Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-23

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time and business.
TELEPHONE COMPANY LOSE $50, 900.
Mr.. George n. Stone, manager of tue Tel
ephone Exchange in this city, was seen yes
terday BY Commercial Gazette representative
at his Office, on the corner of Walnut and
Fourth streets, aud questioned concerning
the losses of the company. He replied
"We were discussing the subject at our gen.
eral meeting yesterday, and we decided that
$50, ,000 would not make our loss good. You
see we can only estimate what it will be, aud
these figures are net final. A great m ny
instruments have been destroyed, bells have
been damaged, poles are on the ground, and
there are miles and miles Of wire down. II
may considerably exceed 10000, there is no
telling. We are doing our part, however, in
the work of charity, Notwithstanding our
Losses. We have placed telephone at the
headquarters of the Relief Committee, and
several others of the stations OF the Asso-
ciated Charities. Ia addition TO this, all pay
stations have been thrown open to the above
two organizations"
DAMAGE TO CITY PROPERTY.
1t is impossible as yet to state with any
degree OF accuracy the extent of damage
city by the food. So far, the only injury
sustained by the waterworks ia superficial;
namely, from rust and dirt, upon which an
extra corps of scrubbers and cleaners are
now hard at work. The payroll for this
number, which will also include the removal
Of river deposit and Drift from the we'll holes
of the pumps, it is now thought will cover
all the expenses involved by the food at the
Waterworks.
The dam, ,ge to bridges, sewers, cuIverts
and drains cannot be estimated either, be-
cause the injured parts still remain sub.
merged; but, with the exception of Mclean
avenue sewer, which Chief Engineer Stanley
believes TO be yet intact, about $4,000 will
fully repair the damages known to have been
sustained.
The most inconvenient and widespread
damage il to wooden sidew alks and covered
cutters. The planks have been raised and
hoated away by the water, but the Engineers
Department expect TO recover the greatest
part OF the material and replace it. In this
work the property-owner rs are interested, and
will lend voluntary assistance in order 10
avoid extra assessment for replacing the
lost plank. The city is not bound and will
not replace board sidewalks washed away,
but the Board of Public Works will exercise
the laboring force in the Engineers Depart
ment in saving all the drift plank that it is
possible to reach and recover.
Gutter-plates OF iron, displaced by back
water through the sewers and manholes, and
the wooden crossings Of street cutters will all
be recovered, and it is expected that all the
foregoing expenses will not exceed $4,000 10
$500.
Extra labor for cutting waterways in the
streets laid out in Mill creek bottom, and in
the submerged districts elsewhere, will also
be an item of outlay, but this cannot be es-
timatea until the work is done.
INDIVIDUAL AND FIRM LOSSES.
A partial csnvass of the Inundated dis
trict was made yesterday by Commercial
Gazette reporters, Tor the purpose OF ascer-
tanning the Losses of firms and individuals.
None of the items are large, and the aggre-
gate will never be known. There are thou
sands.of losers, and each loses little. The
washwoman whose tub hoated away lost
equal TO the merchant whose stock was
ruined, for she lost all of her capital in
trade. The mechanic lost his time, and the
merch ant lost his, so that both lose their en-
tire profits. But as the profit was not made,
neither really gained anything, and a man
can only lose that he hath. The actual
losses in the above district, however, as near
as they can be estimated in money, are close
to 81 600, 900, and it is safe to say that the
incidental losses viii amount to as much
more. The actual amount of damage done
will never be known.