Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23
EAST LAKE CLUB
HOUSE To De
REBUILT
Golf Activities at the East Lake
Course Not To Be Inter
rupted by Fire,

Faf rom being Frustrated by the
loss of its handsome $4,000 country
clubhouse at East Lake, destroyed by
fire late Sunday night, the Atlanta
Athletic Club is planning to rebuild u
once and George Adair. Of tho golf
committee said Monday that the an
tire schedule Of golf tournaments for
the season will be carried out
This is a severe loss Mr., Adaif
said but II Is q long way from even
beginning to put us out OF business as
a country club with the best golf
course ion this territory,
At meeting Of the directors OF tde
club Monday afternoon committee
was appointed 10 prepare for the I'M
mediate construction OF a new cluO-
house. The committee consists OF
George Adair. Tom Paine and J.. y.
Scott Mr. Adair talking Of tAe work
ahead, said
New Building to Start at Once.
Il can SAY that there Is no doubt
work on a new building will be start
ed al once, and the new structure will
be in every way at least the equal OF
the one we have lost. A building OF
that type takes from six to eight
months 10 Contruct We should re
able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner in
it, If nothing goes wrong.
The regular schedule OF tourna-
ments will be played without hitch.
While the new clubhouse is building,
the golfng and tennis members viii
use the boathouse to store their clubs
and apparel. ! know the spirit OF
our members, they are as fine q bunch
Of sportsmen as you can find any
whore on earth, and this little set
back and temporary Inconvenience
viii not cause them to miss a step in
their progress
within the present week most or
them viii have rehtted themselves
with the equipment needed in their
sport, the work on the revised gof
course viii go forward without a
pause, aud East Lake golf will arise
like the traditional Phoenix from the
ashes | believe that is the correct
expression for his sort of disaster"
The confagration started from de-
fective wiring IN the kitchen. AT
1890 o'clock f, II. Matthews, man
ager OF the Country Clubhouse, dis
covered the blaze. The night watch
man. Walter Richards. and Richard
Henry, club members, George Black,
Of the golf shop, and Denny Davis.
waiter, were at the clubhouse.
The Waterman tred his revolver 10
arouse any members who might have
heen spending the night there. and
the whole party began to fight the
swiftly spreading blaze.
Loss About $4,000.
II had a good start, however. and
the chemical apparatus was next to
useless, In an hour the whole build
ing was in flames
hn
furnishings raised the total loss to
about $4,000. including about $4,000
worth Of golf equipment. Insurance
to the amount of $500 was car
ried. A few tables and chairs on the
ground floor were carried out, and
George Black, al considerable risk,
made his way into the clubmaker's
shop and carried out the clubs OF
George Adair, leading golfer Of the
club and OF Stewart Maiden, the pro-
fes sional
Walter Rogers seeing the blaze
from his home at East Lake, telo-
phoned to No II fire engine house,
and a hook and ladder outfit made
the long trip to the clubhouse, but
arrived too late TO stop the fire.
Manager Discovers Blaze.
According 10 r. H. Matthews man
ager Of the CLUB, ne discovered tle
fire at 1880 o'clock,
while closing up the clubhouse for
the night" said Mr. Matthews, u
pa ssed near the kitchen and noticed
smoke coming out OF one Of the Ntch-
en- walls near the ice box The fire
evidently had been burning for some
time. | at once ran upstairs an !
called u. r. Henry, Walter Richards
aud C,aorgp BLACK who had left me a
half hour previous to retire for the
night. They Just had time to dress
and get downstairs before the whole
Of the rear part of the clubhouse was
in flames,
"rhe fire by that time had gained
such Roadway We We're only able to
save eighteen chairs, three tables and
about so golf sets and few OF my
personal belongings which happened
to be downstairs We also lost about
600 tennis racquets.