The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
ELECTRIC CAB SHOP AFIRE.
ST. BiRTHOLOMET'S BIG PARISH
UOU,E NEXT DOOR ACORCHED.

Luckily Iron shutters Had just Been Got
Tn on the Exposed Face of the Mission
Buildings and They Were Little Dam
,1ed-Dr.Greer at the fire-Loss $4,000.
ksane an exhibition OF successful Ere Tight
inc uuder d if1culties as this city has seen IN
many day was given last night when at
about 7 80 o'clock alarms came from factory
~ the Electric Vehicle Company which occu'
pied the greater part Of the old Stearns SIX
mills running from 215 TO 22l East Forty
second street and adJoins the st. Bartho.o-
news parish buildings. Nos. 2Oo TO Zio
These big buildings got scorchlng before the
Gre was controlled.
The factory buildings are old ana only four.
s,ories high In them the Electric Vehicle
Conpsuy was assembling and finishing cleo
eric hrousham. for the public livery service
4, fathers in this and other clties ami the
whole place was iled with automobiles in all
stages OF construction. machinery ana ma
terisls for the work Tho tire Is sup
posed TO have started on the third floor
near the east end =: the row. In
vary little time H. burst through the
upper windows ana then through the roof and
then flames began 70 leap at the windows ot
the 81 Bartholomew buildings which lowered
10 nearly double the height. The windows on
IN. east side Of tn. 81 Bartholomew building
had. until recently, been unprotected.
but although the hU.ding Is OF what
is called nre.proo. construction. the uhder-
writer's warned by The recent damage
done TO the Vauderb and Home Life buildings
had ordered iron shutters pat up aud this WORK
was omp!eted a few weeks ago Nearly all OF
tho iron shutters were closed ast night when
The Are began and those that were open IN
rooms occupied nv some 81 the many gatntr-
fpgs OF young people who rendezvous ut me
building were quickly c.oscl ,,,-.- r,..
In - The. fhI sItpuGi hul1lnES IN I or y
second street the Tn ri Avenue Ra lroad COM
tns under trolley and this hampered the en-,
cines which came in response to eau, after chi
until the whole n.oe waS surrouTpa,d, Lina,y
The Flames were lcanins ur q'ons the, side Of
the Mission hui ding warning The iron shutters
the shutiers III" II .emen dragged hose ~
open IL" lev d. Greer, own room and oihe.
rooms with axe, 10 their hurry 20 Eei streams
.,veriooEinc window and. ho.stIng more lines
Of hose IN the face o! the building Tor tie sam"
pIFt Fortunately Saturday night IS not busy one
at the MISSION and ony a Few dozen persons
were IN the bull !nsi-aI o, N. {WG thoE'
Sand or 20 that eonsresate there 'n other week.
' There re il hardly moment tina. the mis-; on
is not doing sometime Armen an seryi.,i,1is
Are 6 be sn IN one chae. '@% s.
S xSss pa% %ss met on TaSs&sys he $
Elizabeth Society on Thur-doys the Brother
hSoa o. 81 Of AZ ths Fhaod on Sa,nriays
There are lectures for women only GU Tue iay
and Friday afternoons. ana lecture for both
there is a charitable bureau open from 10
O'Clock in the morning until COCK IN the
afternoon every lay in the yeaE The Banev-
m morn The Loan Association conh1cts 6
morning un il 80 O'clock in the afternoon
every week day. The Emr!oyment BuTrsSau ia
Bn Barr Ioae Press ie run from = oe."ck n
the morning until 8 o'cigeE IN the RBiternoon
aaS sa. S SS1 ns fe4h hee are Hs
Kindergarten, schools that meet FIVE DAYS
week from ser'sm5sr . Jqne TIE o SsTy>3 n
SS to May The men have in their Cub
a reading room. library, clubroom billiard
Clun has a ilie and drum corps and 4rill
room. The boy IRE also taught hook Seeninc;
synWns rhsr Gs club has Huaa
Benefit Fund baths And classes IN sew ;ew.
s sosSxin a!e'SW 1SpcMT,ur. s,encGraThy opd
Air cs%fSn rf the %"nen fS sono yFs sd
clety ana st Margaret's Society, There Is also
IN Wh|h GntSrSS' I'M az aaS rrSp
900 people attend the various meetings 1.-THE
mission every year u,,o,, c, p,,,,,,,
Gss a MsY P &es Dr. rfS'cF
rector. both came 70 the mission white the hre
firemen. and congratulated themselves that
The IRON shutters had been put up IN time. DR..
Booth said the bui ding and contents had cost
sbOnOOn and were considered secure
the underwriters. except IN one paI'iruar. ana
that was along the lines OF windows in the
older part Of he building IN the ar shaft at the
GEAR. where IL overlooks machine shop on
10 them. he said, to have iron shutters rut In
front OF the first line al windows on either do
this air shalt nearest 70 the rear and this
work has been ready ordered
nigh. busted themselves IN moving the furni.
tura away from IN" paris OF the 1nms that
were being used ny the Nremrn AMI where the
window frames Ia taken h.c. The damage
perhaps Si.0JO. including the scratching 81 tho
waxed floors in DR. Gree:s and other private
Henry wilkAns Of the New York Fire Pro.
Of Stearns l. Co and tho Electric N"hice Co
70 the scene and while the tlrcmcn fought The
flames. these removed from ih"lr Offices
hooks and other valuables, The Stedrns
81 oi the Old premises on Forty-thrd street and
these escaped tho fro. The flames did not
show sign 81 be NJ checked unit! the wa "r
tower got fairly at work. but they soon gave
$40 o'cloSs we're under control and
Chief Croker who came 70 the nra IN his rev
steam automobile. estimated the loss at be-
rrc vehicles. in various stages o. compeion
fire was confined 10 tn" third AMI fourth floors
and ROOT OF the factory buildings. which belong
Immediately cas-, Of these buildings stands
the night dispensary and eye and ear clinic Of
the St Bartholomew Mission. This escaped
without damage