The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
BAL IlMORE 30
 MEET THE EMERGENCY
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 of height being but four stories high and surrounded by taller buildings. the flames rushing over them.
 There are between s11, 900 and $12, 000,- 900 now in the vaults of the sub-treasury, of which over s7,0O0,0O0 is in gold. The re- mainder consists of currency, silver and minor coins This amount Is iradequate to meet the emergency demands of the trade of the city. With considerably more than three-fourths of the leading banking institutions of the city destroyed and their vaults buried In the debris, and therefore inaccessible though intact, the business men of the city are seriously embar- rassed in the transaction of business.
 Treasury Department Offers Aid. | Assistant Treasurer Dryden and Cashier Nice are taking every possible measure to meet the necessities arising from the lacN of banking facilities. In their steps they have the hearty cooperation of the treas ury department, which has expressed a readiness to ship any amount of money that is needed, even if the need stretches into the millions. When Mir. Dryden tele- phoned Secretary Shaw he told him the situation in detail
 MT. Shaw told him that the resour ces of the treasury were at the disposal of | Baltimore and directed that business be transacted immediately at the sub-treas- ury regardless of the public holiday pro- claimed until Tuesday the 18th inst by the governor of the state, yesterday. This extraordinary action was deemed best to meet the emergency.
 The moment the doors were opened the demand for money began and from all parts of the city came persons clam bring for silver certificates of small denomina- ton, fractional silver and minor coins. Small notes and small silver were most needed. The liberal endorsements of cash supplies promised from Washington will greatly relieve the situation.
 Utmost Precautions Taken.
 The utmost precautions against attack on the vaults were put into force and a heavy military guard safeguard every part of the building.
 Outside the fire area this afternoon and tonight. the streets were filled with tramping thousands. Multitudes of peo- pie. residents as well as the out-or-town folk, who are fiocking to the city on 1 every train, spent the early hours of the night in the section just back of the 1 fire lines, gazing at the wracked build lngs. At the city postoffice, the usual routine has been resumed.
 For a time it was feared that a food scarcity with an accompanying advance in prices would occur, but 1t is felt this apprehension has no grounds. Supplies are short but railroad facilities have been unobstructed, and merchants now believe they will be able to meet every demand. Most of the provision houses in the whole sale district were burned, but arrange ments have been made to sell food sup plies from freight yards and stations. Work of Clearing Begins. | The runins of the fire territory having cooled sufficiently to permit the handling of debris the work of clearing some DOT tions of the burned district began today. | Hundreds of laborers engaged by the de- i partment of street cleaning were put to work att he. western end of the ruins clearing the streets. ~
 Many weeks will elapse before all the streets within the fire territory will be | open to traffic Bricks to the depth of 1 four feet, large marble and granite blocks. great girders, bent or broken. and net works of telegraph, telephone and electric light wires cover the streets. | On both sides of the thoroughfares in many places are towering walls that will have to come down before any attempt can be made to clear the streets at these ! points The Consolidated Gas company has suf- l fered severely from the enormous waste of gas from broken pipes. and this even | ing force was sent out-to turn off gas l from all pipes that have been damaged. l The gas works have been pushed to the l limit day and night to supply the resi- dential portions of the city.
 Great Waste Water. There has also been great waste of water from broken pipes, and gangs of men from the water bureau were ergRgcd in turning off the stop cocks on the water mains.
 All of the out-of-town fire companies that came to Baltin ore and rendered such valuabl, services in stopping the progress of the fire have returned to their homes. Chief Engineer Horton of the local de- partment in speaking of the work of the visitors, said.
 "The services of the visiting firemen were greatly appreciated. not only by myself, but by all the citizeus of Balti- more. The work was extremely valuable, and 1t Is partly due to ther efficiency that the fire was stopped where 1t was. feel that I cannot say too much in praise of their good work.
 A special meeting of the members of the Baltimore Stock exchange was held here today at the Hotel stafford to consider l the question of rebuilding the exchange. 1t was decided to erect another building on the old site as soon as the debris is cleared away. A temporary board commit tee will be opened in the Builders ex- change and trading in securities on the list resumed.
 Resolutions offering the mayor ana