Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-20

there. Business everywhere was
again assuming 81 activity, and there
was an observable feeling
of confidence. The Insurance Com~
paDies are busily paying off the
losses, and 1t Is thought that at least
two-thirds Of the Insurance will be
paid. Outside of Chicago the Com
panies nearly all announce their in
tention to pay their losses in full.
Canal street. on the west side, has
become the business strest. From
early morn until night 1t Is one dense
mass Of human beings.
The demand for news was never
equalled during the war. For hours
before the papers come out, the stand
ing room in front of the printing Of
fees Is crowded with excited and
anxious people. All the daily of
fees have commenced publication
again. We saw in front of the 7ri-
bune Office two hundred news.boys
waiting for papers. They get them
at the same price as before the fire,
and sell them at all figures running
from five cents to q quarter.
Among the firms which have lost
heavily. are Marder. Luse q Co., aud
Rounds d Kane, type founders; J..
w. Butler 4 TO-, and Culver, page,
Hoyne & Co.. stationers, and all Of
them, with characteristic pluck and
energy, We're commencing business
again. Marder, Luse & Co.'S loss
was $500, 900. on which they had an
insurance of ST., 600. but they do net
expect to realize more thar. $40 O8.-
They expect to be ready for business
la Q few days. and assured us that
ere many months they would have q
better establishment than ever
They ask their friends In the North
west to stand by Them. That they
may do. Rounds & Kane also lose
over their insurance 1925 900, and
what Is still worse, their books, pa
pers and accounts were all burned up,
and they are obliged to depend upon
the honesty of their customers, for
what is due them. J. w. Butler
& Co., have been burned out twice
now within q year. They have lost
immensely by the late fire, but in
stead of meeting them with bowed
heads, they were ready with cheerful
words to assure VS.. that they would
be ready for business again In q few
days. 10 10 q plucky firm, and de.
spite the elements that seem to be
against them, they will achieve sue
cess. Culver, Page, Hoyne q 10.
lost n of the finest wholesale hous-
in the United States. 1t had been
completed but a few months.
We were informed that there were
some eighty. five churches burned,
and about thirty. FIVE banks.
Robt. Colfyer's church was insured
for $fo5, 900.
There was not less than sixty
buildings erected In Chicago on the
day we e thereof course tenn.
porary structures.
The coal heaps were still burning,
and the city presented a vast illumi.
nation when we left.
Passing along in the center Of The
burned district, we saw q small build.
ing ten by twelve being erected. 1t
said "will open Tomorrow Our
curiosity led us 10 enquire what they
proposed to open for sale there, and
the reply was whisky. Alas! we
thought, rs the fire still raging.
The subscriptions have reached
several millions In money, besides
the donations for the Chicago suffer.
ers. A. T. Stewart. Of New York,
gave $50, 600. New York gives over a
million.
As We stated at the outset, there
have been many things exaggerated.
The reports of violence and disorder
are without foundation. None have
been hung or shot The report that
prisonsis we're burned was also un.
true all were released. It will
never be known how many people
were burned and persisted. The es-
innate Ii between four and five hun.
dred. "s
Though much of the city is burned
and many have left, IL must not be
understood that Chicago is wiped
out. 1t Is still a city Of 200, 600 i'm
habitants. Real estate In the burnt
district has gone down fifty percent,
and at these prices, oat-side capital
lists stand ready TO- purchase. Grain
shipments have been resumed, and
the improvissd Board Of Trade rooms
on Canal street, presented almost as
lively scene as Of old.
The. needy are being cared for in
the city, and the supplies which
have been pouring In have been re-
ceived with thankful hearts and open
mouths. We found Rev. MI. Kin>
ney actively engaged In the work of
giving relief. He assured usthat the
suffering was not % much among the
poor as those who were In good cir.
cumstances before. but who are now
without any means of support and
too proud to ask for food. Through
his vigilence and foresight, the relief
association was being organized with
the view OF reaching this class. He
advised the people of Cedar Falls to
send their supplies In care of some
one that they were acquainted with.
advise u aid society to send to
Mr.. Kinney. He Is q man
In whom our people have unbounded
and we need not say that
everything in his care would be dis
judiciousiy and wisely
Temporary houses were being built
all parts Of the city and 1t is hoped
hat suffering this winter will be
wooded to o great extent.
or the stories that were told Us by
who escaped the terrors Of the
Ire, we might Ill columns, but our
pace will not admit. Volumes will
g written on Chicago, but the whole
tory Of Oct. 9th and 9th, 1871, will /,
be told. /,
The total less of property 10 placed i
! $500. orc. zoo, on which there was !
q insurance Of $l25, OO0, 900. The !.