The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17
FORGOTTEN FURNITURE.
YALUABLEs Nv kTORAGE WHICH
ARE MEYER CALLED ron.

conducted n visitor tO the floor oil the eStAh-
iisbmcnt
"This" n. said "bns beep dubbed the dead
room by our employees because IL In used entirely
for the storing Of stuff that has remained I'm.
claimed for many years nm the lower floors The
amount of furniture md other valuable gcar that
eventually lands In the dead room Ia surprising
We usually keep things placed in storage here
In the places originally set aside for them for a
matter of ten years or so n they remain I'M
claimed Mt the end of TIM, time and all our efforts
10 ASCERTAIN the addresses of the owners are un-
ayaiIinp the stuff ia then shifted to this room TO
make SPACE for newly stored articles We could
auction such stuff of n We chose. hut VIC rarely
put ANYTHING under the hammer Last year
an inventory and apprnisa, of the material on
hand in this dead room was made. and It's value
was found 10 be close on 10 100000
The room contains many c,mpletc scts Of
magnificent house furnishings Some Of this
household furniture has been stored with us for
twenty years and more hut some Of this dead room
material ~ which thc owners have apparently
lost truck, was placed here by notable pcople
Of other decades. and tho ignorance NJ the owners
n. 10 IN. locn,inn Of this stuff ia almost no sur
ptisinp AZ the luk,Warmness of some of ,bcm In
the after Of relieving us Of II after We have been
at considerable Mains 10 trace them and notify
them tina, We have tho stuff IN hand I, hard
Ia understand this 10, Will. in such ces.. IN.
accumulated a,o,,u. CHARGES are prc,,v b..,r
,b.y are ocncr,lIv NOT worth me,,io,,pg In com
parison with the prc,i value NJ The Articles
an rive van an instance of this More Than
,uo d,c,de. 400 IN. commercial AGENT IL, ycr
y,,t NJ n loading Eu,o,.o, country vas s,dd.,,y
,.c,,,.d he his Gov.,nm.nt n. b,s,i,y al
nm tho fu,,,,u,. of b,s domestic cs,.bIishm,n,
~. ~ $500. " - -, rs - :,
me SUN when ne hah purchased IN The course Of
a residence Of several years here and stored II
WIN U.S. s'anng WA, he would senh ior II assoon
as he got settled on The other side Although we
in.r, n,n ,n N. ,n,.,r., .g.,,. -, 81. S,'n.,n
''"' "'o" u" VII" '"'''n"' ""a''S ", Ms ""'cfn'
men'--we have never heard from him down to
w. .sa..., ,,., ,.',,,, "" .",, "".' ",'u
again addressed nun WIN tesn1a 10 'he sun no
has stored here, hut we've never had line from
him in return. I should estimate the pr.scn,
n.n !" =, ,,s .',,s 'n" .o m W, p'esrn'
'a'ue vi ,"o s'uh nc na' S'o'ou mere 10 DC IN 'he
neighborhood OF 50, 900, and the aggregate Of the
storage charges is certainly not more than $500
Inc only way TO account Tor his indifference Is
tina, he may have become so rich that few ,hous.
and there don't cut much OF figure with him.
we rarely sell any Of the stuff on storage a,
pubir auction unl,as Al tho Yeou,st NJ ,hc nv,.,
y, A. ,,.o..,, - -, 49,, v" 80,
., ,ne properly, VINO. perhaps per-. hna'ns hm ,s
.ubttac,ine ,h. amour, Of IN. s,or,g, charges
,,",. ~. 100 .nd ,.,,,,,n ,ha ."
TO him.
| .,rh. ,.,sis,.,cv with which roo,,o b.,,r az,
to old pianos is queer thing There are hun.
drcds Of pianos in this building, and some Of them
| bay. bee, here for two decades Tb,s. old piapos
| 80 " " ~ " ''
must have cost good deal oil money when they
were new. bu, they are now gu, Of date tin pans.
II likely TIM, many Of, tho pi,nos that hn We bccp
S SK in h ore mSas Of Sn peIs"ns
ni,ring her, hs,. xith ac.nsd ,.ia,, W. p''So"'
| ssrt
| storage twenty fur ycnrs 400 nv a iitepnrp man
fo-xr1. ,~s Un, sea,s "Ho Dy ito ~ man
| SoTL /, ans an ia instii,rncn, even When h.
| plnc.d IL here hui nithnmvh he hsd NJ" rn"n tn a.,
Il in his house. he comdnt bear the idea q" dis
Of Ssr dsah sa Ss he'd fSeEa down ,S
YEATS al" Alter we've ali nsssed nni =" so'' many
Then, too peopIe stoTr compnrauyely ch..p
ior years, when The bill for storage has ciasied
into heavy figures, they turn up pay he Storage
bl Which i; h SGmsm"s a%opnss to Hlmo. tho
and al va, roon t npuhet ponm e Th,t s~ss
an odd chap in here the other day i hadn /
old so,nrc pano in strsse here Ten "' p'"''' Oh
Vel he said when he came in. I'm after
All right Here. the money Now IN tell
you ssme,hins about that ' piano il cost me
"sSe, ~ and ,y sn r %m' I'M, ins
original prine, the old nan has cnst me nearly
40 o snse D ",, M ns Ns in n m n@
her II Times itvm Maine tn Ialii"rnin and iron,
Michigan To- The Gulf and thai cost me q, rr 81 900
| Then I've hnd II IN st,rngr nelly nearly a a
often and that cos, me a i"t Of money In hard
ZINES before learned how I" max money. I've
ked il Tor almnst ts iul value dozens az inns.
and had Ia nav The interest lar several wears nj n
elm Hui he bix item, 81 expcnsr in connection
| Min Thai n,nnn Is thnt Nv, raised thIr. cTnns
81 children an If nccn married. thtcc Times and
each ni my wives had pirnty 81 Young ones
| mostly girls We'll I'yr given every Irst ma
"f ih1s. children pinno lessons and that's ths
| pano they hanged on i'm learning how In NAV
| lost something preity ciosr Ia SS 600 I'm no,
| taxing IL away nov because need IL Tor m dead
| certain that none of my girls would NAV on n
the house and look at IL, for the history Of that
n q ~, iSs ias th m Sy q my n n we
Il loose TO Craze and finish It's old age In comfort
: on the second ho0r 81 my house, Got to put II
nnv 1,brr mari ri ,hr bausc ~ INV ~ ~
People bring a lot Of things here 10 be KEEP,
! IN storage because ,hcy deem Them TOO uhluckf
inuiy finc ma rhlr bus, Of Civic her. th,t Inv,