The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-11
NEW QUARTERS FOR
THE Y. M. c. A.
Old Faurot House Being Fitted Up as .
Temporary Home.
ADJUSTING THE INSURANc
Full Amount OF $4,000 on the Con-
tents of the Building win BE Al.
Iowed-.secretary Mahy Is III and
the Directors Insist Thnt Hc Must
Take His Years Loave Of Absence.
Safes Taken from the Ruins.

The Young Mems Christian associa-
tiOn will take possession of the old
Faurot house, on Washington avenue,
tomorrow or on Monday. Workmen
are now making slight alterations on
the interior.
The association will use two rooms
on the main floor one room for an
office and the large dining room for
reading room, meeting room and par
lor purposes. on the second floor part
Of the John Raymond institute work
will be continued.
Secretary +. w. Pearsall, of the rail-
road branch, will oversee the active
work of the association, and Financial
Secretary Frank will be placed in
charge of the Office as an assistant to
Mr. Pearsall General Secretary Mahy
has been i'll since his arrival here last
Saturday, and yesterday was confined
to his bed. The directors have insisted
that he take his one-year leave of alb
sence, granted before the fire. He will
leave for a sanitarium at Dansville.
n. Y, on Monday and will go from
there to California, after he has had
a complete rest of a week or ten days.
He is suffering from nervous prostra-
tiOn.
No attempt will be made to continue
the association work along all its usual
lines. The religious organizations will
be continued. the reading room will
always be open and the Sunday meet
ings will be held as in the past.
The Raymond institute equipment
represented several thousand of dol
lars. and of course will not he re-
placed in "A temporary structure. Pro-
fessor w. II. Buell. the institute direc-
tor. and his assistants are at work on
a course of readings and lectures and
will soon make their plans known.
NEW BUILDING DISCUSSED.
At n meeting Of the trustees on
Wednesday the new building project
was discussed, but to no definite end.
The trustees prefer to build on new
and larger site, but are unwilling to
bear the expense of carrying the pres
cnt property. The site on which the
old building stood is S0Xl00 feet. and
worth at least $4,000. or over $500 a
front foot, so real estate men say. Ii
has not been put in the open market
nor has any value been placed upon
ii by the trustees. They will. however
consider such a course before deciding
about the location and scost of a new
building.
Yesterday the insurance loss on the
contents of the building were adjusted
| The whole of the insurance. $4,000. will
| be paid. The adjustors, after figuring
20 per cent. reduction for deprecia-
| tiOn, found that the value of the con-
| tents was several thousand dollars
| above the face of the policies.
The insurance on the building il
| now being adjusted. 1t was insured
| for So, 900. 1t is believed that this viii
| be paid in full as the structure cos
| nearly $50 900, over $4,000 had been eX
| pended on it for improvements, ant
no reasonable depreciation in value
would bring its worth below the S52,
900, for which it was insured.
SAFE TAKEN OUT.
| The associations safe was taken ou
of the ruins and opened yesterday
The greater part of the books. records
and papers it. contained We're ruined
and the writing so obliterated as to b,
almost useless. Some checks, currenc,
and coin in an inner compartment wer
badly damaged, but not destroyed. Th
safe was opened by NJ. McKenna, al
| expert.
The expert also opened the safes o
| Mosher a. Coleman and C. NJ. Florey
| The contents were found to be intact
and but slightly damaged. Mr.. Nc
| Kenna came here from Honesdale
where he was engaged on Wednesda.
opening a safe in the office of ex
County Treasurer Boyd, who was re
Gently reported short in his accounts.