Daily globe., 1883-12-15
EMEERS FROM TIE RUIYS.
a Few Notes from the Fire OF Wednesday
Morning-Mr HIagee's Intentions.

a Few Notes from the Fire OF Wednesday
Morning-Mr. hagee's Intentions.
The adjusters engaged in settling the losses of
the different parties by the fire IN the Drake
and Reeves blocks were diligently engaged yes
terday endeavoring to ascertain the amount of
the respective losses. OF course this amount
cannot be stated with accuracy till these gentle
men conclude their iabors Mr. Rardenbergh's IS
stock was in two different buildings, and this
necessltates careful and accurate inventory OF
the stock that was only partially injured, and
an estimate of how much damage was done to
what IS left. All his stock in the building ad-
joining the Drake block was totally destroyed,
and, of course, there is 10 trouble in determin-
ing this fact. The question, however, arises as
to how much stock there was in that b1ilding
The determination of this question viii depend
somewhat upon the result of the inventory
above referred to. 1t will require several days
yet to learn the precise losses. 1t is admitted
that hr. Drake's loss on the building will be
$40, ,OOO, that of Arthur, Warren & Abbott S25,-
O0s; Hagee $4,000; T. s. White 81, 600, and the
other losses, the insurance men claim, will in
crease the amount to quarter Of million,
which they say, with losses heretofore sustained,
will wipe out all the premiums taken in st.
Paul during the year 1888.
Early in the morning the stream was still at
work on the ruins, which were steaming MP
profusely, showing that there was an immense
bed of solid fire below the ruins
Hagee was there early in the morning With
gang OF msn prospecting for his safe, which i,
supposed to be down among the ruins sumo
wnere near the centre of the
building. With pick and shovel they
worked diligently but the progress made in the
cold. wet work was neither great or encouraa-
ing, still they kept at it and, without doubt,
they will sooner or later strike the safe some
where.
When asked where he was going Mr.. Nagee
stated that he did net know. He had talked
about several places, but most OF these were
small ones, and not such as suited him at all.
Still 1t was bad season to expect to- get Just
such building as would suit him, and also a
bad season to remain idle, especially after fire
that had left him without anything to speak of
Several gentlemen had spoken to him in regard
to the matter, and so far as he could Judge he
would have no difficulty in having q building
erected for him that would meet his views, both
as to location and as to the size. He is engaged
though now in endeavoring to see what can be
done for the present time.
he cannot. of course, remain Ii
idle till a building can be constructed for him.
That is not his style. Up to yesterday he had
noGconversed with Mr.. Erake upon the matter,
and, OF course, had no knowledge as to whether
that gentleman would build with view of Mr..
Magee's going back into the building or not sIf
MIR. Magee should again occupy the building he
would tit 1t up IN manner fully equal to what it
was before the fire, and that is good enough for
any city in the world.
Mr.. P. r. l.. Hardenbergh was seen by a
GLOBE reporter yesterday, and in reply to in
quires he said that his new stock would be here
in few days when all orders would be billed
with the usual promptness.