, 1877-11-16
REPAIRS,

soM1 ARCHITECTURAL ESTIMATES
A reporter yesterday met Mr. ". L. B. Jcn.
ncy, tho architect, and hal some conversation
with hun In regard to thu burnt-ont storc. Mr.
Jcnney said that he had not examined tho build.
inr, but had taken survey Of It from the out.
side, which satisfied him that the upper .torr ut
least would hare to conc down, while the back.
tne nf tic lower walls WIS almost entirely de-
stroyeti. lie could give nu intelligent estimate
81 to the cost of rcpatrtnE tho building. It
came shape as neforc. Tbs iron columns
and gfrtlcrs. being warped aml twisted out OF MI
slians, were worthless except for Old Irun, anil
would ct,ss good d. al to Gct nut. Thaf was
ono great troutle htont building lnteu,Ictl to
10 arc-proot; when II t'hl bun, the work Of
elearlng-Ip was very .:y.
The reporter asKr1t "llave you any
THROAi A5 To THE URtHIN
OF the tTcf' to Which tho nt,swcr wns:
"Sn, | cannot give anv idea. 1lnd thcro been
auo IL the vicinity ot where the blaze was
FIRST discovered lthonl hare blamed That for
rr. Hut II is said ttlas there wis none, n,i tho
hypothesis tint certain old rugs uscl In cleaning
the elevator had Ignltel spontaneously seems
very reasonable. rho theory Of incGnhlarism
will not hold for a mtmcnt; n0 fncend!asy
would start fire In the roof, evcn II he could
"What is ronr opinion Of concrete floors as
means Of rcsstng tile spread of t1rol''
- ~ ~ tlink 81 tlcm tl'e WY beat thing TINT can
md dwellings. Every tit Of wood usctl IN tho
flooring should lc surrounded with mortar or
concrete; no woodwork should bc allowed any.
wAere near the tlnes and heating apparatus, and
II tl!cse rules werc properly carried out Tires
would bceome less frequent and lrsy disastrous.
In Paris there arc no destructive fires,
for each building Il 80 constructed as to rorane
tiio Hume to wi'ero 1t originated. It quito
likely that tic concrete 1o0r ptoyct draw back
HfHfFn ~ fna
name trun the outside far exceeds IN value the
reach the Interior"
NH. THOMAS rlLLEr
said that he tad BEEN over the building, md
had lnade cursnry 0xanll.,atton OF It. Tic up~
per part Of the walls must CONC down, MID
there was vrry great deal Of work to l.e
done beforo tho building could ho again fitted
guess, from Sir, ,u0l 10 S!O, ,oW wuuld bu . re.
1ultcd to put the building Ia shape, liz hud
mads no estimate, but that was rough jump
1t Il.
slr; Til1ey further believed that the building
should hare been d.yitlcd OF Into, my, four
compartments With twenty .eight-incll brick
wall between them. Tho communicating doors
ahoutd 'ave been ot Iron. close.i at night, and
the elevators, as matter Of course, inelosos!
within brick walls. w this means tho danger
from tfFc could be reduced to minimum, and
Wien o1u dli o,cur II could he Iocallzei aud
starnPcd nut in short ortler. The c,st Of tho
brick walls would 30 'ittlo Il anything III OK
reas of TINT Ut the forcst 0f Iron tutumna now
twistet out Of shape and be airing, and S50,U0J
would l'ayc rendered the building practically
ifrc-pront. Tut It didn't matter much what vol,
constructed building Of; Il you put = million
dollars worth Of intiamnahlo gotA1s ius!da 1t,
antl they taught llrc, there must 10 blaze.
Estimates oi the damage dono the building
occupied t,Y Field g. Letter was made yesterday
BY prominent archituct: alto by builder.
Tho former thought ei000D would rcpa.x tho
structure, whtlo the latter believed that It
wouln cost 4I5U.00j. Mr., Bolton, Of tue Singer
Sewing Machine Company, tor whom, the esx-
mates wers Alals, thought hotl, wcre to-, light,
aud dill not expect to see things IN shape for les
than $.4u, ,0O.