The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
JUNK FIRST
 AND TIE DEAD
 AFTERWARO Frugal Lucky Baldwin Defies the Law. STILL RESCUING FURNITURE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IS NOT
 CONSIDERED.
SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC IS NOT
 CONSIDERED.
The Stench From the Ruins Is h. creasing and May Attract the Attention of the Board
 of Health.

The endless throng of curious people who wandered around the ruins or the Baldwin Hotel yesterday was surprised to note that no efforts were being made to demolish the tall tottering walls that threaten to topple over into the street al any moment, carrying death and destruc- tion with their fall
 The name Lucky appears to still ap- ply to E. J. Baldwin. The second day after the fire the Board of Fire Wardens met and adopted resolution directed to MT. Baldwin, in which he was notlned that the remaining walls or ms pullulIis s were a menace to life and property, and he was peremptorily ordered to rage them forthwith. The aged son Of fortune made a pretense of obeying the law ana set e tearing down a small section of the walls on the Market-street side. and after breaking a rotten cable couple or times suspended their laDorS, ana nothing Has been done since.
 It transpireS that while these men were inspecting the ruins they discovered that there was great deal or paady od oanlageu rnagts This was enough for MT. Baldwin. h. stead of carrying out the instructions or the Fire Wardens as any other citizen in his position would have done, lest there might be more loss of life on account or the famous old firetrap, men were em- ployed to risk life and limb in the salvage of the furnishings of the hostelry.
 The rights of pedestrians and travellers in streetcars, as we'll as those of property owners on opposite sides of the streets from the Baldwin, were totally ignored, and the scramble to recover rubbish to De sold to the junkman has continued.
 These facts were very generally ana se- verely commented upon yesterday Ia and wonder was expressed that the Fire Wardens have not forced MT. Baldwin to observe their admonitions.
 A number of years ago, in dlscourslng upon one of his escapades with a member of the fair sex MT. Baldwin quoted the language of Commodore Vanderbiit- ''the public be d-d." This policy seems to have been pursued since the recent tragic fire. The fact that distracted re- to remove the remains of their loved ones has apparently not concerned the owner of the Baldwin so much as the few dol lars that could be gained by taking out damaged furniture. The sanitary QueS- tion has also been entirely overlooked by MT. Baldwin.
 Yesterday in two separate sections of the ruins the Stench, presumably arising from decaying bodies, was overpoWering. These presidential odors arose from near the west wall of the theater and in the wreckage where the bar was formerly To- cated. It Is probable that if due haste is not shown in the removal of the debris the Board of Health will take hand and see that the rights of the public are pro- tected.
 It is possible that the work of tearing down the ruin will begin soon. Madison G Burke yesterday received forty bids for the contract. which, it is announced, will be let to-day.
 A great lot of junk was removed yester- day, and it was stated on good authority were not risking their necks for the small wages paid but for the valuables that had been left by the unfortunate guests in their flight from the burning building.
 In some of the apartments these pick ings were rich, but they were not turned over to MT. Baldwin.