The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-26
.r.y,esu People:

,xtor. Texas. September 29.-sev-
I. a.s after the storm at calves
!. .tul impossible to accurately
me loss of life and property.
!. trown that the dead in the city
lumber at least 5000, or approxi-
,rs-slxth Of the census popula-
~ island and adjacent mainland
! IA perhaps 1000 to this number
...n.l property damage is incalcu-
nrseose terms. but we believe
l,,.iau.l losses and the losses in
/, orouerty, such as paving, water
,,sools, hospitals. churches, etc.,
s.,,v amount to sSO,oOo,Ooo. This
u. takes no account of the direct
! ,a,rset injury to business.
,,,, tbe beach front alone upward
sa hou,es by actual map count were
| m dsstroyed. OF these not timber
~, upon the original site and the
I..h,,s constitutes the embankment
,,Aus extending along the entire
| 4 mont, three or four blocks inward
.Sout three miles. the removal of
| 4 IN cost from S75O.OOO to s1.oo0,O0O.
T. thIs debris there are still daily
|.r,red BY the workmen now system
|tIy employed from thirty to fifty
M which are burned or buried upon
\ ,pCt Moreover. we estimate chat
Il per cent Of the remaining houses
Evsshcut the city were damaged in
|uer or less degree.
\ Ne removal OF this debris, in the
hing Of streets, in making temporary
Inns TO houses not entirely destroyed,
tisubating supplies and in the gen
! work OF restoration our entire citi-
HiAip are engaged. Men whose SER
h could not be secured at thiL Geasop
/ 50 an hour are giving their time
fhout compensation. Firms whose at
/, ordinarily require the attention OF
Zee partners, retain one for the trans
lea OF their own business and lend
! 10 the public service. Stevedores,
taa tanners and other bodies Of or
iIisd SKILLED workmen, who command
hisolne wages at this time of the
I, have given their time tree OF cost,
one association mas besides confirm
d tom the charity fund $1,000 in cash
'le general relief, while all other or
lliatiorsl are caring for their own u
! Utmost G their resources. ibis d g.-
ion 10 thu general welfare at the ex-
lie Of private interests is shown by
'slasserv Visiting newspaper men no y
: vii bear witness to this universal
Alton Of self-sacritice
he burdens OF our committees have
2 llghtened in a great degree by
'sinol Joseph d. Sayers, wle, has per-
lallI Undertaken the supervision OF re-
y me mainland sections. and by the
shdd services of Adjutant Gece al
'iiy ana staff In maintaining discip-
ana directing labor until the begin
: q this week, wnen his department
merged into the regular relief work
eliy government.
y can moi command language to ex-
y our gratitude for the generous sup
I q food, clothing, disintectants, e,c.,
= al quarters and all agencies. Nor
w oYerrate the service performed
,'ae american press. We desire 70
Y special recognition of the metro
.an newspapers and the Red Cross
W. mat nave raised funds AMI sent
Y, llains and cargoes and whose rep
.-@uVss are here not only disirib-
y inelr supplies, but joining hands
= US IN the rorrowful and strenuo IL
y u me occasion. By the worlds
'e'ss'ly there has been no hunger and
Y y now no nakedness in Galveston.
90 we return grateful thanks
Wy sulpassing and unlimited gencr-
y me railroads, express, Telegraph
Viephone companies without whose
~ assistance We would longer have
.'.lea In Isolation and chaos ana
, as not only rendering services for
y snK free Of charge but are giving
n over all other business.
7 uuhlhcent contributions in money
!, me governor and directly 20 the
i, s9nnittee are perhaps sufficient
~ ny lne necessary expenses OF re-
- sreekage, recovering end dispos-
uead bodies and meeting the
\, Urgent sanitary requirements.
! tnel this Is done the real work
! s'-, IN, will have but hegun. The
49, WI still be without shelter or
, va ~ goods. the mechanic without
us washerwoman without wash
i. a tue seamstress without ma
people are meeting this disaster
All, ,,;as'aeteristie American pluck Not
tsss. lneir dead. they nevertheless
.r,n,l n sorrows and turn their faces
~ s toward the future.
N. our task but to afford the teiE-
ar ,sAsl and to care for the wounded
Il sNans an appeal TO Texas alone
NJ SUFFICIENT, The wounded and the
stn,ss comparatively few, since only
.sn nesl were able to combat the
~ slements. But a greater and
n It's confronts us. Some kind OF
l6sa .ney ever so humble, must be
a ior the 10000 now huddled Ia
uses, public places and impro-
ne ns,, % the end that they may not