Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-31

The Lust Of the Wilmington Provisions
Divided Among Those who Absolutely
Need rood and They are Now "on
Their Feet" Once AIore-An the Now
Buildings VIII be Of Frame.
Speaker W. L. Sirman. Of the state
house of representatives, who was one of
the heaviest losers in the recent disas-
trous Ere which swept his native town,
Demar, was in Wilmington today He
came 60 consult with Architect f.
l. Rice in relation TO rebuilding
his property. Ever since the
day after the big fire the speaker has
been trying 10 consult with an architect
but he has been unable TO leave home, so
/ great has been the demand for his
services on the Relief COM
/ mittee in the stricken town.
The scene 40 Delmar Is one Of anima-
tion and is becoming more brisk every
/ day Nearly every merchant has built
a temporary structure to carry on bust
ness and rebuild his trade. Among
the temporary shanties which are now
being used as stores and Offices are those of
Joseph Hastings, Cooder q Wilson,
merchants; Perdue & Parker, millinery,
and several meat and provision stores
Erecting Permanent Buildings.
Among the firms which have already
begun tho erection OF permanent
structures are Joseph Hastings, store ;
/. A. Vensy, Delmar hotel William
Mason, residence; w s Marbel, black
smith and wheewright shops Benjamin
Freeney, meat store Bland keer, barber
shop rhe buildings are much
larger, more modern and prettier
than the old buildings. They
are being built Of frame, however, and
few OF all the new buildings will be CON
structed Of brick or stone
Tho building material is obtained from
ueighboring saw-mills and planning mills
and loads of IL arc being hauled into
town every day. The rank and file of the
population who were made homeless
by the fire are unable 20 rebuild, as their
houses were all that they possessed in
the world The relief fund win help
them Ia rebuilding and, with what money
they can accumulate ia a year of hard
work, and their shares Of the relief fund,
they can be provided with comfortable
homes.
Relief Committees Final Distribution
Since the FIRST day after the fire. wher
everybody was hungry, the provision,
I have been distributed only TO those whs
were burned out The committee
fearing that the influx of edi
bles would not continue, decided
20 denl them out very carefully and only
b those who were absolutely without foog
. or means of obtaining any, received
rations.
g Yesterday the committee met and
@ took an invention of stock Every
thing was entered upon the book
and the wagons were engaged an'
, Che provisions were haule'
around town 90 the sufferers, every IN
+ fortunate receiving an equal share IN th
e distribution This win place the peopl
: upon their feet temporarily.
Insurance Companies Pay Up.
q Property owners who were insure
have had little trouble with the insur
{ anco companies and in every cas-
except one the companies actel
. promptly IN the matter One promi
emit resident found that tn
n Insurance company was about 10 charg
him 1920 for q pile Of old bricks tina
C were taken from his house. This h
d would not agree 20 and threatened suit
but smaller sum was finally agree
@ upon.
\ Speaker sirman's Misfortune.
IS Mr.. sirmans loss of his residence, ten
ant houses and store fell heavily upo
g him, as only one year ago his mills
e in which he manufactured crates an
"a baskets, were burned TO the ground, an
e were almost total loss This fire os
e CURED last May, right when the busies
y season was on, and this made his los
N much heavier.
Team But No Harness.
During the progress Of the Delmar fir
an attention was paid to the saving O
human lives and homes, and, in conse
,- quonce nearly every stable and bar
h I'm the place was destroyed. The mex
morning nobody could get a Iteam 70
n what hauling was then necessary an
N everybody was nt his wits ends. +
= nally one fellow was found holding hi
2 starving horse while the animal at
10 grass.
- "Hey, there, said a neighbor ''hitc
Y him up, viii you ? l want team righ
e. away
1e "Wen. replied the teamster. "heah
d the hoss and there's the wagon, br
they'll do you no good
10 "Why, man, they're just what
re want.
"Well, you see that pile Of ashes there
That's the harness Now what dye el
S. pect to do with naked horse an
waroug"