The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02
Imperial Lighting Company Pre-
pares for New Power-HOuse at
No. 800 ST. Charles Street.
W0RKMEN EvICT THE TENANTS
belongings of Landlord and L0ds
ers Removed 10 StOrage-House
Structure Reduced
and Wired.

one of the quickest and most complete
eNlctionS ON record took place early sun
day morning AT No 500 ST. Charles street.
James Whitehill. his family and fifteen
persons. who room.d at the house. to-
Ee'her with all their goods and chsttels.
were unCeremoniousIy hustled out on the
sidewalk az $50 n. m. by agents of the I'm
peria! Electric Light. Heat and Power
company: and ncfOre nigh,faIl the build
Ing had been more than half demolished
Five vanioads Of the furniture we're
packed in waiting vehicles and hurried off
10 storage house while the evcted per-
sons set about 10 find new quarters. CIV
Ing {" the fact that il was Sunday, :---1
that there are no other residences Il: re
immediate neighborhood. the eviction. &c
casioned no excitement whatever. save
among the members Of the household and
II was all over so soon that persons pass
ing half an hour later were left I'm ignar-
ance of the stirring scenes that had taken
place.
When seen hy a Republic reporter In the
afternoon. General Manager 4. q. Bruck-
man Of the Imperial company explained
the eviction as sfollows:
Nv hitchill had been given tlue legal no.
t:ce TO move. but paid no attention To II.
He had not paid any rent for months and
We felt that We had done all tina, could be
reasonably expected Of US
We are under contract with ,he city TO
liEht the streets OF the business district
after the LIST of September. and will have
10 huiid power house and install the
necessary machinery in the meantime.
There was no time to he lost.
Early this morning We sent n large force
a ba Of
tuiic'ngS on the site Of the new power
mousse Nhit"hill and his boarders wer.
sun holding the fort. and again refused TO
Vacate. So the workmen were ordered 20
remove them. and their belongings TO the
sidewalk or course there wer, protests
from Whitehill and his boarders. but the
men went right ahead with the work and
IN" house was cleared In the shortest space
OF Tine imaginable. Then We had the fur
niture PACKED in vans and put in storas.
Wncn Whitehjll finds n new residence he
can get his belongings. We have nothing
more 10 do with the matter except 10 r1lsh
the work of building the new power house
and are preparing 10 keep at 1t night and
day until il Is ready
Whii"hi!l and his household had hardly
departed from the scene before the yracL
ing crew attacked the old building. and
b'Iore breakfast time the sun was shining
through great holes In the roof which for
Years had held sun wind and rain at bav
bN noon the upper story had disappeared
and rapid progress was being made toward
the earth. In the afternoon wires from rha
aiJdcenl power mouse OF the company
were strung above the pile of wreckare
ana an a!l-highi crew was put to work M
shutdown. "
In less than twen;y-four hours Of tba
time OF the eviction. the house which had
been So reluctantly parted from by White
M. and his lodGers. was no more.
The three buildings adjoining No aS ON
the west are also being torn down When
the new power house Is comDletad the
half a block