The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-19
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I JoRnsfown and the surrounding towns
but two escaped destruction. The Chi
nese laundries were also completed.
wiped out and a number of Chinamer
are missing.
The rain, which poured down all tht
morning, ceased at noon. Work wa:
proceeded with, but only 700 workmer
started in.
A large amount of lumber is arriving
to-day. consigned to the State. 1t vii
be distributed to the more needy mer
chants to erect temporary structures II
which to resume business.
CLEARING AWAY THE WRECK.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 14.-Gov-
ernor Beaver has received an official re-
port from the State Board Of Health, in
which the district from the railroad
bridge. over the Conemaugh River at
Johnstown, to the mouth of Stony Creek
River is declared a nuisance. The Gov,
ernor now has the legal machinery and
the funds to apply it, and the work will be
pushed without delay.
AN URGENT NEED OF THE HOUR.
The Governor this afternoon issued a
proclamation, in which he says, among
other things, that there can be little
doubt that the most useful and judiciouS
expenditure at the present moment for
the entire people of the region would be
fund which could be used for putting
up simple board shanties, in which bus
mess might be commenced by the cour-
ageous business men of Johnstown, who
have sisnifed their intention Of remain
ing where they are and assisting In
building up the ruins which speak so
eloquently in their behalf. Credit is
rendered them to any extent by mer-
chants. in our great trading centres.
What they need is simply cover for
their goods and wares. Contributions
in kind, or especially designated for the
purpose of building board shanties in
which business can be commenced,
would be a great boon to the community,
and will tend more than anything else
at the present moment to the reStora-
ton to a moral condition of affairs in
that community.
IOHNSTOwN WILL BE REBUILT.
Before that is done, however, legal steps
must be taken to consolidate several in
dependent boroughS, among which its
municipal government was divided. 1t
is understood that the people expect to
consolidate their government under a
CITY charter, and that legal steps will be
taken looking toward this end. Until
this is done, streets cannot be laid out,
grades cannot be established, the work
of permanent rebuilding cannot go on.
One locality in the far West offered a
few days ago twenty-five carloads OF
lumber, with the expressed intention of
doubling it. Such gifts would be more
than acceptable at this time. They can
be consigned to General Hastings,
Johnstown, who will see that they will
be properly distributed, if designated
specially for that purpose. If persons
who have already contributed desire
that their contributions should be APP
propriated toward this object, simple
intimatlon from them as to their wishes
will be sufficient.
TO RESTORE THE CHANNELS OF TRADE.
The problem which confrontS the
people of Johnstown and vicinity, and
in the the solution of which their we'll
wishers everywhere must be deeply IN
terested, is the restoration as early as
possible of the various channels of trade
and the machinery of supply and demand
Merchants and tradesmen must be en-
courased to begin the work of rehabiita-
ton at once. If their property had
been destroyed by fire they would pro-
baby have insurance upon which to be-
gin business. Under present con-
ditions, however, they have simply and
absolutely nothing. This object is cor
daily commended, especially to the bust
ness men of Pennsylvania, and to
others who have transactions with what
was one of the most thriving and popY
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