Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-11
THE BROKEN BRICKS.

They Fell on jackson Street-JaclksOn
Street Wall Of the Davidson Block Pull
led Down-COntinued Removal of Goods
More insurance djusters-Auerbach
Finch, Culbertson & Go. to Resume Their
Wholesale Business by Monday Next.
The board of underwriters having aban-
doned their project of having the dangerous
front wall of the burned Davidson block pull
led down, on being advised that at least a
part of the wall would drop inward and upon
the goods in the basement and the charred
debris covering them, and Capt. Rhodes as
agent for the owner, declining to assume the
sole responsibility of tearing down the wall,
official action became necessary. The mayor
accordingly called special meeting of the
council, yesterday afternoon, at which a res
olution was adopted condemning the wall
and ordering so much of it to be removed
as was necessary to ensure safety to
life and property. Immediately
thereafter Capt. Rhodes employed men to
pull down the wall, and before sunset the
job was done. As predicted by all the me-
chanics who had observed the condition of
the walls, few tons of the bricks dropped
inside and crushed down the debris of the
fire into part of the basement, but the
dangerous part of the wall was taken away,
and the work of uncovering and removing
the goods in the main basement may now be
safely prosecuted.
During the day, yesterday, large bulk of
mostly dry and uninjured goods was taken
from the "d1plicate'' or store room, under
the carpet department, and considerable
part of tine wall paper in the first story of
the same department. was also removed.
Lumber and other material for the tenn
porary warehouse to be erected on block %,
st. Paul proper, was being rapidly delivered
yesterday until the work was stopped by
order of the chief of police, until the coun-
Gil should give its consent to the erection of
the proposed frame building within the fire
limits. Pending the decision of the council,
members of the firm inspected the old Bur-
bank warehouse. at the corner of Sibley
street and the levee, but as the council, at its
special meeting yesterday afternoon, gave
permission to erect the frame building on
block 90, the original plan was resumed and,
by Monday next, Auerbach, Finch, gilbert
son & Co. will resume their wholesale bust
ness in the temporary structure. The carpet
and retail department., with, large and fine
stock of goods, will be opened in the Wharton
& Morton block by Saturday morning.
The following additional representatives
of the interested insurance companies ar
rived yesterday afternoon and evening: w.
G. Ferguson, Edwin Hillyer, G.. H. Koch,
J. L. Whitlock, r. M. Buchanan, D. T.
Vail, J. P. Black and j. Mabbett Brown, all
of Chicago, and Jacob Stone, of Minneapo-
lis. meeting will probably be held this
morning to appoint an adjusting committee
to settle the losses.
Commodore Davidson, the owner of the
building, has not yet been heard from, but
his brother, Capt. P. P. Davidson, of La
Crosse, came here Tuesday afternoon and,
after looking at the situation, left for home
yesterday morning. He agrees with Capt.
Rhodes in the opinion that the Davidson
block will be rebuilt better than new in
threa montha from now.