The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-06
READY FOR BUSINESS.

Neither Firm Will Suffer Much From
Delay and Both Will Fill All Orders.
Neither the Savannah Grocery Com
pany nor M. Ferst's Sons &Co. will suffer
much loss from delay in supply the orders
which they are constantly receiving.
Mr.. Herman Myers, president of the
Savannah Grocery Company, was al Ty-
bee when the fire broke out, and was not
due in the city until noon. AS he was
coming up to the city on the steamer
Bessie with a party who were
detained there Sunday night, he no
ticed some smoke near the city
exchange and tried to locate it with a
glass. He saw that it was in the neigh
bOrhood of the exchanged and became
somewhat anxious Several of those
aboard tried to assure him that it was
not the grocery company, and nothing
had been determined definitely until they
met some men in a row boat down near
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way wharves, and were informed that
the Savannah Grocery Companys build
ing was just the place where the blaze
was located.
Mr.. Myers was seen last night and said
that his stock was total loss With the
exception of the books and papers of the
company, nothing whatever was saved
from the burning building The company,
he said, carried about 1925, 900 or $3.50, 900
in stock, which he thought was fully COW
cred by insurance.
1--WE are not going to lose any time"
said Mr.. Myers, land we will be ready to
fill all orders at once. have
kinds of goods to all parts of
the country, and we have large
shipments now on the way. All our
statesmen have been wired to go
on taking orders as if nothing
had happened, and there will be little or
no delay in filling them. We have opened
up temporarily al SO Bay street, but how
long we will be there l don't know. 1t
will be several days before any perma-
nent arrangements are decided on. In
the meantime, however, we will go ahead
as if nothing had happened, ana in a day
or two we will have full stock on hand. I"
The company transacted its business
temporarily yesterday at the Office of
Herman & Kayton.
THE MEssRs. FERsT LOST NO TIME.
Little or no time was lost by Messrs. NJ.
Ferst's Sons & Co, in getting ready to
start business again, and they were at
work preparing and moving into their
new quarters at O'Clock yesterday after
noon.
Mr. Aaron Ferst said yesterday that
his company carried a stock valued at be-
tween Sl50,0OO and Sl60,O00, which, like
that of the Savannah Grocery Company,
was a total loss, with the exception of a
small stock of tobaccos and cigars, which
the insurance companies will take charge
of as salvage.
Sho rtlY after noon yesterday Mr.. Ferst
had engaged the building on Bay street,
between Whitaker and Barnard, for
merly occupied by g. Davis g. Son,
and it was not long before they were
busy moving into it.
81 have sent kilograms to all parts of
the country" said Mr.. Aaron Ferst yes
terday, ordering a full stock of goods,
| and we will be ready to fill orders at
| once. We have goods here already on
| the wharves and others on the way, and
it will not take long to get full stock to-
gether. AS soon as | saw the fire in the
Savannah Grocery Company's building
had all of our books and papers of any
| value moved TO place Of safety,
and those were all that we at
tempted to save Besides the build
Ing formerly occupied by Davis & Son,
we will have the old Green warehouse on
this side of Bay street We will probably
use these quarters for several months, but
just how long 7 cannot tell Things are
in state of uncertainty and none but
temporary arrangements can be made for
some days vet. We are not going TO eX-
perience any setback, however, and will
be ready to fill any and all orders that
may come in"
Mr.. Ferst has his office temporarily at
the Office Of Mr.. [. g. Haas, but viii move
it as soon as possible to the new quar-
tiers