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elusive of stork on hand. The Boston Store
Io«s amounts to several hundred thousand dol
lars. The Toons Men's Christian Association
building, in Elllson-st., the Hamilton Club, the
Odd Fellows Hall and "The Paters»on News"
building: are all gone, nt> is the Paterson High
School. Ho are the Commercial School, the
First Baptist and St. Mark's Episcopal churches.
I should say that fully twenty entire blocks
were destroyed. The business section has been
completely wiped oat. Business will probably
be at a standstill for several weeks, hut we all
feel confident that Pa torso will rise out of the
ruins just as did Johnstown and Galveston."
TEE MA YORS PROCLAMA TIOX.
To check disorder and prevent crime at the
scene of the fire. Mayor Hinchliffe of Paterson
and Sheriff Sturr of Passaic County. X. J.. last
evening Issued a joint proclamation, the effect
of which waa to place the burned portion of the
efty practically under martial law for a time.
The proclamation was as follows:
When, as by reason of the recent fire, it Is
necessary that prompt action be taken by the
city and county authorities to protect the lives
and property of our citizens by the strict en
forcement of the ordinances of the city and the
laws of the Ft ate of N>w- Jersey. Therefore we,
John Hinchliffe. Mayor of the city of Paterson.
and John W. Sturr, Sheriff of the county of
Paasalc, do hereby proclaim that all persons
shall refrain from travelling or being upon the
public streets <~f the city of Paterson within the
limits of the burned district after the hour of 7
o'clock p. m.. and any person refusing: or nes:
lectinK to obey this proclamation shall be sub
ject to arrest and punishment.
Householders and property owners within the
said district will be allowed to pass upon giving
■Miefactory proofs to the officer or officers who
may be assigned to the said district to enforce
this proclamation.
N>ce?sary instructions and authority have
been given to the police officers, constables,
deputy sheriffs- and militia to enforce this proc
lamation.
Given under our hands and seals at Paterson,
this ninth day of February. A. D.. 1902.
JOHN' HIXCHLIFFE. Mayor.
JOHN TV. STI"HK. Sheriff.
PROMPT RELIEF MEASURES.
'OFFICIALS DO NOT THINK THERE T!«
MUCH DISTRESS.
Paten»on. Feb. 9. — Three relief meetings ■were
,'held In Paterson in the afternoon, the principal
one of which was attended by Governor Murphy.
.Ma^or Hinchliffe and Recorder Senior, who. un
'<l«»r the city's charter, is Fire Marshal. In a
few moments $SOO wan handed to the Mayor for
immediate use, but the chief magistrate paid
that, while the city had suffered a terrible vis
itation, he was In a position to say that there
wax little distress. The business section had
b*en practically wiped out. but the residence
' portion which suffered was that in which well
to do citizens lived.
' The armory of the sth Regiment was made
headquarters for the relief of any persons de-
Firous of assistance, but ud to a late hour no
ppplicants for help visited the building, and
Major George P. Olcott, who was in charge,
said that he did not expect to find more than a
score of people who needed assistance.
I Chief of Police Graul, with Sheriff Sturr,
established temporary offices in the City Treas
urer's office, and the Sheriff swore In fifty spe
cial deputies, who were sent right away to the
Imrned districts for the protection of life and
property.
Governor Murphy and Mayor Hinchliffe said
they were extremely grateful for the assistance
given by the fire dewirtments in the nearby
rities. .which responded promptly to the calls
for aid.
•'I am deeply grateful to the men who so
pronifuly came to our assistance," said tiie
alayctf, "and were it TiOt for their quick arrival
and subsequent heroic v.-ork I am afraid that
the city of Paterson would by this time have
been a desolate black spot. Too much credit
cannot t>t given by our citizens to the fire fight
ers, and the thanks of the community, which
ha? had such a sever" visitation, while to my
mind inad«quate. are the only offerings we can
make to thoee who helped us in our terrible
hour cf nee*!."
Temporary relief charters were established
early in the day at St. Paul's Church, where
Dr. Hamiltan presided at a meeting of the
Ladies' Aid Society, but there it was stated that
there were only a few applicants, wh^se wants
were quicKly attended to.
| NEWARK SEXDS BREAD.
