The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-08-26
MAY LtAO
TO PATROL
Merchants Talk of
Protective
Plans.

! One of the outcnmes OF the Campbell
block fire may be the Inauguration OF a
system OF Insurance Patrols. The sys-
tenn which is used In other cities has
never ben attempted here and the great
loss inflicted In the fire OF Saturday last
by water, has turned the attention OF
some OF the merchants to the necessity
for the establishment Of wagon with
a suitable crew, which would serve as
a protective force.
The plan has already been discussed
| by many of the members OF firms which
were in the nelghborhood of the Sat-
urday fire, and to whom the knowledge
tha. there was "A patrol ready to fur
nish tarpaulins TO protect the goods
from loss would have been a distinct
relief. NJ Philips said tnat In his opin-
ion II would be an easy matter to raise
/ 10y subscription among the firms of the
downtown district the amount neces-
sary for the purchase of the wagon.
! and tarpaulins or rubber blankets.
/ what this first cost would he Is "A ques-
ton, but II would be not less than 800.
The care of the system would then fall
! ton, and Judging from the loss OF Sat
urday which was due entirely 10 water
| the investment of few hundreds a
month, would be one of the most prof
table. ..
| The value OF such n service on Sat
urday can not now be estimated. 1t
is said roughly that the water loss will
/ reach $4,000. 1t Is safe to say that
with IA fearless crew this could have
been reduced by three-quarters IL not
almost entirely avoided. The entire
stock of Lawrence & Company might
have been saved and In none of the
offices would there have been any ne
| cessity for removal OF furniture
one of those who did not permit his
! furnishings to be disturbed during the
rush for new quarters Saturday was j.
O. Carter. When the rush began Mr..
Carter simply put away his books and
papers and locked his desk, then tried
to find some rubber blankets for the
purpose of protecting his Office This
he could not do owing to the fact that
such things are not obtainable in sizes
y to suit, here, and finally Mr.. Carter had
to use oil cloth for the covering. This
done he shut up his Office and gave it
no thought, being convinced that the
fire could not break through into the
Merchant street fronts.
} The necessity for such a patrol SER
vice has been generally discussed and
its advantages recognized to such an
extent that there may be some definite
| action taken at the next meeting of
! the Underwriters Association on
Thursday.
The Strengthening up of the offices
and stores Hooded Saturday goes on
right merrily. The store of Lawrence
Il Company will have TO be repainted
and the room of the bank will be pretty
thoroughly aired before II it refitted.
David Lawrence expects to be back In
his old stand by next week. Redhouse
was moving into his place in front of
the Ables offices yesterday and Martin
was at home as of old. Upstairs there
was great activity in getting the offices
into shape. Monsarrat was quickly in
his old position but the back offices viii
be of no use until there has been an
entire refitting of the building as the
floor joists are burned away
The Hawaiian Hardware Company Is
not making any effort to get into its
warehouse, believing that after the i'm
mense amount of water poured upon
the stock there will be nothing left OF
value. Instead Manager Fernandez
busted himself yesterday in making up
his orders for new stocks. According
to his estimate there was In the ware
house between $4,000 and $4,000 worth
of goods on which there Is an aggre-
gate of s5350O insurance divided as fol-
lows: TRANSATLANTIC, sl3.50O; Green
witch Insurance Co, $500; Niagara.
!. s4,25O; Traders, s1.750; Royal, $1,000:
Scottish Union, $1,000; Insurance Com
pany of North America. s., 500: Agricul-
tural $500; National. $780, London &
Lancashire, $1,000; Hartford. $4,000; and
Caledonian, $1,000.
Il The insurance on the building
amounts to s25.OOO as follows: Trans
Atlantic. 5000; Liverpool, London &
Globe. $1,000; New Zealand, $1,000; st.
Paul. $4,000; Niagara. $4,000; and Prov
idence, $500. 1t Is estimated that the
loss on the building will not be more
than seventy per cent of the total
amount Of insurance.
Lawrence's stock of cigars, tobacco.
etc, Is insured for $4,000 and the fix
lures for $500. This brings the total
insurance to $4,000. Besides this, there
are smaller amounts which will prob
ably bring the grand total up to 100000.
j. w. A. Redhouse, the matchmaker.
has 1000 in the Phoenix and $500 in the
/. Traders Insurance Co., q. III. Berrey
has $4,000, and others have similar
| sums.
One OF the most remarkable things In
connection with the fire developed yes
terday. Investigation Of the ruins
showed that there was an immense
amount of turpentine, in the main room
. of the warehouse, which was not touch
ed. Finding this condition the searah-
ers went on and they found that the
/, gasoline cases, which stood just where
the fire was started by the man who
went to count the cases, to see If he
could fill an order for seven, are intact.
their contents not broken and the wood
OF the boxes only slightly charred
There are only six cases of gasoline.
the last ten cases in the warehouse
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