New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-26
BACK NCMBER' BUDOS GREAT LOSS.
HE WILL NOT GIVE UP HIS BUSINESS. HOWEVER
LINES UPON WHICH HE WORKED

HE WILL NOT GIVE UP HIS BUSINESS. HOWEVER
LINES UPON WHICH HE WORKED
The destruction OF the building in Long Island
CITY on Wednesday night in which was stored the
immense stock of old newspapers ana magazines
owned by Robert NJ Budd better known as BACK
Number Budd" caused large loss on when there
WAS no insurance Budd himself could not estimate
the value of his stock. and the Insurance companies
would not insure it except as old paper the puid-
Ing only insured
The publication value OF the thousands o. news
papers and magazines which Hudd said were IN the
building was 5000 The stock was stored IN
tvo-story building by % feet attached TO the rear
end OF Budds store and dwelling house II was
carefully arranged and Budd could tell Just where
70 go 10 get any paper he had call for
Budd had in his stock a complete file Of The New
York Tribune from April 10. 1911. to the present
date; also complete files OF The Herald from sep
terber r. 1876; The sun" from September 5. lN"'
The Times from 1851 and THE WORLD from
June 10 1850 The Oldest paper In Budd's collection
was a COPY OF THE London POST Of 1913. The
oldest American newspaper he had was an original
COPY OF THE United States Gazette pubHShod May
. l7so The largest blanket-sheet newspaper In the
collection was copy Of the Christmas NUMBER OF
The Boston Notion" printed in lS'l. II was inc
largest paper Buid ever saw.
Tho biggest price Budd ever received for single
nowspaper was 500 This sum paid him by the
!atc Jake Sharp. Of broadway Doodle Aldermen
fame sharp always conteuded that he was thirty
five years getting the Broadway street railroad
franchise. and proved It by obtaining from Budd a
copy ~ THE Ncw-Yorls Herald" dated Nay u.s.
1873. in which was printed an account OF his hTSt
attempt.
Among the collections Of which Su!i moUrns the
loss kcenly vas one consisting II first copies OF
500 American newspaper. y 70" "'chs NO, d
AJi4s cochran. OF England. Offered t'tGi $50 tcF
tn. collection. 81 FOR eacn paper. BUIi waited tn'
collection at Il much higher figure II" i.H9 M" a
cory OF the last number OF The Nicks OhES '1t@th
OF MAY 1865 Il was printed on V9npnp,r
Budd also lost In IA" fire n unlqu" correction OF
cartridges. consisting OF one OF every kIisI .SeI pN
both sidrs in tn" " ar - the teho lion IN ne mr.,
directions Buad also had valuable collection OF
Back Number RudI' has been engaged IN the
business o. collecting old newspapers over since he
was sixteen wears old He began by following m"
army during ire late war, ana selling ne" .idPGI
to tho sol, era after a battle had been fought. lie
got 40 many orLcrs FOR back numbers Of e%spaI"r5
that he conceived The idea Of collecting s'np'' 80
files 81 oil newspapers and raC1zinc7- VI .tf' h,
had only a single copy % a valuable number me- mad
plates made 81 x from which be could nave Hup.i-
cate copies printed. . 49,,
started The place was locked ana he had The k"} >
tn his pocket The hrcmou wort"d ON tie hre oil
night Tire tons OF papers fell into the cellar when
~" building wcat down and continue! 10 s'noull'r
all night l}dd thinks he viii save about oue-th.ri
OF his stock. He VIII not retire rom business. Dut
continue 70 take all orders for old newspapers At ms
oflco - Sixth-ave. and Thirty --cron. est. where
10 has 4. year4' collection stOrc' =" sH'd yes
terlay that he had often helped libraries ali over
tho country In making collections. nad he know
that II II necessary they Nou.I 10" help him.