JERSEY CITi; THOUGH FIGHTING ITS
[l&ssj OWN FIRE. RUSHES TWO EN
>, V $ ? * GINES TO HELP.
Mayer Seymour of Newark communicated
with Mayor Hinchllffe of Patc-rson yesterday,
rtatln? that the tjd of Newark could be relied
on for everything that the stricken city should
reed, and that its resources were at the com
mand of Paterson- A special meeting of the
Common Council of Newark will be held at 3
p. m. to-day to take action. The Hill Baking
Company, of Newark, telegraphed to Mayor
Hinchliffe that if word should be sent that
bread was needed three thousand loaves would
be sent by the company early this morning. The
bread was sent at midnight-
Gkiveilior Murphy waited at his house In
Newark receiving telegrams and telegraph mes
sages until late In the afU-moon, and then went
to Paterson. The necessity of sending addi
tional companies of the National Guard from
Newark or Jersey City was under cor.Hideraiion.
If the emergency called for any action Gov
ernor Murphy was prepared for it. Two en
gines. Xo< 3 and t», were dispatched to Pattr
t--on hy the Fire Department. One left the city
at ."> a. m. and the other at noon. The depart
ment stood ready to supply more apparatus if
<a!l^d for. A special meetine of the Board nf
Trade of Newark will be called to-day to take
£teps for the relief of Paterson. Yesterday citi
zens were canvassing means of organized effort
for the same purpose, and messages of sym
pathy with offers of aid were- sent to Paterson's
Mayor by individuals.
The Jersey City Fire Department officials re
! an appeal from Paterson to send to it all
the flre apparatus that could be spared to aid in
combating the conflagration yesterday. The
Jersey Cay department had a severe contract
on hand fighting the worst tire in a d«vade. but
two tire engine companies. Nof. 2 and 7, were
sent out on a special train over the Erie Rail
road to Paterson.
DEATH MAY HAVE BEEN HASTENED.
CMM death was reported as possibly a result of
The conflagration. A Mrs. Brown, who. It was
naid, was over eighty years old, and who was
removed from her home at No. 18 Broadway.
Just two doors from where the fire started in the
«-*r sheds, was taken to the home of a friend
near by shortly after midnight, and died about
an hour later. It was said that her death vas
hastened by the excitement consequent on her
hasty removal to a piace of safety.
RICKETY CHILDREN.
Loose joints, bow legs, big
head, and soft bones — mean
rickets. It is a typical disease
for the best workings of Scott's
Emulsion.
For the weak bones Scott's
Emulsion supplies those power
• ful tonics the hypophosphites.
For the loss of flesh Scott's
Emulsion provides the nourish
ing cod-liver oil.
Scott's Emulsion corrects the
. effects of imperfect nourishment
'and brings rapid improvement
in every way to rickety children.
Sand (or Tree Sample. ;
j' ECOTT * BOWNE. Chemists, 409 Pcsirl St.. N. T.
FIRE LAYS ACRES IX RUINS
Continued from first pnc
had made their appearance in thia block of
buildings they were a mass of ruins, even the
walls having caved in. What made this section
of the fire more fierce than perhaps anywhere
else was a series of explosions that were prob
ably caused by some of the inflammable oils and
paints carried in stock by Norwood & Co.
What was perhaps the most surprising thing
about this section of the flre was the way the
Quackenbush Building resisted the encroach
ment of the flames, for the buildings all around
it, even after its annex in Van Houten-st, had
fallen victims to the flre fiend. The thick walls
of the handsome structure, the finest business
builidng in this section of the State, undoubt
edly had a good deal to do with the Immunity of
the building up to this time. They could not
stand the tremendous heat continuously, how-
ever, and soon the rear of the building began
to blaze and the flames ran along the roof.
making an entrance to the top floor. Here there
was nothing ta stop the destruction, and soon
the whole, building was a mass of flames from
top to bottom. WiUi this bunker tn the flames
out of the way the stores of Elliott. th» jeweller,
ana Morton Hark, the hardware man, were
short work for the blaze. This completed the
destruction of that entire block— the stores on
Ellison-st.. Including- Qua<-kenbush'B annex and
Schrepfer's mammoth erocery, had long ago suc
cumbed.
