Foundation work is under way on the new brick building of the Auto Supply & Vulcanizing Company which is being erected on the Love lot on Poindexter street, just back of Mitchell’s Department store.
This new structure is to be a one-story brick building 97 by 100 feet and will cost in the neighborhood of $15,000, according to W.S. Riggs, member of the firm.
The Auto Supply & Vulcanizing Company has outgrown its present home on the corner of Matthews and Water street. R.K. Forbes and W.S. Riggs went in the vulcanizing business together eight years ago. Later they took on the sale of tires and accessories, and about a year ago the firm accepted the agency for Velie cars.
It is estimated that the new building will be ready for occupancy about the first of July. With enlarged quarters the firm will increase its supply of accessories and its sales force. An up-to-date filling station will also be installed and the enlarged quarters will provide better service generally for the automobile owners.
From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, March 31, 1924
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