Milford chronicle., 1904-02-19
BALTIMORE PLANS
A MODERN CITY
No Building Permits to be Issued Until
Streets Are Realigned.
THE LOSS PLACED AT s85,OOO,OOO
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II Baltimore, Nd, Feb 1S.-That Bal
= tlmore is to rise from its ashes more
a substantial, more modern and far more
/ symmetrical, needs no further Eroof
: than was made manifest by renewed
! expressions on the part of Mayor Nc
Lane and the committee of public
, safety by leading citizens that no
building permits shall be issued until
plan Of realigning certain thorough
lares whose crOOkedness and narrow
ness have long constituted a blemish
as well as a serious embarrassment to /
municipal growth.
There is a grim determination visi-
bic on all sides that the public's com
| pensation for the fiery ordeal through
which it has passed shall be the rising
OF a metropolis which shall be distin-
guished among American cities for
both its material substance and its
architectural art. The mayor and the
committee Of safety are resolved that
shells of buildings shall not be run
up between tireprOof structures. as in I
the past, and thus serve as a standing i
invitation to the flames. On this point :
the controlling forces here are appar- !
emily a unit, thus affording a guaran.
tee that the future Baltimore is to be II
both modern and model city. II
composite estimate of the total r,
loss from the fire by 25 expert repre-.
sentatives of leading insurance com. Ia
panies outside of Baltimore, places the be
figures at SS5000.000 Some of them III
think that the total loss will be re- 81,
duced to S7O,O00,00O, as much salvage ii,
is being dug out of the ruins which ali
was thought to have been DESTROYED. m,
The loss to the insurance companies tic
is estimated by the same experts at an
% per cent. of the total loss. cit
The offer of a New York insurance /
company to lend S2,0OO.OOO in Balti. tio
more for rebuilding purposes is a strilz. the
ng Illustration of the readiness of W"
outside capital to invest in this city. sas .-'e
rhls money is offered at AZ per cent.
rec OF commission. Another insur. in +
nce company has offered to lend the and
ity $4,000 available at once. pro
Very naturally, the urgent demands eyei
Or location by firms made homeless TO Is s.
y the fire has created much activity that
mong real estate men. and there has nro, rpe
cen disposition on the part of some the
wners to unduly advance prices. Sew. w! w
raj good property deals have been al man
sady cOnsummated. w
The task Of clearing the niles of kno,
lex mortar and rubbish from the asha
reefs in the fire scourged district -
as pushed forward with marvellous
GFUW L !.
Ia a vast multitude of workmen
IS been on the desolated streets all
y clearing away the debris. and mar
eat progress has been made. MAT
baltimore street has already been
lis The debris is bens eeet tbToTD to S0nos o1 Vest
SIDES. and the entire middle of the Pei
eet IS clear. A large number of the NJ.
n are now working on German hUIgt
nth and Lombard streets and aIong Pr
o is oisa 'on., o. ana tne clearing up Sale
evcention Of nIo~- c,s-iis rapiuIy' with ton
Ut street. Here the men are great.
hampered by having no place IN
DW the debris except into the basin -
te large number of walls which
inspector thought dangerous were
and this work will con.
e until all are razed to the ground
men tore down the immense col.
Is OF the Baltimore American of.
and the massive iron girders Of
Baltimore Sun building. Engines
Kept constantly busy on the prin. uvE7-7
streets in the burned district
ping water out of the cellars.
ie United Railway also had large y
Der of men at work endeavorinp I,
traighten out the trolley wires 4
company is also assisting to re.
money and securities from the =
'ent trust companies wants n
e of their wagons were busy car. A
OIL the yaluables from the Cont
u trust company's building r
s were strung from the WAGONS
the various floors and then RIM u
gh the windows. and valuabl9s
then 'trollied" down in sacks n
work OF emptying the safe de- II
vaults in the ruined buil5i~.s
rogressed rapidly. This is heinz
with extraordinary precautions
cort OF cavalry accompanies the
IS IN which the treasures are
l. Sharpshooters in plain clothes
IN the wagons, and detectives
closely on the sidewalks.