The age-herald., 1901-04-18
Loss of the Company Amounts
 to S75,OOO
ALI CITY DIVISION CARS LOST
Loss of Car Barn Is Fully Covered By Insurance, While Presbyterian Church and Residents Will
 Sustain Heavy Damage.

One result of yesterdays early morning fire, and probably the most interesting of all to citizens generally, will be the re- placement of all the destroyed cars by cars of the most modern make large cars which will have double trucks and reversible cross seats.
 The number of cars burned in the barn was thirty-seven, ten of which were new, double-truck cars. The full number rep resented the entire city supply and in cluded four used miscelaneously. All will be replaced and several others added to the lines.
 In speaking of the new cars which the company will buy, General Manager J. B. McClary. of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company, said:
 1T have received large number of tele- grams this morning from manufacturers who desire to supply us with the new cars we will be forced to buy. Many of the telegrams stated that we could be supplied without delay. and feel assured we will have full complement of first class cars within two weeks time.
 We propose to buy only the latest and most modern cars. All will be elegantly finished on double trucks and have re- versible cross seats. They will, of course, be closed cars, as we have a full supply of open cars. Our efforts will be simply to supply the service with such cars as will replace the number we formerly had only our effort will be to place the best cars obtainable."
 Company's Loss Heavy.
 We have not as yet been able to exact ly estimate our loss. but as near as we can ascertain" continued MT. McClary, ''the amount will run up to s75.000 This is covered by one policy in the Continen- tai Insurance Company, the amount of which is ss0,0O0. The insurance was place for us by the Birmingham underwriters, who have stated that an adjuster would come at once to go over the ground with us and make settlement"
 ....'-''4ss The Church Loss.
 The Third Presbyterian church suffered the second greatest loss. It is estimated that it's property was valued at S,500. The building, while not entirely destroy ed, is burned until no possible use can be made of the part left standing. An insurance policy of 5000 was carried in the Liverpool London and Globe Com pany.
 The parsonage, valued at $2,5O0, adjoin- ing the church. was total loss. On It there was insurance of $l 900 In the Ham burg Bremen Company. Rev. J. A Bryan, the pastor, carried no insurance on his furniture and household effects, all of which were destroyed.
 The cottage occupied by H. s. Limner and Frank Henninger was entirely de- stroyed with nearly all of their house. hold effects. No insurance was carried on the. furnishings, though Judge John Bruce, the owner of the building, carried a $500 policy with the Liverpool, London and Globe on the building. On the ser wants house near the cottage there was no insurance. Its loss amounted to only about $100.
 
 sS5, 900, while the insurance will amount to $83,500..
 Discovery of Fire. The discovery of the fire was made by o. H. Lockhart, who at once gave the alarm. When first seen the blaze was in the rear of the building, which is 190 feet long. Before it was possible to tele- phone the general, manager of the car company, the fire had spread over the entire building. The men in the building fighting with the equipment of the com pany, which included all modern appli- ances, could do nothing.
 As soon as the fire department reached | the place 1t was seen that the fight would be hard one if the neighboring houses were saved. Every equipment of the service was called to place, and by hard, quick continuous work the fremen managed to save the other houses nearby although some of them caught from the sparks number of times. That more than five houses did not burn seems miracu- lous and reflects nobly on the work of the fire department.
 The parsonage occupied by Rev. J. A. Bryan was Just DdCk Ol luc CiuEciiy stood on the corner of Avenue and | Two nty-second street, and the fire reached it so quickly that the family of Mir. Bryan barely escaped the flames in their night clothing. Mrs. Bryan was slightly burned. as was her little child. | Cars Running In City. | When General Manager McClary was | informed of the company's loss of its city service he at once began to have all his summer cars which were at stations out side the city brought in town. In short time he had the cross town service in good condition and at 9:3o o'clock the full city service was being given. The only difference noticeable in the work was the use of open cars.
 The arrival of the new cars will begin in a few days, and as rapidly as they are