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Show TIIE SUNDAY EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 190JT. t'k WM.M. What it has accomplished eat fin dr since itls inJPO . Tt. hovrir jrBctf IXyjtzte' Calvtet tSrxzETT mznzrrzn? recrr Fcjrriarr arir jG4TOStriLMmoGj-JZSZZ- JSJZTJTCOSffJTEMS r - atr the jLrrr f but the flumes. At S oclock, tho merchants on I'hsncs and other streets to the asst began ts more thalr goods, and vehicles of sveev description drays, hacks,' daytona, private carriages, hand carta, and In fi t anything that had whaela were pressed Into service. It was a bsrvsrt tor team, stars, and B90 s laid was tha usual price, while some persons paid mere Is endeavoring to Bare books and valuable papers many mss, sad ores women, took desperate chances, sod tt required the utmost vigilance on tha pert at tho police i0 keep tho frenslsd pooplo from rushlni Into sure death. Many mas remained In front of thalr places ef business loading wagons so long that tho approaching Banes reused tbs horses to run away, and tha tea ms miking through tho congested streets added te the awful scons. A number ef loads ot goods caught flrs flora flying sparks sad had to bs abandoned, while ether Bras os wagons were sxttagotshed by a friendly stream from n nearby boss By B oclock tha Bra had reached the fornor of Charles and Baltimore streets, end the wind, vssrlng to tht westward, roared across the dty at s rata ef Ml miles as hour. Water waa powarlsas sail a solid short of Bams was spread across tbs dty from Pratt street, as tho south, to Lexington street, on the north. was used freely, hut it helped rather than hindered, for the shocks shattered window-glas- s in the neighborhood, and the flying sparks found resting places is material. As hear later tbs Bret of tho skyscrapers, the Union Trust Building, on tht north tost corner at Charles and Fayette streets, wss on flrs from ground to root a hugs torch rsarixg Its crest a head red tort shore tha tops of surroasdlng bandings ss If calling as tho flames to cany on their carnival ts area grantor degree. The flatus worked tbrtr way to Laxlngtoa street but aa thay. devoured thn structures oa tho south rids tha wind bogus ts haul to tha northwaat and sweep then back; hot In thalr retreat they found fresh food, and as they want lapplsg up tbs Calvert Building, Equitable Building, Central Bnlldlng cf tha and Ohio Ballroad aad a hundred ar mots bnlid Inga la tba neighborhood, lfsanwhlla anothsr flank of tha Are spread along Goroiaa, Lombard and Pratt street and before It want down the financial district the Carrollton Hotel, tba Brock Exchange, Merchants Club, American Office, Bun Olfico, Continental aid Maryhnd Trust Buildings, Chamber ef Commerce and scores of other buildings oquslly prominent In tbs aantls of tbs t7. As tha flrn crossed Boutk street lid rolled toward Harrison street and Centra Market I pare, whirs Uvad several hundred Hebrews sad other foreigner, the sonfldsnea In tba ability of tba flremm ts soon had nothing left The Story of the Fire . While what Baltimore has doss to rejuvenate Itself from Its devastation is of paramount Interest, sad the Bays that sro gone are tha Bays to ho forgot tea with the dawn of a now era, tha visit of tha Bra marked an epoch Is the history of tha city, and as history It Is worth ' . recounting. Sunday, February 7, 1B04, dawasd gray and cold, and tha stlllnass wss oaly broken by the peal of tha church bells, thu cry of tba newsboys and the clang of tha street cars as they Branded thalr way through tha business section, which wss almost deserted by pedestrians. At 10:48 o'clock su artomstle alarm bos In the wholesale dry goods and n house of John H. Hurst A Co oo the southwest corner of Liberty sad German streets, gave tha Bret Inrimathm at fire, sending a silent alarm te all the Bra romps nlea. The Are department mads s quirk response, and tbs Orumea entered the building, only to he driven out s tow mlnntes later by dense amoks As tbs structure wss vacated there wss as asplenias, the roof of tho building was lifted, every pans of glass