The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-15
CONFIDENCE Fll IN the FUTURE RI
CITIZENS ARE FULL OF HOPE AND
ARE CARING FOR THEIR
OWN NEEDS.
OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE DECLINED
TOTAL Loss, TT IS THOUGHT,
WILL REACH EIGHT MILLION
DOLLARS.

confidence in the future pervades the
minds of citizens of Paterson. Mayor
Hinchliffe has the situation well IN
hand, and to an offer Of assistance
which came from Mayor Low Of New
York an answer was returned contain
ing thanks and the assurance that Pat
erson Is managing to care for those IN
need.
Money and securities said to amount
to $3,OO0,OOO were recovered from the
two huge vaults under the ruins of the
First. National bank yesterday after
noon. Books, papers, bullion and pa
per money were found uninjured:
Guarded by files of soldiers with fixed
bayonets the treasure was conveyed to
the Paterson Savings institution In q
two-horse dray.
Buried beneath the ruins of the city
hall were found the safes which be-
longed to the controllers office, and IN
these also the papers, legal documents
and public records were found un-
harmed. The safes Of the Passaic
Water company,
Under the Ruins
OF the building which stood at Nos l0'
and 10s Washington street, We're de-
stroyed, and the only part Of their con-
tents recovered was $500 in silver.
The greatest langle in city affairs
will be in the tax Office. So far as can
be ascertained the records of the de-
partment are destroyed. There is a
set of looks which shows the valuation,
ETC., Of each piece of property In the
city and the assessors have their field
books from which all this could be
duplicated without much work. It is
said, however, that it is almost certain
tn: records showing who paid their
taxes and who had not are destroyed
and that there Is not in existence any
thing from which the information
could be obtained. @
The work Of clearing Zip the burned
district has not begun, but the firemen
were busy until night with ropes and
dynamite tearing down the shakey
walls that endangered those who had
to be inside ~ 5&A
The Burned Area.
So well did this work progress that In
.he afternoon, after q conference with
Maj Roos, commanding the militia,
the public was admitted to the ruins.
Sentries were posted at every impor-
tant point and the crowd was kept
moving briskly. Thousands passed
about the chOked-up streets and viewed
the ruins during the two hours and b
half allowed them. At the expiration
of the time the sentries in the center
Of the section began moving outward.
and, gathering up the extra men at
each step, soon had the entire district
cleared. The conduct Of the soldiers
was excellent. There has been no dis.
order and the authorities believe there
will be none. MICA st2.. d
X President David Young of the street
railroad, in, the barns OF which the fire
was thought to have started. stated
yesterday that as a result Of a careful
investigation, he would positively de.
clare that the fire did not originate In
the barns. His search shows him that
+ the fire started back Of the barns in 9
shed not owned by the trolley company.
Mayor Hinchclifte said last night that
he thought the loss would reach at
least 5000, 600. ~ %. st97 dig 5.S' IA g5t n