The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-10
miller BUILDING SAVED
By. !!!.; \! FIRE LADD|ES

Land company, will run to more than
$1,000 each.
1t is estimated that the damage to
the Miller building proper will reacn
to $4,000, ands may go to $4,000
by the time all the repairs have been
made.
Mr.. Miller carries about $125.ooo in
insurance, SO is to be congratulated
in that regard.
Building Worth 100000
The Miller building represents an
expenditure of $4,000. The orig
| inal building was SO feet front on
Yakima avenue. and was five stories
high. 1t was built in 1907. In 1909
the building was Increased to 'front.'
age of 100 feet on Yakima avenue,
and both the original and the new
part made full six stories high.
The building is solidly constructed,
and to that fact is attributed the sue
cess the firemen made in their struGa
! gle. The floor above the basement II
of stone and massive
Elevators Kept Running
The double elevator in the center
of the building, manned by Robert
Whipple Spooner and Byde Painter.
was kept in active operation the entire
afternoon. 1t did a '1and office bus
mess theoretically and actually. At
a late hour in the afternoon Young
| Spooner was overcome by the smoky
<,v,<. ~ = o. - o.,
his home
All kinds Of temperaments were
shown by the occupants Of the offices
on the upper floors. Some of them
carried their typewriters and books
down and took them to places of safe
ty. BY typewriters is meant the ma
chines,s not the typists. The English
| language is a trifie shy on a single
word to express the proper idea, hence
the explanation.
AS there are many companies with
OFFICES in the danger zone, some of
the officials decided to take no long
chances, but played 1t safe by taking
| their valuable papers out. Quite a
number OF law libraries were also
| removed. Some of the more phleg-
matte refused to become excited and
removed nothing but their own. corpo-
| rosities from the building, placing
thei trust in "Dolliver, that he would
bring them through" For Captain
Dolliver read Fire Chief Dawson, and
Mark Twain's stszy is retold.
Crowds Kept Back
The fire lacked nearly all the essen
tials of the spectacular There was
no personal danger and flames could
not be seen except for a very few
minutes about 4 o'clock. The curious
crowd was well behaved. Ropes were
stretchedt TO keep the crowd from get
ting too close to the building, thus
interfering with the firemen in their
work. The big four were present:
Alex Miller. Hon. A. ). Splawn, Harry
Catalan and Fire Chief Dawson. Pan
demonium did not reign for min
ute. Instead, all was perfect order.
Hot coffee was served by a number
of those Interested including Mrs.
Alex Miller, which was a blessing to
firemen and police. The police did
| their duty under the watchful eye Of
Chief of Police Splawn. Pat Jordan,
amateur fireman, assisted in the good
work of passing the coffee.
Ready for Business This Morning
| All the tenants of the building
above the ground floor will be able to
transact business in their offices as
| usual this morning at s o'clock The
elevators will be running as usual,
the electric lights will be shining as
brightly as of yore, and the steam
heating plant will take care of its
work, for nothing was put out OF COM
mission that is necessary for the COM
fort of the occupants. Mr.. Miller asks
all tenants to be patient in the morn
ing as there will be much cleaning UP
to be done, and the smoke may at first
annoy. An airing and some scrubbing
Twill cause the offices to resume their
accustomed air Of cheer. q 700 ga,
Police ON Guard
Within the roped arena a number
of North Yakinna's finest paced back
and forth. Their duties were not ar
duous, but the disagreeable weather
was something that they were COM
PEELED to combat. The following four
were placed on duty at night. as pro-
lection: Officers Harrington. Sanders,
Niles and Smith.
Street Railway Bridged
Traffic on the street railway was
impeded, but not entirely stopped.
This was made possible by the use of
bridges" AS there were a number
of the lines of hose laid across the
avenue, the street cars could not run
over them without cutting them in
two. Bridges were laid over the lines
of hose, and upon them the cars pass
ed in safety. doing no damage.
One Arrest Made
On complaint OF Fire Chief Dawson,
a man who gave his name as Kent
Runnelhoff was arrested at the scene
of the fire as his automobile broke
the rope that showed the fire limits
Whether or not this was intentional
could not be learned. He was escort
ed in his own machine to the police
station by Officer Sanders, but was re-
leased in bonds of $40.
Volunteer Firemen
A number of men volunteered their
services In assisting the IRE depart
inent- Among them was Joseph b.
Sterling. veteran OF the Spanish