The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-12
W0RKMEN ATTACK'DEBRI
Like Magic, Streets Are
 Cleared of Ruins.
Banks Rssume Business, Cheeks Be ing Paid and Dsposits Msds h
 the Usual way--Trads Be !
 suming Normal Tenor.

Baltimore. Feb. 11.-Today marked the most cheerful advance Baltimore has vet made in emerging from the dark xioas cast upon it by the great c6nnaxration or last Sunday and Monday. An incident mat inspired the whole community with tremendous confidence was the resunln- uon or business by the banks, depossfn oeins received and checks honored i,s sne usual way. It would be dificua to s,,.i .sulhaeY the volume of ,transacticns fn .I .nat respect. but. according to the Iead- ing bankers. 1t was kratifvinaIv la,s,re m view yof, existing conditions.
 The Knowledge that Baltimore's ternf, nal facilities are intact and that rhn sraih elevators were not involved in the nery tornado has also served fosprompfFS popular conviction that the nifuafl,r IS not so dark as it has heret0fore ass. peared. Indeed. the optimistic feeiInr N Inanifestly growing that the Neaian1itgs though narrowing in every tetaH. vIYi e1ve the city an opportunity to resd,,lsk .seh on new and more modern plans ana .nae new city of imposing grandson is 10 rise from the ruins of the old.
 Magic Progress Made.
 The progress which has been n,rse t,..,.,, in the work of clearing the debris from ts,e streets in the burned district seenas AL most magical. Baltimore Gtreef which at sunrtse was a confused mass Of rsrls oish, is practically clean and ukswiss South Street. one of the rfnat hnnlss,,nf thoroughfares. Hanover Street. ressl where the ire started was made uassapla for wagons. and Pratt Dkrsek a lonz avenue Of trade, Is clear of ineunsbrances all the way through. No attempf waa Inaue to do more than to clear the streets 
 ID on the sidewalk and back Of the he,ll6- ing line. Many dahgerous walls xeIlfcl, overhang the streets were nuiIes ,iosns
 All through the nnanciaf district she pfepaFRtiuns ara hesuK. {nl3dA Is ssfssss saaSs and vauita Those of the fsefrhas, Bank and Geffnan Fire Insurancs Com. pany were cpenAd ana the cash Asilf books taken out liiin5lared The vault of sllds Marine Bank vas opened thts afternoon and found intact In no instance have damaged. -.;
 The Chamber of Commerce has bean exceedingly active today in sendlns broadcast to every centre of trade in tina country and Europe the assurance that Baltimore Is even now in condition to transact all shipping, grain and forelan trade and that all other lines of business will be. restored to their normal chan. nels within the next two or three months.
 The officials of the Chamber of Com. merce announced that plans are nearly completed for the rebuilding of their ss0o'. 000 structure.
 Contracts for Rebuilding.
 Many merchants and manufacture, as whose places of business were swallowed up in the con1agration have signed. con-. tracts for rebuilding. Tho matter of accepting. aid from other cities has not yet been finally decided upon, accordlne to Mayor McLane. The fire did not reach the residential portion of the city and there is no actual restitution at thtg time The indications are that the citi. Sens of Baltimore will be fully able to take care of themselves. The Mayor feels grateful for the many proffers of aid from the cities of this country and from foreign lands.
 Among the messages of sympathy re. ceived today was communication from D. Falconio. the Apostolic Delekate at Washington, containing the following from the Pope:
 Rome. Feb. 10,
 His Holiness deeply moved by tie news Of the great calamity which has recently visited the city of Baltimore. desires your excellency to convey to the honorable Mayor and the people of Bal timore his sincere sympathy. He prays that they can stand the severe loss the.r city has suffered and it will continue to progress.
 Cardinal Merry del yal.'
 The leading savings banks In the city combined in public announcement that none of them have suffered any loss of securities by the fire and that they are in as good condition financially as evers and that they win be open for business February IS.