In the mran time the flames had crossed Elli
son-st and engulfed the big paint store of John
Norwood & Co.. at Main and Ellison sts., and
was making Its way rapidly along Uif block to
ward Market-st., < onsuming everything in its
way. A view along Main-st. at thlp time was
like .1 gllmp.-e ir.', -> hades, for nothing could be
seen but an Intense red glow. Tvitn giant tongues
of yellow flame darting in and out.
FLAMES LEAP ACROSS THE STREET.
Not satisfied with the west side of Maln-st.,
the ftre fiend had crossed the street and secured
a good start in the Odd Fellows' Hall building,
occupied by Ktaectla's drug store and the Mecca
Club. This was J.oort a mass of flames, and so
In a short time were the stores on both sides of
It. These included John Hammond** dry goods
store. Kent's drug store and Joseph Villa &
Sons' fruit store, at Van Houten and Main sts.
On the other side of Win— fin's were Brinker
heff'a paint storp. a vacant s*ore, the second
flocr of which !s occupied by Lawrence Magen
nis. the bookbinder, the Great Union T^a Com
pajiy storp. Full's sho<=- store. th<" Boston store,
the Muzzy building, occupied by that firm's big
hardware store, and the Van Kaun building.
which 5s used as an office building and by Sals
berg, the Jeweler, and the Douglas Shoe Com
pany's store.
This completes the bio* k. and every building
it in burned to the ground. It was a lone time
before the big building of the Meyer Brothers
gave way to the flames, but when it did it went
Just ac quickly as yuackenbush's had gone. The,
flames pwept through the big establishment from
end to end, and in a few minutes were bursting
out in Washington -ft. While they went through
the Boston store with a rush they were not any
Blower in the other sections of the block, and In
a few minutes flames could be seen shooting
out of every store of that block on the Washlng
ton-st. Bide. They were all swept away in a
short time, nothing but the ruins being l*»ft
In this block, besides the Boston store, were
the Klnne lluildlng. Tattersall & Co.'s stove
rtore, Daniel McAteer's wholesale lirjuor store,
William Stone's saloon. Van Winkle's tobacco
store, Fred Sohilke's barber shop. Oscar Herby*s
tailor shop and the Lappin Tea Oompany'H store,
with lawyers' snd justices' offices above. In
Elllson-st. were Abbenseth'n saloon, the Postal
Telegraph Company's office, Charles B. Hindle's
undertaking establishment and George S. M<*-
Carter'fs brokerage offices. In Van Houten-st., In
that block below the Kinne building, are a bar
ber shop. George Howard's picture framing
establishment and a small Jewelry store.
The flam »s had gained almost the speed of a
prairie flre by this time, and they spread with
terrible swiftness They Jumped across Elllson
st. and ate up the Romalne Building, a big
br!^k offlfe structure. The heat from this build.
Ing and from the First National Bank, which
is diagonally opposite in Elllson-st.. set the
beautiful new City Hall on flre. The City Hall,
composed of limestone, with hardly any wood
work, was in flames tn fifteen minutes.
THE "WHITE SQUARE" A FURNACE.
Patersons "White Square" formed of fine
bank buildings surrounding the City Hall, was
one roaring furnace. At the same time a great
shaft of flame was seen to shoot up In the air
frcm Park-aye. and Straight-st.. a distance of
almost half a mile, and on the other side of the
Erie track. The sparks had carried to that
point and started a new conflagration, almost
as large as the one downtown, although among
bull'! 1 - % «m which were not so pretentious.
The section above the Erie tracks is a resi
dential section, and here families suffered more
than downtown. Scores of families did not
have time to move their goods and chattels.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1002.
