Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-01-11
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of the largest stock exchange houses IN
Wall street. and who lives in Mont
clair, say that since the Equitable
Assurance fire 1t is dead easy to do
business on the exchange. All you
have to do says Mr.. Manson, lis to
tell your banker that your securities
are locked up in the Equitable or Mer-
camille Safe Deposit vaults, and you
get all the money you need without
the actual collateral. But, believe me,
1t is taking some healthy line of
keeping to keep accounts straight
while our securities are locked up. We
Have about $4,000, 900 tied up in he two
vaults"
The fire which destroyed the Equi-.
table Life Assurance Society building
in New York was the topic of CONVEX
sation among lawyers in a local court
when Edward Blumenstiel, whose law
offices are opposite the burned build
ing, joined the takers. The loss OF hi
Lawyers Club was being mourned, and
Mr.. Blumenstiel told how he had been
taking his lunch there for years. "A
friend of mine called me up on the day
of the fire." he said. and asked where
T could join him at lunch. From force
of habit I answered, Lawyers Club
and did not realize what an oversight
I had made until he drawled back:
Ives. and we'll have a little roast
there
Former Assemblyman Michael Nc
Gowan, jr.. who is an electrical expert,
speaking about the Equitable Life AS
surance Company fire in New York,
says that he is unable to understand
how the fire got such a Roadway, on
oou of the construction of the
building. He says that he had done
some work in the building recently,
and found it we'll protected against a
fire in the way of brick ceilings and
marble floors.
Every %precaution was taken to
guard against fires he said; but it
was, like all Office buildings, filled with
furniture that goes to make good ma
terial for a fire"
When the Public Service Corpora
ton arranged to have "car full signs
its rolling stock it, perhaps, never
provided for a condition that arose
Ia CT nioht in Ha rrico
Car No. 759, jammed to the doors,
slid northbound in Fourth street over
the icy rails. Up Went the Gear FUR
sign and shivering would-be passen-
gers were passed by. At William
street a man informed the m~otorman
his desire to alight. The car pulled
and the conductor dashed up to
the front. i
Don't We know enough to 60 about
business when you're full?"
querled the, back platform man. Il
TO-" retorted the motorman, "but I'm
not so full now as to make everyone
else stick to the end"
There was a burst of laughter with
in the EAR. The conductor failed to
see the joke. He looked daggers at
partner. and when some one sug-
that passengers did not wish
TO be carried beyond their destina-
ton he had the temerity to declare
that Roadway must be maintained and
the car should not be stopped at every
street corner.
This speech seemed too much for the
passengers and they hooted until h
started for the rear plat
form. Thereafter the motorman was
somewhat timid about stopping to al
low people to disembark. It was some
before the conductor realized how
absurd his orders were. An
apology was then Forthcoming. and
everything, except the fat-wheeled
car, went along smoothly until the end
of the line was reached. Here the
crew made up.