Show I ESTIMATES OF THE LOSSES I I Owners of Destroyed Property Discuss Dis-cuss Amount of Damage I I Curtis B Hawley manager and chief owner of the Utah Electrical and Supply Sup-ply company estimates his loss ut 3500 with insurance of 2000 Mr Hawley was enabled to save a good I part of his stock In a more or less damaged condition through tho thoughtfulness of Miss Mabel Cooper who learning of the fire rode on her learning I wheel to Mr HOV leys house and notified no-tified him that his store was on lire j The company has only been doing business busi-ness sinceMarch 1s and the fire comes I as quite n blow but Mr Hawley states I that he will proceed to open up again I as soon as his loss can be adjusted SODA WATER COMPANY William J Mclntyre manager of the I I Salt Lake City Soda Water company estimates the loso to the company at 26000 with insurance for about half I I that amount The plant was the largest larg-est one of its kind west of Chicago I and represented a total investment of 35000 Mr McIntyre the S500 says company com-pany will Immediately look about for anew a-new suitable location and It a desirable I desira-ble one cannot be found the company will build a house of Its own Most of the minor explosions heard during the I lOre may be attributed to the soda water wa-ter plant and most of them were harmless I harm-less being caused by the expansion of the water in bottles and In the small tanks used to charge fountains The J I larger cylinders were all provided with I safety escapes so that no damage to the building resulted from explosions I I in this plant I SPENCER CLAWSONS LOSS I Spencer Clawson of Spencer Clawson Co estimates his loss at 10000 fully covered by Insurance The firm was quartered In the Short Line building temporarily and had only a part of the I stock there Ir was down town soon after the fire started said Mr Claw son and with the assistance of some bystanders managed to save nearly all I my office furniture The crowd was I slow to start at first but after I had I given away a few overcoats I number I took hold with me and we got most of my things out and also helped remove I n few things from the adjoining offices Tho basement beneath my store was occupied by the Mine and Smelter Supply Sup-ply company and It must have been In I tho basement there that the fire originated l origi-nated The walls did not appear to be very good and I observed that the fire had crept up through the lath and plaster plas-ter walls to the Short Line offices above before It got to my store Thus there was fire In the basement and in the second story with little or no blaze on the ground floor I was In my store I with one of my boys when the explosion explo-sion occurred We were badly shaken up but were not inured at all I |