They sought shelter with friends whose homes
seemed to be outsice the range of the conflagra
tion. The flre made a clean sweep of the
block bounded by Park-aye., Straight-st. and
Sixteenth-aye. almost up to Carroll-st. It
crossed Park-aye. and pwept through the block
to the south and carried away all the houses
through to Market-et. It travelled up Marwet
st. on both sides to Carroll-st., and at 11 o'clock
it attacked St. Joseph's Church, whicn is on the
northeast corner of Market and Carroll sts.
This was the extreme eastern limit of the fire,
about a mile from the place where it started. It
travelled in a somewhat zigzag course to the
east, with a width of two blocks, but the lines
were not clear cut.
STARTED TO MOVE OUT.
The people in the Sandy Hill section of the
city, which lies to the south of the conflagra
tion, on the eastern side of the Erie tracks,
thought that the fire was going to extend up to
their part of the town, and they began to move
SHADED PORTION SHOWS BURNED DISTRICTS.
out. Scores of Tcagon* were backed up to the
doors of the dwellings and loaded, but the
wagons did not move away. In the afternoon
they were unloaded again, when tt wat seen that
the fire had spent itself.
Had It not been for the men at the silk mills
of Doherty & TVadsworth and the William
Strange Company It is likely that the fire would
have spread to the Sandy Hill section. William
Squler, a foreman In one of the mills, got the
force pump at Doherty & Wads worth's mill
working, and they extinguished roof fires In
both of these mills and in several of the sur
rounding houses. They could not save the silk
finishing mill of Alfred Crew, a short distance
from th« Doherty & Wadsworth mill, but they
kept the flames from spreading. This was really
the only volunteer effort to fight the flames.
In Straight-st. a line of hose was run from
the Paragon pi'.k mill, and put out a dangerous
blaze in a saloon across the street from the mill.
By 4 o'clock this afternoon the fire was under
control. Most of the dwelling houses to the east
of the Erie Railroad which were destroyed were
valued at from $3,000 to $6,000 each.
Ex-Judge Van Cleva and City Counsellor
Michael Dunn early this morning begged the
firemen to usp dynamite In blowing up build
ings at Main and Market sts. In order to save
the buildings to the east. No one In the flr«
department urrterntood the use of the explosive,
and M the suggestion was not carried out.
According to the general theory, the flre origi
nated in the car barn from electric sparks ignit
ing the roof of the barn. The feed wires. It was
said, seemed to carry the flre Into all parts of
the building at once, causing it to blare as if oil
had been thrown upon the wooden building.
Said a city official who did not car© to give his
name:
"I understand that all those who lost by the
flre are well protected by insurance. It will cer
tainly be a heavy blow for the Insurance <-nn
c>*niH. Tojr.-ther with the tire at Waterbury and
to-day's Mare in Brooklyn, they will, no doubt,
lose heavily.
"I should not wonder if some smaller con
cerns would be driven out of business. I have
been told that all collectible checks In the Pat
erson Bank were safely housed in the vaults of
the bank. This will be good news to many
business men. Much of the tiling and the rear
windows of the Second National Bank Building
have been destroyefl. but otherwise the struct
ure stood the test remarkably well. Only two
stories of the five story First National Bank
Building are standing. The town Is full of
thieves, but I have heard of no robberies as yet.
There are no strikes on In the city to aggravate
the trouble.
"Alfred Crew, the silk flnisher. was the only
silk man who was burned out. The most re
markable thing about the flre, to my mind,
was tho way it ran down Market-st.. jumped
two hundred yards of business blocks and then
burned four hundred dwelling houses. The silk
manufacturers had hundreds of their ir.en at
work all night protecting their buildings and
the wooden structures which surrounded them.
The companies have organized flre brigades,
trained for this purpose. The order of the
Mayor closing every saloon In the city was a
wise action on his part. The city hae been
singularly free from disturbances by Intoxicate^
persons."
RENTS GO UP.
The rents of stores in Main-st. and adjoining
streets went up at an alarming rate during the
day, when people who were burned out tried
to secure temporary quarters. Bankers, law
yers, business men and others were hurriedly
trying to find places to continue operations to
morrow morning as usual, but they found It a
difficult task. Most of the important businesses
will, however, be able to resume In the morn-
Ing. A number of the business men are practi
cally ruined by the flre. They had little, if any,
insurance, and they have lost their all.
