Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-26

by the time the Waterman returned
from his inspection trip, or whether
they had been cut, officers of the COM
pany do not know. The first alarm
sent in was by boy on another phone
in the neighborhood.
Two Buildings Saved.
Two buildings comprising the plant,
the warehouse, to the west and the
foundry, to the south. We're not dam
aged, the fire being confined to the
machine shops. Included in the ma
chine shops We're valuable machinery,
worth probably s47, 900, and large guam
titles of machinery that had been COM
ple,ed and We're ready for shipment,
Or in process OF construction The
gasoline erecting room, and the ma
chinery erecting room, which formed
portions of the machine shops. We're
destroyed, together with the pattern
loft in the machine shops. on which
We're stored many valuable patterns.
Some Of the larger patterns. stored in
the warehouse. were saved. as We're
others in some OF the smaller buildings.
Manufactured goods stored in the
warehouse We're also saved.
Amount Of Insurance a Question.
the property is somewhat Of a question,
especially as t. just how much will he
in force Officers of the company while
NOS knowing exactly the amount OF the
insurance, which vas handled in Chi
force unquestiora bly,. $4,000 worth. AS
tar as the T.-R is able to learn. con-
corning actual risks carried here, the
insurance totals S21.500.
Wired $4,000 Additional Saturday.
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 Wiley
McCitll & Johnson, Chicago insurance
agents. wired to W. 3. Elliott. Of this
city. instructing him to place s5S,o0t
additional insurance on the Lennon
Machine Companys plant. Elliott. a
few days ago, sold his eXpiratiors to j
". PurseI & Son, and because the
agents had no forms here sent a spe.
cial delivery request for forms to the
Chicago agents saturday night. What
Will be the result of this insurance
not actually written, is not known here
ait;lo officers of the company here gave
II as their opinion that the companie:
could be bound in view of the fact that
the insurance was ordered placed BY
wire The local agents, however. do
NOT CONSIDER llal the companies al'
bound.
Know Nothing About Plans.
Local officers of the company sale
today that they knew nothing whatever
Of the plans for the future, or whether
or not the company would rebuild the
plant here. This may rot be decided
for several days, a.tho q meeting OF
the directors and stockholders had beer
set for Tuesday in this city and. as IA
as now known, the meeting will be
held as planned.
The Lerrox Machine Company was
owned largely by Chicago capital, the
princip pal stockholders being ]. T. Ry-
ersOn & Son. who own different large
manufacturing concerns turnout t!l'
country. David Lennox, founder of the
business Of the Lennox Machine Com
pany, is president of the company.
The LennoX Machine Company man
ufactured full line Of hand and power
driven structural shop machinery, In
Guiding punches. shears. rolls, saws
scales, tapping machinery, aue clean.
ers. etc II also did an extensive bust
ness in gasoline engines and boilers.
W. \. Morey, secretary Of the com
pany. is the general manager in charge
Of the business Of the concern. The
company has been operating to a grea
disadvantage for the past year and {
10 the efforts Of the company to install