Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1874, Page 5

THE FIRES. (Continuedirom tho Firat Page.) bight helping to attach n hose to & hydrant when ho should keop away from such work and aftond to tho genoral plan of combating the fire, Marshia] Bonner poescsses & brave hoart, no doubt, but ho has HO JIRAD FON GRAND WORR. A lnrfio firo found him just na incapable as was his prodecessor, although he cortainl; spared no poraonal exortion—no risk of 1ifo au limb—to save tho oity placed under his pro- tection, LIEDT.-OEN, AIERIDAN, Who watched the firo with great Intoreat, and who was always where it pinyed hottost, was honrd to exclaim movoral times against the stu- pldity and miamanagemont that sgomed to por- vado tho Fire Depnrtmont. Ho looked attho situntion with s military eyo, snd would have {Arocuudod to fight tho flames, oven a8 ha fought ho foe, on a systomatio pian, had he beea in command on July 14, But, unfortunatoly, “Little Phil” wae not in command, and, por- baps, he romombors thst whow, in 1871, he holped to savo & groat portion of tho city, cor- tain newepapers lionl.lnd him with abuse for months afterward, Even had & man of great ability beon at the hioad of affairs, it is doubtful whotber much could bo dono to stay the rogross of the flre in tho greator vart of tho Lnltor whioh waa dostroyod. In tho first placo, thero was not onough of vowdor in Chi- eago to do the necessary smonnt of blowing- up, and had thors been, thoro weoro vory fow mon who knew enough about such stern work to go abont it with that confidence whioh, In groat omorgoncioy, genorally comwands suo- o, HOME ENTIURIABIIC OITIZENS bave oxprossod o belief that tho firo wag flnally shieckod on the line of Van Buren atroot by tho * Jnporior character of our now buildings, but this Is & fallicy, Two agonoies holped to wva tho city at that point—the fortunato shauge of ‘wind, which, at a_lttlo after 11 o'clock commenced to blow diract- ly toward the Inko, and the numerous Yaoaut lots, which the old conflagration had left bebind, These agoucies ara diroctly tho cause of tho snlvation of the business distriof, al- though justico compols the admission that the Firo Départmont worked in bettor order and with moro direct ontbusiasm on Van Buren street ibknn on any other lino which they had proviously attempted to mnintain, Thofo citizons who had the common sonss not to depond entiroly upon the Fire Departmont for the ealvation of their proporty ackerve the public thanks, DY SLUICING THE ROOFS of their buildings with water, and sweeping off tho treacherous’ cindors, they did much townrd preventing a furthor apread of the flames. This was pnrticnlarly noticoable on Wabash and Michigun avonues, whore tha houso-tops wera garrisoned not by idle mpoctators but by nion armed with brooms and palls, who fouglit the dread enemy with all the energy of despair. Their example is woll worthy of imitation, aud ought to ehame ~the _ apathotio - persons who prefor to wait on Providonco and the Fire Marshal, juto action, should such au unpleasaut oacasion arigo in the future, Tho nacesslty for iron shutters and cavoful closing of all windows was well iliustrated on Wabash avonue, where a magniflcont block, situnted on tha corner of VanBuren street, narrowly escapod destruction, the Janitor having forgotten to oloso the uppor windows of the cornor building ‘whon going home. ANOTHER GRFAT OBSTACLE In the way of wuppressing firos in this, as in _all “other ~ cities, s tho ipeane rush of poople, men, womon, and children, toward the point of danger. When the line of fire presonts wo brond & front as it did 'Cuesdny night, it is noxt to impossible for our limited polioa forca to keop the strecta clear, 80 that the firomen can work to good advantago. Tho conatant chango of baso did away with the Ponslhim_v of having the spaca properly roped n, 80 that the policomen could only batila with the immoneo aud turbulent human tide, club in land, a modo of argument not rel- ished by the nvornge American altizen, of native or forelgn birth, and certainly not a very ofticlent muans of proventing an unwhole- momio rusl, when the paliceman is compolled to strugglo ngninst hundreds. Btill our Polica Dopartment, under the direo- tion of noarly all ity chief offteors, including the Commissionors, worked vory well indeod. The men kapt stondfastiy at their posts, and, where thoy could make n atand with any hope of suc- caes at all, to keop the crowd back, they did it Capt, Buokloy's house, on Third avewuo, was complately burmed up, everyithing slmost being losf, but that sturdy ofiicor romainod dutifully at his post, aud, although fillod with natural apprehonsion for his family, considored the iuterosts of the city at large bafore his own, TITE QUESTION ATUSES, Is thero no practical way of keeping the people awuy from the enginos when flres of great or littlo oxtent break out? Ilow much better it would be for all thoso citizens to attend to the eafary of thoir oyn homes, if thoy havesuch? As for “the grand sight” "of the blaze, they can observe that just as well from a distance, and they will not be constantly runving tha risk of boing trampled upou by frightened horsos. Bome of tho fire companics were compelled, during the progross of tho fire, to turn the hose upon tho dense masses who flled the stracts all around thom, wheu, of courso, a regular stam- Ecdu resulted, but the people were sure to come a0k ogain all tho same, just like startled tlics to a lagar-bear table, In conclusion, it may be romarked that Ohi- ongo, for the first time, is under obligation to tho flokle wind, which blew toward the east i\;ncmumo to save her, With the burning of x, Scammon'a buildings, on Congress stroot, tho conflngration ended ou Michigan avenue— the wide space betwaon the Art Gailery and tho Lurned structuros having materially aided in saving that institution from the havoe. The othor doomed thoroughfarcs #nw tho last of their lateat misfortune, Olark strect at Polk, Tourth svonue at Harrison, and Third avenue at Van Buren street. ‘The Iattor slrect was also tho terminus of the ruin on Wabash avenuo. is No. 264 Ll’.f“mb ”n‘l'ig%l s No. on the seat, an on the