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

Far from being Frustrated by tne
loss OF its handsome SIS, 900 country
clubhouse at East Lake destroyed by
fire late SUNDAY night the Atlanta
Athletic club is planning to rebuild ot
once. and George Adair. Of the golf
committee said Monday that the en-
tire schedule OF golf tournaments FOR
the season will be carried cut.
This is a severe loss" Mr.. Ada'r
said but It is a long way from even
beginning to put MS ont OF business 70
a country club with the best golf
course in this territory
At a meeting Of the directors Of the
club Monday afternoon a committee
was appointed to prepare for the I'M
mediate construction Of a new clup-
house The committee consists of
George Adair Tom Paine and l.. y.
Scott. Mr.. Adair, talking OF the work
ahead said
New Building to Start at Once.
Il can say that there Is no doubt
work on new building viii be start
ed at once. and the new structure will
be In every way al least the equal OF
the one we have lost A building of
that type takes from six TO eight
months to contruct We should be
able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner in
It, II nothing goes wrong
The regular schedule Of tourna-
ments will be played without Il hitch.
While the new clubhouse is building,
the golhng and tennis members viii
use the boathOuse to store their clubs
and apparel I know the spirit Of
our members, they are as fine 2 bunch
Of sportsmen as you can find any
xsrlta nuYfh aud th{p littla aa+
back and temporary Inconvenience
win not cause them TO miss "a step in
their progress,
Within the present week most OF
them viii have reiitted themselves
with the equipment needed in their
sport, the work on the revised gof
course VIII 10 forward without u
pause, and East Lake golf will arise
like the traditional Phoenix from the
ashes. ] believe that Is the correct
expression for this sort of disaster
The contagration started from de-
fective wiring in the kitchen Al
1880 o'clock Il, 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. a
waiter, were al the clubhouse
The Waterman fired his revolver TO
arouse any members who might have
been spending the night there, and
the whole party began to fight the
swiftly spreading blaze
Loss About $4,000,
1t had a good start, however, and
the chemical apparatus was next to
useless. In an hour the whole build
ing was in flames
The building cost $4,000 and tho
furnishings raised the total loss to
about S76,0 900. including about $4,000
worth of golf equipment Insurance
to the amount of $4,000 was car
ried. A Few tables and chairs on the
ground floor were carried out, and
George Black, at considerable risk,
made his way into the ciubmakers
shop and carried out the clubs of
George Adair, leading golfer of the
club, and of Stewart Maiden. the pro-
fessional
Walter Rogers seeing the blaze
from his home at East Lake, tele
phoned to No, r. fire engine house,
and Il hook and ladder outfit made
the long trip To the clubhouse, but
arrived too late TO stop the fire
manager OlbSoNoTS bldEe.
According to Il. H. Matthews. man
ager OF the club, he discovered the
fire at TO- 30 O'clock
while closing up the clubhouse FOR
the night" said Mr. Matthews, Il
passed near the kitchen and noticed
smoke coming out of one OF the kitten.
en- walls near the ice box. The Are
evidently had been burning for some
time | al once ran upstairs ami
called y. Il. Henry. Walter Richards
and George Black, who had left me a
half hour previous To retire for the
night They Just had time 10 dress
and get downstairs before the whole
of the rear part of the clubhouse was
in flames
THE fire by that time had gained
such Roadway we were only able TO
save eighteen chairs, three tables and
about lao golf sets and a few OF my
personal belongings which happened
to be downstairs, We also lost about
600 tennis raCquets.