The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-10

a tttsfr ttfstHasfssf8 an T8e tssr-
nef OF Madison ana -~sssii ssr- :. as.sI =.
sturaps Of two esasmaeys ARE xs-asaf ~ fhat
y lefi 81 tsse hne bsisdfnsx whirn crpa-
nentsd This bic <.
The blseks BIT Aeep spriHg and asstiseu.
Front and tne harhsr pr-<~fst . Z n sss.4s..
late sl,.,esrsnee The Keasos h.<<~x. oeeu-
~ isy the Tm<<, 4I.a ssFnrr stfaetss -
have ddsspls.< <ssi and aRft NO rrasa isehina.
fte-s TEauf 70 tae wster De dexsrr sssss,
ruins rsmsin
The walls of Frss's .pera -Ae,iss sssIl pre-
sent ~ inipss ng arpes rsnk.r in the block
nouncsd ~ Madison, marion. Font sTi
On the southssst corner Of this ba,eh
Judge Hurte's propusetf block
be gssding Is al haishea AID
work 0li this lEso viii BE-
enmgsne raI @ &. There t hardly sestiss Of
ns'rtfis asf eornsr. H. VI. Baarsiman was
ioana amid the rain. af his paint s ore. on
fhe uorthwe<s cor er uf tae block, engaged
~ task OF op~nfng b sal sisd s.vsry-
thing IN ~ interior Was fpaud 70 te intsef.
= - door was foaad Cross. tae undsr-
lake, engaged in trying with hts
thumb aud 4 tterm'unefer how hot his
sale was. Finding thar T gssr merits. &C.
csnpanied . by chill hal rot set IN, the
u'sd& rtakes left 4 saying he eou bsssw II
open sifa s.ne esnbs naisg iiuid to-day
block aoundei By Front and The alley ana
Madssen and Main in sh orths axt corner
Is toe site OF the fil starred harding whxre
the dreadful coniiagfstioa start a twas
fesr story frame tsrnefHre Two Of he
q ries were below the sidewalk and two
above. Away down III the 1pwer story II,
. st&iThusider's workshop pot OF varifisn
wan npSst and out of this little workshop
Prev q HfEeeu million dollar fire. The de-
strnction in his viciuity l. inssxt complete.
West OF this block toward the wsscr stood
the splsna q mills ~ tie Commercial Mil
company which. wi b ifs enormous stock,
o espied he cnairw block. bat lisfse rs.
mains 10 tell the story that mill once oc-
cupied this SITE
The walls OF the Reinix aud kenny t,ss.
story blocks r. the principal teasslre~ 81
the block bounded BY Mari-n, sssinasbia
Front ana 81 ozid
he bipcks be ween Frort street AMI the
hareor. Columbia aud Mariea were eoy.
ered with bus dsugs uwutd by ]. ~ fsss-
man. row OF storss 1t I'd aious FIRST
ard coium Ia. On tins wesE ssIe OF the
alley bstween Calumt,sx a.,si Marion ssoss
the of1ice aud bankess IT she Cedar Mum
tain Coal Company sii.i = naInher of larse
ware onser 0f ffame and rurrusats. iron
Sesree q sf-taze OF tluse rs isit, a. ws4st
the nse failed - destsssy dropped iut, gst
bay. A squad OF IiIesnen n..l hoss al
tscbed 10 \ psux on Front sire and werp
=
Tie contractor vino has "a srntfss,.l ios
Euilgilnx the tesman hlo * wsi4tsh i a. fisi
up all the spa e bel veen & islnsbss aDss
MarisuA assf fiont aud Ra iT. sd aSrnae
wssyfd Ia have the gfoasni .sssl.st of
th2f he can resume ~ Tx on c tnanda.
lon. the work ON this d fssssn< ~sfs -
hurried 70 - rapid completion as post
In the block bstween Columbia and
Cherry and frant aud secsnd here is
nsys ana brick foundations The most
l41t ceaule fearuru Il ting elsgi ss, boiler and
sausage machine oi IA = a t.ardeer, With
stood near the corner Of rront and Cherry
streets.
one could almost imagine himself In the
IN DIST al the ruin OF An ie I iretcs when
looking ~ he walls Of hu idinss Ia the
block b tween F.usst aud Railroad ayeuue
e,sd {. lumbia and fe ler avenue rirst
GENES the ruins ~ tbs four ~ san Fran
cisco block. the U I'm bi k next 10 tie
saush. taen the safe iepos bnalliiss. the
ssordsn ha siaare bio X, th sto bai d.
ing. the Boyd ss,i.n4. the Starr hlocs.
aud acres the III y tue Ye ier-s eary hi,ck.
A SQUAD uf itfemsr v re engaged in + az
ing water into the siiar ui tae san fFen
sise0 bioes IN order s,cstoi of the safe 80
that 1 could be opened Paul sins'es msn
open With sok ~ go sls on
Tnsrs street. hut this wouhi not
prevent the i'm messiate r. building of Their
in,fnense b. lex bl ok III WIS farther
stated By Mr.. can@ersnan thai an effort was
bong ma e { hav al th' buiia.n4s fr9la
Y.sfeT aTeAue - Columbia re on the
easx side, bull .s,s = .eaeral pl-n. 80 - ~
make them all appe ke en snlhlins
tie assatisfsed. and >, wefs ct rs, Aisd
ih.agst the plan wou = prevail. be
fsnntafn IA iront Of tee Merchants
Naticaal hank wsr "a p&farfns fpsth its
coog waters aid the four dips eFs were Sill
gu rhe cnaillx ~ d aninlurei. he bsided
gn aboye sAe iounsa a voulal stiii ess cad,
though IL must ba e expert siesd graf
heat.
block between h.strs. James, taoft AID
sss sfin There Il Afce y v. stig' of tne
Butler block aast o. e. huiadhsEs, TIE
oven ol the Pip Baser Is q sromin.nt
feature. On the sssit west corner of
Fsos and j.mes is tue foundation of the
yesis hgssck. A few men were al work
yeet-r8ay. asd the W. Fk vi q pushei
vita xfg.sr a. ss,n as stone q b. - ured
frem the qaarrtes 3. coInplee tie faun-
dat,ou.
Sergeant smith wttfi y f'lasoon OF troops
moycsf tae erusd from tee vs,tn ~ OF tte
oscssensal hotel aud Str CO Commissioners
Cummings and teii ussista & tsfEaa ~ put
in blasts In the usesse.stai hotel. Ia the
course Of two haurs 1--WE seis pf rhesses had
hers pat In and all tl,e pine pal pr ter-
uons were h.own ssoSfa- There ~as aboat
thirty msinates bvfw, en rset caarges Mr.
Collins. the Gamer ot the oectaea tai, SAY 8
he will have st est s~. ~ the u rtes re-
built us de OF the esxt sixty dsss
Continuing from Yeslcr syvnne Sorsn
Brothers were toned r.moying what was
iesf os their fs.usdrys the vicinity OF the
seattle ery ssoek here they viii sasn be
running new ans l-rg isun ry. Further
aioaE down at the end OF the q eet feeier
has psls driver aud q number of NEE esi-