onast. G, G, Rusgel's distillery, at No, 278, was savod through the suporhuman oxertions of tho em- ployes. If this large wooden rookery, whicli is Dothing bnt a fire-trap, bad caught fire, it would Luve undoubredly destroyed this utrost down to Uwolrth. ~T'he northorn limits of the firs on this streot is the vorner af Harrison on the wost sido und No, 65, botween Hnrrison and Jackion, on tho east mde, The total number of buildings deatroyed on this strect fs 177, some of which ‘were quite valuable, enpecially the Jones School, which has Junt been completod at a cost of about ©G0,000. Tho Gorman Mothodist Chureh, on the corner of Polk, was also a valuable brick butlding, The colored Baptist Church, betwoen Taylor sud Twelfth, was also destroyed. An- other building of considerablo valuo on this ngcnc ‘waa tho Houa House, & littlo south of Har- rison. . Trom No. 251 Fourth avenue the northorn limit runs due east to BTATE. The last building on the weat sido of .this strest burnod is No. 518, which was occunied au house of {ll-fame, and wans right opposite Harmon court, The ponthern limit on the enst sido of the streat is No. 11, at the head of Taylor streot, ‘The northern limit on the west ado s No, 810, at the head of Congresy stroot, and on tho onat aide runa up aa far as No, 271, fwo doors north of Yun Buron street, Thero wero about 220 buildings destroyed on this stroet, some of which ‘were vory fing business hougos, oracted since the frost fire in Ootobor, 1471, Wood's Hotel, on ho cornor of ubbard court, and tho 8t. James Hotel, on the corner of Van DBuren straot, were also fino buildings, The southorn line of the burnb disttios then runs east trom No. 511 Btate to the alloy noxt to Wabash :vnnun, and thence north to Eldridge cours, On he south sido of ELDNIDOE COURT only thres wooden shautios of little valus are burned, and on tho north sido all the houses, Avout five low briok buildings occupled as vega~ table markete wore cousumad by the flames, Q'he Ohicugo Olub-Louse, on tho corner of Hub- bord court and Wabash ayouue, Was eaved hrongh the exertions of the membors, who worked Hke boavers under the personal leader- ship of Gen, Bheridan ; and the Btoarns build- Ing, just south of it, was also saved through the samo exortions, This bullding is No, 475, snd {s the soutborn limit of the fire on the wos! alde of WADASIT AVENUE, ‘The southern Nmit on the east side a about halt s block turther up, No. 454, which is kuown as the Adams mansion, . ‘The buildings from Nos, 400 to 432 were sayed, o8, 430 and 402 boing the boautiful and valua- lo rewidencos of Mossrs, Rotienfsld and Rowou- berg, The villa, No, 434 and 480, which is sur- rounded by splondid grnumln and hot-houses, biad alao been spared, but somehow or other it oaught firo st about 13 o'clock p. m., and waw cum{)fletoly burnod out, The northorn limit of the burnt distriot is at 200, two doora north of Yan Buren, and on tho sast, No, 398, about five Bouses wouth of Van Buron stroet, The total number of buildinga destroyod on Wabash ayenue are about 170, moat of whioh woro valua- ble, aud of which may be especially mentioned :lh. J'oat-Ollco, on” the comer of Harrison i Flras Baptivd Qliurch, om the corner of Hube ro, better known am tho Adelphi, on the cornor of Congrons sireet; tho Jewish Synagogue, on the corner of Pack e numbor of palatial business ce the great conflagration, court, and & Ias ‘housos orooted af is destroyod on both sides from Btate atrect to tho alley batweon Wabnsh to Miohigan avenues, mostly priyato residonces, TUDDARD GOURT, which also runa from Btato t ‘was also destroyed to the all avenue, the number of buil About ton bufldin, ‘woro dostroyod on o Michigan avenuo, oy noxt to Michigan dinga burnod boing o same an on Peck oourt. limit of the fire runs up along Lhe alley botwoon Wabash and Michigan avenuos to about 200 feok north of Harrison stroot, when it runs oast to MICTIGAN AVENUE, taking in the building No. 220, Tho four bulld- ings north of this woro saved, From No, 220 the live of tho fire runs north on the avenuo to Van_ Buron stroet, tho cornor bLuilding—tha Academy of Fing Arts—boing saved. 'The total numbor of buildings dostroyed on Michican avenuo i about 10, the moat valuable of whieh was tho Avonue Houso, formorly, the Tromont, TARRISON RTREET has boon Inid low on both sides from Fourth avenuo to the alloy botweon Miohi; T'hore were about dostroyed on this alroot, nons of whioh woro vory valuable, From Van Buron and Michigan avonue tha line of the fire runs west to the poiuts already montioned by giving the south limits of tho varioua atreota, INSURANCE. TER FEELING AMONG INHUBANCE-MEN YESTER~ ‘was not ono of deapondonoy,sbut of dotermina~ tion and firmnesa. The losses, whilo thoy are grent in the aggro- gate, are distributed in such & manner as to fall on nono with oxtreme sovority, but on all with a burden exccedingly sovore, but not too groat to boar. A gouorsl indignation is exprossed that such s calamity has again been allowed to visit ua, and, as will bo seon in another place, no hea- itation is mado, with ono excoption, of charging it to the fneflicionoy of the Firo Dopartment, Iu a multitude of counsel like this, it must be bo- lioved thiat there is truth in the theory, but it is From ® personal obsor- wanting moro than_ organization or Fire Departmont. atroams that wore thrown fnto the biazo until the'now muins which oxtond to Congress- Btroot worae struck woro mon) many cases tho engines drow such s small quantity as to baroly bo able to throw a strcam upon a two-atory houso, gress stoot are old onos and of tho smallor dimensions, aud the difforence of the forco and uantity of wator thrown just aftor reachlug 'ongrons stroot was 8o noticenble ss to be ob- servod by the most casual looker-on, The foel- ing growing out of the bellof that the firo was improperly muneged—nn indignant feeling—was uudoubtedly uppormost in the minds of the in- surance mou yesterday, giving riso o the action taken rolative to callivg the Gomneral Board of Underwriters to oxamine the mattor, and to tho oxpression of & detormination to have a chango mado in the Dopariment. bered, perhaps, that fires will not ba