Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-05
Temporary Building on Green Discussed
 Quite Freely About Town To-Day.
Kind Offer of FL. Frisbie--Bolan's Hard-
 ware Store a Complete Loss.

To look at P. J. Bolan's store from in front one would imagine that the only damage to the store was from water. A trip was made through the various floors this morning and such sight as was presented will never be seen III all probability In this city again. Every floor to the top of the building was filled with costly stock. such mixed-up mess it Is hard to describe. Perhaps there is no heavier loser among the merchants than is MT Bo- Ian. for even the scrap iron men who looked 1t over say the loss is complete.
 H. l.. White lost heavily in the fire. He Is out all his stock.
 The Griffin family reported missing has been found. A kind person on Elm street threw open her doors to them. The family lost everything they had, amounting to about S1OO.
 Reid & Hughes, the first firm burned out in the big conflagration, are ne- gotiating for a lease of the old rink building at the corner of Bank and Grand streets. They want the lease for one year.
 The smoulderIng embers Tn some of the ruined structures started to burn with such vigor to-day that water had to be porued onto them and even then they kept on smoking and belching forth fire.
 A number of insurance agents were in town today, but no adjustments of losses have been made. There are hints that some of the insurance com panies, may be strained to meet their obligations
 H. c. Dodge < Co have been very successful in securing q store to con- duct their shoe department. W. N. Ladd, the grocer, Is about to retire from business and his store will be ta- ken on Monday morning by Dodge & Go.
 City Lumber and Coal Go have rent ed part of the store at No 54 Center street with Brady, the electrician, where they may be found after We'd nesday They are now taking orders at Minors shoe store, No 52 Bank street.
 Miss Margaret Moriafty who lived in Bucknar's building. 1l3 Bank street, is now living with Miss Kate Cleary, at 852 South Main street Miss Mary Enright at Mrs Patrick Barry's on Farm street. and Miss Tessie Enrighs at j2 Liberty street.
 Simon 'Bohl, tlie well known South Main street marEetnan. has secured a store on Phenix avenue, next door to Henry Ways market. and will be open for business Friday morning, ready to serve all his old customers and host of new ones.
 One of the storekeepers on Bank lii. f1 4T,gce morning, found to his dismay that in- stead of having taken his bank book and cash books in the excitement of Sunday night, it was his check book he had taken His cash and other papers were destroyed in his safe
 There are many of the merchants who would like to build temporary quarters over the ruins of their stores and let the new buildings be erected around them. This could be easily done if the fire ordinance did not in- terfere, but in a case of this kind the ordinance should be changed If posst- ble
 The suggestion made yesterday In this paper by F. B. Rice, that the la- bor union men work ten hours a day until the city is rebuilt, appears to meet with favor. Half dozen prom inent union labor men told Democrat reporter so to-day. They have taken no official action on the suggestion. however.
 J. w. Hodson's cafe and billiard par lors. which have been closed since the fire Sunday night, were thrown open to the public again to-day. It will be months before the handsome parlors and cafe can recover from the drench- ing they have received, but business is going on to-day as merry as if there never was a fire.
 The tenement in McGrath's block at 12O South Main street was occupied by H. Floyd, who was recently married, as stated in last evenings paper. MT Floyd and his housekeeper were for tunate in escaping with their lives. In addition to the loss of furniture, large sum of money, jewelry and wear Ing apparel was also lost.
 The condition of Frank T. Hill, son of Thomas Hill, the Exchange place barber, who was injured while assist ing people to get out of the Scovill house Sunday night, is critical He Is now at the home of ". c. KleinecEe on Center street, where he is being at tended by Dr Anderson, who stated to a Democrat reporter this afternoon that MT Hill would probably not re- cover. He is suffering from hemor- Images of the brain.
 Dennis Reardon of Holyoke, at ono time the champion pitcher of the Wa terbury base ball team, was in Wa terbury to-day looking over the ruins. TT. q nf f7ra he never realized it was so enormous. Denny was caller at the Democrat office before he left for home and he said that he had quit base ball for good. His arm, he said, would never be in condition again and he could not throw ball across the street.