Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-04-29
Property Owners Cleaning Up
Their Lots Preparatory To
Erecting New Buildings
MANY MERCHANTS ARE
TEMPORARILY LOCATED

That Pocomoke City is intent upon
being rebuilt and that very speedily,
is evidenced by the fact that every
business man who lost his place of
business and many of the owners of
lost residences are busily at work
clearing up their lots and making
ready for the work of rebuilding.
Not for years has there been such ac-
tivity in our town. Every carpenter
and in fact every man who can use
saw and Ratchet has a job and is hard
at it. And the ordinary laborers are
working all of them full time and
pany of them overtime trying to
clean up things and get them in read
mess. NSeveral of the lots are more
than half cleaned up now and if the
weather continues favorable they will
be in shape for the workmen by the
close of another week.
OF course there was little delay
in some of them getting to work. All
of the insurance had to be adjusted
and the ones whose accounts were adj
justed first began work first. The
town has been filled with insurance
adjusters and they have been busy
since their arrival. 1t is hard job,
the matter of adjusting insurance &C.
counts. 1t is said, however, that
those who have had the Pocomoke los
SEES in charge have gotten along with
our people very nicely. Of course
differences arise; it could not be 9TH
erwise. But in each and every case,
1--WE believe, a conclusion has been
reached by which the insured as well
as the company were we'll Satisfied.
Just as soon as the adjustments were
made our pople got to work and they
are now all hard at it.
And not only is the burned district
a scene of activity, but business is
going on in the other sections of our
town. Every available lot and empty
storehouse or residence have been
pressed into service. Those who
needed quarters were glad to get any,
where at. any price. In some in
stances two or three firms occupy one
building. Then there were several va
cant lots admirably located for bust
ness stands. On these lots temporary
buildings have been constructed and
many of the houses already standing
have been remodeled SO that they
would meet the requirements of their
rev tenants. This means that lum-'
Lermen, building material men, car
penters, laborers, haulers and all 9TH
er mechanics are busy from morning
til night and the town is a scene of
unusual activity. And it is likely to
be SO for the next two or three years
straight running, for Pocomoke City
is gaing to be rebuilt and that as
speedily as possible.
1t is really astonishing what has
been accomplished within the last
week. What little of the various
stocks GU rmrchants saved has been
Strengthened out and in addition to this
they have ordered large and varied
stocks our merchants saved has been
rived and are now on the shelves lat
least great many of them are. To-
morrow, and surely next week, you
can walk in a store and get any ar
ticle that you may want, just as
though no fire had ever occurred. The
merchants of Pocomoke are a wide
awake set, and they don't want to see
their trade going elsewhere to deal,
and in order to prevent it they are not
sparing expense or trouble in order to
t.ke care of all wants.
In thinking of the Pocomoke fire
our out-of-town patrons should re-
n ember that the southwest side of
Market street from Matthews G.
Landlords conner to the corner oc-
cupied by the Empire Theatre was moi
hurt at all and that all the merchants
in that section are doing business just
as though nothing out of the ordinary
Lad occurred.