The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-07
AFTER THE PIRE.
What the Onioers OF the Norfolk and West
ern Say and Other Matters.

What the Onioers of the Norfolk and We.t.
ern Say and Other Matters.
The excitement attendants upon Sat.
urdsy's FIRE had about subsidized yessar-
day and tho railroad people were busy
getting down to regular work. Tie
weather WAS bitterly cold during the
first part OF the day and the clerks ex.
periencsd some difficulty with the cold
and the terribly mixed condition In
which they found oil of their Office STA
tionery, books. furniture, etc.
Yesterday was busy day for all
parties, and, while the new quarters are
lacking In the elegant furniture and
other accommodations to which they were
accustomed, they will doubtless adjust
themselves TO the circumstances and sll
will move merrily along In q few DAYS.
Major Sands, the vice-president and
general manager, WAS naturally one of
the most busy men since the fire. He
sees that everything moves along in
an orderly and Systematic manner. This
morning most all the clerks will be
enabled to start of agsin as though
nothing had happened.
a TIMES reporter visited Major Sands
office yesterday and found everything
in good shape.
Mr.. Ramsey, chief clerk OF Major
Sands. stated that all hands were COM
forsably and conveniently qusrtered
yesterday at noon. Upon examination
1t was found that many moro important
documents and papers had been saved
than at first thought, and that every
thing WAS in good snaps and so far as
their department. was concerned, Il was
moving as usual, their only drawback
being the shortness of statistics and
records.
Major Sands occupies the fourth floor
OF the Terry building, as doen Col Huger
and Mr.. Hippey. The telegraph De-
partment, Mr.. Fuller and Mr.. Sander
son, is located on the fifth floor and the
office rooms on the sixth floor will in a
few days be occupied by R. 81. Soule,
superintendent of motive power, who is
st present located temporarily In his
old quarters in the Offices of the mach
works.
The receivers In Philadolphia are busy
arranging for the new plans, on which
the architects are already at work, for
the new building.
Paymaster Lacy is in the McClanshan
building opposite the postoff1ce and by
noon yesterday his clerks were as busy
as usual on their regular work. They
experienced a little iuconvenience on
account OF many of their valuable papers
being locked In the big safe which was
in the fire. 1t was removed from The
ruins yesterday and the contents were
found TO be in first class condition. .;
MIR. Soule, who Is now in the Machine
Works offices, saved everything but
the Office furniture aud yesterday 1t was
all Strengthened out for regular work
and everything was going on az though
nothing had happened.
Auditor Coke Is located on the first
| and second floors of the Day building.
The men in the claim department. are
Of great loss as to where to begin as
their loss was very heavy. They are
busy, however. getting things in shape
for regular work. In the manifest de-
psrtment and recording office everything
is moving as usual. The statistical m en-
in the auditors department. are badly
crippled as they lost many valuable sta
tistics.
The chief engineer and engineer OF
maintenance OF way are on the third
floor OF the Jamison building and are
tightening up the general wreck.
They are fearfully mixed up and while
not sustaining any special loss, will not
be in shape to resume regular work be-
fore the last of the week
Gooch & Vaughan, contractors, are
already busy clearing away the debris
from the ruins and the insurance in
specsors are expect ted to arrive at once.
Nothing definite is known as to the
plans for the new building, but 1t is
thought that 1t will be fve-story
structure. 1t will be sufficiently com :
modious to accommodate oil of the en-
ployes of the general offices and traffic
department.
In order to temporarily supply the
demand for office furniture some OF the
departments of the shops were busy
Sunday arranging them for the various
departments which suffered 80 heavily
by the loss.
Sunday night the fire companies had
men watching the ruins of the burned
building and during Sunday N. @.
Arthur. OF the Alerts, and Black
attended to keeping the dying flames in
subsection.
Yesterday morning, however, the wind
famed good blaze in the north end OF
the building and for while there WAS
quite blaze in that part of the first
floor where the maintenance of way
office had been.
At TAO the alarm WAS turned in from
box 10, which brought the Juniors and
the AleYts. Three streams Of water
were thrown on the flames which sul-
lenly subsidized into sm oke, but q new
trouble arose.
1t was found that abons q carload OF
coal in the cellar underneath had be.
come ignited, whereupon Chief McFalls
directed several hose To the work IF ex
tinguishinR IL, which was accomplished
yesterday afternoon.
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