The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-15
RAIN S0AKS THE RUINS.
WORK GREATLY RETARDED BY
THE CONTINUED DowNPOUR.

The Number of People Drawing on
the Commissarles Apparently on
the Increase-Gov. Beaver Appeals
for Lumber With Which Impover-
ished Merchants May Rebuild Their
Stores.
JoHNsTowN, PA, June I4.-Rain poured
down this morning and effectually stopped
work OF all kinds in the stricken city, where
work should 60 ahead as rapidly as possible
Even the soldiers sought the shelter of their
tents, and the newspaper correspondents
missed this morning. with considerable re-
lief, the familiar "Have you a
passp from the guards at different
places. The crowds around the
commissaries. which seem to increase
with each day, were a mud-be-draggled set
The entrance to each station Is very nar-
row, yot, into them, women and children
each with capacious baskets, crowd like
sheep into a pen. The line is long, and
those who are so unluclry as to have arrived
after or z o'clock have been standing un-
protected and in some instances half clad
IN pouring rain. Their baskets are gen.
orally well filed, yet on leaving the COM
missiories complaints are heard on all sides
of mo butter, nor anything fresh after two
weeks
THE STENCIL LESS PERCEPTIBLE.
In one way the rain to-day is regarded as
a blessing, as the terrible stencil
from burning flesh which was al
most unbearable last night is
scarcely noticeable. A number of lumber
men from the Clarion region were engaged
cleaning wreokage with their hooks last
| night and this morning and their work was
so effective that another detachment has
been sent for. IL has been decided to tear
down all the unsafe buildings in town and
burn the wreckage.
A house to house canvass will be inaugu-
rated tomorrow to secure as near as posi-
BILE an accurate list Of the living and dead
for the state officials. The system of regis
tration attempted a few weeks ago was not
effectual.
A peculiar feature Of the flood was, that
of the 1873 saloons in Johnstown and sur
rounding towns but two escaped destruc-
tion.
The Chinese laundries were also com
pletey wiped out, and number of China
men are missing.
The rain, which poured down all the
morning, ceased at noon. The work was
proceeded with, but only ZOO workmen
started in.
A large amount OF lumber is arriving to-
day, consigned to the state. 1t will be dis
tributed to the more needy merchants to
erect temporary structures in which to
resume business.
DECLARED A NUISANCE. a
HARRISBURG, PA, June 14.-Gov. Beaver
has received an official report from the
state board Of health in which the district
from the railroad bridge over the Cone
maugh river at Johnstown to the mouth of
Stoney Creek river is declared nuisance.
The governor now has the legal machinery
and viii apply it. and work win be pushed
without delay. The governor this after
noon issued 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 a fund which could be
used for putting up simple board shanties,
in which business might be commenced by
the courageous business men of Johnstown,
who have signified their intention of re.
naming where they are and assisting in
building up the ruins, which speaks so elo-
quently in their behalf Credit is rendered
them to any extent by merchants in our
great trading centers. What they need is
simply a cover for their goods and wares.
Contributions in kind, or specially desig-
mated for the purpose of building board
SDdubIo5 III WHICH Du5lu655 can Dc COM
menced, would be great boon to the COM
munity, and will tend, more than anything
else at the present moment, to the restora-
tion to their normal condition of the affairs
Of that community.
TO BE REBUILT.
Johnstown will be rebuilt. Before that
is done. however, legal steps must be taken
to consolidate the several independent
he ;osr
ernment was divided. 1t is understood that
the people expect to consolidate their gov
ernment 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,
and tho work of permanent rebuilding can
not go on. One local firm in the far west
offered few days ago, twenty-five car
loads of lumber with the expressed
intention Of doubling it. Such gifts would
be more than accepta BILE at this time. They
can be consigned to Gen. Hastings at Johns
town, who will see that they are properly
distributed if designated specially for that
purpose. If persons who have already con-
tributed desire that the contributions should
be appropriated toward this object, a sim
pie intimation from them as to their wishes
will be sufficient Tie problem which con-
fronts the people of Johnstown and vicin-
wishes everywhere must be deeply in
terested is the restoration, as early as possi-
BILE, of the various channels of trade and
the machinery of supply and demand.
Merchants and tradesmen must be encour-
aged to begin the work of rehabilitation at
once If their property had been destroyed
by fire they would probably have insur-
ance upon which to begin business Under
the present conditions, however, they have
simply and absolutely nothing. This OBJ
ject is cordially commended, especially to
the business men Of Pennsylvania and to
others who have transactions with what
was one of the most thriving and populous
regions of cur great commonwealth.
The total receipts to the governors fund
for the relief of the food sufferers yester-
day and to-day amount TO S124, 900, making
the grand total about S625,0O0.
TRAFFIC. RESUMED.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 1.-THE main
line of the Pennsylvania railroad between
Harrisburg and Pittsburg has at last been
repaired, and all the trains are now running
between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and
will continue to do so, with the exception OF
the New York and Chicago limited express,
which will not be started until about the
middle Of next week. In consequences of
the resumption Of traffic on the main line
the temporary route to Pittsburg via
Wiiliamsport, Lock Haven, Driftwood and
the Allegheny Valley road has been aban-
doned.
SYMPATHY FROM CORK.