New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-17
THE FIRE RECORD.
A CHICAGO CAR FACTORY DESTROYED.
THE UNITED STATES ROLLING STOCK COMPANY LOSES
AROrrr SO5O OOO nv FIRE


THE UNITED STATES ROLLING STOCK COMPANY LOSES
ABOUT S250.000 BY FIRE.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-A fire late last night
destroyed the five shops of the United States Rolling
Stock Company and their contents. The works were OH
Blue Island ave-, between Robey-st and Hayne'aVe'
At time Clark Brothers furniture factory McCor
mick's paper works and Lyons lumber YARD "ere
threatened, but they saved, the flames pelhs
confined to the car works and lumber yard Office Inc
fire began in the planning mill department near tue
engine-room. and at IL O'Clock, when the hremeh
arrived the flames had spread throughout the shops
and within an hour all were destroyed These snopS
included the planning mill, machine and piachm1n
| shop car-shOp, engne-room and drying-room. lug
pant-shop and the Office saved Within the mn
were twenty-five for the Chicago and Atlantic
Railroad, portion OF 1,500 which had recently
been contracted for by that company. The loss Is
estimated at 100000 the buildings ana
| machinery and $4,000 lumber Inc
machinery, buildings and tools were worth $Zooooo.
The stock destroyed very large and valuable anu
included sixty complete valued at $500 eacn ana
about 10000 feet OF lumber Inc company WI "a
500 here. AdOlpho Hegcwisch, OF New lork Us
president aud G. Benne OF New treasurer ol 'e ~
company The capital stock Ia $1,000 900, and most OF
| 1t is i'll the hands Of English stockholders.
The insurance the stock 81 99500 was distributed
| among The following companies London aud Liver
pool and Globe. $4,000; Fire Association (Penn'h
| American PENN, New-Orleans Association and La
! Conhance $1,000 each Queen. $500; Sun Mutnai,
$4,000; Guardian New York;, Peoples (New-forK) anu
Fremen's Chicago), 81 800 each Franklin tOhol Me-
chanlcs (NewYork). Security toho). Grard, onneu
| Fremen's and Western, $3.50 each Franklin anu
Emporium, 81 900; and $1,000 each In the Allemahia
Farmers Penn). Hekla Wls.), German PENN, New
York German Qll) ConcOrdia, Ncw.Hampshire,
Enterprise Buffalo, Mechanics and Traders, COM
mercisl tNew.York). Fremans (altimore), and Kings
County Mercantile (Ohio National Baltimore Traders
| Virginia. Atlantic, Star, Northwestern National
| Amazon Clinton, Milwaukee. German uL''
K.nton German American. St. Paul. Irving
Rhode Island Union PENN. British American, Newark,
shoe aud Leather, Prescott North British aud Mercan-
tile, American New York; Louisville. Reliance Pennl,
stale (Penn.), security, Comm, Orient ONO bunaIo
| German New York. Scottish Union and National Nc
chanics and Traders New York. hlance Ger
mania of NewJersey, Exchange OF New-iorK ana 9'ef
Inc insursnce on the buIlings-s55 000-was carried
"a iollows $500 In the Standard, Lion LONDON Asso
| Ne@r York., Merchants Mo-, County, Neptune. Lon,
don and Provincial. New-Orleans Transatanue nd snd
Norwich Union, $3.50 each; First National $1,000;
Manuacurers Boslon NIAGARA 90 C9aiy, 9a9 c L"HiOef
The insurance on the machinery s5S 600. was oan aI
tribued follows: New YORK Undetwrlters -, ,OyV' '
city OF London. $500; California Pn9niI lAew norn;
Hanover New Gernania and Manufacturers and
Buders, s50o each Glens Falls, flremeas sTu,S
$500; and 81. 800 each IN the HUDSON OF Ne%Jel
| Union OF California. Firemeus Fund TradesmehS o.
| Scottish Union, Boy lston and Hamburg. - J.,
On the paint shop storebouse and engine-honse- ln
suranee was carried asiOioWs' en-
rrst National $1,000 CITY OF London ana mo- h@n,%u phaS
81 $50 each: County, OF Pennsylvania, <23OO; fhnnli
OF England 50 800; Farragut, $1,000; Detroit ~ LOW
Michigan. $1,000; Anenania, $1,000; Providence,
| $3.50; total $4,000.
The first intelligence the officers OF the
United states Rolling stock Company received Of their
loss by FIRE Of the company's works at Chicago was
through the morning newspapers Speaking OF the IRE
to TRIBUNE reporter yesterday afternoon, Mr.. G.
Benns Of the company said that he hopcd
II would not neeessitate a proTacted delay OF the
fnhlment Of the contracts now on haod Tue company