St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-18


course, agloomy one to the business men OF
Anoka. Occasionally a telegram would come
from some of their wholesale creditors assur-
ing them that they would stand by them, but
with so small proportion of insurance and
destruction total, it is no wonder that many
OF them do not rally at once. Among the
heaviest losers is II. L. Ticknor, who loses in
the vicinity of $50, 900, and has but $500 in
surance. Mr. Ticknor is an old resident of
Anoka, and has made his money by close APP
plication to business for many years.
What most concerns the people is whether
the Touring mill will be rebuilt or not.
Should that be begun hope will spring afresh
in every heart, and the sound of the hammer
and trowel would be heard in every corner
OF the burned district As it is, people who
have anything at all saved are going to be
very conservative abont rebuilding. Some,
however, have already begun. G. H. Fair
banks starts his building Monday morning,
and will rush it for keeps. Tom Carroll,
wholesale and retail dealer in tobaccos, cigars
and smokers materials, had tent up before
shutdown at the site of his former place of
business, and had begun business again.
The fine wagon and foot bridge which
crosses the river at Main street had very
narrow escape, section of the planking be-
ing being burned as it was.
Anoka was never in a more prosperous
state than she was inst before the fire. An
ticipating heavy fall trade her merchants
had bought heavy stocks and were caught
with full shelves, where most of the goods
were left in the wild panic and whirlwind of
flame that so rapidly devoured them. The
city and county had just completed foot
and wagon bridge across the Mississippi and
from this they expected great things. The
mills furnished employment for large
number of laborers and good market for
the farmers grain But when the citizens hvae
had time to recover from the stunning eff
fects of the blow they have received Phoenix
like out of the ashes of their destroyed and
now desolate city will arise another city
finer perhaps than the other.
InterVieiC With Mr.. Wasgt5ury.
The GLOBE last evening found W. D. Wash
burn at home and from him learned the fol-
lowing:
Mr.. Washburn said:
eyes, returned from Anoka this after
noon and can give you something of an
idea of what our losses are. In the first
place there is the Lincoln mill, the most
perfect mill lever saw, of 800 barrels per
day capacity, which is entirely destroyed.
The engines may be worth little something
yet but that isn't much. The mill was worth
from $40, 900 to $150,000, and is insured
for 100000. The old Touring mill below the
Lincoln mill, was also burned. 1t is in
sured for S13, 800. which will fairly cover the
loss; planning mill belonging to US was
burned and is insured for $4,000; also a
small single mill, insused for $500. Our
loss on the Office, stable and lumber sheds, is
about $4,000, nearly covered by insur-
ance. dry kiln worth $1,000, which
was burned was insured for So, 500. The
bank block in which was the First National
bank, three stores and an Opera house on the
third floor was burned to the ground. TWAS
worth at least S35, 900 and was insured for
$4,000. The insurance on the whole will
exceed this amount by from $4,000
to 100000. The insurance on
the mill property is scattered among
a great many different companies.
Good companies do not take large risks in
this kind of property, consequently the in
surance is in small amounts with various
companies"
Gas to rebuilding, or what we shall do, 1
cannot really say at this time. We will have
to look around first and get the losses
Strengthened up"
''Yes, it's terrible blow for Anoka.
Just think of it! The entire business
part of the town is blotted out
There may be two or three little stores re-
motely situated which escaped, but there is
not business building of any prominence
left standing. / don't know whether the
town will ever recover from it. The worst
of It is that the owners and merchants had
very little insurance, and in some instances
none at all. While our loss is large, still we
were pretty well insured fact which is of
con siderable consolation