yet bcen en]uved by mose rmsmg tion and design of the rebuilt Gold- and storerooms, besides containing |one, two and three-bedroom apart- | stein Building are pointed out by Harold B. Foss, of Foss and Mal- colm, Jun architectural firm Plans for reconstruction of the fire- razed building into the modern new structure that has now been reared within the four walls of the old| were in charge of Mr. Foss. Modern in appearance and facili- ties, the present building embodies many latest improvements in con- struciion, Foss said. Removal of the old sheet metal cornice and “ginger- bread” from the street facades of the building allowed for a clear un- broken sweep of exterior wall in the spirit of modern times. Chief orna- mentation consists of a series of medallions aligned just below the | crest of the building. | The new exterior walls are| smoothly finished in cement plaster | and all is in light tone lending to an impression of airiness. Pinish of the main entrance to the building is natural walnut, while floors within the buliding are cov- ered with asphalt tile which not only cushions the step and deadens sounds but is notably long lived and easily kept clean. Each of the stores on the main ond street entrance. floor is stepped down with the grade of Seward Street, so that each is entered at sidewalk level. The | main passenger lift, an “Otis” ele- | vator with an operator on duty through the business hours, is of a most widely approved type, suffi-| ciently speedy to meet all demands of a five-story building and with a high factor of safety. This elevator is also fully automatically con- trolled. A iecund elevator, designed turi | cooled, heavy freight lifts, is located at the rear of the building, near the Sec- Its range of travel is limited to the basement and ground levels. T hl' all-concrete basement on-‘ the large central heating plant for the building. Also located in the | basement is owner Charles Gold- | stein’s large refrigerated fur-storage | vault. Althouigh interior partitions, ex cept main bearing walls, are of wood construction which can facilitate re- division of office space to suit the ! requirements of tenants, the fire | hazard of the old wood floor and | woed partitions within a concrete | shell that was the former building, has been done away with by con- | structing each level of the building | as a unit within concrete slab floors In addition to the elevators, two stairways—one opening onto the en- trance foyer, the second upon Sec- ond street at the rear of the build- | ing, provide exits. All interior walls are finished with hard sand-plas ter. An unusual’ feature of the upper | floors occupied by the Alaska Native Service are the large, unpartitioned lengths of office space tailored to | fit the needs of that agency for| stenographic and drafting roor Although much of the materials used in reconstruction of the Gold- | stein Building had to be shipped in | from the States, local products such as Alaska lumber, screened A and and gravel, were used to as reat an extent as possible. Local labor was used in all cases where the needed skills were obtainable A comparison of pictures, of the present Goldstein Building and of the bleak, blackéned skeleton that | remained after the embers of the fire that destroyed the old had portrays transformation | that appears miraculous. 3 SSy T, llt'ul(-r, tanner, manufacturer, retailer. | duy | of large building projects,” he said. | we are keeping our fingers crossed | Supply Company was contractor on | tile which is seen throughout the ARTS & CRAFTS CENTER UNIQUE AS ENTERPRISE * * Native Wares from Al Alaska Cleared to Mar- | kets in Goldstein Bdg. the most unusual busi- n and it really is a business, al- though government sponsored—to oceupy quarters in the reconstructed Geldstein Building is Native Arts ind Crafts, which operates as a clearing house for Alaska native! products under the direction of Don | Buyrrus, Manager of the Arts ’\l\dl Perhaps (Continued on Page Four) Construction ths Chief, ?' Gives Recreafed Struclure - "Unlimited" Life of Service | (Continucd from Page One) He conceded that material short- e B 1ges, labor shortages and bad weath- er had been foremost as uble | makers. “Our office was able to| expedite most of our material but | some shortages existed all over the United States and we just couldn’t get the stuff. “On top of that, just as we were ready to start construction the fish- ing season opened” and all the available manpower went fishing. We had to import labor from Se- attle and pay passage to the job.” “Then when we were ready to start stuccoing the exterior of the | building the temperature dropped | below freezing. We had men and A VISION COME TO LIFE—the New Goldstein Building on the corner of Seward and Second streets in Juneau. This archilcet’s sketch is to be scen in concrete, steel ahd wood; an accemglished fact wrought by the determinaticn of the man whose name it memorializeS—Charles Goldstein—aided by the enli services of artist, engineer, builder, craftsman, laborer, manufacturer. Such a structure embedies the compesite human and natural resources of a lar en of cur complex modern world, Along with six stmt- Ic\(‘l ~lnrn. lhl\ building now |mus(- l'\‘(h’ral Territorial an d private business offices and is a center fer many of the activ uh s that keep our modern werld \»hu‘l‘ new MINK FARMING IS "NATURAL" INDUSTRY IN SALMON-PLENTY AlASKA Hows and Why-forsof Fur ~ ©. Farming Are Expounded on Basis of Medern Research 'MPORTANCE OF FUR RAISING RECOGNIZED Search 16.