The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19

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troll and others who were tlirentenc,
with utter loss breatlicd sigh of re
lief.
4 The alarm was first turned In b,
telephone by Stewart Anderson, col
ured porter In the restaurants. Com
pnny No. Z responded, and seeing TIN
seriousness OF the tire, turned In an
other alarm. In few minutes Thu
n second alarm was turned In, and 81!
companies raced to the scene. Thei
3 the battle commenced.
Loss Not Covered.
When the first alarm sounded MI
Davis was in the Laurel Street engin
house. He Immediately boarded tn
II cat and met Mr.. Gibson Worshanl
president of the company, whose plan
was destroyed. AS they jumped iron
the car and turned up Bank Street
your place, Davis" and then when II,
saw that 1t was his own ruin. said
.Great God, it's my place" Mr., c
Isl a.. Zincke, secretary-trcasurer of thu
company, arrived soon after, and thu
two contemplated In silence the demo
lition Of business which was begun
but fifteen months ago. The entire
plduL,,t Stlueu III sAIluli $oV,VVo
was completely destroyed.
The insurance, placed through Rich
1nond agencies, in various companies
y amounts to something over $4,000
Temporary offices through the kind
ness of Mr.. Davis, will be- established
in the Richmond TYPE and Electrotypt
Foundry. Tomorrow and the business
will be resumed at once. Both after
moon papers and nearly every printing
d mt, 4
assistance and tho two men said 1t
was almost worth q fire to receive such
demons trations or sympathy and to
learn that they had so large a num-
Der of friends.
Blues Threatened.
Among those most seriously threat
ened by the fire were the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues. They carted u
quantity of their relics and valuables
over to the Lexington Hotel. and pre-
pared for general evacuation of their
temporary premises. Most of those
present ut the fire were thrown into
state OF panic. for they have tasted
fire before. They bemoaned their fate,
saying that the destroying element
was bent on running them out of the
business
when will we get our new arm
3 sory?" they asked. 1--WE ought TO have
it now"
III the cellar of the Miller Supply
Company champagne bottles by the
dozen floated about in the muddy wa
ter, and people looked on and sighed
at the waste. The damage here will
amount to several hundreds of dol
lars, as with the Southern Stamp and
Stationery Company. The Planters
National Bank was unframed, except
$rr tap sv,t 4 IIor
Nearly every Fire Commissioners was
+ present, and all Joined in unanimously
praising the efficiency of the depart
1nent, to whose efforts many owe 1t
that their business places are intact
to-day.
Small Insurance on Building.
The building was erected about
twenty years since for the Pelouze
Paper and Type Company. being used
as type foundry. 1t passed into the
hands of the j. L. Hill Printing Com
pany, which added the third story,
putting in heavy machine construction
throughout, and using the building for
many years as printing plant. 1t
is still owned by the successors of
this company, the Hermitage Press,
: which now occupies quarters on West
Broad Street.
Mr.. l. H. Jenkins president of the
Hermitage Press. said last night that
there was but $4,000 insurance on the
building. which was worth several
times that amount
The Richmond Press was founded in
the summer of 1906 by Gibson q.
Worsham. of the News Leader Com
pany. and Charles A. Zincke, of tho
Everett Waddey Company, who Sc
cured charter to do a general job
and book printing business. The firm
has been successful from the start,
having been loaded from the first week
with orders for printing of all kinds.
Before tile presses were in place 1t
+ made tive-year contracts for the pub
iicatlon of the four religious papers
Il of Richmond-the Southern Church-
man, the Religious Herald, the Chris
tan Advocate and the Central Presby-
teriaN-buying a large rotary press,
= the only one of it's kind in Virginia.
for this special work.
Later 1t took over the contracts for
the printing work of the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, Issuing the
committees Sunday-school lesson leaf
lets and Sunday-school literature Of
3 al aescriptlons for general distribu-
4 ton throughout the demonstration in
the South. This contract alone re-
quired the carrying in stock of large
amountS OF paper as we'll as a num-
Der Of speciaf binding and stitching
machihcS.
The equipment on the top floor.
which is total loss, consisted Of five
liHotype machines, standing across thn
rear complete sterotyping outfit.
imposing tables. forms ana makeup
implements. The second floor which
IS also probably a total loss. has tho
stock room. bindery ana job-room. win
se small presses etc. On the first floor.
besides large rotary press. valued
~ az az slS,ooo, We're three cylinder presses.
ne cutting knives and other machin-
on this floor. a'so