Is the building, as wall as !b buildings la tbs was shattered, and great tongues of flame leaped high Is tha sir. Almost at tbs asms Instant a strong southwest wind sprang up, and groat burning brands were swept across tbs streets Into the windows of adjacent warehouses, end within s tow minutes the flrs chiefs realised that It waa going nalgh-horhoo- .Winnrri? rsSxr THE IWW17 ef BiEmn from (ft n are at Febraary T I, which 'swept ever MO urn af la at, lurlsdlng M blocks af the richeat aalasaa eectloa af tha city, ail da strayed MBS batldlBfa and fear ha which, with tbelr eoutaata, hare bMia tartoMl; esHmatud at from ITO.OUO.OUO to 1U0,0UU0UU, has boaa little abort af marveioui, and ow, with la 10 months, tha llirirt la at taoat B par coat rebuilt aad that portloa af tha altjr la eevarad hr Mocha af mxgslfl-Moffice aad warehoaaa buildings of tha noat nadari tVM, Utiatlca are always latareatlag fo destroyed tha aomparlaoB, .aad tha a, at ... In following: IS onootory bsHdlug. 1 ISO I dOI SO ' M St ST0 I S buildings. three etory buildings. e half story bonding tbrea ond-building. twewnd-one-knlf-su- fner-stor- baUdinga tonrend-eno-half-olor- tv eatery baUdlngs. flvoendaao-hal- f etory bulldlnta. building-aar- y a 1 aetory bslldlng. dghtetory building. I eleren-oter- y 1 1 hnlldlag. tweetary butldinfa. ha story bulldlaca. tirelra atory bnfldtag. olatevnetery hutidlat Tha foregoing buildings ware an brick, labat - addition thare ware destroyed tha Mlpwlnt fruia buildlsga: , , . , , 4T buildings. 1 bonding, , one-stor- y b tweetoiy t slxetory (Trand tatol, buUdluga building. UM bulldlaca, 4 tarda. Tha reearda af laapacboc habaa o aflaa at tha EalldlBC show that alaca tha great Bra 00 pamlta to arect rtraetwea la tha haw district hare baoa greatad as fellows: 0 balldlnca 10 an aad aaa buildings, to IVMtorr balldiaga. ' two aad aaa half story batMtagv IMS thraa story buildluaa US Searatarp bulldlaca SO Bra story balldlnga BO rixetury balMIuga hi serene lory bulldlnta rig htetury butldluga 1 uiueetory building tuMMrj buildings. twrtve-etorballdlnca Mt7 half-stor- y y 1 thlrtrea-ator- y building. alxtecsetorj bulldlnga According to thalr declared relna, thaaa atructurre represent 114500,0001 but tha astlnato af tha bpfwal Tax Caurt plaore tha ralua at UMMu8uu, According ts tha gares of tha Tax Court, tha Talus of tha balldlnca destroyed waa IU.UMML At fret ghats It would nan that with IASS buildings destroyed aad bat COO par mils Issued tha dtoparaga would ha great, but many of tba new atraoturea eorer from 2 to 12 lota, and of tha total number of lots about 700 of tbsm were takes tor tha widening af tba atresia, etc. Ia Scoring ant tha percentage af Iota Imprvrad tha dirk district la net Included, though It Is figured la tba number of buildings dasiroyed, thus accounting for tha differ eoca la tba statistics. Tboea who wsot through the coaflagra-tlo- a win oarer forgst that auful Sunday aad tha days that followed. Thors ware tha city sissy who did not think could arar racorer, and there ware many predictions that It would ha fire, tan or arcu twenty years before tba city would arar be rebuilt If there were many who were discouraged there were thousands who ware not Governor Warfield at once leaned a pr lamatloa declaring seren-daylegal day la order to help the banka and bu Sloans men whoso paper was maturing, and tha diy authorities, renllslug that tha Bra would not work the hnroe at Bret thought promptly declined all outride aid, though tha state legislature promptly appropriated aWVA0 for a relief fond, and this prosed ample, as I23.IIU) of It wss ' returned. ' At tba time the Bra waa considered an awful calamity, hut saliKequent duvetop-- ' i rents bare drannstrafed tint the Bre waa, alias aU, a blaming la tlt,,lxu aa tut a ' ft arausid tha people from lethargy and an anargelte piugreaWia eiaaa. able to reallas aad gsssp tha meaning af tha word hustling. Tha business wan wboaa atom wore destroyed quickly nought temporary quartan, gad la alleys and back noma they opened thalr aatabllabmanta, all tha while ding out tuna of solid tattoos for b natures