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. ;i ' : . �X r �STORE FlXTURES MAYTEX-0IXIE CRAFf 10/25/85 Mr. Marvin iverson ' " ` � Vice Presic�ent oP Construction • � � P�y 'N Pa)s Stores, Inc. 12Q9 S. C�antral • . Kent. Wa. 98032 � . Dear Mr. Iverson, � The MX and Hyper-Maxi merchandising systema that you are using in your San Francisco area stores have been tested and approved for merchandising of retail products in cities throughout the state of California. Over the past two years our company has tested all the component part:i of each system and established and published load carrying capacities for their use in retail � merchandising. L';ider seperate cover I have supplied you with� . � ' ' � material pertaining to thase load ratings. All such ratings . � are based on a minimum of a one-third safety Pactor, ie. a load rating of 667 lbs. would be based on a product failure ' uith a load in excess of 1000 lbs. Seismic approval has been obtained Por the equipment and . ' location through an outside qualified Seismic Engineering firm prior to the merchandising of any store. An , "engineering test" , to determine at what point merchandise would Pall from a shalf during an earthquake does not exist. However, nature has provided us with a very realistic tast. In the Spring oP 1984 six of your stores in the San Jose area had �ust been opened when an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale occurred in that area. I understand that at least one of these stores was less than (25)- miles from the quakes center. Not one piace of merchandise fell to the floor in any of these stores. The same merchandising equipment and merchandising methods were used here as are beine v.sed in the San Francisco area. '121p A�PORT RD:•P.O.BOX 729+TERRELL.'�EXAS•75�60•�274�5fi3-5744•�BOO)527-2'129 . HN/Y 9�P.O.BOX'177�GOOOWATER,ALABAMA�35072•�205]B3%354•�BOO��628