The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-10

% consult with our local architects ana {
and give an opinion that may 4
be relied upon. Cur city engineer IS at
work now. Ny own house, believe, IS
as safe as il was before the earthquake. ;
1t is very strong, and while severely
wrenched I believe it will hold out. 1t
is impossible to say, however. Ihe
house that appears to be least hurt may
be fatally injured, and those with gaping
cracks may stand forever. a severe
gale would throw down hundreds per
haps of houses a severe rain would ma
terially damage buildings and furniture.
There are very few roofs in Charleston
that would hold water to-day. we
must simply hope that we shall be spared
any further infiiction until we shall
have been able to put our houses III
order"
els relief needed badly by the peoples"
VERY badly. l declined relief tor
Charleston in the case of the cyclone
because l did not think it urgent 1t IS
very urgent now. The city council is
now in session, and viii devise plan OF |
disbursement besides making an appro- /
priation. And private subscriptions IN |
! Charleston will be large and the present |
| indications are that we shall have large
| help from outside. We owe 1t 10 the
| contributors to see that this dls0ursai
! is honest and just. l advised the forma-
tion of a committee of the city councll
acting jointly with a committee OF cltl-
zens who will give their time to the dis
bursement of whatever funds are on
hand. The fact that the relief money
would take an unusual course makes 1t
more necessary that it should be distrib-
uted with exact justice. 1t will be
needed to give to private property hold
ers to repair their homes with. l know
of widow with children whose estate
consists of two handsome dwellings
and a small amount of stocks. It will
REQUIRE more than her entire cash fortune
to repair the two dwellings and make
them habitable. There are thousands OF
cases where the houses can not be re
paired by their owners, and unless they
have outside help these houses will stand
as menace to their owners and TO che
: city. It will require large sum to ena-
, BILE us to make our city fairly habttable
, before the winter season"
, us the city prepared to do business
: with its outside customers 2"
, LAS well as ever. Our docks are in
: perfect shape, our warehouses are all
right, our merchants are as strong COM
g mercially as they ever were, our banks
! are all open and doing business. We
j ! are not only prepared to handle cOnsign-
ments as well as ever, but we need them
more than ever. Commercially speaking
Charleston is in as good fix as she was
4. before the earthquake, and needs all the
help that can come from legitimate bus
? iness.''
q The opinions OF leading business mel
f as to the probable effect upon the com
q merce of Charleston differ. The World
correspondent interviewed Col J. d
y Jervey, Collector of the Port, in LIS Office
s at the Custom House. "I do not think,
+ he said, THAT the city's trade will suffel
,e much. The check of the last two day
~ caused loss, of course, but by no means
is a serious one. The facilities for con-
4 ducting business have not been greatly
q injured. The wharves are intact, tht
p warehouses still stand, nearly all of tn
O stores can be safely used, ard most o
t. the manufactures are in running order
One Of the rice mills is badly damaged
but the others are all right. l know o
no good reason why Charleston's trad
sholld suffer"
sr Mr.. S. Y. Tupper, for many year
le President of the Charleston Chamber 0
st Commerce, thinks the eity's trade great
! Iy damaged. He places the damage T.
D. property at $4,000, 600. He said that i
ys would be natural for those who hav
heretofore traded with Charleston t
N apprehend financial troubles among tn
7. business men, and therefore to desire t
r. trade with other cities. But" b
8. continued. "Charleston recovered from
n the great fire of 1888, recovered from tn
,e disaster of 1861, recovered from subse
d quent disasters Of the war, TecoveIe
ic from the cyclone of yeaI ago, and
e. believe she Will recover from the grea
r calamity which has just befallen her.
is Capt. F. W. Waggoner, of F. w
ct WaggOner u Co., wholesale grocers, ais
,e thinks the city's trade is injured. H
Iy believes that the injury, however, j
h slight, and that it will not be apprecia
N bic in a few weeks. He was asked wha
At he thought would be done to rebuild tn
to city. Il think" he replied, "that tn
D. general government should lend th
" people of the city several millions G
-o dollars at a low rate of interest. Th
10 time for repay should be fixed a
m thirty or fifty years. There is no othe
II way in which the city can be rebuilt
,t At least half of the people are very poe
If and unable to do anything to help then
J. selves. a meeting of business men W.
is be held in a few days to prepare memo
as rial 80 be presented to the general goy
eminent"
cd Mr., J. Won Oven, of the firm of HeI
W ~ Bischoff 81 Co., does not think ths
he the city's trade will suffer at all. h
to agrees with Capt Waggoner as to whf
IT the government should do. There al
D. some rich men in Charleston, - he saiC
T, "but many that have been heavy losei
IN are poor. They cannot rebuild their II
n, lned houses. 1t is sad fact that larg