by wall, aiaarlng thalr patrons that tha Bre wada 'Mttla difference to them aad that all ordara could ha flHad at abort notice. That waa tha spirit that showed Itsrlf all near tha city, and It waa tha spirit that woo, because during tha following ala months more business than erer was dona aad more money was mad Tor years and roars ana of tha greatest drawbacks to tba old business seethm had been Its narrow streets, and wltk tha steady Increase af business the thoroughfares wore so crowded that traffic was gently hampered. Before tha Bra plana for tba widening of so aw of tha streets had been prepared, but (hare waa one obstacle, and that waa tha great coat, riace not only did tha land hare to bo bought, bat tea wurehouasa as walL Whan that asrtlod waa a mass of amenL darlng ruins Mayor McLaaa called together a committee af tba leading cltlaees of tba city and tha nltaatloa was talked r. It was decided to appoint a rulin' emergaary powmlttaa to asnsldor tha ImproTements to ha wada. Within a weak the eamarittaa submitted Its report, which has since bean carried out, aad wbtrh contained tha following sug. gestions: Hopkins Place, cot through to Liberty a and met, funning nmktng a plans straight tburoughfere north read south with Park arenas; widen from Lombard street north from B6 fret to N fast and races do from Pratt street north. Heserer streak Cat through from Ralti-mr- a street to Fa yorte a tract, with u triform width of M feaL Charles street Widen from Lombard street to Fayette street from 4BH fret to 76 toot street Widen from Bsltlmore street to Pratt street from 43 to MB feet and res rede. ft. Paul street Widen from Baltimore treat to Payette street from gu to W feet ant grade to mart now gnula of Payette street; widen from 90 tu oil tort between Fayette and Lexington streets to pmrlda for a plan la front of Conrt- Light Cnlrert itreea Wldrn from Rsltl street to Fnyrtto street from 04 fret. Commerce street Widen from Exchange Place to Pratt street from 40 feet to i fret West Falla Arenas Ont through from Lombard ntreot to Baltimore street with a antfocm width of SO fret. Ocrtnaa Btrect Btnlghrea and widen from framer widths of W and 68 fret, to uniform width of is) fret brtwori Hopkins Place and Light street. Lombard Btrvet Vide from Charles street to Centre Market 8 para from tin feet to M feet, except the portion tormina Exchange Place Pratt Btrect Widen from Light street to Jones Palls from BU fret to 12h fret. Begrads the entire eontheastern portion af the district, raising the lieds of tbs streets from four to six feet. The carrying out of the suggestions for the Improremeat of the streets was a stupendous tank, but the Burnt District Commtralon was Indefatigable and n tirre property owners would not accept what was considered fair t .'.nations for their lots tba matter waa lifted out In the courts and. ha It aald to the r tit the tiller, the work waa pushed through and speedy settle men Is we.j made. , OeareomlBg all obstacles tha work of widening tba streets progressed rapidly, sod today the thoroughfares are completed sal pared, adding to the city's street area by BMJlu square fact, as toU f Iowa: Bqnire 'ret. tt. Paal street p'sxa Hopkins Fla-- Ilniueer tnct Charles street tg lu.vsi StU.i33 i VALUE COMPAB1BOBR. BOMB IITTEBEBTUra L2GftT tPrEEET IflETii.FiX2f JPJZA.TT. ter to JOS' JTeet That tho balldlnca whloh have roplaood thn old nvo waatly sspcrlsr In ovtdsnt ts tho most esissl observer, and It la estimated lf times aa that every sat of them la worth at loaat two aad aiack as the eld ones, and la many eases the value eseeeds throe times. Here nod there are Croat atraetaree that rapreeeat tea times the value ef the halldlach that fsrmerly eaoapled the alto, From the hooka ef the Appeal Tax Caurt la tekea the fellesrlac table which will shew at a the valae ef the eld balldlacs aad tha approximate seat of nemo ef the prlaelpnl bow bulldlaca that have heea erected. mow oao-ha- cce to ba a disparate struggle, sud a general alarm was Bounded, followed later by a call tor all avallatda apparatus Ho rapidly did tba flrs program