Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-11


district.
The committee will also report in
favor of an immediate relief appropria-
ton by the Legislature. Mayor Nc
Lane announced that he will appoint
AN emergency committee of represen
tatiya citizens to act as an advisory
board to the municipal authorities.
The conference was an extended one
ana was participated in by not only
various stat" and city officials but D.!
:; number Of leading business men OF
Rrliiuore 4 full and thorough dis
tlssion of the situation developed. \
general belief that it would be the part
of wisdom to take advantage of the
generous offers of assistance that have
h,.ar so freely made. The citizen sol
t;icrs now on police duty are needed
in business ard it was thought best
to ask for the regulars in order 70 per-
nit the euardsmcn to devote them
selves to their usual vocations.
AT this meeting the mayor announc-
"a tha: he had asked the Pcnnsylva
Lila, the Baltimore & Ohio. and the
Western Maryland railroads to permit
their constructing engineers to as
sumo control OF clearing the burned
district and that the request had been
granted.
Tonight, Mayor McI.are Will make
rUbIic Il formal statement as TO exist
lag conditions and the needs OF the
city and expressing the desire OF the
civ authorities to receive contrlhu-
lions for a relief fund.
: In an interview today, with an Asso-
ciated Press reporter. Hammond j. pu-
gan president Of the real estate exchange
said that the clearing away Of the debris
il, the burned urea will be commenced 81
once. In four months time temporary
structures can be erected all over tEt
ground swept by tie fire and business
will assume normal proportions. The real
ce tate exchange has telcgraphe request
To the Legislature to speedily pass Tho
bill already introduced repeating The
mortgage tax Ct per cent. on incom"
This will have the effect of bringing
capital here for investment in real cs-
tate and TINS facilitate the rehabilitation
OF the city.
BY a general agreement some Of tho
| large Insurance companies have decided
, to advance 50 per cent Of claims in or
der to facilitate business. This action vii
/ materially relieve the local financial sit
Uatinn.
All the railway lines entering the cit!
have agreed to turn over to the city &u-
thoriticS al the section hands and track
| laborers that can be spared 20 assist il
| clearing the ruined district. The me.
will he quartcrcd in cars of the railway
! yards and be under the direction Of tbs
! expert railway engineer. The work 81
systc tizing the clearance of tn" ruin:
! is proceeding with dispatch. Much ina:
been accomplished during the day IN cv'
I cry branch of rehabilitation.
| The police authorities have tc!e-
, graphed for plain clothes men Il
! come here to look out for crooks. About
/ 10 men arrived. today. from New York
( Philadelphia. Washington and Harris
| burg ana other places. They will ht
lr,.:pfnr,,.l tomorrow. by Il large num-
! Der from more distant points.
The police department has adopted
! renewed efforts to prevent the sale OF
; intoxicating liquors in the city. The
. patrClmen were informed, tonight. that
they would be held personally reSpOn-
| siDlc for any violation OF the excise
! laws. They We're instructed to arreSt
| hotel keepers whom they find dispens-
! ing liquors to other than bona fd.
/ guests.
| The loca, fir. mon We're considerably
alarmed about $50 p Al, today. wner
| in responding to an alarm from~tht
v, sidcntial section they saw fire issu-
i ing from the roof of the handsome
home or the late John L. Hurst. 90
| Cathcdral street. The disaster Of Feb
! :, started i'll the business house Of Johl
! Y: Hurst & Co. the head of which was
| the lat. John +. Hurst. The fire rroV-
ca to he the burning Of SCOT IL a CHM
n-y and vas extinguished before dam
| aet was done.
\ company Of troops is patrolline
within the fire district, tonight. and Il
policemen are Oh guard at the burned
bank buildings. Along the entire
boundary Of the burned area 1900 sol
| di,.rs ana policemen are on guard.
| The sky is still ag!ow with nlnncr-
Gus fires that continue to burn in tbs
ruins.
The supreme nHNtn oi BALTIMORE Guy
announced, late this afternoon. tina:
/ the local courts would resume tncil
regular sessions on Friday.
The Baltimore Herald established Z
temporary location. today. at the Evening
Telegraph office in Philadelphia, wher,
| the paper was printed and sent to Balti-
NOR on 4 special train. Then paper or
days since the fire was printed in Wash
ington. Not IN issue has been missed
The Herald will b. the first paper in BAL.
timorc To begin building operations
Annapolis. Nd, Feb. l0.-A resolution
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