New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

~ eou-age az % smoke and hrebraacs on Ihe
Sunday night before Fven on WEDNESDAY tne -
nsvrrpnpers contained Ists OF firms and lnol'io-a
-, - .,,e,-as r,rsplete losses and had By that
,.-,. .ecr-es new quarters that. IN the s1aiiest
,osv tv-s -; SOLID nIied nearly two colGTnes q
spsce Tho li9+s almost as loI-g as the IeN'so
rrts % r-forc-a ny tho oonhaEration-
Tr-e ~7--a r--~ spirit n the community fouhc eA-
.,-.~.ior .,-,os- as soon as she flames had ceased
% SPREAD 'r grateful acSroWleagrfehts OF t-.
splensd -i1 extended by other municiral-ties bi-N
IN lnud-,o--- ttterauces regarding those al nome
-gno rose 70 THE occasion and BY courage anu Ca
,,,,-,r e. -a--ous eftuatons averted a worse CTS
sster Tat 50 Gar is known. not human ne
VS. prev m The flames seems almost incTeoiole.
frft IS nevertheless true Mayor Ncl'ahe : pe'foA'
Si-eotior Of the losing srruCEle n the hreneh Oh
E,,,ss-. .rs Noudav. after CHIEF Horton had been
disabled fv contact with heavily charged electTlo
~v4re ree been everywhere commenced. ->'hh 80
ssr, tho ua-rorafitv which stands out most st''S
a, ,rst q ex-Fire chief NcAfee. who promptly
,.nse-e5 his services 10 the Mayor snd dlrec1eo a
,,--,o- q tho fight for fwouty-fcur hours
g1f All tho fre-nen from other Clues none eLL"VO
.,Vbsr --4,ge than those who were sent from ~
so To them. with their engines. IS accorded
the credit fo~ having arrested ne CONTEMPLATION
- 20 rsri-r e~yef tie valuable waterfront prop
- en- +,e southeastern mart cf the city, and per
bars che s1tire portion known as Last ''A'ilooIe'
.r-ogs Jo1ese Falls from t1e burned ols,Ilc'' M
r-o-,en o. Baltimore. washington. Fhllaoeipila'
- ,,.-- sr6 the Maryland counties were
..,,s 81. .ne stream sor q desperate BATTLE with
ybs aa-aez which had driven them BACK oioch Oy
Yao~k from ri1cr1y-st.. the westeTn hi1l1 q 'Ho
R,y-7e5 district and the fremen Of Nevv~N OK sAa
ks,e-tic CITY held she left II the line, where we
.. ~ b-s,.- driven toward them by a northwest
.r,e They aligned themselves fearlessy between
fbe roaring flames and the larger "haTVes ara t.ee
ste confederation with food from their powerful
s--s-atrre which stayed its progress. When thelr
49,. v-I, af that point ended. she FIRE. which
had rarcs eo- twcuty-elght hours, vas under con-
.vol The vharzes 8n6 warehouse along the basin
49, -s position a the New Workers were saved
..hol.rN az no other point in the path OF the con-
es,-7-ior EXCEPT that ~ vantage al Jones rams,
~ -rfs fozt zccounshed. Failing brands started
mar, e-er hack ~ the line a. valiant newborn
d.. the -re~ we're alert and SPARED stream or Two
IRON tho hattie Boz front long enough 70 QueIcA N
IS fr-lrf-r.-v each blaze IN their rear
--,a story a the enterprise ~ the BaltmcTe
.,evsrare-s - issuing Monday editions from Wash
srrtor Offices has been toll. more interesting
story IS connected with She return 70 the city OF
TWO ~ the rurnbe-. and ~ their RESUMPTION OF
s,u.freqe The Baltimore News had purchased In
Philadelphia a new printing plant complete before
ahe fro was under control and, by this time the
ruacf.-er- has been installed IN an old foundry at
holiday and Centre SITS. TWO locomotives were
leasc8 from the Pennsylvania Railroad 20 Furnish
steam power and ''The ,,ews" and The Bslu-
more American VIII share the plant, Until The lat
Ter paper has rebuat It's building and installed
Cts own rlant which 81 VIII be shared by The
News" while ft is engaged IN erecting new buld-
snE This probably IS the first Instance on record
81 running newspaper plant with locomotives.
