The Great Reconstruction

A reporter yesterday put on his overalls and top boots and visited all the uprising buildings south of Yesler Avenue. A survey of Washington street between Second and the ocean dock revealed work on many structures. At the northeast corner of Washington and Sixth streets, a brick building is being finished for the construction of an addition to the Russ House. At the corner of Washington and Fifth, half a block is being filled with earth seventeen feet in depth, being done by Janet Pollock, owner of the land, who has twelve men and six teams at work. At the northeast corner of Washington and Third, work is nearly done on the two-thirds of the Wah Chung brick block. On the southeast corner of Washington and Second, piles have been driven for a broad sidewalk for Mr. Cort's brick block. Across the burnt district, the ratio of construction is three frame buildings to one of brick, owing to the number of small frames being built just outside the fire limits. The total number of employees in the region south of Yesler Avenue is 530 laborers, 106 carpenters, 112 bricklayers, and 40 stonemasons, with 91 teams at work.