The morning news., 1889-04-11

| telling them that goods had been ordered
| by telegraph Mr.. Hanley saws in bis cir
cular. I'VE will rebuild as soon as the bricks
cool Off enough to permit the workmen to
start
Alderman Herman Myers said that while
the fire has inconvenienced business men
who were burned out, it will have a good
effect on the city at large. The enterprise
and push of Savannah people will be shown
by seeing new and better structures COM
pleted within twelve months. 1t win have
the effect Of causing a revision of the city
ordinances relating to building and wooden
towers, and wooden cornices will have to
be discarded. Safer buildings will be the
result.
Capt D. G.. Purse said: 81 am not one
Of the individual losers by the fire, but as
far as the future of the city is concerned, |
take very hopeful view of it. / take no
depression as a result of the fire. | think
if anything, it will give an impetus to the
building, and while there may be tempo-
rary loss, there will be blessing in the end
The building up Of that section which was
burned will greatly improve Savannah"
WILL KEEP UP TRADE.
Joseph Ferst, of Ferst & Co., said: 81
don't see that the fire has materially inj .red
the city. | believe that the burnt district
Will be speedily reouilt, and if 1t is, it will
certainly be a benefit to Savannah. 1t is
putting money into circulation, enlivening
the summer trade and at the same time it
is building the city up in more attractive
and modern structures
S. S. Guckenheimer, Of Guckenheimer &
Son, said: There is no doubt but all the
principal structures will be rebuilt The
amount of money accruing from the in
surance companies will warrant this. OF
course there have been losers by the fire,
but they are few, and the benefits which
will result from the bnilding up, which il;
bound to go on, will be large, since hun.
dreds will be gwen employment. | thinX
that within twelve months the old sites will
be covered with new and modern struc-
tures.n
Ex-Alderman Thomas said: 'In some
instances the loss is to be regretted. There
are some parties not covered by insurance,
and again we are grieved over the loss Of
our church. Still, am inclined to the be-
lief that it is for good. Tho bulk of the
property lost is public buildings, pretty
well covered by insurance, and their loca-
tion and the character of the buildings
were such as to justify the conclusion that
they will be speedily rebuilt In doing
this it will distribute a great deal
of money in the city, giving employment to
large number OF people. 1t will give
property owners, who have to rebuild, an
OppCAb W pub up new hLu
structures and vary the architecture. | am
constrained to believe that the fire will
result benefcially TO the city"
HELP TO THE CITY.
NJ. J. Solomons said: 81 believe it will help
us in the end. 1t will benefit Savannah in
the way of erecting new and modern build
ings where old AID unsightly structures
formerly stood. see no cause for discour-
agement, on the contrary, l believe we all
look at it in the same ligat, that it is
chance open for great improvements"
Col. j. II. Estill said: 81 think the
buildings will be replaced by better struct-
ures Very little of the loss was an actual
loss. Most of the houses were covered by
insurance, and the work OF rebuilding is
going to cause business to be very acJive,
and therefore it will have a favorable effect
in all lines of business. The state Of affairs
now is entirely different from those existing
at the Yamacraw fire. A great many poor
people were burned out at that fire, and
great deal was said about it which enlisted
the sympathy of everybody and resulted in
a sort of dispirltedness. Those who were
burned out last week can better
afford it. l think that there will
be more money represented in the
property after it is rebuilt than there was
before. Savannah is on the biggest boom
that | have ever known. / have been here
long time, but | have yet to see more
good fellowship displayed, and more man
ifest desire to build up the city, than is
SHOWN now. There is the greatest conf
dence in the future of Savannah
p, D. Daffin said New buildings
will rise like PhPnix from her ashes. The
fire couldn't have come at a more auspi-
cious time, for it came when the old town is
revlvlng aud waking up; at a time when
push is the motto, and when the people of
Savannah are determined to aid new liu es
Of railroads directed this way. Real estate
is selling higher than before the fire,
which shows confidence in the future of Sa-
vannah"
Judge Ferrill of the court Of ordinary
said: "It will prove blessing. There will
not only be a building activity to follow 1t,
but better buildings, and more of them.
The Guards will build an armory more i'm
posing than the old one, and the Presby-
terian church viii be a better building"
Judge Ferrill said that he believes the
Young Mems Christian Association will
build hall now, and he does not doubt that
the association will meet with encourage
ment from the people, and ne would like to
see 1t at Whitaker and South Broad streets
WILL PICK UP SOON.
Capt. j. r. Dillon thinks that it
will not be long until the suf-
trsir losses, and when some Of the cheaper
structures, which contributed so much to
the spread OF the flames, are replaced with
brick buildings, there will be less regret
that the city was visited by the conhagra-
tion of Saturday night.n
George 7. Nichols, superintendent of
BradstreetS, was out when the reporter
called, but Assist. Supt. Warren Williams
SAID that there is every confidence IN busi-
ness circles, that the fire has not, and will
not, affect the general credit Mr.. Will
iamS said that although the losses by the
fire were promptly communicated to the
north by telegraph, the agency here has not
had single inquiry about the merchants
who have suffered losses, and he interprets
this as showing no lack OF confidence ia the
business men of Savannah.
Edward Lowell said: I've will rebuild at
once. The loss IS a heavy one to Savannah,
but do not think the city will suffer in
the end
James Mckinley, who has been kept
busy appraising property for the adjust
ment of losses, said yesterday that the
visitor who views the ruins to-day ii he
comes back q year hence will not know the
place. 1t will all be rebuilt and will be
monument to the industry, energy and en-
terprise Of rapidly growing city.
J. S. Collins said: while | lost
something by the fire / ain not down
hearted, for believe that it will do Savan-
nan good. To start with the majority of
those losing by the fire were well able to re-
place tneir houses with much better ones,
and | am satisfied from what / have seen
that they will do So II a few have been