Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-29
AFTER THE FIRE.
Most OF the Lawyers WIN Open oniues
Tn thu q phi Block.


Most of the Lawyers WIN Open omscs
Tn tho II bhi Block.
There is nothing new to day in refer
ence to the big fire. The newspapers
gave their readers the whole story yester-
day so that people who remained in their
homes missed nothing except il might be
the pleasure of catching glimpse of the
handiwork of Jack Frost" who was at
work during the progress of the fire and
succeeded in decorating the outside of the
Lawlnr b,silding in manner which has
won the admiration of all Who hava come
to view the ruined buildings. About .
q clock last night tn" smoke was becoming
so dense from the ruins of the hotel that it
| was decided to put on stream of water
and remove all doubt as to the existence
! Of fire in. the debris Colonel Ru-pee.
who WAS in New York yesterday. arrived
home last night All the city property
and his own lsgel documents are secure in
two safes. His principal loss is his law
! library of seven hundred volumes. This
Nth his furniture, he valued at 81 900
VAS insured for 50 500 4 conservative
estimate pisces the total loss at s10O. 900 rs
| RiV-u yesterday in the DEMoCEAT.
Most of the lswyerS have secured per-
| manent quarters in Bahl's block. Archi-
tect \ J Smith has also taken quarters in
| that block, on the second floor. On the
| third Il ,or Judge Charles G. Root Attnr-
neys Thomas L Lawlor aud Harry X
Durant will be close neigbbOrs. City At
t"rncy Burpee. Attorney MattiSon and III
! l.. R"wland's insurance agency will be on
the same floor in "A suite together Judge
OF Probate Lowe aud Attorney Webster
will occupy quarters on the fifth floor.
Constable Rigney will also have an office
in this block.
ferry Il Bronson vail fit up permanent
quarters on the floor over the Wat ,rbury
Savings bank.
Constable Egan says his office for the
present will be- at the sign post on the
green.
The grand oil painting. called I'D
miration.' which was an attraction al
Sesry's. was owned by Garbage Collector
IL. NJ RIGney. He purchased it for $500.
for a party who failed to take it and thu
picture was left on his hands. He rented
II out TO Seery for six months. which eX-
Iired "A week ago. AIr Rieney had made
| arrangements to ship il to Hartford e
John MIXERS saloon on January l. He
notified Miller by Telegraph not to make
.rTang~mrnt= to receive the picture II
was destroyed.
Tax Collector Griges arrived home to
day. He cannot estimate his loss, but
SAYS he Is insured for 500.
The insufficient water service durinl
tue early stages of the fire has led quite q
, good many to inquire what Is the matte
with the new water service of which &c
much has been heard during the past teV
weeks. Ii seems to be the general opinion
that if the big hydrant ut the corner of the
green could have been pressed into ser
vice. the fire would have been brought
under control before the Platt block VIA,
seriously damaged. The water committee
: seem TO be too lenient with the con
tractors. and whenever the mayor or tn,
clty engineer takes bold stand agAins
l'lerAting the dil4tory manner in wnlcl
the work is being done, t9ere are AWAY
enough present to espOuse the cause Oi
the contractors 50 that tn. latter seem Il
have 1t all their own way as to when they
will finish the job.