, 1889-08-08

tne 'uD companies Win Mr. w. =. Nor
man as principal owner and manager of
five miles of pole lines, ali the incandes.
cent mains, the Office furniture,
fixtures, stoves, etc, and from
$1,000 to GOOOO pounds of copper wire,
which will require about three carloads
OF new wire to replace; about 100 arc
lamps and all the dynamos In use in the
burnt. district. The total loss Is esti-
mated ut about $4,000, upon which
there was no insurance except upon the
Office fixtures and furniture, the wires
and lamps not being insurablc property.
Mr.. Norman yesterday pointed 10 the
salvage, which consisted Of few
hundred pounds of coiled copper
wire which lac believed would be
useless for electric purposes, but
might be worth about 10 cents
Per pound for other purposes. The work
OF re'es slablishlhg the service was COM
mienccd at once, and by Monday even
ing about
SIXTY ARC LIGHTS
were attached to temporary poles and
the burnt distriCtas well AS the unin-
IuIed sections of the city were illumin-
ated. Mr. Norman promptly telegraphed
east for arc lamps and secured $50 in
ST. Paul, which are now en- route to this
city, and IL is expected that the city will
he illuminated us before the fire. II is
the intention of the company to recon-
struct on much larger scale than here
tolore. Permanent poles are being again
erected, and the service of both systems
is being extended for both public and
private use. The headquarters of the
electric light and the other companies
named above are now located In the
stable at 2lS Sprague street, which is he.
ing fitted up Tor that purpose until the
rebuilding of the old office. The incm.
descent mains will be in shape again in
week or so and all patrons supplied as
heretofore Work ON both systems is
being prosecuted as rapidly as men and
money can possibly prosecute it.
THE TELEPHONE,
The Spokane Falls Telephone Com.
nany, which also operates the Eastern
Washington and Northern Idaho tele.
phone systems, lost their entire plant in
the exchange in the First National bank
building, which included the switch
boards and office appurtenances, to-
gether with about 100 miles of wire, six
miles Of pole and about 200 instruments.
The loss was so complete that
none but the outlying districts with
their connections with the territorial
systems remain intact. The damages
sustained by the company are estimated
no insurance, except upon Office and cX-
change fixtures. The loss ON the office
furniture in the Washington block was
not great, IT being shared by the other
companies represented there. At pres.
ent there Is no telephone service in the
city, hut work is under way for the re-
construction of the plant, and
re'eNteusion OF the service as rapid y
ms possible. Persons having business
IA
sented ut 2lS Sprague street,
THE MESSENGERS.
The American District Messenger
Company lost all of its wires and nearly
al OF its call boxes. The loss is not
large compared with that of the electric
light and telephone companies hut it
was large enough to be seriously felt by
It's patrons, who now realize the inCon.
vjniencc of its absence. Upon this
service there was also little insurance.
Sincu the fire this company has been in
corrpraleu Win the SpOkaiie Fails nles.
scngcr service, and the consolidated
company will be operated III, COZ. june
ton with the Cab company, by Messrs.
Irwin & Fellows. Offices have been
taken in the o. X. barn. a couple OF
circuits are already in operation, and
the service Is being extended daily. The
losses anouLted to about $1,000.
The Spokane Messenger company lost
about 5000 in wires and call boxes.
rHE CAB COMPANY.
The losses of the Cab Company were
wholly in connection with the Ameri.
can District service and nothing was
lost in vehicles, horses or other prop,
erty The cab office is now at the old
barn on Front street, between Washing
ton and Bernard, which was untouched
by the tire.
THE GAS WORKS.
The fire left the gas company badly
crippled as TO meters, about 80 of which
forms ot gas fixtures stored in the office
on Sprague street were rendered useless
Expensive valves for cutting OIL mains
into sections lie in confused mass with
tools, cocks, etc, all warped and distem'
pered, and iron, steel, copper
and brass are alike undistinguish-
able by color or otherwise.
Soon after the fire broke ont, the gus
company took away the meters from
many uf the threatened buildings and
stored them in vacant places where they
were considered safe, but the fire over
took them and they were nearly all de-
strOyed. The loss in fittings, etc, in tho
office, is estimated mt Sl2OO which was
Insured for $500 willie the total loss will
approach closely To $1,000.
THE GAS SHUT orr.
The supplies ot gas were shut oil
from the mains steadily as
the tire advanced northward.
and the entire supply was shut off about
S o'clock. Monday evening following
it was promptly renewed in all unaf-
iccted directions, and even TO tent IN
the burnt district. II. G. Thompson
superintendent of the works, says that
he Is ready to extend the service in re
poets that the entire territory will soon
be covered again.
4 SICK SAFE.
Although the office of the company
was m but small one.story
frame building ofvery light construction,
the heat was ardent enough to make a
"fireproof safe from Chicago exceed
ingy sick, 1t tumbed over on It's back,
and as the heat increased, II sprung
open the "burglar-proof' lock and
swung the door open to AN upright posi-.
tion, while the corner seams ouiged out
and let loose upon the ground all the
absolutely hreproof' packing, Fortu-
nately the safe was empty and the COM
pany was able TO retain considerable of
value that would otherwise have gone
up in smoke.
The office of the company for tht
present will continue at The works, on
Railroad avenue, between Howard and
Stevens street.
THE BOARD OF TRADE
lost about everything, including ofhc,
furniture and records, the latter beinl
quite serious loss. Nothing but th'
Board" itself remained, and that ha
proved itself as active and efficient a
a.. l...I,
Der of sessions to look after the interest
OF the civ and has dnne eneCtlYa Mnrl