A number of the churches, including the Mar
ket Street Methodist, the Paterson General Hos
pital and many houses, are open to-night to re
ceive the homeless. All the people in the city
who suffered no loss are showing in every pos
sible way their sympathy for those In distress.
People are sleeping here to-night in the pews of
churches, upon the floor of the armory and even
in offices.
FOR RELIEF AND SAFETY
SALOOXS CLOSED BY ORDER
OF THE MAYOR.
NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS OBTAINED
FOR IMMEDIATE USE IN FIVE
MINUTES— GOVERNOR ON
THE SCENE.
(BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIBCMT. ]
Paterson. N. J.. Feb. 9.— This afternoon th«
people began to take measures for affording re
lief to the sufferers. On an hour's notice a half
hundred men and women were brought together
at St. Paul's Church, at Broadway and East
Eighteenth-st., and within five minutes about
$000 had been obtained that was available for
immediate vise. A committee consisting of M.
H. Ellenbogen, William A- Arnold and Arnold
B. Huysoon, all well known and influential men,
with William A. Barbour as treasurer, was ap
pointed, and this committee will attend through
out th« coming days to the collection of relief
money.
Paterson feels that In these first day?, a*, least,
she Is able to care for her own. and 6he will do
so, even though later it become necessary to
accept some of the offers of assistance, many
of which have already come to the city.
Chief of Polio* Gran! and th* Mayer dis
cussed the situation as to the state of the
police force in the Governor's presence, and the
latter immediately directed Colonel Campbell
and Colonel Olcott to proceed to the armory.
Colonel Campbell to assume command until
further orders and Colonel Olcott to see to it
that not only the troops but the destitute citi
zens who might apply at the armory should be
housed and fed and receive a comfortable place
to sleep in bo lore as space allowed.
At the armory the officers found about two
hundred men assembled, un>ler the command of
Captain Hamilton M. Ross. Colonel Campbell
directed that the men be divided into reliefs
that should do patrol and guard duty through
out the night, the tour of guard consisting of
two hours on and four hours off duty. In
charge of the comma) Captain J. Ernest
Shaw, of Company C; Captain Edward A. Beat ■
lan, of Company K. and Captain Albert A. Van
Walraven, of Company H— the companies sep
arated as soon as they left the armory, and
each proceeded by the shortest route to that
portion of the ruin assigned it to guard.
Assistant Quartermaster-General Olcott said
that before S o'clock he would liave at the arm*
o*9 sufficient provision to take care of all the
men throughout the night and the next day anil
would have comfortable cots for them.
This left ihe soldiers patrolling every section
of the City that had been visited by the flames,
using the armory, of course, as a headquarters.
Those of the police force who are able, most of
the men having been on duty continuously for
the last twenty-four hours, an using as their
headquarters the County Collector's office. In the
Courthouse building, In upper Maln-st.
At :> o'clock Governor Murphy appeared on
the scone, he having driven the twelve miles
from ills home in Newark to this city behind a
spirited team The Governor was accompanied
by his private secretary, and by Colonel Edward
A. Campbell, commandant of th« Ist Regiment
of the State National Guard, of which the local
troops are still q part.
Governor Murphy and his associates had
hardly entered the room In which the confer
ence was being held w ben Colonel and Assistant
Quartermaster Genera] Olcott arrived, and re
ported to him for duty. Early In the day Mayor
HlnchlUfe had telephoned to the Governor at
Newark and stated some of the conditions to
which the city was reduced. The message had
been sent with a view to»the ordering out by the
Governor of the National Guard, and so speedily
had Governor Murphy acted on his information
and the requests made that before noon several
companies of the Newark battalions had re
ceived orders to prepare to take train for this
city to do service.
This order, happily, was countermanded, for
Paterson has enough citizen soldiery to give
ample protection to both life and property even
at such a critical time as. this; and with the co
operation of Company A. of Passalc, which is a
part of the battalion and whose captain is ac
ting major of it. the soldiers are fully confident
they can do all the police work needed.
