The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-07
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where IN the nelghborhood of $75 600
worth in the building. We had of hi
cycle goods alone $4,000, and there was
a large stock of new things just opened,
which would add to the value of the
shelf goods. We have insurance of SOL
900 on stock and store building, $50, 600
on the latter. We win go on with our
wholesale business. Since l came down
town today | have had the most graft
flying assurances of sympathy and aid,
from people who mean what they say,
Itoo Every one has told me that they
tjoin in the regret that the loss of our
building causes; that it was an orna-
ment to the city. With these express
sions of goodwill we fee that we can
hope for good trade in the future.
I'VE will not try to open somewhere
else with a retail store, but will sim
ply wait for the reopening of our new
building. We will begin building as
soon as the debris is cleared away. We
will not make such an expenditure upon
the structure as before, but will put up
a good building. We are known at the
stand there and shall not think of go
| ing any place else. Meantime We shall
keep up our general business, filling all
orders given us, and keeping down our
expenses by retaining only those who
are absolutely needed. principally the
heads of departments"
LEVERS & COOKIES LOSSES.
Second in the point OF loss is the
| firm of Levers & Cooke The burning
of the roof and the drenching Of the
stock viii cause an amount of damage
which will reach nearly the full sum
of the insurance The estimate of the
amount of stock made by Mr. F. w
Lowrey is 500 900 and upon this there is
81, 500 of insurance. All damage to the
building is fully covered The loss on
the stock will be absolute in so far as
the wall paper is concerned There will
be some salvage on the stock of paints
and oils, and also on some of the hard
ware and the nails. 1t is thought this
will bring the total loss well inside the
amount of insurance There will be lit
tie delay to business on the part of
this firm as well. Before the Hall ruins
had stopped smoking, the firm had TAX
en- the room in the Eva end of the
Stangenwald block and had removed
there the books of the firm and had
force OF clerks al work getting out or
ders There is in the warehouse of the
corporation full supply of all the
goods that it handles, there being no
difficulty in filling any order. except
perhaps some for high-class wall paper,
but new stocks are being ordered at
once, so that there. will be practically !
no stoppage of business.
There was some small losses in the |
Pacific Hardware Company from water |
in the cellar.
There We're some small losses in the
toll -lo
gan to go down. The light company |
lost only two wires. those which cross |!
the lumber yards of Levers & Cooke. |
Their lines were strung on the mauka |
side of King street and so escaped the !
general destruction. The telephone
company, on the other hand, had some |
go wires cut by the fire and the cen
trail cable burned out for a distance of !
200 feet. These wires falling across the |
electric light wires made merry scare
for time. 1t was with a flash and
burning thaysNhe wires came in con
tact, but strangely, where there were
so many people on the streets, there
was not one hurt by these falling
wires. The police asked that the light
ing company take off its current for a
time. but this was not. done, so that
Of the fire-fghting 1t was claimed
Yesterday that there was only a light l.
on the wires, but there was
sufficient to furnish many pretty Hin
as the copper burned from l.
he high current
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Fire Chief Thurston had a merry /,
lme from the announcement of the fire
Until late yesterday afternoon Speak /,
ng OF the fire last evening he said: {
AS soon as we arrived | found that the {
'hemical engine was of no use and
stationed the large engines where they {
would do the most good. We began to {
hrow water where we might save. sur {
'ounding property. for from the first ,
mere seemed no chance to do anything Y
or the Hall building, as 1t had its doom
ealed. never saw fire which made c
uch progress. 1t simply walked through Z
ne building. When we saw 1t first it Z
eemed to be confined to the Waikiki e
no OF the ground floor, but it took only 8
Few minutes to have it all over the
uiiolng ana to make it impossible to I
ave anything. So we began to throw !.
treams on the other buildings We had T
ONE hard times of 1t for the fire was a
he horses would not draw the engines LII
ear 1t and we had to station them off C
block. y
one thing which was shown to be
ecessary was that We have the use of E
idders at once. The Legislature put E
Ito the appropriation bill an item for t,
hook and ladder outfit but there was
o provision for the salaries of the
len to handle 1t. We shall try and
lake some arrangement for 1t. The
eed was shown when we had to send t
len to the roof of the Levers & Cooke d
uiiding and then drop light ropes to q
md up the lines of hose The men u
lade brave fight to save the sur -
'unding property, and that we were ;,
successful must be laid In part to 2
lie fact that there was little wind is
owing. Had there been a high wind "
iere would have been difficulty in
eepfng the fire within bounds. I have ! -
IL completed my investigation of the o.
fuse but there may be something in =
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