Show GOOD FOR SEATTLE the work of rebuilding he city earnestly under ibay if a stranger uninformed of last weeks fire had suddenly dropped into seattle and bad walked down second street ho would have thought he was in the midst of some great street fair the though fares were filled with moving crowds of people and vehicles of all descriptions while the sidewalks were lined with booths and of hawkers and benders venders whose cries as they proclaimed their nondescript wares and edibles tho clang of the bell of the electric cars and shouts of drivers of many wagons added to the usual confusion of a busy street and gave it an irresistibly holiday appearance but when the eye was turned to the south and west it met a scene of smoking desolation that divested the scene entirely of attractiveness and presented the awful extent of last weeks great disaster seattle has already girded up her loins and started in earnest the work of rebuild iner gangs of workmen are busily engaged oa tho water trout removing the debris and repairing and replacing tho ruined wharves the work of clearing away the debris in tho burnt district began today to day in earnest scores of safes belonging to business men were opened and their contents found to be a charred mass all the contents of the vaults of the various banks have been found to be in perfect order tho water works are already in operation railroad Eail road and steamboat transportation has hardly been interrupted by the conflagration though considerable inconvenience has been experienced by both in landing passengers business houses finding location in tents inside and temporary structures outside the fire limits professional fess ional men are opening up offices houses and wherever they can secure temporary accommodations the schools have started up again all the churches except the trinity episcopalian and methodist protestant which were burned had services as usual on sunday |