subdued by men, but by waterand work, and this ts un- doubtedly weight in tho opinion given clsowhoro Ly M. Critchell, The aggregate loss Is shown to be $2,208,500, but a8 this is the gross estimato, and includes the insurance on stocks of goods on which there the not loss to_the in- not excoed 1,800,000 it o and insulliclent. ‘The mains above Con« It ebould be remom- will bo = large salva, BUTalCE COMPANIES W THE ASBRSSOR'S KETIMATE of tha fotal amount of property dostroyed puts it at nonr 85,000,000, but hosays also that it conld now be roplacad, owing to the choapucsd of lnbor and material, for 8,000,000, and this is probably nearor the propor valus. Bome of tho more hopeful of the insurance moen e: opinion “that the loss will oventually prove nn advaniage. Tho business portion of the city, they argue, is unow forever removed from danger from this direction, ay it is belioved that auch framo buildings a8 remain are too insig- niticant to feed u big fire, and at the worst it can It is also suggested that e are relleved about the futura of Wabash ave- nuo, and of the unoccupied blocks which stood It it is now buils with substantial resi- donces it will be an improvement of prosont utility and a safegnard for all timo, Vory few of tho home ofticara exprossed them- selvos yostorday regarding the loss, proforring undoubtedly to wait for the roports of their agonta. In only ono iustance has & company Withdrawn from the field. TIE LORILLARD, OF NEW YORK, which waa nenrly ruined in the great fire, gave be driven to the lako. to arlfo from othor ronsons than tho loss, ‘I'he companies will pay ponorally on adjustment. It 18 noticenblo that tho toreign companies,which writo hoavy lines, are not badly caught, and thoy, with many othors, congratulate thomselves that tho fire did not roach a blaok or two further for, in that instauce, their losses would oon doubled or trebled, raports tho total loss by the fireto be abont 85,000,000, There wore twenty-six blocks burn- ad overin the School Seotion, and nine blooks in Fractional Baction 15. braces o space of 60 acres of ground. The following tablo gives & detailed statemont of tho losaos of the various insurauce compauios having agencics in this city, tha total being The whola sras em- EN'S AG ‘Liverpool & London Insurance Compan; O, 1, OAZE 4 00, Royal, of Loudou. ... Tusurance Cowpany of 3 nsurance Compuny, Amazon Insurancs Company, Lancaster Insurance Compiny, Brewors' Insurance Compuny, COODWIN & 1'AS00'8 AG! Ztna Insursuce Company, Meriden Iusurance Comj Favoull ull Inaurance nO! Al Willlamsburg City Insurance Company, Insuranica Campan: ceererninasieraiesd 48,000 0¥, Underwritors’ Agenoy. Undersritera’ Agenicy. Nisgars Iunurance Col Firomen's Insurance Compa GRO, 0, CLARKE'S AGENOY, nce Gompany, Columbua, O, era/Insuranco Comp Hofimen Tnwurance Company . London Assurance Corporatios DRRW'S AGENOY, Adriatio Insurance Gompuny, Now York. Firowan's Fund, Now York, Commercisl Union, London Loather Insurauce TProscott lnsurknce Company.. resnensenesneess $ 160,000 IAB, jueen Insuranco C ommerce Insurauce Cutnpan, i Tancs Gomipany, Brookiyn' Noyr Hampsbiva Iuxurauco Gompany American Insurunce Company, Nowark, surnuba Compan; Glons’ Fulla Insurunce Coy Z(na Tneurance Company, iPradosman's Inetirance Cony Bluck Niver Tnsurunce Com; Sun Invuranca Company, .. Now York & Youkers Iua, QO FREDE Yorillard Insursuco ‘Atluntiu Iusurance Compuny; Morchantlle Insuranco Franklin Insurunioo Compuny, Dangor Insurauce Gompany. . s . Girard Insursuce C i Weuteru Insuruuco Company, Torunto, Toyul lusuranco Company, Lrftiah Insurance Company, ‘foronto Old Dominion Insurance Cotpavy, Homa, of New York Mawar, of Now Yor] Oitizens', of New York, Aanhuttau, of New York, Armenis, of Piitaburg,. om. o Pennsylvanina, of Philsdeiphin : Amerle: Phludolphis ; Fire Assoclution, of Phil fu; aud Nouding Tire (comibinod losuus), $ 60,000 nx 0,'s AUXNOY, ot Iien a0 Metousie, o ort] iritlsh an [srcavt o MIusseensnstsrnsons 20,000 | Wi Waller, altuated on sz, v /‘/(j/, =G0 Q‘\‘J/\\\ \\: 4 MR N \\ NV N MR NN \§\\\\\\§§\\\>§ BN T w\ R N NN \‘ N\ 2 \ AR ) \ NN 7727 A AN 1} 1 + Rand,MaNaly & Coyy, | . 4w, Sot The abavo cut gives the boundaries of Tuesday ov tober, 1871, 8o far ns the Weat and South Sidos aro concerned. tho first firo ; tho dots and dashes, of the socond. e to judgo how small the dienstor was sa comparod to the groat conflagration of 1871, The numbors dosignate tho following places: 8. Union Depot. 4. Sherman Houso. 6. Court-House Bquare. 6. Chomber of Commorco, 7. Fort Wayne Depot. 8, Clifton Iouse, 9, Palmer Houso, 10, Qrand Pacifio. 11. Now Custom-Houso. 13. Matteson House. Tsland Depot. 16, Wood's Hotel, 17. Continental Hotol, 18. Adelphi. 19. Post-Ofiico Building. 20. Jonos School. 21, Michigan-Avenue Hotel. o o ac nac e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU by : THE FIRES OF '71 AND '74. Nnrrllluluu‘ Provi~ % G577 ¥ _ %7 7% R 77 7 77 . Z: 7 7 .C...\\\m R ‘.\ W 7 . . Q8 D N W\ N N\ \ . 7 7 . 772 7% Z% = = 7% 2, 77 — 7 . . ZZ = 5 7 . _ 7 . 22 R R LR R NIRRT NN \ 7 donos, X 8, Nnuxmn‘ a1,#00 Nntlonal 47! [ationnl e o 11 olieate 4,000 giw yn 25,000 o ) Now Jomey i anif MLls 25 ow' Orloans Mutial Insurance Am'n,.ces 6,000 KowUrloana Ins, Co,.\, nane. New York Undorireil 23,000 9,000 6,050 18,000 mond, Vi Fobon Oriont, Tartfo S50 nd Oncidngs mono. n uin ¥ire, Pl b3 10,000 10,100 nono. 9, 000 Shno nono, Planters', Mes 0 roscott, Bostan, 1.0 7 Troviolal, Ontario, Tan 2,K0 57 - 2 27 {E\%\‘\&\ RN A RO Z 2 7 o2 55 M ~ . = i 7 7 5 7 7 . % =2 772 7 sz 7 ___ 7 4z E MICHIGAY ey hollo, N, ... Wiimunhiirg Traokiyn, AEE 4 JLLINOIS R ey s @ = ouning's firo, and also those of the fire of Oc- The heavy dots give the outline of The engraving will enable the outside world 14, St. Jamos Hotel. German American, of New Yorl New Ordeany Mutital, of New Or Irviug, of Now York TImperin), of London, frowm $35,000 to. $ 40,000 American Central of 8t, Louls, from $15,000tc 20,000 Blundard, of Now York,.... .. 1,000 8t, Josoph _Fire & Mari Lamar, of New York ch&uh Commerclal 10icacenenen Totalessseersssavsnaansas NEWTON LULL'S AGENOY, Comaerelnl, of 5t. Louls, $ 10,500 German, of Froeport, 11l 7,000 Tolalyeasnassuesas .8 96,600 LEWYS & PRINDIVILLE'S AGENOY, Buffalo German. . 