The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-15
FROM THE ASHES,
New Virginia Already
Rebuilding and Will
be Better Than
Ever.
A BRICK TOWN.

For the third time since tn,
breaking Of the wilderness mark
the Virginia townsite, the worl
of upbuilding a city is again ir
progress and in sixty days from
date we will again present to thu
world a far different aspect thar
today.
BY ordinance of the council,
published elsewhere IN this issue
the new Virginia will be Of brick
thereby voiding the danger of {
third repetition of such adisaste1
as has overtaken our fair. city
twice in seven years.
1t is seven years Monday next
since Virginia's first halocaust.
At that time The Enterprise
plant, worth more than all the
printing material on the Mesaba
range today, or more than all
that will be on the range for
some time to come, was des-
troyed. In common with others
we returned to the city, bringing
a hand press outfit and the re-
mcmbrance Of several thousand
idollars Of indebtedness. The
hand press is still with US but
! will soon be discarded and The
Enterprise enlarged and printed
on an A. B. Taylor cylinder. but
the thousands Of Indebtedness
has been paid, cent for cent.
The remembrance Of that fire is
yet with many Of our citizens who
were in it, and to those who were
caught in both conflagrations the
blow Of the last fire is indeed a
hard one.
The Phoenix will again arise
from the fire with q fine brick
veneer corner.
J. 4. Reid is open with a. res>
It ! -tss;y.' ';;ss:5C & MS Old stand.
| join Taylor intends rebuilding g
N:::il Restaurant block, Of brick,
and MI E<:id will likely occupy
same.
A. 3. D.aasmore opens a neat
restaurant today on the Mer-
chants H0oel site and expects to
rebuild q hotel on the old site
before winter.
! The Virginia Cash Grocery
company opened business the
morning after the fire, in their
warehouse but have since erected
a neat place on the rear of their
! 10 corner Chestnut and Mesaba.
They will build a large brick on
: their corner at once.
N. A. Ho!tner is in the Twin
Cities selecting new stock and
will reopen his tailor shop i'm
;mediatrly upon his return.
J. F. Michan has his tailor
shop at his home, temporarily.
Will be in q better location as
soon as rooms are available.
Joel Tornquist will doubtless re-
build on his old livery site an6
may erect another block this
season on the opera house site.
The D. M. & N. officials have
decided to erect neat brick
depot in place of the one des>
troyed, setting same trifle of
the street and plating a nea
park IN front.
M. L. Fay will erect a large
two-story solid brick on the lot
formerly occupied by N. K
. Farrand and the one adjoining
same on the east.
. joe Backus erects a commo'
dious building in place of th'
one burned. which is already 81
far advanced as to be occupied.
W. D: Bes]ow, of the Pilot,
Frame & Novelty company i:
still on earth in quarters adjoin
lag Pratt & Co. on the east.
N. K. Farrand has temporary
office apartments between Prat
& Co. and Talboys & & Campbell's
r. E. Bailie and E. e. Burley
have purchased the Springhett
lot in block 26 and will erect :
large veneer building thereon.
Gus Johnson and Albert Olso1
have effected trade of lots with
Theo. Larson, and will erect ;
large double brick on the corner
occupied by Otto Hannula oppo.
site the Phoenx.
B. Levin, of the Model, ha
been attending to the Talboys
! Campbell stock this week bu
leaves next week for Chicag,
/. markets to purchase new stoc1
for reopening. ==.