The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-15
PLANNING TO REBUILD.
Atlanta VIII Immediately Re!
construct Burned Section.
CLEANING away THE RUINS
The Burned District as Renting Propo
sition Melted $4,000 Year
in Rents.

Work of rebuilding the burnt dis
trict of Atlanta, bounded by Madison
avenue, Nelson, Forsyth and Mitchell
streets, will be begun Immediately.
S. M. Inman, owner of the Terminal
motel and the Inman block and the
heaviest loser by the fire announced
that he would rebuild and that the
work of reconstruction would be IN
dertaken at once.
The Atlanta Brewing and Ice com
pany, the next heaviest losers, and
owners of the Terminal station annex
3 and the Marion annex, through Pres
tdent Albert Steiner, stated That the
y work of replacing these buildings
would be begun at once.
Il Dabney H. ScovilIe, who leased the
Il Marion annex, and owned the three
handsome stores adjacent, stated it
1 was his firm intention to replace these
( buildings with duplicates, or, perhaps
Eandsomer buildings, at once.
81 George mccarthy, who lost building
Ybetween the two hotels, will rebuild
Eat once, too.
az This takes up the list of property
eTowners In the burnt district, and each
pt1as signifed his intention of rebuilt
sting at once.
or 1t is estimated that the burnt dis
nfErict, as renting proposition, netted
4K$150,000 year in rents. The loss of
this rent is an appreciate item when
"a it is considered there were long leas-
es on all of the stores, hotels and
\ factories.
Many of those wno were burned out
4 have arranged for leases in the build
ings to be erected.
The burnt-ogt branch of the Cen
trail Bank and Trust corporation, at
the corner Of Mitchell and Forsyth
streets, has secured temporary quar-
tiers in the building at the corner of
Alabama and Broad streets.
According tlp the compilation, as
made for the Insurance Herald, the
total of insurance carried on the
burnt district aggregates 1924, $50.
This, taken at the usual three-Quar-
ter risk. makes the total value of the
property $1,000, 400, and including
those insured for less than three-quar-
tiers value the loss is estimated, con
servatiVely at $1,250,00O.
The complete list of firms which
suffered by the fire follows:
Mitchell Street-McClure Ten-Cent
company, Central Bank and Trust
corporation, ]. r. Jones, Edward F.
Small, Alex Kreisle, J. H. Schroeder
& Brother, Childs' Hotel, Piedmont
Hat company, West Disinfecting com
pany, Georgia Vehicle company, Paul
D. O'Kelly, Keystone Type foundry,
Goodrum Tobacco company, Atlanta
Utility works, Burnett, engineering;
Couch-Elder Manufacturing company
Southern Handkerchief company, Ma,
rion Hotel annex, Southern Sdspender
works, T. Floyd, Robert 7. Moon,
Peter Vorghetis, Robinson Neckwear
company, American Baggage and
Transfer company, j. Lee Reneau
United States postoffice, station B,
Kingsberry Shoe company.
Madison Avenue-James r. Sea.
wright. Hill Brothers, Terminal hotel,
II. L. Schlessinger, Meyer & Co.
Nelson Street-Liquid Carbonic com
pany. Hirschberg Paper company
south Forsyth Street Anderson
Brothers. Binder Frame Manufactur.
ing company, Brsdfeld Regulator
company, Grafton & Knight Manufac-
turing company, Walker & Cooley Fur.
niture company.