1,600 ‘Atian, of Hartford K Dotrolt Firo & Marin 1,600 4,500 Millviilo Insurance Company., 23,000 Allemana, Pittaburg. ..., Totaliuesesnsneens 31, T.. POTTL Cltizon's Insttrance Company, Bt, Louls Iuquranco Company. TRALL & FIAN Btar Insurance Company, New York..., Weatchester Insurance Compan; 8t, Nicholas Insuranca Company. Riiode Xeland Insuranco Comps T, W, HOUMER Orlent Inaurance Company.. Connecticut Insurance Compan; Lancsstershire Insurance Comy: WALNER A LOWELL'S AGENQY, Globe Insurance COmpnY, CHICAO. eve s vees Allomania Inaurance Gompany, Olavelaud. Planters’ Insurance Compon, Kansas Insursnce Company. FATIMER & ATKINS' Falrfield Tusurauc Company. Proviucial Insurance Company.. udson Insurauco Jompu; RN 1,000 0. W, DARLETT & 00,'8 AURNOY. . (Frot, Net, Continental Inaurance Company. 197,000 60,000 Browere' & Maluters! Insursuco ¢ Cor Merchonta’ Insurance Company. . 29,500 Peoplo’s (Newark) Invuranco Company 6,500 Pennaylvanin Insuranco Company. Lycoming Iusiraios Cumpsny. ... Totalossssesseressises o e THOMAS GOONMAN'S ACPOY. Citizens’ IngUrance COMUDYoers Firoman'a Fund Insurani I MANTIN'S AGENOY, Clay Firo & Marftio Inaurunco Company,....$ 10,000 J. 0. ORUONNE'S ARNOY Germans Saving Ingurauce COMPILY.eeees 8,000 JAMES' AGENOY, A North Western Nntionsl Insurunce Company.$ 6,350 MIECELLANEOUR AGKNOIRS, Humboldt, of Nowsrkyvesesrare New Jeraoy Fire & Muriie, of Oamden, Phamix, of Hartford 8t, Punl, of &t, Pul, Cittzena, of Wheelin Penbody, of Wheely Zitug, of Wheellug.. Gormen, of Whoelliig. Suyders'& Asay'a ngondy’ Gurman, of Krie.. oy, of Chicago, Atias, of Hartford, Huddon, of Jersey Gity. ... Now Jursey Firo & Jurino. . Furmora', Atlantio & Pac Union Tustirance Compiany. Fam Iusurauco Compab; Nerragonsctt Inaurance Company, ‘Amazon, of Gincinunti, O Fareagut, of New York, Germon, of Freeport, Il Miohigah Biate, Adrlan Nutlonal, of Philadeiphis, Totalieiarsrrarsssanien . NEW YORK. Nrw Yonxk, July 15—Tho following s o list of tho heaviest losors among the menranco companies here by tho Chicago fire, as fur au au— cortained: Tho Home, $1560,000; the Phonix, of Drooklyn, from 825,000 to sdu,nm); the Gorman- American, fram $26,000 to 230,000 tho Ourmnnlu‘ 70,0003 the Ropublio, $7,00; tho Underwriters’ Agouoy, $67,000; the Continontal, $60,000; the Hanover, $20,000; the Standard, 10,0005 tho North Britiuh and Morcantile, $20,000; tho Howard, from 20,000 to $26,000; the Manhattau, §7,000; the Citizenw', 820,000; tho Irving, $7,500; tho Williamsburgh Olty, 20,000, Tho offect of the news of tho fire this moming was to knook down the pricas of stocks slightly, but this atate of dl,fllh’l d not last lonyg, and tlhora was & quick rally, sesesnsanen 2,081,400 INDIVIDUAL LOSRES, Joel Bigelow's building, No. 476 Btate, innurad, with routs, for 16,000 ; 56,000 in the Queon ; $6,000 in tho Liverpool, London & Glgbe; $9,600 In the Loudon Insurancs Corporation j uxlx;ll 11,600 fn tho Firo Associution of Philudole phis, The donble ‘building No. 110 Fonrth avenue was Insured in tho Manufacturora’ Fire and Ma- riuo for §1,800—nlt it was worth, Mr. I's loss on stook and furniture was 4,000 ; no insur- ance, No, 17 Congress street, thres stories and bare- mout marble-front d\\'nllmq houss, owned by oojsmin Carver, eatimatod value 15,000 ; no Iusurance, Ocoupled by J. H, Thompson ; loss obiefly in furniture, estimated at $1,200; no e fane-ront bulliing batooglug t0 7, T, & 8 atons-front bul elon + &y i "wons side of Biate atreet botween Yan Buron and Harrison streely, embraciug Nos. 320, 822, 824, 826, 823, 830, 892, and 834 was entirely doestroyed. The building oot $75,000, aud was insurod for $60,000, ¥, 0, VIERLING, real ostate agont, had between forty and fitty tenemonts iun the burnt district, and some of the losscs are as follows : No. 495 Stato atroot, 2-rtory frame, owned by Bobert Turnoy ; loss, §4,0005 insuranco, 52,000 in the Zitua, of Connocticut. pied it 08 8 farniture store and residence ; loss, 5,000 ; no insuranco ; will rebuild, No, 507 Btate street, 2-atory frame, owned by insurance, &2,000, Occupled by Genlo N. Kuttuer occu- veere 95,050 in two Chicago companios. Bros. as o pucking-houss (had jurt moved in) ; loas, 1,000 ; vo insurance. was occupied by familics, who lose everything. No. 120 Third avenuo, owned by Petor Wolf ; loss, $5,000; &1 Mrs. Ln Bar a8 n Upper part of snme oarding liouse ; total losa. No. 182 Third avenue, owned and occupied by Robert Watson; lous, £3,600 ; insurance, $1,600, in_the Lycoming. No, 194 and 180 Third avenue, owned by O, Browster, of Oak Park; 184 was ocoupled by Wat. C. Phillips, and 136 by I. Abrahamson; both lose nearly eversthing 221 Third avenuo, owned by F. Jones; loss, $800; no nsurance, Nos. 228, 225, aud 227, owned by R, L, 3Mc- Loon; loss, 5,00l No, 165 Fourth avenue, owned by Robert Tur- ney ; luss, $3;000; insured m the Globe, of Chi- cago, for $1,000. il Noo. 232, 214, 290, 2963¢, 208, 241, 248, 2D}, 246, and 247 Yourth aveuus, owned by Beujemin J. Bmith ; loss 840,000, THE HERALD'S FIGURES. Tho tollowing statement of losses and salvages, witl the exception of a few companies, is tho one gotten upyestorday by the Herald and issuedas an Compantes, Adrlatic, Now Yotk.. Aitow, New York, | Agristltural, ‘Amazon, Clickinat Alomannta, Olncinun Tlomannia, Continental, Nuw York, ommorco, Now York, ( vorpool & Tu & Livorpuol & Mnflafl. . Mercantlio, Ulur Murohunts, Nowar THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1874, Resdtie ovtog: Ta: oo cading, Roading, s, W Riodo [éland ns: Assos 5,600 4,100 L, nona. Toal, hm&n 8,000 Rtoyal Canadian, 9,100 Bl n’nnhl. Phil 6,000 - Joseph I, 85 1,000 8,00 5,000 80,000 7,600 e 2,600 5,100 500 o, Camdon, none, T Traders’, Chicag G0,0C0 10,4 80,000 Tradosmen's, Now B,000 1,000 8,000 Undorwriters! " Agoncy, New York (old). 