The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-11
Owner of Five Story Build- ing, D Destroyed by
 Fire, Arrives Here
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
 DEPENDS ON ADJUSTER
Loss Is Estimated at S25O, ; 000-Furs Valued af
 S60,000 Burned

Charles Goldstein, owner of the five story Goldstein Building des- troyed by fire last Wednesday, stated today that he has no information regarding the building of a new structure.
 Arriving here on the Princess Norah yesteday after vacation of several weeks which took him to Los Angeles and Mexico City. Mir. Gold stein indicated today that the loss in the fire amounted to approximate ly s250,000, how much of this is cov- cred by insurance he was unable to state due to destruction of records and personal papers in the fire.
 S6,0OO Loss Of Furs
 Furs to the value of over t6o, ,ooo were reduced to ashes and these car- ried no insurance coverage. The vol- ume of furs which he carried in stock in the Charles Goldstein Fur rler Store, was swelled few weeks previous to the confiagration, by the receipt of three shipments of raw belts from Interior posts. Largest portion of the merchandise destroy ed in the blaze were finished and 1 dressed furs.
 No furs were stored in the concrete vault which still stands in the right hand rear corner of the building shell. The refrigerating room, con- 1 taining most of the furs, was made of wood and completely destroyed.
 Some of the furs stored by private individuals in the furrier shop were covered by insurance, these policies, according to MT. Goldstein, being secured only at the request of the individual owners.
 A steel safe reposes Inside the con- crete vault. This will be closed for 10 days, allowing it sufficient time to cool in order to prevent possibility of explosion when the receptacle is opened Valuable papers and per- sonal documents are contained in the fireproof depository.
 All advance plans for rebuilding will await decisions of the insurance adjustor, M. J. Moe, who is expected to arrive in Juneau sometime next week. Until he has completely sur- veyed the damage, MT Goldstein does not wish to commit himself on future plans.
 First indication of the five reerr"f
 Mir Goldstein via wireless whil0 the Princess Norah was croesAig Queen Charlotte Sound. The mes- sage was handed to him by Mayor Harry I. Lucas of Juneau who was a fellow passenger on the boat about 5:30 o'clock last Wednesday after- noon.
 MT Goldstein has owned the site on which the Goldstein Building stood since l906 The building erect ed in 1914 at a cost of over $ll0,000 was at that time the largest struc- ture in the Territory.
 Originally housing the Charles Goldstein Emporium and grocery store on the ground floor and Fed- eral and Territorial Offices and general offices on the upper stories. the building has since undergone re- modelling programs which total to an additional cost of $l00,000. The own- CT spent $38.000 renovating the se- cond story for the Juneau Medical and Dental Clinic.
 At one time, in 1915, the Territor- ial Legislature held sessions in the building.
 City workmen were busy today hacking into the debris seeking smoldering fires which have recur- rently cropped out in the charred heap during the past few days. All smoke sources appeared to have been eradicated today.
 MT. Goldstein who was Outside for several weeks on pleasure trip. motored through large section of California, Texas, and Old Mexico. Accompanying him on the journey were his wife and daughter and son. in-law, Mir. and Mrs. M Dolginer.
 Office space in one of the store sections of the Baranof Hotel will be occupied by MT. Goldstein probably by Monday. The office is being pre- pared in advance by the hotel of ficials, and MT. Goldstein will be the first acr1ir,apf in the modern Strl.p-