The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-15
LOST NJ TIME IN
 BUILDING

! lDITAROD CITY, April S-Wat- ing only long enough for the embers 10 cool following the disastrous fire of last Tuesday, when the whole block On the north side of First street. between Richmond and Will low, was destroyed, the various prop erty owners who had suffered by the loss of their buildings and the de struction of their places of business, became active Wednesday morning, and before evening over a per cent. of the business interests had laid the foundations for the erection of larger and better buildings than had been destroyed
 In several instances the sidewalks were up on the first day, particular ly Goldsteins. who had the first wall up at o'clock followed closely by Charley Worden and Miller X Slen- ter. of the Merchants cafe. Every available carpenter in the city was out with his hammer, and the sounds of industry very fOrcibly reminded the early resident of the merry days of last summer.
 This exhibition of industry was re- markable in it's striking unanimity and lack of hesitation. No one ap- parently harbOred the thought of gO- ing out of business for a moment, but as soon as they had safely hous- ed their rescued goods they began looking up carpenters and figuring on plans and estimates.
 Beginning with Charley Worden's place on the corner of Richmond and First, foundations were laid for one-story building 25x5O. practically of the same dimensions as the old quarters of the Waldorf Miller X l"nter are putting up a two-stor' building 24x7O. giving them a larger dining room space than before. The lunch counter will be placed on the east side of the building, and the whole arrangement reversed, giving them room for more and larger pri- vate boxes Besides the offices and living quarters up stairs. there will be private dining rooms. Drs. Brooks and Bradbury will occupy their old quarters in this building.
 Next to the Merchants cafe, Crow ley and Porter are putting up a larger building, the dimensions be- ing 25x50, single story. J. l. John stone will have much larger cigar store and poolroom, the dimensions of the new buildings being 24xS5. Both Goldstein's and Isaacs Bros. & Co.'S stores will be larger than before, being 24x45 and 22x45 re- spectively. The City orug store will have more floor space, the new build ing to be 15x45, and two stories. Adjoining the City drug store is the lot formerly occupied by the building of Niehoff & Co. Miss Win ters and Mrs. Eisenmenger have bought in on this property, and two story building 1Sx50 will be put up
 On Willow Messrs. Folvig & Pe- terson will put up another building lSx30 on the site formerly occupied i by the Home restaurant. Mrs. c. J. Sellander will move her bathhouse fixtures to the Caribou hotel, on Cari- bou street, where she will open up a large bathhouse and connections Turkish bath department. The wealth CT permitting, the Cascade laundry will be ready for business Monday, on their old location. in a two-story building 1Sx40, erected by Ben Hol- land and B. J. Banks.
 Building operations have begun on the Pioneer. This will be a large two-story structure as formerly.
 The cause of the fire, which start ed about 11:30 Tuesday forenoon in the forward part and apparently in the attic of the Pioneer building, is a mystery. There were three people upstairs at the time, Mrs. Donald son, the proprietress, who was in bed at the rear of the building, where she had been confined by sickness
 for a week, and attended by care
 taker, who had come in from the
 front of the building a few minutes
 before the alarm came in, without
 noticing any indications of fire. MT.
 Wallace was asleep in one of the
 side rooms and when awakened the
 fire was dropping through the ceiling
 in the hall to such an extent that
 he was compelled to climb through
 his window onto the roof of the ad'
 joining building. There were two
 stoves upstairs, but no fire in either
 Neither, as far as can be learned
 were there lighted lamps or lighted
 cigarettes. The only possible explan
 ation offered is that the fire started from the nues of the stoves of the