Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-19
POCOMOKE CITY TO
ACT WITH CARE IN
BUILDING PROGRAM
Continued from page 4.

trio light company for their emergency
work.
|, Recovering somewhat from tho ex-
citement of Monday. residents OF
Pocomoke City thronged the streets
yesterday and today, looking over the
ruins and taking stock OF Just what
was left. Crowds gathered early and
were. later augmented by out-of-town
visitors from the county and nearby
cities. Many persons went at once
to the places where their homes or
stores had been and attempted TO SAL
wage something from the wreck.
Bank and Postofice Open.
On advice from tho mayor and City
Council this was stopped to n great ex-
tent. Ii was explained that the re-
mains OF the stores, particularly,
should remain as they are until after
the underwriters had made their in
vestigation.
Bank Funds Intact
Special permits were graRted to one
or two persons TO so into the ruined
structures. Among these was the
Citizens National Bank on Market
street. Locked in the vault here were
the banks records and currency.
The vault was opened and its con-
tents were found TO be in perfect
shape. They We're removed TO an un-
| injured building. where the bank
opened for business about 10 n. IN
yesterday. 1t and the postof'ice were
about the only institutions from which
enough was saved to set up tenn
porary business.
The postoffice was opened early yes.
terday, but had no postage stamps foi
sale. AS consequence there was soor
a shortage. as large quantities OF mai
have been leaving town. Late yester.
day afternoon stamps were provided b,
Government officials.
The other bank, the Pocomoke Cit,
National, was more seriously damage,
and the vaults had not cooled or suf
ficiently for them To be opened. Thos,
acquainted with their construction
however. say that there is little doub
as to the safety Of their contents.
Many plans are being made for re
building. but most OF them have no
yet taken definite shape. NJ. I
Veasey, however, who owned the tw,
stores operated as the /. F. Hargi
Co. had an architect come from Bal
timore to look over the remains O
the buildings and 10 make plan, 10
the future.
While believing that 81 Is best {
take hold Of conditions and rebuild IN
town as soon as possible, Mayor Tu
declared himself in favor OF roin
slow enough to see the way clea
ahead.
We have the chance OF lifetime
he told the other members OF IN
Council. the chance OF a century.
thing, 10 make a better city than W
had before. We want 10 take ad
vantage OF our misfortunes as muc
as possible. and 10 lay our plans care
fully.
"At the same time. there is no nece.
sity OF going too rapidly. We do nC
want 10 proceed without consult n
others in the town who have the we
fare OF Pocomoke CITY Jus; ae muc
at heart as we have. That Is why
favor waiting and trying 10 reach
friendly settlement before COINS ahea
with condemnation proceedings.
We must remember that the who
town has had severe shock, and IN.
everyone is still in a high state Of =,
c!tement. We must wait while. eve
few days. until they are able 20 loo
At things calmly and TO think aboi
. the future without worrying too muC
about the past
In line with the mayors attitude.
general meeting which had been plal
ned for last night was called or
= is likely that the City Council "
meet again today