The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-24

to grow as fine trees as those the storm
destroyed.
City Engineer L.fW. Rundlett put a
force of $50 men on the work of clean
ing up the debris yesterday morning.
The task was of f1erculean proportions
for there scarcely was, a street in the
entire city that was-not streWed with
wreckage either of trees, broken teie-
graph or telephone poles or the wreck
age from buildings. Half a hundred
teams were pressed into service and
ommendakle progress was made the
first day0 in stIfe workb Of making, the
city streets spresentable to the crowds
who will throng the city during fair
week.
Jobbers Rush Repairs
In the wholesale district the big
merchants are taking. active steps to
protect their stocks, from danger of a
rain which may fall before their
buildings are thoroughly repaired. Re-
pairs are being rushed without refer
ence to the expenditure inyolved, and
q. SoInmers & Co, who suffered so
heavy. a loss by the torrent OF water
from a tank in the top story OF the
building, have sobxiated the danger
stock to5the old Gordon building, on
Fourth street pending the making OF
the necessary repairs in their building
on Fifth aSomners & Co. are pro-
tected by 100000 cyclone insurance.
j. Lindeke, Warner & go. state that
their loss is covered by insurance -and
insist, that earlier reports govefstated
their loss. In the big. establishment OF
Finch: Y oung 81 McConyille, their loss
of 10000 is. covered; by cyclone IN
surance These houses, with the other
wholesale establishments of the 1op-
bing district, are caring for their trade
without - interruption though they
were badly crippled for day or TWO.
The city has q large force or WORK
men engaged on the; task OF opening
Water street. which was hopeieSsy
blocked by the fall of the west end of
the Smith avenue high bridge. A. X.
Starkey. of the engineers Office, is IN
charge Of the work, andxhopes to utll-
ize some of the iron. in replacing the
part of the bridge blown down.
Bridge Fund Will Aid
COMPTROLLER Betz has announced
that he believes that the larger part
of the cost of restoring the bridge can
he Maid out of the general bridge
fund. in which there is still eomfoff-
able balance. No effort will pc mace
to remove the part OF the pliuSe now
in the river until Water street is mace
passable for teams, for it is an lmpor-
tant t1loroughfare to the hundreds OF
families living west of the bridge ana
along the river front to the erlck
yards. s.f,
The city building department mas oe-
-cided that the standing walls OF the
Schurmeier wagon works are damaged
to Quite an extent. and that II VIII pe
unsafe to build anew from the fourth
floor up. Deputy Building Inspector
p H. Ellerbe has announced mat the
company will not be permitted to start
rebuilding operations on the Iourln
floor. but the new, work will start from
the third floor. This will neeessitate
the tearing down of: the fourth story.
The building was originally a fve-story
structure and the top floor was blown
away by the storm. The loss OF the
company is now estimated at not less
than $4,000.
The repairs on the damaged scnooI
buildings will be rushed to an carry
completion, and strong hopes are en-
itertained that the schools VIII sDe dDie
toaoceupy all their buildings; with the
opening Of the school year, Sept. ..