28,000 6,000 22,000 Union Matua), Phi VJ’M.N"’ 9,000 oo , 600 estorn, ‘Toronto, O, W, 85,000 9,000 H 000 Westchonter, Now ito- 17,000 5,000 12,000 ity 56,260 11,280 46,000 82,737,200 B483,220 §9,519,820 e VIEWS OF INSURANOE MEN. Tolal,,. THE NOAUD OF ¥IRE INSURANOEZ UNDEMWRITERS lield » meeting yestordsy morning, which called forth a full attendanco, [t spocial object was to cansidor the relation of tho Firo Department totho recent fire, and to take somo goneral action for the compauics represented in regard tothe future. Aftor a full discussion of tho matter, it was unanimously concluded that a ro- form must bo instituted, and that the Depart- ment must arrivo at o higher stage of officiency or olse their companies would be obliged to with- draw altogother trom this city. If the Oliof of the Dopartment must be eelocted becauge he is a German, and tho Assistaut Chiof becnuse he is au Irishman, and if, for political roasons, their indopendence and responsibility must be thwart- ed by o Board of Commissionors who have no purnose to sorve 8ave to gencrally muddle mat- tors and draw tholr pay, thon it 18 high time for tho companics to say that ° they will not submit to such a state of affaira. The Fire Dopartment should be A BEPARATE INBTITUTION, with its responsible hends, whoso busivess it shall be to study the work of putsing out fires, and not in any way to come into contact with or Lo influencod by tho corporation ring. Aftor an anlmatod digcuseion, the Board con- cluded TO ACT AS FOLLOWS: Inssmuch as maeuy of the leading morchants who Lud lost hf‘ the fira had voluntarily oifored to relinquish ail olaims for consoquontial dam- ages arising from the romoval of goods, the Board would pay such clasa of damages to none, excopt with the covcurronce of every momber of thoe Board. Tho Board alko appointed n Comn- mittoo, with power to roquest the National Board to gond to tlus city a committee to FULLY INVESTIOATE the causes of tho lato firo, and the action of the Fire Department, with & view to pointing out the way iu which a radical reform of the -Dopart- ment can bo effected. Tho Board fecl that it fn necessary to_effact & change in the mansgemont of the Fire Dopurtment it possible. A reporter aftorwards had a tallc with OEN. DUGAT on thiasubject, and bia viows are given below: Roporter—Genoral, I understand that you charge tho Fire Dopartnient with inefliciency. ‘Will you please toll me what you complein of in paiticular? Gen, Ducat—I complain of thig, that thoy do not put out tho fires. 'Ihey do not mect the caso {n Chicago, R.—How will you remody this misfortuue ? Gen, DI beliove inonc-man power, nod a8 long ns wo havoalalf dozen controlling the thing wo will have no responsibility, and cousequently no eflicionoy. We want n singlo man to head the Dopartment ; a man of intelli- gonce, individuality, snd ability; 8 man who will grasp the authority and msintain a rigad digcipline and respect iu his corps of workers. We have no such man in the Chicago Fire De- partmont. R.—Will the National Board coma to Chicago ? Gon, D.—I supposo thoy will; they came here after the great fire, and prewented thewr viows to tho Council, but no sction looking to their safety was taken, They will now demand this, i all probability, and, failing to securo it, will bo justified i withdrawing their companfos from n pluce whore fres ure managed by o ring of politiciuns, A CONTRARY OPINION. The reportor huppened to be in the office of Mr. R. 8, Criteholl subscquent to the foregoiug informontion, and he volunteered the informa- tion that in the moin he disagreed with the gen- oral opinion, Teporter—In what reapect, sir? X Mr. Critchell—I will tell you, In a conversa- tion that I had with Chief Benner some timo ago, hio pave mohis idea of controtling a grent fire, and 1 must say thot in his nction last night Lo thox- oughly carried out bis plan, h.—Whnt was bis plan ? r. Critchioll—Ho said that it would be his aim to attack the flunke of tho fire aud drive it in tho diroction of tho lake, keoping it within ns untrow bounds a8 poskible, but baving this us ita ultimate extont. R.—And you believe ho did this 7 Mr, U.—X took pains to notice this. I went aronud the firo froquently, and always found the ongiues in position to fight nccording to this plan, Thora was no confusion, and thoy held to their places until absolutely driven awsy, when they roformo to the sawmo purpose, Thero wns no withstanding the flames, that is the troublo. The Dopartmout is not large onough. We wantod more eugines and more wator. Tho mansgenient of tho fire was well onough, MR, JAMES AYATS, JR., local agent of the Phanix, of Ilartford, and the ropresontative of the insurance iutorest i the Board of Police and Fira Commissioners, re- mavked to s TiinUNE roporter that thore was & disponition among tho undeywriters to imistrust tho presont monngemont of the Firo Deputt- mont on account of tho political iufluence which was brought to bear on it. T'he meating of the Board of Undorwritors yestorday, ho ssid, paid gpecinl »ttontion to this matter, and the com- wittoo that was sppointed to Investignte the cause and progross of the firo was particularly instruotod to examine_the mode of making ap- pointmonts on tho Dopartmont, sud roport whetber uny undue influsuce was used to put on or relain incompetent or unworthy mon. From the manmnor in which Mr. Aysrs expressod bimself, as well as othor nsurance-mon, Mr. W, H, Cunningham among the number, tho reporter wan lod to ba- liove that the entire fusurance fratermty have but littlo faitl in Chivugo risks, and that muny agencics will be withdrawn if tho roport of tho ndorwriters’ Committee should provo nnfavor- able to the managomont of the Fire Departmout, THE UNDERWRITERS' COMMITTEE is composod of six mowbors of the Board, but our reportor was eblo to sscortain the namos of only, Avn of them. They Messcs. Duoat, Davis, Mooro, Walkor, and All of those are gentlowon of large exporlonco in lnsurance motters, sud will undoubtodly give the investi- gation that attontlon whioh its great umportance doserves, ——— PROMINENTBUILDINGS DESTROYED Whilo the fire was & costly ons to Chleago in that it soared away capital, the absoluto amount of damage thes it accomplished was no moro proportioned to the torritory it covored than Folatul's broad to the villainous amount of sack, There wore somo expousiva and nube atantinl bulldings amonyg tho viotime of the firo, however, and prowminent among these was the