The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
RELIEF IS
 POURING IN. Aiding People Alex
 ander s'.y. i, Zxa- MANY roy sS RESPONDED Plans to Rebuild are Being
 Formulated. x The Total Loss is s2sI, ,425 and on This Insurance to the Amount
 of $1o5,7so Was
 Carried.
 l

Alexander City, June H.-(Special)-- cry train arriving in Alexander City is bringing car loads of provisions to the fire-stricken people, and in few days, there will be no further danger of q famine. The business men of the city. many of whom lost all their property, say they will rebuild the town and will begin the work as soon as the hungry and des-' titute are made comfortable. The total loss is s2Sl. .f25. with s1o57so insurance.s Many of the houses were owned by wid- ows and some of them had no insurance whatever. The town is filled with visitors who came to bring supplies and view the still smouldering ruins.
 The distribution of such contributions as have been sent in by the various cit ies was the main work done in that place today.
 Applications for Relief.
 Mayor Jack Nolan appointed commit tee to take charge of this work, and there were many applications. as many who buy from day to day were unable to get their supplies because every store in the little city had been burned to the ground, Everybody who applied got something. Atlanta, Sylacauga. Dadevilie. Birming- ham, Montgomery and many other places responded to the call for assistance eith- CT with provisions or money. Plans are already being formulated to rebuild the destroyed portion of the city, A careful canvass of the situation shows that thirty-eight business places were de- 1ft,Af fn1 saloons court house. ten residences. three banks, two hotels, depot, small school house. three livery stables and one church. Some of the insurance was placed through Montgomery agencies and representatives from the latter city are expected in Alex ander City. The postmaster, Joseph Manning open ed his office today in the basement of the Presbyterian Church A temporary drug store was opened in A buggy. Two saloons opened up in q warehouse and the Central of Georgia Railroad is using a warehouse for a de- pot.
 Plans are being made by Dr. J. A. Coggins for the election of a three-story hotel. There is nothing left to adjust except walls and they are so badly dam aged that the most of them will have to be torn down. Some or the LoSerS.
 Included in the list of losses are:
 Barton & Allen, grocers, $500; partly insured.
 s5 O00 partly insured
 Mrs. Jessie Dickson. millinery, s2,5oo; partly insured
 G. A. sorreI. law office, 5000; partly insured
 pr. E. M. o'Huse, dentist, $500 partly insured
 S. J. Nolen. bank building and stock. $15. GOO; partly insured.
 Farmers Alliance and Warehouse Com pany. 5000; partly insured.
 Henderson & Dean, grocers. N5,ooO;
 Mrs. Mamie wauey, millinery, 5000:
 H. w. Pearson, dry goods, $1o,ooo; part ly insured.
 Thornton & Watkins, mems furnish ings, $10,OOO; partly insured.
 G. w. Sealey. dry goods and groceries, 1000; partly insured.
 Max and Sam Adams. dry goods and groceries. $s,OOo: partly insured
 Sam Adams, four business houses $f,- 800: partly insured.
 c. R. segrest barber shop. $500. partly insured.
 Polk Hotel. $500, partly insured.
 pr. J. A Goggan's lotel building, &,000, partly insured.
 Western Union Telegraph Company, s25o.
 T. S. Christian. book store and build ing $12,000. partly insured.
 Mrs. Jenny Pope. millinery. H,5oo. no insurance.
 Outlook Publishing Company, $,Goo. partly insured.
 J. IT. Robinson, two-story building, s4,- 000 insured.
 J. W. Wilder, building. $500, insured.
 c. A. Bailey, groceries and building, $500, insured.
 John Irwin, saloon and building. 5000 insured
 T. w. Pearson. saloon. 5000. insured.
 r. IT. sheffield. saloon, s5,5oO, insured.
 w Jones. building, $2,50o insured.
 Cotton & Cotton, groceries, $1,oO0, in- sured.
 Mrs. Emma Jackson, building, $1.2OO, insured.
 E. M. Kelly barber shop, 800. insured
 H. l.. Leon. hardware. A,0o0. insured.
 Templeton & Harvins, market, s35O. in- sured.
 T. B. Turner. hardware, s1.2oo, insured.
 IT. J. Cameron law office. $500. insured.
 J. J. and s. P. Allen, dry goods and groceries. $1O.OO0; insured.
 J. w. Belyeu. building, $1 800; insured.
 J. 1T. Fuller general store, livery husi- nes, opera house and dwelling, $15,0O0; no fir irsurance
 Postoffice fixtures S500.
 w. l.. Waters, building $4.G00; insured.
 Russell Brothers, building. 5000; in- sured.
 Thomas Brothers. dry goods. 5000; in- sured.
 T. J. Smith, broker, $4,OOO; insured
 Valuable law libraries of Attorneys P. o. Stevens, H. J. Gillian and J. Wilson Nolan were destroyed.
 Not over $500 worth of goods was saved.
 Ingram & Bclue, groceries, Sl,S00; in- sured.
 J. r. Thomas, groceries, Sl coo; insured.
 A. w. go, saloon. S4.000; insured.
 Central of Georgia depot. $500
 Ten residences as follows: T. s. Chris tian. Jr. S7o0; T. w Harris, $l.0o0; II $. Thomas. S1 coo: T. $. Shaw. Sl ono; Mrs. Fannie Thomas. sl.0oO. B. F Collier ssO0; NJ E. Noien,. Sl 0OO; Mrs, Jessie Dixon, s1.009, Methodist parsonage, n,0o0.