Mayor Hinchllffe appealed to the. military
authorities of Trenton in the afternoon, and the
prompt action looking toward the calling out of
the militia and rendering such other assistance
as was possible was taken. Governor Murphy
sent a telegram to Adjutant General Ollphant
at 1:20 p. m. calling out the militia. Generul
Oliphant replied by telephone that he had tele
graphed Colonel Brintnall directing him to pro
ceed here with one battalion. Mayor Hliuhliffe
was told of thta action, and informed that Lieu
tenant Colonel Brintnall would report to him on
hhj arrival In this city. A few minutes later
this order was revoked, the Governor being nd
vised that the three local companies comprising
a part of the new sth Regiment could handle the
situation.
General Oliphant telegraphed to General Jo
seph W. Congdon. of this city, telling him to re
port to Governor Murphy at this place.
General Congdon's house had been burned and
he was ill, having been removed to the home of
a friend.
The activity In the Adjutant General's depart
ment at Trenton was duplicated in that of the
Quartermaster General. A relief train was pro
cured and backed into a Fidlntr near the State
arsenal and loaded with tents, blankets camp
equipments and anything else available which it
was thought might prove useful either to the
soldiers themselves or to those destitute The
train left for this city early to-night over tht*
Pennsylvania Railroad. All the military depart
ments at Trenton were kept open during the
night, and word has been sent to each officer to
hold his command in readiness for Immediate
service In any emergency which might arise
Had not the wearied firemen been heiped
throughout the day by brother firemen from
neighboring cities and towns. It is tolerably cer
tain that the municipality would have suffered
in a far greater degree than it did. Jersey City
Newark, Passalc. Rutherford. Rldgewx>d Ho
boken and Montclalr sent engines and other fire
apparatus.
BUSINESS SECTION BURNED.
Alberton. Ga.. Feb. 9.— Fire here early to-day de
stroyed nearly all of the business section of t is
place, doles damage which Is estimated at JIOO.OOO.
Trie city his no fire protection, ami Ui "'.'\[
brigade* formed by citizens were of no avail in a
temperature of 20 degrees and a high wind.
El ft a/^porters: Rugs, Silks, Curios, it
rr* II W' BROADWAY & JBTH ST. ] *^
Splendid Values.
50 Large Oriental Rugs at $45. $73. $100.00.
Sizes SxlO ft. up to 10.5x15.2 ft.
100 Movisoul and Ka.zak Rugs &.t $12.00 and $14.00.
Average Sizes 4x6.6 ft.
100 Guendje Rugs. Size 4*B ft., at $20.00.
100 Carabagh and Shirva.n Rugs at $6.00 and $7.00.
Average Size $3.6x5 ft.
50 Rolls China a^nd Ja.pan Mattings.
La.st Season's Patterns,
at Greatly Reduced Prices.
THE INDIVIDUAL LOSSES.
Paterson. Feb. o.— The cost of the fire has not
yet been counted with any degree of accuracy,
and it will be several days before there can be a
definite tabulation of losses and insurance.
In the confusion of the day and the rigorous
guarding of the burned districts at nlsht It was
Impossible to find a majority of the heavier suf
ferers. Th« estimate of §10,000,000 will prob
ably cover the destruction broadly, and a group
of officials who went over the city this evening
were Inclined to scale that figure down to be
tween $7,500,000 and $5,000.000 for actual prop
erty losses. Their estimate made no allowance
for loss on account of suspension of business. A
hastily prepared and incomplete list compiled
by a business man to-night gives the following
estimated losses:
City Hall - $4».O0O
First National Bank 10O.f<»
S«onJ National BanH 60.000
Paterson National Bank 73 ««>(>
Hamilton Club 15.. 000
Katz bulldlcp 63.<X>0
Garden Theatre 80.000
L'r.lte4 State* Hotel i 3i 3 - L S?
