The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-18

furniture manufacturers havc been working
on sundays for some time past "You see." said he,
1.-The proprietors don't around Sundays, and
there Is no one TO hinder workman IRON taking
smoke II be feels like It. The place Is full Of shavngs
and such things that take IRE very easily and
lighted pipe iad down forgotten might easily OK
plain the beginning OF the blaze.
"Ihe one large elevator which was used by all OF the
occupants was located end Of boildins,
about forty feet from the front Il was should say,
about eight by twelve feet aud the pssssscway Tor
opened up through the entire building often
thought II tho place did CATCH IRE that
would act like hrst rate chimney 70 conduct the
DANES My work. cleaning guns and looking alter
things generally kept me up pretty late night ana
thought might turn my late hours TO good account
by getting the place OF Waterman tho building.
applied for the job but never received any sassAc-
tioa.''
HISTORY OF rHx PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The corner stone Of the West Twenty third Street
Presbyterian Church laid early the spring OF
1868 The edihce completed the following yoar,
having ier It's pastor the Rev. Frederick G. Clark.
The building was oil brown stons tastsully varied by
beng partly cn'seIicd partly rough The style
Romanssque The church presented front the
street OF seventy three feet A triple doorway led
into open vssiibuIe. from I've aGorced
access to the ground floor aud Galleries There
two towers, one terminating level with the root,
the other running up some ninety feet and
mounted with graceful slated spire whose
summit was l75 iect above tho ground. The
great tower square at the base, handsomely
changed into an ocsssona form, harmonic
with the spire The audience sixty-two leet
by eighty feet in the There four asles and
six tiers OF pews on the ground noor with la4 pews
below aud iorty-eght In The gallery. Tue choir
gallery was elevated above the level OF the
nd Was tad bv flur
MASSIVE brackets handsomely carved. Over
pulpit was circular window OF richly stained
glass On either side Of the pulpit doorway
leading into ccturs room In the OF the church
was situated STRUCTURE 100 feet long, one story in
height, forming sort Of transepL TINS building
divided into four compartments--nsmely,a lecture
room, case room for Bible classes, session
and the PASTORS study Tho OF entire
turo. with the ground. was originally about 100000
The church was dedicated with appropriate
vices March IL, 1864 On that Interesting occasion
the pastor, Rev Mr. Clark, preached a sermon from
the text Il Kings ix, ISL Sand three times In year
did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace oGsrings
upon the altar which built unto the Lord; he
burnt incense upon the altar that vas before the
Lord So he finished tho house,
CHANGE OF MINISTER'S
Dr.. Clark severed hts connection with the church
on the 2ad Of April, 1867. and accepted call from
the Second Congregational Church Of Greenwich,
Conn.
The congregation quickly agreed upon man whom
they were ready TO invite to take up tho whore
DR.. Clark had left It, and q meeting held July 2e
| 1867, thu Rev. Henry Davenpors Nor,hrop, Of
New Haven, was called to become their pastor. Mr..
Northrop accepted the call OF the congregation and
entered upon his work In November OF tho year.
| Early In 1858 be was formally installed as
| pastor by the Presbytcry. the sermon being
| preached by DR.. Paxton, OF tho First
| Church, the charge to the pastor being given
BY the Rev. Edward W. Hitchcock. Of the Fourteenth
Street Church, aud the charge the people by Dr..
George D. Archibald, OF Westminster Church. Upon
tho 2lst OF Juno, 1874 Mr.. Northrop presented hts
resignation TO the congregation which reluctantly
accepted and he took nna leave Of the church tho
10Th of July following. He removed 70 Hartford,
Conn.,, to take charge OF tho Fourth gatoral
| Church In that city.
No time was los. In providing Tor the succession,
and upon July 80, 1874 the present pastor. Rev.
Erskine Norman White was called 10 the pastorate.
There IRE only four churches OF the Presbyterian
denomination in the city that have been longer the
ground that they occupy than the Twenty third Street
Presbyterian Church these being the Canal StrstSC
the Seventh corner OF Broome and Ridge (islS) The
Allen street (ls2 and tho spring Street 1885, Dur.
ing the iorty-thres years existence OF the church
there have been, successfully. seven ministers In
charge: and during these years tho church has or
dained 10 Office thirty eldors aud sixteen dcacons
Forty-three years ago the church organized with
thirteen members. to which there have been since
added 167o or this number 73s have been added
upon examination and confession OF faith.
OTHER DAMAGED BUILDINGS.
The building No FOG West Twenty third street. oc.
| cupied az a boarding house by Mrs. Even and DO.
longing TO the Watson estate, was injured TO the
amount of $1,000 BY the falling portions Of the
burned steeple
| street we're damagod:-
| No. 227, occupied by Dr. Hudson as a dwelling;
damage about 5000
No. 220, rear; three story brick building occupied
by Ihood Doeuch man ulactory OF parlor fur
niiurc; building with contents, totally destroyed.
No 231, occupied as n boarding house by Mrs. Bar.
reit; loss by nro and water about 5000
No. 2a3, occupied as n dwelling by Mrs Hughes;
damaged about $500 by falling walls.
| No. R37 occupied BY Mrs. Roach furniture dam.
aged by water.
| No. 239, occupied by Mrs. Jackson as q boarding
house; furniture damaged slightly.
No. 24l i've story brick tenement house. occupied
by ten families. The upper floors oil this building
wero considerably damaged by IRE and the lower ones
by watoE 1t Is estimated that the loss on building
and contents will not exceed $4,000.
NOTES OF FIRE.
The hrst alarm was received by telegraph at Fire.
mans Hall ~ precisely fourteen minutes past soven
o'clock, and was immediately transmitted to the on.
tire force. The engines aud hook aud lad
der companies Of the Seventh battalion an
swered tue call District Engineer Campbell
ordered second alarm to DO sounded at seventeen
minutes past sovon. Chief Bates caused the third
signal TO be teegraphsd eight minutes later, which
brought the engines and hook and ladder
companies from six battalion divisions The
following engines and hook and ladder companies
were present Mt the nrs:-Enguss Nos IL. 3, /, IA,
Is, 70, 81, "a, H. g. 80, IL. TO- ~, ~, 81 20,
II, Is 2 20 and ~. HOOK and ladder companies
Nos 3, T. D. T. 8, aud IL. Special reipforceme nts