FINST BAPTIST CHUROI, near the corner of Iubbard court and Wabash avonue, It moy bo remarked that previous to ite dostruction, the congrogation of the church realizod the unpalatablo fact that it lay In the path of the flames. Caloulate as they wmight, $he worshippers of the church could not oscape tho convlotion that nothing but & miracle _(profanoly called a freak of tho flire), could ~savo tholr much-loved edifico, As tho flro lppruuchedl thoy rotired roluctantly from the church. I was not long afterward” that the fine bullding taok fire ; its tin epires sank hopelossly juto tho flame, while tho solld masonry flowod with lltght supornatural sud & hoat quito inappropri- o 0. This beautiful tomple, than which thore wors fow finer in tho clty, was orunml to the public in tho fall of 1800, when Dr. W. W. Lvorts, the prosont pnstor, was hardly domiciled in the chureh, !nclm\lnn the lot upon which it wae bullt, it cost $160,000, It was in the acolesias- tical Gothio style, rock-facod mshinr, with two towers. Including the main odifico in front, and tho transverse building in {he roar it cov- orod an_ares of no less than 18,800 foot, Tho man “edifico was 763108 foot, Tho suditolrum was 70x105 foet in tho cloar and 60 footin helght from the floor to the apex, and-furnished sittinga to 1,660 peoplo in the pows bolow and gollory above, The traneverse bulldng fn the 1oar was 40x112 foot. ‘Tho leclure-room soatod sbout 600 people, nnd wns 8o wranged that threo times that pumbor could bo accommodatod fn it when necessary. Tho Buuday 8chool room for design, finlsh and adaptation to the comfort and convenience of tho Bible olrasos, infaus classes, and tho school propet was considored ono of tho best in tho nitod States. It would comfortably accomodate about 800 scholars, and the number could be ex- tended to 1,000 without causing serlous incou- ‘venienco, The Baptist denomination in this city has suf- fored sovoro calamity in tho destruction of their boautiful oud roomy building, Thore is no doubt that bofore long (he entor- prising and vigorous soclety will hava provided itsolf with a placo of worship vo leas distinguished. If the tower of tho now churely, for such thoro_will nssuredly be boloro long, Incka the spider-like spircs of the old one, it will be au improvemont 8o far a8 nppoaranco ;:m:-. The Fiet Baptiat Church, on account of ts space and tho liborality of tha manngoment, was choson as the placo for the celebration of grent ovents in the denomination. Convontiona of vast Intorost hiave boen bold there, and out- wide tho immedlate usos of the church proper tho douomination feel its destruction keenly. TIHE GREAT ADELPHI. Allcon's Thontre, moro forlunately known as the Gront Adeiphi, bed & singular lilstory for n building na&oung. When, immodiatoly nfter tho fire, Bouth Side capitalists and tho owners of real catate in that divislon of the clty made their grent offort to divert businoss to that - quartor, Mlr, Frank Aiken was lod 1o boliove that # theatro thore wonld enjoy the advantage of wituation, Backed by s well-known oapitalist, ho dotormined upon building thegtheatro which Lore nhia nome, The architect of the building was Mr. Edbrooke, and an admirable theatro he built. In uo particular was it wanting but in its situation. It was largo onough for uny motro- politan house of amusement, was admirably ar- runf,'e:.l from tho back of the stage to the gallery, woll voutilated, and riohly Hoished in up- holatory and ornamontation. Tho oxterior was brick, tho front o bandsomo combination of red aud sandstone, limostono, and brick. The en- tranco wes in every rospect the most striking and fmnpressive In tho city. But the theatre lucited the nocessary situation, and, 8o long a8 it adhiered tojtha legitimate, was a fallure, Iolancholy a8 was its failure under Mr, Aiken, its managemont by Loouard Grover as a varioty thentre was remarkablo, 'Fho name 'was changed to the Adelphi, and the theatro be- oame the most popular ‘flaco of amusemont in tho city, Mr. Grovor had resolved upon & most brllizut openiug & few weoke hence. Tf the spoctaclos on the stage were splendid, that of the | thoatro in {ts Inst moments was gorgeous, The Adelphi had a bright prospect, but tho prophecy that it would eyentunlly be the mosc brillinnt theatro in the city has, we sincerely hope, beon fuliilled, It cost 70,000, not much of which could be recovered in the way of ealvago, THE JONES BCHOOL - wos a fine building. The old structure after the fire was turned into & floa-postored police station, and, being wooden, was despicablo, e now building, which bos beon in operation about oight months, was four stories high, roomv, aud hand- some, Tha city could ill afford to lose it, but, baving lost it, can only blame itsolf. THE MICHIOAN AVENUE HOTEL 'was once » famous buildwg. Aftor the fire it was tho only hotel on the South Side, Mr. John B, Drake, with oustomary enterpriso, socured it as the temporary successor of tho burned Tre- mont House, It was the rosting place of many illuatrious and woury travelors, and the ofiico countor bas boon honored with many senti- mental lottera addrossed to_ the distin- guished youth, tho Grand Duke Aloxis, whon ho nnde {t._his temporaty dwelling-placo. Since the groat robuilding, the Michigan Avenue Hotel rosumed its ancient aud fadod appoarance. As an hotel it could not hold rauk with the Tro~ mount or Bherman, nud degencrated as they at- tracted oustom, It was Loo far south to ate tract translont visitors, and would have been forgotton but for its destruction, On the ovoutful mowning of Oct. 9, 1871, the dull red bricks of “which it was built grew Lot with tho flames of Torrnco row, whon Mr. Soammon’s lovely block of buildinga violded to tho flre, T'uesdny night it fell bofore the Intor- Oceunio Building, Adjoining tho Michigan Avenue Hotol was that anciont and sombre brick building, CONGNESS HALL. Befors the great flre this was 2 fashionabla famiy hotel, whore musie pealed continually from /e main tloor, and a parrot weroechod o hideows ne- companiment, Whon the fire destroyed svery- thing olse, it left Congress Hall ou the wrthorn line of the city. L'e Government tont possos- sion of tho