On Wednesday morning three stanza poem by
e. ". GulilaE entitled The Song o. the Ameri-
caE" was printed the title rage OF the news
paper or that name The closing lines which well
illustrate the spirit o. the city the first hours
az ts recovery from the shock CT the disaster. are
ns follows:
-hcurh oas. Gown n not sorsalsa:
Though a15i1tea. not alone;
See re future 6rirg mo glory
ro1 ss ss s2s ' of Ps a has s sS9y
ana. IKE Psoniz. U'S anu H5a r4s sseS''AF -''
FROM the asHes where fell
The tangle OF electric wires in the debris Of lie
IRE is SAID by Insurance 20 be the worst they
ever saw Nearly al the electric car lines 81 the
city passed through the freswept area n one d.
rsction the other and for three days the entire
street railway service was abandoned except on a /
few suburban lines not crossing The devastated i
region or not dependent Tor their current on the
burned main power house Eerculean Efforts viii 4
be required restore the complete service but the
United Railways and Electric Company expects 20
get ITS new power house. already built and ma
uhinery into operation IN q days and by means
az feed wires laid IN sewers convey the current
20 che sub-Etations. The old Prat-st power house
wac completely wrecked. with al the valuable en-
Enes and dynsmos Il contained. The electric Ugh.
service IN the IN the heart OF tire city VIII
ee restored as soon as The lnes be made sa1e.
The banks and trust companies IN the burned |
district with single exception. found the contents
OF their vaults uninjured and IN that case the In
eury was confined 10 papers ana books IN a vault
that Tor the cash and securities, which were
intact The exception referred 20 was the vault
~ the Hopkins Place Savings Bank which lost
many records and papers In secondary vault /
The Baltimore Savings Bank has temporarily re-
Eumed business In the license room OF the clerk OF
the Court OF Common Pleas. under an order OF the
court giving Il special permission. All the banks
srpect 90 resume business within the ten davs OF
grace conferred by a special act OF the legislature
81 Maryland Monday. Meanwhile the banks
which escaped the fire in every way possible 1
aiding those less fortunate and their dspositoru.
The announcements OF the larger Insurance
companies OF . purpose TO pay losses IN full and
with greater promptress than their contracts re-
cre have acted Ike magic upon the spirits OF those
who suffered most severely. The prospect for /
prompt adjustments has induced q percentage OF /
Immediate assumptions unparalleled IN the history
q great nrcs All fears OF a financial panic are /
already past
Perhaps other class involved IN The disaster |
VII Ono resusGtation ciffcuIt as the manu.
eacturing clOtiers OrderB IN this trade are taken
from retailers months IN advance ana the orders
for cloth from the woOIen mills are placed even /
S~rlsr. The IRE found the factories fun OF ma |
tsrial and o. partly manufactured stock all % /
which was destroyed How get cloth and make 1
spring goods IN tine Cor delivery on the orders |
already IN hand is problem not easily solved 1
oomplioatod several times over by the Ioss OF 1
psfssrns and styles shown when the orders were
eaken- Oners % aid however from the whole I
ssls ClOthierS associations IN Nsw-York Phil
aoeiphia Chicago. Rochester ard Boston may help |
te solve the puzzle although the fabrics and styles
made In Baltimore are more distinctiyely South
arn than those CO other cities.
TIE Baltimore Stock Exchange VIII resume buSs- /
nsss In temporary quarters IA che Building Ex-
rhHnge at Charles and Lexington ste. on Monday
morning having lost exactly one week as a result
81 the fire. The Stock Exchange Building wiz be
fetlilt as soon as possible TIM Cba-rhe- ~ Com,