The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-16
BOSTON:

BosToH, Nov. 16.--As the suaerera b,
the FIRE become better acquainted witt
the nature and extent OF their Losses, thI
feeling Of confidence grows stronger tha
both home and foreign insurance officer
will In time llquldate their entire debts
The salvage Is found 10 vary from 10 to
90 per cent; and as schedules Of the savet
property are being made out as rapidly q!
possible, and policies and proofs Of Losses
are In some cases sent In, the work Of ad-
juStment will be pushed forward with the
utmost celerity.
Between $500 900 and 100000 worth
OF stolen goods have been recovered
and lot Of unclaimed property awaits
Identification at the city hall. VI.
BosToN, November i6.-There are but
few new items to be gathered relating 10
the fire. The safe OF Mesets. ]. II, Be.
bee d Co, In Winthrop Square, was
recovered, but nothing remained except a
few charred books and papers. Messrs.
Havswell, Kingsley & French recovered
from their safe q lot Of Silverware In a
damaged condition, and portions Of their
family iewelly partially wrecked. The
safe contained 0 small amount OF gold
coin, which was melted. The property
In the larger portion Of the safes recover.
ed was ruined. The aite Of old Fort
Hill Is o scene OF active building opera
lions, half dozen wooden structures be-
lag already finished and In process Of
erection.
Lewis Cohen. employed in the Navy
Yard, was terribly burned to-day, and
will probably lnse his eyesight, BY acci.
dentally dropping Q zinc basket into bath
Of liquid metal which spattered in his
face. WI II B1.
New YoRE, November 15.-The Bos.
ion AdrertiSsr Of to-day says: "The large
gangs ol workmen have cleared out the
main thoroughfares, torn down many
walls. and cleared up some Of the
great heaps Of granite, BRICK and rubbish.
DeVonshlre street Is now open 10 Win.
throp Square on the north end, and about
half through from Summer street 10 the
same point, High street Is opened through
almost the entire length, and Summer
street throughout, Congress street Is
opened nearly to Perkins on the north,
and nearly TO Purchase on the south end.
Purchase street Is partially cleared, but
there Is yet vast deal TO do, and the tow.
ers ol ruins, picturesque and grim, Of
Morton Place and Hawley streets, are yet
cboked with brick andstone. Arch and
Ods streets TO Congress street are huge
masses Of broken granite and bricks, in
some places four 10 five feet deep, and
blaCkened bales Of wool and Jumped
iron, and also broken pillars. The
tower Of old Trinity, a grand old ruin, still
stands, with the rear gable and part OF the
side walls, The front Of the store OF Ma.
cull9r, Williams d Parker, on Washing
ton street, Is still up. The guarded dis.
trict grows smaller and smaller each day
Yesterday the line was considerably con.
traCted, and tomorrow q large portion Of
the territory on Tuesday closed to the
public will be open. FAnH 1.
The Herald says the matter OF laying
out the burned district upon anew plan Is
receiving the personal attention of a large
number Of citizens and city officials.
There are two distinct propositions,
and one OF them will without
doubt be eventually adopted. Thegarst
may be called the popular one, and is
this, tho passage Of law by theN special
session OF the Legislature authorizing the
city TO. take posssion Of the whole Terri
tory, 10 obliterate all the present street
and property lines so far as necessary, and
lay out districts upon . new plan, with
the system Of wide, straight streets, and
sell the land bordering upon them 10
those who wish to occupy It with build.
Ings for business purposes. The advan.
tages OF this arc readily seen, but If It Is
done the whole present system of sewerage
and paving must be overthrown, and the
gas and water pipes, sidewalks, hydfantS
and cellar walls, majority Of which, yet
intact and very valuable, must be torn up
and rendered almost worthless The cost
would Of course be enormous The sec.
ond plan Is the conservative one. This
contemplates the widening, Strengthening
and extending Of streets, perhaps the dis:
continuance OF small portions Of some
streets and the general improvement Of
the present lines. This plan, though not
effecting so radical and thorough an i'm.
provement as the drst, necessitates far
less Of trouble In its accomplishment