- Prime Pelfs Gains Impetus as Wild Supply Diminishes nght wight d may be purchas production ally due to the difficulty in captivity a faulty diet. The majority produced on the animals mate, de litters near the up considerable ¢ the tide ebbs. Modific methods will be mad on The pen vantages and in time 1 method in oved wire floored [ will produce fur from the island ra: ods improve Min ranching and [ and general care §f the The individual mulit en- animals @in an observiy there @s reseal is ba or from be use on foxes are still ands where the and raise eir They pick food 1 of an indus of isl n beaches Ala. slanc because mink fish superi- tion Important riation i offer 2 ranch fluctuation i slight in temp marten in captivity. Greater efiort £ “eithi must be made to accomplish this, as the demand for the anir greatly exceeds the present supply They are a beautiful, nervous, in- tensely eresting animal, havi a gestation period of nine months Stomach contents of wild trapped marten during midwinter reveal their diet to consist largely of small bifds and it is quite likely that nue to decres mals irabl 1 of is of greate busin 1ot [ fish upon the thr 1tin Mink . pand can ble by inves to ex no area in the rival the opportt in ask far the greatc zed in portion of the ment f o mee— e e o The search for fur goes on wiil additional impetus each ye the wild supply diminishes na ‘ally, with an increasing family man taking over its domain. The [fur farming industry must produce | fur in ever increasing amounts to atisfy the demand. The field en- larges each year with the intro- duction of new animals and color phases. Fur farming as an industry was . recognized by the Russians approx- Mr. Peterson is an old hand at imately 104 years ago when they Alaskan construction. His first job transplanted blue foxes from the in the Territory was on the Baranof | Pribilofs to the Aleutian Islands. Hotel when he was employed by the | with modification of methods the original builder of the first Gold- |islands have continued to produce stein Building. |fur to the present date. Alaska Construction Co., he said, | The Federal Government, several was organized primarily for a Fed- States, and the Territory of Al- eral Public Housing project at Hoon- aska, recognizing the importance ah. There, the company has erected | of fur production, have recently 80 individual houses, a powerhouse |established experiment stations to equipped with an electrit generator, |assist in solving its problems. Con- a church, and constructed the |struction was started at the Pet- streets, walks, sewers, water and |ersburg Station during July, 1938. | electrical facilities. Marten Require Study The company also erected the‘ Fur-bearing animals kept at the Channel Apartments on Willoughby |station include foxes, marten and Avenue here. The project contains | mink. Very little success has as | coat is a thing milady would along through a corps of hands material too.” Juneau's Goldstein Building-- IS A MONUMENT TO THE COURAGE AND - FORESIGHT OF A TRULY GREAT ALASKAN - CHARLES GOLDSTEIN i all ready to start work, It Has Been Qur Pleasure to Serve in the Planning of This Truly Modern Building Which We Believe Is One of the Finest in America. DAY Parsons Electric Co. | " Has Choice Location | In Goldstein Corner: (Continued from Page One) ments. The construction is of wood | and plaster. Mr. Peterson conceded that Al- askan construction was difficult. “The shipping difficulties are tre- mendous. Not only must the ma- terial be shipped from Outside but when it gets here, in many cases, it must be transshipped at almost the cost of importing it from Seattle.” Shipping, he felt, was the chief barrier to establishment of home in- y in the territory. “Plants can be erected but how are they going to get the stuff to their customers.” In spite of these barriers, Mr. Pet- erson is confident there will be more new building operations in the Ter- ritory. “We hear rumors every day square feet, being 85 feet deep by | 30 feet in width. ‘The move from the shop’s former | Jocation on Second St. was prompted | by the need for more display and | work space. “Increased building ac- tivity and the expansion of the town make it imperative to stock a larger | |variety of items,” Mr. Parsons said. “We will be prepared to offer a | complete electrical service in Ju- neau.” Mr. Parsons has been in business since 1939 when he resigned from the Alaska Electric Light and Pow- er Co. to open the Westinghouse H. B. FOSS COMPANY w N\ been a salesman for the power com- pany seven years and had operated | 7 his own electrical contracting busi- | 4 N0“ ) e . ot (FOSS and MALCOLM) Alaska. Architects “While they are rumors they must have some background. At any rate and hoping.” e VIC POWER DID TILE WORK FOR NEW BUILDING Vic Power of Juneau Paint and In 1941 he opened a store in Sitka at the request of the Navy base there, and personally operated the venture through 1942. He has been active as an electri- cal contractor, having wired the new Goldstein Building, a federal hous- ing project and a number ‘of local residences. Active in civic circles, he has act- ed as Mayor of Juneau and was & former member of the city council. the new Goldstein Building for in- stalling thie modern asphalt floor building. He is the agent here for Juneau, Alaska Kentile, the asphalt tile which was u~:-d throughout except in offices Luupml by the Native Service. Power also installed all sash and weather-stripping of the many win- dows. Goldstein Building WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1946 R