The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-01
THE SALVAGE is CONSIDERABLE
MANY OF THE EXHIBITORS SAVED
THEIR PROPERTY FROM
THE FLAMES
CANVAS WILL SHELTER THEM
And Temporary Floors Will Be I'm
DrOvised for the Accommodation
of the Machinery Depart
ment This Season.

If Thursday evenings fire at the fair
grounds has served to demonstrate any
thing it is the amount Of reserve enter
prise and energy presented by the state
falr association and those whose build
ings and exhibits were destroyed.
By Monday morning all those who were
burned out will have exhibits in place
fully as complete and extensive as they
had originally planned, and the only DIFF
ference observable will be that these ex-
htbits will be sheltered under canvas, In.
stead of wooden roofs.
Bright and early yesterday morning Su-
perintendent Cosgrove set to work a gang
sixty men and by noon the ruins of the
lost buildings had disappeared Only
level and blackened spaces Of ground
were left to show where the structures
had stood and already In many cases the
work of laying new flooring had been
commenced
The association has undertaken to pro-
vide the exhibitors with tents and lum-
Der for flooring, free of cost, and both
the lumber and the tents arrived on the
grounds before o'clock last evening.
Today the sheltered spaces will be ready
for occupation and by tomorrow a COM
plete and brand new set of exhibits will
be in place.
Secretary Randall and supt. Cosgroye
are both confident that the fire will have
absolutely no detrimental effect on tho
attendance, and both express themselves
as highly gratified with the enterprise
and spirit of cooperation displayed by
the exhibitors affected, many of whom
have lost quite heavily.
AS stated yesterday, Dean & Co., of
Minneapolis, are the heaviest losers.
Their large building, completely stocked
with exhibits, was destroyed before
much salvage work could be done. The
fire fighters thought the progress of the
flames had been arrested and rested for
few minutes, during which the breeze
revived and drove the fire to this build
ing. Among the exhibits Of this COM
pany that will have to be replaced arc
three gang plows, three sulky plows, six
walking ptows, eighteen buggies, two
F., : safes, several feed mills and a gasoline
engine.
Lindsay Bros. lost two handsome bug
gies, a wagon, five feed mills and other
exhibits. Both these concerns have al
ready made arrangements to have their
exhibits completely replaced.
A gratifying testimony to the zeal and
efficiency of the impromptu salvage corps
is the fact that the amount Of property
total value Of the exhibits In the de-
stroyed sheds. All those involved but
Dean & Co. managed to save nearly or
quite half their exhibits and the hasty
estimates Of the total loss made on the
evening OF the fire are therefore consid-
erably in excess of the actual loss sus-
tanned.
Messrs. Bradley, Clark & Co. saved
nearly three-quarters of their exhibits,
and L. B. Wood & Co. saved about half
The United States Wind Engine and
Mill company lost quite heavily, but
have arranged to duplicate what they had
intended showing.
A grader was pulled over the scene Of
the fire last evening, and the surface was
rendered perfectly level and ready for
the new foorings.
A corrected list of the firns which suf-
fered and revised list Of the losses shows
the following:
Crane & Ordway company and ]. H.
Schurmeier Co.. buildings destroyed;
United States Wind Engine and Mill
company, building and exhibits. $1,000
Bradley-Clark company, building and
exhibits, s., ,40C
Dean & Co. building and exhibits.
Kingman & Galbraith company and Or
endcrff company, building and exhibits,
e. Dement, & Son. building and exhib-
it's, $1,750.
Lindsay Bros, building and exhibits,
$1,000.
L. B. Wood & Co.. s1,4oO.
A. ". Cleveland, building. 5000.
Total approximate loss, $13,950.
The Moline Plow company's exhibit and
building escaped untouched.