The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-03-19
INSURANCE ADJUsTERS BUSY
Representatives of Insurance compan+
les Come to Kenosha Today to Start
Work of Adjusting Loss on Mating
Plant Which May Reach S15o,ooo.

Tire fire in the great pile of barley
which was left in the ruins of the
elevators of the NJ. H. Petit Mailing
Company, was still burning today and
force of sfiFemen We're kept busy play
ing streams of water on the burning
barley with view of preventing
new outbreak Of the flames. An
emergency crew of fremen were put
to work at the ruins on Tuesday night
and all night long four men were kept
busy watching vagrant blazes that
broke out from time to time during the
night. This morning the smouldering
fire in the barley was limited to the
west side of the big pile and the fire.
men believe that before the end of the
day these fires will have been exiting
uished. The sudden change in tho
weather and the coming of freezing
temperature brought coating of ;ee
to the great pile of barley and the
charred ruins of the old elevators and
this morning the fremen found it diff.
fcult to drag the big lines of hose
about over the mountain of soaked
grain. Members of the regular city
department were kept at work on the
fire until after six O'Clock Tuesday
night and the men were so nearly ex-
hausted after more than twelve hours
Of work that Chief Isermann declared
that he would employ emergency men
for the night and allow the regulars q
chance to get some sleep and rest.
1t IS not thought thai it viii 5e
necessary to have men at the ruins this
evening and the regular men will be-
able to keep a watch over the smould.,
ering fires in the big pile of grain.
The work of adjusting the LOSSES
from the fire was started late Monday
afternoon and by noon today nearly
all of the companies interested in tie
adjustment of the losses rad represen-
tatives in Kenosha. With these men
came the insurance adjusters for the
assured" all anxious to get finger in
the pie. The larger amount of the in-i
surance on the building and stock was
carried in the A. H. French agency,
this agency having a little over a
hundred thousand dollars in policies cpj
the plant and stock Mr.. French was
busy early this morning and he is
hopeful that an early adjustment of
the losses may be made
A great deal of interest is being
shown among the people of the city as
to the possible future of the big plant.
The Petit Mating Company has BEEN
connected with the industrial history
of Kenosha for considerable over
half century and many people are hope
full that the company will continue in
business here The officials of the
company have declined to discuss the
plans for the future. but it is not
thought that the ruined plant will boz
rebuilt in its former arrangement. Tho
plant was an old style plant and il Isl
thought that if the company decides
to continue in business in Kenosha that
a new and greater plant win be built
and it will probably be located at some,
other point. Should change in tho
location Of the plant be agreed upon
by the members of the board of direc.
tors of the company the old buildings,
of the plant which survived the ire.
will be torn down and the real estate
placed on the market. IT is just posi-
sible that the fire viii make possible
the elimination of the switch tracks
from Chicago street.
The city street gang is meeting with
. big problem. Chicago street has been!
closed to traffic on account of the fall
ing of the walls of the elevator and
people are already demanding the open
ing Of the street. The charred walls
of the building which block the street
are covered with from two to twenty
feet of soaked grain and it will prob
ably be a week before any plan can
be devised for the removal of this
pile Of debris.