Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-17
WILL REBUILD
Capital Hotel will Rise, Phoenix
like, but Site not Fully
Determined.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From TUESDAYS DAILY.
Capt. 1ngraham, the veteran hotel mar
is not dlsmayed at the loss of his fine
hotel, and the sweeping away Of the
results of years of labor, IN an hours
time. He places his net loss at fully
$4,000, and at time when he was just
getting comfortably situated and able to
take little rest. Mrs. Ingraham was
about to leave on a visit in the east and
the Captain was soon to join ber and
both visit the Fair. Yesterday and to-
day Capt. Ingraham received kilograms
and letters from the east Offering assist
ance and telling him not to give up. One
from his brother in Chicago, received
yesterday says, Draw on me for what is
needed" The Captain has about decided
that, as be made what he had and lost it
here, he will not give up the ship, but
remain in Jamestown in the hotel busi-
ness as heretofore. He likes the people
and the place, and is satisfied that the
hotel business will warrant the erection
of new building even better and more
complete than the old. If certain
arrangements about location can be
made he will at once begin the
erection of a three story
solid brick building on the north side
and will rush it to completion. Last
fall and winter the hotel business was
good, and money was made. There is
no reason to believe that 1t will not be
SO in the future. Now is the time to
buy hotel furniture and fixtures. It is
said tLat $1,000 will buy property OF this
kind in Chicago worth three times that
amount. The bankrupt hotel enterprises
there are numerous and furniture, bed
ding, linen, crockery, ETC., can be had for
much less than its first cost.
Plans are not entirely completed, but
it is very probable that the Capital
house will be rebuilt this year, either On
or near the old location on north Fifth
avenue, or if necessary on the south side.
In the meantime Capt. Ingraham will
open restaurant and lodgings in the
Barnes building across the street. A
number of rooms can be secured there
and portion of the Capital house
guests can be cared for as heretofore.
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Fire Locals.
Sunday afternoon large number Of
special policemen were sworn in to do
guard duty and otherwise make them
selves useful.
The Sheridan House at Bismarck
caught fire yesterday afternoon from
defective due, and the building had
narrow escape from total destruction.
The Western Union lost a phone in
the Metropolitan block. None OF the
wires were injured, although pole was
burnt down. The electric light on the
Metropolitan corner was smashed and
the wires injured.
At the last meeting of the Hook and
Ladder company four new members were
admitted to membershlp-ln time to par
ticipate in Sundays fire. They are
Chas. Mitchell, Will Bennett, Ely We'll
and Thos. Grlfing.
John O'Leary of the Artesian hose
company bruised couple of lis fingers.
while fighting the fire and Jake Cooper,
also OF the same company, burnt his leg
and had his whiskers badly singed. He
now goes clean shaven.
Forum: The sympathy of Fargo goes
out to the jamestown fire sufferers, who
experienced on Sunday, disaster that
would.appall a less energetic and push
ing community. But jamestown will,
not be discouraged. Her people are Da-
kotane.
This morning the safe of the Alliance
Hail ASSOCIATION was opened and every
thing found all right, except what dam
age was done by water, which soaked
into it. All the records are in good shape.
The safe of the Capital house and the
Daily Capital were also opened and found
in good condition. The safes withstood
the fiery ordeal in excellent shape. The
safe belonging to J. W. Goodrich, which
stood in the Office of the Capital has not
yet been opened, but it is not thought
that any damage has occurred to the
contents.
Argus: jamestown has the heartfelt
sympathy of al Fargo in the hour of be-
reavement over the loss sustained by the
fire which nearly wiped that progressive
little city off the North Dakota map.
Banker Lloyd seems doubly unfortunate
this year, his bank forced to Suspend,
and now he losses his beautiful residence.
the Metropolitan block and other struc-
lures into which his money had been
placed to help beautify and build up
jamestown. Fargo extends her sym
nathv md with II tho wish fhat 1aman