The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15
ALREADY REBUILDING
|RANDsBuRa Is RISING QUICKLY
FROM THE ASHES
New Buildings Erected and in Course
Of Observation-Disclosures
Of the Fire

| RANDSBURG. May 14.-One week agc
Butte avenue was smoking ruin; today
| Il is dotted with buildings, finished and
in course OF erection. M. A. Lee has built
a larger and better building on the old
site, and has moved his stock Of shoes
into it and is again ready for business
i. G. Ord was at work before the ground
was cold getting ready to build, and al
once ordered a new stock OF hardware
to repiace that lost by the fire. The
building Is partially completed, and part
of the goods have arrived.
!. A. G. Poole, blacksmith. erected shop
at once; E. M. Dineen had large tent
in place early the next morning and was
selling groceries as II nothing had hap
pened. He is putting up good building
farther down the street and will move
into 1t as soon as it Is completed. Joe
Monaghan has bought the store building
of George Toedt, on Broadway, and will
occupy that until his adobe building is
finished This Is to be built of adobe
bricks, made out near the johannesburg
Townsite company's wells.
j. C. Crenshaw and Attorney Goodbody
are putting up an adobe building on the
old site. 1t will be finished with dirt
roof and fire-proof windows and doors.
Two other adobe buildings will be COM
menced shortly.
N. N. Miller, the druggist, moved his
goods into the old Hampstead building.
He expects to rebuild on the old site.
George Clutter, in whose house the fire
started, purchased another building aid
moved it on to the old lot. The Orpheus
theater occupies the skating rink Tor the
present, but will rebuild.
d. T. Jones saved practically all of his
goods in his fire-proof cellar, and is pre-
pairing to build at once. The Randsburg
Lumber company supplied lumber from
its johannesburg yard, and as-soon as It
was safe had lumber on the ground in
the old yard. 1t will rebuild its office at
once. ]. c. Endl opens up tomorrow in
a larger and better building on the old
site. L. S. Varney, butcher and Fred
Hinke, second hand dealer, have both
built at their old stands. w. H. Hevren
has part Of the frame UP and will soon
have building costing about $1,000 In
place. The Wiesendanger building has
been moved on to the site. Of the former
Los Angeles house, and will be occupied
by the bank, the express office and the
Western Union Telegraph company.
About $500 worth Of watches. which had
been left at the jewelers. for repairs,
were burned.
On Thursday M. T. Hubbard Of the fire
department met with an accident, anSit
was at first thoughtthat he had lost both
eyes. The injuries later resolved them
selves into badly singed head and ru-
ined clothes. He wasi dipping sulphuric
acid out Of the tank to fill the chemical
engine, when the acid exploded. He was
very fortunate to escape as easily as he
did.
Mrs. M. L. Ferguson came up from Los
Angeles Sunday to look after her friend.
Miss Griffin, who was so badly injured
at the FIRE. Miss Griffin is recovering as
rapidly as could be expected.
Messrs. Kinyon Of the Good Hope.mine
have purchased large flag, and now
"Old Glory" is daily flung to the breeze
from Gold hill.
W. J. Clark, manager Of the Little
Butte. returned Wednesday from a short
visit 20 Ontario, and brought his family
with him.
The Ophr mill. at Cuddyback lake, has
a thirty-day run Of Blackhawk ore.
The Hard Cash Mining company sent
twenty tons of ore to Los Angeles to a
concentration being constructed by
Llewellyn Bros. The returns were very
satisfactory to all parties concerned, the
ore averaging $3.50 per ton.