Public Library - 100.000
Quackcnbush & Co., department stor«. bii'.l-Ur.j
anJ coattnU 300.000
First tsaptls: Church, structure and furniture. ... «.\oO>
Paterton H!gh SL-h:ol.S L -h:ol. ilMlns and contents So.OOrt
O;l Cltv Hall. u»ej t:r p«ille<» headquarter* 13,0<X)
Tfco Boat.-n Department Stor«. Meyer Brothers.
proprietors. DUiidlng .in I stock SOVXV)
'Th« Ev«n!n« News" building and plant «voOv>
Tuns Men's Christian Ass.x-'.atlon .:H:ng 13.000
Patwsra and rs;?4lc Gas and BUcirtc Company.. ■ £3.000
St JhrVs Church tutldln* and cor.tents 27 •«»•>
BC Mary's Hiroch'.al School.'. lO.OCO
P»rk Av«u< Baptist Church. buiMinj and fur
r.!iMn;i .. : 40.000 !
St Joseph's G*rman Catholic Church, building
and furnistiir.ss • SHI.WXI .
St J"!>O}i's reotcrv anJ furniture l5,0»O
Th« National Clofilnr S:ore. Levy. Latheobruch * I
Co.. froprl> lors. building anu stuck 43,000 '
Th« Fater^u I'erartrr-nt Store, D. SonneSorn.
v-ropri'tor. iuiWlnst and »tc-k ... V> <W) '
Shield* Brothers, grocers, but'.dlns and stock .. . . 3O.''X>
Marshall & Hal!, clothier*, bjild-.r* aad stock •ansf ,
O: -i.c Department Store, D. B>hrn. -?rv>prletor. I
tHitldtaK and stock 33. *«> '
s-even*cn t>uilJ:r.* V^'
Kcufr. drusr store 25,000 ;
KJrueUa'a dru* stcre '
Ktild's «hce store 13.iX0
Many Brothers, hardware, building ar.s conten-s. l.WoO>>
T' iU!j!a;
•'Sunday Chronicle" IS.OOi)
Remain* buililir.it 10>i.«'O
D. 11. MYrU r.d>ke * Co., jrrocera *MwS
J hn Norwood, paints 75.000
Kr.*!ne House No. I •'•"•*>
Oterc's grocery, hu'.ldlns and on'er.t* 25.<-'OO
EsMt» of I>nn!»! MeAtMT, wholesale liquors.
b-.iiidlne »r.d content* BO.nOO
Police patrol, h-adqiiariers ... o.O'O
U U. Michaelaon. clothier, stock S"SS?
.=-.r"<M.< «"h.H! st're. stick lt>.i»\»
Wal.'.orf ihM HOW. *t H-k JJ^S
r.ijrin A Ton>»tT. ■aloon lo.iw
J. lirett. ea'.oon I'XO-JO
Huca Munxer salcon and wtuU-sale liquors. build-
In* mi! content*
"Rillv" Kane, salfwn 10000
Dr. K. F. Pon-er. hirr.e nr..l furniture 2<\<vn»
.Tihn Mull'n-. furniture stock . !.->.»■• I
Vltshoi- .t Xrwln dej>.inment store, at ■■'.; • ■ Ij.o<H> i
.1 A Van V in^klo * Co., hardware, buiMlns and
conte&U rArort '
Bn»dwsr-car .-t«W»!> and car* IW.WX> (
The "Western Union and Postal Telegraph \
companies, the American District Trephine j
Company and the Paterson. Passaic and Sub- j
urban Telegraph Company were completely j
burned out. with all of their delicate and am*
pensive electrical equipment. Losses l-i many
Instances, notably In those of the trust »om- i
ponies. will depend upon how vaults and safes !
stood the test of lire.
A MANUFACTURING TOWX.
BUILT AROUXD THE FALLS OF THE
PASSAIC - rorrr.ATiox LARGELY
WAGE EARNERS-QUICK RE
COVERY EXPECTED.
Faterson Is distinctly a manufacturing city.