that tba flrsmea were compelled to retreat, engine and truck, which were aoou destroyed. Tho firemen fought daspet ately, but the wind carried millions of sparks and fiery brands, dropping thorn on wooden cornices and in window rills, canning dooms of small Area nuay squares away, and again and again tha firemen bid to respond to the alarms that wore turned In from Tsrioua places. Dsp-inthe 24 bonrs there were no leei 62 of these alarms, all of which the result of" flying sparks. Within half an hour after tho first alarm It was realised by every olBcar af the lire department that tha Are waa bo yond- - control and appeals to nearby cltlas were sent out Tbs response waa prompt. Washington sent her apparatus on c special train that broke all previous records over the Baltimore and Ohio Ballroad, whlla Philadelphia, New Xork and a score of cities and towns la and about tho state did likewise, until by daylight Monday morning there were oa tha aeent and fighting the flames 1.231 firemen, with 67 steam engines throwing S0.U0U gallons of water a mlnnte. Tho water throngk-on- t Sunday did bat little good. Tbo wind blew strong and steady, and area with Siamese couplings It waa Impossible to throw a itrriin of any strength to th second floors, and tba flames swept leav-Intr- aa Jtjzsjtt Jisjtr JSti'jrrTE Bt Psnl street .r)S Light street te Pratt street., kl. tilt Calvert street UK Commsrre street d,4ll 24.P4.1 West Falla arcana Oermsn street Bi.Ml I .nni bard stn-r- t K.it4 Ut.MO Pratt street S.:K3 PoatoHee srenoe Thorp was slso o moveraent to widen Bsltliiiora street, but this was finally abandoned, bat s law wss passed requiring all struetitrea In the district to he built flush with the bat Id lug line nod In that manner tha pavemeuts were made at least turn fret wider on each side, thus adding somewhat to the width of tba streets and making them far moke handsome. Tha settling of tba street wldenlnga and the laying off of the new lines in used some delay to the rebuilding, but se.pral men took chances, and tlu tint prrndt to erect a structure on Centre Market Kiace was granted Mureli 7, and the first Irii affair on Last greeted was s Pratt afreet, and was occupied March 211, Another similar building was erected on Light street, but when the Improvements were nude to that thoroughfare the b inding was partially covered and had tu ba g one-stor- y demo'lidied. They weia pioneers, bowrver. and they helped tu res lore the confidence, nul the moment the new street grade and lines were established the work of ivlmlldlug went ou rapidly. II wss lews than nine months that work had advanced: so far Hist Hie Burnt District was no more aad I he more eupboaious name uf New District was given to it. This name was well deserved, and, as the hundreds of fine warehouses, stores and ofilee buildings arose from the sbes the advantages of the widened streets were readily perceived, and there has Baltibeen some regret expressed t more street wss sot so Improved. What was tbonebt to have been one of the greatest blows 1o the d:y wus the loss of the great wharves Light street aad Jones rails. It wa absofacilities for the lutely necessary ihst shipping be restored, and the stale legislature anthnrtied a loan of fo.nnvvm for the purpose, subje. t to tur into of the Tits lorn, togciher with another people. for pi(l.nii.iaki for seweis. ore . for the ,l:v Ann-ime for to develop is 61.1H.W'U for the cnli.r.-vit of l!i- - paik and building at buuigiarvls, use fur fjp in-- o c&lbztj' g a huge Mea, set off with fixtures at hronsa and water storage reservoir, furniture ot mahogany. It Is estimated one for 63.nnn.uoo for street paving, uno os buildings alone the Baltimore tor ll.oou.onu for public schools and one that banks have expended 42,000,000. tor l.UHU.MBi tor Inrresslng the flrs Tbs officers of tbs banks who had priwas unanimously carrisd. sad vate Interests showed s similar spirit, work on tbi- - piers Is now snder way. These struct Hi es will be from 6.V) tu l.ltud as did thousands of others whose proper-t-y wsk destroyed, and tha splendid ofle long, auil coeb ISO