The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-16
SAYS THE MAYOR
Certain Blocks May be Oonversed
Into Public Reseryations-Maay Of
the Firms Pay on Their Hmployes.
Volume Of business Done During
the Week Was Enorusous-AziSs
Alice Roosevelt Visits the Oty ~
Views the Ruins.

Baltimore. February ii-AfAysr
Robert AcLane voiced the pervading
sentiment in Baltimore today when he
said to the Associated Press: we are
going TO recover from this calamity and
will emerge a greater and better city
than before.
Il am very much encouraged" the
mayor added. with the spirit and grit
shown by our people in their determl-
nation to go ahead and assist in the
rehabilitation OF the city. realize
with the average citizen that now is
our opportunity to improve the business
part OF Baltimore. The question OF
converting certain blocks into psblic
reservations viii be considered and q
definite conclusion reached"
There Is some disappointment espe-
claiy among business men who have
valuable property buried under the
ruins, over the determination not to
send Federal troops here to police the
frs( district, but Governor Edwin War
field is firm in his insistence that the
soldiers are not needed.
Saturday. which is usually recognised
as pay day, brought joy to some thou
sands of Baltimore employees aad sor-
| row to other thousands. Some OF the
and others did not. Inability to secure
| cash was the reason for the failure of
most or these firms TO pay. Every ef-
| fort had been made by them to get their
pay rolls ready. but they found this
| impossible.
Strange as il may seem. the volume
| of business done in Baltimore this week
has been tremendous. and probably ex-
| ceeds that .of any months in its pre-
| vious history. This refers more TO
| purchases than TO sales. although many
| firms which were burned out never
| ceased taking orders. and kept their
| statesmen on the road selling goods.
| The principal transactions have. OF
| course been in real estate and building
and repairing contracts. The great
| amount of fitting up and remodeiing
buildings for temporary locations rem
| ders il difficult to obtain the services
of carpenters and builders.
I! The decisive way in which the Balti-
more and Ohio and the Pennsylvania
railroad companies responded TO the
situation is the talk OF the city. Special
trains to bring fire companies and Do
| lice protection were ready at almost a
| moments notice. The run OF q freight
train by the Baltimore and Ohio from
Washington in thirty-six minutes. ear
| rying fire companies is record.
| Early this morning Building Inspec-
| tor Preston and City Engineer Fendal
| determined TO raZe the dangerous walls
| that were standing in the burned dis
| trict as quickly possible A notice
| to this effect was Immediately sem
| to General Riggs. asking that no more
| permits be granted to persons 10 entel
| the fire lines except to the press and
| to those who had interests within tn
fire lines. but outside OF the district u
| be dynamited. General Riggs acted az
| cordingly.
Miss Alice Roosevelt accompanied b
| Messrs. Wadsworth and Long. came II
| Baltimore late this afternoon TO tak'
a view of the ruins. The party arrives
| al the court house at 800 In an opef
| barouche and were received by Genera
Riggs and staff and Police Marsha
| Farnan They were escorted into IN
| marshars Office where General Rigg'
| informed them Of the danger OF ventur
| ing too far into the devastated dtstric
; and said that he would allow them Z,
| drive up Fayette street where fairi,
| good view could be obtained This wa
| acceptable TO the party. and Captain
| Pierce and Lieutenant WadsWorth wer'
| sent 70 act as their escort.
Marshall Milton. an employee OF m
Consolidated Gas Company while en-
| deavoring TO climb over a tar vat u
. | the company's works in Canton in or
. | der TO view the fire. made a mtsete
| and fell into the boiling liquid and BE-
| fore he was rescued was probably IA
| tally burned over his entire body from
| his neck down.