It was founded In ITU, but was not Incorporated
untO IS,V>. It Is built around the falls of the
Passale River, which are fifty feet high and
afford a tremendous natural water power. Its
population, according to the census of 1900, Is
In,". 171. and the town covers an area of eight
and one-third square miles. It contains more
that .-lx hundred factories, whose combined cap
ital is estimated at about $35,000,000. Most of
the citizens are engaged in one way or another in
the mills and factories. The best known of Pat
erson's industries Is the manufacture of silk and
silk thread. There are more than one hundred
factories engaged in this industry, giving Pater
sun the name of "The Lyons of America."
Foundries and machine shops are the next in
importance to the silk factories. The city is
everywhere active with the noise of machinery,
leading a disciple of Zola to cay once that It
"sweated under the lash of an unrelenting com
merce."
Faterson Is the county seat of Passalc County.
The assessed valuation of its property Is $45,
07b $5.".. which is estimated as about GO per
cent of Its actual valuation. The tax rate Is
$2 50 and the city carries a debt of $3.054.00u.
The present Mayor is John Hinchliffe. whose
term expires in 1004. There are published In
the city six dally, six weekly and four monthly
papers. There are also upward of one hundred
churches, a good public school system, a free
public library, two hospitals, two orphan asy
lums, a free eye and ear Infirmary, a children's
day nursery and an old women's home.
Because It is so largely a factory town, the
population of Paterson contains a great foreign
element, and in the last few years has been
noted as the centre of a colony of anarchists.
Brescl. the assassin of King Humbert of Italy,
was an Italian from Paterson. and It x-as al
leged at the time that the plot for his deed
was hatched there an attempt was also made
In Borne quarters to connect the assassination of
President McKiniey with the Paterson "colony."
Its natural advantages In water power are so
tremendous, and so many million!) of dollars are
bound up in its manufacturing industries that
it is confidently believed by its citizens that It
will quickly recover frcm a disaster like the
fire of yesterday, though a good deal of.lmmedi
ate hardship must result from the fact that the
majority of the people are wage earner*.
"A Distinguished Collection."
"Rarely can one nee a private col
lection so intrinsically worth see
ing."— Sun.
"It contains only twenty-si*
works, some of these are of great
value and not one is bad. trivial or
dull."— Tribune.
American Art Galleries,
M*DISO* SQUARE SOUTH. SEW YORK.
On Free View
Day Evenings
9 until 6 \ii||pr 7:30 to 9:30
Unreserved Public Sale at
Mendelssohn Hall,
Fortieth Street. East of Broadway.
On Friday Evening, Feb. 14.
Beginning promptly at 8:45 o'clock;
Notable Paintings
Belonging to
Mr. E. F. Miliiken
OF THIS CITY
"Without a doubt this is the most
enjoyable exhibition presented so
far this season, and no one inter
ested in pictures of varied and first
rate kind can afford to miss it."—
The Sun.
"Very rarely do the people of New.
York have the opportunity to see so
good a collection of picture*."—
Tribune.
"All told, Mr. Milliken'» collection
forms a patent of good taste an
judgment that many a buyer of
pictures might envy."- M nil and Ex*
press.
The Sale will be conducted by
THOMAS E. KIRBY of
AMERICA ART ASSGDIAT'CH, Managers,
6 East "Zi >■.. MadUon Square South.
Briarcliff
Cream
is a breakfast luxury.
Coffee and porridge are
entirely changed by in
creased richness and en
toyment. Soli in bottles
— 25c^ 50c, $1.00 each.
Store
No. 573 Madison Avenue.
New York Gty.
F*rms it Briarcitf Manor, N. Y.
REED & BARTON,
SILVERSMITHS,
Broadway and lTtli Street. N. Y.
6 Maiden Lane. N.Y.
By Prof. HAItLEY PARKEB. F. R. A. »•
THE HUMAN HAIR,
Why It Fills O.T. Turns Grey: and th» Remedy.
S2U EDITION— Postpaid (or 25 cent. jar •»»s s fc
C H. I'UIKKH CO.. « V- 13 h St. P&llafialpS!*. Fa.,
•uJerV on« , should r«aJ thl» llttl* boo&."-~At*en»ur 3 .
ALL LEAPING DEALERS SELL
DERMOPHILE
Underwear,
{Absolntelr Pare Wool.*
Money Refunded if it Shrinks.
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