St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-27

flared up under the intense heat, and
seon the south half of the four upper
stories were blazing. The fire dropped
down before very long to the ground
floor through the elevator shaft,
and the stairway succumbed, That
added to the difficulties surrounding the
figl ting Of the fire, and its progress
through the remainder Of the building
seemed almost without let or him
derance. The Old part Of the Lumber
exchange was completely Quilted ere the
fire was stopped. Portions of the floors
Of the Exchange may be all right, but it
is matter Of extreme doubt. The two
Top Floors Are Gone
beyond peradventure. 1t is impossible
to examine the interior Of the building
as yet, but enough can be seen from the
outside to confirm the opinion that the
floors can never be repaired without be-
ing entirely removed. Some of the win
dows give an appearance of total escape
from the ravages of the flames to por-
tiOnS Of the interior, but on the floor be-
low, or to one side, the windows are
gone. and yawning holes can be seen in
the floors. The interior of the building
has been pretty we'll hOneycombed
by the flames. The Exchange was owned
by s. G. Cook u Co. Their loss has been
estimated at not less than $4,000. By
others it is swelled to 100000. The adj
juStment by the insurance men will
probably show that the owners of the
building have lost fully $4,000. The
walls seem TO be all right, under
cursory inspection, but the top stories
are badly warped, and at least four of
no fira nd
ragged longest. will probably have to be
taken down.
Loss to the Tenants.
The tenants of this part of the Lum-
Der Exchange, numbered nearly 100,
and comprised the Flour City National
bank, and nearly all of the leading
architects and contractors. One OF
ganzation occupying offices there was
the board Of trade. Resolutions that
moved the world-to tears or laughter
were consumed. Following is a list OF
the tenants of the ruined portion of the
building:
Basement-R. Peterson; barber shop.
First Floor Basement mississippi Valley
Boom company. Cross Logging company A.
L. Huey, general Office Edison Light com
pany, ItaSca Lumber COMPANY, j. B. Bassett
& Co.
First Floor-Flour City National bank,
board Of trade, w. d. Hail. n. P. Clarke,
lumber.
Second Floor-Washlngton Slate company,
j. ii. Queal d Co., lumber; Hill Bros, lum-
bermen; Guaranty Building u Loan, Ii. E.
Fairchild, manager; Firkin & Gardner, lum-
Der; l. f. Chamberlain, Insurance; Carpenter
Bros. lumber.
Third Floor-Northwester Lumbermens
association, w. g. Hollis, secretary; Union
Mutual Life Insurance company, William
Heggeman, manager; q. f. Hitchcock, court
reporter; Minnesota and Dakota Building
and Loan association q. l.. Shelly, manager;
White d Evans lawyers: E. W. Backus d
CO., lumber; C. A. Smith Co., lumber; l..
" Read, real estate.
Fourth Floor-W. W. Townsend, real es-
tate; c. Pendeton. Insurance.; Farm Imple-
ment Publishing com pany, II. c. Clark, man
ager. James Langdon, publisher; Hunt d
Morrill, lawyers; G, W. Wilkinson, lawyer;
A. M. Boyd, lawyer: j. d. Shearer, lawyer;
Bowden q Murray, lumber; Lee & Co., real
estate.
Fifth Floor-Keith d Bertram, architects;
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany, Lindsey Webb, general agent Pioneer
Fire Proof Construction company, Frank
Pettibone, manager; Stryker Campbell,
lawyers; Boardman q Boutelle. lawyers: G..
II. Ghilds, lawyer: Lyman Lumber company,
G. ii. Ruddock Lumber company; w. l..
Barber, lumber.
Sixth Floor-Crane Elevator company, F.
B. Slocum, manager; Vacuum Oil company,
j. j. Wise manager; Polk d. Gilman, law
yers; Paul Blackmar; w. Ii. Curran, lumber;
Orff Bros, architects; Glass McEwen: lum-
ber; John Hill u Co., lumber; j. ID. Blake,
real estate; P. Pitcher, real estate; Dwin-
nell 4 Prior. lawyers.
Seventh Floor-F. A. Clark, D. Taylor,
architects; G. P. Wilson, j. r. Vanderllp,
LAWYERS s; Downs Son. contractors; paaoan, Nor.n
ager; W. A. Gulick, lawyer; G.. II.
Slack, lawyer; Sawyer d Arnold, lum-
bermen; A. d. Eads lumberman;
Eighth Floor-Harry W. Jones, architect;
Interstate Building and Loan association. w.
G. Byron, manager; Benton Benton law
yers; W. B. Taylor, real estate: Wright. Davis
4 Co., architects; F. K. Pratt, lawyer; Falls
L. Berry, architects: Skinner Olney, lawyer;
Minneapolis Box and Lumber company; w.
r. Brown, real estate; Baker. Potter Il Co.,
real estate; E. V. Hayden, W. W. Hunting
ton, real estate.
Ninth Floor-E. T. Abbott, surveyor; the
Baptist Ensign, T. B. Walker, A. NJ. Allen, j.
P. Moore, A. G. Eggleston, lawyer; Simpson
d. Long, lawyers; 5. G. Cook d Co.. lumber
men.
The tenth. eleventh and twelfth floors
had been added but recently, and were
unOccupied.
Estimates of the Total.
The less to the tenants cannot be
computed. Many OF them lost papers
and books which were absolutely price
less. Some of these may, of course,
have been saved, how many cannot be
told until the interior is examined.
Many of the Offices were provided with
vaults, which will increase the amount
of property saved. The loss sustained
by the tenants has been dumped" at
$4,000. That sum, of course, merely
covers the actual intrinsic loss,
through the destruction Of Office
furniture. etc. No attempt can
be made TO compute the real
jected. Few of the tenants carried any
insurance, and those who did were pro-
tected to mere nominal extent.
1t is not thought that there was over
$1,000 OF insurance in the aggregate
placed upon the property Of the tenants.
The following is careful estimate of
the losses from the fire, together with
the insurance, so far as can be learned:
Loss. Insurance
Lumber Exchange. .......... $4,000 $155.00O
Russell building. ............. 40000 13,3W
Robinson building ........ 5000 1850
Clare-Speaker. stock and
plant t...................... 2500O 4,SoO
H. B. Gardner & Co.... 1900 25,OOO
Lumber Exchange tenants. $1,000 5000
Total. l............S2 S213,OOO S242, 800
Some of these estimates may be cut
down by the final adjustments, but the
total will be found to be greater, rather
than less, than here stated. AS before
stated, the estimate of $4,000 put upon
the collective losses of the tenants of
the Lumber Exchange will 10 more
than cover the office furniture and FIX
lures. Some of the attorneys in the
building had large and carefully select
Ell libraries and law library cannot he
bought for song. 1t will not be sur
prizing If the actual losses exclusive of
the inestimable losses on papers and
legal documents aggregate over quar-
ter of million dollars.
/ Attention.
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