The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-31

The LATE FIRE ON DELAWARE AVENUE.
The loss by the fire yesterday morning at
Delaware avenue and Vine street will foot up
about 100000 distributed as follows:-The
building No. 237 on Water st., and No. 242 onFhe
avenue, occupied by William B. Johns, and the
one occupied by Tomlinson Hill, No. 299 on
Water street, and No. 246 on the avenue be-
longed to s. and w. Welsh and Thomas A, New.
hall, and were formerly OF the Brock estate. The
loss on the two buildings will reach about
$4,000, which is fully covered by insurance in
the Franklin Insurance Company. The upper
stories of these two buildings was occupied by
JamestS. Shindler, sailmaker.
he estimates his loss at about $50 000 $4,000
of which will fall on parties who had sails in his
est9 Enlistment In the process of being made up.
He employed from thirty to forty hands and
among the sails making, and which were de-
stroyed, was full set tor the United States ship
Chattanooga, at the Navy Yard, set for the
barque Sea Eagle, and other vessels. He has
$22, 900 insurance, $4,000 Of which is in the PhU.
nix, $4,000 in the Delaware Mutual, $4,000 State
OF Pennsylvania, and the remainder in the Etna
and North America, of Hartford, and the Spring
field, of Massachusetts.
The loss of Mr.. Johns is estimated at $50
on which there is an insurance of $l4 900 in the
American Fire Insurance Company The ground
floor of No. 242 in the avenue was occupied by
Samuel Williamson & Co., general produce
dealers who suffered by water; but is insured in
Tomlinson & Hill estimate their total loss at
from $4,000 to SIS, 600, which is an insurance
OF $4,000 in the Mutual of Philadelphia, $4,000 in
the Magma, of New York; $4,000 in the North
American OF New York; and $4,000 in the Reli-
ance.
Budd & Comfy, who occupy building No. 2s5
Water street and Nos. 23s & 24O on the avenue,
valued their stock at about $4,000. They lose,
however, but about $4,000, which is fully covered
5y insurance in the international, of New York,
and the County, of Philadelphia. This store be-
longs to the Brock estate. Messrs. A. j. Cattell
Co, and other parties had goods on storage In
this building. On the ground floor of this build
ing on the avenue was stored 1872 hogsheads of
sugar owned by S. q w, Welsh. This suffered
in the American.
Building No. 2S3 on Water street, and No. 296
on the avenue, occupied by j. G. Davis, rag
merchant suffered slightly by fire. The avenue
Stephen Cox Co., dealers In produce and fruits,
who suffered by water. Their loss Is covered in
the Republic Insurance Company OF New York.
Champion Souder q Co., produce commission
merchants on ground floor OF No. 244 on avenue,
suffered slightly by water, and were insured in
the Reliance.
The loss by water of B. L. James, who occu-
pies Nos. 241 and 243 on avenue, is fully covered
by insurance in the Delaware Mutual.
Austin Wood, produce dealers, occupied the
ground floor OF No. 246, and suffered slightly by
water, but are fully insured.
Building No. 243 Water street. and No. 24S on
the avenue was occupied by Henry Bumm and
others for the storage of molasses and haE.
Considerable hay, but no molasses on hand; loss
by water. The fifth story of the building was
occupied by r. f. Shannon, sailmaker, who
suffered slightly by water. H. A. Mlckle, dealer
in fish, ETC.. who occupied the first floor on the
avenue, also suffered by water, and is insured.
THE STREET CRossINGs.-The condition
of the streets, lanes, alleys, and cutters of the
city is indeed disgraceful, and especially is this
so in city where the people are required to pay
an annual tax of four dollars ON every hundred
OF the valuation of their property. For three
days past the crossings in all parts of the city
have been both filthy and dangerous to pedes-
trians, whilst in many cases the space between
the rails of the city roads is filled with mud and
water.