building, nud tho Uniod States Courts and oflices woro here sitited. Tho glory bao departed since then, sid Cougress Hall bas followed its noighbor intooblivion. THE INTER-OOEANIQ DUILYINOS, On Wabash avenue, noxc but e to the cor- oer of Congross streot, Mr. J, T. Scammon bad erected a handsomo briok bulllifl? five_stories hig, which was known as t10 Inter-Oceanio Building, In the roar of thh was tho Marine Bank Building, and on AMichigan aveaue his own cherming residsuco. This blocl of buildings formed n suall aity in itsolf, Business and residene were gathored almost boueath the same roof, Tho destruction of thoso buldings was » teriiblo blow to Mr, Scammon—s culmination, it ia sin- corely to bo hopad, of the bad luck which bhas rocontly dogged him. de lost an immente sum of monoy hero in the great fire, and tho fates wight have taken this tito conuideration, But they did not, Tho greatest loss ho feols was that of hus library, He saved it from tho firo of 1871, und would "undoubtedly have rescued it once more hod be been in town, Unfortunately hio was absont from the city, and this valu- ablo colloction of books was lost. It con- tained some volumew of rarity and g, which eannot be ropiaced. Tho labors of a life- time spent in collecting what was raro and valu- able in literature wero wasted in & singlo night. What 18 Mr. Bcammon's loss is that of tho city &lso, aud thero will not be lacking thousands of cultivated people in Chicago to Inmont with him the cutastrophie “which destroyod bis precious colleation of Looks, TIHE BT, JAMES TOTEL wag 8 Inrgo five-atory building, covering & quar- ter of & square nud costing ubout $100,000, It wasd & sscoud-clagr hotol, but i any other city than Chiengo ontsido of New York would have beon considered worthy to bo called & flrat-clase GATAVALEDYY. TOE POBT-OFFICE, formerly the Wubash Avonuo Methodist Church, has boon uufortuuato. It was the last building to take fire nearly three yoars ago, but then re- nisted tho flamos, It was fitted up s o Post- Ofico at Frunt oxponso, but tho end of it camo at last. The Governmont paid a rent of 16,000 & year for it, which was a big sum. Howevor, that contraat is anvulled, —— THE POST-OFFICH, By well-directed offorts of tlio L'ost-Office em- ployes on tho night of tho fire on the South Bido, overything lu that buflding was saved ex- copting the caves 10 which tho lotters are dis- tributed to their various routes, Mr, O, 8. Bquires, tho Acslstant Postmaster, tolegraphed to 8t. Louls, Indiunupolis, Oincinsati, and othor neighboring laxgo cition for theso nocossarics, whioh were promptly sent. Tho mail matter was at once transfarrad to tho cornor of HALSTED AND WAHUINGTON HTREETS, and thore the Post-Oitice temporarily romatns, They ocoupy tha basemont and first floor_of the building ou the northwost corner of Tinlsted and Washington, aud also two of tho busement offices of tho now building on the southwest corner of the aame stroots, Tho dolivery of eity lotters and newspapers weat ou without intorruption atter 9 o'clock yus- torday mornfug. ‘Tho elerka woro busy all'day in avory dopartment, Tho sidowalk around the building was talion up by bags of mail laying in hionps ready to bo taken to the differont railroad nlnl\uus. ‘The monoy-ordor department i lo- oated in tho north oud of tho bujlding. The oarriers aceupy tho two basomouts ol the eouth- wout cornor At an onrly honr Gon, MoArthur, Postmaster, Liad obtaiuod the uso of THE KEW JONORE BLOOK, on the northwest cornor of Doarborn and Mon. £oa atraots {lis building was nod tolally fiolehed, & !nr?‘e forco of cuamntom woro nt onco put to work on it, and by Baturday it will bo rendy for occupaney, ‘T'ho olorks on the dif- foront rallwny postal-cars wore of groat morvico, a8 thoy distributed all the moil on their own routos themselves, thus saving the Post-Ofileo & gront smount of oxtra work. This ronlly lof{ nothmg but oity work for tho Pont-OMco dupart. monta. Tho ohilofs % the different dopartmenty have worked steadily einco thoy first saw any dane get from tho flamos, THE BUPERINTENDENT OF MAILS, Mr, M. J, McQrath, and his alds havo worked nalmost without interruption, but are stll good for a groat doal moro wotk, of which there is na Inok at presont, Badly orampod ns thoy aro, thero will, positively, be no dolay to mnif mat- tor of any kind. In their now building thoy will u:cugy the two lower floors and basomout of tho north half of the Houore Blook. This wiil giva thom a suficionoy of room for all thelr dopart- monts, and will " also bo moro contrally located than olthor tholr old or their prosont. quartory, The entire forco is entitled to gront credit for the preaorvation of tho entire mail, oy not n singlo letter, papor, or mail bag wan fost. Tho ofticera also nro to bo eradited with prompinoss aud wisdom in locating the dopartmnonts with so littlo delay, — RELIEF AND AID, In two respects the firo ocourred most fore tunately with rospectto groat distress: Firat, at & warm acason of the year, when exposuro wad attended with no porsonsl discomfort or peril {o healthy and, second, in a locality whoso dwellors wora in & great mensuro peoplo of small families, and of a sort of roving, rockless, indopondent character, Almost the' only ox- coption to this rule’ wore THE COLORED PROPLE, who bave for yoars congregated in the dovastnted district, though they wore nearly all & frugal, wollsfo-do clnss, whose sur- plus oarnings were far moro likely to bo doposited in savings banka than [nvosted in ox- ponsive furniture or houschold bolongings. Thora siil be comparatively little distress among the colored poople. Aside_from these, tha dixe trict wout of Statostroot and south of Van Buren was chlofly the abods of disroputablos of both soxes, who stayed, rather than lived, in saloons, houses of ill-tame, end low boarding-houses. To ba suddenly turned into the stroot 1s o common oceurronce with this sort, and involyos compar~ atively little inconvonience. Novortheless, in- stances of 7 BUFFERING AND DESTITUTION wero not Incking, and it was for the purpons of ascertaining tho intentions of the Roliof aud Ald Boclety concorniug cases of gonuino need that a TRinuNE roportor yestorday waited upon Mr, Trusdel], tho Suporintendont, at the Bocloty headquarters, on LeSallo atret. Thoro was uo crowd about tho building ; npparontly no applieanta for roliof. Inside the oflico, affnira wore a somowhat busior nspoct than usunl, fow oxtra clorks and wislting ngents beiug on hand, To the Buporintendent, seatod at his dosk, the reporter addrosscd huneelf ¢ s Rn!)oymr—l called to ascortnin what provisjon the teliof and Aid Socioty is making for tha Liomeloes peoplo who wore burnt out yesterday, Mr. Trusdell—We aro in admicable shapo gn oxtend nll the roliof that is nooded. ] Il.