Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-22
DESTROYED BY FIRE.

The Yale Staple Company in Westv1lIe
 Burned Outline Loss Estimated at
 About $4O,OOOs
 The Blake Brothers old foundry on Blake
 street in Westville, which was occupied by the. Yale Staple company, was burned to the ground early last evening, causing loss of nearly $40,000. For. many years the old
 buildings stood idle, but about two years ago the Yale Staple company, consisting of Mi
 chael R. Enscoe, president P. B. O'Brien,
 treasurer; Matthew w. Leahy, superintend-
 ent c. M. Brocksieper, secretary, and MT.
 Lucius Doolittle of Woodbridge and Michael
 Hickey of this city, directors, leased the
 buildings and started a factory for the man. ufacture of builders hardware of all kinds.
 The factory consisted of a large one-story
 building on the east side of Blake street. which they used as 8 foundry, and which
 was burned down about two months ago, the company losing about $S, O00-and the build ing on the west side of the street, which burned down last evening The latter build ing was of brick and wood, three stories high and 150 feet long by 75 feet wide. The first floor divided into four departments, the blacksmith and timing rooms, the
 brass foundry and machinery room, the pick ling and rolling room and the pattern room.
 On the second floor are the heavy grinding and drilling rooms, and the one large room in the third story was used as a storeroom for paints and oils, quantity of the latter being in it at the time of the fire. Shortly after five o'clock, as the hands to the num- Der of about forty were at work, Secretary Brocksieper, MT. Kirk and MT. Fogarty, two of the men employed at the factory, were standing in the pickling room when they no- ticed a bright light in the turning room, which was near the center of the building, and rushing into the room 4z Ia oofd Help was summoned and three lines of the company's hose put on the building and the hose company from Beechers match factory put on several more lines and did efficient aid, but the building burned like finder and in less than twenty minutes was complete mass of flames. Word was telephoned to Chief Hendriek for an engine, but the one that came to the last fire had not been paid for he refused to send one. Still the fire burned and a large crowd of people stood around witnessing the heavy machinery it went crashing through the second floor to the cellar below, and by o'clock in the evening the building was mass of burning and charred ruins. The Yale Staple companies loss will be abont $25, ,000, of which SIG, 900 will be for patterns alone which were destroyed, SIG, ,OOO on ma chinery, and about $5,0OO on goods in hand which were destroyed, among them being $1 ,O00 worth of vices which were to have been shipped in day or two. One small two story brick building separated from the others and which was used as foundry was the only one saved. The company had only about $2,500 insurance and that was in sperry < Kimberly,s were the property of the Blake Crusher com pany, will be about $15, 900; no insurance. l The fire is supposed to have originated from | 8 spark from one of the tin furnaces in the | timing room, which ignited the ceiling I above, soaked as it was with oil and paint. Said Secretary Brocksieper to a COURIER re- porter last evening as he gazed sorrowfuly | at the ruins: "This will about burst the | company, as they have been working in hard luck, although business at this time was pretty good and don't think they will start in here aoain D