foot wide. They will have a !hor ares of 7U0.UU0 square buildings, warehouses idI stores are mute tost sad will bars s water frontage of evidence of the e eonrags feet. The water In float of them characteristic of the American. will lie drelged to s depth of 90 feet, The Johns Hnpklns Hospital, tbs chief sud they will thus be abla to taka ears revease of which wss Invested In rentof the maritime Interests of tht port as never before In the history of the city. als In the destroyed ares, was In a perilTin- - deslrin-iloi- i of old Center Market, ous condition after tbs flue by res sob of tha heavy loss, but Ur. John D. Rocketogether with the Maryland Institute, which occupied tlia upper floors, wss sofeller made tbs trustees s donation of mber loss to the city, but today where 6WH.CMU, and they have rebuilt the major Mod the siiiiqunisd market buildings which did for a century there portion ef their property, some 40 warehouses u all. Many of these structures is r.rlsing a senes of as flue market buildrover from two to ten lots subdivided ings as can In- - l'miud, sud they luclmle a wholesale produce market, a wholeInto rnmiartmants from 39 lo 40 feet sale fish m' kcl and a general retail front, hut all under one roof. umrket. Tile lopugnphy of that street The fiafs Deposit and Trust Company, was slso and the building far west Instcnd of tbs north as foiinorly. representing half s hundred estates, beThose iiuprovci.icms aril cost gan rebuilding as aoos s thalr lots could ho cleared, and they hare about threelo the Ktiui.gi-walking through tbs New District today tt hardly seems posscore fine structures to their credit. Insible i bill sin li an sirs could have been cluding betels, office buildings and wareu built up in short time. Un every houses. representing an outlay of about 1.2.'si.'sk site oils see solid blocks of buildings, The Itnlrlmors American, lu replacing each ot pleismg srcblteetiire and nil li.vud Its former seven-storlug Into a harmonious whole betokening bnlldlng with a ,1 spleii-office holldlng. and thn sn.ldlly sud learning tbelr in son frmn the fire, many owners rebuilt Haltin', to News, In erecting a fine t iilldiiig for Itself, was In keeping tlicir structures of fireproof material and with tlis general progress and the energy steel, terra rot:s sod Amcrete entered of flic largely In H e work, thus making pi alproprietors was an eziTpHnnsI crlicrii.n for nil eltlsens to apprcc'iite, ;D:r another such cuutiagrs- lies dy and It wss the sowing of seed on fertile tion. v.'ll. The Ivank'i.j Interests of the city sufIt Is really difficult tit describe what fered by th less of their homes, lully a t"c-- i bus score uf them going down In thu wreck, liCcoB'plishcd. Flyuras '"1 arc well enough la their and but In rvcr their vau'is were th'-tell much, hut-t- hs only war tv found to I lnturl an,l huslarss v.n uvsi-a trip the great work Is to promptly reu:iic.l In tem;iorsry , isricrs thrm g', i tae new district and lo ee for while ilielr new quarters were elected. In the r bin, ding of their hiv.ie ms one's self, and then, and not until theft, will t'.e true si I fa lion he grasped rthe banks showed i they were bimviis the can see arid realise tl.ut the forenioM In enter,:: tse. and no cliv In the radb-i.-i .f re two years rir'i wor'.l .li li.sst , f ns ir:it.y I "rr.-cf- , I r end that within fine years banking I. .!!" as ItalHhiore. It all of r,cui ae one story, hut f':er are of i r I the T'i"1 Dultlinore will come hick ts s i'.Ii iBtsrcst, and Hie ms suit anil are of Vnii::'i,i- - Hi1 gcnerniu pi puri.i,.. -' l.ibviviri-- :ii s r.nd their are grcMT R.i'timore will figi.re prom! fly respleaiiiiiv vnu tits finest lu.;nuicj mat- - no. g the great cities at the New 170110. onn.om tor the bnlldlng of ft-- "never-imy-dl- !.) I r su-'- y sirc-.igi- y tu-tlsii'- -d r rr ns i y r.