Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-02-17
BALTIMORE RALLIES
DeSOIatcd City Puts Up Bold Fight
For Rebuilding
FIRMS GETTING READY TO REOPEN
Tie Property Loss Hardly As Great
As ut First Estimated - Outside
AssiStance Appreciated Aut in No
Case Asked For and Not Needed.

IN incidont that inspired the whole
community with tremendous confidence
vas the resumption of business by the
banks. deposits being received and
checks houorci jn the usual way. II
NoHllFDe dinicuit TO estimate the vol
umo Of transactions in this respect.
DW accordins to the LEADING bankers it
"as 2iauty.nsiy large ia view of cx.
listing conditions
IN" hnowl'ds" that Baltimore's ter
m'nal facilities are intact and that tho
strain elevators were not involved in
th" fiery tornado also served to pro-
hotc a popular conviction that the
situation is nct 20 dark rs it has here
toi"r" appeared. Indeed the optimistic
IeelinS Is manireStly growing that the
calamity. though narrowing in eve-y
detail. VIII give the city an opportunity
TO re-adiust itself on new and more
modern plans and that n new city O,
imposing grandeur is to rise from the
ruins of tha old.
me progress whiah has been made
IN the work of clearing the debris from
the streets in the burned district seems
almost magical. Baltimore street which
at sunrise was a confused mass OF rub
Dish. Is practically clean. and likewise
south street. one OF the great banking
tLoronghfarc. Hanover street. near
where the fire started. was made passa-
Die for wagons. and Pratt street. a long
ivenue of trade. is clear of encum-
frances all tho way through The city
S'Eincer's department the huiIdiuo in
| Ie.tor and tho et,,.,t ..i,.,,i -,
| mon, 81, , Wv '"'
/ i ''N'' 4" cohJ''nc'loh' y"
! "''e'Epl was made 10 do more than to
clear the streets from curb to curb. tho
! debris being piled hi.h ou tbe eide-
| walks and ba.l, oc ,t., t,,;,.,;
''"'
''''''''S N"iiS Whl'h over
hahS the streets We're pulled down. The
most ambitions attcmnts at ra>irc
walls v,er, an u,or,,. 5 -,
.,,o.. anu '""' ""ru
( ... -; ~; ~ c"On "l 'H'7e places there
,,hi,h ~ .uEin'" win VIII" cables.
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/ -, rs th "aiI' Vilu men Wouno upon
,,t,; a.'Oo'H. nv Ii"IS' h"lldlnS IN
| I,,,, a. ","' '''' WAS pulien
-, :, - oii' ""9'' I!c "hdhcIal district
xxx, 80. 'i1. az nV'"S Hlauc 10 open
81. ~" LUIS, nose Oh thc Herilan
r,.' "' tHc "e' man flrc insurance
I t *cie opened ana the cash
'u ,.i, 'eHch oHC uhlhJlred. me
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wbosa nIoces ~ husinoss 80 '..,,,h
Iowcd ~, !, ts,. "nnHa''rot;a, MY s"". r,.,
signed rnptrarts f,r roI,mitdino ord
there arc on oil sides ,hn gro,tos,
eions of .rtt,i.,, T.; tbi - A.,
ave sImn1v v,ftjn,, Sor ,ho nitI 80 Ia.
the streets M dab~is and ei,c nor,nis
sion IN rho owners ~ tbe crnmnd 70
tale nosseeeion THO matte. o., acnan,
INC aid from otbor cittas bas not 20.
boen fnaiIv dori,,ad nnon acrordinc t',
Mayor NcJ.ane Tho fre aid NOT reoch
the .os,.antioI section or tho civ and
there Is no octuaI destitution ~ this
time The Indications are thai tho lii
,ens # paItimore wft1 no rnnv an,e Io
take are NJ aII cases NJ want that
might nresent tbems.ivec TT mavor
feels grateful for the many nroffnrs az
aid from tbo citizans or ,hie country