New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-17

LOSSES on HOTEL AND OTHER PROPERTY.
VARIOUS BuILDIHas n TEE NEIGHDoRHoop
MORE on Lxss DAMAGED-PERsoNAL
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
PROPERTY DESTROYED.

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Syracuse, Oct 1e.-fAs Leland Hotel ocouysel ths
vost side Of Frsuhn-st. from The Central sesdn TO
West HsyetAest II w,s built about three yesrs go
By George 1vessoa. q this city. VINO died beofe Il
VS. oonpastsA- TAs bstlAing IVES about 100 seet
squase. and Va six stories In height II containeA
10 sparsAe rooms, md v,s thoroughly cQupped with
nV escapes, call beils. etc. The once va on the
ground Aoor on the northeast han The Fsyeseess.
sde occupied BY three stores. The dining rooms
pessors End reeeptonFooms wese On the ,eeone ncor
while ne upper hoors were in suites On each ncos
WIS han between Tie inner md outer rooms wnscn
extendeA completely around each hoor In sne uppsr
noor wSs large hail. which used for conventions
and largo gathernp. The building cost $4,000 snd
va leased BY Van BurSn Leland and warren Lenne,
IT, Who. May g. 1888. opened the hotel whom 800
invited guests were present. The building was owned
BY the EversOn estate.
Just west Of the beautiful little park in which was
raised the Leland Aagpoie WIS the freighthouse OF
the American Express Company 1t was an oonnS
brick building, one-hah two stories and the other nan
oneStory high. The twostory part, tho eossorn
end, crushed By the falling Of the north val OF
the hotel building. The fire did not reach the e1-
press building and the only loss Is by tho falling OF
the wall and BY water. Tho total damage, Including
that b the express oompsny's building, Is esamateo
q q, 500 covered by insurance. The pharmacy nrm
J. Z. C. Newton and W. w. Hckok occupied the
store 1t No. 900 West Fayette-st The firm carried
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sured. J. B. Doyle conducted q barber shop at NO.
302 West Fsyst*e-st. Ills loss is about 800; no
insurance. No. 804 West Fayette-st. was large
entrance to the hotel billiard parlors. large double
store at No. 3Oe West Fayettest was occupied DS
two firms. Moses shumway. butchers
supplies. and william S. Orr, steam and
ga filter Both firms lose heavily. The
Curtss Manufacturing Company No. 314 West Fayette
st.. next to the hotel property, was severe loser
The building containing the Office was two story brick
structure and did not catch fire until the west wall OF
the hotel fell it, 1t was then burned ana cruseu
TO s lower level threestory brick building IN inc
rear of No. 31A, also owned and occupied ny the
Curtss Manufacturing Company, was burned con-
siderably inside though the walls did not fall ana the
roof remained intact. The manager. G. c. Mccarthy,
thought that the stock hand was worth about
$4,000 covered by $4,000 insurance. The building
was insured for - 600 and the tools ana machinery
for a. OOO The estimated value OF the destroyed
building was $1,000. The safe was removed and
found to be all right the contents being uninured.
summary Of the estimated losses aud insurance
follows: Everson d Tate, loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000; Leland Brothers, loss 100000, Insurance
500 oOO Curti,s Manufacturing Company, loss SD
OOO insurance Al OOO: Moses shumway JOSS S7ooV'
insurance 800: william S. Orr loss $1,000. IN
surance 81 800: Hiram Wall, loss $1,000, insurance
81 200; Newton d Hickok, loss $4,000, insurance
81. 500: j. B. Doyle loss S7O0. no Insurance; Amer
lean Express Company, loSS @-'So''
total loss s216.5OO, insurance s1"9.2Oo. Inc Ho'.
vidual inmates Of the hotel lost heavily IN PERSONAL
effects.
Van Buren, and Warren Leland, 1r, lost ABOUT
$4,000 in personal property, which was In their apart
nents in the hotel Mr.. and Mrs. warren Leland |r''
occupied rooms in the west corner OF the Fayettes'
trent Of the sixth floor They barely escaped IN tnes
nghtclothes leaving money, watches. diamonas anu
other Iewelry III bureau In their Sleeping -ioo,,ls.
Two cid watches, which Dir. Leland prtzed hishy ay
on the top Of the bureau, but he passed them py pr
Leland In his younger days an artist In OIL ana III
his apartments collection Of about seventy palhE
inrs which, as he said to-day, no amount oil money
Wonh have bought. lie also had collection OF sixty
rare photographs and an Amati violin, which was
w"rth az lea; aOO BESIDES all these there was an
extensive collection Of fly rods guns atchboNeS e,c
which Mr. Leland had been accommodating since ne lei;
college The entire wardrobes OF Mr.. and MIS- LELAND
Mr. and Slrs Van Buren, Leland are visiting at Port,
hcatc- Westrhestcr County Mr. Leland ~ expected
here tonight. This dispatch was sent 70 him today
Come home on first train. Absolutely nothing soveo.