The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

So great was the weight of snow that fell upon
the remaining portions of the glass roof of the build-
ing yesterday morning that it was at one time ap-
prehended that it would give way and fall, more
especially as one end was completely deprived of the
supporting stays. Fortunately, owing to the pre-
cautions taken by the officials of the company and
the insurance offices, the great glass roof remained
intact, though it had to bear the weight of so many
tons weight of snow. The greater portion of the
day was devoted by the firemen and the represen-
tatives of the various fire insurance offices, as well
as the salvage corps, to looking after the many
valuables supposed to be buried in the debris, and
hoped to be recovered but triflingly injured. Un-
fortunately the prognostications of those interested
turned out to be quite the reverse, for, owing to the
great quantity of glass and ironwork that had fallen,
what the flames had spared was destroyed by the
fall of the roof. Even the surveyors to the fire
offices assert that they never beheld a more perfect
wreck ; for in what was a few days ago the reading
room only a few bundles of partly consumed papers
and books can be discovered, and they are hardly
recognisable.
Already steps have been taken by the directors
towards repairing the damage caused by the fire.
Mr. Edwin Clark, the consulting engineer of the
company, and Mr. Rose, the resident engineer, have
made an official survey of the ruins, and agreed to
recommend to the directors the enclosure forthwith
of a space of about 120 ft. on the northern side of
the screen, separating what was the tropical depart-
ment from the rest of the nave, with the view to the
eventual restoration of that part of the fabric, if the
directors should so determine. As the roof and sides
of the building for that distance north of the screen
have been saved, the enclosure of so much of the
space is easily effected, and the rest of the area,
extending about 300 feet further in that direction,
and which is now covered with the wreck occasioned
by the fire, may bo restored in course of time. It is
currently reported that in the event of the northern
end being rebuilt the cost will be from £50,000 to
£60,000 ; and this in addition to the expense of re-
instating it in other respects, should the directors
decide upon restoring the tropical department, with
the various courts which have been destroyed, as it
originally stood. In the meantime the ordinary re-
creations of the Palace go on as usual, and the effects'
of the fire cannot be seen from the interior of the

A CLEVER GIRL.—A large manufacturing coat.
pany in Chicago employed a young lady only 13
years of ago as paymaster. She has paid out since last
May a quarter of a million of dollars, keeping the time-
sheets, pay-roll, and a private account-book with and for
each cf three to four hundred men employed. She re-
ceives the money weekly from the bank to the amount of
$4,000 to $5,000, carries the transaction of paying all the
men through, and settles and makes her balances with the
cashier. She knows every man in the establishment, the
force being divided into eleven departments, each having
its responsible foreman. She commands a salary of s62e
per annum, takes two music lessons each week, and at-
tends an evening course at a commercial college, where she
has a scholarship. Nor does this produce any overstrain
of her intellect. She is in the most robust and vigorous
health, never has a day's sickness, and stands tea hours
each day at her desk.— Bost )71 Advertiser.
DEPOSIT MONEY ON PRIVATE BILT.S.—By one of
the standing orders of the House of Commons the deposits
in the Court of Chancery on railway projects must be
made previously to the 15th of January inst. of not less
than 8 per cont., and on other undertakings 4 per cent.
The estimates were lodged yesterday, and the amount of
deposit money will be forthwith ascertained.

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