The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-26
MAY LEAD
To PATROL
Merchants Talk of
Protective
Plans.
GASOLINE WAS
{ NOT lGNlTED
Cases of the Fluid Still Intact
Found in Burned Ware
house-H Heavy Losses.

One of the outcomes of the Campbell
block fire may be the inauguration of
system of Insurance Patrols. The sys-
tern which is used in other cities has
never ben attempted here ano 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 a wagon with
a suitable crew, which would serve as
a protective force.
The plan has already been discussed
were in the neighborhood OF the Sat
urday fire, and to whom the knowledge
that there was a patrol ready to fur
nish tarpaulins to protect the goods
from loss would have been a distinct
relief. NJ. Phillips said that In his opin-
ion 1t would be an easy matter to raise
by 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 be is ques-
ktion, but it would be not less than $500.
sThe care of the system would then fall
upon the Fire Underwriters Associa-
ton. and judging from the loss of Sat
urday which was due entirely TO water
the investment of few hundreds
month, would be one Of the most prof
table
The value of such a 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 a fearless crew this could have
been reduced by three-quarters if 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
to suit, here and finally Mr. Carter had
to use oil cloth for the covering. This
done he shut up his office and gave II
no thought, being convinced that the
fire could not break through into the
Merchant street fronts.
The necessity for such patrol ser
vice has been generally discussed and
its advantage 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
right merrily. The store of Lawrence
& Company will have to be repainted
and the room of the bank will be pretty
thoroughly aired before it 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 will
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 S53, 500 insurance divided as fol-
lows: Transatlantic, $13,50O; Green
wich Insurance CO., $500; Niagara,
81 4.25O: Traders, S1.750; Royal. $4,000;
Scottish Union, $1,000; Insurance Com
pany of North America, $500; AgricuI-
tural, s.. 2.5OO; National, $500: London &
Lancashire, $4,000; Hartford, $4,000; and
Caledonian, $1,000.
The insurance on the building
amounts to s25,O 600. as follows: Trans
Atlantic. $1,000; Liverpool, London d
Globe, $1,000; New Zealand, $4,000; St
Paul, $4,500: Niagara, $1,000: and Prov
idence, $500. 1t is estimated that the
loss ON the hliiIding will not be more