Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
ANOTHER FIRE IT.
1 1 n. Gol[EGE|
Temporary Kitchen Burned Early
This Morning with About Three
Thousand Dollars Loss.

At $40 o'clock this morning the
kitchen of the mess hall Of
A. & M. College burned to the ground,
being total loss, and some equip
ment burned with it.
After the mess hall fire OF twenty
days ago frame building which was
attached to the old mess hall was at.
once remodeled, some addition was
made to it, and it was converted into
A kitchen, being connected by run
ways with the new corrugated iron
mess hall that has been erected for
temporary use. In this kitchen was
established temporary cooking uten-
sils, two of the army field ovens that
were sent by the adjutant general OF
Texas in the recent emergency, and
in this place cooking was being done
until new equipment should arrive.
While steak was being prepared this
morning for breakfast on one of the
temporary ranges fire was commune
Gated to the framework OF the build
ing, and the place being but a tem-
porary shelter intended only to keen
out the weather, it burned rapidly.
The student body, under the excellenz
training of the military system, turned
out at the first alarm and with two
lines of hose fought the fire at poin-
directly between the temporary kitch-
en- and the temporary mess hall. The
result was very gratifying and sue
cessful, because, although the temper
ary kitchen burned, the mess hall was
saved, and the students will be at no
inconvenience because Of the fire, be-
yond a few meals.
A carload Of kitchen equipment ar
rived yesterday. This consists of six
ranges, one steam cooker for vegeta-
bles, three steam roasting ovens, two
steam jacket cooker, one sand ovepz
for baking, stock pots and pans, :
to the value of about s3500. This
not been unloaded and was not
fire.
A meeting of the emergfal IS
ing committee, composed act
Miner, D. W. SpencSd Com
structural engineeriRmediately
OF the architectuEhe building
ing for Prof. F. Etarted before
mandant G, III some substan-
started plaN will be installed
at once mt that has just ar
night and W
-, new equipment
the new equipin the open air
rived. ,oossarv IN
However, with TIA there will
here, it can be used,ervice for
during the short time
build the house for it, anu the
be no delay to the meal sShe
the students.
The loss will be about $1,000 On,
building and $1,000 on equipment. IL
two army ovens were not damaged, exsS
cept that the door of one was cracked
Col. R. T. Miner, president of the
college, said: There need be no un-
on the part of the parents of
the boys regarding their comfort. This
loss does not affect us as the last one
did, and we are in fine shape to carry
On the work OF the college The mess
hall is not damaged. so there is n
place in which to serve the meals, and
the loss of the kitchen will not inter-
fere materially. The new kitchen
equipment which has been received is
the most modern and serviceabIe that
has been designed and built It was
built to order for our needs. and is OF
such capacity that it can take care OF
the demands that will be made upon
it. We can install it at once, and IL
there is any discomfort at all it win be
to those who are employed in the
cooking department, and not to the
students"