- I ", :u-- on. By 11 oclock the Are had worked southerly and easterly to Lombard street, taking In both sides of Hopkins Place, aad an hour later started east oa German aad Lombard streets, and north aioag Liberty street aud Hopkins Place. At Baltimore street tbs Bremen i sde a desperate stand, but the flames leapad across destroying a number of buildings on Liberty street, thence sweeping up McClellan's alley to Fayette street, boring Its way steadily In a northeasterly direction In the path of tbe wind. By 1 o'clock the appearance of the Are wax frightful. Folly six blocka of tba finest buxines homes In tha dty wore burning like box factories Long too gees of flame shot ont of bnndrads of windows, curling upward and tossing from tbelr tip myriad of brilliant spark. From tha housetops rolled a vast sea of Bra, acres In extent, surging In great waves of brick red and golden yallow, tbat danced and snapped lu the cloud at smoke. fin tbe street the people gathered bow rr-struck, while here sod there stood the firemen endeavoring to ckock ine Canii--- ; while In and ont of tbe llnea, rlskiim t'icir live, hurried the reporters, getherb'g whet data they coaid for tbelr shh h were out extra s m Is: as tbelrtaming presses could work. Th-JsV.o Do wl the Are bad to contend " I in I ill.- - kpnrks, which singed faces and i.ur:, I! c, un. i. Several ladles bad tbelr Ion bcriu-.- fp m their head, while other uno i"jhi protection under umbrellas d r gnlh-uil- pai-i-r- . etll-th- l chock tba blase vanished and panic Hastily packing thalr offoota, at rather those which could bo gathered, tha i , residents began to flea This waa ona of th saddest Incident mo those poor mea, of tha Bra and-twoman and children struggling along aaeh laden Ilk a pack mol was enough to bring tears to tha eyas of tha moat On through the apark-fllle- d hardened. air tramping through the mlddlo of tha streets tha throng of wildly excited people harried on, their namber steadily Increasing until than waa no semblance of order and the strong tonght with tba weak tor right ef way. Thalr objaedva point waa the kllla on tba eastern odge of tba city and thare through the long, cold nights dbooMBds sat and shlvsred watching with aw a tho aaa at Are that licked np thalr all and left wreck, rsls and desolation In Its wake. On tha aids of tba bare bins there vast wore strewn tor a mils or morn assortment of household aad store goods nntll tt seamed as though tha contents of a thousand department; stares had beta east to tha winds and tba articles had fallen la promlseaoaa baapa an tha edge at tha city line. Shortly after daylight Monday morning the plant ot tba United Hallways and Electric Company, an East Pratt street, tnfle want down and with it street-ca-r all aver tbo city waa paralysed. Tbs wind maintained Ha direction and tha fire presented a front from tha harbor oa tbo oath to Baltlmroo treat on tho north, tretehlng along la front of tho fire woo Jones Falla, a stream of about flO In width and walled up oa either sM It was along this stream tbat tha flrw men assembled for a concentrated attack oa tbe advancing storm and on each ef tbo bridges stood two or more engines while a score of cngloeo flanked the walls aaeh drawing water from tba stream beneath. At tbo lows end ef tho Falla whore It empties lota tha harbor were '10 engine componleo from Mew York, and thalr efforts were aided by Aba United States rsveaoa cotter Wlndom and tba Baltimore firebo" Cataract. Tha onslaught of tho flames aa they advanced over several acres ot lumber firii was terrific bnt tho firemen never flinched and fought It gallantly with a kindred etreami. Tho Dm finally reached a bags Icehouse, and 2U0 feet away waa tbs reran nab Wharf. Just on tbo ether aide of tha falls, and tba key to the great wharves that stretch three ml lea away. Tba Icehouse thus became tbo high' water mark, and around it gathered aU ta tba arallahle firemen, who ventured up It nntll thulr fares were seared and their s clothing Ignited, but their effort otnur not la vain. The woodwork of tbe tore horned, eud lo It oteef there oiooj exposed to view a gigantic sn'isre of that ot 1:90 o'clock on the afternoon Monday stood os monument to the piere re firemen, who bad fought Air nearly eontlnnoas bonrs In snhdar one or In " test and r ost destnwtlvo fires N balf-doa- n tree Stale XUOMAfl WILHOX |