The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-21

toria. Yet Mr.. Kelly computes his loss
at $5OO-as conservative estimate. After
passing Van Schuylers big Wholesale
liquor warehouse, cosiderably damaged.
we come to the corner of Stark street,
where stands the office Of the United
States National bank Here the ruin
that has reached the other downtown
banks is repeated in its very worst form.
and it will be months before the place
will present anything like its former
handsome appearances. 1t will take up
too much space to detail the condition
of every firm on this street. The fol-
lowing abbreviation of the state Of af-
fairs, containing reference to only q
few Of the losses, may be Of interest:
Oregon Fire and Marine Insurance Co.,
badly damaged; Quelle beer hall, total
wreck, damage s1,1O0; C. l.. Hogan,
carriage repository all ground floor
more or less ruined. including longest
office apartments in the city; the John
Barrett Co.; the police station. ground
floor loss placed for me by Chief Hunt
at $3.50; Lum Shing, Chinese tailor, and
one of the largest tailoring establish
ments in the city, next to the police
station, a complete ruin, owing to neg
lect In battening windows, loss stated
by proprietor at 1880; Mason, Ehrman
& Co, very fortunate in removing all
goods in time Mr.. Ehrman says his
loss is $3.50. ]. E. Haseltlne, big iron
and steel store; a partial wreck, the ex-
tent Of which cannot yet be gathered;
big safe practically ruined. Mr.. Hasel-
tines manager said today; II place our
loss at a very conservative estimate, at
$4,000, but cannot begin to say how far
this may fall short of the real damage.
There are great many cases of goods
we have not been able to get to yet.
The whole thing Is going to cost us
heap of money" Honeyman, De Hart
&c Co., the biggest hardware store of
the Pacific Coast. stock badly dam
aged Mr.. James Honeyman told me
yesterday: "Our loss, at a fair estimate,
will be $1,000, and then, In addition,
there will be the cost of moving prac-
tically three or four times. / would like
to point out to you that in the compu-
tation Of flood losses you must not leave
out the cost of moving, which, in big
like ours, Is very great.
The figure have given you Is for the
store alone. What ravages will be re-
vealed when our warehouse is opened
up l cannot guess Gardner & Co.,
very badly damaged; over so
radiators ruined by action of the water.
loss, $780, Brown & McCabe,
furniture badly damaged.
Capt. Browns Office Is In very dilapi-
dated condition. East India Trading
Co., Pacific Transfer Co., and Clark
Steam Heating Co., all badly knocked
out, more particularly the latter Esti-
mated damage for the three firms. So
$50 Thirty-five Chinese stores (nearly
Ill newly fitted up); estimated damage
each $120; total, $4,000. In addition to
the places mentioned in the above list,
there are over 150 establishments on
bhis street owned by white people, and
ranging from loss of 800 to $1,000 each.
The extent of sidewalk business Is
very noticeable. Many Of the merchants
who have been driven from their regu-
lar places OF business have rented offices
very much smaller than those from
which they came, and the result Is q
large overflow onto the curbstones.
where flour, wheat, dairy produce, gar
den stuff and all manner Of commodl-
Ties are piled many feet deep. The In
1uirIes for the new addresses Of people
who have changed their quarters are
and one smart individual
has reaped quite a golden harvest by q
flood directory" in pamphlet form.
giving the names Of the firms that have
moved and their new location.
Sidewalk and road planking are be-
ng carried on on every side. and the
are bestirring themselves as
he waters recede, and are doing their
,est to make the annoyance Of the mo
bugbear as small as pos
'ible. It will be impossible for several
lays to estimate the number OF hum
lred thousand feet OF lumber that Will
rave to be used by the city for this
purpose. When to this very large ex-
,cnse is added the far greater obligation
hat will be run up in repairing the
Isphalt and cobblestone roads and put
ing them in decent condition, It win
'e found, great though the losses Of sew
'ral private firms may be. the city's will
cad them all.
There is a case OF destruction at the
Taylor street dock that well illustrates
he smashing capacity OF the ordinary
awlog. Here, by this means. the whole
lock has been demolished and reduced
o a huddled mass Of wreckage in