The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-10

Supt. w ade says that j, S3S bales OF cotton
were burned in the buildings, Of which
| !, 1853 were ''on disposap'-that Is, it was at
the disposal of the owners of the cotton
The remaining 2,479 bales were trans
| ferred"-that is, held in the press at the
order of the shipper.
OF the 252 bales burned, or partially
burned on the wharves, Capt. j. +. Stracuan
says 233 bales were about to be
loaded into the British ship Carlton The
cotton was owned by Lionel G. NOVEL;,
an Augusta cotton broker, and by Wilder
| q Co., of this city.
| A. Minis e. Sons say that the remaining
nineteen bales on the wharves were a part
of the cargo of the unloaded British steam
ship Napier.
| TO START THE UPPER PRESS.
| The Savannah Cotton Press Association
held a meeting yesterday afternoon and de.
cided to start the Upper hydraulic press
| this morning, and TO receive cotton for
| comprising at that press for ships
now loading, but that no cotton for
disposal will be received until further no.
tice. Advertisements for the daily papers,
announcing that the fire will not interfere
| with COMPRISING cotton, as their reserve
compress will he brought into requisition,
| were telegraphed last night to Macon, Au-
| gusta, Albany, Columbus and other cotton
receiving towns in the interior.
Before the meeting adjourned MORNING
| NEWS reporter was autno iZsd to say that
the Savannah Cotton Press Association will
| rebuild and restore the plant at the earliest
possible moment practica lie.
THE WORK OF THE FIREMEN.
Chief Puder said last night that the en-
gines had all the water they could use, and
they were placed as follows
No. l, the "Mogul,n at the west end, on
the wharves, where it could not be cut Off
/ l1xrf In Nx.a dan and
pumped two strong streams from the river.
The No. and No. 8 engines took water
from the Bay street main, No. at the foot
of Gas House Hill with good stream, and
No. 3 at Randolph and Bay with two strong
streams.
The No. engine took the Randolph street
plug at the Old Fort house, and supplied
one good stream.
The No. 2, or reserve engine, when the
flames were subdued enough to get the
horses to, draw the engine down Bay street,
was located on the bridge between
the Gord1n wharves and the Tyler
press building, and supplied two
good streams from the river. The
flames spread SO rapidly, and the heat and
smoke " ere so suffocating, that to save the
eastern or Tyler press property was inn
possible, and all that could be done was to
confine the fire as much as possible to the
two compress buildings, saving the prop
erty east, west. and south, and the shipping
TWO ENGINES TAKEN OFF.
The five engines with their eight streams
of water had not been working to exceed
ten minutes when the alarm from the
Second street fire was sent in, and Assistant
Chief Mouro with No. engine was dis
patched to the new fire. AS the reflection
indicated that a big fire was in the
southern part of the city, Chief Puder
sent out the No. 5, or new La France,
engine ten minutes later. leaving
three engines and six streams of water
which, with the four streams from the two
British steamships, worked unremittingly
until 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and
after that the three engines worked until
o'clock last night, when the No. 3engine was
relieved, the No. and the No. 2engines re-
naming all night pumping from the river
upon the smolderlng ruins
There were, as has been seen, five engines
in service, but as there are only four reg
ularly employed engineers, the driver OF
the No. engine ran her, and the engineer
of that engine ran the No. @ or reserve
engine. This engine had just been over
hauled by the department, and the work of
putting on the wheels was not complet ed
until 10 o'clock the night before.
TO INCREASE PRESS FACILITIES.
Gen. Manager Gabbett of the Central has
taken steps toward preventing any block in
cotton that might occur in con 'equence of
the burning of the two presses. Both of
the Gordon presses will be in operation
within the next few days, and they will
be operated day and night In this way
three times the amount of cotton win be
handled at the Central's press that is now
handled. The general manager has already
instructed the Southwestern railr al
officials at Macon to send NJ more cotton
here at present not compressed by tue Ma
con press.
Five hundred additional cars we're also
leased yesterday by tine Central, aud the
increased facilities will enable the road 10
| haudlo tina cottOu without interruuEion