—Huva thore boen mauy applioations to- - ay Air, T.—Not noarly o many as you wonld oz~ pect. Early this niorning wo sent out n team with fresh bread and Lot coffeo around to the parks and other places where the burnt-ont peo- plo woro congrogntod, but wo didu't find & great many. Almost allof them TAD FOUND BUELTER for the night with friends or humano people. R.—Do you anticipato & largo draft upon the rosources of the Sociaty ? Mr. ‘f.—Wo do nat, though wo aro ready and willing to extend rolief in all gonuine deserving cases, You aece, tho firo ocewrring at such time of yoer involves no great hardahip in bolog obliged to pass & night or two out of doors; and, morcover, the poople who wore dislodged aro hot, a8 n o the class who would bo groatly distrossod for food or shelter. Don’t wnderstana me that wo mean to bo unusually strict fn disponsing ree }iuf; wo sball do it now just as wo huve Loreto ore, HELPING ALL TIOSE WHO NEED HELT, R.~Will tho Boeicty do anything in tho way of building houses or supplying furniture, as in the cage of the great fire of ]S’fi ? Mr, T.—Our policy will bo to conflue raliof ox- clusively to donations of monoy in small amownts to thoso who iro propor subjecta for such assistance. Wo loug ago dropped the play of giving out relief in kind, 1t nevor worked E‘I'.\B'I , Money, judiciously bestowed, is tha only ing. R.—You say yoor polioy will be to give out money in small quantities, Why so perticulns about this ? Mr, '.—Bocause the mouey will ha more oconomically oxponded. Givo & man 8100, an nino out of ten will spend half of it in buyi; articles which ho could got along without, time, Give the szme man 10, 815, or 8 he'll bay a etova, a badstead, and a’ fow and e household is ou its loga again, Lo renlly needs a littla more ewnges t; though yen should 40t to convey the fden thnb 2 comos horo “for it can pot intond to be atriot with wli; 80, in ordor to bo juat, romomly thio iardost winters in'the Lis yot bofora na. R.—Does not your strichdss ocoasionally in. volve doluy in granting roliff, and {hereby load to sufforing ? Mr, T.—Vory raroly, fo avold this, we give out bread tickots whap the application is iiral mado, The applicaut can step around to Tem- plolon’o Laleery awd got threo or four as whito, sweot loayes of brond ns anybody in Chicago hat to eat. It costa us Lut little, aml wo aro sure that the bread tickets canuot be traded off for driuks, ~Then wo hasten to examino into the cago, and are sogn rendy Lo oxtend substautinl rolief, R.—Then yon don't dosiro to discourage appli- cations und keap poople away from tho Socioty ? Mr, T.—Not moro than & sound policy would dictato, WE ATE GLAD TO TIELD EVERYIODY who can bo identified as haviug beou burnt out and needing holp; otherwiso, applications will be nsoloes, R.—But your money donationa in small smounts will not bo sufliciont for all necds. Mr, T,—Certainly not. The county will supply fuol and provisions, s herotoforo, and the Re- liof and Aid Society will furnish cash. TUE MAYOR, In the morning the Mayor had an Intorview wilh the Managers of the Reliof and Aid Socloty, who atated that they would awsist the sufforers to tho beat of their ability, Tho County Agon was aléo consulted with, who stated that he would honor tho city orders until 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, at which hour the Muayor and Ald, Heath and Spalding wero to have an interview with thie county autiorities on the subjeot. At this hour those goutlemon wore ready to start for the Canmf- Agout's olfice, but the goneral alarin of fire which sounded at about this timo, oauscd them to chango their minds aud to go to tho Milwaukee avouuo fire, TUE Y, M. C, A, was nlso busy yosterday in hunting out cases of distrosg, Both'in tho wmorning and afternoon the Buparintendont, Mr, Van Oudol, seut out loads of fresh bread and coffen to the districts whore tho eufferera wero to bo found. In addition to this, a book has been oponed at the Assaciation rooms on Madison stroot, whoro persons may give notice of their ability and willinguons to -ufford tomporary sheltor to the homoloss, Tho Association I8 doiug & noblo worls, and no offoria aro spared to flud out and assist tho neody. —_— MISCELLANEOUS. MARBHAL DENNER, An intorview was had with Firo-Marehsl Bene nor youtordny. ITo snid ho ad not slopt but two hours since the conflagration bogun, but looked an 1f he could stand suother siago if called upon to doso, ITe oxpressod himaelf somowhat ine ignantly towards tho papers that had spokion of hio incompatency, saying thay, as tho blame must rost somowhero, of courao it wag essily imposod upon him. Reportor—You think, then, you managed the ‘busiuess all tight, Marsbal Bonner—I worked to tho best of my ability. At the time the fire brake out I was en- gagod with fire near tho westorn limits, and T urrived st tho econo only In timo to soe tho Hlames upraudlng in overy direotion, R.—What did you do? My, B.—As soon us I had looked over the scena I eaw that it was not much use trylng (o cops with the fire in tho frama distriot, "so I bont my offorta towards saving tho avonues, [ could hevo kopt the tiro from them, but tho water- maiua hero aro very smull, the plugs fow, and * tho supply consoquently linted, This was'tho reason why wo did not succeed in stopping tho | firo at this point, R.—Dut when it got over on tho nvenuos? Mr. B—Tho fire then had a torrible headway, and wo etlll suered from lack of water, L fought it inoh by inch, Lut could not hold it down. Inever #aw much apathy sothe pooply \Wee Tilabth Yuxe,) ¢ that one of 'y of Cliicago i