The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-19

/ the almost complete ruin OF tho building. Had
lhe IRE occurred weoK ago they think ,thoy
could not have stayed within tho rooms where,
rs 1t was, they ware able to remain and to do
30 much. IL was noon before the last blaze was
t9ml' Bmt water was thrown on some mats 81
tho afternoon tho building was Ike house
muon which n seros OF heavily laden clouds
hnu nurSt. he upDcr flOO's wore knee deep.
rubbish having hpen swopt to tho doors whore
It damned tile watcr In. But SQUAD OF bare
ilrcmen later and broke tho barriers and had
great snort sweeping md moprng the hood
away They made, every flight of stairs cut
artct; and the only men going through tho
building who did not get wet feet were tho
Menrcrs Of rubber boots. Besides. water came
from basement up. Not even Jay Gould's office
was spared, ami 1t was rs necessary TO carry
i an umbrella in there as where else.
=, The ofllcial directory Of tho building showed
these occupants:
Bas.ment-wcstUrn Union receiving and delivery
First Floor-Trensuror Western Union Telegraph Com
a FoorST MSSd @ah St Louis and Pa
cihe Railroad COMPANY Texas and Pacific laiToN .,
road Missouri Ta:ide Railroad international and Great
Northern Railroad Gold and stock telegraph Company
iHirI Siocr ESscutiSs Offices wostern union journal
Fourth flqar-pillon 4 swsypne, ELECTRICIANS office
Mss Pr, tnH tno super
Firm fioor-Cahlo Department Western Union
AS si1sR fld DsGHBbiSs4y: room.
GRfts,,nSs Depart
ment Wrstern Union, lunch room
Tenth Floor-storerooms for dispatches, sc
COMPLETE WRECK ON THREE FLOORS.
Above the ninth floor there is tenth.
Storage H% e. This TENTH and the ninth oor we're
said also Of tie lower i've stories and tie
basement. Tho destruction bv fire was con.
fined TO the eighth n9Sr' where were he As, As.
the operating room. and the sixth. which was
the battery. floor. The operating room was
The ceiling. and The noor :'' All 10 the i in;
s,ruments. the tables. tho windows. md
hS Kept t there
table,; stuck in curious shnpes about them SO
glnmerate rock. 1t will take two months to
refit this room. In the battery quarters every
everStSing WINS nad H' useless. The dynamos
whlc supply the current for nll except few
local s2undSrs we're in the cellar So that they
Einss are ali right but the valves in the main
building we're destroyed. This will delay local
delivery by tube for several days
TEMPORARY OPERATING ROOMS.
Gen. Eckert and his assistants, Mr. Hum
stone. Mr. Someryille. Mr. Brown. and Mr.;
directly began to provide Temporary ways and
means Of carving on business. Tho blizzard
when tho BLIZZARD was over ali that had T. to be
done WAS to repair wires The damage by the
fire was centred in ono spot, but ii will cause
more trouble than the blizzard. for great
deal Of machinery WAS destroyed, some Of 1t
very delicate and Of u nature that 1t will take
time to replace. The building OF the SWITCH
hoard viii take q longer time than the string
ing OF many miles Of wire. But Gen. Eckert
thinks that by Monday the temporary service
will be SO complete that it will be as good rs
the regular service at 1875 broadway. He put
men to work ut AIS Iroadwny yesterday at
noon to make dynamo station for the other
Offices. and also to do Western business. He
also arranged the following division OF the Ser
vice Tor the timo being: -
At the depot Of the Central Railroad New jersey
Communipaw. southern business A. the depot OF the
7, nnsyIyania Railroad in Jersey City southern bust.
Jersey city depot tho business of all points the Eric
Al the Morris and ESSEX depot Hoboken the business
OF the places on the Delaware, Lacknwanna and West
ern Railroad
Railroad. At Weehawken all the business OF the places
on the West shore Railroad,
At the cable house North River and Fifty NTH street.
Southern business. At the Grand Central station East
ern business
business. Al III Broad street. Eastern and Western
business
A force Of $50 operators was distributed ut
these points. Linemen from Boston, Phila-
delphia and other places were summoned TO
mako connections. Usually the Western MON
handles an average of 10000 messages n day.
Yesterday, Of course. this was not done, but