The age-herald., 1900-02-25
DEBRIS IS BEING CLEARED AWAY Force of Men at Work on Ruins
 of the Fire. THE LOSS REACHES S112,O00 Insurance Companies Suffer to the Ex- tent of $e1 .ooo-No Plans for
 Rebuilding Have as Yet
 Been Made
THE LOSS REACHES $112,OO0

IA large force of hands were put to work 1 yesterday clearing away the debnes from
 the fire that destroyed the Metropolitan | hotel and the Hewlett block o1 Friday af- ternoon.
 No definite plans have as yet been made
 as to rebuilding, although various rumors are being circulated which, of course, con
 template the erection of magnificent hotel on the site.
 The loss has been figured out at about | $112,O00, the figures approximately given in | The Age-Herald yesterday, and the in- surance at $91, 300, which was divided among
 the following agents and companies: Consolidated Insurance Agency-Venalole & Co.,. $1,5O0.
 | w N. Malone & Co.-weeden & Dent | building, slight damage by water Man chester Insurance company, $2,500; London
 and Lancashire, $5,OOO; Moore. Moore &
 Handley building. Manchester, s5000; Lon
 don and Lancashire, 5000; Jacobs Phar-
 macy, German-American, $2,5O0; Phoenix
 of London, $2,5OO. Total, s19,5oO. S. Bethea & Co.-Metropolftan Hotel
 company, American Fire Insurance Com-
 pany of New York, $l5C3; Joe Bryan,
 American Fire Insurance Company of New
 York. $500; Milwaukee Mechanics, $500; Peo-
 ple's Tai!ors, Western Assurance of To-
 ronto, $1,500; Albert's restaurant, National
 of Hartford, s1OOO. Total 5000.
 John G. Smith & Co.-Metropolitan Hotel
 company, Niagara Fire Insurance compa-
 ny, $2,0OO Commercial Union Assurance of
 London, $1,500; Aetna of Hartford, $1,000;
 Moore, Moore & Handley Building, qnsur-
 ance Company of North America. s1500;
 Fire Associat ton, S1,5OO; Aetna of Hartford,
 5000; Liverpool, London and Globe $SOOo;
 Hewlett building Aetna of Hartford, 5000;
 Commercial Union, 5000; ". Wise Ss Co.,, Niagara Insurance company. s1,5oO; Conti- nental,, s2,5OO; HamburgIBremen s25OO; Commercial Assurance, sl,O00; Fire Associa- tion of Philadelphia, 1000. Total, s3S, 900. w. B. Leedy & Co.-Metropolitan Hotel Co, Phoenix of Brooklyn, $1 900: Jacobs pharmacy, Norwich Union. s1,OOO; Phoenix
 of Hartford, $l,O0o Total, ss,OOO J. II. Heineke-Metropoltia Hotel Co.,. British-American, $3 900; Williamsburg City, | $1 600; Netherlands, $500. E. Lesser, Neither lands, $1,000; Teutonia, $200. w Wise & Co.,, British American, s3,OO0; Teutonia | $1,5OO. Stich Saloon Co.,, Williamsburg | City, $1,OOO; Netherlands. s9OO; Teutonia | $500 Total, $12,6O0.
 M. P. Messer & Co.-Jacobs' pharmacy | Thuringia, s1,OO0. S. Eiseman, Thuringia | $500 Taccone & Catanzanze, Thuringia, $2,50O. Total, siOOO.
 T. H. Motion & Co-Moore Moore & | Handley building, Helveta-Swiss, 5000. A. A. Adams & Co.-Venable & Co.,, Penn | sylvania Fire, $400.
 Birmingham Underwriters Agency-Met- ropolitan Hotel Co.,, Southern Mutual, $500; | St. Paul $500. Jacobs pharmacy, American Fire, s1,OOO. Drs. Johnson, Lund & Allen, | St. Paul, $2,O5O; Southern Mutual, $l,250;
 American Fire, $2,OOO. Total, $7,3OO. Totals-Consoli Insurance company,
 $1, ,5O0 W. N. Malone & Co. o.,s19,5OO; s. Be- thea & Co.,, 5000; John G. Smith & Co.,, LOGO; w. B. Leedy & Co.,, 5000; J. H. Heineke, s12,6oO; M. P. Messer & Co.,, $4,- 900; T. H. Motion & Co.,, 5000; A. A. Adams & Co.,, $400; Birmingham Underwriters Agency, $500 Grand total, $91 900.