, 1879-02-14
RAZ1NU A CITY.
tscnf. .Eatnte Ownprs for An 1tnnr-.What
Fpur 1Innr.ts and Half n Dozen Nails


Four 1lnnr.ts and fis,r Dozen Nails
MD.
zsadule tco'.> R<rt'ts.
An excitement such a. IS rarely seen outside |
Of tninIng-tou1l, which In fac. could never |
occur from tho same causcs In IN old-sctttcti |
town. waa experienced yesterday. The ground
occupied MS mi'f-stto bJ the tlnrrfson Retac-
tion Works was thronRud by hundreds Of eager
men who wcre quietly but neFvousty erecting
miniature city. a carpenter on unpcr Chest
nut street opened the bali. lie had read
basclcss r,n0r that the patent for the
ground etn!mel As q placer location bS
Tom sstasr would never he granted, hut
tint town site would be granted In It's
stead. 1fc thought the time lad come for =
division II the spols aud went out durIn4 the
still small hours o{ the early morning ar.i put
up two foundations Gu the Harrison grounds,
ut tho upper end Of tho Ches,'lut-strcct front
ere.hy III tho morning It causel considerable
talk, MIL ctuwd soon congrcgAte'l. fome
Thought one thiMg. and some thought smother.
a A. Is alwny, ts e;.s ,sv tere vn vs. sne n
lots he could jump a fast ae any onr." lie
jumped OIL foundation mid smother followed;
then The scra'nh!u t'cpan: Orders for four
boards WERE ra,dly dispatched to the nearest
lumber yusl Of saw .u,l, and AS soon as they
came On lhs grnuud t1sey were tackled together
ni.d called foundation. The crowd increased
tu numbrrs, md the excitement wRs aug
tnented By every ffestl arr'va.: " - noon n
pcIxhbosllool nntl every foot OF ground front.
tug On Chestnut AMI Elm atrcets was covered
with foundations, ainl about 2Oo seal.rs,ate
owners had zpsung Into orstence. sill the
orders for lumber rolled into the yards, arll q
number of upTiRl,ts began to Appuar, tic frat
start of building. fills, move was received
wiki general approval, and In another hour sosne
tLirty nr fursy tniltings begun to rise tip u'ld
Assutnc proportions. Scseral rrai'estato trans.
arIious nuw occurred. One man who occupied
a corner lot K,ltl hah neat and eubktantia!
frame structure, co'!ssst'ng Or tour @ h9atas und
au upright 2xi received in OlIeE OF S0 For lis
property, and took It up. The nopey Was
planktd down, and tAu new proprietor stepped
! upun his premises ard beRau to put up an addI~
,un In the shape Of another sx4; ~,
AnotIlef man arcepkod the b!I OF tS5o Tor
| uult- claim deed u,nl pakeed rapidly away. Car
| 1enters wcre in demand At el9 u day. and none
in thu MARKET. They rero all busy jumping lor
! themselves. To give nti abstract Of tile "clin
inustc" exchanged with lundreds Of curious
idlers about the fence. by the jumpers, would
have rcs,uirc,i pages In some cases there were
three foundations IN the SAINT lot. but tlIc jo!nt
Every one was III good fuunor. n,,l seemed to
consider It MI immense Joke, AL Ills time not
tic least oprnsi'iun hal becn met With, AM!
80 all went swm.nngy. ,A1uny wondered
toulz no measures to stop the Jumping,
aml appeared to lavr no special Interest In
what was franspir{ng. III the tnenft[nc. q
to,,rirr had been dispatched to the Argentine
Mining Colnpany's works, ulpl the entire work.
ing-!oree wus s,lisnuncd to appear at tho hnlclt-
| TT office They all went in quietly, few IT. u
time, uild nttracted nu attention. Tic ncting-
Mayor, Or. Taylor, went np, u the ui!lce nust
swore In teu ,rusiy men, who Ind bccn selected
us special pul.re, and. As ao,n as this had been
dane, they ,iIed pl1t, backed bv hfty brawny
miners, nlnl began the work Of razlnE the newly
built city to tic ground. Beginning at tile
uuper end Of the building, they made rapid OIL
siaugtlt, and In tell minutes ahe lust stick was
met with Tile jumpers. seeing !. tha,
they would llave their irants full 81
any such thing WAS attempted, quietly Rart
WV, aud accepted tho situation. Tile Slessrs
Loxcv n1,d Hines wcro complete masters Of The
situation. Ttains we're employed, AINl III two
hours time no, board rc:nainr on the Ernut,s!
IL mark the recent city. 1t Wilt be remembered
BY ali who were in the city lust July that jua
si,cli move wAs atte,npted At that time. n,u
when II lad sicnally failed The citizens held :
. nvcti,,g ninl nuk.iow!ctlEed the right Of tli'
! Harrison Wurk. tu this eat1c ltcee ri ground
utal agread 10 protect them In the pokscatloiI u
it. All OF tl,e ycstcrtlay's trouble grew 0rt nf
lack vi Judgment in listening tn alnl prutiui
every living ru1nor. Tie lesson learned bs til
result will long bo remembered by those VIII
caused II.