The sun., 1900-09-27
GRATITUDE OF GALVESTON.
COY. SAVERS SPEAKS FOR the CITY
AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO US.

.S.,er win We Forget" He says, and He
pledges Future Generations Go Remember
-n.yor Jones Issues an Appeal for Money
"A Help Citizens Rebuild Their Homes.
n,xzsroS. Tex. Sept. 2o.-The first electric
..y IN Galveston since the great storm made
~. sprearanoe to-day on the Market street
line, Il did not run at the usual rapid pace
hacau.e OF insufficient motive power. but 1t
ga. a decided Improvement over the easy
0oins mule ooaoh and was patronized literally.
To-u,orrow three more electric cars viii be put
On commission and this will be all the company
can operate for some time to come. Two
thousand men are now employed In removing
,ackaee where the streets run and the force
IA tncreasing daily by new arrivals from the
I,,e1or OF the State. With force OF 1900 IL
!, estlmated that 1t will require thirty days to
clear tho streets.
A report reached here to-day that the casket
containing the remains Of Charles Coghan.
the actor who died In this city last winter. was
found at a point about sixteen miles north OF
Galveston, near the town Of La Marque. The
cosket was washed from the receiving vault
AZ LAkevicw Cemetery. which was totally de-
stroyed by the storm. II the casket found oon-
tains Coshlan's remains the undertaken who
nisced it in the vault can identify 1t. and II was
this evening.
Ths business men OF Galveston met at the
temporary headquarters OF the Cotton Ex-
change to meet Gov. Sayers and Mr. W. f. Cor
vine Of the Citizens Relief Association Of New
York. julius Runge, President Of the Exchange.
introduced Mr. Corwine. who said that Calves
ton being the natural outlet Of Texas and the
southwest, IL was necessary TO put the city on
ia feet. II the Legislature would give author
,vto Galveston for the creation Of floating
debt 10 cover the needs of the municipality
we'll and s2odh As the i,egisIlat%Hre % Ss does not
night cal a special session. He spoke at
iensth on rebuilding the city on modern mu
purely commercial basis, he thought Il might
fs woll TO consider the placing OF the city IN the
q receiver S closed SS predicting s&est
tIinss in the near future and pledged the
support Of New York TO bring the city back
10 GOV. ioy sayers, IN reply said that no people
under similar oircurpstances could have done
better than the people 9t 'aVess2n NeHer .se
Ee.s Sat and and kindness With which the New Yorkers
Yithout appeal from the Governor came for
ward to hslp the stricken people Of Galveston
Turning TO Mr. Corwine, the Governor said;
4 want you 10 take this MESSAGE from me-
AZ Goyernor; As long "a we live, as long "a
"ur children live and as long a. our children's
Chldren live, never will We forget your kind
ness and the conf dence you repose III the people
tfIcr expressing his determination to stand
by the stri ken city. he advised the people TO
az he 1 natural port Of the Southwest. ana pre-
dicted that in sixty days the storm would be
looked upon by the people OF Galveston only
NayoT m jonas IN behalf of the Relief Committee
hal issued an appeal 20 the American people
The Appeal after declaring that 900 persons
we're drowned, one sixth OF the populaton,
and that the property loss will be sSO'ooouVO'
Along the beach front upward of 2.eoo houses
by actual map count were totally destroyed
size and the wreckage constitutes the embank-
ment OF debris extending along the ehtlre
beach from three Of four blocks inward @ @ior
about three miles the removal Of which VIII
cost from ,5JOOOj to sl.UOooOO. From this
dGbrts there are stu daily uncovered by the
thirty to Hfty bodies which are burned or
buried on the spot. Moreover, we eeu-
mate that ~, Ter cent OF the remsa,ai remain
Ia greaI ar or .uss degree. ON the removal OF
tIls deuri- in the clearing OF the sueets, 10
making temporary rel alrs 70 houses IA dis1
restoration, our entire citizenship are engaged
Men whose services could be secured at TINS
season ordinarily are SlNlhs ueu we "rhoHl
narily require the attention Of three partners
retain one for the uanSacuon Oh heir business
and lend the other two TO the pubic services
Stayadore~ cotton TANNERS and other bodies
Of organized skilled workmen who command
handsome wages a. this time Of year have
been giving their time free Of cost, and one
Association has besides Contributed from the
charity funds $1,000 in cash 70 the general
reiaf while all other organizations are caring
fVr tl'cir own to the utmost of their resources
TIT. devotion TO the general welfare at me
expense of private interests Is shown by al
,la.saS. Visiting new spaTer men now here Will
bear witness to this universal condition Of Sell
The report then expresses thanks To- Gov.
Saynr. md IN DPOpp for their -munif1cent
contributions The appeal says:
We're our task but TO afford temporary re-
lief and to care for the wounded and the or
phanS an appeal IN Texas alone would be suf-
fcient The wounded and orphans are COM
pHs ia''S' ~ combat the naddened elements But
greater and a graver work conlronts US
Some Kind; Of hoHesa be & they ever ,s,ln 50 hum
people now hudded In ruined houses, public
places and improvised camps TO the end that
set i np t their households wherein repose ali that
Is best and noblest in American lie. We be-
lieve that the well-to-do, and the charitable
merely tn appease hunger and bind up bruises,
but will in larger measure and with more far
reaching effect contribute TO The restoration
sef-respect II Is for this purpose that We
make this further appeal
plained in the foregoing we have at present suf-
hcient supplies. But they are only a 1.-THE OF
the larger needs beren Elm get L iorth: ana generous
and their own aims by making their contribu-
tons in money,
Miss Clara barton indorses the appeal saying:
Could the people OF our generous country
sac as | have seen ip It's dreadful reality tho
dasolation and the destruction Of homes 10y
thousands the overwhelming bereavement in
tie loss Of near and dear ones and the utter
hepessness that confronts those remaining.
the appeal Of Mayor Jones for continued help
would meet with such response as no other
calamity has ever known.
C. b. Lee President Of the Lee Iron Works
and the Neptune Ice Company died this morn
ing at his residence. He had been i'll for more
than a week in consequence OF having been
oyerheatcd in the severe labors following the
storm he was one Of the most solid citizens
Of the town.