The evening times., 1900-09-17

| GALVESTON Sept. 17.-The city's death
| list increases slowly now from day to day,
| as the clearing up of wreckage progresses.
| Evidence accumuates also as to the ex-
| tent of damage inflicted by the terrible
Storm The city is quiet and peaceful and
everything is now moving without fric-
| ton
The Cotton Exchange was today expected
to resume operations. The telegraph serv-
! ice is daily improving An electrical en-
gineer who arrived yesterday and exam
ined the Galveston City Street Railway and
its power plant declared thar he could have
| the electric street cars moving over part
OF the lines in a few days if he could have
the labor and material required TO make
| repairs
David Hal, the city electrician, stated
| last night that just as soon as connections
| could be secured with the water works
| the city's electric light plant would be in
| such a stage OF repair thar lights could
| be turned On in the business part of the
| city and the service be extended TO the
habitable residence portion as quickly as
/ repaired anu broken connections could be
made with safety.
AS to the fre-alaFm system, the city
employees were actively engaged IN re
| pairing that and recovering material and
! Mr.. Hall was of the opinion that the sys-
tenn would, in a very short time. be in
/ good working condition in that part of
the city where fire risks were heaviest
| General Manager SpengIer. OF the Gulf
and Inter State Railroad. reached the
city last night after tour over his line.
He reported thirty-One miles Of trackag
and reached gone md eight miles of
right Of way carried of by the eneroach-
ments of the Gulf. and said it would be at
least : month before traffic was restored
on his line.
Miss Clara Barton. President OF The Red
Cross. arrived here last evening 10 direct
the society's distribution of relief sup
plies to the storm sufferers.
The broad and generous stream OF relief
that is pouring into this cigy from every
quarter OF the Union has done much to ir-
spIre the people Two relief trains arrived
Saturday One train Of fourteen solid cars,
in charge of Captain Roach, OF the Treze-
want Rifles. arrived from Dallas. where the
supplies wern purchased This train was
accompanied by the Dallas Rough Riders.
! under command Of Captain Padgi5r
Following the first train with flying
steamers was another newspaper relief
train consisting OF TWO sleepers dining car
and q baggage-ear- In the baggage-car were
the medicines, food for re sick and mis-
I eeIlaneous articles for immediate relief
They brought tents and have opened an
emergency hospital IN Ball High School
square. where they are already actively
engaged IN dispensing relief TO hundreds
A large number OF bodies yet remain
uninterred in the extreme western anI
! southwestern parts of the ely. which
were completely obliterated by the stern.
! The burial of persons who were drowned
| outs 1e of The city is 5signed TO Sheriff
Thomas. who has a large posse engaged
in this work. The sherin and twelve
| deputies. assisted by three ecIor~d VI
unteers. have burned ffty-two bodi s
outside the city limits. Among tn So
were the bodies OF two nuns and seven
| children of the Catholic Orphans Hone
| They secured $50 from one body. and
box of jeweIry and a notebook were tax n
from q woman's body 1t seemed to il
dicate that she had been dressmaker.
| Fred I[eechler, enc of the sheIif's d =
pUties. buried thirty-six bodits within
a mile and a half of the city limits