The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-06-19

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GEN. HASTINGS TAKES HOLD
And in One Day Organizes a
Government for Johnstown,
JoHxsrowx, June l5.-iener.l D. H..
Ha-tings is tie man for the hour. He
has risen 70 the occasion. While it look
ed last night as though he would under
take the work Of preparing Johnstown
for restoration crippled and handicapped
he has shown to-day that it viii begin
on a comprehensive plan that cannot fail
OF suceess if the necessary money Is forth
coming.
Active work was hot began to-day aud
thee-r Y forenoon found 5000 men stand
ing in torrents Of rain and elamoring for
their pay, which they had 50 hardly
earned in the last week or ten days.
Johnstown, with the exception Of Gen.
Hastings and his s,Eff, tae Fourteenth
Regiment boys. few gangs Of railroad
iaDorers and the men and women in
charge Of distributing supplies, Was as
idle as II was the sunday before it was
laid waste. For all the world II Vas ike
a big strike.
BEAVERS CONTAGIOUS PILL oyT-
/ General Hastings, who last night was
engaged in a perplexing argument with
disputing contractors. did not 60 to bad
until a late hour. bat he seemed to see
daylight ahead. figuratively as well as
actually. lie gos up early, and in short
time had settled the problem. The Gov
ernor Yielded the point Of giving the en-
( tire contract 10 Ryan < Mcdonald. to be
flrned ont by them, and arrange
ments were made to distribute the work
among number Of contractors. Mr..
Mcdonald said ne was not anxious for
the work, and would go home, not desir-
ing iRthe slightest way to impeding the
/ progress Of cleaning the town. Mcdonald
had been suggested to the Governor by
Thomas NJ King, Second Vice President
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. who
has taken an active part in afTJrding re-
lief.
DOUGLASS FOR CHIEF ENGINEER
An early train brought another disiin-
guished Baltimore and Ohio official. Col.
( H. T Douglass, the chief engineer, who
Is well known through having built the
new line from Baltimore to Philadelphia.
I A few minutes after his arrival. Colonel
Douglass said that he was here to be Of
1se, if il were possible. He went direct
to Gen. Hastings headquarters, and talk
ed with him for halfan hour, and mount
ing horse, started to ride all over the
ruined district. As he went away. Gen.
Hastings said that Col Douglass had con-
sented 10 lake charge OF all the engineer
/ ing features connected with the task the
State has undertaken. With the assist
ance ofColonel Douglass, General Hast
iugs prepared his plan ofcsmpaign. Here
i is:
HAsTISss : PLAN or cANPAIGx
/ Cleaning up the debris win begin To-
morrow morning under state auspices.
/ Alter consulting with William Finn this
evening, Gen. Hastings divided the food
ed valley into districts, as follows Be
low the Pennsylsania Railroad bridge
will be known as No. l. It iincludes Cam
5ria City. and all points as FAR down as
Morreilville. Patrick Ridge, Of Pittsburg.
viii take charge Of this work, with 500
men. MAJ. Wm. Phillips, engineer in
charge Of the Lewistown division Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, will be engineer
in charge Of district No. 2-the gorge at
the viaduct- This will be cleared up by
James Mcknight, Of Pittsburz. Mr.. Nc
knight already has p hosting engines
upon the ground, with AZ abundance OF /
cable, p teams o. horses ana 7e9 mer,
with whom to commence work District
No includes nearly ali Of the city Of
Iohnstown- All that part west Of Frank.
liz street and between the rivers will be /
taken care Of by Coburn < Mitchell, Of
Altoona, under Captain f. L1fand. en-
gineer District No. includes Cone
maugh at that part OF Johnssown east Of
Franklin street McLain & johnson, Of /
Pittsburg, viii have charge Of this work,
under Captain Lohand as engineer in /
change. Kernvisle is the fffh district.
and James Mcknight, has andertak ken TO /
clear it up. The entire work viii be un-
der the engineering supervision Of Col. I.
H. 7. Douglass Each district will be in (
charge Of a competent civil engineer, who /
will be given power to discharge men in /
the employ Of any contractor who IS not
satisfactory. The contractors will EN-
pioy their own men. These employees I
viii be divided into glngs of4o each, un-
der control Of foreman that the engin- I
eer in charge will select. Five Of these
gangs viii constitute a division, which /
viii be in charge Of supervisor Each
gang will have timekeeper, selected by /
the engineer, and the contractor viii also /
keep his own timekeepers. Reports lrora
tinekeepeTs, foremen. supervisors and .
engineers ia charge viii be made every I
evening 10 Gen- Hastings, who viii make
report to Gen. Beaver
The wages win be $3.50 day. This 4
matter was fixed by the contractors. The /
men viii subsist themselves, bat Gener-
al Hastings viii give ratioas tomorrow
and charge the contractors for them and /
aeduct this srnount frosn their aggregaie-
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engines. and other skilled laoorers, viii /
receive = per day
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